Subj : Re: Commodore Computers
To   : Nightfox
From : Dr. What
Date : Sat Apr 30 2022 00:14:11

-=> Nightfox wrote to Dr. What <=-

 Ni> I don't remember how the Amiga was advertised where I live.  But to me
 Ni> it looked like another computer (I always thought their beige-box
 Ni> appearance was fairly similar to IBM PC compatibles).

I think that was just the late 80's-early 90's thing.  The newer versions of
the C64 came in a slim, beige case as did the C128.  As well as many in the
IBM-PC market.

I think that beige was just the new standard across the industry.

Looking at my collection, only the older machines (C64, Kaypro, TRS-80 Model I
Commodore Plus/4) were non-beige.  But my newer machines (Compaq Portables,
TRS-80 Model 102, TRS-80 Model 4P, Sperry, C128) are all beige.

 Ni> Although it had
 Ni> good hardware for gaming, you could play games on a PC too..  As far as
 Ni> serious work, I'd heard of the Video Toaster product for the Amiga, and
 Ni> I'd heard the Amiga was popular for video editing due to that.  I
 Ni> imagine the Amiga was probably used for other serious work as well.

That's really the only market that I saw really went for the Amiga.

The Amiga wasn't a bad machine, but it suffered from poor marketing and it was
hampered by the IBM-PC taking over the market.


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