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Amiga Model Numbers- Product Numbers and Descriptions

Originally found on Sara's Fruit and Vegetable Market BBS. Researched and written by Calum Tsang, converted to HTMLand sorted into tables by Gareth Knight.
Description of A1253 mouse added on 14/6/2002.
Model 10
Name Amplified Speakers
Colour Beige
Introduced 1991
Description The A10 speakers were actually a modified Labtec design, with line level inputs for the Amiga. This was designed primarily for the C1950 monitor, the first Amiga monitor without internal speakers. They have an AC adapter and slots for C type batteries.
Model 501
Name 512K RAM Expander
Colour -
Introduced 1987
Description This small silver box housed a 512K RAM expansion board that fits in the A500's trapdoor expansion slot underneath the machine. Onboard is a clock battery.  Once installed the host A500 has a half meg of CHIP or SLOW FAST, depending on Agnus configuration.
Model 520
Name RF Modulator
Colour Beige
Introduced 1985
Description This is a small module that fits on the 23 pin video port and converts the RGB signal into composite and RF signals for use with TVs.  It also has a connection for audio to be mixed in.
Model 560
Name ArcNet Network Adapter
Colour Beige
Introduced ?
Description A ArcNet adapter for the A500. The prototype was never officially launched, but several have appeared on eBay and various Amiga shows.
Model 570
Name CDRom Interface/Drive
Colour Beige
Introduced 1992
Description The A570 turned the A500 into a CDTV compatible machine, complete with singlespeed, custom interface CDRom drive. Many options were planned including a SCSI adapter and RAM expansion, but was left to thirdparties like AmiTrix in the end. The A570 had the CDTV ROMs that latched into the A500 ROM, and attached via the 86 pin expansion slot.
Model 590
Name Hard Disk Plus
Colour Beige
Introduced 1990
Description The A590 is an expansion module for the A500 that fits on the 86 pin expansion slot.  It is very similar to the A2091, and has a RDB and SCSIDirect compatible SCSI adapter, and 2MB of RAM expansion.  However, the A590 has the missing parts that the 2091 lacks, for XTIDE hard disks.  XTIDE is an 8 bit version of the normal ATA IDE that is found in modern PCs. It is NOT compatible with normal IDE, so you can't put a new IDE drive into a A590, but many A590's were shipped with 20MB XTIDE drives.
Model 601
Name 1MB RAM Expander
Colour -
Introduced 1991
Description This is the 1MB RAM and clock expansion module for the A600. Once installed in the A600's trapdoor, the system has 2MB of CHIP RAM.
Model 1010
Name A1000 External DD Floppy
Colour Beige
Introduced 1985
Description The standard, A1000 style external floppy drive with passthrough utilizing a Matsushita mechanism, and a 23 pin connector.
Model 1011
Name External DD Floppy
Colour Beige
Introduced 1990
Description A smaller external drive, using a custom wired Chinon 354 mechanism, no passthrough, 23 pin cable.
Model 1020
Name 5.25" External Floppy
Colour Beige
Introduced 1985
Description Uses a ALPS mechanism, but has an inverted bitstream logic board identifying it as NOT a standard floppy drive.  Uses modified Commodore 1571 C128 drive case.  Has passthrough. Attaches on the 23 pin floppy port. It came with a piece of PC emulation software called Transformer.
Model 1050
Name RAM Expansion for A1000
Colour Beige
Introduced 1985
Description This is the quarter meg front panel expansion board for the Amiga 1000.
Model 1060
Name SideCar PC Emulator for A1000
Colour Beige
Introduced 1986
Description This external box uses a 8086 CPU, creating an entire hardware compatible PC system on the side of the A1000, much like a modern bridgeboard.  It also had 3 XT slots for expansion compatibility. Janus software is used to access it.
Model 1070
Name RGB 15 Khz Monitor
Colour Beige
Introduced 1985
Description This unit was given with developer systems in the early days of the A1000.  Named the Amiga HR, it had only RGB in with no composite or audio inputs, using a Hitachi tube.
