| CPC 5512 |
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CPC 5512 |
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Amstrad |
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Home Computer |
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| ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
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| YEAR |
July 1986 |
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| BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
Basic |
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| KEYBOARD |
Full-stroke keyboard (same as CPC-6128) |
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| RAM |
512 kb (42kb + 5 banks of 96kb) |
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| TEXT MODES |
20x25 in 16 colors, 40x25 in 4 colors, 80x25 in 2 colors |
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| GRAPHIC MODES |
200x160 in 16 colors, 320x200 in 4 colors, 640x200 in 2 colors |
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| SOUND |
3 voices, 6 octaves + 1 channel for white noise |
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| I/O PORTS |
1 x joystick (Atari standard), Tape interface, Monitor, External FDD, Printer, Expansion port, Headphone/Sound output, FDD power in (5v DC), Power in (12v DC), MIDI port, RS232 |
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| BUILT IN MEDIA |
5''1/4 FDD |
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| PRICE |
B&W : 760 (France, summer 86)\
Color : 990 (France, summer 86) |
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| 5''1/4 DISK-DRIVE |
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| DDI-1 |
Amstrad disk drive |
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.\
It includes another joystick plug to add a second joystick.
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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Musical synthesizer with 12 stereo channels\
A 4-octave piano keyboard was optional\
Application delivered on disk
Price : 150 Euros (France, October 1987) |
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| GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE |
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| PocketCaprice |
http://www.pocketcult.com |
Other platform |
Pocket PC/PDA emulator for Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5 operating system |
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| Arnold (amstad 128k v3 emulator) |
http://arnold.emuunlim.com/ |
Multiplatform |
Emulates CPC 464, 644, 6128, 464+, 6128+, and KC Compact. |
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| MESS |
http://www.mess.org/ |
Multiplatform |
MESS emulates a lot of Amstrad computers (available for many OS) ! |
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| FutureOS - THE operating system for the CPC |
http://www.FutureOS.de |
FutureOS is a very fast OS for Amstrad CPC 6128 and 6128+. |
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| Generic and Amstrad CPC based Programs written in Turbo Pascal 3 |
http://turpas3.angelfire.com/ |
Turbo Pascal programs written on a CPC. |
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| SymbOS Amstrad CPC Multitasking Operating System |
http://www.symbos.de/ |
A multitasking OS for the CPC 6128 with a Windows-like GUI |
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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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| Frédéric |
Wednesday 12th December 2018 |
If I remember correctly, the aim of the joke was to tell Amstrad not letting their users down and to push them making a better machine. The disclaimer about the article being a joke was (said to be) forgotten/lost in the final layout, and got published the week after as en erratum.
This satiric newspaper was mostly source-code oriented (typos included !) and the news part contained lots of provocations towards computer firms (along with random dark/absurd humor illustrations) which made them go to court quite often.\
They also ran a weekly programming challenge ("Les deulignes" meaning the twolines) praising short theme-free programs (utility, joke, fun, tips) which respected the rule of being programmed in BASIC and were 2 lines long. Lines could contain several statements.
An example of joke-program featured that I remember :\
10 cls : print "How to keep an idiot busy for hours ?" : print "Press any key to figure out..."\
20 while inkey$$"" : wend : goto 10 |
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| Lisa White (US) |
Saturday 30th December 2006 |
Does anyone know how to get service in the US for a old amstrd pc? |
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