| Manufacturer : | Commodore |
| Model name / type : | Amiga 500 |
| Machine type : | Commodore/Amiga |
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| CPU type : | Motorola MC68000 |
| CPU speed : | 7.14 |
| Amount of RAM : | 512k Chip, expandable to 1M, optional FAST RAM, up to 8M (mine has 1M CHIP + 1M FAST. |
| BIOS/ROM/NVRAM/Boot type : | 256k ROM with KickStart 1.x, or 512K ROM with KickStart 2.x. Mine is KS1.5. |
| Harddisc installed : | None internal. A591 External SCSI disk (32MB) |
| Disc interface(s) : | None |
| Other/additional storage : | 880K internal floppy. |
| Expansion slots : | MC68K CPU bus |
| Graphics : | ECS Graphics, 60x32 and 80x32 character modes, 320x256, 320x512, 640x256, 640x512 pixels grapics resolutions. 32, 64 or 4096 colors, depending on resolution. |
| External connectors : | Centronics paralell port and RS232, two joystick ports. |
| Network interface : | ParNET software via paralell port. |
| Sound : | 8bit, 4 channel CustomChip. |
| Operating system : | Amiga Workbench 1.2, 1.3, 2.04 and 2.05. |
| One of the absolute biggest hits ever. | |
| Added to collection : | 1998-06-15 |
| Year of release : | 1987 |