Amico 2000

{{Short description|6502-based computer from Italy}}

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| cpu = 1 MHz MOS Technology 6502

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Amico 2000 was a computer designed in Italy by ASEL.{{Cite web|url=https://www-computerhistory-it.translate.goog/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=115&_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp|title=ComputerHistory.it - Amico 2000|date=March 20, 2008|website=www-computerhistory-it.translate.goog}}{{Cite web|url=https://www-computerhistory-it.translate.goog/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=file&id=16:pubblicita-amico-2000&Itemid=1471&_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp|title=ComputerHistory.it - Archivio - Pubblicità Amico 2000|website=www-computerhistory-it.translate.goog}}

In December 1978 the electronics magazine "Sperimentare" began publishing a series of articles describing the MOS Technology 6502 machine. The original machine came with 1 kB of RAM and a monitor in ROM. Later version of the machine came with expanded RAM, tape interface, BASIC interpreter,{{Cite web|url=https://www-computerhistory-it.translate.goog/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=file&id=12:manuale-basic-amico-2000&Itemid=1471&_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp|title=ComputerHistory.it - Archivio - Manuale BASIC Amico 2000|website=www-computerhistory-it.translate.goog}} TV interface and a full keyboard.

An assembled version of the base machine cost 235000 Italian lire.