realstar wrote:
One important thing to consider is that
Commodore was moving towards an HP risc
solution using a new *nix based OS for
the Amiga line AFAIK. Things would be
very different now if that had happend.
They didn't really see any value in the OS or
how it functioned and just wanted to make the
next "console" computer like the C64->Amiga->?
in my opinion.
Commodore went from the C64 to the Amiga
without any thought as to what the users
might think of it and same would have
happend to the Amiga although the name would
have most likely been retained. Much of the
development of Amiga is now in community led
efforts that would never have been possible in
the old Commodore days...
Yup, you've hit the nail on the head.
Commodore were not interested in the Amiga, it was simply their next product... it would have been cast aside just like the C64 was, as soon as the next gen machine was ready.
Oddly this makes perfect sense, but has one fatal flaw, the Next gen machine would have been too much like the Amiga for it to replace the Amiga...
From the C64 to the Amiga is a massive jump in the way computers work... the next gen machine would have just been faster, and a bit better.