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Developed by: Commodore
Launched: 1985

It was developed as an operating system for the Commodore Amiga 1000, which incorporated a 16-bit Motorola 68mil family CPU, up to AmigaOS 4 which only runs on PowerPC microprocessors.

AmigaOS packaging
Packaging of AmigaOS.
Screenshot of AmigaOS
Screenshot of AmigaOS.

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Computers that came equipped with the operating system AmigaOS


Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1985
Manufactured in US
CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.09MHz
Memory: 256 KB ~ 8 MB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operating system: AmigaOS 1.0

The Amiga 1000 was Commodore's first multimedia personal computer model.

Created by Jay Miner, who also created the Atari 800 years earlier, when he was already working at his company, he took out a loan from Atari to develop the new model, which he couldn't repay. Commodore then acquired Amiga Corp. and paid off the loan.


Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in US
CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.09MHz
Memory: 1 MB ~ 9 MB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operating system: AmigaOS 1.2

Despite being aimed at the high-end market, it was technically very similar to the Amiga 500.

The Amiga 2500 model was a variant with two pre-installed floppy drives, sold in the United Kingdom.


Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1987
CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.14MHz
Memory: 512 KB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operating system: AmigaOS 1.2

This low-cost Commodore, aimed at the home market, was a huge success in Europe, where it dominated the computer video game market, rivaling the Sega Megadrive and Super Nintendo video game consoles.


Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1990
Manufactured in US
CPU: Motorola 68030 @ 16MHz
Memory: 2 MB ~ 18 MB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Support B: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operating system: AmigaOS 1.4

It was a professional multimedia computer, successor to the Amiga 2000.


Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1992
CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.14MHz
Memory: 1 MB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operating system: AmigaOS 2.05

It was the last computer in the Amiga family based on the Motorola 68000 and the 1990 Amiga Enhanced chipset.

It was smaller than the Amiga 500 because it lacked the numeric keypad. It also added the option of an internal hard drive and a PCMCIA port.


Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1992
Manufactured in US
CPU: Motorola 68EC020 @ 14.32MHz
Memory: 2 MB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operating system: AmigaOS 3.0

This computer was supposed to be the replacement for the successful Amiga 500, but by the time it was released, the PC compatibles already offered similar graphics and sound features at a similar price.


Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1992
Manufactured in US
CPU: Motorola 68040 @ 25MHz
Memory: 2 MB ~ 18 MB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Support B: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operating system: AmigaOS 3.0

It was the most powerful of the Amiga family.

The tower box version was called the Amiga 4000T.

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