NOTE :
The specifications here are specific to the AMIGA 500
and do not necessarily apply to the AMIGA 500+
Case
Type : |
Computer
in a keyboard |
Processor : |
68000@7.14Mhz |
MMU : |
None |
FPU : |
None |
Chipset : |
OCS (more common)
or ECS |
Kickstarts
: |
V1.2 (Single 40pin
DIL)
V1.3 (Single 40pin DIL) |
Expansion
Slots : |
1 x 86pin Side
Expansion slot
1 x 56pin Trapdoor Slot |
Standard
CHIP RAM : |
512K |
RAM sockets
: |
None |
Hard Drive
Controllers : |
None |
Drive Bays
: |
1 x Custom Floppy
Drive Bay |
Expansion
Ports : |
1 x 25pin Serial
1 x 25pin Parallel
1 x 23pin RGB Video
1 x 23pin External Floppy
2 x 9pin Joystick/Mouse
2 x RCA Audio (Left/Right) |
Floppy
Drive : |
1 x Internal 880K
Floppy Drive |
Motherboard
Revisions : |
Rev 3.x (Very
buggy, avoid if possible)
Rev 5.x (8370 Agnus (NTSC), 8371 Agnus (PAL))
Rev 6A (8372A Agnus)
Rev 6.x (8372A Agnus)
Rev 8
For later revisions, see the AMIGA 500+ |
Battery
Backed Up Clock : |
No |
The AMIGA 500
was one of the most popular Amiga models ever made,
partly because it was extremely cheap in comparison to
the big box models and partly because it was targetted
almost exclusively at gamers. Although the AMIGA 500+
looks almost identical to the AMIGA 500, there are
considerable differences between the two models. The
AMIGA 500 was usually supplied with the A520 to allow it
to be connected directly to a standard television. The
AMIGA 500 was supplied with 512K of CHIP RAM by default.
Earlier revisions of the AMIGA 500 could only address
512K of CHIP but later revisions containing the 8372
Agnus could address 1MB (but were still supplied with
512K). Early versions of the AMIGA 500 had a red power
LED and a green floppy drive LED, whenever the audio
filters were activated the power LED would switch off.
This was later changed to a green power LED and amber
floppy LED and again the power LED would be switched off
whenever the audio filters were activated. In hind-sight
this was probably not considered a sensible indication
of the audio filters because the machine could appear to
be switched off, even though it wasn't, so Commodore
finally changed it so that the power LED was only dimmed
when the audio filters were activated and this remained
with the AMIGA 500+. Later AMIGA 500's may use the same
motherboard revisions that the AMIGA 500+ used,
including the ECS chipset. This was probably during a
transition period when moving from the standard AMIGA
500 to the standard AMIGA 500+. Commodore often used
'old stock' to save money. Apparently you can spot Rev
8/ECS based AMIGA 500s my checking the logo near the
LEDs. If it's an AMIGA 500 logo instead of a commodore
logo, then it's a newer AMIGA 500.
Source :
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/
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