Long long ago in the far off distant past when life was much more plain and simpler and calculators were thought to be the most advanced piece of modern technical wonder man had ever achieved (mainly because if you held them upside down you make them display words like ESSO or BOOBS).
Suddenly from out of the blue came an unusual and totally different wee chap calling himself VIC20. Now young Vic although not too bright in the memory department, had the amazing ability to entertain folks and amaze them with his 8 colours and real full size keyboard despite his lack of memory.
Vic began to gather a huge following of believers and between them they started the cult which became known as "Home Computing For The Masses". Unbeknown to Vic though during his time as king and ruler of HomeComputerLand his younger brother had been born and who would soon usurp poor Vic to become the most popular ruler ever of HomeComputerland, he would be known simply as C64.
Now C64 dazzled the followers of Vic and quickly took over the reigns as king, with his massive 64K or memory and amazing feats of magic like hardware sprites and the ability to make some of the most wonderful and amazing music that the folks of HomeComputerLand had ever seen or heard.
For many years C64 just grew and grew in popularity wiping the floor with all the pretenders to the throne who dared to challenge him. Oh many tried like the mighty Acorn Atom or the BBC Micro and once even a Dragon challenged C64 but all soon had to bow down to the sheer power and popularity that C64 had gained during his reign.
However behind the scenes a distant relative of C64 was cunningly being nurtured by the mighty & mysterious grey wizard Jay Miner, the new king of HomeComputerLand who was yet to come would be known as Amiga the greatest of all home computers.
As the years went by and C64 continued to entertain and remain as king the Amiga appeared on the scene calling himself at first A1000, but A1000 although vastly superior in every way to C64 was thought by many as just too expensive and lofty by the masses to be any part of their day to entertainment. However Amiga as it was soon to be realised was very good at re-inventing himself and he realised that to become king he had to do something and do it quick.
Much to everyones surprise and joy A1000 dropped his lofty attitude and re-launched himself as A500, a far more likeable machine with the ability to make himself popular with even the commonest of folks in HomeComputerLand. Over the next few years C64 gracefully bowed and handed over the reigns to Amiga who had become the true leader of all that was good about home computing.
During his reign Amiga kept on re-inventing himself, sometimes successfully other times not, until he finally settled on the name A1200. Now A1200 and all his previous incarnations was totally unaware the the people of HomeComputerLand had grown complacent and had begun to demand more and more from poor old Amiga. Most began to turn their backs on him and with their insatiable demands for more power and speed they went over to the dark side of the dreaded PC that had sneakily been brewing in the background.
Though most abandoned Amiga not all did, there were those who continued to support and believe in him and still do to this very day, but the dark years of turmoil that ensued and being left in the wilderness took it's toll on poor Amiga. Though many came and went trying to revive Amiga, whether they had good intentions or were just driven by greed all failed.
Now to the the present, yet another has stepped forward trying to claim to be the saviour of Amiga but while most are dazzled by this new pretender to the throne by all the spin and hype, the true believers remain sceptical and can see through the hype and know that this is just another evil and wicked ploy to cash in on the gullible and those just greedy for speed & power who don't actually care anymore for the history of the Amiga which they seem to have forgotten and the joy and pleasure it has given them.
How will this all end and who will be right or who will be wrong, no-one can say as yet. As history has shown the life of Commodore and Amiga has been a very colourful one with many ups and many downs. The only thing that can be said with any certainty is, it's not over yet...
TO BE CONTINUED...
