Two deadly enemies of the Amiga: Atari and Commodore
category: general [glöplog]
I don't exactly know the specifics, but all I know that Amiga were a floundering hardware development company with a revolutionary set of chip designs that blew absolutely everything else in the industry away, but they desperately needed a buyer and were close to going bust.
Atari were keen to get their hands on the custom chips but didn't want to keep the operating system or even the development team, and if they had bought the company the name Amiga might not even exist.
But then Commodore swoop in to save the day... but ultimately didn't.
Commodore, who it seems only really cared about the 64, were a lifeline for the Amiga, but whilst they were more willing to keep the Amiga OS and team, poorly marketed the machine, made several poor management decisions, and haemorrhaged money under the inept Mehdi Ali (spits), until Commodore ultimately went bust, taking Amiga with it. The AGA chipset was a step in the right direction, but wasn't properly developed and didn't take advantage of the full memory bus, and no work was done on improving Paula. The AAA Amiga died with Commodore, and it would've kept the Amiga on top of every other computer platform otherwise.
The Amiga in 1985 was better than anything else at the time, but bloody hell, it sticks in my craw that it was so mismanaged, not much better than Atari would've done.
Atari were keen to get their hands on the custom chips but didn't want to keep the operating system or even the development team, and if they had bought the company the name Amiga might not even exist.
But then Commodore swoop in to save the day... but ultimately didn't.
Commodore, who it seems only really cared about the 64, were a lifeline for the Amiga, but whilst they were more willing to keep the Amiga OS and team, poorly marketed the machine, made several poor management decisions, and haemorrhaged money under the inept Mehdi Ali (spits), until Commodore ultimately went bust, taking Amiga with it. The AGA chipset was a step in the right direction, but wasn't properly developed and didn't take advantage of the full memory bus, and no work was done on improving Paula. The AAA Amiga died with Commodore, and it would've kept the Amiga on top of every other computer platform otherwise.
The Amiga in 1985 was better than anything else at the time, but bloody hell, it sticks in my craw that it was so mismanaged, not much better than Atari would've done.
Okay?
AMIIIIGAAAAAHHH
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What's this Amiga computer you're talking about, didn't hear about it before
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and haemorrhaged money under the inept Mehdi Ali (spits)
Fuck you. Mehdi Ali was awesome for Commodore. He successfully accomplished a major operational turnaround and even today gives it modest mention on his current company's website: http://stoneridgepartners.biz/principals.htm
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Mehdi Ali was awesome for Commodore.
LOLZ :D
AMIGGGGGAAAAAHHH!
Amiga was awesome for the scene
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Mehdi Ali was awesome for Commodore.
Then why did Commodore go bust under him? And why do ex-Commodore staff hate his guts, at least according to the Deathbed Vigil documentary?
Sarcasm obviously wasn't implemented on the Amiga.
Explain this, Thom:
http://www.commodore.ca/commodore-history/mehdi-ali-the-end-of-commodore/
http://www.commodore.ca/commodore-history/mehdi-ali-the-end-of-commodore/
Gargaj, the reading comprehension module also seems to be missing.
Hard to pick up on the sarcasm unless you actually check the link out:
Modest mention, indeed. :)
But Commodore history is well documented by now, in several books and websites, so I don't really get the point of this thread.
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His prior experience includes serving as the President of Commodore International, where he accomplished a major operational turnaround.
Modest mention, indeed. :)
But Commodore history is well documented by now, in several books and websites, so I don't really get the point of this thread.
I never had an Atari but I had an Amiga and it was great!
I wish the Amiga was where Apple is now, it certainly deserves to be.
*yawn*
What's so good about Apple, anyway? I despise their stuff.
Yes, all this is incredibly relevant in TYOOL 2104!
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- posted from my iPad.
Lol, that's 2014 ^_^
Even their autocomplete sucks :p
What's the point of an iPad when laptops, which are better, have been around for many years? What's the point of iPods when smartphones can play music just as well if not better?
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Even considered getting a Twitter account mate?
gah, "ever"*
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What's the point of an iPad when laptops, which are better, have been around for many years?
I thought that, until I owned one ;)
At work I use my laptop, but if I want to show someone a picture, then the iPad pops out, same at home, I either use the desktop I'm typing on now or if i'm in with the mrs then I browse using the iPad.
iPad is for consumption, laptop/desktop pc for creation.
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What's the point of iPods when smartphones can play music just as well if not better?
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Well Apple did just kill off the classic..
When the Amiga was dying the machines were pushing PPC and Mac'sas the future (read for yourself here https://archive.org/details/computermagazines)
Fact is, nothing upon nothing could have stopped the PC onslaught. you have to remember that vhs was inferior to betamax, but won because of mass market acceptance (thanks for porn industry being shut out of using betamax). ultimately the PC's flexibility with micro-transactional (compated to TCO) upgrades killed having to buy a complete new system each time.
as for the commodore thing, its old, its boring, its been done to death. nothing can change it and nothing will change. hating on apple is also sad, its tall poppy syndrome at its worst.
*machines were pushing
I meant magazines
I meant magazines