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Amiga History

On this page you will find information on the various businesses that have owned the Amiga or played a significant role at some point in time.

The Complete History of Commodore and Amiga
-Amiga History
The complete history of the Amiga from 1980 to the present.
-The future of the Amiga under Atari
A hypothetical look at what the Amiga may have become if Atari had bought it.
-The Amiga Corporation: 1982 - 1984
The story of their foray into Atari 2600 games, the Amigas creation, the battle with Atari and interviews with some of the original team.
-Commodore: 1984 - 1994
The history of Commodore and a number of items of relevance to this period of the Amigas life.
-Escom: 1995 - 1996
The third Amiga owner announced numerous products but failed to deliver.
-Viscorp: 1996
The licensee that wanted to put the Amiga into every living room.
-Quikpak: 1996 - 1998
The Escom manufacturer that aimed to move the Amiga into the high-end video market and port the OS to the Alpha processor.
-PIOS/Metabox: 1996 - 1997
The third party developer created from the remains of Amiga Technologies
-Phase 5: 1996 - 2000
The third party developer that wanted to become unofficial successor to the Amiga.
-Gateway: 1997 - 1999
Gateway attempted to resurrect the Amiga announcing a next generation system and the release of the first OS upgrade in five years.
-Amiga Players: 1999 and Onwards
The announcement that Gateway had abandoned the MCC resulted in the appearance of three community efforts...
-Amiga Inc: 1999- 2004
Amino Developments purchased rights to the Amiga and announced a new direction using the Tao virtual machine.
-Genesi: 2000 - Present
A third party developer that has sought to attract the Amiga community with new PowerPC hardware and an Amiga compatible operating system.
-Amiga Inc: 2004 - Present
After some legal shenanigans Amiga Inc. has been sold to KMOS. KMOS later changed their company name to Amiga Inc. The status quo remains unchanged.
 
The Painful journey away from 68k - PowerPC and beyond!
-Amiga history of the PowerPC
A look at the origins of the Amigas transition from 68k to PowerPC.
-The Amigas secret love affair with the Alpha
The Amigas courtship and rejection of the Alpha processor.
-The PowerPC series
So what is the PowerPC?

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