Commodore Amiga 4000 | TechMuseum
Year of manufacture: 1992-1994
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: Motorola MC68040, 25 MHz
- RAM: 2 to 18 MB
- FDD: one 3.5″ floppy disk (1.76 MB)
- HDD: 120 MB
- Audio: Four channel stereo, 8 bit
- Connectors/Ports: Serial, parallel, keyboard, audio stereo output, mouse or two joystick, RGB, internal and external disk, four Zorro III expansion, video
- Case: Desktop type
- Monitor: Color
- OS: AmigaDOS 3.0
The Commodore Amiga 4000 features a Motorola MC68040 processor at 25 MHz and memory of 2MB up to 18MB. Equipped with a floppy disk of 3.5” at 1.76MB and an HDD of 120MB, it runs with the operating system of AmigaOS version 3.0.
Commodore introduced the AMIGA family computers in mid-1980s, 1985. The original models run with 16-bit or 32-bit processors and memory RAM of 256kB or more. The Amiga series brought a substantial improvement on performance and graphics compared with the Atari ST or Macintosh counterparts. Of course the hardware improved progressively through the new releases.
The best-selling model of the series was the Amiga 500, but others such as the Commodore Amiga 4000, 600, 1000 or 2000 sold millions of units as well. Becoming widely available, the models were advertised as versatile, all-purpose machines for business use.
The end of the series came with the announcement of the company going bankrupt in April 1994, but followed many successors to the Amiga line, such as Genesi, Eyetech. The Amiga Operating system has influenced others, like MorphOS and AROS.
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