Amiga 500 Series Technical Information

KICKSTARTS:
 1.2
 1.3
 2.04

 ROM chip was a 40-pin DIP.

CPU:
 68000 at 7.14MHz

FPU:
 none

CHIPS:
 Denise - 8362 Denise
 Paula  - Standard Paula
 Agnus  - 8370 for REV3 and 5 Motherboard
          8372A in REV6 Motherboard
          8375 in REV7 Motherboard (500+)
 Gary   - Fat Gary

RAM:
 CHIP RAM 512k on motherboard
          512k in trapdoor expansion can be converted to CHIP RAM
               by modification. Here's how.
 FAST RAM none shipped with machine.
          The 512k expansion in the trapdoor configures as FAST RAM
           but only runs as fast as CHIP RAM due to the bus limitation.
          Maximum autoconfigging RAM in this slot is 2.3 MEG.

PORTS:
 15KHz Video
 External Disk drive
 Parallel Port
 Serial Port
 Mouse/Joystick ports
 5-pin Sqaure DIN Power Port
 Left and Right RCA Audio

SLOTS:
 1  86-pin external expansion slot on the left for hard-drives,
     RAM expansion, digitizers, etc.
 1  Trapdoor RAM expansion underneath
 
MOTHERBOARD REVISIONS:
 3.x  Avoid
 5    8370 Agnus
 6    8372A 1 Meg Agnus
 8A   Amiga 500+ 8375 Agnus and 8373 SuperDenise

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