Friday Afternoon Jukebox: Amiga!
For you youngsters, this will be a look at computer graphics from an antiquated era. Sort of an “awww, cute, old computer graphics!”
But in the mid-90’s? On a personal desktop? This stuff was amazing. I was able to run some of them on my Amiga 500 (originally produced in 1987, discontinued in 1991) while my Windows PC was getting by with 256 colors.
You realize of course that one of the best SciFi series of its time was rendered almost completely on Amiga computers? It took me years to finally say goodbye to mine and I still miss some of the software.Report
Indeed! Back in the day – before Apple stepped up its game – it was the go-to place for such things, even after they’d been discontinued.
(Also, I don’t know if you saw, but Mindless Diversions is going to be having a B5 bookclub at some point in the future. Do you want to participate or me to notify you when it gets started?)Report
My first computer wan an Amiga 500.Report