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| − | '''Amiga''' was a line of [[personal computer]]s | + | '''Amiga''' was a line of [[personal computer]]s created and developed by the Amiga Corporation. The Commodore Company was responsible for financing and distributing the Amiga computers throughout North America. Although famed for its multimedia capabilities, by 1994 the line declined sharply in its popularity (with its publishing company even going bankrupt that same year) and eventually was discontinued in 1996.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/series/history-of-the-amiga/</ref> The company is best known by the Amiga 500 which was released in 1987. This model was the company's most popular product. For a period of almost ten years from late 1980 to early 1990, Amiga became one of the leading personal computer producers. However, they soon began to loose market share until they went out of business shortly after.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/</ref> |
== Operating system of Amiga computers == | == Operating system of Amiga computers == | ||
| − | [[AmigaOS]] is the operating system for the Amiga line of personal computers. <ref>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/10/amiga-history-4-commodore-years/</ref> After | + | [[AmigaOS]] is the operating system for the Amiga line of personal computers. <ref>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/10/amiga-history-4-commodore-years/</ref> After Commodore's demise, other developers took control of the operating systems future, a role currently filled by Hyperion Entertainment. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Amiga was a line of personal computers created and developed by the Amiga Corporation. The Commodore Company was responsible for financing and distributing the Amiga computers throughout North America. Although famed for its multimedia capabilities, by 1994 the line declined sharply in its popularity (with its publishing company even going bankrupt that same year) and eventually was discontinued in 1996.[1] The company is best known by the Amiga 500 which was released in 1987. This model was the company's most popular product. For a period of almost ten years from late 1980 to early 1990, Amiga became one of the leading personal computer producers. However, they soon began to loose market share until they went out of business shortly after.[2]
Operating system of Amiga computers
AmigaOS is the operating system for the Amiga line of personal computers. [3] After Commodore's demise, other developers took control of the operating systems future, a role currently filled by Hyperion Entertainment.