@HRHShawnPendragone Gosh you're quick off the mark. It was only seven months ago. If you can't think of anything polite to say why bother? And that's SVGA not VGA. Ask your mummy to explain the difference sometime.
My mint condition, fully working Amiga 4000 040 will be appearing on eBay in the next few days. Complete with SVGA monitor, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and loads of software. Happy bidding.
wow - the mouse double clicks were notably successful in this video lol. You gotta love the rawness of AmigaDos and workbench! Understandably though most programmers used to bypass it altogether and write routines that accessed the hardware directly. Great machine, loved it
still got one in the cellar...with lot's of games ;) it was my first computer and i became it when i was about 6 years old...ohhh i will never forget these days
this os boots more or less instantly loading from a harddrive what i loved about the amiga though was that you just put a game in and play it without loading up the os and configuring hardware this is where the pc wins at pissing you off i have games that cant find my joystick lol what ever happened to standards
Yes there was a TV-Modulater shipped with the Amiga so the users could use a normal TV.Of course you could by a real monitor also.There where 2 models: The original Commodore 1084 monitor and a "copy" the Phillips CM8833 II monitor.
Reminds me how infinitely patient we had to be in those days booting an os.. When PC's started catcing on around 1989 in the UK i was won over by the professional looked 'text' screen and the smoothness MS-DOS operating system. Actually of course it was rubbish but it all appeared so flawless as it was running off this 'hard drive' and it was all very impressive. It's intersting how we all just take it for granted now. ty :)
Nice memories & my first real computer. I had one in the early 90's, then its HD got stiction one day. Plus problems getting newer printers to work with the Amiga. Then I got a Compaq 433
all-in-one machine running Win 3.1 Sorry guys but that was a nice machine too.
ive still got my A1200 still boxed perfect working order it's ontop of my wardrobe in a black bag i use it once a year just to keep the dos drive healthy :)
to the muppet who asked if you could run dos....yep, in a time where 8086 and 8088 were prolific, not only could the amiga run 68k software, it could emulate your pc and mac too.....god, must hurt. cant hurl insults at a machine this old - in its time and worse, for 10 years after its time, it was a leader - check wikipedia
You would probably think that was true but when launched the fastest x86 processor was the 12Mhz 80286 - the 80386 was only launched in October 85 and then at 25Mhz - hardly turbo. then you have to take into account that the 7Mhz amiga only uses its cpu for processing, not for gfx or snd unlike the PC therefore, the 7Mhz amiga's emulated 286 could well have been comparable.
ask the pc to emulate the amiga....sure it can do it today but look at the min spec.
Thats what I'm saying any decent emulation was impossible back then because of the slowness of the chips it wasn't until the pentiums and motorola equivalents until decent emulation started turning up.
It emulated fine, with Mac ROMS or even a PC without, the apps on a PC back then weren't even worth emulating. Like who would use a PC when you had opalvision and the rest? Hello
Many PC muppets back then only asked "how many mhz", Not that i care much, but what moron only takes the cpu mhz for how fast it is? ... I prefer to use drystones (SysInfo was a amazing app.) On my A2000 i could emulate a PC just fine. Other way around? Ahahaha... Good luck trying to emulate (Damn i love the cisc technology, not to mention paula, angus, denise (and gary in the older models, which was the I/O chip, before angus got "upgraded" to "Fat Angus", but you already knew that right? :)
The typical muppet "lennyslen". 1...Can`t even spell decades properly, 2...That "shity" (you must mean "shitty") machine you speak of ran rings round any home PC of the time. The amiga died due to bad management/poor marketing & dirty tricks. This was the EVO 8 of the 80`s. PC`s were Ford Cortinas. I love correcting uneducated people
It cannot, since MS-DOS requires an x86 processor whereas the Amiga has a Motorola 68k CPU. It does have a command line interface though, the CLI (later named Shell)
2 minutes to load a whole bunch of cute useless programs, drive your mum crazy from the sound of the drive, that you weren't allowed to play shadow of the beast 3 after 10pm (god that WAS decompression with REAL compressor)
Ah yes when floppys covered your desks and repetative strain injuries were due to disk swapping, and a whole game was only 1MB in size, or 4megs over 4 floppys! Those were definately the days. Still have mine but I think the connector you added at the back which connected the lead to the tv is busted as is the power supply.
Question is where can I download the games for free?!
