Amiga Resurrected
On April 1, 2000, the debut of the latest Amiga machines will commence at a demonstration in St. Louis dubbed 'Amiga 2000.' The current owners of Amiga, Inc. will unveil a new line of developers' computers, along with a new OS. Amiga is frequently acknowledged as the company that has been affiliated with Commodore, Escom and Gateway over the years.
The new soon to be released PCs will be the introduction to Amiga's comeback. "It won’t be a machine people just laugh at," remarked Amiga fan Philip Corner.
Three Florida dentists launched Amiga in 1982. They brought a quick, stable operating system that most people believed to be ahead of its time. The name Amiga soon evolved into Commodore, then Escom. Both went bankrupt quickly, but the now prospering company, Gateway, is doing rather well. Gateway earned top rankings in Wired News’ Vaporware Awards, for fulfilling their promise of stability with the Amiga Multimedia Convergence Computer.
Amiga is also set to release the new Amiga OS. Based on Tao Group’s 'Elate' operating system. According to sources, this new OS will offer a variety of multimedia capabilities, while running successfully on slower computers.
Many Amigans are excited about the resurrection of the Amiga family. With the low-cost hardware, and spiced up operating system, the future looks promising.