Manufacturer
Vortex, Germany
Date
1990
Amiga
A500
A2000

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Interface
68000 socket
Zorro II
    IBM AT emulation
  • 80286 @ 7.2 MHz
  • plugs into 68000 socket - the board contains a 68000 already
  • installing into an A2000 requires an adaptor card which plugs into the CPU slot and a software version ≥ v1.10
  • no RAM on board, it uses the Amiga RAM
  • video emulation
    • CGA (non-interlaced)
    • Hercules (720*348 interlaced) - too wide, scrolls horizontally
    • T3100 (640*400 interlaced)
    • Olivetti (640*400 interlaced)
  • supports virtual drives (PC hardfiles on Amiga hard disk)
  • uses Amiga floppy drives
  • uses Amiga serial and parallel ports
  • the Amiga mouse is emulated as Microsoft compatible mouse
Vortex ATonce - Rev 1 front side
Rev 1, front side
Vortex ATonce - Rev 1 back side
Rev 1, back side
Vortex ATonce - Rev 2 front side
Rev 2, front side
Vortex ATonce - Rev 2 back side
Rev 2, back side
Vortex ATonce - Rev2 on A2000 adaptor  front side
Rev2 on A2000 adaptor, front side
Vortex ATonce - Rev2 on A2000 adaptor  back side
Rev2 on A2000 adaptor, back side

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