"..For Amiga Inc. we don't "need" the existing
community. Our market is much bigger than just
desktops..."
- Fleecy Moss, former Amiga Inc. employee. October 1998
The 4th owner of the Amiga: 1997 - 1999
Gateway managed to possess the Amiga for twice the time of the
previous owner, yet did nothing with it. After buying Amiga
Technologies in 1997 from the remains of Escom they set about
developing a new system based upon the Amiga philosophy of
simplicity and efficiency, coupled with close ties to digital TV
technology. At the World of Amiga '98 show they announced the Amiga
would become a Digital Convergence platform, running upon anything
from stereo's to the more traditional computer. The existing 68k
and PPC machine was dubbed "Classic Amigas". For a time it looked
as if the company would actually develop a new generation of Amiga
technology. This was not to be, 1999 was marred by infighting
between employees and a reassertion of influence by Gateway led to
the cancellation of the hardware. The company was then divided and
sections were sold to Amino, who renamed themselves Amiga Corp.
Gateway History Why did Gateway buy the Amiga? History of the Amiga Bouncing Back- The origins of the
Boing Ball Joe Torre's Ode to Boing Amiga Photo Album Eric Schwartz take on the Gateway purchase
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Amiga N.G. Amiga-based technology developed by
the Gateway subsidiary Why did Gateway develop an Amiga in
name only? What is the spiritual ancestor
to the Amiga MCC? The Evolution of the Amiga NG
Classic Amiga Amiga's support for the Classic Amiga
market. AmigaOS 3.5
Historical Documents
Gateway make an offer for the
Amiga Gateway 2000 finalize the deal Gateway 2000 simply called Gateway Amiga Inc. kick of the Future at World
of Amiga 98 Amiga Announces Partnership with QNX
for Next Generation Amiga Architecture Fleecy Moss sacked by Amiga
Inc. QNX-based AmigaOS 5 Q&A Response to Gateway interview in the
Guardian Linux chosen as Amiga
kernel Introduction to Technical Brief Amiga Technical Brief Notes from the Amiga R&D team
detailing features of the MCC Corel announce partnership with Amiga Amiga announce partnership with Corel Amiga kill the Amiga MCC. BACK
