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16th May 2023, 8:25 pm
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Hexode
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Rock lobster on Amiga 500 PCB
Does anyone know the significance of the B52 Rocklobster printed on Amiga500 boards?
I once asked the manufacturer when they first came out, but got no answer. Mark |
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16th May 2023, 9:02 pm
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Re: Rock lobster on Amiga 500 PCB
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16th May 2023, 9:29 pm
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Hexode
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Re: Rock lobster on Amiga 500 PCB
That link doesn't work for me.
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16th May 2023, 9:33 pm
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Hexode
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Re: Rock lobster on Amiga 500 PCB
Although, I've just done a Google of amiga history b52 board and found the info.
Thanks Mike... it was the push I needed. |
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16th May 2023, 9:44 pm
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Re: Rock lobster on Amiga 500 PCB
For anyone else hopefully I have fixed the link
 Cheers Mike T
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16th May 2023, 10:21 pm
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Dekatron
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Re: Rock lobster on Amiga 500 PCB
Useless pub-quiz factoid- The B52's named their band after the B-52 beehive hairdo- which in turn had been so named as it supposedly resembled the shape of a B-52 nosecone.
As kids we often found scratched rather inane 'handwriting' pressed into the runout groove of vinyl 45's and 33's, little messages put there- just because the artist COULD, i suppose. Dave |
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16th May 2023, 10:52 pm
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Re: Rock lobster on Amiga 500 PCB
Vinyl mastering engineers often pressed a signature into the centre of their pressings. The best known is George Peckham, who often stamped his pressings with "A Porky Prime Cut" in the 70s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Peckham Back on topic please. |
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18th May 2023, 8:57 pm
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Octode
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Re: Rock lobster on Amiga 500 PCB
One of them, can't remember if A3000 or A4000 was also called Planet Claire, another B52's track.
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18th May 2023, 11:58 pm
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