Commodore Amiga 1500

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The A1500 was a UK-specific machine derived from the A2000. Both machines use a socketed Motorola 68000 7.14 MHz CPU and were shipped with an empty processor slot. The operating system also remained the same, shipping with Kickstart 1.3. The only difference is that the Amiga 1500 shipped with two floppy drives, 1MB Chip RAM and a new nameplate.

The exact reason why Commodore chose to release such a limited machine has remained a mystery for years. Many suggest CBM UK released it to "kill" an A500 desktop conversion unit sold by Checkmate Digital that was also called the  A1500. Commodore always had a questionable business sense. By releasing a competitor to another company they were almost certainly attempting to drive potential Amiga suppliers out-of-business, as well as spending large amounts of money on a system that added little to the Amiga market. Alternatively, Commodore may have had a lot of internal floppy drives they wanted to use.
Launch date: 1990 with a price of  £999

Manufacturer: Commodore
Date: 1990



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Commodore Amiga 1500 Manuals:

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The Works! Manuals Micro-Systems Software 1986

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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH2882. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

 

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