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The A2000, also known as the Commodore Amiga 2000, was the high-end Amiga personal computer that was released in 1987 at the same time as the low-end high-volume model A500. Commodore is the commonly used name for Commodore International, a West Chester, Pennsylvania based electronics company who was a vital player in the personal computer field. ... In computing, Amiga is a range of home/personal computers primarily using the Motorola 68000 processor family, whose development started in 1982, initially as a game machine. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The A500, also known as the Amiga 500, was the first low-end Commodore Amiga 16-bit multimedia home/personal computer model. ...


The technical specifications of the A2000 were very similar to the A500. The difference was that the A2000 had five "Zorro" proprietary expansion slots, two 16-bit ISA slots, a CPU upgrade slot, and a battery-backed clock. It has been suggested that XT bus architecture be merged into this article or section. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


The A2000 came in a larger desktop case, with a separate keyboard like on a PC, instead of the all-in-one "wedge" of the popular low-end Amigas.


Technical Specifications

  • CPU: Motorola 68000 (7.16 MHz NTSC, 7.09 MHz PAL)
  • Chipset: OCS (Original Chipset), in 1991 replaced with a model using the ECS (Enhanced Chip Set).
  • RAM: 1 MB
  • ROM: 256KB (Kickstart 1.2 originally, Kickstart 1.3 in 1987), 512KB (Kickstart 2.0, A2000C model)
  • 5 internal ZorroII slots (16-bit, AutoConfig)
  • 2 internal 16-bit ISA slots (Inactive per default, only usable with a PC emulation bridgeboard installed)
  • 1 internal expansion slot for CPU cards. (Motorola 68020,68030 or 68040 CPU)
  • 1 paralell port (SSP)
  • 1 RS232 serial port
  • 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 peripheral.

Commodore UK sold a cost-reduced variant of the A2000, the A1500. It was sold without a hard disk drive, thus lowering the retail price significantly. The A1500 shipped with dual floppy drives, and 1MB of RAM as standard, along with the ECS chipset and Amiga OS 2.04. CPU can stand for: in computing: Central processing unit in journalism: Commonwealth Press Union in law enforcement: Crime prevention unit in software: Critical patch update, a type of software patch distributed by Oracle Corporation in Macleans College is often known as Ash Lim. ... Motorola NYSE: MOT (TYO: 6686) is a global communications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. ... A chipset is a group of integrated circuits (chips) that are designed to work together, and are usually marketed as a single product. ... Random access memory (sometimes random-access memory), commonly known by its acronym RAM, is a type of computer storage whose contents can be accessed in any (i. ... The Motorola 68020 is a microprocessor from Motorola. ... Motorola 68030 Processor from a Macintosh IIsi The Motorola 68030 is a 32-bit microprocessor in Motorolas 68000 family. ... The Motorola 68040 is a microprocessor from Motorola. ... Enhanced Chip Set (ECS) is the name used for the enhanced version of the Amiga computers original chipset (OCS). ...



                List of Commodore microcomputers

MOS Technology 6502-based (8-bit):   MOS/CBM KIM-1 | PET/CBM | CBM-II (aka B/P series) | VIC-20/VC-20 | C64 | SX-64 | C16 & 116 | Plus/4 | C128
Commodore Logo c. ... Commodore is the commonly used name for Commodore International, a West Chester, Pennsylvania based electronics company who was a vital player in the personal computer field. ... The MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOS Technology in 1975. ... 8-bit refers to the number of bits used in the data bus of a computer. ... The KIM-1, short for Keyboard Input Monitor, was a small 6502-based microcomputer kit developed and produced by MOS Technology, Inc. ... The PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) was a home-/personal computer produced by Commodore starting in the late 1970s. ... The Commodore CBM-II series was a short-lived series of personal computers from Commodore International, intended as a follow-on to the Commodore PET series, released in 1982. ... VIC-20 with accessories. ... Commodore 64 (1982) The Commodore 64 (C64, CBM 64, C=64) is a home computer with 64 kilobytes of RAM that was popular in the 1980s. ... The Commodore SX-64, also known as the Executive 64, was a portable, briefcase/suitcase-size luggable version of the popular Commodore 64 home computer and holds the distinction of being the first full-color portable computer. ... The Commodore 16 was a home computer made by Commodore with a 6502-compatible 7501 CPU, released in 1984. ... The Commodore Plus/4 was a home computer released by Commodore International in 1984. ... The Commodore 128 is a home/personal computer, also known as the C128. ...


M68K-based (16/32-bit):   Amiga 1000 | Amiga 500 | Amiga 2000 | Amiga 500+ | Amiga 2500 | Amiga 3000, UX, T | Amiga 600 | Amiga 1200 | Amiga 4000 The Motorola 68000 is a CISC microprocessor, the first member of a successful family of microprocessors from Motorola, which were all mostly software compatible. ... In computer science, 16-bit is an adjective used to describe integers that are at most two bytes wide, or to describe CPU architectures based on registers, address buses, or data buses of that size. ... 32-bit is a term applied to processors, and computer architectures which manipulate the address and data in 32-bit chunks. ... This page is about a computer. ... The A500, also known as the Amiga 500, was the first low-end Commodore Amiga 16-bit multimedia home/personal computer model. ... The Commodore Amiga 500 Plus, (A500+) is a enhanced version of the original Amiga 500. ... The Amiga 2500, also known as the A2500, was an enhanced version of the Commodore Amiga 2000. ... The A3000, also known as the Commodore Amiga 3000, was a much more serious proposition to build a professional multimedia computer than the previous A2000 effort. ... The A3000UX is a model of the Amiga computer family that was released with Commodore Amiga Unix installed instead of AmigaOS, a full port of AT&T Unix System V Release 4. ... The Amiga 3000T is the tower version of the Commodore Amiga 3000. ... The A600, also known as the Amiga 600, was an Amiga personal computer launched in March 1992. ... The Amiga 1200, or A1200, was Commodore Internationals third-generation Amiga computer, aimed at the home market. ... The A4000, or Commodore Amiga 4000, was the successor of the A2000 and A3000 computers. ...


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A2000 (53 words)
The A2000, also known as Amiga 2000, is the Amiga computer that was released in 1987 at the same time with A500.
The technical specifications of the A2000 are very similar to the A500.
The main difference was that the A2000 had a lot of expansion ports and thus had a large case.
Amiga 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (435 words)
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).
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.
The A2000 was eventually succeeded by the Amiga 3000 in 1990.
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