How the Commodore Amiga powered your cable system in the ’90s

If you subscribed to cable television in the '90s, you most likely saw Video Toaster in action on the cable dial. But the most notable use of the Amiga in cable television didn't actually rely on Video Toaster at all.

That was the Prevue Guide, which may not have gotten the attention of the MTV, TBS, or Nickelodeon in those days, but served an important purpose: It was the channel you watched to see what was on those channels.

The Amiga was used in a number of projects that required on-screen graphics on TV.