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History16 bit were enough: when Commodore Amiga computers ruled the Techno and Hardcore dancefloors around Europe (self.amiga)<br>submitted 3 hours ago by Low-Entropy

Hi Friends,

Here is a new piece I wrote for my blog.

But of course I wanted to share it on here, too :-)

note: no ai was used in writing this text.

everyone knows the commodore 64, or c64, or "bread box", of course.

the single most sold unit in computer history, to this day.

the "sequel" computer by the commodore company might be lesser known, sadly.

the commodore amiga is a bit of a glitch in the timeline of computers.

when it was engineered in the 80s, it was way ahead of its competition.

4096 colors at once, build-in parallax scrolling, a GUI that looked (and worked) better than microsoft windows, multimedia abilities...

Listening suggestion #1: Hardsequencer - Magic Flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFaVrg9F1o

A techno-trance tune created on an amiga by German producer Hardsequencer

it seemed to be off for a good start, and even managed to wow a few bona fide stars, like andy warhol, debbie harry (blondie), timothy leary...

but in its homeland, usa, the computer remained obscure. a lot of people blame the (mis) management at commodore, a company that seemingly was in perpetual decay even back then. rumor is that one of the engineers even left a message of "we build it - they f**ed it up" somewhere in the circuits of the first amiga models.

Listening suggestion #2: Christoph De Babalon - Babylon 90210 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWoJMWJpPWU

Scary jungle by Christiph de Babalon

while it did not get much traction in america, it became a big, big hit in europe, particularly in countries like uk, germany, france...

most people now remember the amiga for the games that were made for it, or were ported and re-designed for it. because a lot of now-classic games either saw their debut on their amiga, or did shine the brightest on that system. lemmings, the early lucas art adventures, populous, rick dangerous, the turricans...

Listening suggestion #3: Taciturne - Mourning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8oQYVpWpDg

Taciturne's...