Amiga Community Birthday Video for AmigaBill

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  • čas přidán 17. 06. 2021
  • The Amiga is an amazing computer, but the best part about the Amiga is its incredible community. I am so grateful to have made some many wonderful friends over the past 34 years starting with The Westchester Amiga User Group (WAUG) in 1987, continuing with the Guru Meditation CZcams channel, social media and my weekly Twitch streams. I am absolutely blow away by Zach Weddington's work on this video. Zach, you are the best! Paulee Alex Bow's music is top notch and Kelly Emond's CRT recordings are beautiful. And massive thanks to everyone who recorded a message for me. This video is something I will never forget for the rest of my life and I will watch it every birthday from here on out. AmigaLove to you all.
    Huge thanks to:
    Zach Weddington
    arcadedocumentary.com/
    Paulee Alex Bow
    / elmosexwhistle
    Kelly Emond
    prosdelapout
    RMC Retro
    / @rmcretro
    Amiga Cammy
    / amigacammy
    Dan Wood
    / techguruuk
    theretrohour.com/
    AmigaLove
    www.amigalove.com/
    Roar Tjørhom
    Dave Haynie
    Doug 10MARC Compton
    / @10marc
    Marvin Droogsma
    www.ebay.nl/usr/amigascene
    Tony Aksnes
    blog.amigaguru.com/
    AmigaMake
    Thierry Mazzolini
    amigavideo.net/
    John The Boat Shawler
    www.everythingamiga.com/
    Gianluca Girelli
    www.gdg-entertainment.it/
    Live AmigaBill Streams Every Sunday on Twitch
    / amigabill
    Support AmigaBill on Patreon and get tons of free Amiga Content
    / amigabill
    #commodore #amiga #commodoreamiga
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Komentáře • 161

  • @lugdan
    @lugdan Před 3 lety +3

    Great video! I was so inspired I was out driving around fast and got pulled over by a police officer. I looked at him and asked "do you know who I am?" He was all like "you're Amiga Bill? I thought he was handsomer in the videos..." I looked him in the eye and told him "I'm an expert at video editing." He put his ticket book back in his pocket "you're Amiga Bill! Have a nice day..."

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +2

      Ahhhhhh ha ha ha ha! OMG this is hilarious Lugdan. You rock!!! HA HA!

    • @lugdancarbhael6914
      @lugdancarbhael6914 Před 3 lety

      @@TheGuruMeditation When you said something like it was about the community you articulated what I felt while watching the video. I worked in a computer store in New Mexico in the 90s that sold both PCs and Amigas and I noticed that the Amiga users tended to be unusually intelligent, creative and a little odd. I knew this about the community from personal observation and yet I am a little ashamed to admit that I have been surprised at the unusually intelligent and creative things this community has done in the last couple of decades. There are new Amiga personalities joining a distinguished Hall of Fame that starts with Jay Miner and you with your quiet competence and positive energy has earned a place there. Zack Weddington by articulating so much that is good in our community in such a creative way has earned a place there as well...

    • @ArcadeDreamsDoc
      @ArcadeDreamsDoc Před 3 lety +1

      @@lugdancarbhael6914 Whereabouts in NM? I lived in ABQ for a while. And thanks for the compliments, this is Zach

    • @lugdan
      @lugdan Před 3 lety

      @@ArcadeDreamsDoc Right across the street from UNM near McDonalds - it was called University Computers...

  • @RetroRecipes
    @RetroRecipes Před 3 lety +21

    This is lovely! I wish I had known about it. I have enjoyed getting to know you a little over the past year. Thank you for all you do and for the great content. Funny I was just reading your Amiga Addict interview yesterday. What a great community! 🥳

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +9

      Cheers to the Fractic Family! Great getting to know you all as well and thanks back to you for all yiu do for the retro community. Your videos always have a cool concept and I really enjoy them a lot!

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere Před 3 lety

      @@TheGuruMeditation Hey, congrats on being featured on today's episode of Retro Recipes, Amiga Bill! czcams.com/video/sUQjM2tN-LI/video.html

  • @ChrisSkitch
    @ChrisSkitch Před 3 lety +6

    As a 12 year old kid in 1987 hanging out with an odd bunch of Amiga nerds at my local Commodore Computer User Group (CCUG) in Brisbane, Australia, I would never had guessed that 34 years later we would all still be grouped together only spread around the globe and possibly a little more crazy and certainly more grey hair (if any hair left at all!). I ❤️AMIGA

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +3

      I am in the same exact boat as you Chris! 12 years old in 1987 and hanging out at my local Commodore store. Great times, but so are these!

