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Amiga 1000 Software Timeline Posted on 1-Apr-2018 0:57:23
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| Hi
I am trying to compile a list of software released primarily for the Amiga 1000. So far I have taken products from say Amiga World up to the release of the A500. I know there is a crossover with the 2000 but it is difficult to determine what products were in development for the 1000 at the time of the release of the other machines.
I am struggling at the moment to identify what was available at release of the A1000 and can't find the definitive list of items shipped with the A1000 both in the USA and Europe.
So if anyone has a list, doesn't matter how crude then it would really help. I kinda need software name, developer etc plus date and revision number where applicable. Even if you can point me to a site with the info would be useful.
All help appreciated
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Re: Amiga 1000 Software Timeline Posted on 1-Apr-2018 16:27:20
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| @scuzz The Dec 1987 issue of Amiga World has a listing of about 650 titles.
Because in the US the A2000 was released in Spring 1987 and the the A500 was not available until October 1987 or so, it is safe to say that the listing in Amiga World would include all the A1000 titles that were in the pipeline.
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Re: Amiga 1000 Software Timeline Posted on 6-Apr-2018 3:48:57
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| Just to say that I have now completed my work building the Amiga 1000 archive. Quite a challenge in the end and finished with me building a 3' high stack of floppies and half a dozen zip disks plus the various workbench and support disks including the 1060 disks. I have now put away all the various disk boxes for software and games but have kept out a good batch of various disks so I can use with the Amiga 1000.
I have catalogued the software and games by year and in respect of software the various disciplines such as desktop, video, paint packages and the like. I have basically used three key years and that is 85,86 and 87 with a sprinkling of 88 when software has been updated.
I have collated seven CDs which I have called the Amiga 1000 Era and include all the games and software in ADF format, the video of the Amiga History in MP4 format, full sets of Amiga World magazine in PDF format together with various articles, photographs and interviews with Jay Miner for example.
And so that goes into the library. And onward... I have already set up the A500 with 590 to progress onto a similar collection for the 500 which will be a lot larger. I kinda miss the 1000 for two reasons, now I have set up the 500. First is that the 1000 was very quiet compared to the 500 with the 590 and I did like front loading disks on the 1000. The 1000 is a lot more robust in terms of disk swap and being able to handle anything I threw at it. Whilst the 500 is a lot more temperamental when using a lot of copy disks that carry more over in memory and survives the soft-boot. I rarely had to hard the 1000 in truth and after the kick she basically would take anything I threw at her.
One other point of note and that is the 1000 became a one disk machine.... in other words if the game or software came on one disk it probably was designed for the 1000. With only the 512K its funny how many times I got the notification that I need to buy more memory.... very polite I would add. I have grown to like the 1000. Happy days.
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Re: Amiga 1000 Software Timeline Posted on 6-Apr-2018 3:54:29
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Re: Amiga 1000 Software Timeline Posted on 6-Apr-2018 18:03:15
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I still have many fond memories of my A1000. First software was Textcraft and then Seven Cities of Gold. Hardware eventually grew way out of control, with a Rejuvenator, Derringer '030 with 32 MB, Dataflyer SCSI/IDE combo, ROM switcher...
Not a nice pristine machine like yours, but it served me for quite a few years until I got an '060 A4000. I always wanted ---but never got--- a Sidecar.
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