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Commodore Amiga 3000UX
Amiga 3000
TypePersonal computer
Release date1990
Discontinued1992
Operating systemAmiga UNIX System V Release 4
CPUMotorola 68030 @ 16/25MHz
Memory2MB

The Amiga 3000UX is a model of the Amiga computer family that was released with Amiga Unix installed instead of AmigaOS, a full port of AT&T Unix System V Release 4. The system was otherwise equivalent to the standard A3000. At one point, Sun Microsystems approached Commodore-Amiga Inc. with the offer to produce the A3000UX under license, as a low- to mid-range alternative to the high-end Sun workstations.

That this offer was declined was one of the many "strange" management decisions that led to the popular belief that Amiga would have been a real success story but for the Commodore management.

It is possible that Commodore (or a third party) repurposed A3000UX machines for standard AmigaOS as some standard A3000 models have been found with labeling suggesting they were originally to be sold as A3000UX machines.

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