In December of 1984, I had my first look at an Amiga prototype at the company’s headquar- ters in Los Gatos, CA. Although the Amiga was still unfinished, I was given a démonstration of iis sound and graphies capabilities. I was overwhelmed. When I learned what features werc y et to corne for business users and what this nevv machine would retail for, I was convinced it would be the most advanced microcomputer to corne on the market in 1985 and 1986. The developers at Amiga had been working on this new micro for more than two years before I saw the prototype. They had been propelled by a vision that a supermicro could be buiît and delivered in high volume at an unprecedented low price. They wanted to create a supermicro that would fully exploit the capabilities of Motorola's 68000 microprocessor and stim* ulate the consumer market- place. The Amiga was designed to create new markets and reach new consumers. For me, the Amiga vision became a compelling urge to bring to market a dedicatecl publication that would feature this astounding computer. Im* mediately, a small team of us began to conceive a new magazine to cover the Amiga. We were ail of one mind: Because the Amiga is a unique machine, it needs an equally unique magazine. AmigaWorld lives up to that billing. Software developers, ton, were impressed with the new Amiga. They saw the opportu- nity to develop on the Amiga the most advanced and exciting software imaginable. Sonie of their products are now available and many are yet to corne, but their enthusiasm is typical of that found at Amiga headquar- ters, Commodore and here at CW Peterborough. The new Amiga will become a necessity in a variety of markets. It will be a powerhouse for run- ing business applications due to its incredible speed, easilv expandable memory and multi- tasking capability. As a créâtiv- ity and produciivitv tool, the Amiga is unsurpassed and will be frequently used in performing spreadsheet, database, graphies and word processing applications. The development of integrated and ‘‘expert” software prograins will reach new horizons with the Amiga. The Amiga*s range of capabilities is so broad that it will bcconte a critical addition to spécial ized professions, such as architecture, advertising, CAD (computer-aided design), marketing, film and video, music and many more. Both the professional and home user will find il easy to create software that takes fni 1 advantage of Amiga's amazing speed, graphies, animation and sound. When voit add this to the multi-tasking DOS and user interface with overlapping Windows, the variable color and screen résolutions, icons and pop-down menus, you bave a computer with programming capabilities unltke anv other.