Commodore Amiga 1200

The Amiga 1200 combined a 14 MHz 68EC020, 2MB Chip RAM and AGA graphics in a home-computer case. Internal IDE, PCMCIA and a processor expansion slot made it readily upgradeable.

It was Commodore’s final mainstream home Amiga and remains one of the most actively expanded classic models.

Notable Features

• AGA expands colour depth and display bandwidth beyond ECS systems.
• The trapdoor connector supports Fast RAM and powerful accelerator cards.

Historical Significance

• It was Commodore’s final mainstream home Amiga and remains one of the most actively expanded classic models.

Collector’s Notes

• Chipset and motherboard revision, Kickstart ROM, RAM expansion, accelerator cards and original keyboard or mouse should be documented.
• Memory, storage, displays and expansion hardware should be documented because configurations often changed during a system’s working life.

Specifications

Technical Information
Name	Commodore Amiga 1200
Manufacturer	Commodore
Launched	Wednesday, January 1, 1992
Discontinued	1996
Country	United States
CPU	Motorola 68EC020 at 14.18 MHz
Units Sold
Form Factor	Keyboard computer
Power	Internal or external mains supply according to model
Networking	Serial, parallel, MIDI and third-party Ethernet or networking options according to model
Operating System	AmigaOS 3.0 or 3.1
Expansion / I/O	Trapdoor CPU expansion, PCMCIA, IDE and standard Amiga ports
Keyboard	Integrated keyboard with numeric keypad
Storage	Built-in high-density-compatible 880KB Amiga floppy and internal 2.5-inch IDE
Sound	Paula four-channel PCM stereo
Colours	Up to 32 colours normally, 64 in EHB and 4096 in HAM on OCS/ECS; AGA models support up to 256 indexed colours and HAM8 from 24-bit palettes
Graphics	Advanced Graphics Architecture
Display	RGB, composite and RF output
ROM	Kickstart 3.0 or 3.1 ROM
RAM	2MB Chip RAM standard; Fast RAM through expansion
CPU Speed	14.18 MHz