High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The A1000, or Commodore Amiga 1000, was Commodore`s initial Amiga personal computer, introduced on July 23, 1985 at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Machines began shipping in September with a base configuration of 256 kB of RAM at the retail price of 1,295 USD. A 13-inch (330 mm) analog RGB monitor was available for around 300 USD bringing the price of a complete Amiga system to 1,595 USD. Before the release of the Amiga 500 and A2000 models in 1987, the A1000 was simply called Amiga.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! AmigaBASIC was an interpreted BASIC programming language implementation for the Amiga, designed and written by Microsoft. AmigaBASIC shipped with AmigaOS versions 1.1 to 1.3. It succeeded Metacomco`s ABasiC, which was included in AmigaOS 1.0 and 1.1, and was superseded by ARexx, a REXX-style scripting language, from AmigaOS version 2.0 onwards.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Amiga 500 - also known as the A500 (or its code name `Rock Lobster`) - was the first “low-end” Commodore Amiga 16/32-bit multimedia home/personal computer. It was announced at the winter Consumer Electronics Show in January 1987 - at the same time as the high-end Amiga 2000 - and competed directly against the Atari 520ST. Before Amiga 500 was shipped, Commodore suggested that the list price of the Amiga 500 was 595.95 USD without a monitor. At delivery in 1987, Commodore announced that the Amiga 500 would carry a 699 USD list price.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Amiga 1200, or A1200 (code-named `Channel Z`), was Commodore International`s third-generation Amiga computer, aimed at the home market. It was launched on October 21, 1992, at a base price of 399 GBP in the United Kingdom and 599 USD in the United States.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Zorro II is the name of the general purpose expansion bus used by the Amiga 2000 computer. The bus is mainly a buffered extension of the Motorola 68000 bus, with support for bus mastering DMA. The expansion slots use a 100-pin connector and the card form factor is the same as the IBM PC. Zorro II cards implement the Autoconfig protocol for automatic address space assignment (designed before, yet similar to, Plug and Play on the PC).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Enhanced Chip Set (ECS) is the second generation of the Amiga computer`s chipset, offering minor improvements over the original chipset (OCS) design. ECS was introduced in 1990 with the launch of the Amiga 3000. Amigas produced from 1990 onwards featured a mix of OCS and ECS chips, such as later versions of the Amiga 500 and the Commodore CDTV. Other ECS models were the Amiga 500+ in 1991 and lastly the Amiga 600 in 1992.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Commodore-Amiga, Inc., in 1990, did a full port of AT T Unix System V Release 4 for the Amiga computer family (in addition to the proprietary AmigaOS shipping with these systems by default), informally known as Amix. Bundled with the Amiga 3000UX, Commodore`s Unix was one of the first ports of SVR4 to the 68k architecture. The Amiga A3000UX model even got the attention of Sun Microsystems, though ultimately nothing came of it.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! AmigaDOS is the disk operating system of the AmigaOS, which includes file systems, file and directory manipulation, the command-line interface, and file redirection.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Chip RAM is a commonly used term for the integrated RAM used in Commodore`s line of Amiga computers. Chip RAM is shared between the central processing unit (CPU) and the Amiga`s dedicated chipset (hence the name). It was also, rather misleadingly, known as "graphics RAM".
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Amiga 2500, also known as the A2500, was not a distinct Amiga model, but simply a marketing name for a Commodore Amiga 2000 bundled with a Motorola 68020 or 68030-based accelerator card. The accelerator cards used by the A2500 (the A2620 and A2630) were also available separately as upgrades for the A2000. 68030 versions were referred to as A2500/30.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The A570 was a single-speed external CD-ROM drive for the Amiga 500 computer launched by Commodore in 1992. It was designed to be compatible with Amiga CDTV software as well as being able to read ordinary ISO 9660 CD-ROM discs.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Commodore Amiga 500 Plus (often A500 Plus or simply A500+) is an enhanced version of the original Amiga 500 computer. It was notable for introducing new versions of Kickstart and Workbench, and for some minor improvements in the custom chips, known as the Enhanced Chip Set (or ECS).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Amiga Power (or AP for short) was a monthly magazine about Amiga computer games. It was published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and ran for 65 issues, from May 1991 to September 1996.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Commodore A1060 Sidecar is an expansion hardware device developed by Commodore and released in 1986 for the Amiga 1000 computer. It features a complete PC XT system mounted in an expansion case which connected to the expansion bus on the right side of the Amiga 1000 computer, sitting beside it similar to a motorcycle`s sidecar.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Amiga Walker, sometimes incorrectly known as the Mind Walker, is a prototype of an Amiga computer developed and shown by Amiga Technologies in late 1995/early 1996. It was planned as a replacement for the A1200 with a faster CPU, better expansion capabilities and a built-in CD-ROM. The Walker was never released; Escom and Amiga Technologies went bankrupt, and only two prototypes were made.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! AmiKit is a freeware compilation of more than 300 pre-installed Amiga programs. It enables user to experience the high-end AmigaOS environment under Windows or Linux system for free. External source of Amiga ROMs and system is needed, though.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Aminet is the world`s largest archive of Amiga-related software and files. Aminet was originally hosted by several universities` FTP sites, and is now available on CD-ROM and on the web.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Munitions Systems Specialist career field (AFSC 2W0X1, previously 461X0), commonly referred to as AMMO, is the munitions branch of the U.S. Air Force.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! An Ammunition Technician (AT) is a British Army soldier, formerly of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps but since 1993 the Royal Logistic Corps trained to inspect, repair, test and store, and modify all ammunition, guided missiles and explosives used by the British Army. These technicians are also trained to safely dispose by demolition, individual items of ammunition and explosives (EOD) or to conduct logisitc disposal of bulk stocks of multi items. After gaining sufficient experience, those who show the appropriate qualities are given extra training to render safe Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) by a process called Improvised Explosive Device Disposal. Experienced ATs may be called to give...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Amnesia: The Dark Descent (previously known as Lux Tenebras or Unknown) is a survival horror video game by Frictional Games, who previously developed the Penumbra series. Released for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms, the game features an unarmed protagonist exploring a dark and foreboding castle, while avoiding monsters and other obstructions as well as solving puzzles. The game was critically well received, earning two awards from the Independent Games Festival and numerous positive reviews.