The Amiga and the Bouncing Ball That Stunned the World

In 1984, a bouncing ball made CES crowds accuse Amiga of cheating. This video traces the rise and fall of the most astonishing computer of its day, from Jay Miner's departure from Atari to the hand-wired prototype that took on the industry's giants at the Consumer Electronics Show. You will see how a team of artists and engineers built custom chips on breadboards, why their crash screen was named after a Joyboard meditation joke, and how three dentists, a cockapoo named Mitchy, and a boom recorded against a garage door shaped computing history. We cover the Lorraine project, the Las Vegas demo finished overnight, and the corporate missteps that turned a technical miracle into a bankruptcy within a decade. It is a story about brilliance with no translator, and why that still matters. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 6:34 - Las Vegas Debut 10:59 - Commodore's Cash 12:22 - Warhol and Debbie Harry 15:39 - Commodore's Debt 18:41 - The Amiga 500 19:42 - Video Toaster #Amiga #JayMiner #RetroComputing