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  • 14:53, 4 May 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Bil Herd (Created page with "Bil Herd is a former Commodore engineer who worked on the Plus/4 series, the C128 and the unreleased LCD computer. He first became familiar with the Amiga by reading a prelimi...")
  • 22:29, 2 May 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Computer (Created page with "A computer is a device which at minimum can perform calculations.")
  • 22:27, 2 May 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Apple (Created page with "Apple Computer were founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The release of the Apple ][ in 1977 was their first successful product.")
  • 22:25, 2 May 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page IBM (Created page with "IBM or International Business Machines entered the microcomputer industry with the release of the 5150 in 1981.")
  • 22:23, 2 May 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Mouse (Created page with "A mouse is a pointer device pioneered by Xerox and popularized by the release of the Apple Macintosh in 1984.")
  • 22:21, 2 May 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Competitors (Created page with "By 1984, Amiga’s main competitors were IBM and Apple.")
  • 22:18, 2 May 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Mindset (Created page with "Mindset were a computer company started by ex-Atari employees who previously worked in their computer division. They released their M1001 computer in 1984. It was PC compatibl...")
  • 22:01, 2 May 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Genlock (Created page with "A genlock is a device which is synchronized to an external video source. Graphics and effects may be added to the video. The first Amiga genlock was the A1300 for the Amiga...")
  • 01:42, 13 April 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Caryn Mical (Created page with "Caryn Mical (nee Havis) worked in marketing at the original Amiga company and Commodore-Amiga in Los Gatos. It was at Amiga where she met RJ. They got married and...")
  • 12:45, 23 March 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Atari-Amiga Deal (Created page with "At the 1983 AMOA show in New Orleans, Atari coin-op division President John Farrand meets Dave Morse. That November a contract is signed.")
  • 21:35, 21 March 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Mickey (Created page with "Mickey was Atari’s version of the Amiga computer, developed April-July 1984. It would have been sold as a game console for the first year with computer upgrades available af...")
  • 22:49, 4 March 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Television (TV) (Created page with "A television set was the standard display for game consoles and early home computers. These were often employed a cathode ray tube (CRT), which would “draw” the screen by...")
  • 22:41, 4 March 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Joystick (Created page with "A joystick is an input device, usually for video games which allows at least 4 directions of movement. Amiga initially sold their own Power Stick joystick line. An analog joy...")
  • 22:33, 4 March 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Cartridge (Created page with "A cartridge is a module which includes a circuit board with memory, usually read-only memory (ROM) but may be random-access memory (RAM).")
  • 23:31, 2 March 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Text (Created page with "Text is displayed on the Amiga like other graphics which can be used together. The text routines were written by Bob “Kodiak” Burns and eventually included as part of the...")
  • 23:26, 2 March 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Palette (Created page with "A palette is a selection of colors, just as a painter uses except it is all virtual. How many colors can be displayed on the screen at once depends on how much memory is avail...")
  • 23:17, 2 March 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Light pen (Created page with "A light pen is a pointing device which is used by placing the stylus directly on a CRT monitor to control it. These were popular in the 1980s but fell out of favor a decade la...")
  • 23:09, 2 March 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Coprocessor (Created page with "A coprocessor is a secondary processor which works in conjunction or alongside the main processor in a computer or other electronic device.")
  • 22:43, 28 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Personal computer (PC) (Created page with "A personal computer or PC is a computer which can be used in a home, business, or educational environments. After IBM released their first PC, model 5150 in 1981, other manufa...")
  • 22:32, 28 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Wire wrap (Created page with "Wire wrapping is a prototyping technique where wire is turned around posts to form a connection in a circuit. It was especially popular in the 1980s and was used to construct...")
  • 22:29, 28 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Motherboard (Created page with "A motherboard is a printed circuit board (PCB) which includes all the main components of a computer. The first Amiga motherboards appeared in the grey box develop...")
  • 13:48, 24 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Game console (Created page with "A game console is a machine designed to primarily play video games. On one of the first Amiga patents, ‘Video Game and Personal Computer’, Jay Miner distinguished a game c...")
  • 13:43, 24 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Prototype (Created page with "A prototype is an early concept, usually hardware to be evaluated and further developed.")
  • 01:01, 24 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Trackball (Created page with "A trackball is a device similar to a mechanical mouse except the ball is right-side up as opposed to being rolled on a surface.")
  • 00:53, 24 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Proportional controller (Created page with "A proportional controller is an analog joystick using two potentiometers for horizontal and vertical movement. The joysticks for the Apple ][ computers used this design. In th...")
  • 00:44, 24 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page CP/M (Created page with "CP/M was the predecessor to MS-DOS which was published by Gary Kildall and his company, Digital Research. A version was later released for the Motorola 68000, CP/M 68K. This v...")
  • 00:38, 24 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Resources (Created page with "Resources provide a low-level software interface to a device.")
  • 02:03, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Stan2.jpg
  • 02:03, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Stan2.jpg
  • 02:01, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Stan Shepard (Created page with "thumb Stan Shepard was initially a contractor at Amiga, working with Dave Needle and their company, S.H.I.T. By the time Amiga relocated to Los Gato...")
  • 01:58, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Stan-A30.jpg
  • 01:58, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Stan-A30.jpg
  • 01:45, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Daven.png (Dave Needle at Amiga 30th.)
  • 01:45, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Daven.png (Dave Needle at Amiga 30th.)
  • 00:32, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Am15.jpg
  • 00:32, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Am15.jpg
  • 00:31, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Am26.jpg
  • 00:31, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Am26.jpg
  • 00:30, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Agnus 25.jpg
  • 00:30, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Agnus 25.jpg
  • 00:30, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Agnus 20.jpg
  • 00:30, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Agnus 20.jpg
  • 00:29, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Agnus 11.jpg
  • 00:29, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Agnus 11.jpg
  • 00:28, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Agnus 10.jpg
  • 00:28, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Agnus 10.jpg
  • 00:27, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs uploaded File:Agnus 1.jpg
  • 00:27, 10 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page File:Agnus 1.jpg
  • 23:58, 9 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Chipset (Created page with "The Amiga chipset was initially specified on the whiteboard. Later in 1983, chip stacks, or wire wrapped boards which emulated each custom chip were made. Software simulators...")
  • 23:52, 9 February 2023 Bernard talk contribs created page Silicon (Created page with "The Amiga chipset originally consisted of three 48-pin ICs. The first silicon for each was made in time for the 1984 Summer CES in Chicago.")
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