The Acquisition of Amiga From Commodore's Perspective & Custom Chips w/ Dave Haynie and Andy Finkel

Former Commodore engineers Dave Haynie and Andy Finkel talk about the acquisition of Amiga from Commodore's perspective and the Amiga Custom Chips. This talk is moderated by Stephen A. Edwards of Columbia University at Vintage Computer Festival East VCF East 2022 on April 22nd 2022.

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:07 - Andy's Intro
0:02:04 - Andy's Commodore T-Shirts
0:03:41 - Andy's Amiga Acquisition Timeline
0:27:40 - Showing Amiga Around Before Commodore
0:29:00 - Lorraine
0:31:30 - Amiga 1000
0:32:48 - Blitter
0:35:00 - Agnus, Daphne, Portia
0:38:30 - DMA
0:51:17 - Bitplanes
0:53:11 - AA/AAA Chipset
0:57:10 - HAM Mode
0:58:35 - Dual Playfield
01:05:00 - Q&A
01:05:17 - Was there consideration for a NFS network file system extension for Amiga 3000?
01:06:48 - Did Commodore know any details about Trameil acquiring Atari?
01:07:49 - What was the immediate effect on current projects Commodore was working on when they acquired Amiga?
01:09:13 - Why didn’t AutoBoot come out when the Amiga 2000 came out?
01:11:09 - Kickstart ROMs
01:12:53 - Did the popularity of using the Amiga for Desktop Video change the engineering at Commodore?
01:18:57 - How is work progressing on the new Super Buster Chip?
01:21:22 - Any plans to re-create Amiga chips?
01:24:26 - Did any of the other Amiga boards have names like Rock Lobster?
01:25:38 - Is there one thing that stands out in your mind as being a fantastic creation?

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