Monthly Archive: November 2013

The "Insert the Workbench Disk" boot screen from the Commodore Amiga.

Amiga Workbench v1.2 Startup/Boot Screen Wallpaper

Like Kickstart, the initial versions of Workbench were a mess, with an extremely short development times and pushed-out-the-door on marketing’s schedule.  To their credit, however, Commodore was able to get out Workbench v1.2, and...

The "Insert Kickstart Disk" boot screen for the early Amiga 1000's.

Amiga Kickstart v1.0 Startup/Boot Screen Wallpaper

The original Amiga computer was a technical marvel, but the underlying OS was very, very buggy.  To deal with this, Commodore made the decision to not place the Amiga’s OS into ROM, but rather, requiring...

The Amiga 1000 computer at boot up.

Amiga 1000 Startup/Boot Sound

When it was released in 1985, the Commodore Amiga 1000 was the most advanced personal computer available. Featuring separate co-processors for video, sound and disk I/O, and a multitasking, windowed, Operating System.  Sadly, Commodore...