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Amstrad CPC         
  • 3-inch floppy disks used on CPC machines
  • CPC472
  • A ''6128plus'' main unit (with Spanish keyboard layout)
  • The Amstrad GX4000
  • CPC6128 motherboard.
  • Back of the case of a CPC 464, with the mini-jack, joystick and printer ports.
  • Locomotive BASIC on the Amstrad CPC 464
  • Amstrad MP1 external television adapter
  • A CPC6128 loading ''[[Turbo Esprit]]'' from its internal floppy drive
  • Paperboy]]'' on the CPC 464 in 1988
  • The Kleincomputer KC compact
  • A ''CPC664'' main unit (German Schneider-brand variant)
  • Built-in disk drive of the CPC6128
  • The Schneider CPC6128 was a Schneider-branded version of the Amstrad CPC6128, and very similar in appearance.
  • Mode 1 image on a GT65 green monitor
  • Schneider CPC6128 with visible micro ribbon connectors at the top (back) side
  • Schneider CPC Demo Tape Presentation [[Compact Cassette]] came with the CPC464
  • Schneider Computer Division logo
SERIES OF HOME COMPUTERS PRODUCED BY AMSTRAD
Amstrad CPC 6128; Amstrad CPC 664; Schneider CPC; Amstrad CPC 472; Amstrad cpc; Amstrad 464; Amstrad CPC464; CPC464; CPC664; CPC6128; Amstrad CPC6128; Schneider CPC6128; Schneider CPC464; Amstrad CPC664; Schneider CPC664; CPC472; Amstrad CPC472; Indescomp CPC472; Indescomp CPC 472; Amstrad Arnold; Amstrad Arnold 1; Amstrad Arnold 2; Amstrad Arnold 3; Amstrad Arnold 4; Amstrad Arnold V; Amstrad ANT; Arnold 1; Arnold 2; Arnold 3; Arnold 4; Awa CPC; Orion CPC; ISP CPC; Solavox CPC; Saisho CPC; Triumph CPC; Mitsubishi CPC; Mitsubishi Electric CPC; Dixon CPC; Dixon Saisho CPC; Mitsubishi Awa CPC; Mitsubishi Electric Awa CPC; Indescomp CPC; KC compact; Amstrad Colour Personal Computer; Colour Personal Computer; Amstrad Arnold Number Two; Aleste 520EX; Copy Cursor (CPC); Amstrad Copy Cursor; Schneider Copy-Cursor

The Amstrad CPC (short for Colour Personal Computer) is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and the German-speaking parts of Europe.

The series spawned a total of six distinct models: The CPC464, CPC664, and CPC6128 were highly successful competitors in the European home computer market. The later 464plus and 6128plus, intended to prolong the system's lifecycle with hardware updates, were considerably less successful, as was the attempt to repackage the plus hardware into a game console as the GX4000.

The CPC models' hardware is based on the Zilog Z80A CPU, complemented with either 64 or 128 KB of RAM. Their computer-in-a-keyboard design prominently features an integrated storage device, either a compact cassette deck or 3-inch floppy disk drive. The main units were only sold bundled with either a colour, green-screen or monochrome monitor that doubles as the main unit's power supply. Additionally, a wide range of first and third-party hardware extensions such as external disk drives, printers, and memory extensions, was available.

The CPC series was pitched against other home computers primarily used to play video games and enjoyed a strong supply of game software. The comparatively low price for a complete computer system with dedicated monitor, its high-resolution monochrome text and graphic capabilities and the possibility to run CP/M software also rendered the system attractive for business users, which was reflected by a wide selection of application software.

During its lifetime, the CPC series sold approximately three million units.

Amstrad Computer User         
BRITISH MAGAZINE FOR AMSTRAD CPC USERS
Amstrad CPC464 User; CPC464 User
Amstrad Computer User was the official magazine for the Amstrad CPC series of 8-bit home computers. This monthly publication, usually referred to as ACU by its readers, concentrated more on the hardware and technical side of the Amstrad range, although it had a small dedicated games section as well.
Amstrad Action         
  • ''WACCI'' fanzine
BRITISH MAGAZINE FOR AMSTRAD CPC USERS
Amstrad Action was a monthly magazine, published in the United Kingdom, which catered to owners of home computers from the Amstrad CPC range and later the GX4000 console.
Examples of use of Amstrad
1. Amstrad has had its share of successes and failures.
2. Fortune: Sir Alan Sugar (right) has sold his Amstrad electronics company to Rupert Murdoch (left) for 125 million Sir Alan said: "Amstrad has worked closely with Sky for many years and I cannot imagine a better home for the Amstrad business and its people.
3. I‘m here as an Amstrad employee and it‘s a nice feeling.
4. Tim Campbell Winner of first series Works for Amstrad and heads Sir Alan‘s Integra beauty system.
5. Amstrad expects to sell significant volumes of the PVR in the financial year to 30 June 2007.