Commodore is Dead……Long live Commodore

[FastRobPlus]

Antiriad wrote:
I still remember the day when I saw the Amiga 1000 at the first page of a computer magazine in 85’. God!!!!!I loved that machine. .

I don't think I understood your post, but I can see at least one thing that you may want to consider:  The Amiga 1000 was the machine that wowed folks the most because it was the closest to being an Amiga. Each subsequent machine produced was more powerful, but less inspired.  CBM was not Amiga.   They were just the best of the bad choices Amiga had to make to produce thier machine.  

Commodore made good consoles and should be remembered for that.  The C64 was brilliant, and the Amiga 500 was the last significant console home computer to be made before the dedicated game consoles took over that space.

Still, Commodore is not Amiga.  There is no need to lament them. The technology would have appeard in some better or lesser form without that company.

[FastRobPlus]

Didn’t know I’d stir up so much controversy by calling the A500 a console!!!  :lol:

I think the disconnect is that there hasn’t been a console computer (defined as an “all-in-one computer with built in keyboard” ) in 10+ years, so now when somebody hears “console” they assume “video gaming console.”

Actually, really, really old timers might be shocked to hear the A500 –OR- the Xbox being called “consoles”, since in the 70’s a console was generally taken to mean a terminal with a CRT and keyboard.  

Can get much more non-gaming than that!