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Neat to see a Commodore comeback, that's actually doing the retro C64 thing and not just slapping Commodore logos on new computers or phones. I supposed the Ami

Neat to see a Commodore comeback, that's actually doing the retro C64 thing and not just slapping Commodore logos on new computers or phones. I supposed the Amiga rights are too much of a mess to hope for much movement there.

vidarh 10y ago
The rights to the Amiga name are too much of a mess. But the AmigaOS name and rights are in the hands of Hyperion, who keeps developing AmigaOS 4.x, and new hardware is regularly (well, sort of - there's a new "high end" box in the works) released under the AmigaOne name by A-Eon, and supports running AmigaOS, so the situation there isn't that bad (incidentally, Individual Computers, which this article is about also produces a number of accelerators etc. for classic Amiga's).
- ekianjo 10y ago
  Didn't Hyperion file bankruptcy a couple of years back ?
  - Keyframe 10y ago
    Stuff is so complicated that even thinking about answering this question is giving me a headache! There are new Amigas (on the horizon and people have gotten hands on some already), but future is a mess IMO. I'd like to see a comeback of heterogeneity among desktop (home) computers, but I doubt it will happen again. If anything, the exact opposite happened and then mobile took over / moved in.
  - vidarh 10y ago
    No, someone filed a bankruptcy claim against them, and an administrator was appointed. According to Hyperion this happened because of an administrative error (they're a tiny company, consisting of part time staff and contractors who may or may not be paid for all of the work, and their registered address is with a service company; supposedly the service company had failed to pass on a summons for the bankruptcy court). The bankruptcy was reversed once Hyperion was able to appeal and either present their documentation or pay whichever creditor it was that filed the claim - I'm not sure which. In any case it was resolved. But it's not exactly a large, well funded company.
- Jaruzel 10y ago
  > (incidentally, Individual Computers, which this article is about also produces a number of accelerators etc. for classic Amiga's). Yup, I have one inside my A1200, along with their Video-2-DVI scan doubler that clips onto the Lisa chip, and provides a perfect XGA resolution display over DVI on ALL Amiga screen-modes.

vidarh 10y ago

The rights to the Amiga name are too much of a mess. But the AmigaOS name and rights are in the hands of Hyperion, who keeps developing AmigaOS 4.x, and new hardware is regularly (well, sort of - there's a new "high end" box in the works) released under the AmigaOne name by A-Eon, and supports running AmigaOS, so the situation there isn't that bad (incidentally, Individual Computers, which this article is about also produces a number of accelerators etc. for classic Amiga's).

ekianjo 10y ago
Didn't Hyperion file bankruptcy a couple of years back ?
- Keyframe 10y ago
  Stuff is so complicated that even thinking about answering this question is giving me a headache! There are new Amigas (on the horizon and people have gotten hands on some already), but future is a mess IMO. I'd like to see a comeback of heterogeneity among desktop (home) computers, but I doubt it will happen again. If anything, the exact opposite happened and then mobile took over / moved in.
- vidarh 10y ago
  No, someone filed a bankruptcy claim against them, and an administrator was appointed. According to Hyperion this happened because of an administrative error (they're a tiny company, consisting of part time staff and contractors who may or may not be paid for all of the work, and their registered address is with a service company; supposedly the service company had failed to pass on a summons for the bankruptcy court). The bankruptcy was reversed once Hyperion was able to appeal and either present their documentation or pay whichever creditor it was that filed the claim - I'm not sure which. In any case it was resolved. But it's not exactly a large, well funded company.
Jaruzel 10y ago
> (incidentally, Individual Computers, which this article is about also produces a number of accelerators etc. for classic Amiga's). Yup, I have one inside my A1200, along with their Video-2-DVI scan doubler that clips onto the Lisa chip, and provides a perfect XGA resolution display over DVI on ALL Amiga screen-modes.