20.Aug.2017
Heiko Schlomka (E-Mail)
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Music composed with Amiga: Calvin Harris - "I created Disco"
In an interview with musicradar.com, the Scottish DJ Calvin Harris has talked about his start as musician and descibed how he did produce electronic music with the A500 and later with the A1200. His first album, released in 2007, was called I created Disco - which among others got a top ten position in the British album charts - and was completely produced on an Amiga 1200. Quote Harris: "Why not? The Amiga did a great job!".
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15.Jul.2017
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Commodore documents on Hombre chipset found
Dr. Ed Hepler, who is the former "Director of System and VLSI architecture" at Commodore, has provided detailed documents on the Hombre chipset. The PA-RISC-based Hombre would have been the base for the planned next generation of Amiga computers - if Commodore would not have gone bankcrupt. Until the last moment obviously they tried to sell the technology or to find an investor: a presentation featuring Hombre was created for a "Philips / Commodore Meeting" is dated 15. April 1994 - two weeks later Commodore Geschichte does not exist anymore.
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31.May.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Video interview with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON)
During the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 2017, the Youtube channel "TheGuruMeditation" has recorded an interview with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON). In the video, which lasts about 23 minutes, Dickinson has talked about the AmigaOne computers and the A.L.I.C.E. laptop, which he presented at the festival, about his goals with A-EON and his passion about the Amiga.
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