Model 1080
Name RGB 15 Khz Monitor
Colour Beige
Introduced 1985
Description This is the original Amiga monitor for the A1000 with Amiga double check logo on the front.  It has a speaker for mono audio, plus Analog RGB, Digital RGBI, composite and Y/C in.  Similar to the Commodore 1902A monitor for the C128, it's about 14".
Model 1084P 
1084SP 
1084D 
1084SD
Name RGB 15 Khz Monitors
Colour Beige
Introduced 1988-1992
Description The 1084 line is comprised of two major batches, units from Daewoo (Korean) and Phillips Magnavox (Dutch) OEM manufacturers. Each batch had two models, a mono and stereo design.  All had Digital RGBI and Analog RGB input at 15 Khz, plus composite, Y/C, and line level audio in.  There is a headphone jack on the side as well.  All have roughly .41-.39 dp tubes. The Daewoo  models are rounded in appearance, similar to the 1942.  It's about 14".
Model 1252
Name CDTV IR Mouse
Colour Black
Introduced 1991
Description This oddly shaped mouse has three buttons: the normal two, plus one on the left side to activate the mouse, as it's wireless and powered by a pair of AA batteries. The mouse is reasonably accurate but of course has to be line of sight with the CDTV's front panel.
Model 1253
Name CDTV Mouse
Colour Black
Introduced 1991
Description Two button mouse for the CDTV.

 

Model 1300
Name External Genlock
Colour Beige
Introduced 1985
Description This interesting box slides underneath the A1000 and plugs into the A1000 video port, with audio mixing and overlay.
Model 1411
Name CDTV External DD Floppy
Colour Black
Introduced 1991
Description Similar to the A1011, except in black to match the CDTV for the CDTV ProExpansion Pack.
Model 1680
Name 1200 Baud Modem
Colour Beige
Introduced 1986
Description The 1680 was a small modem for the A1000, numbered in series with the 1650, 1660 and 1670 modems for the Commodore 64.  It  is Hayes compatible and works at 1200 bps.
Model 1942
Name RGB Multisync Monitor
Colour White
Introduced 1993
Description Made for the A1200/4000, the 1942 is a bisync, as it can handle both 15 Khz and 31 Khz.  However, it can't handle anything in between. Similar to the 1084SD, it has stereo speakers and a Daewoo tube.
Model 1950
Name RGB Multisync Monitor
Colour Beige
Introduced 1990
Description Made for use with the A3000's flicker free 31 Khz output, the 1950 is a 14" monitor with multisync hardware to allow it to sync at Amiga native 15 KHz. It has no speakers.
Model 1960
Name RGB Multisync Monitor
Colour White
Introduced 1992
Description Intended for the A4000, the 1960 uses a Panasonic tube, and has the same multisync abilities. It has no speakers either, but has a higher image quality than the 1950.
Model 1970
Name Creative Designs Monitor
Colour White
Introduced 1993
Description This isn't a Commodore product, the AD1970 is a custom product manufactured by mail order retailer Creative.
Model 2002
Name RGB 15 KHz Monitor
Colour Beige
Introduced 1988
Description This is similar to the Commodore 1902A monitor, which is also similar to the A1080.
Model 2010
Name Internal DD Floppy for A2000
Colour Beige
Introduced 1986
Description Several manufacturers provided the OEM parts for this drive, usually a Matsushita JU262 or Chinon FB354. It was no different than a normal PC DD floppy, except it had the diskchange line enabled, where many modern PC floppy designs do not. The bezel matched the A2000's colour scheme.
Model 2015
Name Internal HD Floppy for A2000
Colour Beige
Introduced 1992
Description This exclusive Amiga mechanism used a custom Chinon FB357A drive which slowed down when reading HD floppies for the benefit of the custom chips which can't handle a full speed HD stream. The outside bezel is a darker beige to match the A2000's case.
Model 2020
Name 5.25" Internal Floppy
Colour Beige
Introduced ?
Description This was a never released version of the A1020 for the internal bay of the A2000.  It was mentioned in the Introduction to the 2000 manual, but didn't come out. I'd imagine it was because of difficulties getting the inverted bitstream generated from the motherboard, as all internal floppies do.
