Commodore Amiga 3000T

The Amiga 3000T transferred the A3000 architecture into a spacious tower with additional Zorro slots and drive bays. It was designed for heavily expanded professional installations.

Low production numbers and the practical expansion advantages of the tower make it one of the most sought-after production Amigas.

Notable Features
  • The tower chassis offers more expansion slots and storage bays than the desktop A3000.
  • It retains ECS, SCSI and Amber display enhancement.
Historical Significance
  • Low production numbers and the practical expansion advantages of the tower make it one of the most sought-after production Amigas.
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
NameCommodore Amiga 3000T
ManufacturerCommodore
LaunchedTuesday, January 1, 1991
Discontinued1992
CountryUnited States
CPUMotorola 68030 at 25 MHz with 68882 FPU
Units Sold
Form FactorTower workstation
PowerInternal or external mains supply according to model
NetworkingSerial, parallel, MIDI and third-party Ethernet or networking options according to model
Operating SystemAmigaOS 2.x or later
Expansion / I/OMore Zorro III slots and drive bays than desktop A3000, plus SCSI and CPU slot
KeyboardDetached keyboard
StorageInternal SCSI hard disk, floppy and multiple drive bays
SoundPaula four-channel PCM stereo
ColoursUp 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
GraphicsECS with Amber display enhancer
DisplayExternal monitor with Amber-enhanced productivity modes
ROMKickstart ROM
RAM2MB Chip RAM plus expandable Fast RAM
CPU Speed25 MHz

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