The A1000 was a dream machine. Saved up all my money, sold stuff so I could get one. Dave Finkel I think single handedly wrote most the commodore launch software for the c64 and vic20
Fascinating to hear Andy’s timeline of the Amiga acquisition from the viewpoint of Commodore engineers who were busily working on the four projects that were important to C< management in mid-1984. I don’t ever recall hearing that a key reason that Commodore was interested in buying the Amiga technology was because management wanted a 16/32-bit computer by December 1985 but their engineering teams said they didn’t have resources to develop one from scratch. I also enjoyed the statement that they (engineering? management?) would have been satisfied even if the desired 16/32-bit computer had become a one-off orphan. Of course, the Amiga became the focus of Commodore’s business for the last almost-decade of their existence, and at least two of the four projects from 1984 were cancelled.
I love hearing about the history of this. When we were living this back in the day, we had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. It's nice to get more information from more people that were there.
After watching this.... I went back over the history of the Amiga briefly.... Found one glaring bit of coincidence. Commodore went bankrupt in May of 1994... Jay Miner, died one month later in June. :(
Not quite. We had some technical difficulties with the sound and resolve to improve the sound for next year. We had hoped that the wired mics would be better than the wireless mics, but we ran into a software glitch that caused audio problems.
What buffles me the most is that they didn't use the Ranger chipset (which was finished in 86, if I remember correctly) in the A2000 I mean Braunschweig created the A2000 for business use. Even in 1990 in the A3000 it would have been a lot better than the ECS chipset. I mean 1024x1024 Pixeln non-interlaced with 128 colors?
Yeah, management was not very smart at that point in time. So many missed opportunities and mistakes made. Commodore could have continued to be a great company!
My first gaming pc was a Amiga Commodore, or Commodore Amiga, cant remember what model. But all my life people have been telling me "NO, you had a Amiga, OR a Commodore." Up until now that i did further research, i thought they were right. But the machine was badass for its time and i had about 2000 games i used to play with my friends and classmates back in the early to mid 90's.
@@cultureshock5000 Was it the same in Germany? Sounds like it was pretty much like that for much of the world, except the US where they obviously didn't know any better.
@@vcfederation While you were streaming there was a chat discussion running on the right of the scree. In a lot of cases (like now, your video is playing) it will replay the live chat down the sides.
I appreciate your enthusiasm. It is a great and rare talk. Sometimes it takes time to accumulate likes. Don't worry, it will eventually grow in views and likes. Word has to get around. Also the algorithms of RUclips have to point people in the right direction.
The late 80s were very exciting times for home computing..it was a golden era and so good that commodore and the amiga were part of it...
Commodore is the unsung hero of the home computer revolution.
It's so great to see Andy Finkel involved in these talks. The dude is one of my heroes.
I agree. Such a great guy!
The A1000 was a dream machine. Saved up all my money, sold stuff so I could get one. Dave Finkel I think single handedly wrote most the commodore launch software for the c64 and vic20
It's really incredible what he did!
Fascinating to hear Andy’s timeline of the Amiga acquisition from the viewpoint of Commodore engineers who were busily working on the four projects that were important to C< management in mid-1984.
I don’t ever recall hearing that a key reason that Commodore was interested in buying the Amiga technology was because management wanted a 16/32-bit computer by December 1985 but their engineering teams said they didn’t have resources to develop one from scratch.
I also enjoyed the statement that they (engineering? management?) would have been satisfied even if the desired 16/32-bit computer had become a one-off orphan.
Of course, the Amiga became the focus of Commodore’s business for the last almost-decade of their existence, and at least two of the four projects from 1984 were cancelled.
I love hearing about the history of this. When we were living this back in the day, we had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. It's nice to get more information from more people that were there.
Loved this in-depth look into the history of the company and the machine!
We are glad that you liked it!
Was lucky enough to catch this live :)
Yeah. It's better live. Such fun to see them talk about this stuff!
After watching this.... I went back over the history of the Amiga briefly....
Found one glaring bit of coincidence.
Commodore went bankrupt in May of 1994...
Jay Miner, died one month later in June. :(
Such a great person. He died before his time.
Amazing, Dave Haynie still looks so young. I guess it's true - only Amiga, makes it possible!
LOL! Yeah. He's looking good for his age. Long live Dave!
audio recorded on an atari st it seems...
Not quite. We had some technical difficulties with the sound and resolve to improve the sound for next year. We had hoped that the wired mics would be better than the wireless mics, but we ran into a software glitch that caused audio problems.
What buffles me the most is that they didn't use the Ranger chipset (which was finished in 86, if I remember correctly) in the A2000 I mean Braunschweig created the A2000 for business use. Even in 1990 in the A3000 it would have been a lot better than the ECS chipset. I mean 1024x1024 Pixeln non-interlaced with 128 colors?
Yeah, management was not very smart at that point in time. So many missed opportunities and mistakes made. Commodore could have continued to be a great company!
My first gaming pc was a Amiga Commodore, or Commodore Amiga, cant remember what model. But all my life people have been telling me "NO, you had a Amiga, OR a Commodore." Up until now that i did further research, i thought they were right. But the machine was badass for its time and i had about 2000 games i used to play with my friends and classmates back in the early to mid 90's.
Yes. The Commodore Amiga was a computer far ahead of its time.
Lol, where I grew up if you had a PC instead of an Amiga in the 80's/early 90's you got laughed at. :)
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@@cultureshock5000 Was it the same in Germany? Sounds like it was pretty much like that for much of the world, except the US where they obviously didn't know any better.
And they have scrapped the chat that some of us really enjoyed ! WTF
Hello Mark. Which chat would that be?
@@vcfederation While you were streaming there was a chat discussion running on the right of the scree. In a lot of cases (like now, your video is playing) it will replay the live chat down the sides.
Ah, just read below that this is edited, and not the original stream - that would explain it.
Don't get it, guys that were there, proper history and 22 likes. Travesty. Interesting chat guys.
Those that were keen would have watched the live stream from VCF East a month or so ago. Added a like btw.
I appreciate your enthusiasm. It is a great and rare talk. Sometimes it takes time to accumulate likes. Don't worry, it will eventually grow in views and likes. Word has to get around. Also the algorithms of RUclips have to point people in the right direction.
At some point we may restore the live stream, but for now we want to see how people liked the edited and polished version.
Perhaps you guys might be pushed to produce some new chips.
It's not likely that they will make any chips as they are out of the chip making business. They are doing other things these days.