Amiga 500
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Home computer, 1987, Commodore. The Amiga 500 was the first popular Amiga: the same 68000 and custom chips as the Amiga 1000 in a compact all-in-one case in the style of the Commodore 128, with Kickstart in ROM, sold for the home market from 1987 and by far the best-selling Amiga.
| Years | 1987 to 1991 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Commodore International |
| Processor | Motorola 68000 at 7.16 MHz (NTSC) or 7.09 MHz (PAL) |
| RAM | 512 KB, expandable to 1 MB with the A501 trapdoor expansion and up to 8 MB through the side expansion slot |
| ROM | 256 KB Kickstart 1.2 or 1.3 |
| Graphics | Original Chip Set (OCS), later Enhanced Chip Set (ECS) Agnus: up to 640 x 512 interlaced, 32 colours from 4096, HAM with 4096 colours |
| Sound | Paula, 4 channels of 8 bit PCM in stereo |
| Built-in storage | 3.5" floppy disk drive (880 KB) |
| Ports | 2 mouse/joystick, serial, parallel, external floppy, RGB video, composite (monochrome), 86-pin side expansion, trapdoor expansion, stereo audio |
| Operating system | AmigaOS 1.2 or 1.3 |
| Dimensions | 474 (W) x 330 (D) x 62 (H) mm |
| Price (1987) | US$699 without monitor |
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