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Launched in 1987, Amiga 500 was the low-end successor to Amiga 1000. It became an incredible popular home computer, and it's main competitor was the Atari 520ST.
Due to the slim design, there was no room for the Zorro slots. The first few Amiga 500 came with Kickstart 1.2, and later 1.3, which both included a lot of bug fixes.
The most common way to upgrade was 512Mb extra RAM (including a battery-backed clock) which fitted at the bottom of the case. An extra floppy disk drive was common as well. Additionally, a hard disk and up to 8Mb RAM could be plugged into the DMA expansion slot on the left side.
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| Release date: |
1987 |
| Processor: |
Motorola MC68000 @ 7.14 MHz |
| RAM: |
512Kb, expandable to 9Mb |
| Chipset: |
Original Chipset (OCS) |
| Operating System: |
Workbench 1.2 & Kickstart ROM 1.2
Later revisions used Workbench 1.3 & Kickstart ROM 1.3
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| Number of colours: |
A palette of 4096
32 in Low Res (64 in EHB, 4096 in HAM)
16 in High Res |
| Sound: |
Four channels in stereo, 22 KHz, 8-Bit, RCA audio jacks |
| Built-in Media: |
3.5" 880Kb floppy drive |
| Price: |
£599 (UK, 1988), £369 (UK, 1990) |
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