TITLE: A1200 Preliminary Technical Information

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Note: System Configuration may vary between Commodore Sales
Companies.

The A1200 represents Commodore's first low-end, low-cost system
to incorporate the Advanced Amiga Chip Set ("AA" chip set). Among
the new features, the A1200 supports 8 bitplanes, allowing
display of 256 simultaneous colors chosen from a palette of
16,777,216 colors.  In size and design, the A1200 is similar to
the A600 but  is slightly larger. The larger design allows for
use of a full-size keyboard, including numeric keypad.

Features

        14.32 MHz 68EC020 NTSC
        14.18 MHz 68EC020 PAL
        24 bit Address space
        32 bit Data path
Memory and Expansion

        2MB chip memory standard on motherboard organized as
        512k x 32bit 150 Pin internal CPU slot-type expansion
        card-edge

        512KB, 120ns, Release 3 Kickstart Mask ROM (V39.106)
        organized as 128K x 32 bit

        The A1200 ROM includes PCMCIA code. This code is absent
        from the A4000 ROM, and is the only content difference
        between the ROMs.

Mass Storage

        Internal slim 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive (880k capacity)

        Capacity for 2.5" IDE Hard Disk Drive, with 20MB or
        40MB+ formatted drive.


Operating System

        Release 3, Workbench 39.29, Kickstart 39.106


Video Output

        Standard Amiga 23 pin analog RGB, Digital RGBI
        Color composite video output (PAL or NTSC)
        RF output for standard TV (PAL or NTSC)

        The PCB can accomodate either PAL or NTSC. The actual
        components placed on the board determine which of these
        two video standards is supported.

System I/O

        External System I/O
                External Floppy
                Serial
                Parallel
                Mouse
                Joystick
                Stereo Audio ports

        Internal System I/O
                Internal Floppy Signal and Power
                IDE Signal and Power
                Keyboard membrane is 31 pins

Expansion

        PCMCIA PC Card
                Follows PCMCIA Standard 2.0. Memory and I/O
                cards are supported.

        CPU Slot
                Additional technical information on the 150-pin
                CPU Slot Card Edge will be available shortly.