Nebulon Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 The imagery in here is pretty much exactly how I remember these machines back in the day: http://www.ausretrogamer.com/anniversary-of-the-amiga-a-good-game-tv-special 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 "Not available in your country" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 The imagery in here is pretty much exactly how I remember these machines back in the day: http://www.ausretrogamer.com/anniversary-of-the-amiga-a-good-game-tv-special ...except the very first image, which shows an A2000 keyboard next to an A1000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 "Not available in your country" How about this link? or this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 The exact message:"This video contains content from The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, It is not available in your country."And none of those work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) The exact message: "This video contains content from The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, It is not available in your country." And none of those work. Hmmm... Well, here's one more link. Does this one work? Edited October 27, 2015 by Nebulon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 That one worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 That last one works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Previously a computer could only do one thing at a time? They clearly never heard of OS-9. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Previously a computer could only do one thing at a time? They clearly never heard of OS-9. Yeah. I was thinking the same thing. Although I guess the Amiga deserves credit for having a full GUI and multitasking on a home computer. I'm also another person who had a CoCo and Amiga in use at the same time back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I think the OS-9 CP/M emulator is a great example of how you didn't need a GUI for multi-tasking to be powerful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Previously a computer could only do one thing at a time? They clearly never heard of OS-9. With the way history gets rewritten coupled with peoples amnesia in this country, amazing the Amiga gets recognized for anything anymore. Hell, a lot of people I know that are aware of the C64 today, act like they never even heard of the Amiga. Goofy shit. Those and MOST people sure as hell aren't going to remember something as truly obscure as OS-9, let alone a Tandy Coco computer. "You mean to tell me Radio Shack used to sell computers"? :head scratch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifthPlayer Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) I think there's an important distinction to be made here. To my knowledge, the Amiga is the first mainstream personal computer to ship with multitasking as a standard feature. (and you might even be able to remove the word "mainstream" as well). OS-9 was an add-on for the CoCo. The ABC retrospective video was really well done. Edited November 7, 2015 by FifthPlayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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