We received a collection of various Amiga programs from Inger Le Gué who donated a lot of computers and amiga related software some time ago. Two posts ago we took a look at Deluxe Paint III which was also from her collection of software that made it´s way here :) 

In 1988 the first Apple Mac emulator, A-Max, was released as an external device for any Amiga. It needed Mac ROMs to function, and could read Mac disks when used with a Mac floppy drive (Amiga floppy drives are unable to read Mac disks.) The version we got here is A-Max II which was released in the early 1990s. A-Max II was contained on a Zorro-compatible card and allowed the user to use actual Mac ROMs to emulate a color Macintosh. In fact, an Amiga 3000 emulating a Mac via A-Max II was significantly faster than the first consumer color Mac, the LC.

Here are the instructions on how to install the Mac ROM chips. Above is the picture of inside of the manual.  

​A-Max is a terrific deal for someone who already has an Amiga and needs Macintosh compatibility. If you need to run Mac software such as Excel or Word to be compatible with your office, this solution is cheaper than buying a Macintosh. If you want to integrate an Amiga into an existing Macintosh network and share printers and files easily, A-Max is a great way to go.

Also here is the Adventure Construction Set (ACS), a computer game creation system written by Stuart Smith that is used to construct tile-based graphical adventure games. ​ACS provides a graphical editor for the construction of maps, placement of creatures and items, and a simple menu-based scripting to control game logic. A constructed game is stored on its own disk which can be copied and shared with friends. For some ports (such as Amiga) the ACS software is still needed to play user-constructed games.

Also in the collection was ZoeTrope The Animation System which allowed for animation creation only then available in very high end production systems.

I have yet to find more research on this program but you if look closely to the bottom right corner you can see the character from the MTV Dire Straits Money for Nothing video :)  

Photon Paint is a Hold-And-Modify (HAM) based bitmap graphics editor for the Amiga, first released in 1987. Photon Paint was the first bitmap graphics editor to incorporate 3D solid modeling and texture mapping as an integral part of the program. 

We will be adding more things we got from Inger Le Gué the next weeks so stay tuned to more to come :) 

Corona Data Systems, later renamed Cordata, was an American personal computer company. It was one of the earliest IBM PC compatible computer system companies. Manufacturing was primarily done by Daewoo of Korea, which became a major investor in the company and ultimately the owner.

Corona Portable PC Model PPC-400, arguably the most notable Corona computer, was introduced in 1984. The PPC-400 was remarkable for its elegant and clear screen fonts. The desktop version was the PC-400. When it is stored in a closet your would almost mistake is for a sewing machine :)

After Daewoo acquired a 70% share in the company, Corona Data Systems was renamed Cordata in 1986 in order to reflect diversification and to try to distance itself from identification as just a "PC clone" manufacturer. I guess today in 2020 they would also rename it, but for different reasons. 

One thing you notice when you start the system is the monitor is very very sharp and text just pops out of it. It has 512K Memory installed and MS-DOS version 3.10. Althou they ended up in court with Microsoft because Corona claimed "Our systems run all software that conforms to IBM PC programming standards. And the most popular software does.". So in early 1984, IBM sued Corona and Eagle Computer for copyright violation of the IBM PC BIOS. Corona settled with IBM by agreeing to cease infringement

This system has a very simple IO or connections, One Parallel port, One Serial port and then just they keyboard plug at the front of the computer.  It also has one HD and one ​5 1⁄4-inch floppy disk drive to the left.

Super quality build and quite stylish in a retro kind a way. I would have on the kitchen table at all times if it was my decision alone to make : )