| 1982:
Lorraine- the first
prototype Amiga begins to take form. |
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November 21st 1983:
Atari and Amiga sign an agreement. The development of the Atari 1850XLD begins. |
| 1984: CAOS
falls behind schedule leading to the development of
AmigaDOS |
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1990 - 1991:
A number of ECS Amigas are
prototyped by Commodore. A CDA-1 and
CDA-2 prototype are also
demonstrated. |
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1991: The followup to
the A3000 is prototyped, going through numerous changes, becoming
the A3000+
Newer Technology announce the development of an Amiga laptop
called the Model 10. Commodore prevent
the company from releasing it
Sun approached Commodore, proposing
an OEM version of the A3000 along with Amiga Unix. Commodore
refused
Rumour has it that Dec ported the AmigaOS to the Alpha processor.
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| 1992: The Nyx was a complete AAA system prototyped
by Dave Haynie |
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November 1993: the
prototype A1400 was allegedly due for
release.
1993: George Gomez and
Pat Lawlor create the HoloPin
Pinball 2000.
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| 1994: The A1800 is bandied about by various Amiga magazines
as a possible new Amiga. |
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1995: Viscorp announce a
license agreement with Amiga Technologies and the development of
the ED. |
| 1996: The A1200+ is announced. Amiga Technologies develop
the machine into the Mind Walker.
Amiga Technologies demonstrate the Amiga
Mind Walker prototype.
The Power
Amiga is announced. A PowerPC system running a new version of
the AmigaOS.
Both machines are cancelled when Escom go
bust.
November: The A\box is announced from Phase 5
Viscorp announce the acquisition of the Amiga from Escom and the
development of a new version of AmigaOS
3.3
They run out of money before the purchase is complete.
Quikpak announce that if they buy the
rights to the Amiga the OS will be developed for the Dec-Alpha
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1997: The first version
of the A5000 Amiga clone is announced
from Power Computing
The A\box and
TransAM is quietly cancelled when
Gateway 2000 buy the Amiga
A misunderstanding by the Amiga community
leads to the presumption that Amiga International are developing an
68080 processor.
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| March 1998: The pre\box is announced. The PPC-based Amiga clone
is abandoned after the World of Amiga announcement that
year.
Micronik announce their desire to create
an Amiga set top box, called the M-Box.
The project was not pursued.
May 1998: Amiga Inc. are due to announce the
creation of a new AmigaOS, based upon BeOS. At the last minute
Amiga International cancel the deal because of the strings attached
to licensing the BeOS kernel.
June 1998: Impera
announce Amiga-based slot machine. They are never heard again.
October 1998: Mac the
Knife announces the new Amiga will be called Lazarus, based upon the G3 processor.
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1999: Amiga cancel the MCC. |
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| February 2000: phase 5 enter liquidation
leading to the cancellation of the AMIRAGE
K2. |
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September 2001: Eyetech abandon their original
custom designed AmigaOne
motherboard in favour of an off-the-shelf version.
October 2001: Mick Tinker announces the end of
the long-running BoXeR saga.
Late 2001: The Amiga One v1.0 board is cancelled
in favour of the Amiga One G3.
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April 2002: Thendic announce that the Smart Boy has been cancelled.
2002: Nokia announce Media Terminal and cancel it
soonafter.
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