The Computer That Was Too Advanced for Its Own Good.

In 1985, a computer shipped with preemptive multitasking, hardware-accelerated graphics, 4,096 colors on screen, and four-channel stereo audio. Windows 95 wouldn't match those features for another decade. It was called the Commodore Amiga. And within a decade, it was completely gone. This is the story of how the best technology doesn't always win, and why that should bother you. Contact: [email protected] Prior Art investigates technology that the world ignored, rejected, or wasn't ready for, and asks why.