Amiga 2000 B
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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.
| Years | 1987 to 1991 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Commodore International |
| Processor | Motorola 68000 at 7.16 MHz (NTSC) or 7.09 MHz (PAL) |
| RAM | 1 MB chip RAM (512 KB chip plus 512 KB "slow" on early boards), expandable to 9 MB with Zorro II cards |
| ROM | 256 KB Kickstart 1.2 or 1.3, later 512 KB Kickstart 2.04 |
| Graphics | Original Chip Set (OCS), later ECS Agnus, 32 colours from 4096, HAM |
| Sound | Paula, 4 channels of 8 bit PCM in stereo |
| Built-in storage | 3.5" floppy disk drive (880 KB), bays for a second 3.5" and a 5.25" drive or hard disk |
| Expansion | 5 Zorro II slots, 1 video slot, 86-pin CPU slot, 2 ISA slots plus 2 shared with Zorro (for Bridgeboards) |
| Ports | 2 mouse/joystick, serial, parallel, external floppy, RGB video, composite video, keyboard, stereo audio |
| Operating system | AmigaOS 1.2, 1.3 or 2.04 |
| Dimensions | 460 (W) x 400 (D) x 130 (H) mm |
| Price (1987) | US$1,495 without monitor |
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