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Amiga Screens: A Primer(datagubbe.se)

131 points by msephton 1 month ago | 39 comments

A blog essay explaining how Amiga screens work, covering the OCS graphics hardware, differing resolutions per screen, and draggable screens in Workbench.

The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art (2024)(datagubbe.se)

299 points by tobr 1 month ago | 116 comments

User Interfaces of the Demo Scene(datagubbe.se)

408 points by zdw 2 months ago | 70 comments

A blog article from datagubbe.se exploring the peculiar user interfaces of tools built by the demo scene, mostly for the Amiga.

The curious case of retro demo scene graphics(datagubbe.se)

330 points by zdw 7 months ago | 84 comments

Essay on the demo scene's attitude toward copying in pixel graphics, covering tracing, image conversion, and AI prompting.

Working with the Amiga's RAM and Rad Disks(datagubbe.se)

11 points by ibobev 1 year ago | 2 comments

The Peach meme: On CRTs, pixels and signal quality (again)(datagubbe.se)

39 points by phaser 1 year ago | 6 comments

The Peach meme: On CRTs, pixels and signal quality (again)(datagubbe.se)

78 points by zdw 1 year ago | 37 comments

Computers Are for Girls – Datagubbe.se(datagubbe.se)

35 points by mastazi 1 year ago | 14 comments

The demo scene is dying, but that's alright(datagubbe.se)

207 points by zdw 1 year ago | 101 comments

The Amiga 3000 Unix and Sun Microsystems: Deal or No Deal?(datagubbe.se)

63 points by wicket 1 year ago | 19 comments

Doom Didn't Kill the Amiga (2024)(datagubbe.se)

46 points by blakespot 1 year ago | 65 comments

The Decline of Usability: Revisited (2023)(datagubbe.se)

46 points by turrini 1 year ago | 37 comments

Is Winter Coming? (2024)(datagubbe.se)

86 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 90 comments

Honest and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before(datagubbe.se)

13 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 1 comments

Bra and KET: String Interpolation in AmigaDOS(datagubbe.se)

69 points by ingve 1 year ago | 2 comments

Past and Present Futures of User Interface Design(datagubbe.se)

191 points by sedboyz 1 year ago | 91 comments

Copyright and the Demo Scene(datagubbe.se)

74 points by zdw 1 year ago | 17 comments

Is software abstraction killing civilization? (2021)(datagubbe.se)

203 points by yamrzou 1 year ago | 163 comments

The Coolest Amiga Setup(datagubbe.se)

17 points by zdw 1 year ago | 0 comments

Gnome Files: A detailed UI examination(datagubbe.se)

260 points by dominikh 2 years ago | 179 comments

We don't trade with ants and why hypothetical AI:s won't, either (2023)(datagubbe.se)

9 points by AlexeyBrin 2 years ago | 5 comments

Cosy Computing(datagubbe.se)

60 points by zdw 2 years ago | 16 comments

The effect of CRTs on pixel art(datagubbe.se)

246 points by zdw 2 years ago | 79 comments

The perceived speed of computers(datagubbe.se)

21 points by doener 2 years ago | 7 comments

Stupid Slow: The Perceived Speed of Computers(datagubbe.se)

71 points by zdw 2 years ago | 46 comments

An Ode to Deluxe Paint (2023)(datagubbe.se)

181 points by arexxbifs 2 years ago | 50 comments

How Doom didn't kill the Amiga(datagubbe.se)

144 points by zdw 2 years ago | 125 comments

Well-Known Secrets of AmigaDOS(datagubbe.se)

86 points by segf4ult 2 years ago | 22 comments

The Amiga as a computer built to last 50 years(datagubbe.se)

22 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 7 comments

The Decline of Usability: Revisited(datagubbe.se)

187 points by myth2018 2 years ago | 135 comments

The Decline of Usability (2020)(datagubbe.se)

194 points by mmphosis 3 years ago | 151 comments

Scene Archetypes: The ones making Amiga 500 fun(datagubbe.se)

63 points by zdw 3 years ago | 1 comments

The colorful charm of Amiga utility disks(datagubbe.se)

231 points by arexxbifs 3 years ago | 53 comments