@BigD

Sorry - I interpreted your post the same way as Broadblues. Fair enough.

I think they did the right thing though, as sad as it is to gut an A1000.

There's a difference between an item in a museum's collection, and a learning experience for visitors. For the latter it doesn't matter if it's smoke & mirrors. The outcome is what's important - that visitors get a real idea of what it was like to use Andy Warhol's actual machine, to get them to learn something and feel something. You need the slow disk access and drive noises for that, even if it's faked.

An A1000 with an SSD/HD (and what else?) is neither a museum collection item, nor close to an authentic experience. It's some weird hybrid that doesn't satisfy anyone.

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@clebin

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An A1000 with an SSD/HD (and what else?) is neither a museum collection item, nor close to an authentic experience. It's some weird hybrid that doesn't satisfy anyone.

As I said though, having an A1000 with a hard drive is not beyond possibility. Yes Andy Warhol died in February 1987 and hard drive controllers were rare but for ease of use today for a museum exhibit I think that compromise would be fair. It is important not to infuriate the modern generation just for the sake of it. The limitations on Andy were primarily from the hardware and software limitations not the speed necessarily. A slightly faster operating but original A1000 recapped and with an SSD would have been my preference for the youngsters to have a go at the same creative processes that Andy Warhol went through.

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The type of equipment that Andy was using is very well documented.

If the Museum curators wanted to recreate that experience they should be able to collect / purchase similar original working equipment.

I mean - getting an A1000 to run is not rocket science.

But here is the kicker - apparently Andy had a couple of A1000 in his studio. So which one does the museum owns and what happened to the other.?

@BigD

Evidently they have commissioned some kids from the local school to crayon some replicas of his more famous works which they propose displaying as originals. I mean, who would notice the difference?

Just saying...

scuzz

@scuzz

Harsh. He did a lot to raise awareness of the Amiga whatever you think of his art. Next you'll be saying Dick Van Dyke couldn't do an english accent and begin badmouthing his acting despite his great efforts using an Amiga to get a cheap explosion effect done for his Diagnosis Murder show

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