  • @Maya-ny2hi
    @Maya-ny2hi Před 3 lety +15

    That song certainly is stuck in my head. 😊👌💜

  • @AndyDavis007
    @AndyDavis007 Před 3 lety +5

    Wife unit Liz is blown away by this video and wishes you, feliz cumple, Bill

  • @RMCRetro
    @RMCRetro Před 3 lety +17

    Haha this was so much fun, great job putting it together. YOU'RE AMIGA BILL

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +2

      Thanks for being a part of it RMC. I think AmigaDad will be a Cave Dweller soon!

    • @TheTenthArt
      @TheTenthArt Před 3 lety +2

      @@TheGuruMeditation let's be honest, some tears rolled out no?

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +3

      @@TheTenthArt they sure did

    • @TheTenthArt
      @TheTenthArt Před 3 lety +3

      @@TheGuruMeditation :) Some started to grow in my eyes too when I witnessed all this love. You deserve!

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +2

      @@TheTenthArt aw thanks. Me too!

  • @f1lupo
    @f1lupo Před 3 lety +7

    YOU’RE AMIGA BILL !!! and YOU’RE right again…the Amiga Community was and STILL IS the best man🎂❤️👍

  • @nivrig
    @nivrig Před 3 lety +6

    *sniff* sorry, it got very dusty in here just now

  • @MichalBergseth-AmitopiaTV

    Happy Birthday from Amitopia and myself Michal. You are a true inspiration to all Amiga users and that is worthy. We are all working towards the same goal. To have a platform where creativity never ends and with Windows and MacOS shrinking privacy I thing AmigaOS is a platform where creativity of freedom must be protected. Computer parties in the 90s were full of Amiga users playing games, but they also did stuff in Deluxe Paint, Protracker and coding! The creative edge is something that Commodore pushed and its something that saved the Amiga.
    Thanks to all support you do

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety

      Aw, thanks for the super kind words Michal! I agree, the Amiga truly is the computer for the creative mind and people who think differently. It is more than just a computer. It is a mind set. And thank you for spreading all your positivity and the amazing articles your write on Amitopia. You rock!

  • @LuckyLizard1979
    @LuckyLizard1979 Před 3 lety +8

    Amiga community highlight of 2021? This. This right here. Much love to you, your channel and the Amiga community!

  • @keithruhl3545
    @keithruhl3545 Před 3 lety +1

    This just blows me away. There has been an Amiga in my home for over 33 years now.

  • @daishi5571
    @daishi5571 Před 3 lety +8

    With the amount of work that "Amiga Bill" does without looking haggard, I'm starting to think that "Amiga Bill" is a group of clones. Happy belated birthday to all of you! :-)

  • @honkybear666
    @honkybear666 Před 3 lety +2

    Absolutely Phenomenal. Bill you truly represent what it means to be a part of the Amiga community. It was great too see all the familiar faces of the Amiga community. Too all those who participated I love you all. Amiga Forever.

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      I make videos and do streams precisely so I can meet wonderful people like yourself Stu. You are a legend in my family. AmigaLove to you and yours!

  • @RobeenaShepherd
    @RobeenaShepherd Před 3 lety +2

    Happy Birthday Amiga Bill! You are such a nice person, you truly reflect the retro community I see every day! 💜

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      Aw, thanks Robee! Really appreciate the kind words. For me it is much easier and fun to be nice than the alternative!

  • @petermcilroy1176
    @petermcilroy1176 Před 3 lety +6

    From a Mac owner who is still an Amigan at heart Happy Birthday Bill. (P.S. I still have an A 1200 in a tower case and an A600 waiting to have my Vampire fitted 🙂)

  • @roartjrhom4932
    @roartjrhom4932 Před 3 lety +5

    Still getting goosebumps! 🤷‍♂️😉😉

  • @AmigaLove
    @AmigaLove Před 3 lety +2

    You're speechless? Shoot - I was honored (and speechless) when I was asked to participate. I couldn't wait to do *something* though - anything. Just glad to be there in some small way and I know there were countless others in your Chat window who would have climbed any hill to do the same. You rock, dude. Keep on being you, keep on keepin' on. [in echo voice] AMIGA-BILLLLLLL!!!!....

