Amiga is female right?

[kolla]

Man, I have been backpacking central America for more than half a year now, and all my postings here and elsewhere for last 7-8 months have been from my iPhone, so yes I can relate.

[hbarcellos]

Amiga also means female friend in Portuguese.
And, as "Paula" & "Denise" are female names way more common in Portuguese than Spanish, I would go for Brazilian Portuguese instead of Spanish...



Better, right?

[RobertB]

No Spanish speaker translates Commodore, Wolkswagen, Firestone... Never ever.

Just like the Mr. Clean brand became Don Limpio in Espana.

FCUG celebrating 33 years,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

[danbeaver]

Here is another variation on the story:

http://lowendmac.com/orchard/06/amiga-origin-commodore.html

[woof]

>But I never considered I was spending time with another girl...
Humm but perhaps with such a background picture I am attracting problems with real girlfriend
http://thellier.free.fr/Grab2.JPG
;-P

Alain Thellier

[danbeaver]

>But I never considered I was spending time with another girl...
Humm but perhaps with such a background picture I am attracting problems with real girlfriend
http://thellier.free.fr/Grab2.JPG
;-P

Alain Thellier

With that background picture, you are are looking at achondroplasia in "Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformations."

[ChuckT]

The name derives from Latin yeah?  Meaning female friend?

'Cos this creates a whole lot of connotations I really hadn't thought of before, until now.

Yes.  And the team that made the Amiga named the chips after their wives.

[psxphill]

Yes. And the team that made the Amiga named the chips after their wives.

I'm pretty sure that isn't true.

"Unlike the other custom chips which were christened with women's monikers, the Agnus chip is not a corruption of the name Agnes (as I had previously thought), but rather, according to Jim Williams, Jay Miner named it Agnus from the Latin expression agnus dei ('lamb of God')."

Portia became Paula and allegedly that was the girlfriend of an unnamed chip designer. IMO the earlier acronym made more sense.

Daphne turned into Denise, no idea why this changed. It might be because they couldn't make up a plausible acronym for daphne.
 
 Lorraine was David Morse's wife.

[Lurch]

Yep she's female, temperamental, sometimes stubborn and doesn't always want to work ;-)

[kickstart]

Just like the Mr. Clean brand became Don Limpio in Espana.

FCUG celebrating 33 years,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

No mr clean brand sorry... but why do you try to have the reason is a challenge?

[kickstart]

@kickstart
¡Anda! No esperaba que supieses español. Escribes mejor que otros de este foro... Haber tenido un profesor mexicano no es malo, lo bueno de haber tenido esos dos profesores es que ahora podrás entender casi cualquier giro y tendrás un vocabulario más amplio, en latinoamérica los mexicanos doblan muchos programas y series. Espero que tu profesor español no fuese del sur de la península, porque entre el ceceo, seseo y las eses mudas... jejeje mi mujer es del sur de España y cuando veo extranjeros que creen que van a aprender español en su ciudad me entra la risa floja. Es preferible aprender en zonas con un acento más neutro (en España eso sería básicamente la mitad norte excluyendo las verdes Asturias, Galicia y las partes rurales de Cantabria. Son unas de las mejores zonas de España, la comida es espectacular y los paisajes preciosos, la gente es muy acogedora, el acento es entrañable, pero para aprender español... Mejor no. bueno, vale ya, bastante me he enrollado para escribir desde móvil

Es malo cuando aprendes hablar como un personage de grand theft auto san andreas, simplemente con el sonido se diferencia uno de otro, no llege a tener ese profesor ni unos dias, mejor cerrar conversacion de este tipo porque se leen muchas estupideces de gente que quiere tener razon (como en muchos otros threads)... saludos =)

[ChuckT]

I'm pretty sure that isn't true.

"Unlike the other custom chips which were christened with women's monikers, the Agnus chip is not a corruption of the name Agnes (as I had previously thought), but rather, according to Jim Williams, Jay Miner named it Agnus from the Latin expression agnus dei ('lamb of God')."

Portia became Paula and allegedly that was the girlfriend of an unnamed chip designer. IMO the earlier acronym made more sense.

Daphne turned into Denise, no idea why this changed. It might be because they couldn't make up a plausible acronym for daphne.
 
 Lorraine was David Morse's wife.

Hi-Toro had two divisions: one to produce games and peripherals for the Atari 2600, the other to develop the new console, which was named Lorraine (after the wife of CEO Dave Morse). The company marketed several successful peripherals for the Atari 2600 and also released several games. As a result, Hi-Toro was flush with cash to be used on the Lorraine project.

http://lowendmac.com/orchard/06/amiga-origin-commodore.html

What is clear is that the first Amiga machine to be shown to the public wasn’t so much a prototype of a real or potential computer or game console as the most minimalist possible frame to show off the capabilities of the Amiga chipset. Named after Morse’s wife, the Amiga Lorraine began to come together in the dying days of 1983, in a mad scramble leading up to the Winter Consumer Electronics Show that was scheduled to begin on January 4

http://www.filfre.net/2015/03/the-68000-wars-part-1-lorraine/

[danbeaver]

Wow!  So much factual information out there on the internet!  But it is right there as if it had been carved into stone tablets by Moses Himself!

[psxphill]

Hi-Toro had two divisions: one to produce games and peripherals for the Atari 2600, the other to develop the new console, which was named Lorraine (after the wife of CEO Dave Morse). The company marketed several successful peripherals for the Atari 2600 and also released several games. As a result, Hi-Toro was flush with cash to be used on the Lorraine project.

http://lowendmac.com/orchard/06/amiga-origin-commodore.html

What is clear is that the first Amiga machine to be shown to the public wasn%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!8217;t so much a prototype of a real or potential computer or game console as the most minimalist possible frame to show off the capabilities of the Amiga chipset. Named after Morse%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!8217;s wife, the Amiga Lorraine began to come together in the dying days of 1983, in a mad scramble leading up to the Winter Consumer Electronics Show that was scheduled to begin on January 4

http://www.filfre.net/2015/03/the-68000-wars-part-1-lorraine/

Yes, that was my point. Lorraine was named after Dave Morse's wife.

Yes. And the team that made the Amiga named the chips after their wives.

I'm pretty sure that isn't true.

"Unlike the other custom chips which were christened with women's monikers, the Agnus chip is not a corruption of the name Agnes (as I had previously thought), but rather, according to Jim Williams, Jay Miner named it Agnus from the Latin expression agnus dei ('lamb of God')."

Portia became Paula and allegedly that was the girlfriend of an unnamed chip designer. IMO the earlier acronym made more sense.

Daphne turned into Denise, no idea why this changed. It might be because they couldn't make up a plausible acronym for daphne.

Lorraine was David Morse's wife.

Lorraine was the computer, you didn't mention the chip names. So I don't get your point.

OT: Hi-Torro was originally going to produce an Atari 2600 add on, similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starpath_Supercharger. They switched to a standalone console which then went on to become the Amiga. That is why they were involved in Atari 2600, it wasn't a cover or just a quick way of making cash. They were initially looking to make a big name in the Atari 2600 market.

[som99]

Yep she's female, temperamental, sometimes stubborn and doesn't always want to work ;-)

I Agree with this