Amiga Hardware Manual (1984) - Wiki Page

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Preface

Written by Rob Peck
Original documentation created on an Apple Lisa 1

THE AMIGA PERSONAL COMPUTER (Chapter I)


1. INTRODUCTION

2. FEATURES SUMMARY

3. MOTOROLA 68000 PROCESSOR

  • 3.1 ACTUAL OPERATING SPEED OF THE 68000


4. FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM

5. READ/WRITE CARTRIDGE SLOT (missing)

6. EXPANSION SLOT (missing)

7. CUSTOM GRAPHICS CHIP

  • 7.1. THE PLAYFIELDS
  • 7.2. THE SPRITES


8. CUSTOM ANIMATION CHIP

  • 8.1. THE BLITTER
  • 8.2. THE COPPER


9. CUSTOM SOUND/PERIPHERALS CHIP

  • 9.1. SERIAL PORT
  • 9.2. BUILT-IN 300 BAUD MODEM (missing)
  • 9.3. STEREO AUDIO CHANNELS
  • 9.4. MOUSE CONTROLLER
  • 9.5. RECONFIGURABLE JOYSTICK PORTS
  • 9.6. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE


10. PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CHIPS

  • 10.1. DETACHED KEYBOARD
  • 10.2. PARALLEL PRINTER INTERFACE


11. RGB AND NTSC CONNECTIONS


12. LASER DISK INTERFACE (missing)


13. GRAPHIC PRESENTATION: SYSTEM FEATURES



Figures
Errata and Updates

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