The A1000Jr variants
Developer: Commodore
Year of development: 1989-1991 |
A few months after the cancellation of the A1000+ and A3000+ it was
decided the company should attempt to salvage the A1000+ technology and
build a lower spec ECS-based machine. The project was developed under the
codename 'A1000jr', an unofficial title intended to annoy Bill Sydnes.
In an e-mail exchange, Dave Haynie commented on one of the changes
made to the A1000jr design:
"They did the backplanes 2-layer, and when I pointed out
that Zorro III didn't run on a 2-layer backplane, they disabled Zorro III
mode, so these were Zorro-II only."
After months of development four configurations were produced for the mid-range
market. These would fit between the A500 and A3000 in the Commodore product
line.
| Model |
CPU |
Number of Zorro II slots |
| A2200 |
68020 |
2 |
| A2400 |
4 |
| A3200 |
68030 |
2 |
| A3400 |
4 |
The finished products were production-worthy, but were never ordered
by a sales company within Commodore. In an attempt to recoup the cost of
development, Commodore reused the case design for the A4000 a year later,
and upgraded the A1000Jr configuration into the A3200.
Gallery
A2200 Advert (95K)
Thanks to Dave Haynie for the information and Mike for
the scan
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Last Update: 1/11/2001
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