Paula

E230344

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 24
Paula chip 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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 ⓘ
CDTV → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
OCS → mainComponent → Paula ⓘ
ECS → component → Paula ⓘ
Amiga CD32 → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
Amiga 500 Plus → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 1200 → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
subject linked to: A1200
Amiga 600 → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
subject linked to: A600
Enhanced Chip Set → component → Paula ⓘ
subject linked to: Enhanced Chip Set (ECS)