--- title: Amstrad CPC 6128 categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - United Kingdom years: - '1985' cpus: - Zilog Z80 params: name: CPC 6128 image: /media/museum/photos/amstrad_cpc6128.jpg company: /companies/amstrad company_name: Amstrad specs: - label: NAME value: CPC 6128 - label: MANUFACTURER value: Amstrad - label: TYPE value: Home Computer - label: ORIGIN value: United Kingdom - label: YEAR value: Summer 1985 - label: END OF PRODUCTION value: '1990' - label: KEYBOARD value: |- All grey QWERTY / AZERTY mechanical keyboard\ Numeric keypad with arrow keys - label: CPU value: Zilog Z80 - label: SPEED value: 4 MHz - label: RAM value: 128 kb (2 banks of 64ko) - label: VRAM value: 16 kb - label: ROM value: 48 KB - label: TEXT MODES value: |- 20 x 25 with 16 colors\ 40 x 25 with 4 colors\ 80 x 25 with 2 colors - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: |- 160 x 200 with 16 colors\ 320 x 200 with 4 colors\ 640 x 200 with 2 colors - label: COLORS value: '27' - label: SOUND value: |- 3 channels, 7 octaves\ +1 noise channel - label: I/O PORTS value: |- Printer port\ Expansion port\ 1 Joystick plug (Atari standard)\ Floppy Disc Port\ DIN plug for Amstrad monitor\ Headphone / Sound stereo jack output\ DIN plug for external tape recorder - label: BUILT IN MEDIA value: 3'' disk-drive built-in - label: OS value: AMSDOS or CP/M - label: POWER SUPPLY value: |- Disk drive Power in (5v DC)\ Computer power in (12v DC) - label: PRICE value: |- Monochrome - 684 (Fall 85)\ Color - 913 (Fall 85) tabs: - photos - adverts - hardware - software - emulators - links - docs - videos photos: - title: TOP VIEW subtitle: '' text: The keyboard was less colorful and more compact. image: /media/museum/photos/amstrad_6128_top.jpg - title: REAR VIEW subtitle: '' text: |- Here we can see the different connectors at the back of the CPC-6128 : Volume control | Power switch | Disk drive 2 | Monitor | Power in | Expansion port | Printer port image: /media/museum/photos/amstrad_6128_rear.jpg - title: 'REAR #2' subtitle: '' text: Some models had completely different connectors... can you tell us why ? image: /media/museum/photos/amstrad_cpc6128_rear2.jpg - title: SPANISH KEYBOARD subtitle: '' text: Notice the tilde, next to the "L" key... image: /media/museum/photos/amsrtad_cpc6128_spanish-keyboard.jpg adverts: - title: U.K. AD. (AUG. 86) subtitle: '' text: |- U.K. prices:\ Monochrome: **£299**\ Colour: **£399** image: /media/museum/pubs/amstrad_6128_pub_1.jpg - title: U.K. AD. (APR. 87) subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/pubs/amstrad_6128_pub_2.jpg hardware: - title: DDI-1 subtitle: Amstrad disk drive text: |- After a long wait for the first purchasers of CPC-464, the diskette drive was available one year after its announcement. It connected to the expansion connector of the computer and used a 3" Hitachi diskette drive. This choice may appear strange in the light of the growing success of the Sony 3,5" standard, but would prove highly reliable in use. The Amstrad operating system (AMSDOS) is stored in a 16 KB ROM. Two operating systems and one language were delivered with this unit :\ \- **AmsDOS** allowed Amstrad Basic to be used via additional file-management commands, but was not very practical to use.\ \- **CP/M 2.2** from Digital Research which gave access to an immense professional software library but required two floppy drives in order to function well.\ \- **Dr. LOGO** A popular language, especially in educational circles. It took advantage of the sound and graphic capabilities of the Amstrad. In spite of a prohibitive price due to a long period of (organized?) scarcity, Amstrad’s 3" floppy disks became the primary medium for numerous games and other programs and contributed to the big commercial success of the machine in Europe, until the announcement of the <$112$>CPC 664, the first model with an integrated disk drive. DDI-1 with interface for CPC-464 or CPC-664 : 1990fr (March 86)\ FD-1, second drive for CPC-464,664 and 6128 : 1590fr (March 86) image: /media/museum/hardware/fd_ddi_1.jpg - title: INSIDE DDI-1 CASE subtitle: '' text: |- **(1)** Read/Write magnetic head\ **(2)** As in any disk drive, 2 engines are required : the biggest one to spin the magnetic disc, and the second one (at the top) to move the read/write head\ **(3)** The DDI case contains its own power supply. The PSU is shown here surrounded by a thick metallic plate to prevent magnetic fields from damaging the disks\ **(4)** The power