Why was the Amiga so awesome?
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 Published On Dec 28, 2021

In this video we are going to take a look at why the Commodore Amiga was just so awesome.
This is from a hardware perspective and I've included lots of quotes from the designer himself Jay Miner.
The Jay Miner quotes are taken from these 2 videos, they are really worth a watch

The History of the Commodore Amiga - Rare Jay Miner Speech AmiExpo 1990 -    • The History of the Commodore Amiga - ...  
Jay Miner. Lead designer: Atari 2600, Atari 800, Amiga. -    • Video  


-- Other Links --
Bit Blit Algorithm (Amiga Blitter Chip) - Computerphile -    • Bit Blit Algorithm (Amiga Blitter Chi...  
Amiga 1000 Ad -    • Amiga 1000 Werbung - TV - Commercial  
Ed Logg GDC 2012 -    • Gauntlet revisited by creator Ed Logg  
Amiga 500 Mboard Picture - https://bigbookofamigahardware.com/bb...
Amiga 100 MBoard Picture - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Amiga 1000 Picture - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Jay Miner at the 1990 Amiga Developers Conference in Paris, France, on February 9, 1990
Copyright 1990 Michael C. Battilana and Cloanto IT sr - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Min...
Top 10 Atari 2600 Games -    • Top 10 Atari 2600 Games  
HAM Picture - https://www.nostalgianerd.com/the-ami...
Creative Sound Blaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_B...
Menace Longplay -    • Amiga Longplay Menace  
MS Word for Mac - https://winworldpc.com/product/micros...
Amiga 500 Advert -    • Amiga 500 advert  
Windows Blue Screen Of Death -    • Bill Gates, Windows 98, Blue Screen o...  

-- Timestamps --
0:00 The Amiga
0:48 RGB Video output
1:18 Bitplane Graphics
4:07 Hold and Modify
6:56 The Blitter
8:06 Memory
10:13 CPU
12:35 Copper
14:00 Open Platform
14:55 Compatibility
15:46 Multitasking OS
18:21 Sound
22:38 Sprites
23:30 Input
24:45 Storage
25:20 Conclusion

-- Other --
Marty McFly image is from 1985 "Back To the Future" by Universal Pictures

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