Amiga 1000 in Stranger Things - Page 2

Mr_Horizon · 16 June 2022, 11:59

I was very excited when I saw the Amiga Workbench in the "crazy family house", but I had figured someone must have already posted it here as I was weeks late in watching the latest Stranger Things.

What was up with the color scheme though? Was that a setting in the early Amigas?

Thorham · 17 June 2022, 02:23

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Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

Was that a setting in the early Amigas?

No, it wasn't. It's fake.

Bruce Abbott · 17 June 2022, 12:16

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Originally Posted by Thorham

No, it wasn't. It's fake.

In one of the shots posted by rothers you can see an actual Amiga monitor display with two 'fake' windows laid over it. The Workbench version 1.0 title and 429568 bytes free memory suggest this may have running on an A1000, perhaps even the one in the movie.

Predseda · 17 June 2022, 12:27

translucency of the window ("copy" over its border), also window slider arrows are totally wrong.

TCD · 17 June 2022, 12:41

Real Workbench windows for comparison:

WB 1.0 windows look the same.

rare_j · 17 June 2022, 14:14

Its a crazy mashup Amiga with terminal stylings and some C# thrown in for good measure. I really like how they've done it.

ImmortalA1000 · 27 June 2022, 05:20

Somebody involved in the show has a soft spot for Commodore, not just Amiga. One of my subscribers told me a while back there was an episode with a Commodore 64 breadbin.

Not my kind of show so I've never watched it.

StevenJGore · 27 June 2022, 17:36

I can't believe I didn't spot it! I will be handing in my Amiga badge immediately.

gimbal · 28 June 2022, 10:55

It'd have been unforgivable if it were an A500 which has a very unique look to it, but the A1000 is a little more of a "generic old computer" look so nothing to beat yourself up over. Easy to miss. Like I said, I recognised the tank mouse, not the computer.

Thorham · 28 June 2022, 11:34

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Originally Posted by rare_j

I really like how they've done it.

It's actually quite amateurish, especially considering the 30 million dollars per episode budget. Seriously. I Can't believe they didn't just use an emulator.

gimbal · 28 June 2022, 17:33

Let's rephrase then as I really like that they've done it

Shatterhand · 29 June 2022, 14:22

No one noticed the code that shows up on the Amiga screen is a lot of HTML code which was only invented in the 90s?

Not to mention... Internet.....

rothers · 29 June 2022, 15:51

I'm pretty sure you could have got on to the internet on an Amiga in the 80s?

I'm pretty sure my Grandad used to use the internet via the university dial up connection on a ZX Spectrum terminal program in like 1983.

gimbal · 29 June 2022, 15:53

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Originally Posted by Shatterhand

No one noticed the code that shows up on the Amiga screen is a lot of HTML code which was only invented in the 90s?

Not to mention... Internet.....

I mostly notice the upside down world and the monsters and such. How unrealistic.

Luckily I can suspend my disbelief, in the Stranger Things universe the internet existed in the 80's. Done.

TCD · 29 June 2022, 16:10

I'm still impressed that they managed to make it even look Amiga-ish. It could have been much worse

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16 June 2022, 11:59	#21
Mr_Horizon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Berlin Posts: 395	I was very excited when I saw the Amiga Workbench in the "crazy family house", but I had figured someone must have already posted it here as I was weeks late in watching the latest Stranger Things. What was up with the color scheme though? Was that a setting in the early Amigas?

17 June 2022, 12:27	#24
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 44 Posts: 6,946	translucency of the window ("copy" over its border), also window slider arrows are totally wrong.

17 June 2022, 12:41	#25
TCD Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 44 Posts: 24,904	Real Workbench windows for comparison: WB 1.0 windows look the same.

17 June 2022, 14:14	#26
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,116	Its a crazy mashup Amiga with terminal stylings and some C# thrown in for good measure. I really like how they've done it.

27 June 2022, 05:20	#27
ImmortalA1000 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: london/england Posts: 571	Somebody involved in the show has a soft spot for Commodore, not just Amiga. One of my subscribers told me a while back there was an episode with a Commodore 64 breadbin. Not my kind of show so I've never watched it.

27 June 2022, 17:36	#28
StevenJGore Amiga Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: North Yorkshire, UK Age: 44 Posts: 533	I can't believe I didn't spot it! I will be handing in my Amiga badge immediately.

28 June 2022, 10:55	#29
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 41 Posts: 5,265	It'd have been unforgivable if it were an A500 which has a very unique look to it, but the A1000 is a little more of a "generic old computer" look so nothing to beat yourself up over. Easy to miss. Like I said, I recognised the tank mouse, not the computer.

28 June 2022, 17:33	#31
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 41 Posts: 5,265	Let's rephrase then as I really like that they've done it

29 June 2022, 14:22	#32
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 39 Posts: 3,448	No one noticed the code that shows up on the Amiga screen is a lot of HTML code which was only invented in the 90s? Not to mention... Internet.....

29 June 2022, 15:51	#33
rothers Registered User Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: UK Posts: 362	I'm pretty sure you could have got on to the internet on an Amiga in the 80s? I'm pretty sure my Grandad used to use the internet via the university dial up connection on a ZX Spectrum terminal program in like 1983.

29 June 2022, 16:10	#35
TCD Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 44 Posts: 24,904	I'm still impressed that they managed to make it even look Amiga-ish. It could have been much worse

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