1-4 Introduction drives). printers, modems, extra disk or ports, through which you can attach external equipment (e.g., and a variety of jacks, connectors PC-compatible expansion, etc.; ditional memory, co-processors, pansion slots into which you can insert optional circuit cards for ad and processing circuitry (e.g., sound and graphics chips); ex cessing unit) and other memory component. It houses microchips containing the CPU (central pro The Main Unit is the large boxlike components of the Amiga 2000, and to understand their basic functions:
If you are new to computers in general or to the Amiga in particular, the system photo above and the capsule descriptions following will help you identify the The Amiga 2000 system consists of a number of separate components: The Parts of the Amiga 2000 System items listed above should assure you that in selecting the Amiga 2000 you have chosen one of the most advanced microcomputers available today. Later in this chapter there is a detailed list of Amiga 2000 features, but the two