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title: Commodore AMIGA 2000
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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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- '1987'
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cpus:
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- Motorola MC 68000
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params:
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name: AMIGA 2000
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga2000_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 2000
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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: March 1987
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- label: END OF PRODUCTION
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value: '1990'
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full-stroke keyboard with seperated numeric keypad and arrow keys
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- label: CPU
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value: Motorola MC 68000
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- label: SPEED
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value: 7.14 mHz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: Fat Agnus (MMU), Paula (Sound & IO), Denise (video), Gary, OCS/ECS chipset
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- label: RAM
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value: |-
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512k or 1Mb (512K CHIP, 512K FAST on board), depending on models\
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up to 9Mb : 1Mb Chip RAM + 8Mb FAST RAM
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- label: ROM
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value: 256 KB (DOS 1.2)
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 60 x 32 / 80 x 32
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 320 x 256 / 320 x 512 / 640 x 256 / 640 x 512
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- label: COLORS
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value: 32 (for 320 x X modes), 16 (for 640 x X modes) among 4096 + 2 special modes EHB (64 colors) + HAM (4096 colors)
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- label: SOUND
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value: 4 voice 8 bit PCM
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: 4 PC ISA slots (2 AT & 2 XT), Processor card slot, 5 x Zorro II slots, Video slot, Serial/RS232, Parallel/Centronics, RGB & composite video outputs, Mouse, 2 x Stereo audio, Keyboard, External floppy
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: |-
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one 3.5'' disk-drive (880k)\
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SCSI HD in 2000HD models
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- label: OS
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value: AMIGA WorKBench 1.3, Kickstart 1.2, 1.3 then 2.04
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in PSU
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- label: PRICE
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value: £2000 (UK, 1986)
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tabs:
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- photos
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- hardware
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- emulators
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- links
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- videos
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forum_thread: 79
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photos:
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- title: ANOTHER CONFIGURATION
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subtitle: ''
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text: Here, there are one 3''1/2 disk-drive and one 5''1/4 disk-drive.
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_a2000_2.jpg
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- title: AMIGA 2000-HD
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subtitle: ''
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text: This is an Amiga 2000-HD computer with a 44Mb Syquest drive and 2 floppy drives.
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga-2000hd_1.jpg
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- title: DIAGRAM
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subtitle: ''
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text: Block diagram of the Amiga 2000 architecture
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga2000_diagram_1.jpg
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- title: VIDEO TOASTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: Born from several high tech brains at Newtek Incorporated in Topeka Kansas in 1991, the Amiga Video Toaster launched an entire industry with its power to the people price and feature set. Replacing $250,000 of broadcast quality television studio equipment the Amiga Video Toaster allowed anyone that could afford to buy a car get into video production.
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_amiga2000_toaster_s1.jpg
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hardware:
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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: A2088
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subtitle: PC Emulator board
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text: |-
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This board contains all the necessary hardware to run all of the PC software and use any PC cards connected in the PC slots.
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**(1)** Dual port 128 KB RAM\
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**(2)** Amiga bus connector\
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**(3)** Dual port RAM control and interface\
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**(4)** 512 KB PC-RAM\
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**(5)** PC BIOS ROM\
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**(6)** PC floppy disc controller\
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**(7)** 8088 processor and socket for a 8087 math coprocessor\
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**(8)** PC bus connector\
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**(9)** PC multi-function custom chip\
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**(10)** PC drive connector
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_amiga2000_pccard_1.jpg
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- title: A2091
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subtitle: SCSI controller
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_amiga2000_a2091-scsi-controller.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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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-1200
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- /museum/commodore-amiga-1500
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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: 63
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230607215919/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=63
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date: '2023-06-07'
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The Commodore Amiga 2000 is the successor of the [Amiga 1000](/museum/commodore-amiga-1000/). As the [Amiga 500](/museum/commodore-amiga-500/) was the "low-end" model of the new products, the 2000 was considered the "high-end" model in 1985.
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Like the original Amiga, it uses the same memory configuration with chip RAM (512 KB which can be accessed by the custom chips) and fast RAM (the rest of memory which can be accessed only by the CPU).
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There are three drive bays : two 3.5" front bays and one 5.25" front bay. A 5.25" floppy drive or a half-height hard drive could be mounted into this last bay.
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A Commodore 8088-CPU bridgeboard (a PC-on-a-card) was available. When operating, 128k RAM is used as a "bridge" between the PC bus and the Amiga Bus. Two programs (called ARead and AWrite) make the data exchange between PC and Amiga possible. The ISA slots can be used only with the "bridge" card and are unused in "Amiga mode".
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There are in fact 3 models and many variations of the A2000 :
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The **Amiga 2000A**, the "original A2000" was designed in Germany and was based on a German Amiga 1000 motherboard. The system was based upon an interesting design but was restricted in many ways (the thin Agnus could only use 512 Kb RAM). The machine had a number of reliability problems representing a refinement of 1985 technology rather than an step forward.
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The **Amiga 2000B** is a kind of mix between the redesigned German 2000A and a cost-reduced version of the A500. It is generally referred in the UK as the B2000.
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The **Amiga 2000C** is the final version of the A2000. It is based upon the improved ECS Chipset, but otherwise it is identical to the 2000B. It is known as the Amiga 2000+ in the US and was shipped with the new improved Kickstart 2.04.
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The model with a built-in disk controller and a hard disk was called the **Amiga 2000HD**, it was shipped with an A209x SCSI controller and a SCSI hard disk drive installed.
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The [A2500](/museum/commodore-amiga-2500/) systems were based upon the final revisions of the A2000-B motherboard design before the A3000 was released.
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The [A1500](/museum/commodore-amiga-1500/) was a UK-specific machine derived from the A2000, retailing at £999 (UKP) during 1990. Apart from shipping with two floppy drives, 1Mb memory and a new nameplate there is hardly any difference between the A1500 and the A2000.
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*Source : [Amiga Interactive Guide](http://amiga.emugaming.com/)*
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