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40 Years of the Amiga


In July 1985, 40 years ago, the Commodore Amiga was officially introduced to the world.

Kaplan wanted to start his own company (eventually called Hi-Toro) to create a video game system and he thought Miner would be a great person to lead the hardware design. The Amiga announcement event was quite a spectacle and was held at the Lincoln Center in New York City with celebrities such as Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol helping to promote the new computer. To me, the Atari ST felt like a more practical computer with its lower cost, simpler design and good selection of application software and games.

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