The Birth of the Commodore Amiga - Interview with Engineer Joe Decuir 4K UHD

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

every time i see these interviews with the creators I feel sad. "With the Amiga ,Commodore was 10 years ahead of Apple and IBM". Imagine what could have been had C= marketed it properly.... I bet we would all be typing on our new Amigas right now

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Yep, who knows what things would be like now?

[@SledgeFox]

AAA chipset in 1991 - that would have changed the Computer market. 😲

[@urmeli0815]

What a machine, what a OS ... I'm still in awe how well designed Amiga-OS was back then and how much fun it was to program on it. I felt being thrown back to the stone age when I had to start with MS-DOS/Windows for my studies. If you read the stories of how badly managed Commodore was you only can appreciate how long the Amiga survived under the given circumstances.

[@andreamanno4726]

@@urmeli0815 Yeah , amiga is a real computer , the os real multitasking in 1985! sound stereo/dolby, now the peaple follow the trend and buy the poor apple smartphone or computer, windows etc. etc. (sorry for my bad english)

[@andreamanno4726]

Now we would have a Mr. computer with an operating system worthy of the name, while parasitic companies like Apple and Microsoft would not be where they are now given that they were years behind in technology with their ridiculous systems and computers compared to Amiga, the PC was beeping bip , apple had a system but it was monochromatic, while amiga in the same period ran with multikasking system and stereo / dolby sound

[@Atheist7]

If Joe spoke for another 2 hours, I'd be listing to it all!!!!!!! Really interesting stuff!

[@MrThairacer]

10 years ahead pc/mac, fell sad to !! first multi-tasking system !! they had gold in their hands.... but we keep the Amiga spirit Alive, thanks for this amazing interview !!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Our pleasure Jean. Thanks for all your support as always!

[@123DarkG123]

This is an amazing interview. Thanks Bill and Anthony. I think, Amiga community should do something for Joe. It is not right to left this amazing guy out. He already paid the price to be left out of the case signatures and I guess a lot of more things. He looks an awesome dude with a lot of Amiga history behind.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks Santi! Joe is a great guys and I am so glad he is out of hiding and sharing his stories and knowledge with us. He is also very supportive of the folks who are doing great things in the community like our friend Thomas Cherryholmes. Joe appreciates the community very much and we would be happy to do something for him.

[@pishbot]

incredible interview. i love how amiga systems were built with animation/sound output in mind - an absolute dream machine!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Agreed Pishbot! It was the first home computer with artists in its heart. Thanks for all the support and positive vibes as usual!

[@supercompooper]

As a kid in high school I had an A1000 and the kernel manuals and learned all about messaging, multi tasking, graphics, c and it made me millions of dollars in my career. Thanks Amiga!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

It is awesome how the Amga impacted many of our career choices. A special machine indeed Anthony!

[@tomaskonvicka4135]

Thanks to Amiga I am now video editor.

[@MarcovandenHout]

The RKRM were fantastic

[@JanBeta]

Great interview! Thanks for sharing this. I am amazed by how literally every person who was involved with creating the Amiga still loves it so much after all those years. It's so much more than just a computer! :D

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Well said Jan! Thanks for the kind words and thanks for all you do for the community as well!

[@heidirichter]

This was fantastic, thank you so much for sharing this with us all! Such an interesting guy, such an important person in the history of modern computers, and yet so sadly unknown by the majority of people. His insight and perspective are so valuable, I think anyway. And it was lovely to hear his recollection of working with Jay Miner.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks for the thoughtful comment Troy! It was an absolte pleasre speaing with Joe and we appreciate him giving us his time very much.

[@doctorsocrates4413]

Amiga engineers were a unique group of people brought together in harmony at the right time..thank you joe and the rest of the wonderful amiga team.

[@CollinBaillie]

He wants to get an Amiga going? Someone get this man a working Amiga!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

The Seattle Amiga user group is on it!

[@Applecompuser]

I agree. I also hope he writes his book. The 8 bit changed my life. Made it easy to learn how to use a computer.

[@CRG]

I think what I enjoyed most from this was hearing this guy who's recently retired talking about getting back into the Amiga scene and learning to code again. Fantastic interview and inspiring stuff.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thank you CRG!

[@trefwoordpunk2225]

This man is amazing. Everyone involved in the amiga was amazing.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

He is!

[@hiro76]

"Mitchy the dog was badge 0"... love that :)

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Me too!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

@John Smith ha ha!

