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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: VingtTrois on April 24, 2014, 12:48:42 PM

Title: Lost Warhol originals extracted from decaying Amiga floppies
Post by: VingtTrois on April 24, 2014, 12:48:42 PM

Lost Warhol originals extracted from decaying Amiga floppies

(http://s10.postimg.org/9on22fuih/1_Andy_Warhol_Andy2_1985_AWF1.jpg)

http://www.boingboing.net/2014/04/24/lost-warhol-originals-extracte.html

Title: Re: Lost Warhol originals extracted from decaying Amiga floppies
Post by: mbrantley on April 24, 2014, 01:45:09 PM

Cool!

Title: Re: Lost Warhol originals extracted from decaying Amiga floppies
Post by: jagoche on April 24, 2014, 01:56:29 PM

BBC also reports about it. Wonder if that's the actual Amiga that Warhol used for his work?

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27141201

Title: Re: Lost Warhol originals extracted from decaying Amiga floppies
Post by: WeiXing3D on April 24, 2014, 04:25:14 PM

And here is a video of Andy Warhol using the Amiga in a live event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oqUd8utr14#t=17

Title: Re: Lost Warhol originals extracted from decaying Amiga floppies
Post by: Plaz on April 24, 2014, 05:33:10 PM

Wonder what made recovery so difficult?

Was it the arcane format mentioned in BBC, or dying sectors in the first article?

Plaz