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title: Commodore Amiga 1200
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Home Computer
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origins:
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- U.S.A.
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years:
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- '1992'
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cpus:
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- Motorola MC68EC020
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params:
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name: Amiga 1200
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_system_1.jpg
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company: /companies/commodore
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company_name: Commodore
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Amiga 1200
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Commodore
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- label: TYPE
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value: Home Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: October 1992
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- label: END OF PRODUCTION
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value: '1996'
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: built-in keyboard, 96 keys
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- label: CPU
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value: Motorola MC68EC020 + MC68881 FPU
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- label: SPEED
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value: |-
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14.18758 MHz (PAL)\
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14.31818 MHz (NTSC)
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: 'AGA based chipset: 8374 Alice (memory controller and blitter), 4203 Lisa (video control chip), 8364 Paula (sound & I/O), Gayle (I/O, IDE interface), 391425 Budgie (bus controller)'
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- label: RAM
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value: 2 MB Chip RAM, expandable to 10 MB max (2 MB Chip RAM + 8 MB Fast Ram)
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- label: ROM
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value: 'Kickstart 3.1: 512 KB'
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 320x200 to 1280x512 max
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- label: COLORS
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value: |-
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Palette: 16.7 million\
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On screen: 256 in normal modes, 262144 in HAM-8
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- label: SOUND
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value: 4 channel 8 bit PCM, stereo output
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: |-
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9.5" deep × 18.5" wide × 3" high / 8 lbs\
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25cm deep x 49cm wide x 7cm high / 3.1 Kg
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: RS-232 serial port, Centronics parallel port, external disk interface, 150 pin local expansion port, Clockport, 2x RCA audio, PCMCIA/JEIDA card interface, IDE hard drive interface, composite video out, RF out, 2x Atari joystick/mouse ports
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: 3.5'' floppy disk drive
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- label: OS
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value: Workbench 3.1
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: External 23 watts PSU, 220-240V/50Hz (PAL), 110 volt/60Hz (NTSC)
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- label: PRICE
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value: |-
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£399 (UK, 1992)\
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£329 (UK, 1995)
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tabs:
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- photos
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- hardware
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- connectors
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- emulators
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- links
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- videos
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forum_thread: 615
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photos:
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- title: LEFT SIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: Note the PCMCIA cards slot
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_leftside_1.jpg
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- title: RIGHT SIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_rightside_1.jpg
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- title: 'KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP #1'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_keyboard_1.jpg
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- title: 'KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP #2'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_keyboard_2.jpg
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- title: REAR CONNECTORS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**(1)** Expansions trap door\
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**(2)** Mouse or Joystick-1 DB9 connector\
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**(3)** Joystick-2 DB9 connector\
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**(4)** External disk drive DB23 connector\
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**(5)** Serial DB25 connector\
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**(6)** Parallel DB 25 connector\
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**(7)** Stereo sound output RCA plugs\
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**(8)** RGB video output DB23 connector\
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**(9)** Composite video output RCA plug\
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**(10)** RF/TV modulator output\
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**(11)** External power supply unit plug
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_back_1.jpg
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- title: INSIDE A1200
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**(1)** A metallic shield prevents magnetic field from being emitted by the computer\
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**(2)** 170 MB 2.5" hard disk drive\
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**(3)** 512 KB ROM chips holding Kickstart 3.0\
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**(4)** 68030 accelerator card\
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**(5)** 3.5" internal floppy disc drive
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_inside_1.jpg
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- title: A1200 MOTHERBOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_motherboard_1.jpg
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- title: MOTHERBOARD CLOSE-UP
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Hard disk connector area.\
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All the passive components are miniaturized versions\
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The Sony chip is a video RGB encoder
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_mboardcloseup_1.jpg
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- title: LAPTOP PROTOTYPE
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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One of the numerous attempts in designing a portable version of the Amiga system. Same design was applied to the Amiga 600 version.
