Thank you SO much for that information - I really appreciate it! Is the Velvet that was photographed extensively in Austria yours?

I have posted your comment to the article on amigalove.com to keep that history in one place. SO cool!

@@AmigaLove yes, I own one VELVET unit, its the one in Vienna you refer to in your Video - you can use the comment if you like.

Makes total sense.

I was just coming here to comment the same. The tool was probably just milled out, and the spark-eroding step hadn't been carried out yet

100%. That whole experience I had meeting him and going over that machine was surreal and unforgettable. It's still hard to believe I'm looking at the thing on a near-weekly basis.

Thanks, Doug! It's a humbling, other-worldly feeling. No doubt

Thanks, CRG!

Thank you so much, man. And welcome to the party! :)

It's my honor and privilege to do so. Thank you!

and somtimes egos and stupid business decisions ruin the thing, as is the case for BeOS in 2000s

Thanks so much, Pixel Vixen. So glad you liked it and I really appreciate the kind words. Cheers!

It was my pleasure, sincerely. And thanks for the kind words - I love your work as well!

Thanks SO much, @commodore cave! I really appreciate your comments.

Thank you SO much!

So true. Then again, would we be as in love with the Amiga if it had come to globally dominate the computer scene like Windows did? Maybe. But it's tragic death probably gives it martyr status to some degree, too. There's a lot to unpack if we want to ponder all the reasons why the business world and business software developers mostly ignored the Amiga. Think about this, though. Had Microsoft thrown Commodore a software or financial bone (like they did Apple in 1997) it might have provided some sort of lifeline. But even if Gates had done such a thing, Commodore lacked the leadership at the time and likely would have totally squandered such a gift on the C-level suits. Imagine having MS Word for Amiga back in 1985, though! We could play the What If game all day. These days I truly do enjoy playing with these old computers and creating things with them. It's like walking into the past to see a future that never materialized, which is a pretty interesting perspective. Thanks for watching!

There is no modern Amiga's. The true Amiga's are the machines released by Commodore and had such hardware made for them as the video toaster. Dont be fooled by the delusional groups who will tell you the Amiga one is a Modern Amiga. These are underpowered and overpriced hobby boards made to run a specific OS. This OS being Amiga OS 4x. Because of this, they believe the crazy prices asked for this garbage are justified. Believe me, you would be getting high end Pentium 4 or Pentium D performance if that. I dont think you could watch a youtube video at higher than 480p without it stuttering. A real step backwards from what the original Amiga was back in the day. On top of that, if you wanted to run those classic Amiga games or software on one of these hobby boards, you have to emulate the original Amiga to do so. You might as well buy OS4 which you can use on a PC via emulation. It will be a lot faster and you save thousands. Or better still, download MorphOS and get a compatible G4 or G5 mac if you really want to enjoy the Amiga experiance not using a PC.

Jerry thank you so much for the kind word! The 500 is so iconic - next to the A1000 I think it's easily the most iconic. They sold more 500's than any other Amiga for a reason. Awesome machine, easy to upgrade, total pleasure to use. And yeah - upgrading to a HD is a life-changing experience on these machines. Cheers

Thank you MVG!

hi mvg

Very cool!

Thanks, Ron!

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“Amiga Love” thanks really a nice one.

The B52s theme was something Commodore West Chester had, not the CA-based original Amiga team. I believe the engineer who used this signature was George Robbins

Is yours the Velvet edition or Zorro, Stephen? Very cool!

Or do you mean you have an A1000?

Mine is standard production A1000 but made in Germany with UK layout. My video is on KZfaq about her and I got her in 1987

@@Checkmate1500 Ah - gotcha. Very cool.

Which channel? If I click on your profile it says there is no content. Do you have a link?

@@MrKurtHaeusler I deleted all Amiga content after problems with a Crowdfunding project/creator. My information and homepage is not accessible any longer. Sorry.

Do you mean the Rejuvenator reverse-engineering project I launched ages ago? Or something else?

I hear ya - it's REALLY tempting. Have you seen that new hypothesis where just putting yellowed plastic in direct sunlight can reverse the effects? It's slower, but no chemicals, no mess. The only thing we don't know is if it slowly reverts back to being yellow again or not. But if, say in a year, results are good - I might just do that. Set it out for a couple hours while drinking a beer - voila! Almost sounds too good to be true, but I did test a keyboard over the weekend and was shocked to see how its color normalized.

@@AmigaLove Basically the same thing, O-zone gas + UV light on a sunny day and a single sunny day outside would be done. Thought about if I was ever offered a heavily yellowed but undamaged and functional Commodore 65 prototype whether I would put the colour back to original. I think I would, it's like restoring a classic car with very fine detailing shop.

Thanks a lot MoosesValley. Really glad you enjoyed the video, and I look forward to seeing you around again. Cheers!

So true. It has the best little gindy sound.

Does WhichAmiga work in 1.3?

Sorry about that, Pete. I'll definitely look into this for the future. I really appreciate you sticking with it - and sorry about the levels! I picked up the lavalier mic, which seems to really help a ton. But I can see I need to go one step further. Thanks for your comment!

@@AmigaLove Thanks. Love the content. I was an 8 bit commodore guy (never had an Amiga), but I love *all* the old Commodore stuff.

@@Psychlist1972 I hear ya 100%. I grew up with the C64. I couldn't afford an Amiga back in the day, but I have quite the collection these days. I also have a primo C128D, which I plan to be the focus of my next (audio normalized) video! It's got a "brand new" 1571, JiffyDOS, and a really innovative custom switch that allows me to take the internal drive off of ID 8 (so I can use expansion carts as drive 8 instead). Anyway - off-topic. I appreciate your advice and will definitely fix things going forward. Have a good one

I just watched a video this weekend about this very science. I might just pop it out in the sun here in a bit.

Amiga Love I placed my A1200 keys in the sun for 4 days, in NC and can see no improvement...

@@SuperVstech Maybe it has to do with the type of plastic involved? Amazing how in 2019 we still don't really know wtf is going on, and how to consistently deal with it.

To be fair, the 2000 (my 2000) is probably one of the best machines I've ever owned. It. Just. Works. Every damned time. I love it! But yeah - the 1000 was pretty ... pretty ... and a great machine, too. Definitely 100x more elegant and iconic. But the 2000 does get the job done way more easily most of the time.

The 2000 is a nice machine and I still have it. But I wish I had just spent the money I saved on the trade and kept the 1000 for nostalgia. I also have a 4000 which I pulled out of storage about a year ago and have running down in the basement. Such promise the Amiga had only to fail because of management disputes.

Kickstart and workbench 1.3 out after the A1000 had stopped being made, however it was easy enough to buy the 1.3 disks for the A1000

I don't think it had anything to do with it not working. It was more he was just such a massive fan - he also wanted the "official" version of the retail version (and the support that came with it when you bought one from Commodore).

@@AmigaLove Getting the Production edition was an "upgrade" and there were so few ways to get anything at that time.

Not with this machine. This development machine was from a time immediately pre-retail, but post acquisition.

Hah!