Amiga at nasa

[Amigo79]

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Why the amiga?

or was only a case?

I cannot understand english talk.

(As I am not good in written english aha)

[gulliver]

Originally Posted by Amigo79

the amiga has been used at nasa,I must open another thread?
This is not video.
I like know why amiga.

I remember watching/reading an interview they did back then about this to the guys at NASA:

At NASA, they needed to develop custom hardware to communicate telemetry rocket data with a computer. They asked IBM for technical information on their PCs and also Commodore for their Amiga line. IBM never answered back, and Commodore sent them schematics and huge pile of other relevant technical information about the Amiga. So the choice was quite easy.

The project ended with a fully working working set of expansion cards (custom Zorro cards), that worked as intended untill they were retired due to some general computer renovation budget thing they had going on.

[Amigo79]

Originally Posted by gulliver

I remember watching/reading an interview they did back then about this to the guys at NASA:

At NASA, they needed to develop custom hardware to communicate telemetry rocket data with a computer. They asked IBM for technical information on their PCs and also Commodore for their Amiga line. IBM never answered back, and Commodore sent them schematics and huge pile of other relevant technical information about the Amiga. So the choice was quite easy.

The project ended with a fully working working set of expansion cards (custom Zorro cards), that worked as intended untill they were retired due to some general computer renovation budget thing they had going on.

thanks!

[modrobert]

The second video there, pretty much agree with the NASA guy on everything, great computer for any kind of research/lab.

[Predseda]

Originally Posted by Amigo79

Why the amiga?

Because

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[Foebane]

So not only was the Amiga chosen by NASA for data processing work, Commodore were extremely enthusiastic about selling the machines to them by giving them technical specifications up the wazoo. The management at Commodore always wanted their hardware to be taken seriously and not just gaming or to be seen as "toys" by their customers, so they must've all been as pleased as punch when they made the sale. Good for them

[DamienD]

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[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by Foebane

What IS this Amigo79 guy smoking? Is it Spice? He sure sounds like a zombie!

Foebane i wanted to answer you but the thread was closed, "La Spezia" it is an Italian city in the region "Liguria" not far from Genova.

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

Foebane i wanted to answer you but the thread was closed, "La Spezia" it is an Italian city in the region "Liguria" not far from Genova.

Thanks, AmigaSystem, but I was referring to this, not his location. And I asked this question because he seemed to have his facts mixed up, as if his mind was addled due to drug abuse, so...

[kolla]

Originally Posted by Foebane

And I asked this question because he seemed to have his facts mixed up, as if his mind was addled due to drug abuse, so...

You write this after having written ...

The management at Commodore always wanted their hardware to be taken seriously and not just gaming or to be seen as "toys" by their customers, so they must've all been as pleased as punch when they made the sale.

*slow clap*

Remember, this is Commodore, with the management that famously turned down all kinds of deals that was about taking their hardware seriously. Perhaps most known, the offer from Sun for the Amiga UNIX systems.

[Foebane]

Oops.

[gimbal]

Originally Posted by kolla

Perhaps most known, the offer from Sun for the Amiga UNIX systems.

Damn, that might have been an interesting world to live in.