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Thanks to **Moshe Elmashali**
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_laptopproto_1.jpg
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- title: 3.5" HDD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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3 1/2" drives did also fit into an A1200 case.\
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**Steve Green** who sent us this photo specifies:\
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The harddrive is a 3 1/2" 1.6 GB Samsung drive. It is attached to the main board via a 3 1/2 inch vide cable connected to a 2 1/2 inch ide cable via a convertor.
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga1200_fdd35_s1.jpg
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hardware:
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- title: GVP ACCELERATOR CARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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This card is connected to the internal expansion connector of the Amiga 1200. It features:
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\- A Motorola 50 Mhz 68030 microprocessor\
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\- Up to 16 MB of additional RAM\
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\- An internal clock with battery back-up\
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\- A fast SCSI port
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_amiga1200_68030board_1.jpg
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- title: VIPER ACCELERATOR CARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**Steve Green** who sent us this photo says:\
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The Viper card is an 68030 expansion card. This particular model was a 28mhz 68030 with FPU. Also added was a 16 MB dimm (which I bought from the states for 115 dollars in early 96!). Together these quadrupled the speed of a standard A1200. You could also get a 50 mhz 030 card, but this was one of the earliest.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_amiga1200_vipercard_s1.jpg
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- title: MIDI GOLD 500
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subtitle: by Golden Hawk Technology
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text: |-
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This is a MIDI interface for the Amiga 500, 2000, or 3000...
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It features :\
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\- one MIDI In\
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\- two MIDI Out\
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\- one switchable Out/Thru\
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\- one MIDI/Serial Switch\
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\- one Out/Thru Switch
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_amiga_golden-hawk-midi-interface.jpg
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- title: AMIGA 1300
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subtitle: Genlock
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_amiga1000_1300-genlock.jpg
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- title: MEMORY EXPANSION BOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 MB expansion card here fitted with 2 MB.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_amiga1500_memboard_1.jpg
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- title: VIDEO BOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: This board featured 2 MB of RAM and allowed the Amiga to be connected to a standard VGA monitor. All the video modes could be displayed, including the interlace one.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_amiga1500_videoboard_1.jpg
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- title: A570 CD-ROM
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to David Griffith for this picture
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image: /media/museum/hardware/amiga_cdrom_a570_1.jpg
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- title: HARD DISK CARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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40 MB SCSI card from SUPRA CORP.
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Additional SCSI devices could be connected in chain trough the back connector
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_amiga1500_hdboard_1.jpg
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connectors:
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- title: PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR
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subtitle: 25 pin D-SUB female
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text: |-
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1 - /STROBE OUT : Strobe\
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2 - D0 : Data Bit 0\
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3 - D1 : Data Bit 1\
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4 - D2 : Data Bit 2\
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5 - D3 : Data Bit 3\
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6 - D4 : Data Bit 4\
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7 - D5 : Data Bit 5\
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8 - D6 : Data Bit 6\
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9 - D7 : Data Bit 7\
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10 - /ACK IN : Acknowledge\
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11 - BUSY : Busy\
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12 - POUT : Paper Out\
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13 - SEL : Select (Shared with RS232 RING-indicator)\
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14 - +5V PULLUP OUT : +5 Volts DC (10 mA max)\
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15 - n/c - Not connected.\
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16 - /RESET OUT : Reset\
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17 - GND : Signal Ground\
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18 - GND : Signal Ground\
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19 - GND : Signal Ground\
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20 - GND : Signal Ground\
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21 - GND : Signal Ground\
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22 - GND : Signal Ground\
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23 - GND : Signal Ground\
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24 - GND : Signal Ground\
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25 - GND : Signal Ground
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image: /media/museum/connectors/commodore_amiga1200_parallel-db25.jpg
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- title: DISK DRIVE PORT CONNECTOR
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subtitle: 23 pin D-SUB female (at the Amiga)
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text: |-
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1 - /RDY : Disk Ready\
