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Amiga brand resurrected for performance PC line

The much-loved classic home computer brand is being exhumed again for a line of performance PCs running Commodore OS. They're being produced by Commodore USA, which also makes modern PCs in C64 shells.
Alice O'Connor
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Some brands are never allowed to rest in peace, such as poor old Amiga. The latest exhumation of the fondly-remembered home computer brand is to use the names of vintage Commodore Amiga models for a line of new, retro-looking performance PCs (via CVG). The new Amigas are described as a "reboot and re-imagining" of the classic line-up, made with the mantra of "beautiful, high-performance, home computers for creativity and entertainment." Running the modern-day Commodore OS and with emulation support for classic Amiga software, they'll attempt to recapture that classic Amiga multi-discipline flavour with a mix of games and multimedia creation tools--yes, including hallowed ray tracing software. They'll also be able to boot to Windows, or run Windows programs inside Commodore OS. They're being produced by Commodore USA, which is not the company of old but a new one which has licensed the Commodore and Amiga brands. It's also making a new Commodore 64, or rather a snazzy modern PC in a C64 lookalike shell. The Amiga 1000 is a slimline affair intended to be used for a home theatre PC, while the Amiga 2000 is a whopping great monster with space for seven expansion cards, six hard drives, and heaps of other bells and whistles. Lastly, the Amiga 3000 strikes a balance between form and function in a shapely box with room for four low-profile cards. The hardware specs have yet to be nailed down, with Commodore USA promising more details soon.

The new Amiga 3000

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    June 29, 2011 9:30 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Amiga brand resurrected for performance PC line.

    The much-loved classic home computer brand is being exhumed again for a line of performance PCs running Commodore OS. They're being produced by Commodore USA, which also makes modern PCs in C64 shells.

    • chadg033 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      June 29, 2011 9:39 AM

      Oh yeah...think it'll still run the original Prince of Persia on 5 1/4 floppy?

    • [deleted] 92559685 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      June 29, 2011 9:48 AM

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      • Gwyndion legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        June 29, 2011 5:22 PM

        Yeah, I had a 500 and I really regret selling it. It would have been a cool thing to still have.

    • techx4 legacy 10 years
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      June 29, 2011 9:53 AM

      had both an a500 & a1200 and they were great back then, fun games and community.. but they keep trying to resurrect amiga/commodore and it never seems to work, it still looks interesting though.

    • harold.johnson legacy 10 years
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      June 29, 2011 9:54 AM

      damn, really like that 2000 case

    • TemporalParadox legacy 10 years
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      June 29, 2011 10:06 AM

      Miss my 1000, wish we could have kept it around.

    • Simulacrum legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      June 29, 2011 10:37 AM

      it's time is over, let the Amiga rest in peace with all my fond memories.

    • kaddar0 legacy 10 years
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      June 29, 2011 10:38 AM

      horrible idea right here, but valve should buy the amiga brand and make an debian flavored OS based on gaming :D

      • fw_rams legacy 10 years
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        June 29, 2011 1:04 PM

        yes that's indeed a horrible idea :D

    • jtthe2nd legacy 10 years
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      June 29, 2011 10:41 AM

      Still have my Amiga 500 and 3000. Someday I'll fire them up again and play The Syndicate and It Came from the Desert. Then I'll be frustrated at the load times and exchanging of disks and pack them back up for another decade.

    • baron calamity legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      June 29, 2011 10:59 AM

      I want that case. Sell that case and I'll build a pc around it. Thanks.

      • The_Turbinator legacy 10 years
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        June 29, 2011 11:51 AM

        Same here, that was what I was thinking.
        I want that case, and nothing else.

      • JarEme legacy 10 years
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        June 29, 2011 1:15 PM

        You don't want a PC that needs to use low-profile cards.

      • the archvile legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        June 29, 2011 3:30 PM

        It brings back memories of the "pizza box" workstation form factor made popular by Commodore, Sun, and Silicon Graphics. Hopefully the case build quality will be solid, and not cheesy like most Taiwanese case manufacturers.

    • Jobos legacy 10 years
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      June 29, 2011 12:32 PM

      Vamiga?

    • dantastic legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      June 29, 2011 2:57 PM

      i wonder if theres a market for this

      • Fayk legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        June 29, 2011 4:46 PM

        Doubt it. The real holdouts are still bolting ridiculous hardware onto their Amigas - or on Macs/Windows PCs now and still have some of their Amiga nearby to be looked at wistfully (I'm in the latter group).

    • jonin legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      June 29, 2011 6:20 PM

      they need to just let it die. I loved my Commodored back in the day, but how many times have they tried ressurecting these things?

    • Mecha Tofu Pirate legacy 10 years
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      June 29, 2011 6:30 PM

      I wish that if they were going to use the Amiga name, they were going to do more with it than just making PCs that look like old computers. I mean, it would have been terrible business sense to make a new version of the Amiga OS but at least they would have been doing something related to the Amiga name.

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