So, riddle me this. What is so 'custom' about the 'custom' chipsets. It seems to me that they were more 'proprietary' than anything else. It seems that the only reason that they were called 'custom' was because the were not general purpose cpus, but chips designed around their task.
If that is the reason for them being called 'custom', then every PC in my house has 'custom' chipsets made by nVidia, Intel, or AMD.
The "custom chips" worked as co processors. The sound and graphics chips worked independently of the CPU. It allowed the Amiga to do things with 7 and 14 mhz CPU's that could not be done as well on CPU's that ran at much higher clock speeds on other platforms. The chips were analogous to modern GPU's, but in 1985. Coupled with an OS that had a tiny footprint, but pre-emptive multi-tasking from day one, this resulted in a unique feel of being in control of the machine and doing what you wanted it to when you wanted it to.
Amiga is not just the chips or just the OS or just the software: its the way the whole package of chips, OS and software gelled together to create a unique and superior user experience.
I have an XP machine, a Vista machine, a Win7 machine and an Ubuntu machine and none of them can recreate that feel.
