AMSTRAD  CPC

CPC6128 CPC is an abbreviation for Colour Personal Computer. Computers of this type were first built in 1984 by the british company Amstrad and sold under different names in other countries (e.g. Schneider in Germany). When the CPC 464 was unveiled, it had Z80 microprocessor, 32K ROM and 64K RAM, a built-in cassette recorder. It was followed up by the CPC 664 (mid 1985) which had a built-in 3" disk drive. The CPC 6128 (on the picture) came in 1985, with 128 KB RAM and nearly the same features as the CPC 664.
Later, two or three other models (the CPC+ for example) were introduced.

EMULATORS
Arnold (24-7-99) CPC range emulator for Windows 95 (freeware) Author's page
Win Ape 32 1.8b CPC range emulator for Windows 95 (freeware) Author's page
CaPriCe 1.11 CPC range emulator for DOS (freeware) Author's page
CPCemu 1.4 CPC range emulator for DOS (freeware) Amstrad CPC Museum
NO$CPC 1.8 for Windows CPC/CPC+ range emulator for Windows (freeware) Author's page

PROGRAM  RESOURCES
Norvegian ftp-archive of Amstrad software ROM images



AMSTRAD  PCW

PCW8256 The PCW 8256/8512 (called Joyce) was a word processing computer, designed by Amstrad in 1985. It was supplied with word processor (LocoScript), matrix printer and dedicated keyboard. Machine featured Z80 microprocessor, 256/512 KB RAM and the 3" floppy disk unit, all integrated in the green monitor. The both PCW 8256 and 8512 runs under CP/M+ operating system.
In 1987 Amstrad introduced PCW 9512 with the similar characteristics as previous models. It had a B&W screen, one or two 3" FD units and a daisy-wheel printer.

EMULATORS
Joyce 1.36 PCW 8000 and 9000 series emulator for DOS (freeware) Author's page

PROGRAM  RESOURCES
OAK Repository - The CP/M archive

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