TurboSilver

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| name = TurboSilver

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| developer = Impulse

| released = 1986

| latest_release_version = 3.0

| latest_release_date = January 1988

| operating_system = AmigaOS

| replaced_by = Imagine

| genre = 3D computer graphics

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TurboSilver was one of the original 3D raytracing software packages available for the Amiga and for personal computers in general.{{Cite web |title=Turbo Silver (Impulse) |url=http://www.etwright.org/cghist/turbo.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.etwright.org}}{{Cite web |date=2017-09-14 |title=The World of Turbo Silver {{!}} amigavideo.net |url=https://amigavideo.net/the-world-of-turbo-silver/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Early Amiga 3D |url=http://www.etwright.org/cghist/a3d_intro.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.etwright.org}}{{Cite web |last=Jeff |date=2016-03-16 |title=3D Graphics – Amiga Style! |url=http://www.vintagevolts.com/3d-graphics-amiga-style/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Vintage Volts |language=en}}

It was first revealed by its creator Impulse at the October 1986 AmiEXPO. November 1987 saw the release of version 2.0.{{cite web |last=Polsson |first=Ken |date=2015-05-14 |title=Chronology of Amiga Computers |url=http://pctimeline.info/amiga/index.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2016-08-05 |website=pctimeline.info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403062448/http://pctimeline.info/amiga/index.htm |archive-date=2017-04-03 }} Version 3.0 was released in January 1988.{{cite web |last=Polsson |first=Ken |date=2015-05-14 |title=Chronology of Amiga Computers (1988) |url=https://pctimeline.info/amiga/amig1988.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2016-08-05 |website=pctimeline.info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208180345/https://pctimeline.info/amiga/amig1988.htm |archive-date=2023-02-08 }}

Impulse created a replacement for it, named Imagine in 1990.{{cite magazine |last=Conconi|first=Patrick|date=April 1991|title=Imagine|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=0989-5450|issue=34|pages=18–21}}{{cite magazine |last=Jeanjean|first=Marc|date=May 1993|title=Imagine Le pas à pas...|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=57|pages=42|quote=Vous avez sans doute tous entendu parlé de ce merveilleux logiciel qu'est Imagine 2.0. Digne successeur de Turbo Silver.}}{{Cite web |title=Impulse Inc {{!}} VETUSWARE.COM - the biggest free abandonware collection in the universe |url=https://vetusware.com/manufacturer/Impulse%20Inc/?author=5775 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=vetusware.com}}