1988: The new Amigas
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:58 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-hJ_3MvH7Q
Apparently these were the most A/V-oriented computers you could buy in 1988, and very cheap, too. I imagine the video game experience of Commodore was a very large factor. I never got to even see one of these.
Lots of interesting, very early stuff here, like digital image editing and even some primitive video editing. Oh yeah, and multitasking (not demonstrated).
By the way, the famous and highly capable Video Toaster was also an accessory originally released for Amiga computers (1990). Now I really want to play with one.
In the early days of computers, hardware/software compatibility was king, which is why these fell out of favor. X86 was the future and so was Windows for desktops.
Apparently these were the most A/V-oriented computers you could buy in 1988, and very cheap, too. I imagine the video game experience of Commodore was a very large factor. I never got to even see one of these.
Lots of interesting, very early stuff here, like digital image editing and even some primitive video editing. Oh yeah, and multitasking (not demonstrated).
By the way, the famous and highly capable Video Toaster was also an accessory originally released for Amiga computers (1990). Now I really want to play with one.
In the early days of computers, hardware/software compatibility was king, which is why these fell out of favor. X86 was the future and so was Windows for desktops.