To pay for college, I worked in a small computer store the year the Amiga 1000 came out. I gave a demo of the device to the local Commodore User's group and remember how everyone was blown away when I showed a 3D bouncing ball demo that was running in the background.
It was the coolest computer that we never sold and for one trivial reason. The video port used a non-standard 23 pin connector, and while we had lots of Amigas and monitors, for months the store had no cable to connect the two.
Someone finally had the idea to take a standard 25-in parallel port connector and use a hack saw to remove the extra two pins. Problem solved!
It was the coolest computer that we never sold and for one trivial reason. The video port used a non-standard 23 pin connector, and while we had lots of Amigas and monitors, for months the store had no cable to connect the two.
Someone finally had the idea to take a standard 25-in parallel port connector and use a hack saw to remove the extra two pins. Problem solved!