supply regulation part is located under the disk drive\ **(5)** Disk introduction slot and eject button. Disk storage capacity is of 169 Kb. for system floppy disks (which include an operating system), or 178 Kb. for data disks. image: /media/museum/hardware/fd_eclate.jpg - title: AMX MOUSE subtitle: '' text: |- For drawing and moving the cursor Could be used with the CPC-464,664 and 6128\ Cost 105 Euros in March 86. image: /media/museum/hardware/amstrad_amx_mouse.jpg - title: AMSTRAD LIGHT PEN subtitle: '' text: |- For all models with a colour monitor\ Sold with a drawing program: 44 Euros (March 86) image: /media/museum/hardware/amstrad_light_pen.jpg - title: DMP 2000 subtitle: Amstrad printer text: |- 90 Fonts, 20-100 characters /s\ 350 Euros (March 86) image: /media/museum/hardware/amstrad_dmp2000.jpg - title: AMSTRAD JOYSTICK subtitle: '' text: |- Classic joystick sold by Amstrad.\ It includes another joystick plug to add a second joystick. Cost 23 Euros in March 86 image: /media/museum/hardware/amstrad_joystick.jpg - title: MP1 / MP2 ADAPTOR subtitle: Amstrad Scart adaptors text: |- Enabled the use of an Amstrad with a Peritel (scart) TV. MP1 for CPC-464: 60 Euros (March 86)\ MP2 for CPC-664 and 6128: 75 Euros (March 86) image: /media/museum/hardware/amstrad_scart_adaptator.jpg - title: AMSTRAD RS-232C INTERFACE subtitle: '' text: |- Self-explanatory I think... For the CPC-464, 664 and 6128\ 90 Euros in March 86 image: /media/museum/hardware/amstrad_cpc464_rs232.jpg - title: VOCAL SYNTHESIZER subtitle: '' text: |- And your CPC talks! For CPC-464, 664 and 6128\ 60 Euros (March 86) image: /media/museum/hardware/amstrad_vocal_synth.jpg - title: TECHNI-MUSIQUE MUSICAL SYNTHESIZER subtitle: '' text: |- Musical synthesizer with 12 stereo channels\ A 4-octave piano keyboard was optional\ Application delivered on disk Price : 150 Euros (France, October 1987) image: /media/museum/hardware/amstrad_musical_synth.jpg screenshots: - title: DEFENDER OF THE EARTH subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_defender_of_the_earth.jpg - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_1942-title.gif - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_1942.gif - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_1943-title.gif - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_addams-family_title.gif - title: SCREENSHOTS subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_addams-family.gif - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_airwolf.gif - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_alien-highway2_title.gif - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_alien-highway2-encounter.gif - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_apb.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_apb2.png - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_arabian-nights_title.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_arabian-nights.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_beyondicepalace.png - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_bombjack-title.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_bombjack.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_boulderdash.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_bountybob-strikesback.png - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_brucelee_title.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_brucelee.png - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_bubblebobble.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_bubblebobble2.png - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_catch23.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_catch23_2.png - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_cauldron_t.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_cauldron.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_chuckie-egg.png - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_commando_t.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_commando.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_fruityfranck.