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      Ha ha! Aw thanks AmigaLove. You rock and it is an honor to have you in the video!

  • @ashleykingston1980
    @ashleykingston1980 Před 3 lety +3

    That was an emotional stream last Sunday Bill! Glad you shared this video with us all. Happy Birthday again Bill! 🎂🎉 You're AMIGA BILL!

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks so much Ashley. Yeah it was super emotional. I will never forget this moment

  • @GirolamoReadyToPlay
    @GirolamoReadyToPlay Před 3 lety +4

    Everyone loves Bill! ;)
    You deserve all of this Bill! ;)
    ....and the story continues ;)

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +2

      Aw, thanks Giro. I don't know if I deserve it, but I am so grateful.

  • @xga303
    @xga303 Před 3 lety +3

    Happy Birthday, AmigaBill!

  • @k001daddy
    @k001daddy Před 3 lety +3

    Happy birthday, Bill!

  • @BliterTV
    @BliterTV Před 3 lety +3

    It's an happy AmibirthdayBill 😁

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety

      Thanks Blitter! Great to see you. I think you are one of the early Guru followers

    • @BliterTV
      @BliterTV Před 3 lety

      @@TheGuruMeditation The French early Guru followers 😁 Or just an Amiga fan.

  • @yopachi
    @yopachi Před 3 lety +3

    This is the kind of positivity I didn't know I needed. Ya'll are a bunch of shining stars. HBD Bill 🎂

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety

      Aw thanks Yopachi! Glad it brightened your day a bit!. I brightened mine for sure.

  • @CaptLeChuck_
    @CaptLeChuck_ Před 3 lety +7

    Wow! This video really transmit joy and happiness. Made me smile right from the beginning 😊
    Belated happy birthday Amiga Bill and Amiga 4ever

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Cotter! Yeah Zach, Paulee, and the gang really got their emotions through

  • @a500
    @a500 Před 3 lety +2

    Happy Birthday. That’s a great little tribute to you. Very touching. Clearly heart felt. Thank you for your happiness from me. Always cheers me up.

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety

      Aw, thank you for all the support over the years Richard. It means a lot to me!

  • @janwiersma1449
    @janwiersma1449 Před 3 lety +2

    Happy Birthday "AMIGA BILL" and many more years to come.

  • @SindreLausund
    @SindreLausund Před 3 lety +3

    Epic video, epic birthday boy!

  • @rtype4930
    @rtype4930 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy Birthday Bill & may the AMiGA Force be always with you !!!

  • @amndk34
    @amndk34 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow that was an awesome video! And Happy belated birthday Amiga Bill! Early last year I re-started my Amiga passion, and got myself an A1200 (which is now in a Checkmate A1500 Plus case), and am still building on to the Amiga dream! Much if the inspiration I found from you, and others in the Amiga community like Dough Compton, and watching a lot of RMC and others as well that from time to time touch on the Amiga community. The Amiga community also amazes me, and a little over a year ago, I had no idea that Amiga was still a thing, or there was such a huge dedicated community, Amiga repair services, and even web and physical Amiga stores none the less! Simply amazing! Keep up the wonderful work and your Amiga spirit Amiga Bill!
    All the best wishes from Denmark! Kind regards, Anders

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      Aw thanks so much Anders! Welcome to the Amiga community and congrats on your A1200! This community is very special and it means everything to me. You will have great experiences and meet wonderful people. AMIGA4EVER!!!

    • @amndk34
      @amndk34 Před 3 lety

      @@TheGuruMeditation Thank you! Very special community indeed. Never experienced anything like it. :) Definitely Amiga4ever!

  • @stefanobriccolani3407
    @stefanobriccolani3407 Před 3 lety +3

    You certainly deserve Amiga Love! Happy birthday Bill!!

  • @simonstrike
    @simonstrike Před 3 lety +3

    Wow! This is brilliant and the absolute best a community can be. Belated happy birthday, Amiga Bill! 😀🎂🎉

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      I agree! Thanks Simon!

