I Had No Idea Amiga OS Was a Real Thing...

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Greetings friends!

I was browsing the WindowBlinds section and came across some themes with "Amiga OS' in the name. I thought that might've been the creators personal name for it. However I had second thoughts and was curious so I went and did a google search thinking it wouldn't point to something real, but was I wrong. AmigaOS was a real thing! 1985 jeez.. I can't believe I've never heard of this OS but then again this was before my time. The graphical interface looks amazing. Most of the time I think the looks of older Operating Systems are than the new, at least in my opinion. So I downloaded both the AmigaOS4 and Magic Workbench theme along with an IconPacker theme as well. I then went and searched for how it looked and tried to replicate that look on my machine as much as possible. I provided some screenshots below with both themes. It took me awhile to get used to the close button on the left hand side with the others on the right. I feel like I've time traveled to before I was born and got a chance to try out this OS. I'm glad I came across this. Let me know what you guys thing about this and if it's possible to get this OS still. Thanks for reading and have a good day.  :)

 

The themes on my System:

 

AmigaOS4 Theme

 

 

AmigaOS Magic Workbench theme

 

 

Links to themes:

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/5200/

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/3112/

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/iconpackager/1352/

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If you ever saw Babylon 5 you'll find it interesting to know all the CGI [spaceships and such] was done on Amiga 3000s ....at the time about the only thing capable of doing it.

The machines were apparently 'smuggled' out of the US to the UK as they were prohibited exports at the time...;)

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This quote from Geek.com. Not meaning to contradict. 

"They used 24 Amiga 2000s, 16 of which were dedicated rendering engines. They had 32 megabytes of RAM, a Fusion-40 accelerator and the Toaster. The Amigas were connected via a Novell network and sent data to a 12 gigabyte 486 PC file server. They later upgraded to Pentium and Alpha-based systems."

'Puters have come a loooooooonnng way.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

2000s ....that'll be them...;)

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

if it's possible to get this OS still
End of quote

It is, but it only runs on PowerPC.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

As far as I know 99 % of Amiga users never used a desktop. The first time I saw a desktop it was Windows (some version before Windows 95).

Amiga (500) didn't come with a HDD. You loaded one program at a time (usually a game) from floppy disks. Programs loaded really fast compared to the C64 cassette deck.

Looking back, not even a strong sense of nostalgia can turn this into a decent computer. However in 1987 and many years forward it was magic and a good (the best) gaming computer.

The Amiga 500 was out of my reach so I got myself a Sega Master System instead and then a Sega MegaDrive/Genesis which could rival the graphics of Amiga 500.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting anotherside, reply 5

The Amiga 500 was out of my reach so I got myself a Sega Master System instead and then a Sega MegaDrive/Genesis which could rival the graphics of Amiga 500.
End of anotherside's quote

I recall the Amiga console being all the rage when my kids were growing up.... we HAD to have one.  And I got them one, as did my sister for her kids.... and there'd be competitions between households.  Ah, they were the good old days.... when my kids behaved better and could be disciplined.  Oh well, all things come to an end and none of the above applies anymore[behaviour-wise, etc]. 

Anyway, before getting vertigo and my hand-eye co-ordination going South, I used to hop on the Amiga and have a go myself.  There were even games I could beat the kids on, but alas, no more.  Most games go waaay, waaaay too fast for me.... even the slow ones.

As I recall, the Amiga we had could load educational content/programs and the kids could interact with them via the hand control or even a keyboard, which we didn't have at the time.  Thing is, it was a great platform for a long time, until the Playstation revolution and X-Boxes.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

My first computer was an Amiga 500. That is - the first that I owned, rather than the family computer as a kid - which was a Sinclair). I still pine for the interface and find myself using the above themes alongside AmiKit. Thats all I really need.

My actual Amiga 500 which I still have all these years later is modded so damn hard now that it has 128mb RAM (how am i gonna use up that much?!), a 64gb CF card for a hard drive, plays rudimentary video/mp3 and browses the internet. And of course it still plays Lemmings. :andrew:  

The Amiga was an amazing machine back in the day - and my most beloved machine. 

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