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Commodore Blew It | Test Driving an Amiga 3000 | Trash to Treasure (pt4)

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14th April 2026 33 min

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Commodore's Amiga 3000 is on the Workbench today as I test drive the restored machine and CRT. Does it live up to expectations? Do all the rumours that surround what the 3000 might have been influence my opinion of it? And why did the UK wait so long to see one?

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00:00 Amiga 3000 Intro

01:37 Test Driving the Amiga 3000

04:03 Neil is Wasted but PCBWay.com dusts him off

04:48 Sysinfo results

10:44 The Press Reception to the Amiga 3000

19:06 Upgrading the Amiga 3000

22:05 An alternative Amiga 3000

22:56 My conclusion on the Amiga 3000

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