32 bit processor, 2mb memory, stereo sound,
and 262,144 colours.
Towards the end of 1992, Commodore released the Amiga 1200, with a faster 32 bit processor, a huge 2mb memory, and an increased colour palette of 262,144 colours. It came bundled with Deluxe Paint IV, which utilised the improved graphic capabilities of the 1200. By this time, my mind was more locked into 3D art as opposed to 2D, so Deluxe Paint was somewhat ignored.
Of course, with the increase in processing power, renders in Imagine were completed in minutes instead of hours, which led to the normal course of events; ie: more complex scenes. Render times soon started to creep towards the 24 hour mark again.
By the mid 1990's Commodore, as a company, was beginning to fail, and it increasingly fell to third party companies to keep the Amiga computer in touch with the increasing popularity of the PC. In 1997, one of these companies, Phase5, released the Power PC Blizzard board.
This board boosted the 32bit Amiga upto a 64bit machine, and expansion for more memory. They also released the BlizzardVision PPC board, which plugged into the Blizzard board.
This gave me an Amiga that was blindingly fast, and with 256mb of memory, and even higher resolution graphics than before, my 3D rendering really took off.
It was during the 1990's that the internet started to really take off, and the Amiga wasn't being left behind. Another third party released the Surf Squirrel Interface. It also included connection to a high speed data connection. Not only could I now connect to the internet, I could also add on goodies such as Hard drives, and the new Zip Drive. But all this additional hardware was beginning to make the computer struggle, so a more beefier power supply was next on the list.
Now with everything running at full speed, the next problem was heat. The Amiga was turning into a toaster. So I fitted the motherboard into a pc tower case, with extra fans to help with the cooling.
This was the last modification I made to the Amiga, and it served me well until 2001.