Model 2024
Name Greyscale Monitor
Colour ?
Introduced 1988
Description This large 15" monitor showed 4 greyscales, but interfaced in an odd way: instead of a dedicated driver card, it sampled in the Amiga RGB native output at a fourth of the bandwidth, where the Amiga driver software would output four screens in the time of one normal RGB screen.  The monitor would rearrange the output into a high resolution display.  The 2024 came with a special Workbench disk with a precursor to the RTG capabilities we have today in WB2.x.
Model 2052
Name 2MB RAM Expansion
Colour -
Introduced 1986
Description This is an autoconfig 2MB expansion for the A2000, 16 bit RAM, on a Zorro II card.
Model 2058
Name 2/8MB RAM Expansion
Colour -
Introduced 1986
Description This is similar to the A2052, except it has sockets for 6MB more. Some shipped with all 8MB soldered on.
Model 2060
Name ArcNet Network Board
Colour -
Introduced 1989
Description The A2060 is a ArcNet adapter for 2 Mbps networks.  It's SANA II compatible, uses a Zorro II slot.  Some versions were wired for star configuration networks, and others are set up for bus systems.
Model 2065
Name Ethernet Network Board
Colour -
Introduced 1989
Description The 2065 is the Ethernet version of the A2060, and runs at 10Mbps. It is SANA II compatible, uses a Zorro II slot. There is both an AUI port and a 10Base2 coax BNC jack.
Model 2080
Name RGB 15 KHz LP Monitor
Colour Beige
Introduced 1988
Description The 2080 was an early attempt by Commodore to reduce the problems of the RGB 15 Khz native Amiga screen mode in high resolution, where it flickers due to interlacing. By increasing the persistence of the phosphor on the glass of the display tube, the electrons give a longer glow when they hit, reducing the flicker effect. The 2080 is similar to the other 1084 Phillips models, with the inclusion of a special SCART like connector on the back.
Model 2088
Name XT Bridgecard
Colour -
Introduced 1987
Description The Bridgecard was one of the key selling points of the A2000 series. Spanning a Zorro II slot and a PC slot, these emulators give full speed hardware, while offering Amiga and PC resources to both sides. The A2088, designed in Germany, uses a 8088 at 4.77 MHz with 512K of RAM to give an XT compatible computer inside the A2000.  The A2000 provides an emulated CGA display and keyboard via the Janus software that is included.  The A2088 can also use XT peripherals like hard disks, serial ports and video cards for itself, but can also share the hard disk with the Amiga too. Similarily, the Amiga can share it's hard disk with the PC side.  The A2088 was often bundled with a 5.25" 360K floppy, and can fit the 8087 math FPU.
Model 2090
Name ST506/SCSI Hard Disk Controller
Colour -
Introduced 1987
Description This was Commodore's first attempt at a high performance hard disk adapter for the A2000 series.  It's a hybrid controller, with both ST506 (XT MFM) and SCSI interfaces.  The A2090's main variant, the 2090a provided Autoboot capability.  An A2090b board let the 2090 do this as well, although the b option was less popular. The A2090 series were good first attempts but flawed-the SCSI has it's DMA implemented incorrectly and has a limit to 256MB drives.  They use a custom bootblock format.
Model 2090a
Name ST506/SCSI Hard Disk Controller
Colour -
Introduced 1988
Description The 2090a is the autobooting variant of the A2090 controller, and was shipped on many A2000HD and A2500/20 systems.
Model 2090b
Name 2090 Autoboot Board
Colour -
Introduced ?
Description This was a prototype adapter board that may or may not have been released. It somehow modifies a 2090 controller into autobooting, similar to a 2090a.
Model 2091
Name SCSI Controller with RAM Board
Colour -
Introduced 1990
Description This combination board was designed much like similar cards from GVP, with both a SCSI hard disk adapter and a 16 bit RAM expansion for the A2000.  The A2091 solved many of the A2090 series' problems, and introduced the RigidDiskBlock bootblock format, plus the SCSIDirect implementation.  With a 2MB RAM area for 44256 DIP chips, for 0, half, one and two meg increments, the A2091 made a bare A2000 system an effective tool, with 3MB total and a hard disk.  Late model A2000HD and A2500/30's were sold with the A2091. It is a solid, and dependable controller.
