#Amiga1000

2026-01-02

Blog: Emulation of the Amiga 1000 keyboard with a Raspberry Pi

Christian Horn @globalc describes how he got around the lack of a keyboard on his Amiga 1000 by emulating it with a Raspberry Pi using the Python programming language.

amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-

#Amiga1000 #keyboard #Python #RaspberryPi

2025-10-20

Vorerst plane ich, ein neues Gehäuse zu kaufen.
Ich würde die Form des #Amiga1000 bevorzugen.

Die Höhe wäre ideal, und die Tastatur könnte darunter verstaut werden.
Es wäre genug Platz für eine Turbo- und eine Grafikkarte, ein Diskettenlaufwerk, ein CD-ROM, eine CF-Kartenleser, ein Gotek.

Früher gab es ja verrückte Gehäuse-Modder, die alles umgebaut haben. Aber sie scheinen verschwunden zu sein. 😔

2025-07-31

:meowartist: 40 Years ago, Andy Warhol helped debut the #Commodore #Amiga Computer.

That's right, it's 40 years to this days that the Amiga 1000 was launched. The Amiga’s cultural impact was bolstered by its flashy public debut celebration, which emerged as one of the most surreal moments in #tech #history. [included a live art session with #Andy #Warhol]….

warhol.org/exhibition/warhol-a

#amiga1000 #retrocomputing #artist #media #engineering #retro #picture #art #news

On July 23, 1984, Commodore hosted a black-tie launch event in New York City at Lincoln Center, complete with an orchestra & live hardware demonstrations. After some initial guidance from “resident Amiga artist” Jack Haeger, Warhol began by taking a “digital snapshot” of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry before overlaying it with color fills using Amiga’s ProPaint V27 software — a precursor to illustration programs like MSPaint.

“You found it to be spontaneous?” Haeger prods Warhol at the demo’s outset. “Yeah it’s great. It’s such a great thing,” Warhol responded flatly as onlookers laughed.

The recording of Warhol’s portrait session is only a few minutes long, but it marked the beginning of a brand ambassadorship that lasted until the artist’s death in 1987. In 1985, Commodore gifted an Amiga 1000 to Warhol, which he used to craft a series of virtual drawings including variations on his famous Campbell’s soup can series, Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus & flowers.

In an interview with the magazine Amiga World the following year, Warhol elaborated more on his interest in the dawn of digital art.

<https://web.archive.org/web/20070202071633/http://www.artnode.org/text/andywarhol/amigandy.pdf>

“The thing I like most about doing this kind of work on the Amiga is that it looks like my work in other media,” he said at the time. When asked about his thoughts on how computers would affect “mass art as opposed to high art,” Warhol made sure to stipulate that “mass art is high art.”[ImageSource: GenerationXVideoArchive]

Warhol was fascinated with the artistic implications of digital computers. Although believed lost for decades, in 2014 the Andy Warhol Museum announced the rediscovery of multiple experimental Amiga projects stored on floppy disks in the museum’s archives.

<https://press.warhol.org/press/the-andy-warhol-museum-announces-newly-discovered-amiga-experiments/>

“In the images, we see a mature artist who had spent about 50 years developing a specific hand-to-eye coordination now suddenly grappling with the bizarre new sensation of a mouse in his palm held several inches from the screen,” the museum’s chief archivist Matt Wrbican said at the time. “No doubt he resisted the urge to physically touch the screen–it had to be enormously frustrating, but it also marked a huge transformation in our culture.”

“Do you think it will push the artists? Do you think that people will be inclined to use all the different components of the art, music, video, etc.?” Amiga World editor-in-chief Guy Wright asked during the 1986 interview.

“That’s the best part about it. I guess you can… An artist can really do the whole thing,” Warhol responded. “Actually, he can make a film with everything on it, music and sound and art… everything.”[ImageSource: Generationamiga]

The Amiga 1000, released in 1985 July by Commodore International, was a groundbreaking machine that pushed the boundaries of what was possible in terms of graphics, multimedia capabilities and multitasking. This was a game-changer for artists, designers and anyone working with visual media. The Amiga’s graphics capabilities were so advanced that it found its way into professional video editing studios and even Hollywood special effects production.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_1000>

Processor:

• 68000 @ 7-14 MHz 
• 68020 @ 7-20 MHz 
• 68030 @ 14-50 MHz

The A1000 has a socketed 68000 @ 7.09 MHz [PAL] or 7.16 MHz [NTSC]. Upgrading the processor requires the use of a processor board. Many boards designed for the A500 works perfectly in the A1000, either connected to the side expansion port or to the 68000 socket.

