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* 24 bit pallette.
* Up to 256 colors onscreen with-
out any software tricks.
* 262,208 color HAM8 mode.
* 2Mb chip ram on board.
* Workbench 3.
* Numeric keypad.
* Retailing at #399 sterling.
dArc's opinion on the A1200n
The sound chip is the same spec as
The A1200 has just been released by older machines, but sound will be
Commodore, and I personally am very improved due to the 2Mb chipram as
excited. This is one of the biggest standard.
developments in the Amiga since it
was first brought out. The new This machine is set to be the new
features are: higher level games machine, which
will hopefully secure the Amiga's
* 14.19 Mhz 68020 Processor. gaming future. The Amiga's hardware
has recently been appearing will probably be around 60 per cent
slightly out of date as arcades and downwardly compatible.
consoles have become more and more
sophisticated. This new spec, how- Commodore have worked with developers
ever, puts the Amiga in line with the from the start, who gave Commodore a
Super NES. list of proposed enhancements, and
will now be willing to develop for
(Hmm....maybe closer to the SNES, but these new features.
there is a big difference in terms
of colours and sprites,also the speed (No,two important features had to be
aspect of the SNES is slightly better left out because Commodore wanted to
than the games for the A1200....PLRS) keep the price of the machine down,
these proposals were:
There is a lot of promised software - 32 Bit Soundchip
support, and there are supposed to be -High Density Internal Disk Drive.
15 to 20 enhanced titles out by A bit shit,but it's cheap! - PLRS)
Christmas. These games include: Zool,
Lethal Weapon, Cool World, WWF2, It remains unclear as to whether
Civilization, Silly Putty and Wing A1200 games will be sold as
Commander as well as an updated seperate packages to A600/500
version of Dpaint IV. This could help versions.
ensure the success of the A1200, as
many a new computer has failed due to I think that these enhancements
lack of software support. The machine are excellent and will ensure the
Amiga's future into the 90's. It cost around #175,so if you had a hard
will also help the demo scene. drive, you might even make a profit
Imagine: 24 bit slideshows, 32 bit on the upgrade! To get the equivalent
vectors, faster fractals, plasma upgrades by adding extra hardware
effects using the new copper and would cost over £700 ( if you bought
blitter, and loads of other shit HAM-E, a 2mb chip ram board and a
that you can't even do on an A500. Granite Bay A5000.)
It will put the Amiga way ahead of Ocean claim that from now on all
the consoles. (Shit!!!! Contain your their games will be tested on all
optimism Arc!! - Polaris) processors, and will be hard drive
installable. This will mean, that
The price is also cool too - #450 apart from being easier to crack,
in Ireland,cheaper than the A500 used most games will be more compatible
to cost. If you wanted to upgrade, it with the machine. This is because
would only cost around #50, providing disk protection systems cause a lot
your computer was in fairly good of incompatibility problems. The
condition. But what about the HD dongle protection will probably
owning community? Well, the A1200 become more common. As soon as
supports an IDE internal hard drive, there is some reasonable support
which is cheaper and smaller than a for the A1200, I'm selling my A500
normal SCSI drive. The fact that the and GVP drive.
1200 has an on-board controller means
that a 50 meg hard drive would only - Yeah, I'm going to get one of the
little cuties myself very soon, but
I don't know about making a profit,
who wants to buy an obselete machine?
Anyway,let's hope lots of Amiga users
upgrade to this system, then we can
leave all the lame restrictions aside
and have a better scene. Polaris -