The World Premiere of the Amiga (1985, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry)

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Footage of the 1985 world premiere of the Commodore Amiga at Lincoln Center in New York, with Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry on stage. It includes Warhol painting Harry live on the Amiga and early demos such as the Mandrill and the bouncing ball.

HN people share it as a record of the Amiga launch and a window into the computer's artistic ambitions.

“The event also included other famous demos, such as the bouncing ball.”
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@doener2026 · in “The World Premiere of the Amiga (1985, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry)”
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@Bluestein2025 · in “The World Premiere of the Amiga (1985, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry) [video]”
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@yzydserd2025 · in “Amiga turns 40 today: 1985 Amiga World Premiere video”
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@vaxman2026 · in “The year is 1993, The Amiga is everything for me”
I mean, some people show up to the blow out party three years after it ended, sure. That they're still talking about it 33 years later gives you an indication of what the main event must have been like ▶ this video link
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@trembolram2025 · in “40 Years of the Amiga”
The Mandrill was part of the launch event of Amiga in 1985 at the Lincoln Center. The event also included other famous demos, such as the bouncing ball. ▶ this video
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@virgulino2024 · in “Andy Warhol's lost Amiga art found”
"The World Premiere of the Amiga (1985, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry): Possibly wanting to one-up the Apple Macintosh launch in 1984, the Amiga 1000 debuted at a black-tie event held at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City on July 23rd, 1985. (...)" Warhol paints Debbie on stage: ▶ this video
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