Suzanne
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==Project Gallery== | ==Project Gallery== | ||
| - | + | <gallery caption="Suzanne" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="6"> | |
| - | + | Image:Suzanne.jpg|Suzanne Portable Amiga | |
| - | + | Image:Suzanne2.jpg|System Logo | |
| - | + | Image:Suzanne1.jpg|Closeup detailed photograph | |
| + | </gallery> | ||
==Additional Reading== | ==Additional Reading== | ||
| - | *An article on his experiences making Suzanne can be found in the October 1997 edition of CU Amiga Magazine. | + | *An article on his experiences making Suzanne can be found in the October 1997 edition of CU Amiga Magazine on page 32. |
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
* Amiga History Guide (2002) [http://www.amigau.com/aig/suzanne.html| Suzanne]; Website. | * Amiga History Guide (2002) [http://www.amigau.com/aig/suzanne.html| Suzanne]; Website. | ||
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| Suzanne | |
 The Suzanne portable Amiga A600 | |
| Created | 1997 |
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| Creator | Simon Archer |
| Based On | A600 |
| Kickstart | n/a |
| Operating System | 2.1 |
| CPU | 68020 @ 28MHz |
| Memory | 10MB (2MB Chip + 8MB Fast) |
Suzanne was the first portable Amiga project created by an Amiga user. The majority of Amiga owners had been wishing for a proper Commodore made portable laptop style Amiga for many years, but despite the existence of some prototypes at Commodore, a final finished retail portable Amiga was never released. This was a little strange as most of Commodore's competitors had developed portable versions of their desktop machines. Even Atari produced a portable version of their rival ST! Due to the lack of an official real portable Amiga this left it to Amiga owners to instead have a go at creating one themselves.
During 1997, Simon Archer became obsessed with the idea of owning an Amiga laptop and devised a plan to convert his standard Amiga 600 into a portable Amiga - the result was Suzanne.
Suzanne is not technically completely portable as it still needs to be connected to the mains power supply, but it is completely self contained in a laptop style case with built in monitor, so is portable to take anywhere.
Contents |
Hardware Spec
- A600 motherboard and keyboard
- Apollo A620 28MHz 68020 accelerator with 8MB Fast Ram
- 8x IDE laptop CD-Rom drive. (Fitted below the PCMCIA slot)
- 2.5" IDE HD
- "Glidepoint" finger pad (avoids the need for a separate mouse)
- Small laptop power supply
- Black and White display (later replaced with a colour display)
The display was attached by adapting the cabling and reconfiguring the Amiga monitor drivers to optimise the display.
Project Gallery
Suzanne Portable Amiga |
System Logo |
 Closeup detailed photograph |
Additional Reading
- An article on his experiences making Suzanne can be found in the October 1997 edition of CU Amiga Magazine on page 32.
Reference
- Amiga History Guide (2002) Suzanne; Website.
