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[[FILE:Amstrad CPC6128, keyboard removed.jpg|border|right|thumb| A look inside the CPC6128 <ref>A look inside the CPC6128, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amstrad_CPC6128,_keyboard_removed.jpg Image] by [https://www.flickr.com/people/35046176@N00 Jesus Abizanda], January 29, 2013, [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ CC BY 2.0], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC Amstrad CPC from Wikipedia]</ref>]]
'''Amstrad CPC''',<br/>
a series of [[Z80|Z80A]] based "all in one" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computers], produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad Amstrad] between 1984 and 1990, in German speaking countries branded by Amstrad partner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Rundfunkwerke_AG Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG] as '''Schneider CPC'''. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog Zilog] Z80A processor ran at 4 MHz. The computer issued 64 KiB or up to 128 KiB of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_switching bank switching], expandable to 576 KiB, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_display_controller video display controller] with 3 modes of 16, 4 and 2 colors, the latter with a resolution of 640x200 pixels and 80 text colums, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Instrument_AY-3-8910 AY-3-8910] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_chip sound chip], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_recorder tape recorder] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC_464 464]) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk_variants#3-inch_diskettes:_Amstrad_CPC.2C_Oric.2C_PCW.2C_Spectrum.2C_etc. 3" floppy drive] (optional external in 464) and two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232 RS-232] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port serial ports]. The CPC had its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system native operating systen] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMSDOS AMSDOS] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive_BASIC Locomotive] [[Basic|BASIC]] interpreter in 32 KiB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]], and was able to boot [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M CP/M] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SymbOS SymbOS] from disk <ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC Amstrad CPC from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Chess Programs=
* [[Colossus Chess]]
* [[Cyrus]]
* [[Master Chess]]
* [[Megachess]]
=See also=
* [[MSX]]
* [[Sinclair ZX81]]
* [[Z80]]
* [[ZX Spectrum]]
=External Links=
==CPC==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC Amstrad CPC from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC_464 Amstrad CPC 464]
* [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Main_Page CPCWiki - THE Amstrad CPC encyclopedia!]
* [http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_CPC464.HTML 8-Bit-Nirvana: Amstrad/Schneider CPC464] (German)
==Emulation==
* [http://www.cpc-emu.org/ CPCemu]
* [http://www.wincpc.ch/index.php?topic=projects-wincpc WinCPC - Amstrad CPC Emulator for Windows | Flynn's site]
* [http://www.winape.net/ WinAPE : Windows Amstrad Plus Emulator]
* [http://www.cpcbox.com/ CPCBox - Amstrad CPC emulator] in [[JavaScript]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Hardware|Up one Level]]'''
[[FILE:Amstrad CPC6128, keyboard removed.jpg|border|right|thumb| A look inside the CPC6128 <ref>A look inside the CPC6128, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amstrad_CPC6128,_keyboard_removed.jpg Image] by [https://www.flickr.com/people/35046176@N00 Jesus Abizanda], January 29, 2013, [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ CC BY 2.0], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC Amstrad CPC from Wikipedia]</ref>]]
'''Amstrad CPC''',<br/>
a series of [[Z80|Z80A]] based "all in one" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computers], produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad Amstrad] between 1984 and 1990, in German speaking countries branded by Amstrad partner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Rundfunkwerke_AG Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG] as '''Schneider CPC'''. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog Zilog] Z80A processor ran at 4 MHz. The computer issued 64 KiB or up to 128 KiB of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_switching bank switching], expandable to 576 KiB, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_display_controller video display controller] with 3 modes of 16, 4 and 2 colors, the latter with a resolution of 640x200 pixels and 80 text colums, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Instrument_AY-3-8910 AY-3-8910] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_chip sound chip], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_recorder tape recorder] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC_464 464]) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk_variants#3-inch_diskettes:_Amstrad_CPC.2C_Oric.2C_PCW.2C_Spectrum.2C_etc. 3" floppy drive] (optional external in 464) and two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232 RS-232] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port serial ports]. The CPC had its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system native operating systen] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMSDOS AMSDOS] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive_BASIC Locomotive] [[Basic|BASIC]] interpreter in 32 KiB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]], and was able to boot [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M CP/M] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SymbOS SymbOS] from disk <ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC Amstrad CPC from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Chess Programs=
* [[Colossus Chess]]
* [[Cyrus]]
* [[Master Chess]]
* [[Megachess]]
=See also=
* [[MSX]]
* [[Sinclair ZX81]]
* [[Z80]]
* [[ZX Spectrum]]
=External Links=
==CPC==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC Amstrad CPC from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC_464 Amstrad CPC 464]
* [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Main_Page CPCWiki - THE Amstrad CPC encyclopedia!]
* [http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_CPC464.HTML 8-Bit-Nirvana: Amstrad/Schneider CPC464] (German)
==Emulation==
* [http://www.cpc-emu.org/ CPCemu]
* [http://www.wincpc.ch/index.php?topic=projects-wincpc WinCPC - Amstrad CPC Emulator for Windows | Flynn's site]
* [http://www.winape.net/ WinAPE : Windows Amstrad Plus Emulator]
* [http://www.cpcbox.com/ CPCBox - Amstrad CPC emulator] in [[JavaScript]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Hardware|Up one Level]]'''