[@rumbaaba5611]

I enjoyed that interview very much. Glad to see someone who was part of it all in the beginning and is still here to give us the positive vibes. Going to play Sidewinder now....

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Ha ha yes Richard! Good eye with my subliminal Sidewinder messages ;-)

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Jay Miner's influence on the industry _and the people who worked in it_ can never fully be realized. I never got to meet him, but other than John Williams the film composer he is the one person I most want(ed) to meet some day. Seems like a great guy by all accounts. And the results speak for themselves!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

I agree JW3HH! I am so lucky to have met him at AmiExpo in 1990. He took 20 minutes out of his day just to talk to this little nerdy kid who loved Amiga. He was a great person and that is reflected in his creations. Long live Jay Miner

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@TheGuruMeditation And he was one of the original crew that truly believed in the Amiga, even putting a second mortgage on his house if I remember correctly. That's dedication!

[@lifeschool]

Mega, Mega, Mega! Thanks for making this video!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Whoop whoop! Thanks for all the support Lifeschool and thanks for all you do for the Amiga community as well!

[@ciolamorta]

Oh, seeing how this was born is so beautiful. This is history. Amiga made history. Jay Miner and all the guys in C= made history. But... as always happens, history has a dark face on its medal. Usually it is called "money". And sad to say, money can destroy a man's dream, but see what we are today: nothing will destroy nor kill Amiga community. It's a social truth. It's probably the unique case in mankind related to a "simple object". There are strong communities out there about everything but nothing is like Amiga fans. Nothing. Microsoft, IBM, Apple: like it or not, we would change you in a week if you go but we will never change the way we are thanks to a dream embedded in silicon. A dream called Amiga.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Well said ciolamorta! Thanks for sharing your heartfelt feelings. I love the Amiga very much, but it is the Amiga Community that I love most. I think the community is so special because this machine has the spirit of these great inventors in it's soul.

[@josedourado3747]

Long live joe decuir so he can accomplish his planned tasks 🍻

[@TheGuruMeditation]

We'll drink to that Jose!

[@Tartopom7]

Merci Monsieur Joe Decuir ! Amiga pour toujours.

[@10MARC]

I love to hear about the path from the Atari 2600 to the Atari 8 bits to the Amiga. There is something magical about all those machines... I still use my Atari 2600 quite a bit - just yesterday my boy and I were playing "Wizard of Wor" on it. Thanks for helping archive Joe's knowledge, guys!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

I agree Doug! I went from Atari 8 bit to Amiga as well back then without even knowing the same people were behind both machines. There is just something magical about them. They have the souls of Jay and Joe in them!

[@santiagotelemach8236]

Congratulations for this HUGE interview and acknowledgement to Joe Decuir. So much appreciated. It's a real shame what happened with Commodore and specially with the Amiga as we all know. Hope one day Amiga can be truly relived.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thank you so much. So glad you enjoyed the interview and we are very thankful to Joe for giving us his time

[@markwhatever256]

I'm not even finished watching but i've watched loads of Joe's videos( for others watch them, theyre fantastic ) but the Amiga angle on this one is fantastic, great work guys.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks so much Mark. Appreciate this very much. We have heard him talk a lot about his time at Atari and it is wonderful to hear, but we wanted to spread some Amiga Love for the community especially since he had to go into hiding for so many years and couldn't talk about it. Thanks for the kind words and enjoy the rest of the video!

[@RustyDog41]

I used the Amiga for sound exactly as he describes back in the late 80s. We used MIDI-X as the sequencer. It was truly ahead of it’s time for music.

[@jrherita]

Was really awesome to see Joe at VCF East this year! He's a great gentleman! EDIT: +1 for "ANTIC became AGNUS"

[@TheGuruMeditation]

He is a gentleman. He flew in on the red eye and still gave all the attendees his undivided attention and time. He is a great guy!

[@CptJonathanArcher]

Awesome video! Love it how/waht he talks about Jay Miner. And about his future plans! Go, Joe!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks Captain! You ae the bestest!!!

[@Thiesi]

I had the honor to chat with Jay Miner a few times on his BBS "The Mission". That must have been somewhat shortly before he died. Even though I don't remember what we were talking about, I do remember him as a very nice and friendly SysOp who would always appreciate his users chatting with him.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

@@Thiesi Wow Thiesi! It is very special that you had that experience. WhenI met him he took about 20 minutes of his time to speak with me. He was a great person.

