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Re: What makes a real Amiga ?
« on: June 02, 2010, 07:20:22 AM »
Quote from: Amiga_Nut;562518
I presume you mean no clone Amigas?

1. Commodore didn't licence the chipset.
2. Reverse engineering Agnus/Denise/Paula was not cost effective.

Only simple machines have pirated clones usually, like the Hong Kong Apple II machines costing 2/3 to 1/2 the price of the real thing.

PC being cloned never helped IBM's fortunes, Microsoft were the only winners in that situation with DOS/Windows.

Draco System made a clone. They didn't have the AGA/ECS-chipset, but atleast the Kickstart iirc. And then we have the Access amiga clone (an Amiga 1200 in a 5 1/4 form factor). Perhaps a Escom license though. Perhaps not true clones... but still.

edit: Macrosystem didn't have a license I see now. It's an interesting clone computer still.
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