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_5axe.gif - title: LOADING SCREEN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_mgt_t.png - title: SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/amstrad_cpc_ss_mgt.png emulators: - title: Arnimedes url: http://www.arnimedes.de/ platform: MS DOS text: CPC emulator for DOS - title: CaPriCe32 url: http://www.caprice32.cybercube.com/ platform: Windows text: 32 bit Amstrad CPC Emulator - title: No Cash Amstrad CPC Emulator (NO$CPC) url: http://www.work.de/nocash/cpc.htm platform: Windows text: For Windows and MS-DOS - title: WinAPE32 url: http://winape.emuunlim.com/ platform: Windows text: Fast, accurate CPC/+ emulation - title: Arnold url: http://www.bannister.org/software/arnold.htm platform: Apple text: Arnold/MacOS is an Amstrad CPC/CPC+/KC Compact Emulator for the Macintosh. - title: CPC ++ url: http://bricerive.free.fr/cpc platform: Apple text: Emulator for MAC OS - title: CPC ++ url: http://bricerive.free.fr/cpc platform: Unix / Linux text: Emulator for Linux and SunOS. - title: XCPC url: http://XCPC.EMUUNLIM.COM platform: Unix / Linux text: CPC emulator for any UNIX platform with X-Window - title: Ami-CPC url: http://www.chez.com/deplanque/ platform: Amiga OS text: '' - title: C-ONE url: http://c64upgra.de/c-one/ platform: Other platform text: Hardware emulator (re-configurable computer) - title: DreamCPC url: http://www.consolevision.com/dreamcast/emus/amstrad/ platform: Other platform text: CPC emulator for Dreamcast - title: PocketCaprice url: http://www.pocketcult.com platform: Other platform text: Pocket PC/PDA emulator for Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5 operating system - title: Arnold (amstad 128k v3 emulator) url: http://arnold.emuunlim.com/ platform: Multiplatform text: Emulates CPC 464, 644, 6128, 464+, 6128+, and KC Compact. - title: CPCE url: http://cpce.emuunlim.com/ platform: Multiplatform text: Amstrad CPC emulator for DOS, DPMI and WIN32 - title: MESS url: http://www.mess.org/ platform: Multiplatform text: MESS emulates a lot of Amstrad computers (available for many OS) ! links: - title: Amstrad Computer Manuals url: http://www.instruction-manuals.co.uk/category/computer/amstrad.htm text: '' - title: Amstrad CPC 464 664 6128 Basic programming tutorial and games. The Basic Idea url: http://www.sean.co.uk/books/amstrad/index.shtm text: '' - title: Amstrad.cpc.free.fr url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/ text: Excellent site full of info - title: Amstrad.DK url: http://www.amstrad.dk/ text: 464, 664, 6128 emulation, games and demos. Nice site. - title: Amstrad's Home Page url: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cliff.lawson/index.htm text: '' - title: CPC/IP The TCP/IP Stack for the Amstrad CPCs url: http://www.nenie.org/cpcip/ text: '' - title: CPCWIKI url: http://www.cpcwiki.eu text: The biggest Amstrad CPC site and community - title: CPCwiki url: http://www.cpcwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page text: This site hopes to evolve into an encyclopaedia on all things Amstrad CPC related. - title: DDDS Ltd Home Page url: http://www.diskdoctor.co.uk/ text: '' - title: FutureOS - THE operating system for the CPC url: http://www.FutureOS.de text: FutureOS is a very fast OS for Amstrad CPC 6128 and 6128+. - title: Generic and Amstrad CPC based Programs written in Turbo Pascal 3 url: http://turpas3.angelfire.com/ text: Turbo Pascal programs written on a CPC. - title: Good Old Games url: http://speccy.altervista.org/ text: Many games with screenshot comparisons, download and magazines - title: Les Sucres en Morceaux url: http://scampin.chez-alice.fr/cpc/index.html text: Demomaking and gfx - title: Phenix Informatique url: http://phenixinformatique.free.fr/ text: History, games, links, emulators, contacts (French) - title: SymbOS Amstrad CPC Multitasking Operating System url: http://www.symbos.de/ text: A multitasking OS for the CPC 6128 with a Windows-like GUI - title: The Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource url: http://andercheran.aiind.upv.es/~amstrad/ text: collection of documentations dedicated to the Amstrad CPC (CPC464, CPC664 and CPC6128), Amstrad Plus (464+,6128+ and GX4000 console), and VEB Mikroelectronic KC Compact - title: Tricky's Amstrad CPC page url: http://www.trickynz.com/Amstrad%20CPC.html text: Old mags and Amsoft catalogues for download - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com text: '' docs: - title: CPC-6128 - MANUEL DE L'UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL) url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23 cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_cpc-6128_french-manual.jpg text: |- [**CPC-6128 - MANUEL DE L'UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL)**](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23)written by Amstrad  compiled/archived by Charles Da