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From: holgerl@amiux.UUCP (Holger Lubitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Ideas for Super Paula
Message-ID: <holgerl.0587@amiux.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 91 12:38:29 GMT
References: <1991Mar27.233751.24077@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se>
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In article <1991Mar27.233751.24077@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se> d8sunch@dtek.chalmers.se (Christer Sundin) writes:
>Ideas for a Super Paula:

And here are mine: What about panel control on every single channel ?
Shouldn't be that much more complicated than the current chip design,
and would allow to place the channels anywhere (hmm, register width
limits there, but 255 positions between left and right would be ok, having
a value of 128 for example point to the middle position), instead of the
current two left and two right channels.

Implementing 16-bit-Audio would indeed be fine, and having two channels
of 16-bit at 28 kHz would allow the Amiga to play near CD-quality sound,
but I would also be interested in having more channels at lower sampling
rates. Why not have eight DMA sound channels as an option as well, reducing
sampling rate to say 14 kHz ?

Anyways: If there is an ECS Paula in the works, what I would like more than
anything else is support for higher data transfer rates to the floppy
drives. Say 300k for 5,25"-HD-Drives, 500k for 3,5"-HD-Drives (eliminating
the need to halve the speed), and eventually also whatever these new
ED-Drives need (the ones they build into the NeXT-stations).

Any further suggestions ?

Best regards,
Holger