Amiga Computer Legacy

Discussions center on nostalgia for the Commodore Amiga's pioneering hardware features like multitasking and graphics, comparisons to modern systems, and recommendations for emulators or new peripherals.

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rasz Jan 18, 2021 View on HN

dont you mean this one [The Amiga 1000, Still Receiving New Peripherals 35 Years Later] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25683151

icedchai Apr 9, 2017 View on HN

You should check out the Amiga. It had exactly that.

icedchai Nov 5, 2015 View on HN

You ever try an Amiga? It was about 10 years ahead of anything else.

jacobgorm Jun 20, 2024 View on HN

My Amiga could do that too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r9LlyJ9YN4

Der_Einzige Jun 5, 2023 View on HN

Sounds like a similar story to Amiga.

orionblastar Jun 2, 2025 View on HN

Amiga computers are expensive these days, you are better off with an Amiga Emulator like Amiga Forever.I remember the Amiga had the checkered beach ball bouncing demo and others copied it, then on the Amiga they opened up several copies of the demo all multitasking and bouncing at the same time.The only downside of the Amiga was the dreaded Guru Meditation Errors when memory went corrupt or something. IIRC AmigaDOS/Workbench had no protected memory features.

lastdong Sep 27, 2024 View on HN

Great job! Anyone knows of similar projects but for the Amiga?

fswd Jun 19, 2024 View on HN

like something I'd use on my amiga 500 when I was a kid!

yonisto Aug 11, 2025 View on HN

This how the Amiga worked 40 years ago...

Razengan May 4, 2025 View on HN

I thought this was something to do with the Amiga