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July 23 1985, Commodore introduced its Amiga 1000: 10 years ahead of its time
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The Amiga 1000, released by Commodore in 1985, is remembered for its advanced custom chipset and preemptive multitasking capabilities. It is widely considered a revolutionary machine that brought 1990s-era computing features to the mid-1980s market.
On July 23, 1985, Commodore introduced its Amiga 1000 computer. And let’s just say the world wasn’t ready for it yet. Dave Haynie, a Commodore engineer who worked on the later models, has said there was no such thing as a 1980s computer. There were 1970s computers and 1990s computers, and it was the Amiga that dragged the rest of the industry into the 1990s.
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