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It was maybe the first real Multi Media home computer long before Apple's Mac.
Superficially similar to the [[Atari ST]], using the same [[Motorola 68000 ]] processor and similar memory and screen modes, but it had a lot of co-processor and sweet architecture tricks making it a powerful computer, with excellent sound hardware for its time. Many early releases were lazy conversions from the ST that did not fully exploit the above (rather like what the Amstrad suffered with Spectrum ports) but later releases largely did exploit the system.
The A500 was perhaps the most well known emblematic model. Famous Amiga originals released for the CPC include [[Lemmings]], [[Defender of the Crown]], [[Sim City]], [[Shadow of the Beast]] and [[Pinball Dreams]].
*A1000 (1985): Technically an avant-gardiste multimedia PC. Has the OCS chipset.
*A500 (1987): The first mass-market Amiga model, the most successful, and the one the most games were designed around. The case is the Combo style shared with [[Atari|Atari ST]] or even Amstrad [[Plus]] range. All but the latest models use the OCS chipset*A2000 (1987): Like the A1000, a PC style professionnal machine. In 1990, Commodore UK sold the A1500, a variant of the A2000 with 2 floppy drives and no hard drive. Like the A1500, the A2500 is not a distinct model but an A2000 equipped with a 68020 or 68030 accelerator card.*A3000 (19911990): A workstation system aimed at productivity users, using a 68030 processor and the new Kickstart 2 and Workbench 2. In 1991 came the A3000T, an A3000 in a tower case.*CDTV (1991): Home multimedia entertainment and video game console. It is essentially an A500 home computer with a CD-ROM drive and remote control. With optional keyboard, mouse, and floppy disk drive, it gained the functionality of the regular Amiga.*A500+ (1991): Features the updated Kickstart 2 and Workbench 2, 1Mb 1MB internal memory and the ECS (Enhanced Chip Set).
*A600 (1992): a compact A500 with no numeric keypad, looks a lot like the newer C64 (not the bread bin ones). Similar internal hardware to the A500+, though with space for an internal hard drive.
*A1200 (1992): Intended as a long-term replacement for the A500, with 2MB memory and the new AGA chipset.*A4000 (1992): A replacement for the A3000, has the AGA chipset and either a 68030 or 68040 processor. In 1994 came the A4000T, an A4000 in a tower case.*A1200 CD32 (19921993): Intended Video game console marketed as the first 32-bit games console. It is essentially a longkeyboard-term replacement for less A1200 home computer without the A500I/O ports, but with 2Mb memory the addition of a CD-ROM drive and an improved version of the new AGA chipset.*A4000T (1994): a A4000 in a tower case, released shortly before It is the final hardware to be developed by Commodore folded in 1994, rare.
==Links==
*{{EnWiki}}*[https://www.amigawiki.org/ AmigaWiki]*[https://youtu.be/GhXC_vQ5IkM The iconic "Only Amiga makes it possible" TV adpromo video]*[https://youtu.be/C97Q-v-YDZE Amiga Commercials]*[https://youtu.be/ivpWpffg6G4 All Commodore Amiga games] [https://youtu.be/fe8thkiVrpo Over 100 Amiga games in under 1 hour] [https://youtu.be/TAFUZKzQRa0 Over 100 Amiga AGA games in under 1 hour]
*[https://www.amiga500archive.com/ Amiga 500 Archive]
*[httphttps://engrandis.wikipedia.orgnu/wikiturran/Amiga Amiga Wikipedia LinkTurran FTP]
*[https://amiga.net.au/files/Tech_Amiga/Commodore_Amiga_500_Technical_Manual.pdf Amiga 500 Service Manual]
*[http://amigadev.elowar.com/read/ADCD_2.1/Hardware_Manual_guide/node0001.html Amiga Hardware Reference Manual]
*[[Media:MC68000 User's Manual.pdf|Motorola MC68000 CPU User's Manual]]
*[https://eab.abime.net/ English Amiga Board]
*[https://youtu.be/kjapiUQOi2s Commodore History - The Amiga 1000] by [[The 8-Bit Guy]]
*[https://youtu.be/ws3DJF7MbMU Part 1] [https://youtu.be/BcXcy2b1dRM Part 2] Amiga Story by [[Nostalgia Nerd]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdUa20kUXM8&list=PLIX9fyYxV0k_NtBiHZtXs_UIccGTbnAjz PC vs Amiga]
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