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History

Every Amiga and every Spectrum, model by model: how they were born, what's inside and the stories they left behind.

machines
24
families
3
years · 1977–2017
40

The timeline

Every machine in order of arrival. The bar shows memory as shipped, on a logarithmic scale: from 256 B in the Science of Cambridge MK14 to 6 MB in the Amiga 4000.

Commodore Amiga

1985–1993 · 10 machines

From Amiga Corporation to Commodore: the machines that brought colour, sound and multitasking home.

Sinclair

1977–2017 · 11 machines

From the MK14 kit to the Spectrum Next: the family that taught a generation to code.

Timex

1982–1984 · 3 machines

Sinclair machines built under licence by Timex, whose Portuguese factory made the TC2048 and TC2068.

LIST "CHIPS"Processors and chipsThe 15 chips that make these machines work, from the Z80 to the 68060, plus Agnus, Denise, Paula and the ULA. Compare them head to head.See the processors and chips

Photo credits

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