<s>
Amiga	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
(	O
informally	O
known	O
as	O
Amix	B-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
full	O
port	O
of	O
AT&T	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
System	B-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
Release	O
4	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Commodore-Amiga	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1990	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
family	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
which	O
shipped	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
2500UX	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
3000UX	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
's	O
Unix	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
ports	O
of	O
SVR4	O
to	O
the	O
68k	B-Device
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
A3000UX	B-Device
model	O
even	O
got	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
though	O
ultimately	O
nothing	O
came	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Apple	O
's	O
A/UX	B-Operating_System
compatibility	O
layer	O
for	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
applications	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
contains	O
no	O
compatibility	O
layer	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
few	O
native	O
applications	O
available	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
significant	O
multimedia	O
capabilities	O
,	O
it	O
failed	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
niche	O
in	O
the	O
competitive	O
Unix	B-Device
workstation	I-Device
market	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A3000UX	B-Device
's	O
price	O
of	O
was	O
also	O
not	O
very	O
attractive	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
Unix	B-Device
workstations	I-Device
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
NeXTstation	B-Device
( $	O
5,000	O
for	O
a	O
base	O
system	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
full	O
API	O
and	O
many	O
times	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
applications	O
available	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
SGI	B-Device
Indigo	I-Device
(	O
starting	O
at	O
$	O
8,000	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
Personal	O
DECstation	O
5000	O
Model	O
25	O
(	O
starting	O
at	O
$	O
5,000	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A3000UX	B-Device
's	O
68030	B-Device
was	O
noticeably	O
underpowered	O
compared	O
to	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
RISC-based	O
competitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
typical	O
commercial	O
Unix	B-Application
distributions	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
included	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
vendor-specific	O
enhancements	O
and	O
platform-dependent	O
device	O
drivers	O
(	O
essentially	O
any	O
part	O
that	O
was	O
n't	O
owned	O
by	O
ATT	O
)	O
,	O
allowing	O
interested	O
users	O
to	O
study	O
or	O
enhance	O
those	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
this	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
subject	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
license	O
terms	O
as	O
the	O
binary	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
also	O
incorporated	O
and	O
depended	O
upon	O
many	O
open	O
source	O
components	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
C	I-Application
Compiler	I-Application
and	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
included	O
their	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
other	O
proprietary	B-Application
Unix	B-Application
variants	O
with	O
small	O
market	O
shares	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
vanished	O
into	O
the	O
mists	O
of	O
computer	O
history	O
when	O
its	O
vendor	O
,	O
Commodore	O
,	O
went	O
out	O
of	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
such	O
as	O
Minix	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
are	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
.	O
</s>
