15 years ago....

Paul_s · 16 June 2009, 21:48

It was just over a month ago that marked 15 years since our Commodore died a death...

Somethings never change, i.e. reliability

.... the AGA stuff is almost 20 years old

alexh · 16 June 2009, 22:20

So about six months or so before Commodore UK folds then?

AGA is 18 this year. Every year from now on it is going to pretend it is younger. Oops, my mistake, that is women.

Grimbog · 16 June 2009, 23:09

Almost brings a tear to the eye.

Saw this video on youtube a few years back, so thought it might be good to post it up again. It's basically The Commodore Plant in West Chester, PA The last day of this Amiga Factory. April 27, 1994.

[ Show youtube player ]

End of an era.

Rabbit80 · 17 June 2009, 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grimbog

Almost brings a tear to the eye.

Saw this video on youtube a few years back, so thought it might be good to post it up again. It's basically The Commodore Plant in West Chester, PA The last day of this Amiga Factory. April 27, 1994.

[ Show youtube player ]

End of an era.

Thats a sad video

JACK98 · 17 June 2009, 00:27

i know where the video can be got for free.But i would guess have let the mods clear it first before i could post/give link...

TCD · 17 June 2009, 08:12

Seems like you can't buy it anywhere, so...

Only if there are other 'nasty' things (WB, KS etc.) on the site too, it would be an idea to upload it to the *cough* EAB file server

Hobbe · 17 June 2009, 09:15

It's helplessly sad. There was some sort of "mystic" surrounding the Amiga that has yet to be brought back into a modern computer. AGA is almost 20 years old but OCS, though considerably older, still kicks as much ass with it's limitations and all

alexh · 17 June 2009, 09:47

Mystique

JACK98 · 17 June 2009, 11:41

Alright.well here it is,the full movie.you can download it as mp4 format.so you can convert and burn it to dvd

*link removed by J

cane · 17 June 2009, 12:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Seems like you can't buy it anywhere, so...

It's included in Amiga Forever Premium Edition DVD 2 from Cloanto: The Deathbed Vigil (1994, 118') - link.
I'll let the moderators decide if it's against the rules to post links to it

.

kriz · 17 June 2009, 12:36

wow... 15 years now... I remember the day so well... was a sad day

But how cool is it that we still are into it ? Very very cool and inspiring, the spirit is never dead !!

TCD · 17 June 2009, 12:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by cane

It's included in Amiga Forever Premium Edition DVD 2 from Cloanto: The Deathbed Vigil (1994, 118') - link.
I'll let the moderators decide if it's against the rules to post links to it

.

Ah, didn't know that. Should have googled it first...

cane · 17 June 2009, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Ah, didn't know that. Should have googled it first...

I know that it's on DVD because I have it, otherwise I also would not know that.

blade002 · 17 June 2009, 15:58

I first heard the news in CU Amiga before i grabbed hold of some euro disk magazines that were all talking about it

As strange as it may seem, the Amiga to me was pretty much one of THE biggest things in my life at the time because i was so damn passionate about the machine.

Certainly one of the WORST days EVER but given how great the Amiga was i was confident it would never die in the hands of another company that was owned by those for whom were just as passionate so that all those genius Amiga hardware engineers and software developers could be re-employed and move on with the Amiga dream!

How idealistic and gullible was i hey!?

15 years already hey, so that means i was 20 when Commodore folded ... time has moved quick but the memories will never fade.

DDNI · 17 June 2009, 17:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by blade002

15 years already hey, so that means i was 20 when Commodore folded ... time has moved quick but the memories will never fade.

35! you're 3 months my senior...

Ironclaw · 17 June 2009, 17:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul_s

...died a death...

blade002 · 18 June 2009, 14:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

35! you're 3 months my senior...

Which means i must have started pulling myself 3 months before you did

Got any Grey hairs yet? None on my head, only on my chin

Paul_s · 21 June 2009, 15:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ironclaw

I agree! Hey, hang on, I wrote that

JACK98 · 21 June 2009, 15:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by blade002

Certainly one of the WORST days EVER but given how great the Amiga was i was confident it would never die in the hands of another company that was owned by those for whom were just as passionate so that all those genius Amiga hardware engineers and software developers could be re-employed and move on with the Amiga dream!

How idealistic and gullible was i hey!?

.

i think escom where just broke by paying off commodores debts.The technology aged quickly too when windows 95 came on the scene.I think phase 5 with their blizzard cards played an important part of keeping the machine alive during them bleak years...

13 August 2009, 13:21

Particularly bad for ME !
Just about a month after the C=> announcement I was laid off by dec (digital equipment corporation - for those too young to remember).

That was their BIG collapse; 23% of the workforce certainly cut their "core competencies"
(as they said in the day) basically leaving only administrative people to push content free memos around.
The company was already being sold off in parts to Oracle, Intel, Quantum, etc and the June 94 milestone was the beginning of a 5 year plan to sell off the rest and recover what was possible for the stakeholders - of course in true dec tradition the 5 year plan took 6 years, Compaq getting the final bite that was too much for it to digest (-:

Yeah, it has been a fun/funny year for memories and anniversaries.

16 June 2009, 21:48	#1
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,333	15 years ago.... It was just over a month ago that marked 15 years since our Commodore died a death... Somethings never change, i.e. reliability .... the AGA stuff is almost 20 years old

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JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	Alright.well here it is,the full movie.you can download it as mp4 format.so you can convert and burn it to dvd link removed by J Last edited by JACK98; 15 November 2013 at 18:56.*

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blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	I first heard the news in CU Amiga before i grabbed hold of some euro disk magazines that were all talking about it As strange as it may seem, the Amiga to me was pretty much one of THE biggest things in my life at the time because i was so damn passionate about the machine. Certainly one of the WORST days EVER but given how great the Amiga was i was confident it would never die in the hands of another company that was owned by those for whom were just as passionate so that all those genius Amiga hardware engineers and software developers could be re-employed and move on with the Amiga dream! How idealistic and gullible was i hey!? 15 years already hey, so that means i was 20 when Commodore folded ... time has moved quick but the memories will never fade.

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Reg_B Posts: n/a	Particularly bad for ME ! Just about a month after the C=> announcement I was laid off by dec (digital equipment corporation - for those too young to remember). That was their BIG collapse; 23% of the workforce certainly cut their "core competencies" (as they said in the day) basically leaving only administrative people to push content free memos around. The company was already being sold off in parts to Oracle, Intel, Quantum, etc and the June 94 milestone was the beginning of a 5 year plan to sell off the rest and recover what was possible for the stakeholders - of course in true dec tradition the 5 year plan took 6 years, Compaq getting the final bite that was too much for it to digest (-: Yeah, it has been a fun/funny year for memories and anniversaries.

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