Introduction 1-3 such as flexible windows and multi-tasking. ^ Amiga and Bridgeboard capabilities, integrating them under the Amiga operating system to take advantage of its unique features, IBM PC®-XT compatible operation. You can even combine the have, in addition to full Amiga capabilities, everything required for ^^ lation of a variety of powerful expansion options. For instance, with P^ the optional Bridgeboard™ (described later in this chapter) you , i The Amiga 2000's flexible open architecture supports the easy instal- RAM disk scheme or paging). The result is that the A2000 enjoys a t considerable advantage in processing speed.
/ s must spend in indirectly accessing expansion RAM (e.g., by using a fmm^ directly accessible, eliminating the time that other microcomputers , i The Amiga 2000 comes equipped with a full megabyte of RAM, and you can add up to eight megabytes internally. All this RAM is ' and more. In the Amiga 2000, these features are enhanced and new ones are added. Here are just two examples:
(multitasking operation); a unique file structure that allows programs to exchange ,p—, data of various types (program code, text, graphics, sound); easy expandability; ' \ and music capabilities; the ability to perform a number of tasks simultaneously original Amiga 1000 "the Maserati of microcomputers"—high speed/high effi- ciency processing; superb graphic and video resources; advanced stereo sound ' v The Amiga 2000 retains all the features that inspired reviewers to dub the ' this power and sophistication have been made so accessible, so easy to control that even a computer novice can be up and running with a minimum of effort.
versatile and so affordable as to be unrivalled in the microcomputer field. Yet all The Amiga 2000 offers a spectrum of capabilities so wide, so sophisticated, so ^ Introducing The Amiga 2000 needs, however, you will find that the Amiga 2000 meets your computing needs. ' ) technical. Whatever your level of experience or your interests or application f—-^ this section is addressed primarily to those users whose interests are more The second part of the chapter summarizes the key features of the Amiga 2000; ^""^ iar with the Amiga series of computers.
The first part of the chapter describes the components of the Amiga system and summarizes how they work; this section is addressed primarily to those unfamil- capabilities and potential. This chapter introduces you to the Amiga9 2000* by briefly describing its r\