Amiga Unix

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Commodore-Amiga, Inc. did a full port of AT&T Unix System V Release 4 for the Amiga computer family (in addition to the proprietary AmigaOS shipping with these systems by default), informally known as Amix.

Contrary to the popular belief that Amigas were primarily gaming machines, this port was considered one of the finest Unices of its time by Amiga enthusiasts. The Amiga A3000UX model even got the attention of Sun Microsystems, though ultimately nothing came of it.

With the fall of Commodore International, Amiga Unix vanished into the mists of computer history. While NetBSD and Linux are still available to what is left of the Amiga user base, the commercial and AT&T-licensed Amiga Unix has not been revived.

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