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2 - /DKRD IN : Disk Read Data\
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3 - GND : Ground\
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4 - GND : Ground\
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5 - GND : Ground\
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6 - GND : Ground\
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7 - GND : Ground\
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8 - /MTRXD OC : Disk Motor Control\
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9 - /SEL2 OC : Select Drive 2\
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10 - /DRES OC : Disk Reset\
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11 - /CHNG IN/OUT : Disk Removed From Drive-Latched Low\
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12 - +5V OUT : +5 Volts DC (250 mA max)\
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13 - /SIDE OUT : Select Disk Side (0=Upper, 1=Lower)\
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14 - /WPRO IN/OUT : Disk is Write Protected\
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15 - /TKO IN/OUT : Drive Head position over Track 0\
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16 - /DKWE OC : Disk Write Enable\
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17 - /DKWD OC : Disk Write Data\
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18 - /STEP OC : Step the Head-Pulse, First low, then high\
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19 - DIR OC : Select Head Direction (0=Inner, 1=Outer)\
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20 - /SEL3 OC : Select Drive 3\
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21 - /SEL1 OC : Select Drive 1\
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22 - /INDEX OC : Disk Index Pulse\
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23 - +12V OUT : +12 Volts DC (160 mA max, 540 mA surge
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image: /media/museum/connectors/commodore_amiga1200_dd-port.jpg
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- title: JOYSTICK / MOUSE PORT
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subtitle: 9 pin D-SUB male (at the computer)
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text: |-
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**MOUSE :**\
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1 - V-Pulse\
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2 - H-Pulse\
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3 - VQ-Pulse\
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4 - HQ-Pulse\
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5 - Button 3(M)\
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6 - Button 1(L)\
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7 - +5v\
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8 - GND\
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9 - Button 2(R)
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**DIGITAL JOYSTICK :**\
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1 - /FORWARD\
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2 - /BACK\
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3 - /LEFT\
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4 - /RIGHT\
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5 - n/c\
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6 - Button 1\
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7 - +5v\
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8 - GND\
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9 - Button 2
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image: /media/museum/connectors/commodore_amiga1200_db9.jpg
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- title: SERIAL I/O PORT CONNECTOR
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subtitle: 25 pin D-SUB Male (at the computer)
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text: |-
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1 - SHIELD : Shield Ground\
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2 - TXD OUT : Transmit Data\
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3 - RXD IN : Receive Data\
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4 - RTS OUT : Request to Send\
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5 - CTS IN : Clear to Send\
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6 - DSR IN : Data Set Ready\
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7 - GND : System Ground\
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8 - CD IN : Carrier Detect\
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9 - +12V OUT : +12 Volts DC (20 mA max)\
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10 - -12V OUT : -12 Volts DC (20 mA max)\
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11 - AUDO OUT : Amiga Audio Out (Left)\
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12 - n/c : Speed Indicate\
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13 - n/c\
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14 - n/c\
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15 - n/c\
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16 - n/c\
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17 - n/c\
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18 - AUDI IN : Amiga Audio In (Right)\
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19 - n/c\
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20 - DTR OUT : Data Terminal Ready\
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21 - n/c\
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22 - RI IN : Ring Indicator\
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23 - n/c\
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24 - n/c\
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25 - n/c
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image: /media/museum/connectors/commodore_amiga1200_serial-connector.jpg
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- title: VIDEO PORT
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subtitle: 23 pin D-SUB male (at the Amiga)
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text: |-
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1 - /XCLK IN : Extern Clock\
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2 - /XCLKEN IN : Extern Clock Enable (47 Ohm)\
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3 - RED OUT : Analog Red (75 Ohm)\
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4 - GREEN OUT : Analog Green (75 Ohm)\
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5 - BLUE OUT : Analog Blue (75 Ohm)\
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6 - DI OUT : Digital Intensity (47 Ohm)\
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7 - DR OUT : Digital Red (47 Ohm)\
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8 - DG OUT : Digital Green (47 Ohm)\
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9 - DB OUT : Digital Blue (47 Ohm)\
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10 - /CSYNC OUT : Composite Sync (47 Ohm)\
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11 - /HSYNC OUT : Horizontal Sync (47 Ohm)\
