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A dozen previously unknown works created by Andy Warhol have been recovered from 30-year-old Amiga disks.
The art experiments were produced in 1985 by Warhol under commission from Commodore - creator of the Amiga computer.
Commodore paid the artist to produce a series of works to aid the launch of the Amiga 1000.
A painstaking three-year project was required to recover the images which were saved in an obscure data format.
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Warhol works recovered from old Amiga disks
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Warhol works recovered from old Amiga disks
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by DougC » Apr 24, 2014 12:18 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27141201
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Re: Warhol works recovered from old Amiga disks
#2 by campermon » Apr 24, 2014 12:22 pm
Cool!
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#3 by kennyc » Apr 24, 2014 12:33 pm
Ha! I would have suspected Warhol was an Amiga user. 
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#4 by The_Piper » Apr 24, 2014 1:29 pm
I have an Amiga 500. Mogwai not for sale.
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#5 by kennyc » Apr 24, 2014 1:30 pm
You could see the Warhol in the Original! 
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Re: Warhol works recovered from old Amiga disks
#6 by quas » May 18, 2014 4:02 pm
What's so special about Warhol?
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#7 by Weaver » May 18, 2014 4:03 pm
quas wrote:What's so special about Warhol?
EDIT - WTF is up with Youtube links? Can't get them to work suddenly.
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#8 by BlackBart » May 18, 2014 4:12 pm
change the https:// to http://
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#9 by Weaver » May 18, 2014 4:14 pm
Thanks - I figured the problem was at the end of the tag, didn't even consider it was a secure link.
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