Amiga 3500 - Vintage Hardware
Commodore's 32-bit Amigas: The Amiga 3500
Date Range: 1991 - 1992
Release Price: Not released
This was to the next Amiga after the A3000 that was to offer a few advances. However, instead of releasing the machine as the A3500, Commodore changed the name to the Amiga 3500T.
At the time of release, Commodore engineers were working on the A3000+, which would offer many significant enhancements over the A3000.
Commodore cut the project due to costs and focused on a lesser machine, the A4000D.
A3500/A3000T Product Specs:
- 32 bit 68030/68040 cpu
- 25Mhz
- 100MB SCSI HD
- 1280 x 400 video
- 80 x 32 text
- 4096 colours
- 8-bit stereo
- 4MB Fast RAM
- 2MB Chip RAM
- 3.5 1.76MB floppy
- 4 Zorro III slots
- Pre-emptive Multitasking
Commodore-Amiga 3500
In 1991, Commodore demonstrated the Amiga 3500 at the Business Computing Show. The case used was the same as the CBM PC60III tower unit, which was a WinTel machine manufactured by the company at the time.
However, as the machine was ready for launch, the name was changed to the Amiga 3000T.
The Amiga 3500/3000T offered significantly more upgrade potential with more drive bays and even came with the A3640 68040 accelerator. The A3000T was cancelled in 1992 with the release of the Amiga 4000 and the Amiga 4000T.
The Image provided is of the final Amiga 3000T. The 3500 was identical with the exception of having the 3500 nameplate.
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