Hello everyone, once again have more questions! As some of you already know I'm an Atari fan, including the Amiga (since it's the evolution of 8-bit Ataris). So my bias needs a little pounding from time to time.
My Question: How does the video memory work with these computers? The Atari ST is simple to understand- all of it's memory could be used for whatever similar to the Xbox 360 for example. An Atari 1040ST for example could use it's entire megabyte for sound digitizing, graphics, etc.
The Amiga had Fast Ram and Chip RAM. Am I to understand that only Chip RAM could be used for sound digitizing and video? So for example an Amiga 2000, with 8 megabytes of RAM could only use Chip RAM for sound digitizing and Video page flipping for example? Wasn't the OSC limited 512K then latter 1,024K?
The IIGS: The IIGS had 64K sound RAM and 256K. Was the 256K universal? Could it be used for Sound digitizing for example?
PC cards: CGA, EGA, MCGA, and VGA. Was the video RAM on these cards all that could be used for Video or the PC use the PC RAM for video and audio.
Macintosh (not color MAC): Was it's RAM universal for sound and graphics?
Macintosh II: Was it like the PC for video and audio RAM?
Thanks everyeone. Odds are if you know Amiga, you probably know about the rest of the computers during that time.
