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Manufacturer |
Commodore (US) |
Model |
Amiga 1000 |
Date Launched |
July 1985 |
Price |
Approx. £1000 |
Microprocessor type |
Motorola 68000 @ 7.16 MHz |
ROM size |
192 kilobytes |
Standard RAM |
256 kilobytes |
Maximum RAM |
512 kilobytes |
Keyboard type |
Typewriter style |
Supplied language |
Amiga Workbench user interface. |
Text resolution |
Up to 80 x 32 characters |
Graphics resolution |
320 x 200, 320 x 400, 640 x 200, 640 x 400 pixels |
Colours available |
32 in 320 x ... modes, 16 in 640 x ... modes, from a palette of 4096. |
Sound |
4 channels in stereo. |
Cassette load speed |
Built-in 3½" disc drive holding 880KB. |
Dimensions (mm) |
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Special features |
Had three custom designed chips, for graphics, sound and memory management. |
Good points |
The best graphics of any desktop computer of 1985. |
Bad points |
Expensive |
How successful? |
The Amiga range, particularly the later 500, 600 and 1200 models, were amongst the most popular home computers well into the 1990s. Several million were sold. |
Comments |
The Amiga's chief architect was Jay Miner, who had previously worked for Atari on the custom chipsets in the 400 and 800 series. |
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