Odd Places / 2015-04-27 12:03:07

Thanks to its graphic and multi-task capabilities, the Amiga found its way in verious places and is still used/remembered fondly by its users. Here are some odd places where the Amiga could/can be found...

Nintendo DSOrganize, in 2014

I found somewhere in the Internet this photo of a Guru meditation in the Nintendo DSOrganize software! Can't recall where I found it and it could be a fake but who knows...

OpenSubtitles.org, in 2012

In 2012, I was looking for some subtitles on OpenSubtitles.org and, for some unknown reason, the Web application or the server crashed with a message that includes: "Guru Meditation"... Someone running this Web site must have some nostalgia!

Grand Hotel Haeundae, Busan, Korea, in 2004

In 2004, I had the chance to attend the 11^th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2004) in Busan, Korea. The conference took place at the Grand Hotel Haeundea (해운대그랜드호텔, 부산, 대한민국) and I stayed there for convenience... and what a surprise, when browsing the TV channels, to find the hotel advertisement with an Amiga pointer!

CAMAC, BGO, and L3 at CERN, in the 1990s

An Amiga 1000 was used to handle a detector consisting of an electromagnetic calorimeter containing bismuth germanate (BGO) crystalsin, part of the L3 experiment carried out at CERN in the 1990s, through a CAMAC bus/interface. CERN even mentioned that in some minutes that a spare Amiga was available in case of failure... Cool stuff

U.S.A. Central Intelligence Agency, in the 1980s

Apparently, the CIA bought Amiga-based computer systems to analyse photos... Incredible, isn't it?