Great stuff guys. I'm refurbing an A500 soon and it makes it all the more enjoyable seeing and hearing the stories behind the company
@TheGuruMeditation7 жыл бұрын
RetroManCave Right on RetroManCave! Thanks for the kind words. Glad you are enjoying our videos and good luck with the restoration!
@Kholaslittlespot12 жыл бұрын
How did it go? It will make me smile if it went well! A500 and A600 off to be recapped and basic gotek drives here but wish I had some fancy Amiga stuff!
@alex76gr8 жыл бұрын
Greg is the gentle giant of the Amiga. What a nice guy! Thank you Bill and Anthony for this interview.
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Yes he is alex76gr ! Great observation. He is even bigger in real life then he looks in this video! Glad you liked the interview and thanks for watching! -- Bill
@RiotRetroGaming8 жыл бұрын
I like this. Different being outside... No script either. Quality
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Yeah he was busy all day hanging out and talking with old friends at the show so we didn't want to interrupt him. We just grabbed him when we were all hanging out after Bil Herd's presentation. It was our best chance to get the interview and not inconvenience him. Hopefully we can prepare for our next interview! ha ha! Thanks for watching as always Anthony. -- Bill
@RiotRetroGaming8 жыл бұрын
+The Guru Meditation Loving the 4k. I'll have to follow suit soon.
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Anthony Jordan Thanks! My hard drive is the only thing that doesn't like it, ha ha! We are looking forward to doing more cinematic stuff with the 4K too.
@Jaspa422 жыл бұрын
Behind the scenes of my youth. Thanks Guys :)
@KarmicJustice104242 жыл бұрын
I worked with Greg at a startup in Philadelphia. Super cool guy, and super knowledgeable!
@andreasarchenti50533 жыл бұрын
Great interview and thanks for a great channel! 😃
@greengamereli77836 жыл бұрын
Man I was one of those many european kids who grew up on these machines. Those guys are legends :) Im going to buy a functioning 4000 this weekend.
@TheGuruMeditation6 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Enjoy your 4000!!!
@alexanderwingeskog7585 жыл бұрын
Super fun interview! I'm a bit sad myself for "kludging" up my C64 (reset button, homemade other stuff), Amiga 500 (can't remember but this one might be pretty pristine but I have no clue where it is sadly, probably at my parents attic)... The A1200 there was so much stuff hanging out of it I could not close the lid and the power supply (was it 37'ish watt standard) could not really power everything at the same time... so there was a bit of a guru meditation because of it (or actually just a pretty burnt AC power supply transformer unit). But the C64, Amiga was my most creative days. Then the Internet happened...
@TheGuruMeditation5 жыл бұрын
Ha, well said! I can feel your 1200 bursting with add-ons!
@videooblivion5 жыл бұрын
Great to hear from Dr. Mo! I bet that Commodore laser printer would have been interesting!
@JacGoudsmit8 жыл бұрын
Great interview, especially for an improvised one! Too bad Greg doesn't seem to have as many war stories as Bil Herd or Dave Haynie (or maybe he has the best ones and is too shy to tell them hahaha). Greg, if you're reading along, I would like to know why some of the projects were canceled (especially those that never saw the light of day for OTHER reasons than the fact that the ship was sinking), and which ones would you have liked to finish, in hindsight.
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Oh he has war stories alright! Anthony was trying to get them out of him, but he was a bit reluctant to say them on camera, ha ha! Great question. Hopefully Greg will see your question answer you. Thanks! -- Bill
@robwebnoid57632 жыл бұрын
Here in late 2021 (Xmas day). It's just odd seeing an "older" Greg Berlin here in this clip, when we've also seen him as a young guy in Haynie's DeathBed Vigil, over a quarter century ago, where a younger Greg looks like he is dismantling I.C.'s out of a computer (Amiga?) in the offices, in the midst of U.S. Commodore's demise. How time flies, for everyone.
@KarlHamilton4 жыл бұрын
Commodore and Amiga engineers are all so goddam cool.
@TheGuruMeditation4 жыл бұрын
Agreed! They are. Must have been a cool place to work
@104d_3rr0r_vince8 жыл бұрын
Nice talking to legends like him.
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he is a super nice guy with lots of amazing stories. Still lives in the shadows of Commodore's headquarters like many of the employees. Thanks for watching as always Vincent! -- Bill
@104d_3rr0r_vince8 жыл бұрын
The Guru Meditation We all still live there, aren't we?
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, very true Vincent!
@123DarkG1238 жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview. Congrats guys and keep working on it :)
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Santi! Anthony and I have been doing Amiga projects together since 1987 and we are not stopping any time soon! Glad you are enjoying the videos. -- Bill
@powrslave8 жыл бұрын
Ok let's have a pt2! Greg is cool
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
We would love to talk with him again. He is a super kind dude with an incredible amount of knowledge and Commodore history. Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it! -- Bill
@bytraper4 жыл бұрын
Wow... Greg Berlin. I'm pretty sure he was the reason bill was wearing that cast in the picture of him with long hair
@TheGuruMeditation4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! ha ha
@ksln8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a great interview.
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Right on Geir, thanks so much for watching it. Glad you enjoyed it. AMIGA4EVER!!! -- Bill
@kneehighspy8 жыл бұрын
thoroughly enjoyed the video, thanks for posting.