Silva\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Amstrad.CPC](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/) - title: CPC-6128 SERVICE MANUAL url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=21 cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_cpc-6128_service-manual.jpg text: |- [**CPC-6128 SERVICE MANUAL**](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=21)written by Amstrad  compiled/archived by Amstradeus\  type of document : PDF\  size : 3,12 MB\  source : [www.amstradeus.com](http://www.amstradeus.com/) - title: AMSTRAD CPC FIRMWARE MANUAL url: http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/tech/cpc/cpc-firmware/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_cpc_firmware-guide.jpg text: |- [**AMSTRAD CPC FIRMWARE MANUAL**](http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/tech/cpc/cpc-firmware/)written by Bob Taylor and Thomas Defoe  compiled/archived by David Cantrell / John Kavanagh\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Dave's Free Press](http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/) - title: TEACH YOURSELF AMSTRAD BASIC - A TUTORIAL GUIDE - PART 1 url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23 cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_cpc_teach-yourself-amstrad-basic_1.jpg text: |- [**TEACH YOURSELF AMSTRAD BASIC - 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title: DMP2160 PRINTER - GUIDE DE L'UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL) url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23 cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_dmp2160_manuel-utilisateur.jpg text: |- [**DMP2160 PRINTER - GUIDE DE L'UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL)**](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23)written by Amstrad  compiled/archived by Charles Da Silva\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Amstrad.CPC](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/) - title: AMSTRAD DDI-1 DISK DRIVE - MANUEL DE L'UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL) url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23 cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_ddi-1_user-manual.jpg text: |- [**AMSTRAD DDI-1 DISK DRIVE - MANUEL DE L'UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL)**](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23)written by Amstrad  compiled/archived by Charles Da Silva\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Amstrad.CPC](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/) - title: AMSTRAD MP2F PERITEL ADAPTER - MANUEL UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL) url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23 cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_mp2f.jpg text: |- [**AMSTRAD MP2F PERITEL ADAPTER - MANUEL UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL)**](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23)written by Amstrad  compiled/archived by Charles Da Silva\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Amstrad.CPC](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/) - title: AMX MOUSE - GUIDE DE L'UTILISATEUR (USER MANUAL) url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23 cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_amx-mouse.jpg text: |- [**AMX MOUSE - GUIDE DE L'UTILISATEUR (USER MANUAL)**](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23)written by Cygnet Computer Consultants Limited  compiled/archived by Charles Da Silva\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Amstrad.CPC](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/) - title: AMSTRAD LP-1 LIGHT PEN - INSTRUCTIONS POUR L'UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL) url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23 cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_lp1_lightpen.jpg text: |- [**AMSTRAD LP-1 LIGHT PEN - INSTRUCTIONS POUR L'UTILISATEUR (FRENCH MANUAL)**](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23)written by Amstrad  compiled/archived by Charles Da Silva\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Amstrad.CPC](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/) - title: MARK 2 LIGHT PEN - USER MANUAL url: http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23 cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/amstrad_mark2-light-pen.jpg text: |- [**MARK 2 LIGHT PEN - USER MANUAL**](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=23)written by Electric Studio Products  compiled/archived by Charles Da Silva\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Amstrad.CPC](http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/) videos: - title: Amstrad CPC - French commercial url: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=1649912029980987973&hl=fr text: 'Length: 29 s' comments: - author: bond.san date: Friday 21st June 2013 text: |- For Sale: £90 Amstrad CPC6128 + Green screen monitor - working - games - utilities - joystick.