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  1. TO : ALL CODERS IN THE AMIGA DEMO-/GAMESCENE !!!
  2.  
  3.  
  4. New Low- Highend Chipset 
  5. ========================
  6.  
  7. As we heard from serious Commodore developers, there
  8. will be a new Low-end and a High-end chipset.
  9. The High-end chipset will feature totally new customchips.
  10. They will bring 16 Bit Sound and some other new features.
  11. There will be no DSP (Digital Signal Processor) like
  12. the MOTOROLA 68851 in this AMIGA. Instead of it, there
  13. will take a new Commodore own Signal Processor part in this
  14. wonderful machine.
  15. The new chips are not fully compatible to AA Chips. Most of
  16. the new AA Registers like $dff106 and $dff10c will be changed.
  17. That's the reason, why Commodore didn't released a new
  18. A1200 and A4000 Hardware Reference Manual.
  19. The old Registers won't be changed.
  20. Consequence: If Coders use the old (Normal & ECS) registers,
  21. that are documented from Commodore, there are no probs with
  22. the High-end chips. But if they use AA Registers, the new
  23. AMIGA will propably CRASH. 
  24.  
  25. Probably publishing date of this AMIGA: Summer '93 (August).
  26.  
  27. Other facts:- The consumer price of the A4000 will turn under
  28.          $1200 in 1993!
  29.             - Kickstart 4.0 is finished!
  30.       
  31. The truth of this facts is nearly 100 %.
  32.  
  33. Text from SMC of ABYSS
  34. {written on 30.12.92}
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