Model 2094
Name Hard Disk Controller
Colour -
Introduced -
Description The 2094 was a prototype name for the A2090. It was mentioned in the AmigaWorld issue featuring the A2000.
Model 2232
Name 7 port Serial Card
Colour -
Introduced 1989
Description The A2232 was a seven port serial card providing RS232 ports for Zorro machines.  At a max of 19,200 bps, the ports were served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket, for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
Model 2286
Name AT Bridgecard
Colour -
Introduced 1989
Description The A2286 is an AT compatible, 286/12 variant of the A2088. It has 1MB of RAM, and utilizes the AT slots in the A2000. One design problem with the A2286 is that it has a daughterboard, sandwiching the CPU in.  A clip on 486 is then difficult to add in later, but a 287 math FPU is an option.
Model 2300
Name NTSC Internal Genlock
Colour -
Introduced 1987
Description The A2300 was a NTSC genlock which fit in the Amiga's video slot and allowed users to overlay Amiga graphics onto an incoming video signal.  The composite signal came in through an RCA connector, as was the combined output.  There was a 23 pin RGB connector for attaching an Amiga monitor.  A small switch on the bracket allowed one to toggle between incoming video, overlayed video, and Amiga graphics.  Many users seem to feel the A2300's output isn't as good as it can be.
Model 2301
Name PAL Internal Genlock
Colour -
Introduced 1987
Description This was the European variant of the A2300, with added components for PAL input and output.  A NTSC A2300 can actually be modified for use as a A2301.
Model 2320
Name Display Enhancer / Deinterlacer
Colour -
Introduced 1990
Description With the advent of the A3000 came the A2320, a copy of the 3000's deinterlacer electronics for the A2000 video slot. This board doublescans low res screens and deinterlaces interlaced screens so that the output is clean and jitterfree. It's locked at 31 Khz and allows VGA monitors to be used with the A2000. Any other signal produced by the Amiga is automatically sent through with the enhancer circuitry bypassed. The A2320 incorporates some rather cool features: it has a dual port static RAM bank, which new video and cleaned video are read in and outputted simultaneously. It also has a DB15HD connector for standard VGA monitor connection. And a major benefit is that it does not slow the system down at all, unlike using high syncrates via the ECS chipset like Productivity.
Model 2386SX
Name 386 Bridgecard
Colour -
Introduced 1991
Description The A2386SX is the final and most advanced Bridgecard available from Commodore. With a 16, 20, or 25 Mhz 386SX CPU, with 387 socket, this emulator board also had RAM expansion up to 8MB. While the display emulation is still CGA only, many A2386SX owners ended up buying clone VGA cards and installing them with a video switchbox.  There is an option for Janus controlled flipping of the display, and thirdparty/PD options do exist. The A2386SX also allows sharing of Amiga DD and HD floppies. There is a rumour that a 2486 Bridgecard was developed by CBM, but the designers of the 2386 say this isn't true.
Model 2410
Name Lowell TIGA Graphics Card
Colour -
Introduced 1991
Description The A2410 is a 8 bit graphics board based on the Texas Instruments TMS34010 at 50MHz. A complete intelligent graphics coprocessor, the A2410 board was originally designed for use with Amiga UNIX.  It provides resolutions of 1024x1024 or 1024x768, on it's own display screen. It was co-developed with Lowell University. Today, it can be driven using custom output render drivers on graphics programs, or using EGS.
Model 2620
Name 68020 Accelerator and RAM Board
Colour -
Introduced 1988
Description The A2620 marked the first 32 bit CPU for the Amiga line. A complete package of 68020 14 Mhz CPU, 68881 FPU and 68851 MMU, plus up to 4MB of 32 bit RAM, the A2620 finally put the Amiga into the same class as UNIX workstations and the Macs of that era, many based on the same 020 chip.  It also allowed the Amiga to run Amiga UNIX, which could be toggled using jumpers or a special bootmenu. The board maps the 4MB into 24 bit AutoConfig space so that in 68000 mode, the RAM all shows up. The 2620 fits in the 86 pin CPU slot of the 2000, and it's FPU socket can be externally clocked.
