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Title: A History of the Amiga Part 3
Post by: tonyyeb on August 22, 2007, 07:55:43 PM

Ars Technica has part 3 of it's 'History of the Amiga' series.

http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/a-history-of-the-amiga-part-3.ars

Title: how longsit?
Post by: weirdami on August 23, 2007, 05:35:46 AM

Do we know how many parts it's going to have?

Title: Re: how longsit?
Post by: mpiva on August 23, 2007, 07:48:53 PM

@ weirdami

I am looking forward to it having VERY many parts.  I've always loved reading Amiga history and whereas I already knew almost everything that's been presented so far (I have to confess, I had not heard about "Joe Pillow" before :lol: ) I have enjoyed reminiscing and it's great to have all these details put together so nicely.  Depending on how long it gets, I wouldn't mind having all the articles put together into a short book I could buy.  ;-)  ;-)

Title: Re: how longsit?
Post by: Valan on August 24, 2007, 04:44:30 AM

Reading about those years reminds me of the feeling of using a well thought out computer.

Even now I am not sure of what made the Amiga feel so good, probably lots of things. I think the main thing was that the Amiga seemed to change with the applications on different screens. I mean, when in DPaint I felt like the the computer was an artist painting tool and when in Lightwave it was dedicated to 3d.

I really enjoyed how the Amiga felt it was made for me personally.

I use an iBook and while it is fantastic it remains an Apple machine at all times and so I feel it is not fully mine.

Cheers
Valan

Title: Re: how longsit?
Post by: HellCoder on August 24, 2007, 02:22:47 PM

Good job, nice to read.

Title: Re: A History of the Amiga Part 3
Post by: ottomobiehl on August 26, 2007, 05:20:24 PM

These articles have been great to read so far.  Very well written with a lot of info.  I like the trip down memory lane too.

I hope there are a lot more articles to come.

Title: Re: how longsit?
Post by: amigadave on August 29, 2007, 07:59:07 AM

@Valan,

When it is time to upgrade the iBook to a new Mac, you will be very pleased to know that Amiga emulation flys on the Intel based Macs using WinUAE, AmigaForever and AmiKit.  A very pleasant experience and I love having a fast and very beautiful and capable Amiga laptop (at last!). :-D

Does anyone know the author of these articles (not just his name, I mean who he is and what his background is and why he decided to write such a long history)?  He has really done a wonderful job of researching the history (or remembering it from personal experience).  The little details that are not generally known, that he mentions in several places in the story are very interesting.

I too hope for several more installments of the Amiga history and I applaud Arstechnica for publishing them.  I have long been a reader of their site and have used one of their build-it-yourself guides to put together my Son's AMD PC budget gaming machine.