\ Disc drive not working - disc drive rotating but not reading discs - did work when tested several years ago.\ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190859678111 - author: bond.san date: Friday 21st June 2013 text: |- For Sale: £90 Amstrad CPC6128 + Green screen monitor - working - games - utilities - joystick.\ Disc drive not working - disc drive rotating but not reading discs - did work when tested several years ago. - author: Chris (Australia) date: Thursday 4th October 2012 text: |- My first computer with a disk drive! Awesome! Check out the wiki on all things CPC: http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Main_Page - author: Dina (Denmark) date: Saturday 7th July 2012 text: |- Hi, just replaced the drive belt ind my old cpc6128, but only a few games are able to load. I can run "cat" on most of them, but when i try to run the games i get and ignore, retry cancel dialogue...\ Does anyone have any idea what can be wrong? I''m all nostalgic here and can''t wait to show my daughter what kin of computergames mommy playes, when she was a kid :) - author: Christopher Patrick (USA) date: Tuesday 15th May 2012 text: '@Harkline1 you can play Spimdizzy online at http://www.spindizzy.org/nwp/' - author: Daniel (Spain) date: Tuesday 1st May 2012 text: |- @Harkline1\ Try replacing the disk drive belt as suggested by GreenMachine. I had the same problem with mine some years ago after recovering from the attic. The belt had tear down and the motor spun without providing enough traction to the disk shaft. A new belt, 30" and working as new. - author: Demus (Poland) date: Friday 6th April 2012 text: CPC6128 with $$149$20MB Hard disk? Is this a correct information? Amstrad PC1512 have drive like this. - author: Harkline1 date: Friday 6th April 2012 text: 'My Mum and I have just cleared out the cubby house. We have taken the plastic off the Amstrad CPC6128 128k, and want to play one game, and one game only: Spindizzy. We put the disc in, try to boot (have tried both RUN"DISC and :CPM, but the disc drive just whirs and clicks and it then asks me to RETRY, IGNORE or CANCEL. Can anyone help? It was in perfect working order when it went into the cubby house. What could have happened during 20 years of hibernation? Is there anything I could try to one again have the joy of Spindizzy? Harkine' - author: Proteus date: Thursday 29th December 2011 text: |- Hi, there is a minor error in the discription. The 5V is for the computer and the 12V is for the floppy.\ Regards - author: GreenMachine date: Sunday 26th April 2009 text: |- Gregory: If it runs (lit LED and drive noises), but otherwise doesn''t work,\ you probably just need a new drivebelt. http://www.old-computers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID$4477 You could also take a look on eBay or maybe here: http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/\ or\ http://www.tradeinpost.com/ The CPC 6128 uses the same drive as the Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3. The belt ought to be a few mm wide - I once bought replacements that\ were very thin - not optimal. - author: Gregory (Greece) date: Saturday 25th April 2009 text: I have a CPC 6128 with a green monitor... 8bit machines have became one of the best retro decorations to one''s home - When the computer was about 10 years old i was thinking of selling it, now i wouldnt even consider it! I just love seeing my good old CPC sit in his small corner in the room. It brings me memories of younger more innocent times... I will never give it anywhere. If my kids want to give it away after many years ( when probably it will cost a lot more as a antique ) they can do it, but as long as i live it will never happen. Anyway.. i have a problem.. the drive isnt working anymore... :( After almost 25 years it finally gave up i guess. Anyone knows anything that i can do about this? - author: Noobsaibot73 (Madrid, Spain) date: Thursday 11th September 2008 text: |- This computer has many superb games, as The Sentinel, Saboteur 2, Combat School, Barbarian.....thanks Mr. Sugar for "the dreams machine". My first computer was a CPC 464, during years I was looking for a 6128, and finally, I''m the proud owner of one of this incredible machines.