Commodore | System ID: 24 |
System Information
Sold only in the united kingdom the Amiga 1500 was basically a normal Amiga 2000 but with two floppy drives. Commodore UK put this machine to market against the Checkmate 1500, which was basically just a desktop casing for the A500. This system was cheaper then a normal 2000 and was targeted at a younger public.
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Pictures
| Front View | The Amiga 1500 was the model sold in the United Kingdom only. Destinctive are its black Amiga 1500 badge and the dual floppy drives (standard). |
| Front View | Top cover removed shows this is my GVP showcase. It houses only GVP expansions, from accelerator cards, graphics card to multi IO. |
| Inside View | From right to left: GVP A2000 Impact II 68030 50Mhz including the RAM32 expansion, HC8+ SCSI Controller, IV24 Video Editing card, Phonepak messaging system/fax machine, EGS 24 RTG Graphics card and finally a IO Extender multi IO card. |
| Rear View | This show the abbundance of connectors at the back. Also note the (orginal) serial stickers which shows A1500s were simply rebadged A2000s. |
Configuration Details
| Chip Mem: | 1MB | CPU: | 68030 |
| Fast Mem: | 12MB | Kickstart: | 3.0 |
| Floppy: | 2x Chinon FB354 DD | Backup: | None |
| Hard Drive: | None | Optical Drive: | None |
Expansions
| Accelerator: | A3001 Impact II | Info: | 68030 @ 50Mhz |
| Videoslot: | IV24 | Type: | Genlock / Flicker Fixer |
| Zorro slot 1: | HC+8 Series II | Type: | SCSI Controller/8MB Fast Ram |
| Zorro slot 2: | Phonepak | Type: | Fax/Voice Response board |
| Zorro slot 3: | Spectrum 24 | Type: | 2MB Video Ram/Passthrough |
| Zorro slot 4: | IO Extender | Type: | Multi IO board |
| Zorro slot 5: | Not Installed | ||
| Zorro slot 6: | Not Installed | ||
| Zorro slot 7: | Not Installed |
Specific Details
| Serial Nr.: | 096743 | Boxed: | No Original Packaging |
| Manual: | No Manual Available | Amount Owned: | 2 |
| Other System: | Commodore Amiga 1500 (ID: 53) | Serial: | 036534 |