Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer “3-State”
21 expansions in database
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A1000 | Interface special (see text) |
- expands the A1000 with 512 kB Fast RAM
- four 256k×4 DIPs
- can be installed into A1000 PAL models only
- connects into the sockets of six motherboard chips at location U1G, U1H, U2G, U2H, U3G, U4G
- installing requires soldering
- disable switch
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 512 kB RAM
- four 256k×4 DRAM chips
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- optional battery backed up clock
- disable switch
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- A502_deutsch.pdf
Benutzerhandbuch
1356 kB
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- sixteen DIP sockets with 512 kB RAM
- 256k×1, 120 ns DIPs
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- battery backed up clock
- disable jumper
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- four ZIP sockets with 2 MB RAM
- 1M×4 ZIPs (514400)
- A502/4: 80 ns ZIPs
- A502/4 Plus: 70 ns ZIPs
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- battery backed up clock
- disable switch
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500+ | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 1 MB Chip RAM
- 32 1×256k 120 ns DIPs
- plugs into the trapdoor slot
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1992-02
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1992-08
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- clock
- a simple battery backed up clock
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- passthrough connector for trapdoor memory expansions
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot, Gary socket, CPU slot |
- both versions use the same main board, they differ only in the adapter boards
- sixteen DIP sockets accept 2 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 DIPs (514256), 70 - 80 ns
- accepts DIPs in groups of four giving 0.5, 1, 1.5 or 2 MB configurations
- battery backed up clock
- disable switch
- the main board connects to the trapdoor slot
- A580:
- the adaptor board connects to Gary's socket
- can use only 1.8 MB RAM of the main board
- A580 Plus:
- the adaptor board connects to the 68000's socket
- can use all 2 MB RAM of the main board
- requires Fat Agnus 8372A
- Chip RAM size can be switched between 512 kB and 1 MB
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1990-05
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1993-01
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot, Gary socket |
- 2 MB RAM
- two 30 pin 128 kB SIPs soldered on board
- battery backed up clock
- disable switch
- the main board connects to the trapdoor slot
- an adaptor board connects to Gary's socket
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A600 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 1 MB Chip RAM
- eight DIP sockets with 256k×4, 70 ns chips
- fits into the trapdoor connector
- battery backed-up clock
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 8738 / 0,34 |
- SCSI 2 and IDE controller
- uses polled I/O instead of DMA transfer
- autoboot ROM (SCSI-Apollo.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- support for Rigid Disk Block
- Direct SCSI is supported only on the SCSI part of the controller
- place for a 3.5" hard disk on the card
- internal 50 pin SCSI header and 40 pin IDE header
- external DB25 SCSI connector
- hard disk activity LED
- disable switch
- memory
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- supports 1M×4 FastPage or Static Column ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB RAM
- two 30 pin SIP sockets accept 2 MB RAM
- the SIP sockets are hardwired to the first bank of ZIP sockets, they cannot be used at the same time
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- Apollo2000.pdf
User Manual
4.3 MB
- ApolloInstall-50.dms
install disk v5.0
197 kB - apollo.2030hdinstall.DMS
Installer's Heaven
install disk
197 kB
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1992-08
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1993-01
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- SCSI 2 and IDE controller
- uses polled I/O instead of DMA transfer
- autoboot ROM (SCSI-Apollo.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- support for Rigid Disk Block and Direct SCSI
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- internal 50 pin SCSI header and 40 pin IDE header
- external DB25 SCSI connector
- hard disk activity LED
- memory
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- supports 1M×4 FastPage or Static Column ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB RAM
- two 30 pin SIP sockets accept 2 MB RAM
- the SIP sockets are hardwired to the first bank of ZIP sockets, they cannot be used at the same time
- notes
- 86 pin internal expansion header for the Apollo 520 accelerator board
- connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
- disable switch on the back of the case
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 8738 / 34 |
- IDE controller
- autoboot ROM (AT-Apollo.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- support for Rigid Disk Block
- place for a 3.5" hard disk on the card
- internal 40 pin IDE header
- hard disk power connector
- hard disk activity LED connector
- autoboot disable jumper
- A-Max II and Chamäleon drivers
- no option for memory expansion
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- ApolloInstall-50.dms
install disk v5.0
197 kB
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1993-01
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 8738 / 34 |
- IDE controller
