Because they were.
The Amiga is a family of personal computers. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer. It became popular for its graphical, audio, and mulch-tasking abilities.
Jay Miner Commodore Computers
Marc B. Sugiyama has written: 'Learning C' -- subject(s): Amiga (Computer), Atari ST computers, C (Computer program language), Programming
Rhett Anderson has written: 'Mapping the Amiga' -- subject(s): Amiga (Computer), Programming
PC and Macnitosh but never Amiga
An Amigan is an informal term for a user of the Commodore Amiga computer.
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Jeffrey Stanton has written: 'Mastering AmigaDOS' -- subject(s): Amiga (Computer), AmigaDOS, Programming 'Apple graphics & arcade game design' -- subject(s): Apple computer, Computer drawing, Computer games, Programming 'The Complete Commodore and Amiga Sourcebook'
WITHOUT PROPER PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. HERE IS MY BEST GUESS. Amigo means a friend.
Stefan Dittrich has written: 'Visual Basic Now!' 'Amiga machine language' -- subject(s): Amiga (Computer), Assembler language (Computer program language), Motorola 68000 (Microprocessor), Programming
The BIOS found in IBM-compatible personal computersThe (U)EFI-compliant firmware used on Itanium systems, Intel-based computers from Apple, and many Intel desktop computer motherboardsOpen Firmware, used in SPARC-based computers from Sun Microsystemsand Oracle Corporation, PowerPC-based computers from Apple, and computers from GenesiARCS, used in computers from Silicon GraphicsKickstart, used in the Amiga line of computers (POST, hardware init + Plug and Playauto-configurationof peripherals, kernel, etc.)RTAS (Run-Time Abstraction Services), used in computers from IBMThe Common Firmware Environment (CFE)
PCI ExpressAGPPCIISAMCAVLBCardBus/PC card/PCMCIA (for notebook computers)ExpressCardCompactFlash (for handheld computers)SBus (1990s SPARC-based Sun computers)Zorro (Commodore Amiga)NuBus (Apple Macintosh)