Amiga Walker Prototype
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Prototype computer, 1996, Amiga Technologies. The Amiga Walker is the prototype of the successor of the Amiga 1200 shown by Amiga Technologies (Escom) at CeBIT in March 1996: a 68EC030 at 40 MHz, AGA graphics, a built-in CD-ROM drive and a distinctive dark case that earned it the "vacuum cleaner" nickname. Escom went bankrupt a few months later and only two or three prototypes were made. Esocop preserves the only working Amiga Walker prototype in the world, supplied directly by Petro Tyschtschenko, the last managing director of Amiga Technologies. In the prototype the custom chip set is emulated in an FPGA, which makes it noticeably slower than the final version with ASIC chips would have been.
| Years | 1995 to 1996 (prototype only) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Amiga Technologies GmbH (Escom AG), Germany |
| Processor | Motorola 68EC030 at 40 MHz |
| RAM | 1 MB chip RAM plus 4 MB fast RAM, expandable to 128 MB |
| ROM | Kickstart 3.2 (prototype) |
| Graphics | Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA), 256 colours from 16.8 million |
| Sound | Paula, 4 channels of 8 bit PCM in stereo |
| Built-in storage | 3.5" floppy disk drive, IDE hard disk, quad-speed CD-ROM drive |
| Ports | 2 mouse/joystick, serial, parallel, external floppy, RGB video, composite video, PC keyboard, Zorro/PCI expansion planned in a tower module |
| Operating system | AmigaOS 3.2 (prototype) |
| Case | dark grey, rounded, by Amiga Technologies |
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