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| CPC 464+ |
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It featured the same characteristics as the 6128, except regarding its memory (64 KB instead of 128 KB) and had a tape recorder (located above the keyboard) instead of a floppy disk.
It replaced the CPC 464 and had a short life because tape recorders were no longer supported when it was released. |
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| CPC-464P SIDE VIEW |
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Another view of the CPC-464+ with its Burnin'Rubber/Basic cartridge inserted. |
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| CPC-464+ REAR VIEW |
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| RUNNING 6128+ |
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One ROM cartridge was delivered with the computer, holding the Locomotive BASIC language, and 'Burnin Rubber', a car race game. |
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| LEFT SIDE |
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**(1)** RJ11 expansion connector, for gun or light pen\
**(2)** Power switch which also locks the inserted cartridge while the system is turned on\
**(3)** Analogue joystick connector\
**(4-6)** Atari-compatible joystick DB9 connectors\
**(5)** ROM cartridge. A cartridge must be inserted before turning on the system.\
**(7)** Stereo headphones jack |
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| REAR |
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**(1)** Parallel Centronics connector\
**(2)** Power jack. Power supplied by the monitor\
**(3)** RGB video DIN plug\
**(4)** Bus expansion connector, mainly intended for an external floppy disk unit\
**(5)** Serial DB25 connector |
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| UNCOVERED 6128+ |
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A typical design for the last generation of personal home computers: a compact motherboard featuring numerous I/O connectors, a built-in floppy disk drive, and a keyboard.
The 6128 Plus, like all members of the Amstrad home computer range, was a very reliable system... except the floppy drive belt which had to be changed from time to time. |
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| MOTHERBOARD |
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A very compact board thanks to the custom Amstrad chip. Even so this board features 12 different connectors!
**(1)** AY38912 sound generator. 8 voices, 3 octaves and white noise generation\
**(2)** ROM cartridge connector\
**(3)** Z80A processor. Here an ST Electronics version\
**(4)** Zilog Z80 FDC - Floppy disc controller\
**(5)** Amstrad custom chip in charge of memory and video management and various I/O. This chip replaces more than 20 I.C’s used in the original version of the 6128.\
**(6)** Keyboard connectors\
**(7)** 32 KB video RAM 41464 chip\
**(8)** 128 KB RAM memory chips (4 x 41464 chips)\
**(9)** BIOS ROM. Holds basic I/O routines. |
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| MOTHERBOARD CLOSE-UP |
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Notice the Z80A CPU chip (from ST-Microelectronics), the Z80 FDC (from Zilog) and the custom Amstrad chip. |
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| THE GX4000 GAME |
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console based on the 6128+ hardware |
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| DDI-1 |
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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) |
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| INSIDE DDI-1 CASE |
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**(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. |
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| AMX MOUSE |
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For drawing and moving the cursor
Could be used with the CPC-464,664 and 6128\
Cost 105 Euros in March 86. |
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| AMSTRAD LIGHT PEN |
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For all models with a colour monitor\
Sold with a drawing program: 44 Euros (March 86) |
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| DMP 2000 |
Amstrad printer |
90 Fonts, 20-100 characters /s\
350 Euros (March 86) |
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| AMSTRAD JOYSTICK |
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Classic joystick sold by Amstrad.\
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Cost 23 Euros in March 86 |
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| MP1 / MP2 ADAPTOR |
Amstrad Scart adaptors |
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) |
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| AMSTRAD RS-232C INTERFACE |
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Self-explanatory I think...
For the CPC-464, 664 and 6128\
90 Euros in March 86 |
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| VOCAL SYNTHESIZER |
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And your CPC talks!
For CPC-464, 664 and 6128\
60 Euros (March 86) |
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| TECHNI-MUSIQUE MUSICAL SYNTHESIZER |
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Application delivered on disk
Price : 150 Euros (France, October 1987) |
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Pocket PC/PDA emulator for Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5 operating system |
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| Arnold (amstad 128k v3 emulator) |
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Emulates CPC 464, 644, 6128, 464+, 6128+, and KC Compact. |
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| MESS |
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MESS emulates a lot of Amstrad computers (available for many OS) ! |
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| FutureOS - THE operating system for the CPC |
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| Generic and Amstrad CPC based Programs written in Turbo Pascal 3 |
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| SymbOS Amstrad CPC Multitasking Operating System |
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| The Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource |
http://andercheran.aiind.upv.es/~amstrad/ |
collection of documentations dedicated to the Amstrad CPC (CPC464, CPC664 and CPC6128), Amstrad Plus (464+,6128+ and GX4000 console), and VEB Mikroelectronic KC Compact |
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| Syd Groves (Australia) |
Wednesday 6th May 2020 |
Hello There,I am emailing you from Australia to see if you would be interested in a very unique proto-type Amstrad portable computor from the late 1980s.This proto-type was developed by the then Managing Director of Amstrad Australia, Mr Bordan Tkachuk, who passed on to my wife, who was in the IT field.At 12 plus Kgs it really wasn''t going far, but it is a very good example of how the personal computer market was being investigated by companies at the time.\
If you are interested I can send photos and more details!
Kind Regards\
Syd Groves |
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| Noobsaibot73 (Madrid (Spain)) |
Monday 15th April 2013 |
Hi Chris,
What a pity !!!! Here in Spain, Amstrad supported the CPC until 1994, when the CPC''s and the rest of the 8 bits computers disappeared. |
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| Roger Jowett (Ulster) |
Thursday 28th February 2013 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v$zsjTpFR0oYQ
please help\
trying to convert 8bit video for sam coupe\
this is still not mode 3 interlaced with hmpr bit 5$6 CLUT alterations per scan line HELP we only need a DMA...\
masterdos/basic atom lite support HELP |
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| chris (Australia) |
Thursday 4th October 2012 |
Sadly Amstrad Australia refused to import these and stopped supporting Amstrad CPC models by 1990. |
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| Malcolm Ramage (United Kingdom) |
Friday 2nd March 2012 |
If you look at the specifications of the aborted Sinclair Loki and the specifications of the Amstrad CPC + series, they do look remarkably similar...
Loki was supposed to have enhanced sound and graphics with hardware sprites, 4096 colours, DMA sound, light pen/light gun port and lots of other fancy stuff.
Funny that. |
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| Lez Anderson (England) |
Tuesday 14th September 2010 |
Has anyone put the Amstrad CPC onto a single chip FPGA/CPLD (field Programable Gate Array) .. I''ts already been done for other old computers, some runnning at 25Mhz plus !!
If anyone has any information please post a message... |
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| Thomas (UK) |
Thursday 27th May 2010 |
Anyone knows anywhere where they fix these computers? |
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| Pepax (CZ) |
Monday 4th February 2008 |
The videoram chip is not an 18pin 41464 but an Amstrad-branded 20pin 40464, also found in the GX4000. |
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| Supersly (France) |
Saturday 18th August 2007 |
About the 464 / 6128+ you made a few mistakes :\
the computer does not have 64 hardware sprites, but only 16 at a size of 16x16 pixels. The sprites are using 15 other colors than the 16 of the palette, and have x/y zoom.
The soundchip is the same AY as on the CPC, but controlable with a DMA : it is not "better than the Atari one", it is the same, but slower, and connected in stereo.
In the field "colors" : only 16 colors, 31 if you add the sprites. |
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| Vincent (Belfast) |
Tuesday 30th July 2002 |
Does anyone know where I can download the manual for the cpc 6128+ |
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