Editing Amiga 2000 (section)

{{Short description|Personal computer from Commodore, 1987}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2023}}
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{{Infobox computer
| Photo = Amiga 2000 computer (filtered sharpened).jpg
| Name = Amiga 2000
| Type = [[Personal computer]]
| Released = {{Start date and age|1987|03}}
| price = USD 1,495 (1987)<br />USD {{Inflation|US|1495|1987|fmt=c|r=-2}} ({{CURRENTYEAR}} equivalent)<ref name="im87" />
| Discontinued = 1991
| Processor = {{nowrap|[[Motorola 68000]]}} {{nowrap|@ 7.16&nbsp;MHz ([[NTSC]])}} {{nowrap|7.09&nbsp;MHz ([[PAL]])}}
| Memory = 1 [[megabyte|MB]] {{nowrap|(9 [[megabyte|MB]] maximum)}}
| OS = [[AmigaOS|Amiga OS]] 1.2/1.3 or 2.0
| predecessor = [[Amiga 1000]]
| successor = [[Amiga 3000]]
| units sold = 124,500 units in Germany
}}

The '''Amiga 2000''' ('''A2000''') is a [[personal computer]] released by [[Commodore International|Commodore]] in March 1987.<ref name="a2000_date">{{citation | url=http://www.amiga.com/about/history/index.php?t=past&p=a500 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117020652/http://www.amiga.com/about/history/index.php?t=past&p=a500 | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 17, 2013 | title=The Amiga Legacy | publisher=Amiga, Inc. }}</ref><ref name="a2000_date2">{{citation | url=http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/a2000.html | title=Amiga history guide | publisher=Gareth Knight}}</ref><ref name="a2000_date3">{{citation | url=http://www.lemonamiga.com/help/models/amiga_2000.php | title=Amiga 2000 | publisher=Lemon Amiga}}</ref> It was introduced as a "big box" expandable variant of the [[Amiga 1000]] but quickly redesigned to share most of its electronic components with the contemporary [[Amiga 500]] for cost reduction. Expansion capabilities include two 3.5" [[drive bay]]s (one of which is used by the included [[floppy drive]]) and one 5.25" bay that could be used by a 5.25" floppy drive (for [[IBM PC]] compatibility), a [[hard drive]], or [[CD-ROM]] once they became available.

The Amiga 2000 is the first Amiga model that allows expansion cards to be added internally. [[SCSI host adapter]]s, [[memory card]]s, [[CPU card]]s, [[network card]]s, [[graphics card]]s, [[serial port]] cards, and [[PC compatibility]] cards were available, and multiple expansions can be used simultaneously without requiring an expansion cage like the Amiga 1000 does. Not only does the Amiga 2000 include five [[Zorro II]] card slots, the motherboard also has four [[ISA slot|PC ISA]] slots, two of which are inline with Zorro II slots for use with the A2088 bridgeboard, which adds [[IBM PC XT]] compatibility to the A2000.

The Amiga 2000 was the most versatile and expandable Amiga computer until the [[Amiga 3000]] was introduced three years later.

The machine is reported to have sold 124,500 units in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bergseth |first=M. |date=November 25, 2014 |title=AMIGA SOLD IN UNITS BY COMMODORE IN GERMANY REVEALED |url=https://distrita.com/amiga-sold-in-units-by-commodore-in-germany-revealed/ |website=Distrita - Where to Go |access-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-date=July 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713160208/https://distrita.com/amiga-sold-in-units-by-commodore-in-germany-revealed/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>