My old Amiga 500 (my first computer) is in storage, but the monitor bit the big one. Thanks for posting this... It brings back LOTS of memories! (--guru meditation error--)
Santa Clause left an Amiga 2000 unter the Christmas tree for me on Christmas 1991. Me and my friends had so much fun with that baby... Nower days i don't use it anymore, but i still play via WinUAE often.
lol OSes havent changed that much... an OS with GUI (AmigaOS) it took about 50 seconds to load from a floppy 20 years ago, about 50 seconds it needs today from a hard disk (my winXP).
@HRHShawnPendragone Gosh you're quick off the mark. It was only seven months ago. If you can't think of anything polite to say why bother? And that's SVGA not VGA. Ask your mummy to explain the difference sometime.
duckgeezer 8 months ago
@HRHShawnPendragone well better lucky next time mummy's boy. LOL
duckgeezer 8 months ago
Hearing that floppy disk drive.. It almost brings a tear to my eye!!
trisky1234 1 year ago
RadioShack sold these for a couple of grand in the 80's
upinflamezzz 1 year ago
im getting one of these for xmas, I CANT WAIT!!!
KangaroosReviews 1 year ago
My mint condition, fully working Amiga 4000 040 will be appearing on eBay in the next few days. Complete with SVGA monitor, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and loads of software. Happy bidding.
duckgeezer 1 year ago
I used to hate that sound!!!!....now it brings back some good memories!
Carat2201 1 year ago 4
been a long time since I've heard that sound
lordpoee 1 year ago
The good ol days!
1947dodgewf32 1 year ago
wow - the mouse double clicks were notably successful in this video lol. You gotta love the rawness of AmigaDos and workbench! Understandably though most programmers used to bypass it altogether and write routines that accessed the hardware directly. Great machine, loved it
Stevieboy74 1 year ago
Creepy
Northisbest 1 year ago
Guru meditation ahahaah
MrMds2010 2 years ago
Sometimes a fast forward is just called for...
goblinkind 2 years ago
still got one in the cellar...with lot's of games ;) it was my first computer and i became it when i was about 6 years old...ohhh i will never forget these days
phaester 2 years ago
oh how I miss that loading sound from the floppy!
sonicpet 2 years ago 4
good old times :)
destpl 2 years ago
ahhh..old systems..i still play on my dad's amstrad comuters he has loads of them cos he used to work for amstrad in the 80's.
Zeldaartist 2 years ago
you need a stronger hand ... riddler
r8qt7 2 years ago
Old school will always remain the golden era!!!!!
richardhalo 2 years ago 9
@richardhalo too right, so clinical computing today.
Urko2005 1 year ago
loved and still love my amiga 500....shes still like new and i`ll never let her go...xoxoxox
weldon0m 2 years ago
multitasking... i love amiga 500!
TheBestPunkRock 2 years ago
I optimized my Workbench so it would go directly to a Dialup program in less than 10 seconds.
TeensAreNotChildren 2 years ago
this os boots more or less instantly loading from a harddrive what i loved about the amiga though was that you just put a game in and play it without loading up the os and configuring hardware this is where the pc wins at pissing you off i have games that cant find my joystick lol what ever happened to standards
buzzjunked 2 years ago 7
you started it on a tv?
miviwi1999 3 years ago 2
Yes :)
undx 3 years ago
Yes there was a TV-Modulater shipped with the Amiga so the users could use a normal TV.Of course you could by a real monitor also.There where 2 models: The original Commodore 1084 monitor and a "copy" the Phillips CM8833 II monitor.
The Phillips had stereo speakers build in...
HartRaver 2 years ago
@HartRaver
guess i had Commodore 1084
but i didnt get that fancy OS..just command-line
was this because of lack of memory? i know i could upgrade it
NapanTR 1 year ago
@miviwi1999 RF-converter :) Little black box with amiga video on one side and RGB on the other :)
trisky1234 1 year ago
dat is vet echt wil ook zon com!!
lrs82nila 3 years ago
Ja maar de engelse mensen weten niet wat je schrijft...
marvin4578 3 years ago 2
Reminds me how infinitely patient we had to be in those days booting an os.. When PC's started catcing on around 1989 in the UK i was won over by the professional looked 'text' screen and the smoothness MS-DOS operating system. Actually of course it was rubbish but it all appeared so flawless as it was running off this 'hard drive' and it was all very impressive. It's intersting how we all just take it for granted now. ty :)
Pablos544 3 years ago
i have one of these... 1mb memory... LOL
Coupesm 3 years ago
I actually have 2 :)
dusp2k 3 years ago
want to sell 1?
johndanbutz 3 years ago
Nice memories & my first real computer. I had one in the early 90's, then its HD got stiction one day. Plus problems getting newer printers to work with the Amiga. Then I got a Compaq 433
all-in-one machine running Win 3.1 Sorry guys but that was a nice machine too.
