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CPC related news

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  • 17/10/10: MegaROM DIY ROMBoard released by Bryce!
  • 11/10/10: Arnoldemu released Drivetest to help you diagnose drive problems!
  • 10/10/10: CPCE 1.94 is released.
  • 06/10/10: Impressive 4Kb demo realesed by Vanity Crew during the Main#5 Party.
  • 07/09/10: 1st CPC emulator written in Javascript, CPCBox is released!
  • 11/05/10: AmeDS, a DS CPC emulator has been released!
  • 26/04/10: Amstrad Expo 2010 will take place in Coutances (France) from 25th to 27th June.





 





 











 





 





 





 





 





 




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  • 17/10/10: MegaROM DIY ROMBoard released by Bryce!
  • 11/10/10: Arnoldemu released Drivetest to help you diagnose drive problems!
  • 10/10/10: CPCE 1.94 is released.
  • 06/10/10: Impressive 4Kb demo realesed by Vanity Crew during the Main#5 Party.
  • 07/09/10: 1st CPC emulator written in Javascript, CPCBox is released!
  • 11/05/10: AmeDS, a DS CPC emulator has been released!
  • 26/04/10: Amstrad Expo 2010 will take place in Coutances (France) from 25th to 27th June.





 





 




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Did you know?

  • When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128
  • The CPC 472 was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 8 KB of RAM to circumvent a spanish tax that was charged on imported machines with up to 64 KB memory.
  • With a possible total amount of 832 x 288 pixel (576 interlaced) the CPC was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.
  • OpenOffice for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of StarWriter for the CPC.
  • The transfer speed of the CPC Booster + serial interface is faster than a standard DSL connection.
  • SymbOS can handle more than 50 times bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
  • FutureOS can load 178 KB in 9 seconds from floppy disc and manages up to 4 MB of RAM

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