Apollo A6000: The Commodore Amiga of Your Dreams – If You Can Get Your Hands on One!
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The Apollo A6000 is a brand new version of the Commodore Amiga 600, upgraded with modern technology and all the extras you could want. The first edition has already sold out, but maybe this will soon become your new “girlfriend”?
Apollo A6000: The Ultimate Amiga 600?
I’m always amazed by how much love there is for old technology. Although retro consoles and early home computers are long gone, they still have many fans.
Some of these fans are so passionate that there are synthesizers based on these devices and modern versions of the originals are highly sought after. The Commodore brand was recently revived with the C64 Ultimate, and upgraded versions of the ZX Spectrum are also available. With the Apollo A6000, the Amiga 600 is now making a comeback.
It’s important to note that this is not one of the “mini versions” available from Amiga (and many other classics). It’s hardware that looks exactly as if the home computer had never gone out of production.
Today’s FPGA Technology is Inside
The “form factor” remains essentially the same, except for a new color scheme. Under the hood, however, everything is new. The Apollo A6000 is based on modern FPGA technology with the Apollo Core AC68080 V4 and offers 2 GB of RAM, plus 12 MB of chip RAM. It has two slots for SD cards, a USB-C power connection, audio outputs, expansion space, and a 3D-printed mechanical Cherry MX keyboard connected to the board via USB.
It also has four USB ports for various peripherals, as well as the classic connections for a joystick or mouse. The system supports SAGA chipsets and has modern digital outputs for connecting to contemporary monitors. An Ethernet connection is also included.
The latest 68K Apollo OS is installed on the 128GB CF hard drive. The computer supports third-generation Amiga software, as well as Atari and macOS programs, which were presumably developed for 68k processors, according to the developers. According to the manufacturer, this is the most powerful Amiga ever in terms of performance.
Incidentally, the Amiga brand is not owned by the recently revitalized Commodore company; it is an independent development. Unfortunately, anyone interested in purchasing the Apollo A6000 will have to wait, as the initial production run of 40 units has already sold out. The price of just under 1,000 euros did not seem to deter hardcore Amiga fans. If you are interested in the new edition, please check this website for updates on new stock.
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One response to “Apollo A6000: The Commodore Amiga of Your Dreams – If You Can Get Your Hands on One!”
interesting. I’ve still got an A600 in storage, along with various disks. There’s also a hardware dongle which was also the midi interface that came with sequencer one plus (software), which i used for a few years.