Commodore Cave -NOT an Amiga1000

Welcome to the C=ommodore Cave. In this video I look at
the latest addition to the cave - and its not an Amiga 1000.
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[@Brian-vs9sd]

Thankfully the box looks like it doesn't require retro brighting

[@005AGIMA]

Watching on another 40C day. That's I'm amazing condition mate. Well done. For me, I'm not a box collector as such, but it certainly adds something, especially when nostalgia is attached to seeing the artwork. That said, looking at my shelves I have a boxed Jaguar, Videopac G7000, and of course the Amiga 500 Batman pack. And on my hit list is a box for the spectrum +3 as I only have the pollies. Did I say I'm not a box collector? Oops.

[@commodorecave5581]

and... your obviously a denialist my friend ;-)

[@vauxhalldotnet]

It's interesting how it's devoid of any commodore logo. Was there a reason for this? Was the Commodore brand too connected to one computer, the c64?

[@marcusdamberger]

I made the same observation. I believe this is because Commodore had only recently bought the Amiga brand (it did not develop the A1000), so all the artwork and logo was all Amiga only name and checkmark logo. As you can see on the front of the computer, there is not one Commodore logo on the chassis. I think later A1000s might have had the checkmark replaced by a Commodore C logo on the face of the computer. I remember my friend Nick who introduced me to the Amiga was proud of his early Amiga 1000 because it had no Commodore branding.

[@vauxhalldotnet]

@@marcusdamberger Thankyou for taking the time to reply - that makes sense and understand why now. Cheers!

[@DrDavesDiversions]

4:52 Hi Graham! In answer to your question, I'm not a carton collector, per se, beyond the fact that I've retained some of them from original purchase as the best way to have stored the machines, so they helped keep them long-term for me. For example, I have my original Commodore 64 box on display in my office, on a high shelf similarly to you (next to a Power Mac G4). I had my Commodore 1802 box and Amiga 2000 cartons for some decades, but only until it they were worn and water damaged. (Neither of these were glossy, nor featured photos for point-of-sale display like your Amiga 1000 box.) I guess my interest today in the cartons is a primarily (a) personal connection: e.g., literally the box that my dad and I brought home from the computer store in 1983 after we comparison shopped. My follow-on interest is in Commodore as a company and how it position itself in the industry, so (b) product packaging can be a nice artifact about the industry players that makes your video content valuable to us. Thanks for sharing about it.

[@commodorecave5581]

Thanks for the interesting comment DrDaveDiversions. Sounds like you may have a bit of a soft spot for the art boxes to me. What I find interesting is how rare they are. Unlike the contents, very few original packaging and boxes survived beyond unpacking 40 odd years ago so they are very rare today. And I agree, they are now artifacts.

[@SuperVstech]

Back in the day, I worked at a pc service center, and above my desk, every memory module, cpu, motherboard and hard drive build I did got mounted up there… I go over to the place every so often, and the box wall is still here…

[@commodorecave5581]

What a great memory - and its still there! @@SuperVstech

[@mk500]

I really like it. I also really like that beautiful MEGA65 box, my favorite Commodore! You have a really nice collection.

[@commodorecave5581]

Thank you - I do appreciate them all

[@jamespalmer5960]

I recently brought a A500 but was lucky to have the box and the original warranty, Iv finally retro brighten the machine and left it original for collection peace.

[@ominguti6345]

This is really nice condition. I wish I had enough space to store the boxes. I'd love to have them for the old computers I own.

[@commodorecave5581]

​Don't be deceived! The latest Commodore Cave addition is an Amiga 1000 but it's not. WTF ?????

[@Charleshawn66]

I LOVE your videos!!! Dose your post person dislike you? lol I know My UPS man (ROB) has been wondering what all the heavy packages I've been getting for the last 2 years.

[@commodorecave5581]

Thanks, I like making them too. Also I have a few more coming very soon so watch this space.

[@paulmiller7432]

Nice video and good choice of beer. I love that box. I imported two A1000s from Au to NZ. I kept one and on sold he other but neither has a box. Since then I have set myself a rule, I only by boxed amigas. This has severely curbed my collecting, which is not a bad thing.🤣🤣

[@commodorecave5581]

I just discovered this beer on a recent visit to a small town in New South Wales. Better than my usual and cheaper too. NZ is on my top 3 list for my next visit. Hopefully I will find those A1000's you 'borrowed'.

[@AmAtAm]

You can’t beat having the box. There are repros available now which I think is a good thing, but only the box, not the polys.

[@commodorecave5581]

Yes - it makes the computer complete and I'd always prefer the real deal over the replicated ones.

[@aussie_retro_dude9253]

I do like the boxes but barely have room for my commodore / Amiga collection so having big boxes around just takes up more space.

[@commodorecave5581]

It sure does, but I just couldn't resist just on more.

[@TheSudsy]

I think I threw my Amiga 1000 box and monitor box away the instant I got it as I was so excited in 87. I think the monitor box was brown cardboard.

[@commodorecave5581]

We all did - well 99.9% of us.

[@maxtornogood]

That's not an Amiga 1000 & DEFINITELY not a Large Tea Chest from Bunnings!

[@stephenwhite506]

A game of Tetris with fitting the boxes in, love it.

[@commodorecave5581]

Exactly and this one wasn't an easy game.

[@SuperVstech]

I have my A1000 box also. Yours is in better shape.

[@commodorecave5581]

So that's at least 3 world wide that have survived!

[@AS-ly3jp]

Maybe it has one of those fancy 1MB Boards in it...

[@alexandermirdzveli3200]

No beating around the box!

[@davidwright9166]

My first also in 1986. Just Amiga, no 1000

[@commodorecave5581]

Yes, 1000 only added later.

[@sulrich70]

And not faded!

[@sonishphuljel6864]

its never wayy to hot for coffee though 😌😌

[@commodorecave5581]

Not if you wake up early enough. LFWxHplease

[@JAD-Sl0p]

At least you can sell the box. No CD32 no nothing from Amibay.

[@commodorecave5581]

Sell? Sell ! - it took me years to get this one.

[@JAD-Sl0p]

​@@commodorecave5581JK. Theyre even more rare than the machine in that condition.

[@madigorfkgoogle9349]

for that price you one could have get one A1000 in the box from US eBay...

[@gentlemanbirdlake]

have my A2000 box but it ain’t what’t anyone would describe as pretty or in any way artful. :/

[@commodorecave5581]

so a perfect match then?