\ Ok, the rest of the 8 bits owners (msx, spectrum or C-64) will tell the same of their machines, but if you were an Amstrad user, you know what I''m talking about, no other computer (or emulator) will let you feel those sensations. - author: Fatih Kececi (TURKEY) date: Tuesday 29th April 2008 text: Amstrad CPC6128 was my first computer. i really loved this machine... - author: Stephen Lambert (Manchester, England) date: Saturday 22nd March 2008 text: Legendary, fantastic machine. My very first computer that I can remember and I loved it to bits. Then my parents sold it in Loot against my will...I was sad. But all is well because I've just bought one off ebay! No more emulators for me! Back to the real thing! - author: noobsaibot73 (Spain) date: Sunday 11th November 2007 text: I'm the proud owner of a CPC 6128, this is a fantastic machine, this machine was intended for applications as well as games. A few days ago I bought one original MP3 (tv tuner) so now I'm able to see tv with my colour screen. I told you, this is a SUPERB machine !!!! - author: Steve (GREECE) date: Tuesday 9th January 2007 text: Hi,Amstrad was my first contact with PC's,now I have it to a basement and not working on him anymore, if someone is interested for it im selling it,just email me thnx - author: Reinor (Australia) date: Friday 17th November 2006 text: I found one of these outside an old sporting complex that was being cleaned out for the first time in a decade. It had been lying in the pouring rain for at least a week, in a pool of mud with various crawlies living in it, along with a couple of disks. I took it home, wiped off the mud, plugged it in and presto! Try that with a modern computer! - author: Peter Jarvis (Doncaster, England) date: Monday 4th September 2006 text: When I was 12 I got a cpc464 for christmas I was over the moon, even though it only had a green screen monitor. I loved the Roland Games as naff as they are now. I always wanted a 6128 but because I was only 13 at the time they came out couldn't afford one. I have just bought one off ebay and am waiting for it be delivered; I haven't been this excited since christmas eve, the christmas I got my 464. There is something massively appealing about the amstrad computers, more than any other that was around at the time. I remember programming a game that went on the cascade50 cassette and winning a competition for a calculator watch and a copy of the games before they were released. If it wasn't for my amstrad I wouldn't be a internet developer. What great times. - author: ISIHOS KIRIAKOS (ATHENS\HELLAS) date: Saturday 3rd June 2006 text: |- HI MY MAME IS KIRIAKOS ISIHOS . I'M ASSISTANT IN THE BIBLICAL STANTIES IN THEOLOGICAL SHOOL OF THE ATHENS UNIVERSITY AND SUB-DIAKON IN THE ORDODOX CHERTCH.. OLSO PROGRAMMERS TECNICAL COMPUTERS AND OLD COMPUTERS USERS HOME & PC. I'VE: AMSTRAND 6128, SPECTRUM 48,+2,QL.\ NOW BICOUSE THE 6128 NO WORK HAVE AMULATORS PC PROGRAMS.\ PLEASE I SEARCH THE TWO(2) SYSTEM AND UTILITIES DISKS FOR 6128 INCLUDED IN THE COMPUTER PACK. IF SOMBODY HAVE THIS DISKS PLEASE SEND ME THE FILES WITH E-MAIL: KIRIAKOSYPOD@YAHOO.GR\ P.S. IN INTERNET HAVE ANDRESS TO DOWNLOAD FREE THE ORIGINAL SYSTEM DISKS FOR 6128 ?\ THANKS..\ FRYENDLY\ KIRIAKOS - author: Chris (Australia) date: Monday 19th December 2005 text: Hey Guys, Just wanna share my 2 fav games for the Legendary Old School Amstrad. Can any of you remember Manic Minor and Barbarian? how good were they? If anyone knows a website that i could get these games from and start bringing back the old memories please feel free to email me or post it here. Cheers Lads - author: Víctor (Málaga, España) date: Tuesday 5th July 2005 text: ¿Qué puedo decir de este ordenador que no sepáis todos los que hayáis tenido la suerte de tener uno? Fue el primero de todos los ordenadores que he tenido y es el único que no me ha sacado de quicio. Mi CPC6128 me lo regalaron mis padres en las navidades de 1986, cuando yo contaba con sólo 11 años, y disfruté de tardes interminables pegado a él con mis amigos, después del colegio. Hoy, salvo por algún cambio de goma en la disquetera, lo tengo en perfecto estado, funcionando, aunque no lo uso tanto como yo quisiera por mi trabajo. Estas vacaciones de Agosto le voy a volver a dar un poco de caña. Por cierto, me he entretenido en escanear el manual y voy a colgarlo en el emule en breve. Un saludo a todos los cpceros, y ¡¡Larga vida al Amstrad CPC!! (durará tanto como nosotros queramos). P.D. Gracias, Alan, por inventar una máquina tan maravillosa. - author: ShadowCaster (France) date: Friday 9th July 2004 text: |- Marc, there's a fast dos emulator for the CPC.