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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
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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 (
- 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
- Escort2_a.pdf
user manual
45 kB - Escort2_b.pdf
user manual
35 kB
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 (
- 2 MB RAM in 64 DIP sockets
- 256k×1 DIPs
)
Advert (US)
1987-09
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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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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
front 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
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1986-09
Manufacturer Side Effects, USA | Date 1986 | Amiga A1000 | Interface side expansion port |
- No description available.
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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
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1987-03
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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
front side
Advert (US)
1987-03