Amiga 600 Technical Specifications
Standard Specifications
| Case Type: | Computer in a keyboard |
| Processor: | 68000@7.14Mhz |
| MMU: | None |
| FPU: | None |
| Chipset: | ECS |
| Kickstarts: | V2.05 |
| Expansion Slots: | 1 x 40pin Trapdoor Slot 1 x PCMCIA Slot (Type II) |
| Standard CHIP RAM: | 1MB |
| RAM sockets: | None |
| Hard Drive Controllers: | 1 x 2.5" IDE Controller (unbuffered) |
| Drive Bays: | 1 x Custom Internal Floppy Drive Bay 1 x 2.5" Hard Drive Cradle |
| Expansion Ports: | 1 x 25pin Serial 1 x 25pin Parallel 1 x 23pin RGB Video 1 x 23pin External Floppy 2 x 9pin Joystick/Mouse 2 x RCA Audio (Left/Right) 1 x RF Connector |
| Floppy Drive: | 1 x Internal 880K Drive |
| Motherboard Revisions: | Rev 1.0 (Extra chip below gayle (CBM 391287-01) and is labelled A300) Rev 1.1 Rev 1.3 Rev 1.5 Rev 2B Rev 2D (1/4" shorter than Rev 1.0) |
| Battery Backed Up Clock: | No |
The A600 is an odd Amiga which is somewhere between an A500+ and an A1200, but never gained the popularity of either. The A600 looks like a shortened version of the A1200, because it does not have a keypad like almost every other Amiga. Very early versions of Kickstart 2.05, such as V37.299 are actually missing scsi.device from ROM, so despite having an IDE controller on the motherboard you cannot actually use it unless you upgrade the Kickstart chip. At least Kickstart 2.05 (V37.350) is recommended if you wish to use hard drives in an A600.
You may have noticed the 'PCI' branding in some of the photos, 'PCI Componentes da Amazonia S/A' was an authorised distributor in Brazil of Commodore Electronics USA. For additional information please see this image.
Amiga 600HD
The only difference between the A600 and the A600HD was the addition of a 2.5" IDE Hard Drive as standard. The size of the HD was initially 20MB, but probably varied by country and may been subsequently increased to 40MB or 80MB. A600's without the HD designation were often sold pre-fitted with hard drives.
Amiga 300
The A300 was simply an early name of the Commodore A600. Originally it was going to be called the A300, but was quickly changed to A600 on release. Early A600's are still marked as A300's, noticibly on Rev 1.0 motherboards. A300 is also found printed on some A600 power supplies. For additional information, please see the A600.








