ScuzzBlog: Diaries December 2025 Entry 22nd December 2025: Post 1: The Amiga Style - The stuff I miss. The Amiga Style - The stuff I miss. Time was I got truly excited by peripherals and the like for my computer. There really was no end to the various 'stuff' you could buy to make your physical desktop more interesting. In truth the guys at Commodore were very good at creating peripherals to sit with your beloved A500 say. None more so than the very elegantly styled Amiga 1011. The classic lines of the A1011 compliment perfectly the style of say the Amiga 500. It would have been so easy to ship out one of those simple box units so common for the period, But no, Commodore made a positive decision to make their external floppy a stylish and most complimentary unit. The same drive was used for the CDTV albeit in the black. There is something quite special about the Commodore later C128 era and I think the designers there had serious influence on what was going on in both camps of Commodore and the Amiga. It would be truly interesting to see just what may have evolved had the Commodore company survived. We certainly would have been graced with some magical kit to adorn our physical desktops rather than the dull stuff we have to put up with today. I have been tidying up the main room up here and I came across the A1011 sitting atop an A500 and couldn't help but appreciate what a wonderful peace of Commodore kit it was. Unlike the HP junk that arrived a couple of weeks ago. What I would give to venture back in time and pay a visit to my old computer store back in 1990. A truly magical Aladdin's cave type experience that left you gasping for more. I actually blame Steve Jobs. Trust me.. less doesn't mean more. But then I like 'stuff'. Especially the stuff they don't make any more. The Amiga Style - The stuff I miss. CDTV 1411 Amiga 1020

If you can only see this CONTENT window
then click the image above for the full site

Last updated 22nd December 2025

Chandraise Kingdom

Keep the Faith
scuzzscink 2025