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Commodore Amiga 500 Plus

The Amiga 500 plus 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 plus has the ECS or the Enhanced Chip Set.
By using different processors for specific tasks the Amigas are very efficient and quick.
The Amiga 500 plus is designed for business, graphical and video applications, but also for playing games. The Amiga 500 plus is an improved version of the Amiga 500, with a upgraded Agnus and Denise. The Amiga 500 plus is standard equipped with 1Mbyte memory and kickstart 2.x.

Processor:

Motorola 68000

Processor frequency:

7.14 MHz

Memory:

1 Mbyte RAM, 512 kbyte ROM

Graphics:

A500: 640 x 512 pix, 80 x 30 chr, 4096 clr, 8 mob
A500 Plus: 1008 x 1024 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 Plus
Update: 2009-04-20 18:26:04