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Amiga 3000 (1988)

For fans of the Commodore Amiga, the introduction of the new Amiga 3000 was big news, even though the price tag was nearly $4,000. This program looked at the new Amiga computer and new third party appplications. Demonstrations include the Amiga 3000, the Amiga 2500, the AmigaVision authoring system, The Animation Studio, and the Video Toaster from NewTek. Also includes a visit to FAUG, the First Amiga Users Group, in Palo Alto. Guests include Paul Montgomery, Tim Jenison, Lou Wallace, and Hedley Davis. Originally broadcast in 1990.


This movie is part of the collection: Computer Chronicles

Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Episode Year: 1988; Television Programs; Computers: History; amiga; commodore; video toaster

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Reviewer: fgpancorbo - - November 13, 2007
Subject: Great documentary, long life to the Amiga
I owned an A500 back in Spain. In its heyday, the Amiga commanded a type of "cult following" that makes the Apple/Mac following insignificant. My A500 was so ahead of every other computer owned by my friends, specially in the sound and graphics department, that I had a sense of "being chosen by God" to own the Amiga. I think it's fair to say that during the late 80's, early 90's the Amiga was treated in several European as the "cool" alternative to the IBM PC. Pretty much as the Mac is treated today in the US but with the caveat that the Amiga was during that time so ahead of both the PC and the Mac that it made us, the Amiga owners, look down at ever other personal computer owner which didn't own an Amiga. The thinking was, how is that these guys are not as amazed as I am with the technical superiority of this machine?
I moved to the US 7 years ago and I discovered these archives of the Computer Chronicles just this weekend. It has been a great experience to watch all 5 programs that cover the Amiga in detail. I moved to the Wintel PC forced by the market in the mid nineties, but no matter how technologically advanced the PC and the Mac become, the Amiga has a place in my heart that will never be replaced by any other computer.

Reviewer: Telephone Toughguy - - July 3, 2007
Subject: Neat
I was an Amiga user when EB Games was the Electronic Boutique and the Commodore section dwarfed both the small Apple section and the tiny strip in the corner for IBM. I used to call it "ibum" and point and laugh. They really dropped the ball didn't they? Now all the arsty fartsy design snobs have macs and the rest of the world has PC's, with Commodore doomed to the dustbin of history... sad. At least they have Texas Instruments and Radio Shack TRS-80's to keep them company!

Reviewer: Z - - June 1, 2003
Subject: Amiga 3000 and Video Toaster demo
Demos of the pioneering multimedia computer

Jeff Berger, Creative Technologies - Midi and Amiga
Tim Bajarin, Creative Strategies
Amiga user's group, Palo Alto CA
William Paicius, First Amiga Users Group
Hedley Davis, Commodore, A3000 and OS 2.0, and AmigaVision Demo

Sam Palahnuk, Disney Software, Disney Animation Studio
John Vernon, Hewlett Packard, technical animations
Lou Wallace, Senior Editor for AmigaWorld Magazine, AmigaVision demo, including animation and laserdisc video integration
Paul Montgomery & Tim Jenison, Newtek. Video Toaster, Lightwave 3D demo