5 ms·
It was flat out superior to everything else that was on the market at that time, and in many ways. And it failed. Bad leadership, bad brand / lack of rebrandi
by cryptonector 8y ago
It was flat out superior to everything else that was on the market at that time, and in many ways. And it failed. Bad leadership, bad brand / lack of rebranding ("Amiga??" "Commodore is for gaming, not for business!"). It made for justified fanboys who got disappointed and had to settle for the garbage that all other PCs were relative to Amiga.
It had superior:
- graphics hardware, including the copper and the blitter
- OS
- HW extensibility
- performance
Commodore even did the first SVR4 port to a production system outside AT&T, and had brilliant people.
The Amiga outpaced all other PCs (x86 DOS/OS/2/Windows and Mac) for half a decade, and was a fantastic gaming platform for its time.
- NeedMoreTea 8y ago> the first SVR4 port to a production system outside AT&T That was so complete that Sun tried quite hard to licence the 3000UX as an entry level Sun workstation. Commodore couldn't/wouldn't agree licencing. Which rather sums things up.
- cryptonector 8y agoI didn't know this. Fascinating!