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== Welcome to the Amstrad CPC Wiki! ==
This site hopes to evolve into an encyclopaedia on all things [[Amstrad|Amstrad]] [[CPC|CPC]] related. There are now '''[[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''' around the CPC available.
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=== CPC related news ===
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*17/10/10: [[MegaROM]] DIY ROMBoard released by Bryce!
*15/10/10: [http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/sir-ababol-cpc/ Sir Ababol] released by Mojon Twins!
*11/10/10: [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1425.new.html#new Blue Angel 69] released!!!
*11/10/10: [http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/cheril-of-the-bosque-cpc/ Cheril of the Bosque] released by Mojon Twins!
*11/10/10: Arnoldemu released [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1416.msg13821 Drivetest] to help you diagnose drive problems!
*10/10/10: [[CPCE]] 1.94 is released.
*06/10/10: Impressive 4Kb demo realesed by [http://vanitycrew.free.fr/ Vanity Crew] during the Main#5 Party.
*07/09/10: 1st CPC emulator written in Javascript, [http://www.cpcbox.com/ CPCBox] is released!
*02/09/10: [[ROManager BASICROManager_BASIC]] is released!
*16/08/10: [[FilmeMacher]] updated!
*29/07/10: 2cdt [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1203.msg11699 updated!!!]
*23/06/10: New [http://simonowen.com/samdisk/ SAMDisk] version released! Also, don't forget DevilMarkus' [http://cpc-live.com/data/download.php?type=-tool&fichier=DiskUtil_1_2.zip CPCXfs & SAMDisk GUI]!!
*20/06/10: [http://www.julien-nevo.com/arkos/tools.html Arkos Tracker v1.0 Beta 3] released!
*11/05/10: [http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/ameds.php AmeDS], a DS CPC emulator has been released!
*26/04/10: [http://www.amstradcpc.info/ Amstrad Expo 2010] will take place in Coutances (France) from 25th to 27th June.
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=== CPC related news ===
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*17/10/10: [[MegaROM]] DIY ROMBoard released by Bryce!
*15/10/10: [http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/sir-ababol-cpc/ Sir Ababol] released by Mojon Twins!
*11/10/10: [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1425.new.html#new Blue Angel 69] released!!!
*11/10/10: [http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/cheril-of-the-bosque-cpc/ Cheril of the Bosque] released by Mojon Twins!
*11/10/10: Arnoldemu released [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1416.msg13821 Drivetest] to help you diagnose drive problems!
*10/10/10: [[CPCE]] 1.94 is released.
*06/10/10: Impressive 4Kb demo realesed by [http://vanitycrew.free.fr/ Vanity Crew] during the Main#5 Party.
*07/09/10: 1st CPC emulator written in Javascript, [http://www.cpcbox.com/ CPCBox] is released!
*02/09/10: [[ROManager BASIC]] is released!
*16/08/10: [[FilmeMacher]] updated!
*29/07/10: 2cdt [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1203.msg11699 updated!!!]
*23/06/10: New [http://simonowen.com/samdisk/ SAMDisk] version released! Also, don't forget DevilMarkus' [http://cpc-live.com/data/download.php?type=-tool&fichier=DiskUtil_1_2.zip CPCXfs & SAMDisk GUI]!!
*20/06/10: [http://www.julien-nevo.com/arkos/tools.html Arkos Tracker v1.0 Beta 3] released!
*11/05/10: [http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/ameds.php AmeDS], a DS CPC emulator has been released!
*26/04/10: [http://www.amstradcpc.info/ Amstrad Expo 2010] will take place in Coutances (France) from 25th to 27th June.
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=== CPCWiki updates ===
*22/09/2009: The CPCWIKI moves to new domain [http://cpcwiki.eu CPCWIKI.EU]
*14/08/2009: The CPCWIKI moves (temporarily) to new domain [http://cpc-wiki.com CPC-WIKI.COM]
*22/07/09: Wiki & Forum moved to a new server
*14/07/09: Forum updated to 2.0RC1-1, Wiki updated to 1.15.1!
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=== Did you know? ===
*When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128
*The [[472|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|CPC]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.
*'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC.
*The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''.
*[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in '''9 seconds''' from floppy disc and manages up to '''4 MB''' of RAM
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*With a possible total amount of '''832 x 288 pixel''' (576 interlaced) the [[CPC|CPC]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.=== Donors ===
*These people were kind enough to donate. All contributions went '''OpenOfficedirectly''' for Windows/Linux to our previous host, not our own pockets! Currently there is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for no need to donate. Please consider helping the CPC-Wiki in other ways, donating your time instead.Thanks!
*The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection2009:'''.Prodatron (€1000)<br>Nurgle (€30)<br>Serge Querné (€30)<br>Roald Strauss (€50)<br>
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*Bert Post Uiterweer, [[FutureOSRex|FutureOSRex]] can load 178 KB in '''9 seconds''' from floppy disc and manages up to '''4 MB''' of RAM</div> <div style="border: 1px solid rgb(234[[BENG!|BENG!]], 220[[Robcfg|Robcfg]], 197); margin: 0pt 0pt 5px; padding[[Prodatron|Prodatron]], [[User: 0.5em 1em; background-color: rgb(204Gryzor|Gryzor]], 255, 204);">=== Donors ===[[User:Ervin|Ervin]]
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*Bert Post Uiterweer, [[Rex|Rex]] of [[BENG!|BENG!]], [[Robcfg|Robcfg]], [[Prodatron|Prodatron]], [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]], [[User:Ervin|Ervin]]
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