Why did Commodore put monochrome video output on A500/A2000?

[pwermonger]

The A500 and the A2000 were designed and build two totally separate teams, they probably didn't even know about each other.

They did know about each other, in fact Dave Haynie said he watched what the 500 team did (which he originally was put on) and copied a lot of it for the 2000 in his talk at VCFE 9.1. At least, the American designed one. Not the German designed one that it replaced.

[Drummerboy]

Back on those days, if you will going to buy any Amiga, was rare if you not buy a C= 1084 Color Monitor. If you haven't the C= 1084 monitor so you was loosing a high percentaje of the Amiga System.
Then, how said above i thinks thats was just any cheap alternative for those humbles and strange Amiga buyers, who not bought the C=1084 color monitor to apreciate all the Amiga power.

[Drummerboy]

Oh yes, i forgot...

This Video Composite Amiga Output, was used working on some professional Video uses.