1990
COMMODORE AMIGA 1500
NAME |
AMIGA 1500 |
MANUFACTURER |
Commodore |
TYPE |
Home Computer |
ORIGIN |
Germany |
YEAR |
1990 |
BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
None |
KEYBOARD |
Full-stroke 102 keys with numeric keypad, function and arrow keys |
CPU |
Motorola 68000 |
SPEED |
7.14 Mhz. |
COPROCESSOR |
Fat Agnus (MMU), Paula (Sound & IO), Denise (video), Gary, OCS/ECS chipset |
RAM |
1 MB on board |
ROM |
256 KB |
TEXT MODES |
60 or 80 columns x 32 lines |
GRAPHIC MODES |
From 320 x 256 to 640 x 512 (Same as A2000) |
COLORS |
From 32 to 4096 (Same as A2000) |
SOUND |
4 voice 8 bit PCM |
I/O PORTS |
Same as A2000 |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
2 x 3.5' ' 880 KB Floppy Disk Drives |
OS |
AMIGA WorKBench 1.3, Kickstart 2.04 |
POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in power supply |
COMMODORE AMIGA 3000
NAME |
AMIGA 3000 |
MANUFACTURER |
Commodore |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1990 |
CPU |
Motorola MC68030 |
SPEED |
16 / 25 mHz |
COPROCESSOR |
3 : Super Denise (video),Fat Agnus (memory manager, blitter & copper), Paula (I/O, sound), 68881 or 68882 (math processor), SCSI DMAC |
RAM |
1-2 MB Chip RAM, up to 18 Mb (with 16Mb FAST) and theoricaly to 4 Gb. |
ROM |
512 KB |
TEXT MODES |
60 x 32 / 80 x 32 |
GRAPHIC MODES |
12 graphic modes : from 320 x 240 to 960 x 512 |
COLORS |
32 (for 320 x X modes), 16 (for 640 x X modes) among 4096 + 2 Special modes : EHB 64 colors and HAM 4096 colors on static display. |
SOUND |
Four 8 bit PCM voices |
I/O PORTS |
Video (RGB, Composite), Parallel/Centronics, RS232c, SCSI, VGA, stereo sound, joysticks (atari) & mouse, 4 Zorro III internal slots, 2 ISA slots, 1 CPU slot, 1 video slot, external floppy, external SCSI-2, keyboard, Stereo audio output |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
one 3.5' ' disk-drive (880k), SCSI-2 Hard-Drive |
OS |
AMIGA WorKBench 2.0x, Unix System (SVR4) V operating system |
POWER SUPPLY |
Internal PSU |
COMMODORE CDTV
NAME |
CDTV |
MANUFACTURER |
Commodore |
TYPE |
Home Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1990 |
END OF PRODUCTION |
1995 |
KEYBOARD |
optional full-stroke professional keyboard |
CPU |
Motorola MC 68000 |
SPEED |
7.14 MHz |
COPROCESSOR |
Denise (8373 SuperDenise), Paula, Agnus, Gary |
RAM |
512 KB (later expanded to 1Mb Chip RAM) |
ROM |
192 KB |
TEXT MODES |
60 x 32 / 80 x 32 |
GRAPHIC MODES |
several graphic modes, most used : 320 x 240 (32 colors) / 640 x 240 (16 colors) |
COLORS |
4096 |
SOUND |
four 8 bit PCM voices |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
430mm W x 330mm D x 95mm H |
I/O PORTS |
One credit card type slot (to save games scores) , 1 video slot, 1 DMA extension, Mouse & infrared joystick, Parallel, Serial, 15Khz RGB video, External floppy, Stereo RCA Audio jacks (16 bit), Colour composite Video output, MIDI In/Out, Headphone Jack |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
Internal single speed CDROM (with caddy) |
OS |
AMIGA DOS, Kickstart: 1.3 (+ additional CD support) |
1992
COMMODORE AMIGA 600
NAME |
AMIGA 600 |
MANUFACTURER |
Commodore |
TYPE |
Home Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1992 |
KEYBOARD |
Full-stroke keyboard, 78 key (no numeric keypad) |
CPU |
Motorola 68000 |
SPEED |
7.16 mHz |
COPROCESSOR |
Agnes (MMU), Daphne (video), Portia (Sound & I/O) |
