Amiga News - Press Reports

 
IBM
developerWorks
 

November 2000 - The new Amiga: Virtual processor demo for the skeptics
  Daniel Robbins analyzes demo VP assembly code, the heart of the new Amiga's Digital Environment.
 

I.T. News  

October 25, 2000 - Amiga OS to run in household electronics
  MeterNet internet television set top box and internet radio device will use Amiga DE operating system.
 

Wired News  

October 25, 2000 - Amiga Fans, the Wait Is Over
 

I.T. News  

October 24, 2000 - Amiga boss unveils new era upgrades
 

Maximum PC  

October 24, 2000 - Amiga Plunges Back into Hardware
 

The Register  

October 23, 2000 - Amiga unveils next-gen hardware spec
 

I.T. News  

October 3, 2000 - Looking out of Windows
  Coverage of the Alternative Computer Expo in Melbourne, including next generation OS/2, Mac OS X, Amiga DE, QNX, and Linux.
 

IBM
developerWorks
 

July 2000 - McEwen and Moss discuss the renaissance of the Amiga SDK
  An interesting interview covering Amiga's use of Tao Group's virtual processor, which translates applications to run on any supported processor very quickly. Also discussed is the advantageous ability to run on top of other operating systems, and the new Amiga 'Software Development Kit'.
 

New York
Times
 

June 22, 2000 - The Return of a Desktop Cult Classic (No, Not the Mac)
  Long Revered for Its Powerful Graphics and Lean Operating System, the Amiga Is Re-emerging From the Margins
(an alternate link is here)
 

The Register  

April 3, 2000 - Amiga preps dual-OS plan, outlines hardware line-up
 

Wired  

March 2000 - Never Say Die
  This feature on the devoted users of older computer systems includes some discussion of Amiga users.
 

EE Times  

January 17, 2000 - RTOS house Tao teams up with reborn Amiga
 

EE Times  

January 13, 2000 - Amiga reborn via Tao alliance
 

ZDNet  

January 3, 2000 - Gateway sells Amiga to startup
  Former Gateway marketing exec Bill McEwen is spending $5 million for the rights to resurrect Amiga, first sold in 1985.
 

Wired News  

January 3, 2000 - Vaporware '99: The 'Winners'
  The 'Vaporware '99 Bottom Ten' at Wired News lists the Amiga/Gateway mess at number 2, surpassed only by Microsoft Windows 2000!
 

TIME Digital  

November 1, 1999 - Adios, Amiga
    Whither the soul of an old machine?
 

Fortune SB  

October 29, 1999 - This PC Won't Die
    The Amiga's manufacturer may have tanked in the mid-1990s,
    but that hasn't dampened the ardor of hard-core loyalists.
    Selected comments:     The Amiga Uproar Continues
      The Amiga as Muse
      What Readers Have to Say

CNET News  

September 17, 1999 - Gateway shelves plans for new Amiga PC
  In another twist in the long saga of the Amiga computer, Gateway--the company's would-be savior--apparently won't be making a new Amiga machine anytime soon.
 

The Register  

September 15, 1999 - Amiga boss charts software-only course
 

The Register  

September 14, 1999 - Phoenix pledges to lift Amiga from ashes
  Some of the best-known names in the Amiga community have banded together to wrest control of the platform's destiny away from its official sponsor, Amiga Inc.
 

Business Week
Online
 

September 10, 1999 - Seems Gateway Isn't the Friend Amiga Fans Thought It Was
 
 

Wired News  

September 3, 1999 - Amiga Boots Two Execs
  Why would the two top Amiga executives suddenly leave the company to "pursue other options?" And does the parent company, Gateway, think anyone will believe that?
 

The Register  

September 2, 1999 - Amiga president bails
 

ZDNet  

September 1, 1999 - Collas out as Amiga president
  Top exec gone after less than eight months at the helm
(See comments by Dave Haynie, one of the original Amiga engineers.)
 

Wired News  

August 25, 1999 - Amiga: The OS that Wouldn't Die
 

PC Week  

August 13, 1999 - Can Amiga recapture its former glory?
 

The Register  

August 12, 1999 - Amiga to develop games consoles, digital music players
 

ZDNet  

August 12, 1999 - Gateway to bring back Amiga
 

Forbes  

August 9, 1999 - 2 Amigos, 1 Amiga
  The mysterious Paul Allen, a Gateway subsidiary and Linus Torvalds figure in an evolving Valley drama.
 

Linux Journal  

August 6, 1999 - Smells Like Transmeta
  Could a legendary computer and a rebellious OS shine a little light on the shadowy Transmeta?
 

ZDNet  

March 15, 1999 - Amiga backers wary of comeback plans
 

Wired News  

May 19, 1998 - Back? The Amiga Never Left
 

CNET News  

May 17, 1998 - Plans for new Amiga emerge
 

OS News  

November 3, 1997 - The Amiga Lives Again
  A brief background on how the Amiga was way ahead of its time, and a few thoughts on the Gateway 2000 purchase.
 

The Accidental
Expert
 

Check out the article on Amiga users by Mitch Stone in The Ventura County Star.  He provides a glimpse into the paradoxical liveliness of the Amiga 'scene' in spite of the last several years.
 

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