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by vardump 1254 days ago
Jay Miner wanted to have memory protection? That's... both crazy and amazing. Of course, sadly it wasn't feasible.
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The original idea for the Amiga was to be a UNIX like media workstation, similar to what NeXTSTEP came to be, which they had to pivot given the constraints and politics it was born on,

https://lowendmac.com/2016/the-amiga-story-conceived-at-atar...

You will also find many background histories around these gathering videos,

https://www.youtube.com/@TheGuruMeditation/featured