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Commodore Amiga 500

The Amiga 500 is a computer system with a keyboard, external power-supply, disk drive and a motherboard. On the motherboard you will find a 16-bit Motorola 68000 processor and three co-processors: Denise (video), Agnus (memory, blitter and copper) and Paula (audio and I/O). De A500 has the OCS or the Original Chip Set.
By using different processors for specific tasks the Amigas are very efficient and quick.
The Amiga 500 is designed for business, graphical and video applications, but also for playing games. The Amiga 500 was targeted on the consumers market. The Amiga 500 is the model that sold the most.

Processor:

Motorola 68000

Processor frequency:

7.14 MHz

Memory:

512 kbyte RAM, 256 kbyte ROM

Graphics:

640 x 512 pix, 80 x 30 chr, 4096 clr, 8 mob

Sound:

4 Voices

Connections:

Parallel, Serial, 2 x Joy / Mouse, RGB(I) video, Stereo sound, Ext. diskdrive

Dimensions:

320 x 465 x 60 mm

Manufacturer:

Commodore - Amiga
Commodore Amiga 500
Very low serial number on the Amiga 500.
Strange, another very low serial number on another Amiga 500.
Update: 2019-05-08 19:34:41