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< http://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/22/itunes-viva-amiga-early- macintosh-r
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iTunes Documentary 'Viva Amiga' Charts History
of the Early Macintosh Rival
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Earlier this month, a new KickStarter-funded documentary
debuted on iTunes covering the intriguing history of the
popular Amiga computer. Directed by Zach Weddington,
'Viva Amiga' tells the story of how the Amiga project was
started in 1985, and successfully captures the excitement
of developers and users for what was considered a
game-changing platform at the time.
The documentary features interviews with key Amiga
engineers as well as some interviews with Amiga users
(some of whom continue to use Amigas today), and charts
the tremendous highs and incredible lows of the platform
over the ensuing decades.
In 1985, an upstart team of Silicon Valley
mavericks created a miracle: the Amiga computer.
A machine made for creativity. For games, for
art, for expression. Breaking from the mold set
by IBM and Apple, this was something new.
Something to change what people believed
computers could do.
From the creation of the world's first
multimedia digital art powerhouse, to a bankrupt
shell sold and resold into obscurity, to a
post-punk spark revitalized by determined fans.
'Viva Amiga' is a look at a digital dream and the
freaks, geeks and geniuses who brought it to
life.
Acquired by Commodore in 1984 for an estimated $30 million,
the multimedia Amiga computer created a lot of excitement
around Silicon Valley, thanks to its impressive
accelerated graphics and audio hardware.
Steve Jobs reportedly became worried about the buzz
surrounding the Amiga the machine used the same Motorola
68000 processor as the Macintosh, but with its 4,096-color
display output, 4-channel sampled stereo sound and
multi-tasking GUI, it made the year-old Macintosh look
seriously outdated.
YouTube clip: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHCxvZJW1S8>
During an event held at the Computer History Museum,
California, where 'Viva Amiga' got its first showing,
Amiga Corp. investor Bill Hart confirmed that Steve Jobs
took an early interest in the Amiga, and visited the group
to watch a demo of what would later become the Amiga 1000.
An Apple buyout was even floated, but Jobs reportedly
never took the proposition seriously.
Ultimately, little came of the visit, which was later
described as a "fishing expedition" for Jobs. Despite
being integrated into just three chips, the machine had
too much hardware for the Apple CEO's liking, while its
full-bus-access expansion port was anathema to Jobs'
pursuit of a closed architecture system.
Despite some successes notably, the best-selling
Amiga 500 home computer, introduced in 1987 poor
marketing and an inability to reproduce the heights of
early innovations led to the Amiga losing market share
to game consoles, IBM PCs, and Apple computers, and
Commodore ultimately went bankrupt in April 1994.
'Viva Amiga' is available to buy for US$9.99 or rent for
US$4.99 on iTunes
< https://itunes.apple.com/movie/viva-amiga-story-beautiful/id 1177800122>
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