Amiga Screens: A Primer Autumn 2026 One of the unwritten rules of the Internet seems to be that whenever something Amiga-related is mentioned, at least one Amiga fan (myself included) must show up and try to explain the concept of screens . Amiga screens can have different resolutions, we'll tell you, and one can drag them, we'll say, and other Amiga users rally in agreement, while non-Amiga users probably still don't get what's so great about screens. Until now, when this text has been written, in the hope of converting unsuspecting normies into full-blown Amiga screen lovers. For practical purposes, this text will focus on the original Amiga graphics hardware, called OCS (Original ChipSet). Some hardware limitations were removed in the subsequent ECS (Enhanced ChipSet) and AGA (Advanced Graphics Architecture) upgrades, but the same basic principles and user experience still apply. A typical Amiga screen, showing a Workbench desktop with a shell window open.…