Editing Amiga 2000 (section)

===Amiga 2500 {{anchor|amiga2500}}===
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| Name = Amiga 2500
| Type = [[Personal computer]]
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| Processor = {{nowrap|[[Motorola 68020]]}} {{nowrap|@ 14.3&nbsp;MHz}} <br>  {{nowrap|[[Motorola 68030]]}} {{nowrap|@ 25&nbsp;MHz}}
| Memory = 1 [[megabyte|MB]]
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The '''Amiga 2500''', also known as the '''A2500''', similar to the A1500 is not a distinct model, but simply a marketing name for an Amiga 2000 with a different base configuration. The configuration of an A2500 included a 14.3&nbsp;MHz [[Motorola 68020]] or 25&nbsp;MHz [[Motorola 68030|68030]]-based accelerator card.<ref name="Amiga2000">{{cite web | title=Amiga 2000 | url=http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?c=63 | year=2005 | access-date=December 26, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305073601/http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?c=63 | archive-date=March 5, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> 68020 versions were referred to as '''A2500/20''', and 68030 versions as '''A2500/30'''.<ref name="Amiga2500/30">{{cite web | title=Amiga 2500/30 |url=http://www.amiga4ever.nl/systems.php?id=25| year=2004 |access-date=December 26, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100130090654/http://www.amiga4ever.nl/systems.php?id=25| archive-date= January 30, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The accelerator cards used by the A2500 (the A2620 and A2630) were also available separately as upgrades for the A2000. The A2620 included a [[Motorola 68881]] FPU and [[Motorola 68851]] MMU, whereas the A2630 included a [[Motorola 68882]] FPU (and MMU built into the 68030).

Because the A2500 has a [[Motorola 68000]] on the motherboard that goes unused, the design is not very cost-effective. A project to replace it with a 68020 on-board began, intending to be a Zorro-II-based 68020 machine, but the project eventually became the Amiga 3000 when [[Dave Haynie]] sought to include his new Zorro-III bus.

The A2500 remained in production after the release of the A3000, primarily because the original [[Video Toaster]] will not fit in an unmodified A3000 case. Until the release of the [[Video Toaster|Video Toaster 4000]], the A2500 was the fastest computer available for use with the Toaster.

A further variant called the A2500UX was also available which was supplied with [[Amiga Unix]] and a tape drive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=20| title=A2500 - Commodore| website=Big Book of Amiga Hardware}}</ref>