<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Ranger	O
is	O
an	O
unreleased	O
prototype	B-Application
personal	O
computer	O
by	O
Commodore	O
which	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
second	O
generation	O
Amiga	B-Device
chipset	B-Device
,	O
prior	O
to	O
ECS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
Los	O
Gatos	O
Amiga	B-Device
team	O
including	O
Jay	O
Miner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
1000	I-Device
,	O
Jay	O
Miner	O
began	O
to	O
design	O
its	O
intended	O
successor	O
,	O
between	O
1986	O
and	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code-named	O
Amiga	B-Device
Ranger	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
highly	O
expandable	O
like	O
Amiga	B-Device
2000	I-Device
with	O
better	O
graphics	O
and	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ranger	O
is	O
said	O
to	O
have	O
possibly	O
included	O
a	O
68010	B-Device
or	O
68020	B-Device
CPU	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
for	O
this	O
new	O
chipset	B-Device
remains	O
unclear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
sound	O
system	O
may	O
have	O
still	O
been	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
original	B-Device
chipset	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
R	O
.	O
J	O
.	O
Mical	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
chipset	B-Device
kept	O
the	O
original	O
13-bit	O
DAC	O
for	O
its	O
CLUT	B-Data_Structure
but	O
with	O
quadrupled	O
color	B-Data_Structure
registers	I-Data_Structure
from	O
32	O
to	O
128	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
color	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
would	O
have	O
remained	O
at	O
4096	O
colors	O
but	O
the	O
resolution	B-General_Concept
could	O
go	O
up	O
to	O
1024×1024	O
pixels	O
with	O
128	O
colors	O
(	O
7-bit	O
color	O
depth	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
the	O
chipset	B-Device
can	O
address	O
up	O
to	O
of	O
Chip	B-Device
RAM	I-Device
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
known	O
specification	O
,	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
said	O
that	O
Ranger	O
chipset	B-Device
was	O
designed	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
and	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
II	I-Device
personal	O
computers	O
(	O
both	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
)	O
which	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
VRAM	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jay	O
Miner	O
made	O
sure	O
that	O
the	O
Ranger	O
chipset	B-Device
was	O
completed	O
and	O
fully	O
tested	O
before	O
he	O
left	O
Commodore	O
in	O
hope	O
that	O
one	O
day	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
release	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
VRAM	O
was	O
considered	O
expensive	O
compared	O
to	O
DRAM	O
,	O
so	O
Commodore	O
refused	O
to	O
release	O
Ranger	O
for	O
its	O
high	O
price	O
which	O
was	O
unsuitable	O
for	O
the	O
low-end	O
systems	O
like	O
Amiga	B-Device
500	I-Device
to	O
cover	O
its	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dale	O
Luck	O
is	O
in	O
possession	O
of	O
a	O
Ranger	O
system	O
prototype	B-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
unknown	O
what	O
state	O
it	O
is	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
VRAM	O
costs	O
dropped	O
to	O
be	O
only	O
20%	O
more	O
than	O
DRAM	O
,	O
so	O
Commodore	O
planned	O
to	O
use	O
VRAM	O
in	O
the	O
AAA	B-Device
chipset	I-Device
,	O
the	O
next-gen	O
Amiga	B-Device
chipset	B-Device
left	O
in	O
an	O
unfinished	O
state	O
when	O
the	O
company	O
went	O
into	O
voluntary	O
liquidation	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
thoughts	O
of	O
a	O
built-in	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
per	O
playfield	O
designed	O
in	O
Ranger	O
had	O
been	O
rejected	O
by	O
Dave	O
Haynie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
post	O
on	O
Team	O
Amiga	B-Device
explained	O
the	O
Ranger	O
idea	O
:	O
</s>
