ScuzzBlog: Diaries July 2022 Entry 16th July 2022: Post 1: Escom - Whiter than white. Part 3. Escom - Whiter than white. Part 3. The last three days I have been featuring the whiter than white era of the Escom release of computers. The term refers to the whiter longevity of the Escom machines in that they appeared to yellow less. Sadly, as you will see from the following articles, the Escom period for the release of these computers was to say the least most short lived. Escom appear in April 1995 and then by April the following year were already in discussions with Viscorp to sell the Amiga. AF were reporting in June 96 that Escom had sold the Amiga. From my own experience of Escom, the company never seriously intended selling Amigas. What their game plan was is unclear, but other than a handful of A4000 and T models, the Amiga 1200 Magic Pack was their only serious release of the Amiga. It's only contribution to the Amiga line was the 3.1 ROM, a batch of quite beneficial software and a case that didn't go yellow. I guess the Escom era at least did try to give Amiga users hope in the form of fresh hardware. Sadly it was so short lived as to be but a blip on the Amiga timeline. Sadly this has been the pattern of life for the Amiga since Commodore went under. The platform's heart beats every now and then just to prove that whilst still in a technological coma it still exists. Anyhoo... if you have an Escom Magic Pack I would look after it cus in truth it may just be more rare than an actual Commodore Amiga machine. Blink and you may have missed the Escom era so it's worth reflecting on these computers rarity. There is only one thing more rare than the machine itself and that is any reference to an Amiga in an Escom publication of the period. Quite sad. Escom - Whiter than white. Part 3.

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