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-The story of the legendary Amiga starts in 1982 when
two former Atari emploees start
the company Hi-Toro wich was renamed to Amiga to
avoid confusing them to a Japaneese lawnmower manufacturer. "
Amiga"
means "Female
friend" in Spanish.
+The story of the legendary [
Amiga] began with
two former [
Atari] employees founding
the company Hi-Toro in 1982. To
avoid confusing them to a Japaneese lawnmower manufacturer they soon renamed to [
Amiga], which
means "female
friend" in Spanish.
-After much trouble getting money for the project (
including shady moves by [Atari])
[Commodore] finally came through and
the subsidary
Commodore-Amiga Ltd was created 1984 and
only 11 months later the Amiga 1000 was released. But
due to the
high price (
twice the
[Atari] ST) it never took of
. Not until 1987 when
the Amiga 2000 and Amiga 500 was released the
sales took of, even if
the Amiga 500 was priceier than the Atari ST it was manys choice
when moving from 8-bit computers to 16-bit. More
and more games was made for
the Amiga, takeing advantage of it
's superior design compared to Atari ST
.
+After much trouble getting money for the project,
including shady moves by [Atari],
[Commodore] finally came through, founding
the Commodore-Amiga Ltd subsidary in 1984. The Amiga 1000
was released
only 11 months later but never took off
due to its
high price - it cost
twice as much as an
[Atari] ST. With the release of
the Amiga 2000 and Amiga 500 in 1987
sales took off. Many chose
the Amiga 500 when moving from 8-bit computers to 16-bit despite it being pricier than the [Atari] ST, and more
and more games took advantage of
the [
Amiga]
's superior design.
-After alot
of successes as the Amiga 3000 and
failures like the CDTV finally lead to 1994 when it all came to and end
, the last nail in the coffin of 16-bit home computers.
+A lot
of successes such
as the [
Amiga]
3000 followed, until
failures like the CDTV, the last nail in the coffin of 16-bit home computers, finally led to and end in 1994. The name [Amiga] has lived on thanks to its dedicated fans, but although it has resurfaced multiple times, few of the anouncements about new [Amiga]-related products became reality
.
-The name
Amiga has resurfaced several times and lived on thanks to it's dedicated fans
. There has been many anouncement about Amiga-related products
but wery few has become reality
.
+With the new [PowerPC]-powered AmigaONE, things seem to be actually moving in the
Amiga market now
. It currently runs [Linux]
but should soon run AmigaOS 4
.
-Read more at [ EmuGaming | http://amiga.emugaming.com/ahistory.html ] and [ UnitedElectronics | http://www.unitechelectronics.com/hist.htm ]
+Read more at [EmuGaming|http://amiga.emugaming.com/ahistory.html] and [UnitedElectronics| http://www.unitechelectronics.com/hist.htm]. Also check out the [Amiga Wiki| http://yourdreamnet.co.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl].
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