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Collection · Computer

Amiga 500

The Amiga 500 of 1987 was the cost-reduced Amiga, and a widely used model.

Amiga 500 desktop running Workbench
Amiga 500 running Workbench, photographed in the collection.
Amiga Workbench desktop on the collection system
Workbench 1.3 visible on the collection Amiga.
Commodore Amiga 500 in the collection room
The Amiga 500 in a working collection setting, alongside other home computers and displays.

Technical record

Category
Computer
Collection status
Held by ATX Computer Museum
Reference
ATX-CAT-AMIGA-500
Processor
Motorola 68000
Operating system
AmigaOS / Workbench
Collection view
Workbench desktop photographed in use

Background

The Amiga 500 brought the Amiga’s custom graphics and sound hardware into a compact home computer. This working photograph shows Workbench, the graphical desktop, and the system’s distinctive blue display, preserving the computer as something used rather than merely stored.

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