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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Amiga</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="ambimouseterous.html" title="ambimouseterous"/><link rel="next" href="Amiga-Persecution-Complex.html" title="Amiga Persecution Complex"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Amiga</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ambimouseterous.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Amiga-Persecution-Complex.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Amiga"/><dt xmlns="" id="Amiga"><b>Amiga</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A series of personal computer models originally sold by Commodore,
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based on 680x0 processors, custom support chips and an operating system
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that combined some of the best features of Macintosh and Unix with
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compatibility with neither.</p><p>The Amiga was released just as the personal computing world
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standardized on IBM-PC clones. This prevented it from gaining serious
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market share, despite the fact that the first Amigas had a substantial
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technological lead on the IBM XTs of the time. Instead, it acquired a small
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but zealous population of enthusiastic hackers who dreamt of one day
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unseating the clones (see <a href="Amiga-Persecution-Complex.html"><i class="glossterm">Amiga Persecution Complex</i></a>).
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The traits of this culture are both spoofed and
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illuminated in <a href="http://www.blazemonger.com/BM/" target="_top"> The BLAZE Humor
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Viewer</a>. The strength of the Amiga platform seeded a small industry
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of companies building software and hardware for the platform, especially in
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graphics and video applications (see <a href="../V/video-toaster.html"><i class="glossterm">video toaster</i></a>).
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</p><p>Due to spectacular mismanagement, Commodore did hardly any R&D,
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allowing the competition to close Amiga's technological lead. After
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Commodore went bankrupt in 1994 the technology passed through several
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hands, none of whom did much with it. However, the Amiga is still being
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produced in Europe under license and has a substantial number of fans,
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which will probably extend the platform's life considerably.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ambimouseterous.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Amiga-Persecution-Complex.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ambimouseterous </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Amiga Persecution Complex</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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