Published in 2012 under the Platform Studies series by MIT Press, Jimmy Maher’s “The Future Was Here – Commodore Amiga“1 is, without a doubt, the single most comprehensive study of the Amiga yet published. The book...
Note – Amiga Forever 10 R2 (2024 edition) is out, and you can read about that here. You know I love me some Amiga. So, it should be no surprise that, since 1999’s version...
When the Amiga was first released in 1985, Commodore choose to brand the new computer with a new logo, a multi-colored, rainbow, double-checkmark. On Amiga hardware, this logo was only featured on the original...
Prior to Workbench 1.3, in the user interface, system disks would appear as generic, blank-white, silhouettes of a 3.5in floppy. Released in 1988, to go with the new Amiga 500 and 2000 computers, Workbench...
Workbench 1.0 through 1.2 included a classic and unique icon. “Preferences” featured a wonderful digital silhouette of the Amiga 1000, fronted by a bold orange question mark – simply inviting users to click and explore. This,...
The story of Amiga is not just one of a forward-thinking computer design, even though that design became the standard for the systems we enjoy even today. It is also a story about the clash of...
Released in 1992 along with the brand new Amiga 1200 and 4000 computers, Workbench 3.0 was an evolution of Workbench 2. Its major changes included support for Commodore’s new AGA chipset. For the Workbench...
By 1994, Commodore was dying, and dying quickly. Amiga marketshare was rapidly shrinking and the only profitable parts of the company left were the operations in Germany and the UK. Never-the-less, the engineering teams quashed tons...
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum – A Day Onboard The “Fighting I”
November 10, 2013
