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Amiga 2000 B

Producer: Amiga - Category: Personal Computer

Photos: Photo 1 (small),Photo 2 (small)

Photo 1: Trafalgarcircle, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Amiga 2000 computer (filtered sharpened).jpg)
Photo 2: Morn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Commodore Amiga 2000 rev. 6.2 , case with lid removed.jpg)

Personal computer, 1987, Commodore. The Amiga 2000-B is the definitive Amiga 2000, redesigned in the United States in 1987 to share most electronics with the Amiga 500: a big box with five Zorro II slots, a video slot, a processor slot and ISA slots for the PC Bridgeboards, the base of the Amiga's success in video production and the platform of the Video Toaster.

Years1987 to 1991
ManufacturerCommodore International
ProcessorMotorola 68000 at 7.16 MHz (NTSC) or 7.09 MHz (PAL)
RAM1 MB chip RAM (512 KB chip plus 512 KB "slow" on early boards), expandable to 9 MB with Zorro II cards
ROM256 KB Kickstart 1.2 or 1.3, later 512 KB Kickstart 2.04
GraphicsOriginal Chip Set (OCS), later ECS Agnus, 32 colours from 4096, HAM
SoundPaula, 4 channels of 8 bit PCM in stereo
Built-in storage3.5" floppy disk drive (880 KB), bays for a second 3.5" and a 5.25" drive or hard disk
Expansion5 Zorro II slots, 1 video slot, 86-pin CPU slot, 2 ISA slots plus 2 shared with Zorro (for Bridgeboards)
Ports2 mouse/joystick, serial, parallel, external floppy, RGB video, composite video, keyboard, stereo audio
Operating systemAmigaOS 1.2, 1.3 or 2.04
Dimensions460 (W) x 400 (D) x 130 (H) mm
Price (1987)US$1,495 without monitor

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