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Amiga 1060 Sidecar PC for Amiga 1000

Producer: Amiga - Category: Other Hardware

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Photo 1: Snoop (photographer), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Amiga 1000 system with sidecar.jpg)

PC emulator, 1986, Commodore. The A1060 Sidecar is a complete IBM PC XT compatible in a box that plugs into the side expansion slot of the Amiga 1000 and shares its keyboard, mouse and screen: an 8088 at 4.77 MHz with three ISA slots and space for a hard disk, running MS-DOS in an Amiga window. It was developed by Commodore Germany.

Years1986 to 1987
ManufacturerCommodore, developed by Commodore Braunschweig (Germany)
CompatibilityAmiga 1000 (86-pin side expansion slot)
ProcessorIntel 8088 (Siemens SAB8088) at 4.77 MHz, optional 8087 coprocessor
RAM256 KB, expandable to 512 KB, plus 80 KB of dual-bus memory shared with the Amiga
GraphicsMDA and CGA emulated in an Amiga window, or real ISA graphics cards
Storagebuilt-in 5.25" floppy disk drive (360 KB), space for a hard disk
Expansion3 ISA slots (8 bit), 2 Amiga Zorro I slots
Operating systemPC DOS / MS-DOS 2.0 to 3.2, CP/M-86
Casemetal box the same height as the Amiga 1000, sitting beside it

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