OCS

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OCS (Original Chip Set) is the first-generation custom graphics and sound chipset used in early Commodore Amiga computers, providing advanced multimedia capabilities for its time.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
OCS canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amiga custom chipset ⓘ
audio and I/O chip ⓘ
computer chipset ⓘ
custom chip ⓘ
graphics and sound chipset ⓘ
architecture shared memory architecture with CPU ⓘ
audioBitDepth 8-bit PCM ⓘ
audioChannels 4 ⓘ
audioSampleRate up to ~28 kHz per channel ⓘ
colorPaletteSize 4096 colors (12-bit RGB) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designedForCPU Motorola 68000 ⓘ
developer Commodore International ⓘ
firstUsedIn Amiga 1000 ⓘ
fullName Original Chip Set ⓘ
generation first-generation Amiga chipset ⓘ
graphicsType bitplane graphics ⓘ
handles audio channels ⓘ
bitplane graphics ⓘ
blitter operations ⓘ
copper co-processor ⓘ
floppy disk controller ⓘ
interrupts ⓘ
playfield scrolling ⓘ
serial port ⓘ
sprites ⓘ
introductionPeriod mid-1980s ⓘ
mainComponent Agnus ⓘ
Denise ⓘ
Paula ⓘ
marketSegment home computer ⓘ
multimedia computer ⓘ
maxOnScreenColors 32 colors in standard modes ⓘ
64 colors in Extra Half-Brite mode ⓘ
maxResolution 640x400 interlaced (NTSC) ⓘ
640x512 interlaced (PAL) ⓘ
notableFor advanced multimedia capabilities for its time ⓘ
platform Amiga ⓘ
role DMA controller ⓘ
memory controller ⓘ
successor AGA ⓘ
ECS ⓘ
supportsFeature 4-channel PCM audio ⓘ
DMA-based graphics ⓘ
blitter ⓘ
copper co-processor ⓘ
hardware sprites ⓘ
usedIn Amiga 1000 ⓘ
Amiga 2000 ⓘ
Amiga 500 ⓘ
linked to: Commodore Amiga 500

Amiga CDTV ⓘ
Commodore Amiga computers ⓘ
linked to: Amiga

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Amiga → graphicsChipset → OCS ⓘ
Original Amiga chipset → alsoKnownAs → OCS ⓘ
subject linked to: Original Amiga chipset (OCS)
Agnus → partOf → OCS ⓘ
AGA → predecessor → OCS ⓘ
A500 → graphicsChipset → OCS ⓘ
Amiga 600 → chipset → OCS ⓘ
subject linked to: A600