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How was the Amiga "not a success?" Sure, it's not around and popular today, like PCs, but then again, neither are Apple IIs, Commodore 64s, Atari 8-bits, Atari STs, etc. It's called progress.

With TiVo, we're talking about a VERY simple concept. To the end user, all it does is record and play back (and all that other good stuff). It's not something you have to go out and buy software for, and hope that the latest and greatest Laser printer will work for it.

Comparing TiVo to (un)successful computer platforms is like apples to oranges.

Also, I didn't really understand this part:
Joe Six-Pack, however, was stumped. VCRs and video-game machines had just recently made a splash in the mass market.

Umm... "Recently" as in "8 years before?" (The Amiga 1000 came out in 1985. The Atari VCS (aka 2600) came out in 1977.)

This, too:
he Amiga, which featured such revolutionary perks as a full-color screen (a big plus in the age of green-and-black Apple IIc monitors) and stereo sound.

Let's see - we what else had full-color screens? Atari 400/800 (1979), Commodore 64 (1982), and hey! Apple II! (You just needed the right monitor, I believe.)

Apple II's came out in 1977 and was still in production through 1993.

I can nitpick further, but I actually have something productive to do... somewhere... (checking pockets) No, not there...

The 3-Pack
or:
The 8-Pack

Beat me .. whip me .. Make me use Windows !!

The 3-Pack
or:
The 8-Pack

Beat me .. whip me .. Make me use Windows !!

Do you mean a B256?

(Yes, it says 700, but the naming conventions were odd. Here's a relative.

Check out the rest of the SWoC site; CBM's internal design bureau was quite interesting, as they used their own custom chips (SID and VIC, followed by the acquired Amiga chipset) to produce a wild array of machines. Unfortunately, they built a few too many on the business front in those early years, with too many incompatibilities to really take on Apple or IBM. You still occasionally see a B128 or similar running as a terminal to some ancient mini setup.

Kind of a shame they didn't push the Amiga 3000UX harder, or didn't keep the 900 when they acquired the Amiga (which was meant to have had a slightly more *NIXalike OS at launch)...

There are several Amiga DIY designs on Amiga Interactive Guide. You are probably thinking of the Suzanne - a custom designed A600 laptop fitted with a 68020 accelerator. There are also stories of one of the original Amiga team fitting an Amiga (A2000 I think) into an SX64 case.

Commcdore C16 and Plus/4 are black also. So is the Amiga CDTV.

Copper, Blitter, Agnus, Denise, Paula, Alice, Lisa, Gary, Gayle, Ramsey, CIA, Amber, Akiko(Descriptions found here).

That plus what you mentioned before, thats Amiga Multiprocessing :-)

Here you will find some info. Check out the history pages.

"Early 90's"? I don't think so. I ran a C-64 from 1982 to 1988. By 1988 you would pretty much get laughed at if you were still running a C-64 machine. Everyone had moved to PCs by then. Commodore tried updating the design with the Commodore 128 circa 1986, but that went nowhere.

Commodore launched the Amiga line in the late 80's, which WAS able to carry them into the early 90's, but still by 1993-1994 they had completely augered in.

Click here for a good Commodore VIC20/64/Amiga history

Click here for another

Besides the games, a lot of people I talk to have grown to distrust MS product quality due to so many BSODs. For their computers, MS is a necessary evil, but they will not purchase Microsoft stuff if they don't feel they have to, as is the case with desktop PCs.

Get real. Every kid I know wants an xbox. You have no idea what you're talking about. People don't think BSOD is caused by windows, they think it's the hamster wheel blowing a gasket. Most people don't even know what Windows is. I would guess that 75% of the market for video games is boys between 8 and 16, and I doubt they give a flying fuck about BSOD. They just want the newest game system. And with Nintendo's gay ass games (pikmin? wtf? and have you seen how fucking gay they made Link in the next zelda? I loved the original Zelda, and Z64 was awesome (the Mask of majora sucked though), but this new one looks atrocious) can you blame anyone for wanting an Xbox over a gamecube? Gamecube looks like it's aimed at the 5-10 year old market whereas Xbox, despite its flaws, at least looks like something that someone over 12 years old might be able to enjoy.

Of all of them, at this point I think I'd rather have a Playstation 2. I am completely unimpressed by nintendo's games (luigi's mansion... OOOOOOOOOOOOOhh. Fighting game X, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH) whereas PS2 has a very nice selection.

Over at Emugaming.com they have a short but informative article on IGN's portable GameCube. Includes some nice pictures.