Talk:Amiga 1200

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Quote from article: "The A1200 also offered improved audio abilities which allowed for higher sampling rate for sound playback."

The A1200 uses the standard 8364 Paula chip from the original chipset. How exactly in technical terms does it offer higher sampling rates in the A1200?

Audio hardware functionality is closely related to video hardware timing, and as a result it is possible to double the maximum sampling rate on ECS/AGA machines by choosing a suitable video mode. - From Original_Amiga_chipset#Audio_features_in_general --Anss123 13:17, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Then I think perhaps the wording and tech specs should be modified to point this out, or maybe link to the relevant info? Just to avoid any confusion.
Probably, yes, agreed. Someone? Anyone? Hey! Don't look at me that way!--Anss123 10:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

"The Amiga's custom chips cost more to produce than the commodity chips utilized in PCs, making the A1200 more expensive, relative to PCs, than earlier Amiga models"... I disagree with this - like for like spec PCs cost far more than £399 (in the UK at least) they were more like £700 from memory... true this became the case eventually - but it was the R&D which was expensive not the manfacture (AAA and Hombre never made it to production for example). Just my 2p. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.37.26 (talk) 21:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps. I do not recall what source I used when I wrote that (think it was Dave Haynie), but perhaps I meant to say that it was more expensive relative to the PCs contra the A600. IOW, the PC got faster/cheaper while the Amiga didn't. Also, keep in mind that you needed a monitor and perhaps a hard drive to make that £399 A1200 "usable". A cheap PC generally had that included.--Anss123 (talk) 22:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)