Re:The Chloe 280SE, a New Z80 Microcomputer
by TMWNN on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @10:56AM
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Amiga was founded by Jay Miner and other ex-Atari people, and Atari was going to buy Amiga until Commodore swooped in.
Jack Tramiel, Commodore's ex-CEO, bought Atari. The Atari ST is very much what a Commodore still led by Tramiel would have introduced: The largest statistics for the lowest cost (ST advertisements really emphasized how little one paid for a 512KB or 1MB computer) and a rudimentary DOS. The Amiga very much reflects its Atari 8-bit heritage: Sophisticated coprocessors for everything, and emphasis on high quality components over low cost.
Jack Tramiel, Commodore's ex-CEO, bought Atari. The Atari ST is very much what a Commodore still led by Tramiel would have introduced: The largest statistics for the lowest cost (ST advertisements really emphasized how little one paid for a 512KB or 1MB computer) and a rudimentary DOS. The Amiga very much reflects its Atari 8-bit heritage: Sophisticated coprocessors for everything, and emphasis on high quality components over low cost.