HanJammer wrote on 2021-10-29, 00:57:It didn't but it has not much to do to it being a multimedia machine - it had colorful enough graphics, built-in digital sound p […]
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brostenen wrote on 2021-10-28, 23:16:
I don't think the Tandy 1000 had pre emptive multitasking. But I could be wrong.
It didn't but it has not much to do to it being a multimedia machine - it had colorful enough graphics, built-in digital sound playback and recording capabilities, friendly graphic desktop environment... also Atari ST was released before Amiga to be precise and it also had most of Amiga's features (maybe not the custom chips so the performance wasn't as good, but still).
brostenen wrote on 2021-10-28, 23:16:EDIT:
If Commodore never looked at the Amiga as anything else than a gaming console, then you will not find any advertisement at all from Commodore,
Again, you are not getting my point because I was talking about gaming on Amiga and how it was viewed by Commodore - they seen the potential and they were trying to change this computer into a gaming console 2 times (at least). Because that's how it was used in most homes anyway...
brostenen wrote on 2021-10-28, 23:16: that advertises the Amiga platform as non-gaming related. And they would never have started talks with eighter Sun or Silicon Graphics (I can not remember who it was), about using the Amiga3000-UX as a product in their lineup. And NASA would never have gotten meter high stacks of tech-papers on the platform, when they went for Amiga.
You know what it's like... a drowning man will clutch at a straw... Also it's a bit said that Amiga fans always bring up the small episode with NASA as the proof of how good Amiga was compared to other solutions...
They still did not try and change the platform into a gaming console. They used the platform as a basis for one gaming console, namely the CD32. CDTV was not a gaming console, it was a set-top box aimed at a digital living room experience. That just happened to be able to run games as well. If you look at Commodore's advertisements for it, then you will realise that it was more about a mix of stuff. It was build for things like replacing the video disc and vhs, and stuff like encyclopedia's. However they did offer an official upgrade to be able to turn it into a desktop computer as well. (keyboard, mouse and floppy drive).
But yeah.... Commodore became idiots when Jack left them. It was like one of the big nails in the coffin. Hiring Mehdi Ali was another major failure, as he was responsible for the C64GS and Amiga600. To me it seems like they had become what Jay Minor left Atari over. A company that did not really want to expand and innovate and trying to squeeze the last bits out of a previous populair platform. At least that was how the engineers at Commodore saw it.
True I bring this up. Also it varies differently from continent to continent, on how the Amiga was looked at and how it was used. For the home office use, then Apple had the grips on the North American market. Commodore had their grips on Western Europe. And there were no real sale in Eastern Europe untill after the fall of the iron curtain. But it does not mean that the Amiga was not used professionally in North America. As I understand it, then it was looked at, as that in North America as well as a gaming computer. Professionally in Western Europe, it was more in the video and tv industry. I have no idea what areas it was used most in Asia and Australia and the rest of the world. But I suspect that it was mainly in Western Europe that most Amiga's were sold.
Regarding Amiga fan. Yes, I am a fan of the platform, just as much as I am a fan of Dos based x86 PC's and Commodore64's. Yes I like Apple hardware from around 2004 to 2008. Especially the last generation of PPC based Mac's. However not as much as I would call my self a fan of Apple stuff. I just think they have produced good and decent stuff from time to time. What I want to say, is only that I am only explaining why the Amiga was so much more than just a gaming machine.
By the way... Yes the AtariST came out before the Amiga, however the Amiga was already invented when Atari started to work on the ST. The reason why you were able to buy an ST some 6 month's before an Amiga is more due to Atari suing Commodore over the Amiga, because they felt stabbed in the back because Commodore paid Atari back the loan that Amiga INC had with Atari. If that lawsuit was not filed, you would probably have seen an Amiga for sale before any AtariST. Yes one was able to buy ST before Amiga, but the Amiga was already invented before the ST.
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