    • @simonstrike
      @simonstrike Před 3 lety

      @@TheGuruMeditation just received delivery of my first ever Amiga today (1200), so seeing this type of love in the community brings a big smile to my face! 😊

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      @@simonstrike wow amazing! Huge congrats on your 1200 and welcome to this wonderful community

    • @simonstrike
      @simonstrike Před 3 lety

      @@TheGuruMeditation thanks Bill!

  • @AndyDavis007
    @AndyDavis007 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy birthday, Bill. This is pretty amazing. I'd probably not be watching it had I not found a local Amiga users group still meeting, WAUG!

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety

      Aw, thanks Andy! This is so great to hear. So happy to have you in WAUG!

  • @10MARC
    @10MARC Před 3 lety +5

    Awesome video! So glad I could be a part of it!
    whoever down voted it is going to get a punch to the nose from yours truly... 🤣🤣

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      Ha ha! Thanks Doug. I will bring the Phantom camera and shoot that at 1,000 FPS!

    • @elmosexwhistle
      @elmosexwhistle Před 3 lety

      Downvotes are probably because of me, I’m used to it 🤣😂

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      @@elmosexwhistle nah, sadly it is what you sign up for when deciding to start a CZcams channel. Sometimes people click it by accident too. I noticed a buddy of mine down voting his own videos by accident lol.

    • @10MARC
      @10MARC Před 3 lety +1

      @@elmosexwhistle they probably down voted you because of your inability to pronounce I.F.F. and AmigaOS properly.

  • @amigang
    @amigang Před 3 lety +2

    Congrats Amiga Bill.

  • @boblowes
    @boblowes Před 3 lety +2

    This would have been a bad week for Amiga Bill to announce he quite likes the Atari ST.

  • @michaelwallen738
    @michaelwallen738 Před 3 lety +1

    That was great! Amiga Bill you are a treasure! Happy Bday!

  • @alberto8857
    @alberto8857 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks si much and happy birthday Bill

  • @SledgeFox
    @SledgeFox Před 3 lety +2

    Happy Birthday, keep well and healthy, thank you very much!

  • @123DarkG123
    @123DarkG123 Před 3 lety +1

    ohhh awesome video........... Amiga and Bill............ what a ride all these years......... and more to come. Happy Birthday buddy.

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety

      Thanks Santi! You are one of the OG Guru followers. Appreciate you so much. Looks like I will be on LA for a minute soon. I will try to make some time to meet

  • @alexander_mejia
    @alexander_mejia Před 3 lety +2

    What an awesome community.

  • @dassrull
    @dassrull Před 3 lety +1

    Happy birthday!
    This makes me incredible proud to be a part of the Amiga community!

  • @kneehighspy
    @kneehighspy Před 3 lety +3

    that was awesome bill, sorry i had to leave the stream early now. hope things are well friend.

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety +1

      No worries Knee High! Glad you saw it now and hope all is well with you!

  • @MrThairacer
    @MrThairacer Před 3 lety +2

    Love the song, love the stream , keep the good work Man ! and Happy Amiga Birthday Bill :)

  • @skilgannon1971
    @skilgannon1971 Před 3 lety +1

    That was awesome mate!! I actually LOL'ed at Marvin with the saw and the ST

  • @shredi80
    @shredi80 Před 3 lety +1

    🎂 Happy Birthday AmigaBill 🎁

  • @Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial

    Happy (belated) Birthday, Amiga Bill Winters!

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety

      Thanks Gecko!

    • @Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial
      @Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial Před 3 lety

      @@TheGuruMeditation you’re welcome! When I one day get my own Amiga, I’ll let you demo a potential game made for this awesome & charming computer platform!

  • @Jamal_Tyrone
    @Jamal_Tyrone Před 3 lety +3

    Who's this guy again?
    Oh yeah, Amiga Bill!

  • @MaximumRD
    @MaximumRD Před 3 lety +1

    Dude you are truly living the AMIGA DREAM !

  • @luboskanis3567
    @luboskanis3567 Před 3 lety +3

    amazing!

  • @timsiebert3333
    @timsiebert3333 Před 3 lety

    WOW!Such a great and well done Video.I love it...you deserve it.Happy Birthday and my best wishes retrospectively,AB🤜🤛

  • @retrokram
    @retrokram Před 3 lety +1

    This is so sweet.... Alles Gute nachträglich, liebster Amiga Bill :)

  • @Shot97
    @Shot97 Před 3 lety +1

    Belated birthday wishes, Bill!

