Amiga Hardware DatabaseCompany Kolff Computer Supplies, Netherlands | Date 1991 | Amiga A500, A500+, A600A2000, A3000, A4000 | - - | Interface trapdoor slotZorro II | Autoconfig ID 767 / 0 |
- IBM XT emulation
- A500, A500+: connects to the trapdoor connector
- A600: installed in a plastic case under the A600, which is connected to the trapdoor slot with a short ribbon cable and adaptor board
- Zorro II: the A500 version is connected to a Zorro II adapter card
- NEC V30 @ 10 MHz processor
- 1 MB RAM:
- 704 kB free RAM in MGA/CGA mode
- 640 kB free RAM in EGA/VGA mode
- 200 kB extra memory for a reset proof MS-DOS RAM disk
- in PC mode the board can use up to 8 MB of Amiga Fast RAM as PC memory
- in Amiga mode the 1 MB RAM acts as Amiga RAM:
- A500: 512 kB Chip RAM or 512 kB Fast RAM + 512 kB RAM disk
- A500+, A600: 1 MB Chip RAM
- A2000, A3000: 1 MB Fast RAM
- if an Amiga has 8 MB Fast RAM installed, the Power PC Board supplies 512 Kb of Extra RAM only
- does not multitask with the Amiga
- uses the Amiga internal serial port, up to 38400 bit/s on a standard A500
- uses the printer connected to the parallel port
- uses the Amiga mouse and joystick
- can use four Amiga floppy disk drives as PC disk drives, supports both 3.5 and 5.25" drives
- most Amiga hard disk controllers are supported
- video:
- MGA (Hercules): 720×348 in 2 colours
- CGA: 640×200 in 2 colours or 320×200 in 4 colours from a palette of 16
- EGA: 640×350 in 16 colours from a palette of 64
- VGA: 640×480 in 16 colours from a palette of 4096
- software emulated flicker-fixer in any PC interlace mode
- Adlib and SoundBlaster sound card emulation
- battery backed up clock for A500 and A600
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