Commodore Amiga 1000 Ship Date: July 1985 Price: US 1295ドル without monitor US 1790ドル with RGB monitor CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.14 MHz RAM: 256K stock, 8Meg max. Display: 16 colors at 640 X 400 32 colors at 320 X 200 Ports: Parallel, serial, floppy RGB, RF, composite video Stereo audio, joysticks System bus Storage: Internal 880K 3.5-inch floppy. OS: AmigaDOS 1.0-1.34 "Workbench" GUI

Introduced in July 1985, the Amiga 1000 was created in part by Jay "father of the Amiga" Miner, who previously designed the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The Amiga was originally designed to be a killer game machine, but it was so great that it evolved into a full computer.

The Amiga 1000 was a quantum leap above any other system out at the time, as it included a 32-bit pre-emptive multi-tasking GUI (Graphic User Interface), 4 channel stereo sound, 880k 3-1/2 inch floppy disks, and video modes which provided up to 4096 colors at once. The Amiga can even display multiple screens at different resolutions on a single monitor, all at the same time.

The Amiga quickly became a favorite for graphic artists and animators since its multiple co-processors allowed it to do complex images and animations that other systems, with the exception of expensive workstations, just couldn't handle.



The Amiga 1000 has no internal expansion capabilities, all expansion must be via external components. The system bus is available under a cover on the right side of the system. There is also a memory expansion slot on the front of the system, under a hidden snap-off over, which doubles the standard memory from 256K to 512K.


Even more tricky is how some third-party expansion boards were designed to fit inside the system. The CPU is removed from the motherboard, the expansion board is plugged into the CPU socket, and the CPU is inserted back into the new board. Shown here is the Spirit IN-1000 memory expansion with battery-backed clock.




Like the original Macintosh and the Macintosh Portable, the Amiga 1000 has the signatures of its designers cast into the inside of the case, including the pawprint of Jay Miner's dog Mitchy.

Truly the most advanced and capable computer of the era. Unfortunately, due to poor marketing and lack of IBM and MS-DOS compatibility, the general public did not comprehend and appreciate its advanced capabilities.

Subsequent Amiga models released: