Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Commodore, USA | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 514 / 3,10 |
- CD-ROM drive
- single speed - 153 kB/sec (Mode 1), 171 kB/sec (Mode 2)
- custom Matsushita interface, neither SCSI nor IDE
- uses DMA transfers
- 0.5 sec average access time
- caddy mechanism
- supported CD formats are Audio CD, CD+G, ISO-9660 CD-ROM, CD+MIDI
- stereo input (two RCA sockets) for Amiga Sound
- stereo output (two RCA sockets) for mixed sound output (Amiga + CD audio)
- stereo headphone jack with volume knob
- drive activity LED
- CDTV compatibility - special ROM which is merged into the A500 ROM
- 40 pin expansion header for optional memory expansions
- AmiTrix CD-RAM/570
- HK-Computer Vector 2MB A570i
- Nicolas Welte 2MB for A570
- rear expansion slot for optional plug-in cartridges
- connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
- external power supply
- compatibility switch
- compatibility problems with many A500 expansions - does not let boot other devices on the expansion bus
front side
back side
A690 (A570 prototype), front side
A690 (A570 prototype), back side
- a570util.dms
Installer's Heaven
utilities disk
23 kB