Introduction Usefull Links Specifications  Introduction:The Amiga 500 must be one of the coolest personal computers ever made. It was one of the first to include a graphical interface and a command line interface aswell. It also had superior graphics compared to most computers at that time, could do 32 colors in the lower resolutions and 16 colors on the higher resolution chosen from a 4096 color palette. It also had a special color feature where you could get 64 colors that actually were two tables with 32 colors in each, where one was the copy of the other only darker. The Amiga 500 could also do 4096 colors using the Hold and Modify mode wich was very complicated to use wich was the reason why it was almost never used in anything but stills. The sound of the Amiga 500 was also very good, with 4 digital channels it was more then most soundcards for the PC have. It had two stereo outputs so in a way it was one of the first to produce true stereo sound. The machine itself was very powerfull back when it was first released. The Amiga 500 was aimed at home use and is surely one of Commodore's best achievements. |
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Usefull Links:
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| Amiga Network News - Website dedicated to all kinf of Amiga news. AmigaMos.com - One of the best online Amiga resources. Amiga Forever - Commercial emulator (licensed by Amiga International). Amiga 500 Music Collection - Looking for old Amiga Game tunes? Then try it. Amiga Games Manual Archive - Best resource to find old Amiga game manuals |
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| CPU: |
Motorola 68000 16/32 bit 7.14 megahertz 32 bit data path 24 bit address space Multi-Chip coprocessor system for enhanced DMA |
| Memory: |
512K or 1M of 32 bit chip ram Expandable to 2 meg Support for 8 megabytes in rom Up to 128 megabytes with optional accelerator/memory cards |
| Software: |
256KB/512KB 32 bit kick start rom AmigaDOS 1.2/1.3/2.0 or 3.1 software/manuals |
| Disk
Drives: |
Internal 3.5 inch 880K disk drive. |
| Interfaces: |
94 key intagrated keyboard 2 button mouse 2 Mouse/joystick ports 1 Serial 1 Parallel 23 pin Video port(RGB analog or RGB monochrome composite) Right and left RCA Stereo output External floppy disk drive port |
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Expansion BUS: |
86-pin CPU local bus edge slot Supports High Speed 32 bit ram expansion Math Coprocessor expansion |
| Sound: |
8/6 bit audio with four voices configured as two stereo
channels Built in sound buffer up to 800kb nominal |
| Graphic
modes/Video Display Output: |
ECS Custom Chip Set supports 320x200 up to 1280x400 More with optional graphics adaptors Built in NTSC/PAL video resolutions 2 to 4096 user definable colors from a palette of 4096 Compatible with RGB/Analog, VGA/SVGA or Multiscan monitors NTSC monochrome compsite output RF output for conection to standard TV |
Introduction Usefull Links Specifications