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Hello, All! Amiga - life goes on - Andy @ 21:03 A long time ago... that's right, in a galaxy far, far away, basically, there was this computer, Commodore Amiga. At the time of its release, it impressed the public with its capabilities in the field of graphics and sound. Then something didn’t work out, right to Amiga was bought and sold by different companies, someone continued it refine (the latest improvements include the use of PowerPC 604 and Permedia 2). And yesterday the president of Amiga described the details of the future computer from this company. This again will not be a very office-oriented computer - Amiga Multimedia Convergence Computer, not too concerned about compatibility with Wintel PC. He will be supplied both assembled and as an ATX motherboard, support DVD, 3D graphics (Open GL), home and broadband networks. Next things are starting to get really exotic - Linux is chosen as the base operating system, and programming language - Java. It is stated that the selection is "very impressive processor" highly optimized for Linux/Java. Moreover, it was said earlier, that it will not be an x86 processor. The first thing that comes to mind: some kind of RISC - from IDT, MIPS, Intel, and many options. And last but not least - non-existent processor from Transmeta, as for some reason Register took it into his head. Best regards, Alexey