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<p>__NOTOC__ </p>== <h2> Welcome to the Amstrad CPC Wiki! == </h2><p>This site hopes to evolve into an encyclopaedia on all things [[<a href="Amstrad|">Amstrad]] [[</a> <a href="CPC|">CPC]] </a> related. There are now '''[[<b><a href="Special:Allpages|">{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''' </a></b> around the CPC available.</p><div style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); padding: 5px 0px 4px; margin-top: 32px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); text-align: center;"><center>'''[[<b><a href="Special:Random|">Random Page]] </a> | [[<a href="#Become an Author!|Become_an_Author.21">Contribute]] </a> | [[<a href="Help:Editing|">Editing help]] </a> | [<a href="http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum ">Forum]'''</a></b></center> <br/>[[<a href="CPCWiki:Portal|">CPCWiki Portal]] </a> · [<a href="http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum ">Forum] </a> · [[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Photo Gallery]] ">Photo Gallery</a> · [[<a href="About|">About]] </a> · [[<a href="Special:Statistics|">Statistics]] </a> · [[<a href="CPCWiki:General disclaimer|">Disclaimer]]</a></div><br/
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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{#ev:youtube|YJosZfm560Q|400}}</span><br/>20/03/11: Amazing new '''<b>Batman Forever''' </b> demo [<a href="http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,2085.new.html#new ">released]</a>!!!!</p>
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*<ul><li>23/03/11: '''[<b><a href="http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/502-Caanoo-CAP32-Amstrad-CPC-Emulator-for-Caanoo-v1.1.2.html ">Canoo-CAP32</a>]]''' </b> for the Gamepark Canoo released!*</li><li>17/03/11: '''[<b><a href="http://www.retroreview.com/iang/UberCassette/ ">UberCassette]''' </a></b> (wav->&gt;CDT) now supports Amstrad CPC &nbsp;:)*</li><li>15/02/11: [<a href="http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1982 ">Sub Hunter] </a> released! Read Axelay's interview [<a href="http://www.norecess.net/interview-axelay.html ">here]</a>!*</li><li>10/03/11: {FR} A fantastic [<a href="http://www.phenixinformatique.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=244 ">interview with '''<b>Marion Vannier''']</b></a>, head of Amstrad France!*</li><li>09/03/11: Yeah!!! '''[<b><a href="http://fmsdevel.wisecoding.es/blog/cpcdroid---2011-03-02 ">CPCDroid]'''</a></b>, a great emulator for '''<b>Android'''</b>, has been released!!!*</li><li>09/03/11: Small update of [<a href="http://cngsoft.no-ip.org/cpce/index.htm ">CPCE] </a> released*</li><li>13/01/11: [<a href="http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/uwol-2-cpc/ ">Uwol 2 (Quest for Money)]</a>, a new game by the Mojon Twins!!*</li><li>13/01/11: New version of the [<a href="http://www.telefonica.net/web2/emilioguerrero/ccz80/ccz80.html ">CCZ80 compiler]</a>*</li><li>13/01/11: [<a href="http://www.norecess.net/sdcc2pasmo.html ">SDCC2Pasmo v1.0] </a> tool released for SDCC->&gt;Pasmo assembler conversions*</li><li>13/01/11: [<a href="http://cpcparts.net ">CPCParts] </a> has a real domain name now!*</li><li>12/01/11: [<a href="http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1871.0.html ">CPCInAJar]</a>, CPC emu in *exactly* 128kB released by Devilmarkus!*</li><li>15/12/10: [[Xmas_2010_Demo]] <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Xmas 2010 Demo">Xmas 2010 Demo</a> Released by Redbox &nbsp;:) *</li><li>01/12/10: New [<a href="http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1608.0.html ">Amstrad Repair Service]</a>! *</li><li>17/10/10: [[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="MegaROM]] ">MegaROM</a> DIY ROMBoard released by Bryce! *</li><li>15/10/10: [<a href="http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/sir-ababol-cpc/ ">Sir Ababol] </a> released by Mojon Twins! *</li><li>11/10/10: [<a href="http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1425.new.html#new ">Blue Angel 69] </a> released!!! *</li><li>11/10/10: [<a href="http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/cheril-of-the-bosque-cpc/ ">Cheril of the Bosque] </a> released by Mojon Twins!*</li><li>11/10/10: Arnoldemu released [<a href="http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1416.msg13821 ">Drivetest] </a> to help you diagnose drive problems!