My
second
Flashbak article this week looked at another computer of the 1980s:
Commodore’s Amiga 500.
Here’s
a snippet and the url (http://flashbak.com/everything-never-expected-computer-remembering-amiga-500-47963/):
“In
1987, Commodore released the Amiga 500, a home computer, a system that -- to
this day -- is beloved by dedicated gamers.
More
than 6 million Amiga 500 units were sold (originally at the princely sum of
$700.00), and Commodore advertised the system as “the most advanced home and small business computer” in history. One might contrast this marketing slogan with
Atari’s promise for the 800…that it was ‘timeless.’
Indeed,
Commodore promised that the Amiga 500 was so wondrous an advancement in home
computing that the user is limited “only
by imagination.”
The
500 featured “software to aid learning,” 4096 colors and stereo sound, and most
importantly “the latest high-tech video
games.”
Anyone
who had an Omega remembers great games such as Wings (1990), Lemmings
(1991) and Worms (1995). Uniquely,
one could also hook the Amiga up to a VCR and add video overlays -- special
effects -- to home made movies...”
Continue
reading
at Flashbak.
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