A500 Plus
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- | Image:A500_plus_log_model.jpg | | + | Image:A500_plus_log_model.jpg |A-500 Plus model label |
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Revision as of 17:03, 12 December 2008
Contents |
Introduction to the A500 Plus
The A500 proved to be very successful but had been around for quite a few years, and Commodore answered this with the release of the A500 Plus. The A500 Plus was cosmetically the same as the A500 (except for the Commodore A-500 Plus badge in the corner) but under the hood had a full 1MB CHIP RAM, the Enhanced Chipset and the new 2.04 Kickstart ROMs. Unfortunately, these upgrades caused some problems with early games which would not run on the A500 Plus causing either Software Failure messages or other unsual side effects. This was solved by using some software like ReloKick to temporarily downgrade the machine to Kickstart 1.3 so that these stubborn games would work correctly.
The A500 Plus had quite a short shelf life, as the A600 was released only six months later. However, retailers still had stocks of A500 Plus' and carried on to sell them until stocks ran out.
Specifications
Released | 1991 |
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CPU | 68000 |
CPU speed | 7.0 MHz (PAL) 7.1 MHz (NTSC) |
Chipset | ECS |
RAM | 1MB CHIP RAM |
Kickstart ROM | 2.04 |
Workbench | 2.04 |
Packages
The A500 Plus was sold in a couple of different packages. The most popular package was the Cartoon Classics pack, which contained the following software:
Games
- Lemmings
- The Simpson: Bart vs The Space Mutants
- Captain Planet and The Planeteers
Applications
- Workbench 2.04 (including Extras and AmigaFonts)
- Deluxe Paint III
where as the standard version came with just the Workbench disks.
References
- General Information - woody.cool
- www.oldcomputers.com
- A500 Plus photographs - Loopy