Great Valley Products (GVP) was one of the most prolific and high-quality 3rd-party hardware suppliers for Amiga computers. Founded in 1988 in Pennsylvania, GVP was mostly known for their accelerators and SCSI controllers. GVP folded eight years later, two years after Commodore's demise, in 1996.
Some of their innovative and popular hardware solutions included:
Gerard Bucas was the CEO and founder of GVP. Previously he was VP of Engineering for Commodore from 1984-1988. Bucas has shared a Sales Analysis prepared by GVP in 1992, when the company's sales hit their peak. In it are some very interesting data points.
Some highlights:
As we can see, the United States was a vital and enormous market for GVP's business contributing to over half of their sales. Canadian and European customers made up most of the rest.
The entire Sales Analysis 1-pager can be found on Archive.org. Bucas would later go on to run Scala for over 17 years.
Some of their innovative and popular hardware solutions included:
- IMPACT Series II A500-HD8+ for the A500
- A530 sidecar for the A500
- G-Force 030 Combo card for the A2000
- A1230 Turbo+ aka "Jaws" for the A1200
Gerard Bucas was the CEO and founder of GVP. Previously he was VP of Engineering for Commodore from 1984-1988. Bucas has shared a Sales Analysis prepared by GVP in 1992, when the company's sales hit their peak. In it are some very interesting data points.
Some highlights:
The entire Sales Analysis 1-pager can be found on Archive.org. Bucas would later go on to run Scala for over 17 years.
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