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| Jun 20, 2017 at 22:07 | comment | added | user180940 | Though now I realize that 32KB is not enough to hold a full 6 bitplane low res screen. 320 x 200 x 6 / 8 requires 48KB. So maybe the 32KB later became 64KB, or maybe there originally was a super-low-res mode with 280ns pixels for showing HAM pics in 32KB ? Or was the part of the cartdrige ROM address map meant to be addressable by Agnus in the original games machine design? | |
| Jun 19, 2017 at 7:41 | comment | added | Holger | @user180940: well, it’s not contradicting. The original 32kB, however, is an interesting additional fact. I always wondered about the original price target, as the first Amiga’s release price was so far away from a home computer… | |
| Jun 18, 2017 at 21:18 | comment | added | user180940 | Guess that I must accept this as a the correct answer, coming from one of the original Hi-Toro designers :) | |
| Jun 18, 2017 at 21:13 | vote | accept | user180940 | ||
| Jun 18, 2017 at 16:12 | history | edited | hotpaw2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2017 at 16:07 | history | answered | hotpaw2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |