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[clusteruk]

This is my Amiga 3000 that I have had for a few years and thought it was time to do a proper video of it in action and why it is so cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrM97yhbM8

She is a standard Amiga 3000D with 25mhz 030/ 16mb ram, DCTV, Ariadne 2 network, and Cybervision 3D graphics.

It is half hour long and sorry for flicker but this is with CRT monitors.

I will see if I can get a more modern browser for her and if I can then I will update comment :-)

[drHirudo]

It's easier to watch, when you embed your video directly on the forum

[CritAnime]

Da sexy!

[Pentad]

I have always felt that the best machine Commodore made was the Amiga 3000 and Amiga 3000T. To me, the Amiga 3000 represents the last truly all-out effort of Commodore to produce a high-end Workstation. The manuals were very well done, the new OS really brought a polish that OS 1.3 lacked, they offered multiple OS's including 1.3, 2.x, and AMIX. They offered a fantastic corporate warranty (for the time) and the documentation/brochures were some of the best Commodore ever made. Lastly, they really tried to promote it to all the usual suspects in the media. Byte had a great cover, CC did a story on it, it was in a lot of business magazines as well, and our university at the time even had information on it (to purchase).

Their push into education via AMIX through Unix was also quite good. The AMIX documentation was/is just terrific AND it was created entirely in AMIX to boot! (Ha, pun!) It was in the manual and gave you something visual that you could say, "Wow, they did this kind of documentation in AMIX, that is pretty impressive!"

Besides the new AmigaOS, Commodore was pushing Amiga Vision as a tool for people to build great applications with in the same manner as Hypercard. I thought Amiga Vision was a great bungled tool that allowed new users to put together some great multimedia applications. The drivers for Laser Discs and other media at the time really showed off the different input devices you could glue together for you productions.

Finally, the look of the Amiga 3000 reflects care and attention to detail. You have a solid metal box that looks like a professional workstation. It truly made any desk look good. You have the built-in Amber chip for video correction and all the necessary slots and ports. Granted, the inside might not be as good as it looks outside -a zillion screws, slots a bit tight, the Video Toaster was difficult to wedge in there- but those are superfluous in the end.

While the Amiga 4000 and 1200 are nice machines they just didn't have the same look or push that I think Commodore did with the Amiga 3000. They are nice machines with AGA but it was the beginning of the end for Commodore.

I'm not trying to offend anyone, but just my reflection on the past.

Cheers!
-P

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by clusteruk

This is my Amiga 3000 that I have had for a few years and thought it was time to do a proper video of it in action and why it is so cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrM97yhbM8

She is a standard Amiga 3000D with 25mhz 030/ 16mb ram, DCTV, Ariadne 2 network, and Cybervision 3D graphics.

It is half hour long and sorry for flicker but this is with CRT monitors.

I will see if I can get a more modern browser for her and if I can then I will update comment :-)

The A3000 is probably my favourite too, despite never actually owning that model. As for the A3000+... if only.

Re: amiga.org not rendering well in ibrowse, we solved that issue a long time ago. Point your browser here instead: http://aoproxy.extropia.co.uk/

[clusteruk]

Thanks for all the great comments, I will try the different site address for Amiga.org.

So many things I did not mention, AmigaVision for one.

[cicero790]

@clusteruk
Thanks for always interesting vids.

[Vlabguy1]

Nice.. Vid. Thanks for posting . Are you sure you don't want to get an accelerator for that machine??

Rich

[Pyromania]

I want a Amiga 3000+ now.

[magnetic]

ClusterUK

Very nice video. One of the better amiga oriented ones as you actually show programs in a useful way. Whats funny is that to this day that A3k is probably more useful for creative purposes than that AmigaNG box next to it!

Granted, the inside might not be as good as it looks outside -a zillion screws, slots a bit tight, the Video Toaster was difficult to wedge in there- but those are superfluous in the end.

This is the main reason I cant stand a3000s... but the built in flicker fixer roxx and I love the footprint.

[Kesa]

Great video! It proves that NG Amiga's suck!

I was wondering about the monitors. What is the difference between the Sony and the 1084s? I own 2 1084s and think they are real nice. But how do they compare?

[magnetic]

Originally Posted by Kesa

Great video! It proves that NG Amiga's suck!

That is lame. It proves classics are cool, but doesnt mean NG sucks. Amiga NG is cool too, but for different reasons.

[clusteruk]

Thanks again, i would love an accelerator but cannot get chips to upgrade board.

Sony and 1084 do diferent resolutions so chalk and cheese to compare.

Next gen i believe is very cool but originals are just special.

I have posted an annotation to the video with the classic machine Amiga.org link.

[560SL]

Totally agree, the A3000 is the sweetest of them all. You should really treat her with an accelerator

[matt3k]

Originally Posted by clusteruk

This is my Amiga 3000 that I have had for a few years and thought it was time to do a proper video of it in action and why it is so cool.
:-)

Great video.

I fully agree that the 3k is the best Amiga ever made. It is special, It was my second Amiga I bought new, just after the 4k's were released. I occasionally refurb one and send it off to a happy new owner.

If you can find a Warp Engine 3040 or a Cyberstorm MKIII, I would recommend these over others (unless you want PPC of course). They fit the chassis well (never had a MKIII, but that is what I have heard). You get fast memory, fast Disk I/O, as well as the cpu. Unless your doing heavy math, the 040 is just a treat.

Worth reading concerning 3k and processors:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=57339
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=60583