*</li><li>10/10/10: [[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="CPCE]] ">CPCE</a> 1.94 is released. *</li><li>06/10/10: Impressive 4Kb demo realesed by [<a href="http://vanitycrew.free.fr/ ">Vanity Crew] </a> during the Main#5 Party. *</li><li>07/09/10: 1st CPC emulator written in Javascript, [<a href="http://www.cpcbox.com/ ">CPCBox] </a> is released! *</li><li>02/09/10: [[ROManager_BASIC]] <a _fcknotitle="true" href="ROManager BASIC">ROManager BASIC</a> is released! *</li><li>16/08/10: [[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="FilmeMacher]] ">FilmeMacher</a> updated! *</li><li>29/07/10: 2cdt [<a href="http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1203.msg11699 ">updated!!!] </a> *</li><li>23/06/10: New [<a href="http://simonowen.com/samdisk/ ">SAMDisk] </a> version released! Also, don't forget DevilMarkus' [<a href="http://cpc-live.com/data/download.php?type=-tool&amp;fichier=DiskUtil_1_2.zip ">CPCXfs & amp; SAMDisk GUI]</a>!!*</li><li>20/06/10: [<a href="http://www.julien-nevo.com/arkos/tools.html ">Arkos Tracker v1.0 Beta 3] </a> released! *</li><li>11/05/10: [<a href="http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/ameds.php ">AmeDS]</a>, a DS CPC emulator has been released! *</li><li>26/04/10: [<a href="http://www.amstradcpc.info/ ">Amstrad Expo 2010] </a> will take place in Coutances (France) from 25th to 27th June.</li></ul><center><span class="fck_mw_gallery" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="gallery " widths="150px">ImagefckLRImage:BatmanForever.png|Batman ForeverImageForeverfckLRImage:Subhunter2.png|SubHunterImageSubHunterfckLRImage:Uwol2b.png|Uwol 2Image2fckLRImage:xmas_2010_demo_screenshot.png|Xmas 2010 DemoImageDemofckLRImage:MegaROM.png|MegaROMImageMegaROMfckLRImage:Ilogical.png|IlogicalIlogicalfckLR</galleryspan></center> <div align="right">...[[<a href="OldNews|">Older News]]</a>...</div>
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<ul><li>12/01/2011: 2010: An <b><a href="http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1865.0.html">excellent year</a></b> for the CPCWiki!!!
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 === <h3> Become an Author! ===</h3><p>We are searching for authors of the following articles:</p>* [[<ul><li> <a href="PDW|">PDW]] </a> (unknown what this article shall be about...) (Note: PDW is believed to be German group of programmers who wrote CPC Demos)</li></ul><p><br/> </p><div class="createbox" align="center"> default<p><form name="createbox" action="/index.php" method="get" class="createboxForm"><input type='hidden' name="action" value="create"><input type="hidden" name="prefix" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="preload" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="editintro" value="" /><input class="createboxInput" name="title" type="text" value="Enter name of article to create " size="40"/>buttonlabel<input type='submit' name="create" class="createboxButton" value="Create article! "/>width=40 </p></createboxform></div> <p><br/></p>#<ol><li>Top 5 Contributors from the last 60 days: </li></ol><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Special:ContributionScores/5/60/notools}} </span> </p><div style="text-align: right;"><small>'''<b>All [[<a href="Special:Wantedpages|">wanted articles]]''' </a></b> &#124; [[<a href=":Category:Stub|">Extendable Stubs]]</a><br/>'''[[<b><a href="Special:ContributionScores|">List of most active contributors]]'''</a></b></small></div></div> | </td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align: top;" | > <div style="border: 1px solid rgb(228, 222, 222); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0.5em 1em; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"> === <h3> Did you know? ===</h3> *<ul><li>When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128 *</li><li>The [[<a href="472|">CPC 472]] </a> 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.</li></ul>*<ul><li>With a possible total amount of '''<b>832 x 288 pixel''' </b> (576 interlaced) the [[<a href="CPC|">CPC]] </a> was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.</li></ul>*'''<ul><li><b>OpenOffice''' </b> for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[<a href="Star-Division|">StarWriter]] </a> for the CPC. *</li><li>The transfer speed of the [[<a href="CPC Booster|">CPC Booster +]] </a> serial interface is faster than a standard '''<b>DSL connection'''</b>.</li></ul>*[[<ul><li><a href="SymbOS|">SymbOS]] </a> can handle more than '''<b>50 times''' </b> bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A. *[[</li><li><a href="FutureOS|">FutureOS]] </a> can load 178 KB in '''<b>9 seconds''' </b> from floppy disc and manages up to '''<b>4 MB''' </b> of RAM </li></ul>
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