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13 expansions found
Manufacturer
Micro Forge, USA
Date
1986
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    Zorro I Expansion Chassis
  • expansion box with single Zorro I slot (86 pin) adapter board
  • connects to the A1000 side expansion port
  • intended to be used with one of these optional expansion boards with 86 pin connector:

Manufacturer
Micro Forge, USA
Date
1986
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    Zorro I Expansion Chassis
  • large expansion box that provides seven Zorro I slots (86 pin)
  • two 5.25" bays
  • connects to the A1000 side expansion port
  • obscures the mouse and joystick ports and reroutes them to the front of the unit
  • internal power supply
  • optional expansion cards with 86 pin connector:

Vapourware
Manufacturer
DSI, Canada
Date
1986
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    Zorro I Expansion Chassis
  • the BUSS Station and its expansion modules were only advertised, but never released
  • planned features:
    • eight Zorro I slots (86 pin) in a chassis that sits on top of the A1000
    • each slot can be individually enabled or disabled with a switch at the front panel
    • internal power supply
    • 4 power outlets, controllable by buttons from the front panel
    • recessed expansion slot at front panel to install external modules (e.g. "The Associate", a serial/parallel multiport data switch) - or store floppy disks if unoccupied
    • special port to install RAM expansion cards up to 8 MB

Advert (US)
1986-05

Manufacturer
Expansion Technologies, USA
Date
1987
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    Zorro I expansion chassis
  • two Zorro I slots
  • connects to the A1000 side expansion port
  • passthrough connector
  • optional external power supply
    optional RAM card (Photo)
  • 2 MB RAM in 64 DIP sockets
  • 256k×1 DIPs
    optional ST506 controller card - Escort 2HD
  • the 5.25" hard disk is mounted in an external case of the same size as the Escort 2 chassis

Advert (US)
1987-05

Advert (US)
1988-03

Manufacturer
Expansion Technologies, USA
Date
1987
Amiga
A500
Interface
side expansion port
    Zorro I expansion chassis
  • two Zorro I slots
  • one 5.25" drive bay for the optional hard disk (requires a Zorro I hard disk controller card)
  • one 3.5" drive bay for the optional 2nd floppy drive (requires a Zorro I floppy controller card)
  • optional internal power supply
  • connects to the A500 side expansion port
  • sits on top of the A500
    RAM card (Photo)
  • 2 MB RAM in 64 DIP sockets
  • 256k×1 DIPs

Advert (US)
1987-09

Advert (US)
1988-03

Manufacturer
Ameristar Technologies, USA
Date
1986
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    Zorro I Expansion Chassis
  • large expansion box that sits below the A1000
  • provides 5 Zorro I slots (86 pin)
  • 4 5.25" bays
  • connects to the A1000 side expansion port via flexible cable
  • internal 135W power supply

Advert (US)
1987-04

Vapourware
Manufacturer
ASDG, USA
Date
1986
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
No description available.

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Advert (US)
1986-08

Manufacturer
ASDG, USA
Date
1987
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    Zorro I expansion chassis
  • two Zorro I slots
  • connects to the A1000 side expansion port
  • 85 watt internal power supply
    Mini-Rack C
  • does not implement all Zorro signals, most importantly it lacks +12V and -5V
  • unbuffered slots
  • works well with RAM cards (such as ASDG's own 2M and 8M), but not with HD controllers
  • one exception for HD controllers is the Expansion Technologies Escort ST-506 controller card, which does not need the missing signals
    Mini-Rack D
  • implements all Zorro signals
  • buffered slots

Advert (US)
1987-02

Manufacturer
Byte by Byte, USA
Date
1986 & 1987
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    Zorro I expansion chassis
  • PAL:
    • 5× Zorro I slots
    • 3× 5.25" drive bays
    • internal power supply
  • PAL Jr:
    • 2× Zorro I slots
    • 1× 5.25" drive bay
    • 90 Watt internal power supply
  • the backplane, RAM and HD controller cards are based on Commodore Amiga reference designs
  • the Zorro slots are buffered and support DMA cards
  • 1 MB RAM on board - 32 256k×1 DIPs
  • battery backed up clock
  • connects to the A1000 side expansion port
  • sits on top of the A1000
  • the Amiga power cord must be plugged into the PAL / PAL Jr, so it can control the power up sequence
    SCSI / ST-506 controller card
  • electrically identical to the Commodore A2090 controller card, except for the SCSI part, which was not completely finished at the time
  • uses DMA transfers
  • does not support the RDB standard
  • does not autoboot
  • 50 pin internal SCSI connector
  • DB25 external connector
    optional RAM card - Garganturam
  • eight 30 pin SIMM sockets for up to 8 MB RAM
  • does not conflict with the onboard 1 MB RAM
  • accepts 256 kB or 1 MB SIMMs in pairs
  • supported configurations are 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 4 or 8 MB
  • autoconfiguring
Byte by Byte PAL & PAL Jr -  front side
front side
Byte by Byte PAL & PAL Jr -  back side
back side

Advert PAL (US)
1986-07

Advert PAL (US)
1986-09

Advert (US)
1986-11

Advert (US)
1987-01

Advert PAL Jr. (US)
1987-05

Advert PAL Jr. (US)
1987-07

Manufacturer
Side Effects, USA
Date
1986
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
  • 2 MB RAM
  • 64 256k×1 ZIPs soldered onto the board
  • zero waitstates
  • autoconfig
  • connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
  • the unit is basically a two slot Zorro I chassis with a RAM card in it
  • the second slot is free but the lack of power supply makes it impractical

Advert (US)
1986-09

Manufacturer
Side Effects, USA
Date
1986
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
No description available.

Do you own this expansion, or have information about it? Please let us know.

Advert (US)
1986-09

Manufacturer
Computer System Associates, USA
Date
1986
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    expansion chassis
  • 5× Zorro I slots
  • optional Turbo Amiga CPU 68020 card
  • optional 512 kB, 32 bit wide static RAM card(s) which connect to the CPU card with four 40 pin ribbon cables
  • optional non-autobooting SCSI controller card
  • 1× 5.25" drive bay for the optional 20 MB hard disk drive
  • internal power supply
  • connects to the side expansion port - no passthrough connector

Advert (US)
1986-09

Advert (US)
1987-03

Advert (US)
1988-01

Manufacturer
Pacific Cypress, USA
Date
1987
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    Zorro I expansion chassis
  • two Zorro I slots - one is occupied with the RAM card
  • the slots are not buffered
  • optional external power supply - required for using the 2nd slot
  • connects to the A1000 side expansion port
    RAM card
  • 64 DIP sockets for up to 2 MB RAM
  • supports 0.5, 1 or 2 MB configurations
  • uses 256k×1 DIPs
  • autoconfig
  • almost completely Zorro compatible, but using them in a standard Zorro chassis requires cutting three wire traces
Pacific Cypress Xpander II -  front side
front side

Advert (US)
1987-03