27.Aug.1999
Markus Lunk by eMail
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ComputerWoche writes: Amiga is not dead, new live as home information device
MUNICH (CW) - New details have surfaced about Amiga, the cult of the 80ies. It is intended
to be mainly used as Information Appliance in the future.
About two years ago, direct PC distributor Gateway purchased the rights of
the computing pioneer Amiga and its 47 patents from German Escom AG. Now, the name
shall be brought back to life.
Aside from PCs for the consumer market, future's Amigas will be mainly used
as information appliances in private households. CEO Jim Collas wants to present an
operating enviroment until the end of the year, and ship the first machines early 2000.
(Full story - German - at the title link)
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