- Finally the new amiga model was on production. The name was just as
simple as A2000. The Amiga 2000 was bigger than the A1000 and extremely
expandable, with 5 Zorro II slots [5] (Zorro II) plus a video slot.
Amiga 2000
![[Amiga]](images/a2000.jpg)
| Processor |
Motorola 68000, 7.14MHz |
| Custom Chips |
(4) Agnus, Denise, Paula, Gary |
| RAM |
1Mb of RAM - expandable to 9Mb |
| FD |
1 3'1/2 - 880 KB |
The kickstart was finally in ROM. A2000 was a base for other
Amigas, being released on various world markets, as the A1500
[A2000 with two 3 1/2" drives], A2000HD, A2500/20,
A2500/30, A2000HDA/100, A1500 plus
and A2000Plus.
- Later the same year, the Amiga 500 was launched. It was the
same as the Amiga 2000, with a compact design (keyboard and
cpu in the same box) and no internal slots. Both the machines had a new
graphics mode, the EHB (Extra Half Bright), that gives 64
colors on screen.
The operating system was 1.2. The Amiga 500 was the first really affordable
machine.
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