Paula

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Paula is the custom audio and I/O coprocessor used in Commodore Amiga computers, responsible for sound generation and handling certain input/output functions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Paula canonical 15
Paula chip 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf I/O coprocessor
audio coprocessor
custom chip
architecture custom LSI chip
audioChannelsConfiguration 2 stereo pairs
audioChannelsType PCM
designedFor Commodore Amiga computers
linked to: Amiga
family Amiga custom chips
handles audio channel data pointers
audio channel period control
audio channel volume control
hasNumberOfAudioChannels 4
introducedWith original Amiga 1000
manufacturer Commodore
namedAfter female given name Paula
partOf Amiga Original Chip Set
provides disk DMA channels
interrupt request lines
serial data receive
serial data transmit
responsibleFor audio DMA
audio playback
disk I/O
floppy disk controller functions
interrupt control
joystick input handling
mouse input handling
serial port I/O
sound generation
successorFunctionallyReplacedBy Paula-compatible audio in later Amiga-derived systems
supports 8-bit audio samples
DMA-based audio playback
variable sample rates
usedFor game sound effects on Amiga
mod tracker playback
music playback on Amiga
usedIn Amiga 1000
Amiga 2000
Amiga 3000
Amiga 4000
Amiga 500
linked to: Commodore Amiga 500
worksWith Agnus
Denise

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Original Amiga chipset mainComponent Paula
subject linked to: Original Amiga chipset (OCS)
Original Amiga chipset audioController Paula
subject linked to: Original Amiga chipset (OCS)
AGA chipsetComponent Paula
Advanced Graphics Architecture component Paula chip
linked to: Paula
AGA chipset generation component Paula chip
linked to: Paula
A500 soundChip Paula