Moss905b 3 years ago 2
Where is "Guru Meditation"?? :-)
trophy242 3 years ago 2
Everyone's comments here are less captivating than the video itself.
wannaseesumfun 4 years ago 5
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How did you hook up your Amiga to your monitor so that it could display in color?
QuillOmega0 4 years ago
lol
GordonFr33man 4 years ago 2
oh maybe u didnt know. RF-modulator. lots of people used ordinary TV:s and a RF-modulator when they used Amiga back in the days.
GordonFr33man 4 years ago
ive still got my A1200 still boxed perfect working order it's ontop of my wardrobe in a black bag i use it once a year just to keep the dos drive healthy :)
jettero1 4 years ago
Looks like a nuisance to use.
McGuywer 4 years ago
to the muppet who asked if you could run dos....yep, in a time where 8086 and 8088 were prolific, not only could the amiga run 68k software, it could emulate your pc and mac too.....god, must hurt. cant hurl insults at a machine this old - in its time and worse, for 10 years after its time, it was a leader - check wikipedia
agw9262 4 years ago
It could run dos or mac emulators but slow as balls. It's a 7mghz machine.
Lumotaku 4 years ago
You would probably think that was true but when launched the fastest x86 processor was the 12Mhz 80286 - the 80386 was only launched in October 85 and then at 25Mhz - hardly turbo. then you have to take into account that the 7Mhz amiga only uses its cpu for processing, not for gfx or snd unlike the PC therefore, the 7Mhz amiga's emulated 286 could well have been comparable.
ask the pc to emulate the amiga....sure it can do it today but look at the min spec.
agw9262 4 years ago
Thats what I'm saying any decent emulation was impossible back then because of the slowness of the chips it wasn't until the pentiums and motorola equivalents until decent emulation started turning up.
Lumotaku 4 years ago
It emulated fine, with Mac ROMS or even a PC without, the apps on a PC back then weren't even worth emulating. Like who would use a PC when you had opalvision and the rest? Hello
RhodesGuy 4 years ago
Many PC muppets back then only asked "how many mhz", Not that i care much, but what moron only takes the cpu mhz for how fast it is? ... I prefer to use drystones (SysInfo was a amazing app.) On my A2000 i could emulate a PC just fine. Other way around? Ahahaha... Good luck trying to emulate (Damn i love the cisc technology, not to mention paula, angus, denise (and gary in the older models, which was the I/O chip, before angus got "upgraded" to "Fat Angus", but you already knew that right? :)
fredslev 4 years ago 2
Of course not MHz! They ask how many GHz!
Destroyew 3 years ago
GHz whasn't maked on 90s didn't come before around 94 i think only the military did have GHz in 80s on theyr compiuters
SMGJohn 3 years ago
Amiga CAN run ms-dos ... with the Emulator disk ...
Amiga Rulez
ScorpsGR 4 years ago
where can find roms- i haveemuklator
yocvbn 4 years ago
emuparadise
nottafanboy6954 4 years ago
the boot sequence would have been longer if you dont have any 1/2MB Ram or 1MB especially for games like Dune2 and so.
but we loved it those times...
Meramli42 4 years ago
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rofl shitty computer
dkr12345 4 years ago
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LOL shity computer . u living under a rock the last 2 decays???
lennyslen 4 years ago
It was classic at the time! it's like having a 70's car or something, i'd love to find another for old times sake!
ziggy36 4 years ago
The typical muppet "lennyslen". 1...Can`t even spell decades properly, 2...That "shity" (you must mean "shitty") machine you speak of ran rings round any home PC of the time. The amiga died due to bad management/poor marketing & dirty tricks. This was the EVO 8 of the 80`s. PC`s were Ford Cortinas. I love correcting uneducated people
mattjames1978 4 years ago 5
i wonder if amiga can run MS-DOS.
luigi2999 4 years ago
It cannot, since MS-DOS requires an x86 processor whereas the Amiga has a Motorola 68k CPU. It does have a command line interface though, the CLI (later named Shell)
MarbleMind 4 years ago
It could probably emulate MS-DOS, PC-DOS or some type of x86 DOS, how well, I don't know.