[@vix_in_japan]

Thank you Joe for your time. And thanks Bill and Anthony for a superb interview. It was awesome, I find Joe's thoughts at the end very evocative on the focus should pivot to fostering creativity and allow people to create and innovate easily without all the complexity of modern systems. Very interesting that Joe had to lay low for many years... That whole Atari/Commodore lawsuit settlement to this day remains a bit of a mystery of what actually happened.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

I knew you would appreciate his love for artists Vickie. Much respect to Joe for this! The Amiga is a computer for artists at its core and we can understand why after listening to what Joe says here. It is a shame he had to go into hiding, but I am glad he is out and about now!

[@thealaskan1635]

The Amiga was originally going to be an Atari brand.It used Atari patents.The controller was an Atari patent.And also something about the blitter chip.The Atari ST had blitter chip problems.I know the Amiga also had a blitter problem so I guess Amiga's blitter was Atari patented.One Atari patent Atari owned was the display capabilities.Their computer could display both VGA and you could also hook your computer up to a TV .

[@maxsmarts8210]

Great video, always the best from you guys , thank you so much for this interviews, they are priceless!!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks for the kind words Max! Glad you enjoyed!

[@SledgeFox]

Thank you so much for this Interview, Loved every minute of it! Thank you very much!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Our pleasure SledgeFox! Thanks for watching!

[@rtype4930]

Wow ! The Amiga core creators - The Engineers !!! FANTASTIC

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks R Type!

[@arongooch]

As always, absolutely awesome stuff!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks Aaron!

[@stephenbruce8320]

Thanks for sharing. As long as I have been running Amiga's its amazing to me that no matter how much you know there is way more out there still left to learn. Sad that Commodore missed the mark and did not market the Amiga properly here in the USA. I remember the very first time I saw an A1000 at a friends house and the very first game I saw was Battle Chess and it blew me away. I simply love all my Amiga's and I still continue buying them but I also run Amiga stuff in emulation, on a Raspberry Pi, Mist and on Win UAE. Always learning, always fumbling but still enjoying the Amiga experience. Imagine what could of been had Commodore properly marketed the Amiga and not gone out of business.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Very well said Stephen. Thanks for sharing your heartfelt story. I will never forget what I saw the Amiga for the first time. It was an A500 in Software Link in White Plains, NY playing Defender of the Crown. My life was never the same after that!

[@AndyDavis007]

Very nice, guys. Another very important interview. Thank

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks Andy. Appreciate the support as always and hope to see you in August!

[@AndyDavis007]

@@TheGuruMeditation I'll be in Madrid. See you on September

[@JoeBetro]

Thank you for capturing these great stories! 🌟

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Our pleasure Joe. It is fun for us and am very thanks to hear people like yourself who appreciate it as well.

[@Ezyasnos]

I love it when someone has fresh ideas and thinks really well about what role it needs to play in the market. Thumbs up! :)

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Agreed!

[@RMCRetro]

Great interview thanks for sharing this

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks RMC! Glad you enjoyed!

[@cityHigh77]

What a great guy. I could listen to this for days!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Joe is wonderful

[@KevinSaunders]

Amazing/Inspiring Interview, come back to us Joe, we need you, Amiga forever :)

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks Kevin! And keep up all the amazing work you do for Amiga as well!

[@KevinSaunders]

@@TheGuruMeditation Thankyou, a few more surprises to reveal soon :) fun times

[@RetronautTech]

What a wonderful interview. It was all quite seat of your pants back then eh? Mitchy was a real mover., pulling the strings to get them to make a machine, so his wonderful singing voice could be heard world-wide. Seriously, I agree, it would be great to see more people making NEW games on the Amiga. Im up for it!

[@CaptLeChuck_]

Another excellent video taking us to the roots. Thanks guys! ❤👍

[@TheGuruMeditation]

You are welcome Cotter, thanks dude!

[@NerdOutWithMe]

Love this. Great interview guys.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks awesome attic dudes! Love you guys too!

[@geoffreyoltmans4356]

Decuir is the nicest person in interviews I've seen. I'd love to meet him in person one day.

[@Atheist7]

FANTASTIC..... EXCELLENT....... Why is it that AMIGA..... *to this day* keeps offering new information about itself that AMAZES ME??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joe Decuir........ HERO..... GOD!!!!!! THANK YOU GURU MEDITATION........ you're heroes too, in your own way!!!!!!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

You are too kind Atheist7. WThank you. e are just two friends who love Amiga like all the other great people in this community.

[@Commander64]

A lot of this goes over my head becauae im not technically minded but still, it was a great interview, he recollected it with a lot of energy.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

It is amazing how he can remember all this stuff. He has probably forgot more than I will ever learn!

