CU_AMiGA wrote:
So, what was it that sadly killed off the Amiga? Personally i think it was largely to do with piracy, but also a mix of Commodore's poor management and the way they produced machine's that haven't been updated? What does anyone else think?!
In my POV, it’s the failure of the 68K market starting from its heart i.e. Motorola. Practically most of the once dominant 68K vendors are a mere shadow of their former selves.
This is highlighted by the failures of the major 68K desktop PC vendors
1. Atari
2. Commodore
3. Apple
4. Spectrum
Secondly, most of 68K based vendors failed to follow the concept of Moore’s law (i.e. doubling of processing performance at least once a year**).
**Intel’s driving ideology…
Staying with the A500/A600/A1000/A1500/A2000 performance (for mass production solution) from 1985 to ~1991 is completely unacceptable in the long term.
The Amiga 500/1500/2000 should have at least 68000 @16Mhz during 1989 (minimal performance improvements but for the purpose of marketing**).
Commodore should also marketed their Amiga models with PR rating relative to the original Amiga 1000. Similar scheme to AMD’s model reference (i.e. PR rating relative to AMD Athlon Thunderbird core @1.4Ghz). Motorola could adapt this tactic for their 68K lines i.e. referencing from 68000.
Has the PowerPC world learn from AMD yet?
