Lost Version of Amiga Unix Suddenly Reappears
A lost version of Amiga Unix, known as AMIX 2.02, has been rediscovered after being missing for years. The version was found on an old Amiga during an auction for the Free Software Foundation's 40th anniversary. The discovery has led to efforts to preserve and explore the contents of the disk, which includes essential software tools.
- ▪Amiga Unix 2.02 was previously considered lost media until its recent discovery.
- ▪The version was found during an auction for the Free Software Foundation's anniversary.
- ▪The hard drive was imaged and preserved to prevent data loss.
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- ▪ I Found the Lost Amiga Unix 2.02 [video] — Youtube
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Lost Version Of Amiga Unix Suddenly Reappears No comments by: Julian Scheffers May 25, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Some of you may know there’s a version of UNIX for the Commodore Amiga, aptly called Amiga Unix or AMIX. There is an almost complete record of versions from 1.0 to 2.03, but 2.02 was lost media–until [Forgotten Computer] found it on an old Amiga. It starts with an auction held for the 40 year anniversary of the Free Software Foundation where, by just one second, the highest bidder was too late. What do you do first with an artifact as valuable as an old FSF computer? You image the hard drive. Then you make several copies, including on different computers–after all, you wouldn’t want to lose the data on it.
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