[@jasha-jasha]

What a nice guy. Fantastic stuff, I could listen to him for hours

[@TheGuruMeditation]

He is great! We could have spoke with him all day.

[@RetroComputingwithMike]

Thanks for that really interesting interview! :D

[@TheGuruMeditation]

You are welcome Retro, thanks for watching!

[@vix_in_japan]

I've not even had the chance to watch this yet Bill but I know it'll be awesome so already thumbs up from me!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

OK, best comment ever!!! Ha ha! You rock so much Vickie. Thanks so much for your incredible support.I know you will enjoy listening to Joe when you have the chance. Enjoy!

[@dave4shmups]

Thanks for uploading this! I know that the Amiga sold really well in Europe; particularly in the UK, and in Germany. But I've read that they had much better marketing over there. I'm 42, and I saw that 1989 Amiga commercial with music from "The Goonies" in it, but that was it.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks dave4shumps. Yes, the Amiga was much more successful in Europe than here in the USA. There are many reasons and theories about this, but I am glad to be one of the folks here who experienced and appreciated it. AMIGA4EVER!

[@Beast96GT]

Thanks for posting!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

You are welcome, thanks for watching Beastifus!

[@KarlHamilton]

It's important to remember that the Amiga was really an Atari computer, and the ST was really a Commodore. Interesting times indeed.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Lots of people don't understand this history. I get flack for my love of Atari 8-bit, but I love it and Amiga is my all-time favorite

[@zizlog_sound]

One could assume by what Joe said about the Commodore marketing ppl, that it was Cs intend of not seeing the Amiga successful. Great spirit and enthusiasm of Joe of what he’s up to and his goals.

[@benutzer_definiert]

again this sound of life ... Amiga was and is life ... spent to much of it, but no regret! First love, first Amiga! Beeing in the Internet with my Amiga and Zyxel in 1992! Had the best User dates and meetings, the best people ever seen, copy party's without end ... Amiga, you will ever be my friend!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Beautifully said Benutzer!

[@silkee]

Where Commodore failed primarily was to get the Amiga used in a professional capacity and out of the home. Windows had Office and the Mac was used for everything DTP (Quark) and Graphic Design. Even the Atari was used for Cubase through the 90's. There was no killer-must-have app that was driven into the corporate market. Apple would have gone the same way if it wasn't for just about every magazine and graphic designer using Mac's. Windows wasn't a great OS but if you spend 7 hours a day using Word and Excel in the office then it's going to translate much easier if you want that at home. The Amiga had Lightwave, which was fantastic, but not enough and too niche. Had they stuck some MIDI ports in (or at least a cheap upgrade) then studio's might have favoured them over the Atari's. And for games....well, the PS1 blew anything away that wasn't 3D accelerated and it was too late by then. Tragic.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Yes, totally agree. It is really a shame Amiga never had a mainstream program. It was the best computer for artists and video folks, but that was very niche. By the time the PS1 came out, Amiga was already sunk though. It is all very sad.

[@dvuemedia]

Very sharp dude! Thanks for the interview.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Yes he is. Thanks for watching Dvuemedia !

[@dvuemedia]

@@TheGuruMeditation I had an idea, how about getting his signature, make 3D model of it, 3D print it, and install it in our A1000, just like the other sigs where it belongs.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

@@dvuemedia It is a great idea

[@alexanderwingeskog758]

Great interview! and added a lot of Amiga history! Sad he's signature was not there but for obvious reasons...

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Yeap, that is disappointing, but glad he is sharing his story with us now. I learned a lot of new things speaking with him.

[@MrSEA-ok2ll]

It is ironic how people ask if I am an Atari fan or a Commodore fan. Since, I still praise the Atari 2600, Atari 800 and Amiga 1000, I suppose I am simply a Jay Miner Fan.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

I am in the same boat. Someone recently freaked out when they saw me wearing an Amiga t-shirt holding and Atari 800, LOL

[@thromboid]

4:50 I realised recently how much more objectionable the interlace flicker is in PAL. No wonder my parents refused to use those screen modes and were happier to use a Mac!

[@stevek548]

Really excellent interview.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thank you!

[@csabasanta5696]

Oh I sooo much agree with him on the 'retro game machine' idea ...

[@TheGuruMeditation]

I know, that would be awesome. Then I could make games!

