#COMMODORE AMIGA 1000

[liminalmindcore]

Amiga 1000 (1985)( Commodore)

[retrocgads]

UK 1987

[mingos-commodoreblog]

1984 Amiga Presentation

[machetelanding]

[computerclippy]

In July of 1985 Commodore released their Amiga 1000 as part of their Amiga line. Two years later it was discontinued. It ran off a Motorola 68000 processor and AmigaOS 1.0. Similarly to the Macintosh 128K, the Macintosh 512k, and the Macintosh Plus, it had a 4P4C modular connector for a keyboard attachment.

[digitalesleben]

Amiga - die Freundin von Commodore

Der Amiga 500 war für viele die Spielemaschine. Mein Fokus lag damals auf dem Atari ST und seinem Ökosystem. Deswegen war es mir eine Freude mich mit diesem Computer knapp 35 Jahre später zu beschäftigen.

Seit Anfang Oktober 2024 bin ich Besitzer eines Commodore Amiga 500. Ziemlich spät, um sich erstmals mit diesem 16 bit Homecomputer der 80er Jahre des letzten Jahrtausends auseinanderzusetzen, mögt ihr als meine Leser anmerken. Ja, würde ich darauf erwidern, als Atari ST Fan wäre mir früher keine Freundin von Commodore ins Haus gekommen. Aber dank einer Spende meines ältesten Freundes Elmar habe…

[justascribbla]

Andy Warhol. Portrait of Debbie Harry made on a Commodore Amiga 1000 in 1985.

[pigswithwings]

top five computers ever. Like ranked by hotness

1. apple imac g3 (lime). thats me baby!!

2. ibm pc/at jr. im deeply in love with it

3. commodore amiga 1000

4. phillips nms9100 pc/at

5. apple iie. gotta hand it to em

[hackernewsrobot]

A story about restoring and upgrading a Commodore Amiga 1000

https://celso.io/posts/2025/01/26/the-first-perfect-computer/

[ui-alcoholic]

Amiga 1000

The Amiga1000 was introduced in the summer of 1985 and was the first machine in the Amiga family. Commodore acquired the technology through the acquisition of the Amiga company, which was originally developed by engineers Jay Miner and Larry Kaplan who had left Atari.

The goal was to develop a gaming platform with graphics and sound capabilities ahead of its time. This goal was achieved, but in the process, they created a complete computer instead of a game console.

The technical side of things went well enough, but financial problems meant they had to look for an investor, and ended up with Commodore.

The Amiga 1000 was a true multimedia computer. The 7MHz Motorola 68000 (PAL/7.09MHz PAL NTSC/7.16MHz) and 256kB of memory were roughly equivalent to those offered by the competition. In contrast, the 8-bit stereo sound and outstanding color graphics were well ahead of its contemporaries. However, neither the PC, Atari ST, nor even the Apple Macintosh had a multitasking operating system (AmigaOS). (although until the advent of faster machines, this was a disadvantage rather than an advantage) Read more about the story here: Geekometery - Jay Miner & The Amiga Computer

Check these out too if you are interested in retro computing

the iconic "Amiga ball" which seemed like a fantastic thing at the time.

A1000 cover sheet signed by the team members

A1000 in the Stranger Things 4

[prototypesteve]

Glow Stick.

I left the fast and shallow social media platforms like 𝕏, Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Mastodon because even though there’s more being said there, theres almost nothing being said there.

🤬 “I’m gonna move to Canada if my side doesn’t get their way.”

😐 No, you aren’t. You didn’t, the last three times.

😫 “That thing I hate is totally unacceptable.”

🫤 Clearly, it is acceptable. You typed that between a Starbucks run and a weekly progress meeting, not in between smashing parts of the unacceptable system.

🤩 “We should all do This Thing I Linked To.”

😑 You don’t believe that, because your language and content don’t show any trace of the other long list of other things you’ve said we should all embrace.

This week, those old fast-and-full social media platforms will be brimming with a fresh batch of resolute calls, last straws, turnarounds, pledges, repentances, lines on the ground, declarations, deadlines, and epiphanies that will last about as long as a glow stick at a rave.

It’s like…

The fast-and-full platforms have gamified Rapid and Vapid, with likes and other engagement promising riches and fame. Tumblr doesn’t do that well enough to make it worth being on Tumblr if you have a styrofoam soul. Sure, you see the occasional user try to Tweet on Tumblr, but they give up and move on, quickly. Tumblr attracts communities where authenticity and depth and focus are “rewarded” if that’s even the right word.

(And yes, I know Tumblr will die someday. That’s sad, but it’s fine. I’ve been using social networks since 1980s bulletin board systems with my Commodore Amiga 1000. I know how to find communities, online and offline. 𝕏, Threads, Facebook and the others aren’t communities. They’re performances.)

[oldguydoesstuff]

This game was a showcase for the power of the Amiga, with huge world isometric 2D scrolling to explore, 256-color full VGA graphics, and music that synchronized to the game action. It was definitely an impress your friends with your Amiga title compared to what PCs of the day were capable of.

UK 1987

[mingos-commodoreblog]

RECOIL 6.4.0 - Retro Computer Image Library decodes Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari Portfolio, Atari ST/TT/Falcon, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore 16/116/Plus4, Commodore 128, Electronika BK, FM Towns, HP 48, Macintosh 128K, MSX, NEC PC-80/88/98, Oric, SAM Coupe, Sharp X68000, Tandy 1000, Timex 2048, TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum picture formats. The project contains a simple viewer, plug-ins for general-purpose image viewers and editors, and an everything-to-png converter.

