Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!mike From: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Interesting bit of history from Jay Miner... Message-ID: <15451@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Date: 24 Sep 88 22:32:34 GMT References: <3996@polya.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Mike Smithwick) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Lines: 25 ["I'm not a programmer, but I play one on TV"] In article <3996@polya.Stanford.EDU> aozer@NeXT.com (Ali T. Ozer) writes: >--- >Jay Miner, the designer of the Amiga chipset, was the speaker at >September BADGE, held on the 17th. He took questions from the audience >and told many fascinating stories about the Amiga's past and present. >A wonderful man! > [oops, giant-mutant line eaters from Mars got the rest of Ali's posting!] Ali, Ali, Ali, you forgot the best part!! Jay was explaining about the origins of HAM mode. He said that he asked the chip-layout guy to remove the HAM registers. The guy said "but it'll leave a blank spot on the chip!". Ego, we have HAM. Who sez chip design isn't an "art"?? : -- *** mike (starship janitor) smithwick *** "he's braindead Jim. . ." [disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]