Memory:

• 256 kB Kickstart RAM (Writable Control Store) 
• up to 1 MB Chip RAM 
• up to 32 MB Fast RAM on processor cards 
• up to 8 MB Fast RAM on side expansion cards

The A1000 has 256 kB Chip RAM soldered to its motherboard which can be expanded to 512 kB with a memory expansion card. Chip RAM can be expanded to 1 MB with third party expansions such as the Rejuvenator. Fast RAM can be added either via the side expansion connector or via processor boards.

Custom chips:

• Agnus - OCS display controller 
• Denise - OCS graphics coprocessor 
• Paula - audio and I/O controller 
• Gary - system address decoder
Mark J. BlairNF6X@oldbytes.space
2025-07-24

I was never any good at Mind Walker, but the music and sound effects have been living in my brain since 1986.

Happy Birthday, Amiga!

youtube.com/watch?v=6B5Wn7A-_Xw

#RetroComputing #Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #Amiga1000 #Amiga40

RetroComputingMXretrocompmx
2025-07-23

Tenia tiempo de no escribir en mi blog y hoy es día perfecto para presentarte mi artículo sobre el lanzamiento de la Amiga (1000 se le llamaría después) el 23 de julio de 1985.
La Commodore Amiga no era una computadora, era una revolución multimedia, adelantada a su tiempo.
Fue el primer ordenador que tuve para uso personal y esta es, en 19 minutos de lectura, su historia.
retrocomputingmx.com/22lm

2025-07-23

Happy 40th anniversary! #amiga1000 #amiga

An Amiga 1000 computer.
paulrickardspaulrickards
2025-07-23

Amiga 1000 + FrameGrabber video feedback fun!

A beige computer, monitor, and keyboard with the monitor showing a repeating pattern of the monitor itself smaller and smaller as it twists into infinity.
2025-07-23

Happy Birthday! ❤️
40 Jahre Amiga! 🥳 Kaum zu glauben, dass es schon vier Jahrzehnte her ist, dass dieses revolutionäre Stück Technik das Licht der Welt erblickte. Für mich persönlich bleibt mein Amiga 1000 bis heute das schönste Gerät der ganzen Amiga-Familie. Ein echtes Stück Computergeschichte!
#Amiga #Amiga1000 #40YearsAmiga #retrocomputing #amiga4ever #retrogaming #GianaSisters

The image features a vintage computer setup on a round white table. The computer is a Commodore Amiga 1084, identifiable by the "Commodore" and "AMIGA 1084" labels on the unit. The monitor displays a colorful game titled "The Glamazon Sisters," with pixelated graphics and a character in the center. Below the monitor, a white keyboard is positioned, and a red joystick with a black knob is in front of it. To the right, a white mouse rests on a mousepad. A blue floppy disk is visible on the table, and a white power cord is connected to the computer. The background includes a gray wall and a potted plant, adding a touch of greenery to the scene.
Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B
Niclas Aarestrup - KDnaarestrup@pixelfed.social
2025-07-23
I dag er det præcis 40 år siden, verden for første gang blev præsenteret for Amiga, i form af Amiga 1000. Et par år senere fulgte den ikoniske Amiga 500.

Mange af os, der efterhånden har et par år på bagen, ligesom undertegnede, kan stadig genkende det klassiske Amiga-logo og skrivebordet her og husker begejstringen ved at opleve de banebrydende muligheder for grafik, lyd og kreativitet.

Min egen rejse ind i computerens forunderlige verden startede dog allerede med en Commodore 64, men det næste store skridt blev Amigaen, i mit tilfælde først som en Commodore CDTV, der i virkeligheden var en Amiga 500 forklædt som CD-ROM-afspiller.
Amigaen banede vejen for mange timers nysgerrighed, læring og kreativ leg. En ægte klassiker, der stadig har en helt særlig plads i mit hjerte!

