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===Special purpose applications=== * Amigas were used in various [[NASA]] laboratories to keep track of low orbiting satellites until 2004. Amigas were used at Kennedy Space Center to run strip-chart recorders, to format and display data, and control stations of platforms for [[Delta rocket]] launches.<ref name="AutoP5-64" /><ref name="AutoP5-65" /> * [[Palomar Observatory]] used Amigas to calibrate and control the [[charge-coupled device]]s in their telescopes, as well as to display and store the digitized images they collected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/info-magazine-13/Info_Issue_13_1987_Jan-Feb#page/n29/mode/2up|title=Info magazine issue 13|date=January 1987|access-date=2016-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709030920/http://archive.org/stream/info-magazine-13/Info_Issue_13_1987_Jan-Feb#page/n29/mode/2up|archive-date=2016-07-09|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[London Transport Museum]] developed their own interactive multi-media software for the CD32 including a virtual tour of the museum.<ref name="AutoP5-66" /> * Amiga 500 motherboards were used, in conjunction with a [[LaserDisc]] player and [[genlock]] device, in arcade games manufactured by [[American Laser Games]].<ref name="AutoP5-67" /> * A custom [[Amiga 4000T]] motherboard was used in the HDI 1000 medical ultrasound system built by Advanced Technology Labs.<ref name="AutoP5-68" /> *{{As of|2015}}, the Grand Rapids Public School district uses a Commodore Amiga 2000 with 1200 baud modem to automate its air conditioning and heating systems for the 19 schools covered by the GRPS district. The system has been operating day and night for decades.<ref name="AutoP5-69">{{cite news|author=Eric Limer|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a16010/30-year-old-computer-runs-school-heat/|title=One Ancient Commodore Amiga Runs the Heat and AC for 19 Public Schools|publisher=Hearst Digital Media|date=June 12, 2015|access-date=June 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615002258/http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a16010/30-year-old-computer-runs-school-heat/|archive-date=June 15, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://woodtv.com/2015/06/11/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac/|title=1980s computer controls GRPS heat and AC|date=11 June 2015|access-date=2016-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023037/http://woodtv.com/2015/06/11/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac/|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[The Weather Network]] used Amigas to display the weather on TV.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
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