  • @jonkeener50
    @jonkeener50 Před 3 lety

    Happy birthday AmigaBill! From AmigaJohn :)

  • @atatu4551
    @atatu4551 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy Birthday

  • @Hesserl33
    @Hesserl33 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy birthday Bill all the best to you, keep up the good work =)

  • @jdryyz
    @jdryyz Před 3 lety +1

    I saw a few more opportunities to morph-in Bill's head. Hahah. Good stuff!

  • @TheAmigaGuru
    @TheAmigaGuru Před 3 lety +3

    ❤️

  • @AmigaSwiss
    @AmigaSwiss Před 3 lety +2

    Very cool! And greetings From mee toooo

  • @samueldevulder
    @samueldevulder Před 3 lety +1

    Lol la pub avec les Bogdanoff :) Bon anniversaire la Blatte. Coucou depuis la France.

  • @skynet5045
    @skynet5045 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Amiga Bill,
    Happy Birthday!
    Are you also from June 18?
    Because I also had my birthday today and turned 43.
    And I'm a big Amiga fan, I have several in my house and I love them!

  • @MutationSoftware
    @MutationSoftware Před rokem

    Late to the party and only just seen this. What a dude, Awesome!

  • @TheAmigaGuru
    @TheAmigaGuru Před rokem

    Happy birthday Bill

  • @MaximumRD
    @MaximumRD Před 3 lety +1

    WOW ! How cool is that?

  • @backinthegame34
    @backinthegame34 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy Birthday !

  • @yourmeditationretreat486

    Great stuff! :D

  • @proteque
    @proteque Před rokem

    Still valid! :D Hope this years birthday was good one!

  • @manueljesus3147
    @manueljesus3147 Před 2 lety

    Ha wow never saw this until now! Happy belated Burfdag!

  • @fditty276
    @fditty276 Před 3 lety +1

    kinda Beatles\ ELO sounding ! Happy Birthday AMIGA Bill

  • @TechNoirJapan
    @TechNoirJapan Před 3 lety +1

    Happy Birthday man! great music by the way, that should be the intro song to all your videos ^_^ hey what do you think of the new A500 Mini coming out by Retro Games? Curious to know your thoughts on it and on their gamepad that is being shipped with it.

  • @alexanderpuschacher6512

    Woow. Amiga Bill is very popular.

  • @elmosexwhistle
    @elmosexwhistle Před 3 lety +1

    Hi everyone, let me know if you’d like an MP3 of the song and I’ll make one :)

  • @NiekkieNick
    @NiekkieNick Před 2 lety +1

    Hi. Is this channel still active? Any updates?

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 2 lety +1

      Yep. I just uploaded a new video and will be starting the channel back up again!

    • @NiekkieNick
      @NiekkieNick Před 2 lety

      @@TheGuruMeditation Great to hear! Keep the Amiga alive!

  • @ernieguxie5188
    @ernieguxie5188 Před 2 lety

    I have a problem with my amiga 500. Can you help?
    More precise stands in the mail I send you today. Beside this nice song.

  • @brostenen
    @brostenen Před 3 lety +1

    Late congrats.

    • @TheGuruMeditation
      @TheGuruMeditation  Před 3 lety

      Thanks Brostenen!

    • @brostenen
      @brostenen Před 3 lety

      @@TheGuruMeditation No probs. Hope you had a good day, with cake and perhaps some Amiga gaming + beer.

  • @ANKH123
    @ANKH123 Před 2 lety

    Make new fresh program something like Abase2 (Poland users with amiga systems).

  • @paranoidgenius9164
    @paranoidgenius9164 Před 2 lety

    Woah! The lyrics are crafty & funny.
    You're Amiga, she's Amiga........
    To the untrained ear, that could sound racist!🤣

  • @franksemi_modular
    @franksemi_modular Před 3 lety

    I bet your happy that the Amiga was named Amiga and not Amigo.. Amigo Bill just dosn't sounds right :-D

  • @stevejohnnicholls
    @stevejohnnicholls Před 2 lety

    dead channel

  • @apondulalseo.
    @apondulalseo. Před 2 lety

    Awesome, please check your Fb Message