[glitchpalantir]

short HISTORY OF VIDEO GAME CONSOLES

1st Generation(1968-1976)

1968- Brown Box

1972 - Magnavox Odyssey

1975 : 1 . Magnavox Odyssey 300

2. Telgames Atari Pong

3. Coleco Telstar Colortron

2nd Generation(1976-1983)

1976 - Fairchild Channel F

1977 :

1. Bally Astrocade

2. Atari 2600

1979 - Mattel Intellivision

1982 :

1. Coleco Vision

2. Atari 5200

3. Vectrex

4. Magnavox Odyssey

3rd Generation (1983 - 1987)

1983 :

1. Sega SG 1000

2. NES

1985 - Sega Master System

1986 - Atari 7800

4th Generation (1987 - 1993)

1987 - Nec HUDSON Soft Turbo GraFX 16

1988 - Sega Genesis

1990 :

1. Nintendo SNES

2. Phillips CD-i

1991 - Commodore CDTV

1993 - Pioneer Laseractive

1994 - SNK Neo Geo CD

5th Generation (1993 - 2001)

1993 :

1. 3DO

2. Atari Jaguar

3. Commodore Amiga CD32

1994 :

1. Sony Playstation

2. Sega Saturn

1995 - Apple Bandai Pippin

1996 - Nintendo 64

6th Generation ( 1998 - 2009 )

1998 - Sega Dreamcast

2000 - Sony Playstation 2

2001 - Microsoft XBOX

and Nintendo Gamecube

7th Generation (1998 - 2009)

2005 - Microsoft Xbox 360

2006 :

1. Sony PS3

2. Nintendo Wii

8th Generation

2012 :

1. Nontendo Wii U

2. OUYA

2013 :

1. Sony PS4

2. Microsoft Xbox One

2014 - Value Steam Machine

Source : youtube channel TIME - The History of Video Game Consoles

[salvationrepair]

Commodore Amiga 1000 Teardown

Duration: 45 minutes Steps: 7 Steps Meet the Amiga that kicked off the revolution! Launched in 1985, the Amiga 1000 is a true vintage gem. Peek inside its case, and you’ll find the engraved signatures of the talented engineers who brought this beauty to life. Let’s dive into the repair journey together! Step 1 – Looks like this Amiga has picked up a little yellowing with age. Nothing too…

[spotnarr]

this is gonna be a very messy idea vomit for Scheduler (desktop freak). Prompted by someone on tiktok asking to "halariously sum up how your oc dies". and i commented "bro got remembered 😭😭😭"... so i'll be diving more into that under the cut vvvv

What the hell is Scheduler?

In [Someplace Somewhere idk yet], it is populated by our wonderful technical guardian angels. Every phone, computer, radio, and many other devices that keep you in touch with all that you love oversees you as much as it can. However, our angels our disposible and fragile. For every new device created, another is destroyed in its wake.

A worse fate? Abandoned and forgotten. No matter how deteriorated your battery is, nor how scuffed your casing is, you are still functional. Many of our angels are preocupied with their occupation. For the ones that don't, they exist someplace else outside of their physical body. Thus, they form a false body in the same sphere as their maker. All they have ever known is their guardianship, so most all take the form of what they were on Earth. As long as they live, all gaurdian angels have access to this false body.

Scheduler: Desolate Startup

Scheduler's model was developed around 1985, copying in mass the Commodore Amiga 1000 released the same year. His glory was short lived, as IBM released upgraded models of the IBM personal computer XT 5160 and other products the same and following year of 1986. Scheduler immediately became obsolete, with production cut short and its retail value not doing great.

Throughout Scheduler's guardianship he was taken in by many families and buyers, yet his make proved useless as people embraced other models like Dell, HP, and the Macintosh. Eventually he ended up in an old storage unit container, left abandoned for decades upon decades. With years festering, Scheduler had become fully encased in his false body, now alone as his peers scattered limp across the endless, shapeless plain.

In his loneliness, he appoints himself as coordinator of AAs and resides on the edge of the [Someplace Somewhere idk], protecting his fellow guardians in wake of some danger. Any danger. If it would ever even come.

Death of Scheduler

At this point of his and Zimpeye's destinationless journey, theyve developed a close bond. One thing i accidently forgot to mention was that time in [Someplace Somewhere idk] elapses faster than it does on Earth. For their eons, only 37 years has elapsed. In a miraculous turn of events, Scheduler's physical body is retrieved from the storage unit and booted up.

Scheduler blips back into his physical body for a moment, returning back to his false body months later (a couple hours in our time). This happens a few times later on, but eventually stops for a considerable amount of time. Each time, Scheduler disoreintly sees how much of his world has changed, and is quick to flip back to his false body to return to Zimpeye.

Scheduler and Zimpeye continue on. They tread, until Scheduler is flung from out of Zimpeye's hands, shattered and battered. Out of nowhere, Scheduler laid in pieces in front of Zimpeye, the only friend he ever had, the only true subject of his guardianship. Gone in an instant.

Scheduler's physical body was donated to a rage room. He was never valued. He was junk.