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intric8
Seattle, WA, USA

Posted Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:02 am

Nice historical write-up of how the Amiga powered the Prevue Guide on cable networks in the 90s, a channel served to more than 40 million US cable customers.
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Typical Prevue screen from the 90s

Ernie Smith, at Atlas Obscura:
The Amiga quickly became the cable industry's computer of choice in the pre-HDTV era, especially after the release of NewTek's Video Toaster in 1990. Video Toaster, which at first was only compatible with the Amiga, made it possible to do complex video editing at a small fraction of the cost of specialized professional video-editing platforms, and that made it popular with public-access TV stations.

And we can't talk about this service without mentioning the synth-heavy melodies that would run on this platform at all hours of the day.
Muzak at its finest.

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Shot97
Detroit, MI, USA

Posted Sun Apr 10, 2016 5:47 am

Even when it crashed it still ran. If my dad was still around I'd love to ask him if he knew about the Amiga controling that channel... Cause I didn't have a clue.

https://youtu.be/jC6MKcmETWE





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