One Year....
One year is all it took for Escom to change from the Amigas rescuer
to yet another dead parent. Originally only after the Commodore
trademarks they rather grudgingly bought the Amiga as well. It was
soon clear that their plans to develop a new Amiga were half
hearted. Despite numerous announcements they failed to reveal any
of the products in development, apart from the Walker. Their only
lasting influence is the Amiga logo and adopting an open licensing
policy, allowing a number of companies including VISCorp to develop
their own Amigas. In 1996 they announced losses and before anyone
realized it, went into liquidation. VISCorp announced they had
struck a deal to buy the Amiga from the company, only to pull out
towards Christmas. They were then replaced by Quikpak, until
finally the Amiga was bought by Gateway 2000.
The History of Escom The whole truth about Escom- An
insiders view The future of the Amiga under Escom Escom Snippets Amiga Technologies Photo Album.
Amiga Products Virtual i-O glasses Amiga Mind Walker Guide to Commodore and Amiga products
produced by Escom Systems Escom were planning to
release
Historical Documents The announcement that Escom has bought
Commodore and Amiga Joshua Galun reports on the
Escom buyout Amiga Technologies Organization
