Amiga

In computing, Amiga is a range of home/personal computers primarily using the Motorola 68000 processor family, whose development started in 1982, initially as a game machine. The original Amiga hardware was designed by Jay Miner; his machine was ahead of its time when it appeared in 1985, having a custom chipset with advanced graphics and sound features and a sophisticated multitasking operating system, now known as AmigaOS. The Amiga eventually became popular among computer enthusiasts, especially in Europe, as they upgraded from 8-bit computers such as the Commodore 64. It also found a business role in video production.

References

• John J. Anderson, "Amiga Lorraine: finally, the 'next generation Atari'?" Creative Computing, April 1984 http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n4/150_Amiga_Lorraine_finally_.php
• Haynie, Dave. "The Amiga A3000+ System Specification". 1991 DevCon Release. July 17, 1991. http://haynie.amigaworld.de/research/a3000p/docs/a3000p.pdf