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- From: 02jmfelton@bsuvc.bsu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
- Subject: Re: Buying an Amiga
- Date: 31 Jan 96 12:20:42 -0500
- Organization: Ball State University
- Message-ID: <1996Jan31.122042.1@orion.bsuvc.bsu.edu>
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- In article <1816.6604T576T2962@datashopper.dk>, fribert@datashopper.dk (Kenneth Fribert) writes:
- >
- > As far as I can tell, Joe Drasin wrote to Alle about 'Buying an Amiga', my reply would then be...
- >
- >> I am looking at buying an Amiga computer. However, I am not very
- >>knowledgable on the various types. Could someone tell me the basic
- >>differences in the various models (500,600,1000,1200,2000,3000,4000, and
- >>any others I don't know about). Thanks like basic/max RAM, speed, chip,
- >>etc... Also anything I should make sure are with the system. Thanks very
- >>much.
- >
- > In chronological order:
- >
- > Machine, CPU, Basic total Ram, Chip mem out of this, expansion ports
- > --------------------------------------------------------------------
- > A1000, 68000, 256 KB Ram, upto 512 KB Chip Ram, memport, and an inverse A500-like expansion port.
- > A500, 68000, 512 KB Ram, upto 512 KB Chip Ram*, expansion port and trapdoor port
- > A2000, 68000, 1 MB Ram, upto 1 MB Chip Ram, 6 ZorroII slots, video and PC slot, 100 pin CPU slot
- > A500+, 68000, 1 MB Ram, upto 1 MB Chip Ram, expansion port and trapdoor port
- > A600, 68000, 1 MB Ram, 1 MB Chip Ram, only expansion is PCMCIA port
- > A1200, 68020, 2 MB Ram, 2 MB Chip Ram, PCMCIA and trapdoor expansion
- > A4000, 68030, 4 MB Ram, 2 MB Chip Ram, 4 ZorroIII slots, PC Slots, video slot, 200 pin CPU slot
- > A4000, 68040, 6 MB Ram, 2 MB Chip Ram, 4 ZorroIII slots, PC Slots, video slot, 200 pin CPU slot
- >
- > * Some of the late A500's have room on the motherboard for 1 MB Chip.
- >
- > All of the above is of the top of my head, so I might have made some mistakes.
- >
- > ---
- > | fribert@datashopper.dk kensaga@diku.dk | PGP-key available on request
- > | Kenneth Fribert Fido: 2:235/41.33 | C. T. Barfoeds Vej 2, 3. tv
- > --------------------------------------------┤ DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
- > Amiga4000/68040@25MHz/18 MB/Hydra Ether/MultiFace III/Toshiba XM5201/Supra 288
- so where does the A3000 fit into this? i'm curious now...
- tom_slick
-
- p.s. sorry for all the spam...my news client automatically quotes
- everything in a reply....you can imagine deleting all of this by hand.
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