The Amiga Walker, sometimes incorrectly known as the ''Mind Walker'', is a prototype of an
Amiga
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computer developed and shown by
Amiga Technologies
Amiga Corporation was a United States computer company formed in the early 1980s as Hi-Toro. It is most famous for having developed the Amiga computer, code named Lorraine.
History
In the early 1980s Jay Miner, along with other Atari staffers, ...
in late 1995/early 1996. Walker was planned as a replacement for the
A1200 with a faster CPU, better expansion capabilities, and a built-in CD-ROM. The ''Walker'' was never released;
Escom and Amiga Technologies went bankrupt, and only two (three) prototypes were made.
The case is unique and radically different from computers before it. The intention was also to make the motherboard available without the case so users could put it into a standard PC case. There were a number of other potential case designs of different sizes, the ''Walker'' motherboard could fit all of them; this allowed for expandability tailored to the user's requirements.
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When the Walker was announced, it was the subject of much discussion (and ridicule) within the Amiga user community, centering on the unconventional case design.
Technical information
Specifications
*CPU:
**Motorola
68030/33 MHz ''(in the prototype version)''
**Motorola 68030/40 MHz ''(compared to
68020/14 MHz in
A1200
The Amiga 1200, or A1200 (code-named " Channel Z"), is a personal computer in the Amiga computer family released by Commodore International, aimed at the home computer market. It was launched on October 21, 1992, at a base price of £399 in the ...
)''
*Chipset:
AGA
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*Memory:
**1 MB
Kickstart ROM ''(compared to 512 kB in the original Amiga 1200)''
**2 MB
Chip RAM Chip RAM is a commonly used term for the integrated RAM used in Commodore's line of Amiga computers. Chip RAM is shared between the central processing unit (CPU) and the Amiga's dedicated chipset (hence the name). It was also, rather misleadingly, k ...
**4 MB
Fast RAM Chip RAM is a commonly used term for the integrated RAM used in Commodore's line of Amiga computers. Chip RAM is shared between the central processing unit (CPU) and the Amiga's dedicated chipset (hence the name). It was also, rather misleadingly, k ...
''(only in the production version)''
*Drives:
**internal CD-ROM
**1.44 MB internal floppy drive
*Realtime clock onboard
*Additional:
**
Amiga
Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16- or 32-bit processors, 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphi ...
keyboard
See also
*
Power A5000
The Power A5000 was a planned Amiga clone computer, announced by DCE and Power Computing. It was one of the first Amiga clone computers announced after Gateway purchased the Amiga in 1997.
The original Motorola 680x0 based system was revised i ...
*
Amiga models and variants This is a list of models and clones of Amiga computers.
Development
The first Amiga computer was the "Lorraine" developed using the Sage IV system. It consisted of a stack of breadboarded circuit boards.
Production timeline
Commodore Amiga mo ...
References
External links
Short video of an Amiga Walker prototypeon
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