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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1618.0. "TOW ?" by HSK03::HEISKANEN () Mon Aug 22 1988 15:42

A magazine from Sweden(DATOR) tells:

The world's oldest(1521) regiment Svea Livgarde(swedish lifeguards)
has bought AMIGA 2000 with AT board. 
In the real life they have a system called ROBOT 56 that is used
against tanks.

Now they have bought AMIGA and simulation software called TOW.
TOW comes from the USA.
Svea Livgarde is very pleased about the system. That is because they
had very hard demands on the graphics and they feel that AMIGA fulfils them.
On the other hand they say that the effect of the system can be seen
on guys when they for the firts time use ROBOT 56. No hesitation at all.

The dream seems to be to place AMIGA inside a JEEP and have it 
painted green.

So what is this TOW ? Does it need AT board ?

Regards,
	Pekka who_is_from_a_friendly_neighbour_of_Sweden

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1618.1	sounds like a missle to me	BAGELS::BRANNON	Dave Brannon	`Mon Aug 22 1988 19:29`	14
	I think TOW is a wire-guided missle/launcher that is used to blow holes in tanks and other large objects. The drawback was that you have to be standing somewhere in a direct line to the target (i.e., if you can see him, he can potentially see you). Maybe somebody wrote some control or simulation software for the IBM pc. And somebody else "justified" getting an Amiga with an AT board because it could run that software (and do lots of other fun things). Seems like a good reason to get an Amiga to me :-) Does CBM sell Tempest versions of the Amiga 500/2000? (special version designed to survive under combat conditions) -Dave
1618.2		PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ	Jeff Lomicka	`Tue Aug 23 1988 15:12`	11
	My understanding of Tempest was not that it would withstand combat conditions, but rather, you not could glean information out of it by pointing an antenna at it and reading out the contents of the CRT display from it's electromagnetic emissions. It's somewhat stricter than FCC class B. The guys in the tank will know soon enough that a missle is about to hit them, so painting it green to match the trees (since you have to have a direct line to your target) might be adequete for such an application.
1618.3		BAGELS::BRANNON	Dave Brannon	`Tue Aug 23 1988 20:12`	10
	re: .2 You need to paint the Amiga green so that you can hide it in the jeep. Of course it might help to have some trees to hide the jeep in :-) You need to hide the fact that you are using an Amiga with an AT bridgeboard - the folks in the tank are probably using mere pc clones. -Dave
1618.4	Violence is Golden	MEIS::ZIMMERMAN	Walt sent me	`Tue Aug 23 1988 22:33`	7
	A camouflage-colored Amiga might find a civilian market among war game enthusiasts and survivalist groups. CBM could charge the Department of Defense extra for the paint job - maybe ten or twenty times their current list prices. And Amigas would turn up in war surplus stores next to mess kits and folding shovels. - Z