Model 2630
Name 68030 Accelerator and RAM board
Colour -
Introduced 1990
Description The A2630 is the 030/25+68882 FPU accelerator for the A2000 series. It has the same 2 or 4MB RAM of the A2620 in 24 bit AutoConfig for compatibility, but runs much faster. There are few other differences, except that the 2630 is externally clocked separate from the motherboard, and that it has a 32 bit expansion socket on the backside, for adding third party options like the DKB2632 112MB RAM expander. A variant of the 2630 called the 2691 was designed to have an integrated 2091 HD controller, but this was shot down by CBM management.
Model 2631
Name 68030 Accelerator with A2091
Colour -
Introduced 1991
Description Proposed and designed A2630 with onboard SCSI, and A3000 architecture. Never built.
Model 3010
Name Internal DD Floppy for A3000
Colour Beige
Introduced 1986
Description Several manufacturers provided the OEM parts for this drive, usually a Chinon FB354.  It was no different than a normal PC DD floppy, except it had the diskchange line enabled, where many modern PC floppy  designs do not.  The eject button matched the A3000's colour scheme.

 
Model 3015
Name Internal HD Floppy for A3000
Colour Beige
Introduced 1992
Description This exclusive Amiga mechanism used a custom Chinon FB357A drive which slowed down when reading HD floppies for the benefit of the custom chips which can't handle a full speed HD stream. The button is light beige to match the A3000's case.
Model 3070
Name External 150 MB Tape Drive
Colour Beige
Introduced 1991
Description For use with Commodore Amiga UNIX for the A3000UX variant, the A3070 houses a Archive Viper 150MB 1/4" tape streamer mechanism in an attractive casing that matches the A3000 styling. It has relatively odd 25 pin connectors, but includes a power supply.
Model 3091
Name A3000 Internal SCSI Controller
Colour -
Introduced 1991
Description The A3091 actually isn't a product, it's part of the A3000 system board. Some people mistakenly refer to it as a A3091 anyways.
Model 3400
Name 68EC030 CPU Module
Colour -
Introduced 1993
Description This 200 pin FAST connector processor board was designed for the A4000/EC030, the lower cost variant of the full 040 A4000. Using an EC030 CPU, without onboard MMU functions, the 3630 has space for an FPU chip. It can also mount an 020 CPU for an extremely cost reduced model of the A4000 that was planned for.
Model 3630
Name 68EC030 CPU Module
Colour -
Introduced 1993
Description The A3400 is often referred to as the A3630.
Model 3640
Name 68040 CPU Module
Colour -
Introduced 1992
Description First debuted on the A3000T40 system, the 3640 is a 040 CPU board for the 200 pin FAST connector on A3000/4000 systems. It uses a 68040 with integral FPU and MMU, clocked at 25 Mhz. Many revisions of the board exist, with varying degrees of compatibility-some A3000 owners have installed the board successfully in A3000 desktop models, but the general idea is that Commodore found the 3640 too hot for the A3000. They can also be found in 4000/040 and A4000T40 systems, but the A3640 addresses onboard RAM in a slower 030 mode, making these machines slower in RAM access than the 030 models. Some units may have shipped with crippled LC/EC040 chips.
Model 4066
Name Z3 Ethernet Board
Colour -
Introduced 1993
Description The A4066 never debuted as a Commodore product, but is sold by Ameristar. Over the 2065, it has a 10BaseT RJ45 connector.
Model 4091
Name Z3 SCSI2 Controller
Colour -
Introduced 1993
Description The A4091 was part of the development plan to give SCSI2 to the A4000. Using a NCR chip, the 4091 had a few problems with Buster compatibility, but was later sold to DKB, as part of Commodore's plan to design hardware but let others others license it.
Model 25000
Name German BSW A2000 RAM Board
Colour -
Introduced 1986
Description This odd board was a 512K RAM upgrade for the German 4.0 A2000 which fit into the 86 pin "MMU slot" which is a direct map of the A1000 slot.
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