Re:XOR patent ended CD32, and Commodore-Amiga
by beagle3 on Friday April 15, 2011 @12:37AM
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Amigas of the day ran Mac software much faster than the mac did - they shared processor architecture (68000), so there was no need to translate code, and unlike the macs of the day, it had hardware acceleration for 2D graphics ("blitter") and sound (paula, denise or angus - can't remember which).
The amiga was a technology marvel when it came out - it could do background 14-bit stereo sample playing in 1985 (PC got there around '92), and true useful multitasking with 128K (PC got there around '94, but not with so little memory).
Graphics wise, it was on par with the arcade machines of the era - the PC got there in '93 or so.
Technically, it was superior. And then the business part was miserably run, and the tech side stagnated (that is, was also miserably run).
The amiga was a technology marvel when it came out - it could do background 14-bit stereo sample playing in 1985 (PC got there around '92), and true useful multitasking with 128K (PC got there around '94, but not with so little memory).
Graphics wise, it was on par with the arcade machines of the era - the PC got there in '93 or so.
Technically, it was superior. And then the business part was miserably run, and the tech side stagnated (that is, was also miserably run).