The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Amiga platform never died

Re:The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Am... by kenjackson on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @06:24PM (#14413935)

Has there been a device like the Amiga since it came out? A device that was so far ahead of the competition, yet completely overwhelmed by that competition into obsolescence?

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Re:The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Am... by ZenoArrow on Thursday May 25, 2017 @03:08AM (#14415792)

I'm an Amiga fan, but the X68000 was released 2 years after the A1000 and was definitely a step up in power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X68000

For comparison, here's the Amiga port of Super Street Fighter 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMNTcG4OvqE

Here's the X68000 version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYmQCbBpLTc

To be fair to the Amiga, there are fighting games with better graphics than the SSF2 port, but I'd say sacrifices were probably made to improve the gameplay speed.

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Re:The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Am... by kenjackson on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @02:28PM (#14447334)

I can't believe I never heard of this computer. Very interesting though.

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Re:The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Am... by spc476 on Thursday May 25, 2017 @01:17AM (#14415426)

The SGI computers come to mind. Completely blew everything out of the water through the mid 90s, then couldn't compete once high end graphic cards were available for the PC.

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Re:The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Am... by qubex on Thursday May 25, 2017 @05:19AM (#14416178)

The BeBox running BeOS in the mid-1990s.

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Re:The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Am... by mhd on Thursday May 25, 2017 @03:12AM (#14415803)

Every Unix workstation. The Acorn Archimedes. The PC Engine. The Newton.

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Re:The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Am... by GoatHerderson on Thursday May 25, 2017 @01:05AM (#14415384)

Perhaps the Atari ST for MIDI devices.

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Re:The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Am... by loop22 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @10:31PM (#14414935)

The original iPhone?

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Re:The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Am... by pjmlp on Thursday May 25, 2017 @02:24AM (#14415634)

Only for those that never had a Nokia 7710 on their hand.

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