\ It's called NO$CPC. - author: ShadowCaster (France) date: Friday 9th July 2004 text: David, the game you are seraching is "into the eagle's nest" somtimes also called "eagle's nest" - author: DAVID (FRANCE) date: Sunday 9th May 2004 text: I search the name of a game I use to play when a was young, It was a soldier in some rooms and you need the search some "first aid" some "guns" and of course you need to fire ennemies. Im not sure but it could be in a castle ? I was many rooms in the games and my soldier was blue or grey ? and the other was gree ? but Im not sure... thank you for help me - author: Dimitris (GREECE) date: Wednesday 5th May 2004 text: |- Amstrad CPC6128 was the most home among personal computers and the most personal among homes. I still have an upgraded CPC6128 and I am still upgrading and programming (CP/M). It is very very easy to upgrade by - let's say - adding a 3.5" FD to your CPC and download dsk images from Internet or run CP/M programms written for other computers. It is amazing to give CAT command and see the message \------------------------\ Drive B: user 0 Disk.BIN 500k 296k free --- No - 178k - size limit any more If anybody likes to, just mail me.! - author: ikonsgr (GREECE) date: Thursday 22nd January 2004 text: What can i say for this machine..., i think that AMSTRAD 6128 was one of the main reasons that makes me to think all the years with "him" , perhaps, the best years of my life. From the age of 12 untill 17, AMSTRAD 6128, with the extrordinary BASIC and the Fantastic games it had, made me to create,play,enjoy and dream like nothing or noone else can make me do, back to these beautiful days of youth.. Heil to the BEST HOME MICRO (along with Spectrum :) ) OF ALL TIME, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN OUR HEAERTS!!! - author: David Merrett (Australia) date: Thursday 22nd January 2004 text: |- Both the Amstrad CPC 6128 and the lower version with the tape player in it\ As well as the Commodore C64 were used in the Education Department of South Australia. You can still pic them up at Government Auctions for like 5 dollars each. - author: McKlain (Spain) date: Saturday 23rd August 2003 text: |- "It was sold with a mediocre monitor (monochrome green or color)" Hey, the monitors were not that mediocre! - author: Malc (UK) date: Tuesday 22nd April 2003 text: I bought one of these new. The disk drive seemed tremendously fast after my Commodore 128/1571 combo in CPM mode! - author: Martin Upson (Frankfurt, Germany (year out from Uni, London)) date: Thursday 16th January 2003 text: I still have a CPC 6128. I loved it to bits. Got lots of old games but would really like some more!! Please let me know if you're interested in selling them. Many thanks, Martin - author: Directx (Greece) date: Thursday 26th December 2002 text: |- CPC 6128 was my first home computer! An amazing machine .. Hint: To see it's disk catalogue type CAT\ Hint 2: To load software type RUN "software_name" - author: Gez (UK) date: Monday 2nd December 2002 text: I bought a cpc 6128 a while ago at a car boot sale but i still can't figure out how to load disks. can some one please e-mail me the syntax. - author: marc (france) date: Saturday 9th November 2002 text: |- fruity franck...\ do we have to use emulator or does it exist in a dos version? - author: Stephen Pattenden (Kent, England) date: Sunday 6th October 2002 text: |- I too have a CPC 6128. Does anyone know how much they are worth nowadays?\ Is there anyone out there who is interested in buying it off of me? - author: Andy (England) date: Monday 9th September 2002 text: |- Does anyone use CP/M on either the 6128 or an emulator? I'm writing a magazine article on CP/M and would like to hear from current users. Thanks, - author: defianter (germany) date: Monday 12th August 2002 text: |- @ Ben ( UK ) I search for North vs. South for Wondows. Did you know where i can get it today? regards\ gero - author: Gina (France) date: Tuesday 16th July 2002 text: |- I remember "FRUITY FRANCK" ! It was so great ! It was the first video game I played...