chrisy's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=chrisy1999-11-13T10:10:53ZJim Collas (person)http://everything2.com/user/chrisy/writeups/Jim+Collaschrisyhttp://everything2.com/user/chrisy1999-11-13T10:10:53Z1999-11-13T10:10:53Z<a href="/title/President">President</a> of <a href="/title/Amiga%252C+Inc">Amiga, Inc</a>, one half of the company now known as <a href="/title/Amiga">Amiga</a>, and probably due for a <b>another</b> name change sometime soon. Previous incarnations were <a href="/title/Amiga+International%252C+Inc">Amiga International, Inc</a>, <a href="/title/Amiga+Technologies+GmbH">Amiga Technologies GmbH</a>, <a href="/title/Commodore-Amiga%252C+Inc">Commodore-Amiga, Inc</a> and, erm, <a href="/title/Amiga%252C+Inc">Amiga, Inc</a>.
<p>Jim is probably most <a href="/title/famous">famous</a> for this <a href="/title/quote">quote</a>: (or will be now I've publicised it on <a href="/title/Everything">Everything</a>) <p>"<a href="/title/Bill+Gates">Bill Gates</a> wants <a href="/title/Windows">Windows</a> on every <a href="/title/desktop">desktop</a>; we say let him. We want <a href="/title/Amiga">Amiga</a>s in every <a href="/title/home">home</a>."<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>CAOS (thing)http://everything2.com/user/chrisy/writeups/CAOSchrisyhttp://everything2.com/user/chrisy1999-11-13T10:06:30Z1999-11-13T10:06:30Z<p><a href="/title/Commodore">Commodore</a> <a href="/title/Amiga">Amiga</a> <a href="/title/Operating+System">Operating System</a>. This forerunner to <a href="/title/AmigaDOS">AmigaDOS</a> failed to materialise. It supported pretty much the same <a href="/title/features">features</a>, but had a radically different <a href="/title/filesystem">filesystem</a>. This <a href="/title/FS">FS</a> had a file size limit of 1 <a href="/title/megabyte">megabyte</a>, and therefore would have been quickly superceded by something better.</p>AmigaDOS (thing)http://everything2.com/user/chrisy/writeups/AmigaDOSchrisyhttp://everything2.com/user/chrisy1999-11-13T10:06:29Z1999-11-13T10:06:29Z<p>The <a href="/title/Amiga">Amiga</a>'s <a href="/title/disk+operating+system">disk operating system</a>, which was based on <a href="/title/Tripos">Tripos</a>. AmigaDOS was put together in record time, when <a href="/title/CAOS">CAOS</a> failed to materialise.</p>Mungwall (thing)http://everything2.com/user/chrisy/writeups/Mungwallchrisyhttp://everything2.com/user/chrisy1999-11-13T09:56:32Z1999-11-13T09:56:32ZA strange <a href="/title/Amiga">Amiga</a> <a href="/title/debugging">debugging</a> tool, that aims to cause <a href="/title/badly-written+programs">badly-written programs</a> to crash by filling <a href="/title/memory">memory</a> with phrases written in <a href="/title/hexidecimal+numbers">hexidecimal numbers</a>.<p>
See also <a href="/title/0xC0DEDBAD">0xC0DEDBAD</a>, <a href="/title/0xDEADBEEF">0xDEADBEEF</a>, <a href="/title/0xDEADF00D">0xDEADF00D</a> and <a href="/title/0xABADCAFE">0xABADCAFE</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Duncan MacDonald (person)http://everything2.com/user/chrisy/writeups/Duncan+MacDonaldchrisyhttp://everything2.com/user/chrisy1999-11-13T09:46:39Z1999-11-13T09:46:39Z<p>Duncan MacDonald <a href="/title/programmed">programmed</a> the amazing <a href="/title/gardening">gardening</a> <a href="/title/simulation">simulation</a> <a href="/title/Advanced+Lawnmower+Simulator">Advanced Lawnmower Simulator</a>, which was reviewed in <a href="/title/Your+Sinclair">Your Sinclair</a> and recieved a <a href="/title/mega-game+award">mega-game award</a>. YS eventually gave over to requests from the <a href="/title/spec-chums">spec-chums</a> to get <a href="/title/Advanced+Lawnmower+Simulator">ALS</a> on the magazine covertape. It was an instant hit, resulting in at least five <a href="/title/crap+games">crap games</a> that were based upon it.</p>C5 (thing)http://everything2.com/user/chrisy/writeups/C5chrisyhttp://everything2.com/user/chrisy1999-11-13T09:44:00Z1999-11-13T09:44:00ZAn <a href="/title/electric">electric</a> <a href="/title/plastic">plastic</a> <a href="/title/tricycle">tricycle</a> invented by <a href="/title/Sir+Clive+Sinclair">Sir Clive Sinclair</a>, which could manage a top speed of 15mph, or 20mph if going down a steep hill with a trailing wind.<p>
Although the C5 was a complete flop in the UK, it seems to have gained popularity in <a href="/title/The+Netherlands">The Netherlands</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>