- autoboot ROM (AT-Apollo.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- support for Rigid Disk Block
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- internal 40 pin IDE header
- hard disk power connector
- hard disk activity LED
- 86 pin expansion connector for the Apollo 520 accelerator board or a 2 MB RAM expansion board
- connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
- autoboot disable switch on the back of the case
- A-Max II and Chamäleon drivers
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A500, A2000 | Interface Agnus socket, Gary socket |
- 1 MB Chip RAM expansion
- plugs into the Agnus socket
- an adaptor board plugs to the Gary socket
- Agnus is replaced with Super Agnus (8375) which allows a total of 2 MB Chip RAM
- rules out internal processor cards and internal memory expansions with more than 512 kB RAM
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1993-01
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 512 / 2 |
- sixteen DIP sockets accept 2 MB RAM
- six 30 pin SIP sockets accept 6 MB RAM
- accepts 256k×4 (514256), 70 - 100 ns DIPs in groups of four
- accepts 1M×8 and 1M×9, 70 - 100 ns SIPs in groups of two
- possible configurations are 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 MB
- disable DIP switch on the card
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- MegaMix2000.pdf
user manual (german)
24 kB
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 512 / 2 |
- RAM Expansion
- external FastRAM expansion
- possible configurations are 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB
- consists of three boards: mainboard, controller daughterboard and one of three different RAM daughterboards
- mainboard holds the controller daughterboard and the RAM daughterboards
- passthrough connector
- supports autoconfig
- RAM daughterboards work also in the Apollo 500AT
- disable switch - can be deactivated by jumper J3
- RAM daughterboard - Type 1
- ZIP RAM sockets
- takes up to up to 8 MB RAM
- RAM daughterboard - Type 2
- sixteen 22 pin SIP sockets
- 128 kB (256k×4) SIPs
- takes up to 2 MB RAM
- RAM daughterboard - Type 3
- 64 256k×1 DIP chips, soldered to three stacked boards
- 2 MB RAM (not expandable)
- Jumper Settings
| J1 | J2 | Size |
| ON | OFF | 2.0 MB |
| ON | ON | 4.0 MB |
| OFF | ON | 6.0 MB |
| OFF | OFF | 8.0 MB |
| J3 | Function |
| OFF | RAM can be deactivated |
| ON | RAM always on |
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Exterior, front side
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Control card, front side
Control card, back side
RAM card, front side
RAM card, back side
- MegaMix500.pdf
Bedienungsanleitung / User Manual (german)
722 kB
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1992-02
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1992-08
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1993-01
Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 512 / 2 |
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- supports 1M×4 ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB configurations
- disable jumper
- half length card
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 512 / 2 |
- twelve ZIP sockets and sixteen 22 pin SIP sockets for up to 8 MB RAM
- takes 1M×4 ZIPs in groups of four
- takes 128 kB (256k×4) SIPs
- possible configurations are 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB
- disable switch
- half length card
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 512 / 2 |
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- supports 1M×4 ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB configurations
- half length card
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface video slot |
- deinterlacer
- doubles all 15.75 kHz screen modes to 31.5 kHz
- software controllable refresh rates up to 100 Hz
- full overscan support
- PAL and NTSC compatible
- integrated stereo amplifier (2× 1 Watt sinus)
- volume knob on slot cover
- two 2.5 mm jack audio connectors
- HD15 VGA connector
- works in the A4000 but only in 12 bit (4096 colours), no AGA and ECS compatibility
- in A2000-A an adapter socket has to be placed in the Denise socket which connects to the card with an 8 pin ribbon cable
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- MultiVision.pdf
user manual (german)
322 kB
- Multivision.dms
Tool Disk v3.1, Sync Master I
323 kB - Multivision-20.dms
Tool Disk, Sync Master II v2.0
325 kB
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Manufacturer 3-State, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500, A1000, A2000 | Interface Denise socket |
- DeInterlacer
- doubles all 15.75 kHz screen modes to 31.5 kHz
- software controllable refresh rates up to 100 Hz
- full overscan support
- PAL and NTSC compatible
- not compatible with ECS and AGA screen modes
- in SuperHiRes and SuperHiRes Interlaced every second horizontal pixel is missing
- Productivity mode does not work at all
- not compatible with genlocks
- integrated stereo amplifier (2× 1 Watt sinus) with volume control
- two 3.5 mm jack audio connectors
- RGB and HD15 VGA connectors
- connects into Denise socket, the Denise chip is is installed on the expansion - rules out many internal processor boards and some internal memory expansions
- all connectors and the volume knob are on an external unit - connects to the board with a 10 pin ribbon cable
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Connector Box, top side
- MultiVision.pdf
user manual (german)
322 kB
- Multivision.dms
Tool Disk v3.1, Sync Master I
323 kB - Multivision-20.dms
Tool Disk, Sync Master II v2.0
325 kB
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