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- --AMIGADOS GUIDE V2.6--
- CUSTOM CHIPSET
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- DESCRIPTION:
- As well as the CPU, the Amiga has Custom Chips (designed specifically
- for the Amiga) which look after the graphics and sound.
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- They are an integral part of the Amigas design which combined with the
- Operating System make the Amiga what it is.
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- These chips all have names which are listed below:
- -Agnus -Gary
- -Alice -Buster
- -Paula
- -Denise
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- NOTES:
- Their were 3 major revisions to the Amigas Chipset:
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- OCS (Original Chipset)
- Was the first Chipset as used by the A500, A1000 and A2000 Amigas.
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- ECS (Enhanced Chipset)
- A few Enhancements made including new screenmodes and more Chipram.
- Used by the A500+, A600 and A3000 Amigas.
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- AGA (Advanced Graphics Architecture)
- A major update, many changes made including 32Bit data handling,
- improved graphics, more Chipram, improved sprite scaling and rotation
- capabilities.
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