The definition of AmigaA platform originally created and only produced by
Commodore, but now owned by Gateway 2000 and produced by
it and a few smaller companies. It was historically the
first multimedia machine and
gave the world of computing many innovations. It is now
primarily used for audio / video applications; in fact, a
decent Amiga system is less expensive than a less capable
video editing system. Many music videos were created on
Amigas, and a few television series and movies had their
special effects generated on Amigas. Also, Amigas can be
readily synchronized with video cameras, so typically
when a computer screen appears on television or in a
movie and it is not flickering wildly, it is probably an
Amiga in disguise. Furthermore, many coin-operated arcade
games are really Amigas packaged in stand-up boxes.
Amigas have AmigaOS for their
OS. New Amigas have either a
PowerPC or an
Alpha
for their main processor and a
68xx processor dedicated to
graphics manipulation. Older (and low
end) Amigas do everything with just a 68xx processor.
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