Twiggy003 4 years ago
I sold my A500 to get an A1200. I still have the latter, and it works. Has a CPU upgrade (MC68030) at a whopping 50 MHz and 32MB RAM. ;)
ballebanan 4 years ago
I have got an Amiga 600 in my attic. My disk drive busted years ago.
dansemple2 4 years ago
It's like windows except it's not.
madcows10 4 years ago
holy shit its a 3 year boot :D
Minitrix16 4 years ago
i miss the amiga...
AccordionManiac 4 years ago 2
2 minutes to load a whole bunch of cute useless programs, drive your mum crazy from the sound of the drive, that you weren't allowed to play shadow of the beast 3 after 10pm (god that WAS decompression with REAL compressor)
demestixas 4 years ago
AMİGA GİBİ BİLGİSAYAR GELMEZ BİR DAHA BU DÜNYA YA .tavernator hm c
tavernatoronur 4 years ago
Ah yes when floppys covered your desks and repetative strain injuries were due to disk swapping, and a whole game was only 1MB in size, or 4megs over 4 floppys! Those were definately the days. Still have mine but I think the connector you added at the back which connected the lead to the tv is busted as is the power supply.
Question is where can I download the games for free?!
bigo93 5 years ago
I still got one. Haven't used it foryears. Wonder if it's still functional.
fm4a 5 years ago
ahhh..! good old 80's / 90's! back to the future..
rainwaterfall 5 years ago
it will been made more fun as xp !
revibe 5 years ago
A french keyboard !!! Moi content !! :p
Zebpro 5 years ago
damnit, it makes me sad to hear this familiar sound of an amiga on duty! I wish I still had my A500..sold it in 96 when I got my pc.
For those of you who don't own one get yourself an emulator like WinUAE or fellow and turn back time :-D
AValidMember 5 years ago
Those familiar disk grinding sounds are a kind of music to my ears.... I just wish it loaded faster!
horsie111 5 years ago
Yep, definately brings back the memories when you hear it again,
not all of them good tho, when it's the same 'pattern' to it repeatedly, then you're waiting for the disk error popup :(
UrgentementeUK 3 years ago 4
The Amiga 500 was my first Computer.
Really Great memories. I had that feeling again ...
liondani 5 years ago
ahhhh, guru meditation error, please not!
Ruhiganer 5 years ago
My old Amiga 500 (my first computer) is in storage, but the monitor bit the big one. Thanks for posting this... It brings back LOTS of memories! (--guru meditation error--)
MrUnidyne 5 years ago
Santa Clause left an Amiga 2000 unter the Christmas tree for me on Christmas 1991. Me and my friends had so much fun with that baby... Nower days i don't use it anymore, but i still play via WinUAE often.
Amiga will never die!
krank118 5 years ago
I had one too. Wonderful demoscene! And disk swapping by the post..
alliax 5 years ago
Man I have Amiga500 too. Oh those times...
Huopahattu 5 years ago
Damn I WANT ONE!
ZackShadowtail 5 years ago
My first computer was the Commoadore Amiga A-600
DavidTL 5 years ago 3
I doubt I threw my A500 away when I got IBM-PC :'(
SealOfQuality 5 years ago
I miss the floppy disk sound.
shaolinwind 5 years ago
a-mee-ga
a like After, Under etc
mee like mEEt
ga like mArk
lol OSes havent changed that much... an OS with GUI (AmigaOS) it took about 50 seconds to load from a floppy 20 years ago, about 50 seconds it needs today from a hard disk (my winXP).
Except if you are using AmigaOS :P
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6771307119358180412&q=amigaOS
libertarian 5 years ago
how do you pronounce amiga.
jdub03 5 years ago
Ha, i loved the amiga.. had the 500+ and the 1200... Best around in the day.....Ahhhhh, my teen years!
Pedster 5 years ago
Yeeeeeah, I was owner of A500 from 1994 to 2000, and THOSE were the days!
Tryfid 5 years ago
I had an amiga 2000, those really *were* the days!
dangerbird71 5 years ago
aaah, those were the days!
pantofis 5 years ago
love that chugging noise
samsblues 5 years ago
Amiga ROOLZ!!
amiades 5 years ago
Amigas R00LZ D00DZ. Remember, you have to use zero's. :-D Here's a handheld booting Amiga Workbench 1.3 and 3.1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6N13neyEU
amiga2000 5 years ago