Archive | November, 2013

Commodore: The Amiga Years

Seeking to ascertain how the Commodore Amiga, a computer now widely regarded as having been five years ahead of its competition, failed so spectacularly in the marketplace, this book takes an in-depth look at the people and personalities behind it. The often unflattering picture that emerges is one of top-level executives who had little understanding of […]

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The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga

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Freax

Freax is a fast-paced, comprehensive look at the amazing stories of the digital art community known as the “demoscene”. For over 20 years, computer programmers, artists and musicians have tweaked, optimized and pushed computers to their limits… all for the sake of art. Anticipating advances in graphics and visuals by years, the members of these […]

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Mindcandy Volume 3: PC Demos

Mindcandy Volume 3 proves quite admirably that there’s no dearth of talent in private homes around the world, guys (for the most part, anyway) who just like fooling around with their computers and seeing what they can create with them. While there’s obviously no real rhyme or reason in terms of a through line on […]

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Amiga 1200 MAGIC

The Amiga 1200, or A1200 (code-named ‘Channel Z‘), was Commodore International‘s third-generation Amiga computer, aimed at the home market. It was launched on October 21, 1992, at a base price of £399 in the United Kingdom and $599 in the United States. History Like its predecessor, the Amiga 500, the A1200 is an all-in-one design […]

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