AmigaOS 4 Concept Developer System

It was 1998 and Amiga Inc. were ready to introduce the Amiga community to their next generation system. To provide a steady stream of information they released a concept image of the AmigaNG developer system (above) and images of the proposed AmigaOS 4 GUI. This was to be followed by an official announcement of a strategic partnership at the World of Amiga show. Thousands of desperate Amiga users flocked to the London show, but Amiga Inc. had suddenly took a vow of silence.

A few days later a rumour was spread that Amiga Inc. had intended to announce a partnership with Be to use the BeOS kernel. It suggested a disagreement between the two companies resulted in the complete break down of negotiations and the announcement was called off at the last minute.

A year and a half later, the patents filed by Amiga Development, LLC during 1998 were granted. They referred to the Pentium Pro and 'shadow processors', creating speculation that the company would have created a desktop SMP system. The screenshots also suggest that Amiga Inc. were readying the Amiga for the convergence market, providing access to a range of Interactive TV features.

Unfortunately, Amiga Inc. never explained the purpose of the concept machine. It could have represented a consumer Amiga model or the  Developer "bridge" system that was announced later. A few months later Amiga Inc. would form another alliance, this time with QSSL, and the AmigaOS 4 concept developer system would never be mentioned again.

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