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice comment Mike. Glad you enjoyed it! -- Bill
@andycraig77348 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. I wonder what kind of 16-bit computer Commodore might have been working on before they purchased the Amiga.
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Andy I appreciate the good questions also. I don't know what they might have been working on 16-bit wise, but I need to finish the book "Commodore. A Comapny on the Edge." Perhaps they mention something. I iwll ask Anthony also because he has some great insights. Thanks again -- Bill
@101SynTec6 жыл бұрын
Nice interview, I just refurbed my A1200 that I bought in '93
@TheGuruMeditation6 жыл бұрын
Sweet! I love the 1200. It is my main Amiga these days. Thanks for watching and keeping another Amiga alive!
@JustWasted3HoursHere7 жыл бұрын
Greg mentions the AAA hardware. If you look at the specs for it (what it would have been), it is REALLY impressive! Too bad Commodore was in such rough financial shape at that point to pursue it much further (and they were moving on with Hombre instead anyway). Here's the wiki page that talks about the AAA hardware: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Advanced_Architecture_chipset and here's the one about Hombre: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Hombre_chipset JW3HH
@TheGuruMeditation7 жыл бұрын
Sweet! Thanks JW3HH. It is really frustrating to think about what those guys cold have come up with if they had the opportunity. Amiga was so far ahead of it's time. -- Bill
@JustWasted3HoursHere7 жыл бұрын
Yep! JW3HH
@greenfoam6 жыл бұрын
Does any/enough AAA hardware or specs survive to make a FPGA version of it?
@williamhoodtn8 жыл бұрын
Still looking good Greg! Where is the gray hair?? Yup, that was Hedley who chucked the floppy drive!
@andycraig77348 жыл бұрын
As designer of the 1571 floppy drive, I bet Greg has some stories about interesting things they may have done with a 1571. It had a 2MHz 6502 CPU and 2K of RAM so maybe they did some fun programming that would allow it to have "alternative" uses.
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Great point. I wish we were more prepared for the interview. We had no idea Greg would be there, he just showed up at Anthony's presentation. Perhaps we can do a proper interview with him in the future. -- Bill
@brostenen5 жыл бұрын
Berlin reminds me of Peter Steele. They have some of the same face expresions.
@Joseph-Cav4 жыл бұрын
awesome interview! I had a question. I thought the commodore as well as the Amiga was an american idea? Also a comment I understand that Commodore owned the biggest warehouse in the (us/world?) in PA. Which I understand is now and has been for a while the warehouse for the home shopping channel QVC?
@TheGuruMeditation4 жыл бұрын
Amiga was original made by Hi-toro in California by Jay Miner and his team. Then Commodore bought Amiga. Commodore's HQ was in Westchester PA and the building is now QVC
@hasimayaz38197 жыл бұрын
I been using my A1200 over 20 years without any problem. But today, faced with the the capacitor problem.
@TheGuruMeditation7 жыл бұрын
Ah, that is a bummer, but unfortunately a very common problem. The capacitors just weren't designed to last this long. As long as they didn't damage any other parts of the mother board you will be OK. Sorry to hear your 1200 is sick. Sending positive healing vibes! -- Bill
@qvverty53588 жыл бұрын
your another gr8t video, thanks :)
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate the kind comment as always Qvverty! Thanks so much. -- Bill
@vix_in_japan5 жыл бұрын
Top bloke.
@N5XHIworkshop5 жыл бұрын
I have some amiga equipment for sale where is a good place to post it?
@TheGuruMeditation5 жыл бұрын
AmiBay or Ebay. Or Craig's list especially for a local pickup
@RetroblahDe8 жыл бұрын
Very nice, guys
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Retroblah!
@profwinters8 жыл бұрын
Great interview guys. Greg seems like a really good guy. However that guy Anthony... Ha ha
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Thanks dad, glad you like the sound too!
@Holammer6 жыл бұрын
1:12 "He's a big guy" For you
@markusjuenemann3 жыл бұрын
And I always thought, the 2000 was developed in Braunschweig...
@wandererslegion8 жыл бұрын
Immersive story, full stop
@TheGuruMeditation8 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching!
@WavemStudios7 жыл бұрын
Hi Guru Meditation - great interview - Greg Berlin will be featuring in The Commodore Story - can we use a screenshot of him to use on the campaign? kck.st/2lwUckm
@TheGuruMeditation7 жыл бұрын
Sure, no problem. If you could give us a photo credit that would be cool. We'll back the film for sure. Sounds awesome. Good luck with it!
@WavemStudios7 жыл бұрын
Sure will do - you guys are awesome by the way... Steve (Steve Fletcher - Director The Commodore Story) - cheers
@TheGuruMeditation7 жыл бұрын
Aww, thanks Steve. That is super nice of you to say. We are a couple of crazy Amiga fanatics for sure! Good luck with the film. It sounds awesome, but then again I would think a 2 hour lockoff shot of an Amiga is awesome, so I am not the best critic, ha ha! I have shot a fair share of feature length documentaries so I know how much work goes into it. Kudos to you for making Commodore the subject of your film! AMIGA4EVER -- Bill