RAM |
1 MB, Expandable to 2MB Chip RAM
Maximum RAM expansion 6MB with PCMCIA |
ROM |
512 KB (AmigaOS 2.x) |
TEXT MODES |
60 x 32 / 80 x 32 |
GRAPHIC MODES |
320 x 256 / 320 x 512 / 640 x 256 / 640 x 512 |
COLORS |
32 (for 320 x X modes), 16 (for 640 x X modes) among 4096 + two special modes EHB (64 colors) and HAM (4096 colors) |
SOUND |
Four channel stereo sound |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
14' ' deep x 9.5' ' wide x 3' ' high / 6 lbs |
I/O PORTS |
Floppy Disk (DB23), Mouse/Joystick/Lightpen (2 DB9), Serial (RS-232, PC-compatible), Parallel (Centronics, PC-compatible), Video RGB analogue (DB23 15 kHz), Colour Composite (RCA), RF Modulator (RCA), PCMCIA Card Slot, Internal AT IDE connector |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
one 3.5' ' disk-drive, 880k |
OS |
Amiga DOS Release 2 + WorKBench 2.x |
1993
APPLE MAC COLORCLASSIC
NAME |
Macintosh Color Classic |
MANUFACTURER |
Apple |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
February 1993 |
END OF PRODUCTION |
May 1994 |
BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
None |
KEYBOARD |
Typewriter type 82 key with numeric keypad and arrow keys |
CPU |
Motorola 68030 |
SPEED |
16 MHz |
COPROCESSOR |
Socket for an optional 68882 math coprocessor |
RAM |
4 MB up to 10 MB (although 12 MB could sit in the slots) |
VRAM |
256 KB up to 512 KB (specific SIMM secket) |
ROM |
1 MB |
TEXT MODES |
No text mode. Bit mapped characters |
GRAPHIC MODES |
512 x 384 dots. Could be expanded to 640 x 480 with significant hardware modifications. |
COLORS |
256 |
SOUND |
Mono 16-bit - Built-in speaker - sound output jack |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
25.15 (W) x 36.8 (H) x 32 (D) / 11 kg |
I/O PORTS |
2 x ADB, 2 x serial, SCSI, sound In/Out |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
3.5 |
OS |
MAC OS 7.1 |
POWER SUPPLY |
Built in switching power supply unit |
PERIPHERALS |
PDS expansion slot |
PCjr ve PS/2 ISA standardinin kabulü ile IBM disindaki firmalarin IBM-uyumlu denilen bilgisayar imalati da hizlandi. IBM'in ilk AT bilgisayarlari oldukça pahali idi. Diger firmalarin IBM-uyumlu bilgisayarlari ise çok daha ucuzdu. IBM, 1986 ve 1987 yillarinda çikarttigi PCjr modeli ile diger firmalara kaptirmaya basladigi ev-bilgisayari pazarini geri almaya çalisti. PS/2 ise, IBM baska firmalar tarafindan benzerinin yapilmasina izin vermedigi bir mimari ile yapiliyordu. IBM bu mimariye MCA (Micro Channel mimarisi) adini veriyordu. ISA'dan farkli, günümüzdeki Tak-Çalistir türü kartlar gibi, MCA bilgisayarlari için yapilacak kartlarin ayarlarinin kullanici tarafindan degil, bilgisayar tarafindan otomatik yapilacak olmasiydi. Ne var ki, bu strateji tutmadi. PCjr, çok az yetenekli olusu; PS/2 ise herhangi bir magazadan satin alinabilecek ISA kartlari kabul etmedigi ve MCA kartlari digerlerine oranla üç-dört kat daha pahali oldugu için PS/2 bilgisayarlari birkaç kisi ve firmanin antikalari arasinda yer aldi. IBM, daha sonra fazla duyurmadan, PS/2 bilgisayarlarin ISA modellerini de çikartti. Eger böyle bir bilgisayara sahipseniz, anakart yeri yeni anakartlari alacagi ve güç birimine ayrilan köse oldukça genis oldugu için her seyi yenilemek sartiyla, bos kutusu olarak kullanabilirsiniz. Ancak dökme-metal sasesi yüzünden yerinden kaldirmasi zor olan PS/2, kullaniciya hayati bayagi zorlastirabilir. |