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Commodore Amiga 2000 and 1500

Commodore Amiga 2000 and 1500
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Summary

The Amiga 2000 appeared in March 1987 as a large, expandable Amiga for professional users, priced at US$1,495. Commodore’s German division played the leading role in its design, winning an internal contest with the US developers. Technically, it resembles the simultaneously released Amiga 500: a Motorola 68000 running at just over 7 MHz and usually 1 MB RAM. The difference is its desktop case with five Zorro II slots, making it the first Amiga to accept internal expansion cards.

It also has ISA slots that can be used with a Bridgeboard to provide an IBM-compatible PC inside the Amiga, and a video slot. Genlocks and NewTek’s Video Toaster made the Amiga 2000 an affordable video-editing system for television studios. Commodore sold around 124,500 units in Germany, exclusively through specialist dealers. The Amiga 1500 is a British variant from 1990 with two floppy drives and no hard disk.

Family tree

  1. PredecessorAmiga 1000
  2. This objectAmiga 2000
  3. SuccessorAmiga 3000

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