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12 - /VSYNC OUT : Vertical Sync (47 Ohm)\
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13 - GNDRTN : Digital Ground (for /XCLKEN) Don't connect with pin 16-20.\
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14 - /PIXELSW OUT : Genlock overlay (47 Ohm)\
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15 - /C1 OUT : Clock out (47 Ohm)\
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16 - GND : Video Ground\
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17 - GND : Video Ground\
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18 - GND : Video Ground\
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19 - GND : Video Ground\
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20 - GND : Video Ground\
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21 - -12V OUT : -12 Volts DC (10 mA max) (A500/A600/A1200),\
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-5V OUT : -5 Volts DC (10 mA max) (A1000/A2000/A3000/A4000)\
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22 - +12V OUT : +12 Volts DC (100 mA max)\
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23 - +5V OUT : +5 Volts DC (100 mA max)
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image: /media/museum/connectors/commodore_amiga1200_videoport.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: Amiga Forever
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url: http://www.amigaforever.com/
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platform: Windows
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text: Complete but commercial Amiga emulator
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- title: AMIthlon & AmigaXL
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url: http://amigaosxl.haage-partner.de/index-e.html
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platform: Windows
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text: Powerful commercial emulators
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- title: WinFellow
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url: HTTP://FELLOW.SOURCEFORGE.NET
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platform: Windows
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text: Probably better at some games than UAE, but not as versatile.
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- title: WinUAE
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url: http://www.winuae.net/
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platform: Windows
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text: The best Amiga emulator ? :-)
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- title: Max UAE
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url: http://maxuae.de/
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platform: Apple
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text: UAE for Mac OS X
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- title: AmigaSYS
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url: http://amigasys.fw.hu/
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platform: Unix / Linux
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text: AmigaSYS is a pre-installed full Amiga OS for WinUAE
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- title: Pocket UAE
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url: http://pocketinsanity.sourceforge.net/
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platform: Other platform
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text: Amiga Emulator for Pocket PC
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- title: Experimental UAE
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url: http://www.rcdrummond.net/uae/
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: Standard UAE enhanced with features from WinUAE.
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- title: MESS
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url: http://www.mess.org
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: MESS now emulates the Commodore Amiga
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- title: UAE
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url: http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: '(Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator) for BeOS, Mac OS, Linux, NextStep, MSDOS, OS/2 and Win95/NT : Homepage.'
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links:
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- title: Amiga animations
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url: http://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/
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text: A collection of Amiga Animations. This is the only site where you can see them online!
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- title: Amiga Interactive Guide
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url: http://amiga.emugaming.com/
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text: Excellent site ! A lot of very interesting infos there.
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- title: Amiga Island
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url: http://www.virtualpast.de/
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text: Excellent site with ROMs to download!
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- title: Amiga Web Directory
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url: http://www.cucug.org/amiga.html
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text: ''
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- title: AMIGART.COM
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url: http://www.amigart.com
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text: Nice site with Amiga news
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- title: Back to the Roots
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url: HTTP://WWW.BACK2ROOTS.ORG/
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text: Amiga culture, guides, huge collection of legally downloadable software, and much more.
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- title: Lex Site - Amiga Hardware Database
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url: http://amiga.multigraph.com/
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text: The website title says it all!
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- title: NetBSD-Amiga
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url: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/amiga/index.html
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text: ''
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- title: Old Computer Mags
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url: http://www.old-computer-mags.com/
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text: Scans of old computer and videogames magazine
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- title: Recorded Amiga Games
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url: http://www.recordedamigagames.org
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text: Speedrun, longplay and misc videos of Amiga games and more.