\ Does anybody know where I could find it today ? Does it work on windows ? - author: Piotr (Poland) date: Wednesday 26th June 2002 text: Thanks Olivier. I've already found it. :) - author: Olivier (France) date: Sunday 23rd June 2002 text: The game you are talking about is Fruity Franck. I think you can find it on any Amstrad emulation site. Enjoy. - author: Piotr (Poland) date: Sunday 23rd June 2002 text: I had 8 years when I have my firs computer. It was GREAT amstrad CPC 6128. I remember a great game. I don't remember it's name but you have to walk gardener called "frank" and catch fruits. Thanks Amstrad for great computer !!! - author: Olivier (France) date: Friday 17th May 2002 text: |- I think the game you are talking about is MGT (MaGnetik Tank). You can download it here: http://www.arcadeabyss.com/amstrade_page_diskm.html Have fun! - author: Ingo (Germany) date: Friday 17th May 2002 text: |- yeah - those were the days! I still recall the years 1987 and 1988 - dbaseII and wordstar - compared to the C64 i was using before it was really cool...\ does anyone remember this game ? I don't know the name... you were controlling a kind of hovercraft through a maze of rooms with traps. It was a kind of pseudo-3D with a fly-on-the-wall-perspective. If you know the name of the game please contact me - thanx a lot!!\ btw. i love this site - it's really fantastic and somehow a time-machine - cewl!!! - author: Efthymios (Greece) date: Wednesday 3rd April 2002 text: |- My 6128 is working perfectly up to now. Sometimes I spend some time, just to play a game and to remember those days.\ Dont know if someone else does the following' I usually open the keyboard to clean the chips and stuff. Am I mad; Dont think so. I am just showing some respect to the King...That's All\ Thanks Amstrad for those great years of 8bit entertain :-) - author: Ben (UK) date: Monday 4th March 2002 text: I still have my 6128 and its in full working order. Just the other day I was playing classic American Civil War game "North and South" and cop simulator "APB" - the predecessors of Command and Conquer and Grand Theft Auto sort of. - author: Warlock (UK) date: Tuesday 26th February 2002 text: |- One of the many computers we had when I was growing up was the 6128. I think my dad finally threw it out in 1998 or 1999. Great piece of kit, though - we used it for \*years\* He was the only person I know who successfully recoded the keyboard routines on Jet Set Willy so that it would work on a 6128. related: - /museum/amstrad-464-6128-plus - /museum/amstrad-cpc-464 - /museum/amstrad-cpc-5512 - /museum/amstrad-cpc-664 - /museum/schneider-germany-cpc-464 oc_id: 111 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603022023/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=111 date: '2023-06-03' --- The Amstrad CPC 6128 was the successor to the [Amstrad CPC 664](/museum/amstrad-cpc-664/) which had a very short life. It had almost all the same features as the 664, except the memory. Like the 664, only 42 Kb could be accessed, the upper 64 Kb were used as a RAM disk or to store data. It was sold with quite a good quality monitor (monochrome green or color) and a built-in 3" floppy disk drive (2 x 180 KB). It ran under Amsdos (the Amstrad Operating System) or under CP/M 2.2 or CP/M 3.0 (CP/M +). The CP/M 2.2 OS was bundled with DR Logo and CP/M+ with GSX (the graphic extension of CP/M). Like the CPC 664, the Amstrad CPC 6128 was almost fully compatible with the CPC 464. The German version of the Amstrad (Schneider CPC 6128) had different "real" connectors instead of mainboard edge connectors. Norbert Unterberg reports that the main reason for this was that the original Amstrad did not pass the German "FCC" test because it was polluting its surroundings with electromagnetic waves, and the rules for that were much stricter in Germany. That's why the Schneider got real connectors and a metal housing inside.\ However, after "Schneider Rundfunkwerke" stopped selling the Amstrad CPC series of home computers and the PCW series of word-processors, Amstrad continued to sell the CPC under the Amstrad brand name in Germany. The ROM was identical for all brands of Amstrad: Schneider, Orion, Awa,... Lots of Amstrad or third-party peripherals could be added, among them:\ • 2nd 3"/3.5"/5.25" FD max 800k\ • 20MB Hard disk, 4x5MB\ • Max 252x16k EPROMS\ • Max RAM Installed 640k (576k in use)\ • RS-232 Interface, Modem\ • 3 key Mouse, Light Pen\ • Centronics Dot Matrix Printer\ • "PC-Hormon" MSDOS emulator...