Standard Specifications
NOTE: These specifications apply to the A1200 made by Commodore and do not necessarily apply to the A1200 made by Amiga Technologies.
| Standard Case Type |
Computer in a keyboard |
| Processor |
EC020@14Mhz (on motherboard) |
| MMU |
None |
| FPU |
None
(Some are rumoured to have been shipped in the US with 68882's but this is unlikely) |
| Battery Backed-Up Clock |
No |
| Chipset |
AGA |
| Standard CHIP RAM |
2MB |
| Motherboard RAM Sockets |
None |
| Floppy Drive |
Double Density (880K) Drive |
| Motherboard Hard Drive Controllers |
Unbuffered 2.5" IDE Interface (can be converted for use with 3.5" devices) |
| External Connectors |
Video (RGB)
Mouse
Joystick
Serial
Parallel
Audio Left
Audio Right
RF Connector for TV
Composite
External Floppy |
| Expansion Slots |
1 x PCMCIA Type-II Card Slot
1 x Trapdoor expansion slot |
| Drivebays |
1 x A1200 Floppy Drive Bay
1 x 2.5" Hard Drive Cradle |
| Kickstarts |
KS 3.0 (two 40pin chips) |
| Bus Controller |
Budgie Rev 01
Budgie Rev 02 |
| Motherboard Revisions |
Rev 0 (Engineering Prototype)
Rev 1 (Advanced engineering prototype)
Rev 1A (Initial Release)
Rev 1B
Rev 1D.1
Rev 1D.3 (Budgie Rev -01 Release, E123C and E125C have been removed from motherboard)
Rev 1D.4 (Budgie Rev -02 Release, additionally XR358 470Ohm resistor removed, 470Ohm resistor added to pin 43 of Alice)
Rev 2B (Both budgie Rev -01 and Rev-02 were used. Resistor 118 was changed from 470Ohm to 220Ohm) |
The A1200 was considered the baby brother of the A4000 and was a very popular low-end machine of the early 1990's and is still popular among Amiga users today. It's probably the most common Amiga model still in regular use in vastly expanded forms. The A1200 came with a very poorly rated power supply (only 23w) so it was common practice to purchase third party power supplies or even use A500 power supplies (they are compatible) which have a higher wattage (65w?). Even a slightly expanded A1200 would often suffer from power problems.