The A2000, also known as the Commodore Amiga 2000, was released in 1987 (around the same time as the low-end high-volume model A500). Although aimed at the high-end marked it was technically very similar to the A500, so similar in fact that the A2000B revision was outright based on the A500 design. What the A2000 had over the A500 was a bigger case with room for five Zorro II proprietary expansion slots, two 16-bit ISA slots, a CPU upgrade slot, and a battery-backed clock.

It should also be noted that, like the Amiga 1000 and unlike the Amiga 500, the A2000 came in a desktop case with a separate keyboard. The case was all in all more like that of the PC than that of the A1000, in that it lacked the open space underneath for hiding away the keyboard.

The A2000 was eventually succeeded by the Amiga 3000 in 1990.

Technical specifications

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Revision A / B - 1987

• CPU: Motorola 68000 (7.16 MHz NTSC, 7.09 MHz PAL)
  • The CPU can be upgraded with CPU cards
• Chipset: OCS (Original Chipset)
  • Audio (Paula):
    • 4 voices / 2 channels (Stereo)
    • 8-bit resolution / 6-bit volume
    • 28 KHz sampling rate
    • 70 dB S/N Ratio
  • Video (Common resolutions):
    • 320×200 with 32 colors, 64 colors in Halfbrite or 4096 in HAM-6
    • 640×400i with 16 colors
  • Battery-backed clock
• Memory:
  • 256 KiB ROM for Kickstart code.
  • 512 KiB (Max) / (1 MiB Max) of Chip RAM.
  • 512 KiB Fast RAM in MMU slot / Soldered on motherboard
    • Practical upper limit of about 9 MiB of Fast RAM memory due to being limited to an 24-bit address bus.
• Storage:
  • 3.5" DD Floppy drive, capacity 880 KiB
  • SCSI Hard drive in A2000HD systems.
• Input/Output connections:
  • Composite TV out (Black & White)
  • Analogue RGB video plug (Male DB23)
  • RCA audio plugs
  • 2 x Game/Joy/Mouse ports (Male DE9)
  • Keyboard port (5 pin DIN)
  • RS232 Serial port (Male DB25)
  • Centronics Parallel port (Female DB25)
  • Port for external floppy drive (Female DB23)
• Internal connectors:
  • 5 Zorro II slots (16-bit, AutoConfig)
  • 2 16-bit ISA slots (Inactive per default, only usable with a PC emulation bridgeboard or bus bridge installed)
  • 2 8-bit ISA slots (also inactive, some models could be fitted with extension edge connectors, upgrading these slots to 16 bits)
  • 1 32 Pin Internal floppy connector
  • 1 MMU / CPU Slot
  • 1 Genlock video connector
• Casing:
  • 204 Watt switching power supply
  • 2 3.5" drive bays for 3.5" floppy drives or other peripherals
  • 1 5.25" drive bay for 5.25" floppy drive or other peripherals
• Software (Bundled):
  • AmigaOS 1.2 / 1.3 operation system.
  • Kickstart 1.2 / 1.3 (In ROM)
  • Voice synthesis library

Revision C - 1991

Also known as the A2000+ it is for the most part identical to its forerunner.

• Chipset: ECS (Enhanced Chip Set)
  • Video (New resolutions):
    • 640×480 with 4 colors (Productivity)
    • 800×600i with 2 colors (Super72)
• Memory:
  • 512 KiB ROM for Kickstart code.
  • 1 MiB of Chip RAM (2 MiB Max)
• Software (Bundled):
  • AmigaOS 2.0 operation system. (Kickstart 2.0/Workbench 2.0)

Commodore UK sold a variant of the A2000, the A1500. The A1500 shipped with dual floppy drives, and 1MB of RAM as standard, along with the ECS chipset and Amiga OS 2.04.

References

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• Gareth Knight (2005). "Commodore Amiga 2000". Retrieved Feb. 18, 2006.

External links

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• amigahistory.co.uk/a2000 – History of the Amiga 2000.

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