Hello from Bromley, UK

[MacDeath]

although we're CPC-nuts we enjoy talking about other machines too, so feel free...

Of course, we love to talk about PCW, Amstrad PCs and NC200... Amstrad built Speccys as well but only to badmouth about them of course.

The rest ? what rest ?

[Gryzor]

Thanks Gryzor. I really like this Forum very friendly and loads of useful info here

Ah yes, that's us, friendly and fun and helpful

[roy bates]

Oh hello Roy fancy seeing you here lol

quite new myself,but here every day:)

[manic23]

quite new myself,but here every day:)

You are the same Roy Bates from AmiBay right?

[Bryce]

Yes, he's the same Roy. There's quite a few CPCWiki users over on Amibay too.

Bryce.

[manic23]

Yes, he's the same Roy. There's quite a few CPCWiki users over on Amibay too.

Bryce.

All one big happy family lol 

[CraigsBar]

All one big happy family lol 

Hopefully


Which reminds me.... The BBQ invite for the First weekend in August will be made again soon. 3 months notice this year so no 'not enough notice' excuses LOL. Too expensive airfare excuses are still accepted. Will start a new thread when the brewing for the bar starts.


CraigsBar

[roy bates]

All one big happy family lol 

i hope so bud:)

[CPC_Fan]

I'm a bit late to the party, but hello and welcome manic23.

[manic23]

Thank you CPC_Fan


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[Munchausen]

Heh. I have the A1200 which while technically a 32-bit I still class as 16-bit era as most of the software is A500.

And yeah the 464 is lovely.  Had mine for about 31 years now and still works beautifully.

Technically the A500 is 32 bit as well, just with 16 bit performance! 

Welcome manic23

[manic23]

Thanks Munchausen

[TFM]

Technically the A500 is 32 bit as well, just with 16 bit performance! 

Welcome manic23

So is there an Amiga using a 32 bit data bus for periphery?

[manic23]

I am not sure about that TFM I am not really that technical I just enjoy using these old systems I never really worry that much about what's under the hood. I'm sure someone here will know though


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[roy bates]

the 500 is 16 bit.

[MaV]

Welcome manic23!

So is there an Amiga using a 32 bit data bus for periphery?

The Amiga 1200 has a 32-bit data bus and the peripherals (if you meant those on board) are 32-bit as well. It's just that the 68ec020 has a 24-bit address bus, so only 16mb can be addressed. 16mb at the time was too expensive anyway, so that limit didn't have much of an impact. Later turbo cards feature better processors that can handle the full 32-bit address range.

Amiga 1200 – Wikipedia

[Bryce]

This is one of those things that gets people very confused. The 68000 that the Amiga 500 is built on is a 32bit CPU (ie: instructions are 32bits long), but it has a 16bit databus and a 24bit address bus.
The Amiga A1200 used the 68EC020 which is also a 32bit CPU and 24bit address bus, but the databus was increased to 32bit.

Bryce.

[Munchausen]

This is one of those things that gets people very confused. The 68000 that the Amiga 500 is built on is a 32bit CPU (ie: instructions are 32bits long), but it has a 16bit databus and a 24bit address bus.
The Amiga A1200 used the 68EC020 which is also a 32bit CPU and 24bit address bus, but the databus was increased to 32bit.

Bryce.

Exactly.

@TFM - the later A2000 (some models), A3000 and A4000 were 32/32/32.

[TFM]

Ok, thanks to all of you for the excursion into another world. 

[manic23]

Wow who would thought that a simple introduction email on a CPC forum would trigger a debate on if the Amiga was 16 or 32 bit lol you can never predict what direction a thread will take.

[MaV]

Hehe, if you are comfortable with this then you are at the right place, because these things happen here all the time.

[manic23]

Oh yea totally comfortable it's great to have these discussions just didn't expect it

[Bryce]

What? Someone new joined? I must have missed that bit of the thread.

Bryce.

Welcome too.

[CraigsBar]

Oh yea totally comfortable it's great to have these discussions just didn't expect it

I think intro to Amiga bit count via allders in the early 90's is a bit off the wall even for us! But why I love this place.

[manic23]

lol, thanks guys, very nice friendly place to be, I'm glad I joined. also I got my brand new old stock GX4000 today so happy days!