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Why was the Amiga so awesome?

Dave Poo 2 · Youtube · 4 HN points · 1 HN comments
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In this video we are going to take a look at why the Commodore Amiga was just so awesome.
This is from a hardware perspective and I've included lots of quotes from the designer himself Jay Miner.
The Jay Miner quotes are taken from these 2 videos, they are really worth a watch

The History of the Commodore Amiga - Rare Jay Miner Speech AmiExpo 1990 - https://youtu.be/n-MqC35aWrQ
Jay Miner. Lead designer: Atari 2600, Atari 800, Amiga. - https://youtu.be/daQNJMZblZ8


-- Other Links --
Bit Blit Algorithm (Amiga Blitter Chip) - Computerphile - https://youtu.be/-6g1tD66QBA
Amiga 1000 Ad - https://youtu.be/k054ON8ikho
Ed Logg GDC 2012 - https://youtu.be/ItH-mV32KQY
Amiga 500 Mboard Picture - https://bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/media/download_photos/a500mb_rev5_3.jpg
Amiga 100 MBoard Picture - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore_Amiga_1000_-_main_board-7421.jpg
Top 10 Atari 2600 Games - https://youtu.be/6kJ_79ih9rI
HAM Picture - https://www.nostalgianerd.com/the-amiga-story/
Creative Sound Blaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster
Menace Longplay - https://youtu.be/eXBpMCVicic
MS Word for Mac - https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-word/1x-mac
Amiga 500 Advert - https://youtu.be/vVl9dAqkDnc
Windows Blue Screen Of Death - https://youtu.be/IW7Rqwwth84

-- Timestamps --
0:00 The Amiga
0:48 RGB Video output
1:18 Bitplane Graphics
4:07 Hold and Modify
6:56 The Blitter
8:06 Memory
10:13 CPU
12:35 Copper
14:00 Open Platform
14:55 Compatibility
15:46 Multitasking OS
18:21 Sound
22:38 Sprites
23:30 Input
24:45 Storage
25:20 Conclusion
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Jan 17, 2022 · 4 points, 0 comments · submitted by codewiz
I haven't read that book, but your description reminds me of this recent video which I thought did a good job explaining why the Amiga was so great: https://youtu.be/PHN8ANlR8KI
richrichardsson
I know my comment is useless, but: LOL.

This is literally the linked video in the article. (it's a good one though, watched it last night)

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