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- title: RetroPack
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url: http://www.retropack.co.uk/
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text: Website dedicated to selling original Amigas, CD32s and Amiga/CD32 Games.
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- title: The Amiga Monitor
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url: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/MikeWebb/amhome.html
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text: ''
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- title: The Big Book of Amiga Hardware
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url: http://www.amiga-hardware.com/
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text: Pics & info (pinouts, jumpers etc.) for just about every piece of Amiga related hardware there is
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- title: The English Amiga Board
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url: http://eab.abime.net/
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text: Community site for Amiga fans
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- title: World-Wide Amiga - Online!!
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url: http://www.amiga.org/
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text: ''
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- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
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url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
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text: Reviews of Amiga software, hardware
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videos:
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- title: Commodore Amiga commercial - EXIT
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url: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8721405286052618769&hl=fr
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text: 'Length: 41 s'
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- title: Commodore Amiga 500 commercial
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url: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=5737538578208665725&hl=fr
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text: 'Length: 29 s'
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- title: Commodore Amiga 1000 commercial
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url: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=5356507595228759374&hl=fr
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text: 'Length: 32 s'
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- title: Commodore Amiga 600 italian commercial
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url: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-768109352967297990&hl=fr
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text: 'Length: 19 s'
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- title: Commodore Amiga packs commercial
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url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdaMq8JLyHA
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text: 'Length: 21 s'
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- title: Commodore Amiga TV Ad - Celebrities
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url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFoj6sbDjU
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text: 'Length: 29 s'
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- title: Commodore Amiga 500 promotional video
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url: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=9038863557655975739&hl=fr
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text: 'Length: 15 min 06 s'
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- title: 'Computer Chronicles: Amiga & Atari (1985)'
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url: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8978343825632445107&hl=fr
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text: 'Length: 29 min 18 s'
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related:
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-1000
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-1500
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-2000
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-2500
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-3000
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-4000
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-500
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-500-plus
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-600
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-600hd
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- /museum/commodore-cdtv
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oc_id: 628
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230329001433/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=628
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date: '2023-03-29'
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In October 1992 the Amiga 1200 was launched. This machine took the A500 approach to computing with the "distinct" Commodore case, but including the AGA chipset present in the A4000, 2 MB RAM, and the PCMCIA slot from the A600.
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At the price of £399 it sold like hot cakes and is seen as one of the best Amigas to date. It appears to have been rushed to launch for the Christmas period with manuals claiming to give you the opportunity to upgrade from 1mb to 2mb chip ram with FPU. It is, however, a darn fine machine that can be easily upgraded for most of your needs.
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After Escom bought the Amiga during 1995 it was relaunched to mass outrage. The machine still cost £399, £150 more than it had done a year previously and was not enhanced in any dramatic fashion. It was released in two versions- the Amiga Magic pack and the Amiga Surfer bundle. Unfortunately, the former was never released due to Escoms financial situation. The Escom Amigas were also struck by incompatibility problems due to a different disk drive being used, it was actually a PC high-density drive mechanism that had been altered to allow compatibility with the Amiga file system. Unfortunately, some games that hit the hardware directly would not run. A circuit upgrade was released free of charge that allowed users to fix the drive problem.
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Source: [Amiga Interactive Guide](http://amiga.emugaming.com/)
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More information from **Chris Green**:\
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We got our A1200 in about 1995.It was part of a part exchange deal I think from Escom. You had to bring in an old A500 and then you got the A1200 for £199. I think it was the Magic pack (it had a spaceman on the box). The hard drives you could add were internal 2.5" drives as the 3.5" were too big for the case. You could also add any amount of external floppy drives, we had 2. We had a Reno 2X cd rom which fitted onto an SCSI adapter. You could also have an ATAPI-IDE drive if you threaded the IDE cable out the back of the case.
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