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Future Was Here The Commodore Amiga

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ISBN-10: 0262017202

ISBN-13: 9780262017206

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jimmy Maher, Ian Bogost, Nick Montfort

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Long ago, in 1985, personal computers came in two general categories: the friendly, childish game machine used for fun (exemplified by Atari and Commodore products); and the boring, beige adult box used for business (exemplified by products from IBM). The game machines became fascinating technical and artistic platforms that were of limited real-world utility. The IBM products were all utility, with little emphasis on aesthetics and no emphasis on fun. Into this bifurcated computing environment came the Commodore Amiga 1000. This personal computer featured a palette of 4,096 colors, unprecedented animation capabilities, four-channel stereo sound, the capacity to run multiple applications…    
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Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 4/13/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Jimmy Maher is an independent scholar and writer living in Norway.

Ian Bogost is Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a Founding Partner at Persuasive Games LLC, and the coauthor of Newsgames: Journalism at Play (MIT Press, 2010).

Nick Montfort is Associate Professor of Digital Media at MIT and the coauthor of Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (MIT Press, 2009).

Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
"The Future Is Here"
Boing
Deluxe Paint
SSG and Sculpt-Animate
NewTek
AmigaOS and ARexx
The Scene
Cinemaware and Psygnosis
The Way the Future Was
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index