Dengang var “sociale medier” noget, man oplevede sammen fysisk, hjemme i stuen med vennerne, hvor vi spillede på computeren eller udvekslede disketter. For de lidt mere eventyrlystne fandtes der BBS’er, man kunne ringe op til via modem, ofte med en svimlende hastighed på 1200 eller 2400 baud, altså omkring 0,002 megabit i sekundet. I dag har de fleste internetforbindelser, der er over 100.000 gange hurtigere.

Og når vi nu taler om udvikling: Amiga 500 kørte på en Motorola 68000-processor på cirka 7 MHz og havde typisk 512 KB eller 1 MB RAM. I dag har selv de billigste smartphones otte kerner, der hver kører over 2 GHz, og 8-16 GB RAM. Selv den mest ydmyge mobiltelefon har altså regnekraft, hukommelse og muligheder, som vi dengang kun kunne drømme om.

Men magien og nysgerrigheden og fællesskabet omkring computeren, dét kan ingen moderne teknologi tage fra os!

Tillykke med fødselsdagen, Amiga!

#Amiga40 #RetroComputing #Amiga1000
Niclas Aarestrup - KDnaarestrup@pixelfed.social
2025-07-23
I dag er det præcis 40 år siden, verden for første gang blev præsenteret for Amiga, i form af Amiga 1000. Et par år senere fulgte den ikoniske Amiga 500.

Mange af os, der efterhånden har et par år på bagen, ligesom undertegnede, kan stadig genkende det klassiske Amiga-logo og skrivebordet her og husker begejstringen ved at opleve de banebrydende muligheder for grafik, lyd og kreativitet.

Min egen rejse ind i computerens forunderlige verden startede dog allerede med en Commodore 64, men det næste store skridt blev Amigaen, i mit tilfælde først som en Commodore CDTV, der i virkeligheden var en Amiga 500 forklædt som CD-ROM-afspiller.
Amigaen banede vejen for mange timers nysgerrighed, læring og kreativ leg. En ægte klassiker, der stadig har en helt særlig plads i mit hjerte!

Dengang var “sociale medier” noget, man oplevede sammen fysisk, hjemme i stuen med vennerne, hvor vi spillede på computeren eller udvekslede disketter. For de lidt mere eventyrlystne fandtes der BBS’er, man kunne ringe op til via modem, ofte med en svimlende hastighed på 1200 eller 2400 baud, altså omkring 0,002 megabit i sekundet. I dag har de fleste internetforbindelser, der er over 100.000 gange hurtigere.

Og når vi nu taler om udvikling: Amiga 500 kørte på en Motorola 68000-processor på cirka 7 MHz og havde typisk 512 KB eller 1 MB RAM. I dag har selv de billigste smartphones otte kerner, der hver kører over 2 GHz, og 8-16 GB RAM. Selv den mest ydmyge mobiltelefon har altså regnekraft, hukommelse og muligheder, som vi dengang kun kunne drømme om.

Men magien og nysgerrigheden og fællesskabet omkring computeren, dét kan ingen moderne teknologi tage fra os!

Tillykke med fødselsdagen, Amiga!

#Amiga40 #RetroComputing #Amiga1000
Niclas Aarestrup KDnaarestrup
2025-07-23
Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛Gamrok
2025-07-23

Hey! The Amiga celebrates its 40th birthday today! 😀 🎂 🎊

On July 23, 1985, Commodore unveiled the Amiga 1000 pictured here 🖥️

One of my all-time favorite machines. So many fond memories on my Amiga 500s 💖 🥰

NAM-IP Computer Museumnamip@computermuseum.social
2025-07-23

L’Amiga a 40 ans ! Le 23 juillet 1985, le premier modèle, l’Amiga 1000 a officiellement été présenté en grandes pompes au Lincoln Center de New-York (avec notamment Andy Warhol) #Amiga1000 #retrocomputing

La vidéo du lancement via amigaimpact:
amigaimpact.org/forums/topic/b

Et aujourd'hui 23/07 seulement si vous êtes dans le Nord du côté de Béthune cette expo #madeinpixels

2025-07-17

The Amiga 500, the Amiga's tricky second album

makertube.net/w/giAyuR18pceQXm

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