- Amiga 3000
Infobox computer
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Name=Commodore Amiga 3000
Type =Personal computer
Released = June 1990
Discontinued = 1992
Processor = Motorola 68030 @ 16/25 MHz
Memory = 2 MB
OS = Amiga OS 2.0The A3000, also known as the Commodore
Amiga 3000, was a much more serious proposition to build a professional multimedia computer than the previousA2000 effort. It was released in June 1990, three years after the 2000.The Amiga 3000 came in a compact desktop "lunchbox" case with a separate keyboard.
Technical Specifications
* a
Motorola 68030 processor at either 16 MHz or 25 MHz (The 16 MHz models were discontinued soon after).
* 2 MB of memory (configured as 1 MB chip RAM and 1 MB 32bit Fast RAM), expandable to a total of 18 MB onboard.
* a 68881 or 68882 FPUcoprocessor (The 16 MHz model shipped with a 68881, the 25 MHz model with a 68882)
* the ECS chipset.
* aSCSI interface and a Quantum LPS40S (40 MB), LPS52S (50 MB) or LPS105S (100 MB) 3.5" Hard Drive.
* a built-in 'flicker fixer ' which enabled the use of aVGA monitor.One could increase the amount of "Fast RAM" by adding ZIP DRAM chips, these were notoriously difficult to fit - and were available in two varieties,
Page Mode orStatic Column .Other models included the A3000UX bundled with UNIX System V Release 4, and the A3000T tower computer.
An enhanced version, the Amiga 3000+, with the AGA chipset and an AT&T DSP chip was produced to prototype stage but never launched, instead Commodore replaced the A3000 with the cost-reduced A4000.
"The A3000 designation was also used on an
Acorn Archimedes model".
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