[@desiv1170]

I always thought it was funny when I learned the path of the designers. Back in the day, it was Atari vs Commodore. Atari 8-bit vs C64 and then St vs Amiga. Most people stayed with their company. I was Vic-20, C64, SX64, Amiga 500, Amiga 1200. True Commodore. Then I found out that the actual path should have been Atari 8-bit to Amiga and C64 to ST. Who knew.. ;-) The Amiga (ex Atari) guys were/are great. Thanx for this interview.

[@JamesHalfHorse]

Awesome guy. His plan makes sense too. If you have ever done the RV life you can live well on 12 volts DC. Lights, fans, refrigeration, most electronics like laptops just need a different adaptor and a wide range of appliances that already exist specifically for that market that could become mainstream if it was a more widely used standard. I wish him luck he has done great things and sounds like he is doing more.

[@pnvgordinho]

Bless all involved with Miggy. If I hadn't "met" the Amiga, Im sure my childhood would have been less happier. Good times spent playing Sensible Soccer with my friends and being angry with the goalkeeper for not defending a shoot from midfield :( I wish the people that have the Amiga copyrights would just do one more thing. An oficial mini cd32 like the mini nes and mini snes.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

The Amiga made our childhoods' much happier as well. Oh man, A CD32 mini would be cool!

[@winstonsmith478]

GREAT stuff. Love his idea of a retro-game development system on a Pi 3 (now 4).

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thank you Winston. Yes, Joe has incredible vision.

[@005AGIMA]

Great interview guys. Added to "watch later" but stuff it, I watched it in the background at work. Don't tell anyone. ;) :D

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Ha ha, thanks! Your secret is safe with us!

[@pasi68p]

Wow ! … really interesting interview and like always great*2 video from u :D …. greetings from Finland (A1000 owner) ;)

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks Pasi68p! Greetings from New York City. I hope to get to Finland one day!

[@andychicago8295]

1:29 Air Jordan IV :D Great computers and great shoes!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Ha ha!

[@billkendrick1]

Suddenly hear the title music to Yoomp! for the Atari XL at around 20:15 🤩

[@TheGuruMeditation]

WOW, good ears!

[@thromboid]

I remember the interlace flicker being a necessary evil to get higher resolutions, but did any Amiga titles use it for smoother (both spatial and temporal) animation?

[@AussieAmigan]

OMG!! I thought I had heard of all of the so-called Amiga heroes. This guy is like the forgotten Beetle.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

So true!

[@marcindubiel8795]

Great man! Very interesting interwiev

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks for watching Marcin! Yes, Joe is great!

[@AmigaRulez_parallax]

Awesome interview ☺👍

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thank you Amiga Rulez!

[@DomedagsPoeten]

Really enjoyed this, thank you

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

Sounds like he's got some solid nerding planned, while I'm just considering my next treehouse build.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

LOL I feel you.

[@CJWarlock]

What's that game with the orange logo, demoing on screen of the Amiga on the right side? Sidewinder? Joe something? It looks kinda cool.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Yes, Sidewinder. It is an old school vertical scrolling shooter. Check it out, it is lots of fun!

[@CJWarlock]

@@TheGuruMeditation Thank you. I played "Sidewinder II" a lot on Commodore 64 and I liked it. I couldn't find "Sidewinder I" on C64. I guess it's because it was on Amiga. :D So, after 20 years - mystery solved. :)

[@crapcbm]

Amiga best computer ever! WE ARE AMIGA!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

YES!!!

[@earx23]

It must have been awesome to have been there back in the day. Amiga was certainly one of the most exotic hardware projects to have come out of the 1980's. You could also have been stuck at IBM designing printer ports or something, or writing code in MUMPS. Amiga, and most stuff that went on at Atari and Commodore, was the stuff of legend. This guy seems to be all talk, though. I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that. What was it again, oh yeah repair my old Amiga's.. someday. There's people that talk, and there's people that do.

[@AxelWerner]

As a c64 and early PC user i have to admit, that the Amiga was a superior powerhouse. It's a shame that Commodore drove it all into shit. I switched from c64 to PC early 90s, because it's supposed to be more flexible and professional. But it took like 5 more years for the PC to keep up with the Amiga back then, when win95 and win98 took over.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

It is a shame the way things worked out, but I am thankful for having teh Amiga. Thanks for watching Axel!

[@bastardtubeuser]

Amiga Gurus, given a basic a500 model roughly how much memory is available for an assembler program and data ?, i wonder.

