1) Jack Tramiel had nothing to do with the Amiga. He had already been bought out by his Board of Directors, and put the money into buying the Atari Home Computer Division from Time Warner, when Commodore bought Amiga Development Company. The Motorola 68000-based computer that Tramiel brought out was the Atari ST series.
2) The Video Toaster was developed by NewTek Inc. for the Amiga 2000, again, Jack Tramiel had nothing to do with it.
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The VIC20 was colour and came before the C64. The Video Toaster (from memory) was for the Amiga not the C64.
All I can say is I had a lot of fun, playing, learning, programing, repairing, BBSing, etc. with the Commodore 64/128. They were great computers and were a launching pad into IT for me. Thanks???
What a blast from the past. The first professional program I ever developed was on a C64.
It tallied pool table revenue by time and also gaming (poker) machines. It gave the operator shift check out forms and daily reports. All contained on one floppy disk. However, it's biggest claim to fame was we used the game port to supply voltage to trip relays that controlled several garage door wireless units that would send a signal to a switch on one of 8 poker machines, to turn it off and on thereby clearing its memory and resetting the credit count.
It tallied pool table revenue by time and also gaming (poker) machines. It gave the operator shift check out forms and daily reports. All contained on one floppy disk. However, it's biggest claim to fame was we used the game port to supply voltage to trip relays that controlled several garage door wireless units that would send a signal to a switch on one of 8 poker machines, to turn it off and on thereby clearing its memory and resetting the credit count.
The Vic-20 -- the little brother to the C64 -- was (at least according to Steve Wozniak in our book iWOZ) developed after the C64 but released first. And yes on the Video Toaster, of course, that was the Amiga. We used to cover Windows video stuff on On Computer with Leo Laporte (and me, Gina Smith) and people would ALWAYS call in and say -- my Amiga did that years ago! The Video Toaster was an incredible gadget, we hear. But it predates me computer-wise.
Anyone out there have a pic of a C-64? This October is its birthday.
Anyone out there have a pic of a C-64? This October is its birthday.
Sorry, Steve is wrong. My uncle bought both units when they introduced, and there was a year between them. The VIC-20 was always less expensive that the 64, and was the first computer I owned at $79 closeout from Toys R Us. The Dataset cassette unit was another $79. Commodore was not only aiming at the home market, but education as well. As I recall, they published a whole series of primary education software, amongst other companies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20
I was a kid when these systems made thier debut, but I was an Atari 800 XL/ST guy from the beginning and I never had a Commodore. A couple of my friends in high school did, so I was definitely familiar with them. Nevertheless, I fully recognize the contribution that Commodore and the C64 made to the computing world. I salute Jack Tramiel and all that he gave to us. Rest in peace, friend.
I still have 2 C64's, probably still work. What a step up from my ELF II microtrainer (256 Bytes RAM) and Timex/Sinclair (4Kb RAM)!
My I.T. son grew up on one. The Amiga and Video Toaster change CGI (B5 started on VT's).
And people blasted the C64 use of serial ports that were USB before there was USB!!
My I.T. son grew up on one. The Amiga and Video Toaster change CGI (B5 started on VT's).
And people blasted the C64 use of serial ports that were USB before there was USB!!
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