Rivaclaw🏳️‍⚧️ΘΔ @renbymon@computerfairi.es

@Thaminga It's almost criminal really. Commodore UK had made a deal with a chinese chip maker that was looking to stop bootlegging and go legit, the chip maker would promise half the bid and Commodore UK would make them the exclusive chip maker for the Amiga line; win-win for both parties.

Escom found out and offered the chip maker a better deal to not go with C-UK, so C-UK's bid fell through. After winning Escom just tore up the deal with the chip maker.

@Thaminga Personally I think it would. Had Commodore UK won the bid to buy Commodore International I suspect that the landscape might be quite different.

Commodore UK had big plans for the Amiga line; resurrecting the AA chipset and developing new ones, newer models, etc. Escom just sat on it and did nothing.

@Thaminga It's a travesty IMO. The Amiga had so much potential but capitalism got in the way of it time and time again. Its success was entirely down to people who worked to make it success, like all the engineers, Tom Rattigan, and David Pleasance.

P.S. I'm a big ol' Amiga fan. Our family got an Amiga 500 for Xmas '90 and I loved the heck out of it. Unfortunately that A500 has gone missing but I currently own two A1200s and I totally want more, haha.

@kiilas Yeah I wish we'd had these RL. I do wonder what the Amiga line would have been like if it had been allowed to grow more.

I love these designs for an Amiga computer from an alternate reality, where Commodore was able to build on their European success, and SuperDisks took off as the storage medium of choice.

Art is by "Arne" - http://androidarts.com/

@ashiinu@snouts.online I keep trying to watch .hack//SIGN but always lose interest, haha. Any suggestions/tips?

@ShugoWah@snouts.online Gosh Lucario looks SO good in this!!

@ShugoWah@snouts.online I really liked their dynamic; they seemed really great together!

@ShugoWah@snouts.online Did you ever watch Gil and Gilbert?

@ShugoWah@snouts.online Polygon's video team continues to be fantastic

@icefoxx I really need to get back in to ED. Haven't played it in over a year! :o