Agnus
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Agnus is the custom chip in early Commodore Amiga computers responsible for managing graphics, memory access, and DMA operations within the system’s chipset.
All labels observed (2)
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amiga chipset component
ⓘ
custom chip ⓘ integrated circuit ⓘ |
| alias |
Address Generator
ⓘ
Address Generator Unit ⓘ Agnus chip ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily |
Original Amiga chipset (OCS)
ⓘ
surface form:
Amiga custom chipset
|
| category |
DMA controller chip
ⓘ
computer graphics hardware ⓘ |
| controls |
Direct Memory Access
ⓘ
blitter operations ⓘ chip RAM access ⓘ copper operations ⓘ |
| coordinates |
access to shared memory by custom chips
ⓘ
audio DMA channels ⓘ blitter DMA channels ⓘ video DMA channels ⓘ |
| designedBy | Commodore Amiga engineering team ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Original Amiga chipset (OCS)
ⓘ
surface form:
Amiga graphics subsystem
|
| enables |
bitplane graphics display
ⓘ
smooth scrolling and display features ⓘ |
| era | 1980s home computers ⓘ |
| generation | early Amiga models ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Agnus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Fat Agnus
Thin Agnus ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68000 CPU
|
| locatedIn | Amiga mainboard ⓘ |
| manages | bus arbitration between CPU and custom chips ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Commodore ⓘ |
| memoryTypeControlled | chip RAM ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amiga
ⓘ
surface form:
Commodore Amiga architecture
OCS ⓘ Original Chip Set ⓘ |
| platform | Amiga ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
DMA operations
ⓘ
graphics control ⓘ memory access control ⓘ |
| role | central memory and DMA controller in Amiga chipset ⓘ |
| technologyDomain | home computer hardware ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Commodore Amiga 1000
ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 2000 ⓘ Commodore Amiga 500 ⓘ early Commodore Amiga computers ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Denise
ⓘ
Paula ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Original Amiga chipset
subject surface form:
Original Amiga chipset
subject surface form:
Original Amiga chipset
this entity surface form:
Fat Agnus