CompuServe Thread

The following excerpts are from the May 1, 1989 issue of Government Computer News entitled–AMIGA FINDS FRIENDS IN FEDERAL OFFICES. PHILADELPHIA-Following in the footsteps of the Macintosh, but with substantially more PC compatibility and UNIX coming along, the Commodore Amiga has established a beachhead in federal agencies. Keith Masavage, product manager for Commodore Business Machines Inc., West Chester, Pa., said in an interview with GCN at the National Computer Graphics Association show late last month that NASA in Houston, the Library of Congress and the Naitonal Park Service all have major deals with Commodore for Amigas…… NASA is the current major federal user of Amigas, he said. The space agency uses Amigas for computer-aided design, solid modeling, simulation, graphics design and desktop publishing, among other applications, Masavage said. The Library of Congress recently completed a deal to use the machines as work-stations to access optical disks that catalog library holdings. The library also will use Amigas to overlay graphics onto video for productions to be shown in a traveling exhibition, Masavage said. The Park Service will be putting Amigas at the heart of interactive video information kiosks in parks, he said………