Amiga 2500

The Amiga 2500, also known as the A2500, was not a distinct Amiga model, but simply a marketing name for a Commodore Amiga 2000 bundled with a Motorola 68020 or 68030-based accelerator card.^[1] The accelerator cards used by the A2500 (the A2620 and A2630) were also available separately as upgrades for the A2000. 68030 versions were referred to as A2500/30.^[2]

Because the A2500 had a Motorola 68000 on the motherboard that was otherwise unused, the design was 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 would not fit in an unmodified A3000 case. Until the release of the Video Toaster 4000, the A2500 was the fastest computer available for use with the Toaster.

See also

• Amiga models and variants

References