[@humanandroid8099]

Without the OS, 512k minus 256 bytes for the zero page. If you don't use Trap instructions and interrupts you can start at around address 0x60. 0x40000 is the end of the 512k Chip RAM

[@bastardtubeuser]

Thanks, i only hobby program on 8-bit 6502 but i would like to try a 16 bit machine one day, with an assembler running on the machine itself, thus limiting the memory even further.

[@humanandroid8099]

@@bastardtubeuser you will love the 68000 and the Amiga hardware interface 🙂

[@bastardtubeuser]

@@humanandroid8099 was there an assembler that can load from floppy without the OS ? or did the Workbench have its own assembler ? .thanks.

[@humanandroid8099]

@@bastardtubeuser Nope. You have to boot at least to the CLI (AmigaDOS) and use something like Asm-One or a plain text editor with a separate command line assembler (Devpac/Barfly/PhxAss etc.). Without the OS your only option is an Action Replay. It plugs in the left expansion port. There is a build-in dis- and assembler, but it's not very comfortable. It was designed to modify running code. You don't have labels and have to branch to fixed addresses. You can try it using UAE

[@jussimatikainen4681]

Thanks a lot. Very interesting :)

[@disruptive_innovator]

Fascinating man.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

He is!

[@deckard5pegasus673]

4:47 you're wrong when saying "2 frames make up a screen". It's 2 fields make up a frame, and a frame is what you would call a "screen". In interlancing half a frame is drawn which is a "field".

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Yeah he meant fields not frames. He just misspoke. It was the end of a long weekend and got his f-words confused, lol

[@denniszanatta6479]

Great job!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thank you Dennis!

[@CJWarlock]

Amigazing! :D (Amiga+Amazing) More, please! :)

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks! We have lots more to share!

[@pm71241]

I started with an Atari 8-bit. But I guess we were too naive at that time to see that the natural extension was the Amiga and not the Atari-ST

[@Comakino]

What he's talking about at 18:25 sounds a bit like Godot Engine

[@creigeckersley7301]

Has anyone come across a install disk for a a2630 Commodore in a adf format

[@MrTorbenAnd]

Amazing guy!

[@ps8437]

🙏Dankeschön 🙏

[@mr_wildschwein]

His Name was Jay? Like, the J. stands for Jay 😂

[@TheGuruMeditation]

LOL

[@josedourado3747]

👏🥂

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Cheers Jose!

[@herenkapsalon]

I own a working amiga 500 and have hundreds of games with it

[@kingofallmen1]

Only Amiga makes it possible!

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Whoot woot!

[@odin1899]

Well that's a longwinded way to describe 4 channel 8 bit audio capabilities.

[@Mike.Garcia]

Atari Amiga Commodore ST

[@TheGuruMeditation]

LOL, that is the truth!

[@thealaskan1635]

@@TheGuruMeditation yep

[@pm71241]

Windows95 still wasn't a multitasking OS

[@deckard5pegasus673]

It's an interesting fact, that the Amiga computer is the REAL "Atari ST" , as the Amiga was built by the Atari engineers. And the Atari ST is the real "Commodore Amiga", as the Atari ST was headed by Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore. ...crazy.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Yeah people always give me a hard time about being an Atari 8 bit fan, but I tell them the Amiga has way more Atari 8 bit DNA in it than C64 DNA

[@AussieAmigan]

Joe's never heard of software like AMOS or Gamemaker or even Unity or hundreds of other game making software it would seem.

[@LoveDoctorNL]

The 3 dislikes must be from Sam, Leonard and Garry Tramiel

[@TheGuruMeditation]

LOL, probably!

[@thealaskan1635]

I had the ATARI 800 because it just kicked Commodores 64 computer's butt graphics wise. It's sad that the Amiga got picked up by Commodore because Jack Tramiel was a cold blooded businessman.I don't see how he could even try to buy the Amiga for less than bottom dollar.He literally tried to screw the Amiga's developers.

[@TheGuruMeditation]

I loved the Atari 800 as well. It was my first computer!

[@Applecompuser]

Its true the Atari was better, but the 64 K memory v 48 for the Atari, plus the greater amount if C64 games took its toll. Id love to see new cutting edge games on the old , but enhanced machines to see what could have been. To me, all the modern pc games are the same game. Not much that is new or interesting.

[@AussieAmigan]

Engineers should talk to marketing? From all reports Commodore marketing people were morons of the highest callibre. The engineers themselves would have done a better job of marketing.

[@amigang]

second! Joe Decuir ..... Joe Pillow?

[@TheGuruMeditation]

Thanks for the support Amigang!

[@scififan698]

Decuir means 'from leather' in French, actually.