Amiga 1060 Sidecar PC for Amiga 1000
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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.
| Years | 1986 to 1987 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Commodore, developed by Commodore Braunschweig (Germany) |
| Compatibility | Amiga 1000 (86-pin side expansion slot) |
| Processor | Intel 8088 (Siemens SAB8088) at 4.77 MHz, optional 8087 coprocessor |
| RAM | 256 KB, expandable to 512 KB, plus 80 KB of dual-bus memory shared with the Amiga |
| Graphics | MDA and CGA emulated in an Amiga window, or real ISA graphics cards |
| Storage | built-in 5.25" floppy disk drive (360 KB), space for a hard disk |
| Expansion | 3 ISA slots (8 bit), 2 Amiga Zorro I slots |
| Operating system | PC DOS / MS-DOS 2.0 to 3.2, CP/M-86 |
| Case | metal box the same height as the Amiga 1000, sitting beside it |
