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intric8 · 27 April 2019, 16:23

Hi Guys,

I wanted to share something that has come into my possession recently: one of only half a dozen known Amiga Development Systems.

This machine was created before a single Amiga was ever sold in the U.S. in either 1984 or early 1985. It was sent to Hewlett Packard in the hopes they would support the future platform by creating software and tools. They decided not to invest, and a gentleman purchased it from HP in the spring of 1985. We was quite likely the only non-Commodore employee to ever own an Amiga at that time.

In any case, I created a 17-minute video about the machine and the obvious differences between it and the earliest Amigas.
[ Show youtube player ]

I also wrote a longer explanation of the machine and posted it here with several more photos:
https://amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1031

The key differences (in my mind) are:
- The logo is not an Amiga/Checkmark logo. It is an embossed Commodore logo instead.
- The keyboard doesn't have the Amiga red "A" keys - it has Chicken Lips
- There are no signatures under the top shell.
- It has really early custom chips: Portia (instead of Paula) and Daphne (instead of Denise) as well as a very early Agnus.

There are lots of other details, too.

27 April 2019, 16:23	#1
intric8 AmigaLover Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Seattle, WA USA Posts: 75	The Amiga Development System (a new one found in the USA) Hi Guys, I wanted to share something that has come into my possession recently: one of only half a dozen known Amiga Development Systems. This machine was created before a single Amiga was ever sold in the U.S. in either 1984 or early 1985. It was sent to Hewlett Packard in the hopes they would support the future platform by creating software and tools. They decided not to invest, and a gentleman purchased it from HP in the spring of 1985. We was quite likely the only non-Commodore employee to ever own an Amiga at that time. In any case, I created a 17-minute video about the machine and the obvious differences between it and the earliest Amigas. [ Show youtube player ] I also wrote a longer explanation of the machine and posted it here with several more photos: https://amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1031 The key differences (in my mind) are: - The logo is not an Amiga/Checkmark logo. It is an embossed Commodore logo instead. - The keyboard doesn't have the Amiga red "A" keys - it has Chicken Lips - There are no signatures under the top shell. - It has really early custom chips: Portia (instead of Paula) and Daphne (instead of Denise) as well as a very early Agnus. There are lots of other details, too. Attached Thumbnails