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.

Third party software

In spite of being sold short, Amiga was originally supported by such prestigious software titles as AutoCAD, WordPerfect, Deluxe Paint, and Lattice C. Video Toaster, one of the first all-in-one graphics and video editing packages, began on the Amiga. The Amiga made 3D raytracing graphics available for the masses with Sculpt 3D (before the Amiga, raytracing was only available for dedicated graphic workstations). Some titles were later ported to Microsoft Windows and continue to thrive there, like the rendering software Maxon Cinema 4D, LightWave, which was originally part of Video Toaster, in addition to Video Toaster itself.

Related Topics:
AutoCAD - WordPerfect - Deluxe Paint - Lattice C - Video Toaster - Raytracing - Sculpt 3D - Microsoft Windows - Cinema 4D - LightWave

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Much shareware and free software was written for the Amiga and could be obtained via the Fred Fish disk series or from the Aminet software archive.

Related Topics:
Fred Fish - Aminet

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