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> "I'm confused by some of the model discussion in the text overlays in this. It mentions the A3000 and A4000 and describes them in ways that don't seem to matc
by ZenoArrow 11y ago
> "I'm confused by some of the model discussion in the text overlays in this. It mentions the A3000 and A4000 and describes them in ways that don't seem to match the actual products."
Knowing about the unreleased A3000+ may help clear up the confusion:
http://www.amigahistory.plus.com/prototypes/a3000plus.html http://www.amigahistory.plus.com/prototypes/a3000plus.html
Regarding the CD32, it was basically an A1200 with a CD drive. I think it had one CD32-only custom chip, I forget what it was called. In any case, it was possible to convert a CD32 into an A1200. The A1200 was a popular machine, I'm sure the CD32 would've lasted a little longer if Commodore didn't close, even if it was just lived on as a living room version of a desktop Amiga rather than as a pure games machine.
As an aside, I believe the first GTA game was originally being developed for the Amiga, but the Amiga version was dropped after Commodore went bust. If the CD32 needed a 'killer app', it may have found it in GTA.
That said, both the CD32 and the A1200 were a couple of years late IMO. I remember reading something from Dave Haynie saying that AGA could've been ready in 1990. If the CD32 was competing with the SNES and MegaDrive instead of the Saturn and PlayStation, I suspect it would've been a lot more successful.
EDIT: My memory may have mangled this Haynie quote (different chipset, different year:
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/acutiator.html http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/acutiator.html
I messed up on the quote, but considering OCS was released in 1985, 1990 for AGA doesn't seem too much of a stretch.
- EvanAnderson 11y agoThe CD32-specific custom chip is Akiko (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_custom_chips#Akiko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_custom_chips#Akiko), which did chunky-to-planar conversion in hardware.
- ZenoArrow 11y agoYeah, Akiko, that's the one.