What Happened to ICD

intric8 · 11 October 2019, 21:27

Do any of you remember the Amiga (and Atari) vendor ICD? They made things like the AdSpeed accelerator, AdIDE, AdRam540, Flicker Free Video and more.

Chris Edgin was an employee at ICD based out of Rockford, Illinois, and has described what happened to that company in its final days over here.

I was also able to hunt down some incredible (and a bit sad) photography of the abandoned building taken in 2012 by a professional photographer, which are included in the post. Pretty interesting stuff if you're into that kind of thing.

Foebane · 11 October 2019, 22:14

Was that Atari 65/130XE found there on the floor, or was it placed there for the photo to look particularly pathetic?

intric8 · 13 October 2019, 00:10

Foebane according to the photographer it was found like that.

Hewitson · 13 October 2019, 00:50

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Originally Posted by intric8

Foebane according to the photographer it was found like that.

I doubt that very much. It doesn't even have any dust on it.

Foebane · 13 October 2019, 08:08

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Originally Posted by Hewitson

I doubt that very much. It doesn't even have any dust on it.

I'm not so sure, the keyboard looks particularly grubby.

AmigaHope · 13 October 2019, 18:01

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Originally Posted by intric8

Foebane according to the photographer it was found like that.

I sure hope someone collected and preserved all the leftover stuff there. Especially the HDDs which could have some great historical development code etc. on them. x.x I hate to see retro stuff abused.

Avrovulcan · 02 November 2019, 13:15

Enjoyed reading the article. It makes for a very sad story,
I'm lucky enough to have an ICD AdSpeed 68010 still fitted to my Amiga A2000

Kind regards
Andy

11 October 2019, 21:27	#1
intric8 AmigaLover Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Seattle, WA USA Posts: 75	What Happened to ICD Do any of you remember the Amiga (and Atari) vendor ICD? They made things like the AdSpeed accelerator, AdIDE, AdRam540, Flicker Free Video and more. Chris Edgin was an employee at ICD based out of Rockford, Illinois, and has described what happened to that company in its final days over here. I was also able to hunt down some incredible (and a bit sad) photography of the abandoned building taken in 2012 by a professional photographer, which are included in the post. Pretty interesting stuff if you're into that kind of thing. Last edited by intric8; 11 October 2019 at 21:29. Reason: Image was too large

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11 October 2019, 22:14	#2
Foebane Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cardiff, UK Age: 51 Posts: 2,871	Was that Atari 65/130XE found there on the floor, or was it placed there for the photo to look particularly pathetic?

13 October 2019, 00:10	#3
intric8 AmigaLover Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Seattle, WA USA Posts: 75	Foebane according to the photographer it was found like that.

02 November 2019, 13:15	#7
Avrovulcan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Craghead, Stanley, Durham Posts: 67	Enjoyed reading the article. It makes for a very sad story, I'm lucky enough to have an ICD AdSpeed 68010 still fitted to my Amiga A2000 Kind regards Andy

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