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INFORMATION ON THE COMMODORE AMIGA 500 COMPUTER

Taken from the QuantumLink telecommunications network.

The Commodore Amiga 500 is designed for home productivity, education and 
entertainment applications.  It provides state-of-the-art computer 
performance, power and flexibility in a convenient and attractively priced 
package.  The Commodore Amiga 500 offers a multi-tasking operating system, 
four-voice channel sound, built-in speech synthesis, and 4,096 color 
graphics.  It is driven by high-speed custom graphics hardware and an 
easy-to-learn window-oriented user interface.  The system is conveniently 
self-contained within a unit that integrates the keyboard, the CPU (central 
processing unit) and a 3 1/2-inch disk drive.  It is equipped with 512K of 
RAM which is user expandable, numeric keypad and ten function keys, a two 
button optomechanical mouse and a variety of connectors and ports through 
which a monitor and peripheral equipment may be attached.  Further, the 
Commodore Amiga 500 is bundled with a package of starter software, including 
the AmigaDos operating system, the Amiga window-oriented user interface 
(known as Workbench) and AmigaBASIC programming language.  The suggested 
retail price for the Commodore Amiga 500 is $699.95.