subject: Amiga Revival Imminent - The X1000 [print this page] Author: Stig Kristoffersen Author: Stig Kristoffersen
Amiga Revival Imminent - The X1000 Innovates with fully customisable processors. The Amiga home computer is set to enjoy an exciting comeback, reports are out that a new iteration of the popular machine is in the works, twenty five years after Commodore launched the A1000.
Known as the AmigaOne X1000, the PowerPC computer will feature a custom motherboard called 'Nemo' and a new innovation for tech-heads fully customisable processors, allowing coders to dedicate resources according to software needs. It will run AmigaOS 4.
Announced by A-eon, the X1000 was shrouded in mystery when a website appeared providing hints to an Amiga revival. Clues were slowly trickled out to tease the inevitable reveal, including a replication of the classic black and red 'Software Failure' screen.
For Amiga fans, this news is like music to the ears. Ever since Commodore filed for bankruptcy in 1994, there has been several failed attempts to pick up the slack as ownership of Commodore's assets were sold to different companies.
The Commodore brand name itself has changed hands several times, with the recent Commodore Gaming company formed to re-release old C64 games on Wii's Virtual Console and launch a brand of gaming PCs. The Amiga operating system now belongs to Belgium Company Hyperion Entertainment following a four-way lawsuit, which concluded last year.
A-eon's approach marks the first step towards reviving the Amiga as its own custom platform, mirroring Commodore's original A1000 series for the first time in twenty five years. The company has high hopes for its customisable 'Xena' chip and 'Xorro' interface.
For custom hardware control from robotics to theatrical lighting, for hobbyist creativity, for hardware hacking and for a multitude of applications we haven't even imagined yet, the X1000 is a dream platform - and therein lies another meaning of 'X', the unknown. It is you, not us, who will define the future. About the Author:
Stig-Arne Kristoffersen has a background as civil engineer and geoscientist. He has worked mainly within the oil and gas industry from the mid 1980s. He has written a few fictional novels as well as being the author of some professional litterature within oil and gas sector, he act as a writer to various web sites.
