__NOTOC__ == 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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== 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 ===
=== CPC related news === [[Image:MegaROMxmas_2010_demo_screenshot.png|thumb|right|150px|MegaROMXmas 2010 Demo]] [[Image:IlogicalMegaROM.png|thumb|right|150px|IlogicalMegaROM]] [[Image:CpcIlogical.PNGpng|thumb|right|150px|C.P.C.Ilogical]]
*15/12/10: [[Xmas_2010_Demo]] Released by Redbox :) *01/12/10: New [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,1608.0.html Amstrad Repair Service]! *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.
*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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*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</div>
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