The Amstrad CPC computers mostly came with included system disksdisk(s) included.
The system disks varied in look and content, depending on the CPC-model they came with.
== Contents of the various system disks ==
As the 3" disks in the CPC need to be flipped over in order to access the second side of it, the term "disk" refers to one side of such a physical 3" disk. "Disk 4" is therefore Side B of the 2nd system disk.
=== CPC464 (DDI-1) ===
*** DSKCHK
*** DSKFORM
** :: for copying, verifying (checking) and formatting disks with one or two disk drives
=== CPC664 ===
** The system disks contain the utilities
*** DISCKIT3 (CP/M Plus)
*** DISCKIT2 (CP/M Plus2.2)
:: for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives
* An archive with disk images of English, French, German (Schneider) and German (Amstrad) CPC6128 system disks can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/utils/cpc/cpmplus.zip
=== CPC6128plus ===
:: for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives
== Look of the various system disks ==
=== CPC464 (DDI-1) ===
==== France ====
* Label text in ???
* ??? stripes on the label
==== Spain & United Kingdom ====
<gallery caption="CPC464 (DDI-1) Spanish & United Kingdom CPM System Discs">
Image:DDI-1 Spanish - side A.jpg|Side 1
Image:DDI-1 Spanish - side B.jpg|Side 2
</gallery>
==== Germany (Schneider) ====
* Label text in German
* Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo
* Text on side 2 refers to the DDI-1 manual for the license conditions
==== Germany (Amstrad) ====
* Label text in German
* First charge probably b/w copied labels, later charges ???
* Text on side 2 refers to the DDI-1 manual for the license conditions
=== CPC664 ===
==== United Kingdom ====
* Label text in ???
* ??? stripes on the label
==== France ====
* Label text in ???
* ??? stripes on the label
==== Spain ====
<gallery caption="664 Spanish CPM System Discs">
Image:664 Spanish CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
Image:664 Spanish CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
</gallery>
==== Germany (Schneider) ====
<gallery caption="664 German Schneider CPM System Disc">
Image:664DE_SCH_S1.jpg|Side 1
Image:664DE_SCH_S2.jpg|Side 2
</gallery>
<gallery caption="Schneider CPC664 system disk label">
Image:CPM664DE.jpg
</gallery>
==== Germany (Amstrad) ====
<gallery caption="664 German Amstrad CPM System Disc">
Image:664DE_AMS_S1.jpg|Side 1
Image:664DE_AMS_S2.jpg|Side 2
</gallery>
=== CPC6128 ===
==== France ====
<gallery caption="6128 French CPM System Discs">
Image:6128 French CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
Image:6128 French CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
Image:6128 French CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
Image:6128 French CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
</gallery>
==== Spain, United Kingdom & Australia ====
<gallery caption="6128 Spanish, United Kingdom and Australian CPM System Discs">
Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
</gallery>
==== Germany (Schneider) ====
<gallery caption="6128 German CPM System Discs">
Image:6128 German CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
Image:6128 German CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
Image:6128 German CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
Image:6128 German CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
</gallery>
<gallery caption="Schneider CPC6128 system disk labels">
Image:SDisk12.jpg
Image:SDisk34.jpg
</gallery>
==== Germany (Amstrad) ====
<gallery caption="6128 German Amstrad CPM System Discs">
Image:6128DES1.jpg|Side 1
Image:6128DES2.jpg|Side 2
Image:6128DES3.jpg|Side 3
Image:6128DES4.jpg|Side 4
</gallery>
=== CPC6128plus ===
==== France ====
<gallery caption="6128+ French CPM+ System Disc">
Image:6128+ French CPM+ - side B.jpg|Side B
Image:6128+ French CPM+ - side A.jpg|Side A
</gallery>
==== Spain ====
<gallery caption="6128+ Spanish CPM+ System Disc">
Image:6128+ Spanish CPM+ - side B.jpg|Side B
Image:6128+ Spanish CPM+ - side A.jpg|Side A
</gallery>
== Downloads ==
* [[Media:CPC464_DDI1_System_Disks_(EN).zip|CPC 464 DDI-1 System Discs (English)]] (zipped .DSK files)
* [[Media:CPC664_System_Disks_(EN).zip|CPC 664 System Discs (English)]] (zipped .DSK files)
* [[Media:CPC664_System_Disk_(DE)_(Schneider).zip|CPC 664 System Discs (German,Schneider)]] (zipped .DSK files)
* [[Media:CPC664_System_Disk_(DE)_(Amstrad_Silver_Label).zip|CPC 664 System Discs (German,Amstrad)]] (zipped .DSK files)
* [[Media:CPC6128_System_Disks_(FR).zip|CPC 6128 System Discs (French)]] (zipped .DSK files)
* [[Media:CPC6128_System_Disks_(SP).zip|CPC 6128 System Discs (Spanish-English)]] (zipped .DSK files)
* [[Media:CPC6128_System_Disks_(DE)_(Amstrad_White_Label).zip|CPC 6128 System Discs (German,Amstrad)]] (zipped .DSK files)
* [[Media:CPC6128Plus_System_Disks_(FR).zip|CPC 6128+ System Discs (French)]] (zipped .DSK files)
* [[Media:CPC6128Plus_System_Disks_(SP).zip|CPC 6128+ System Discs (Spanish)]] (zipped .DSK files)
== Weblinks ==
* CPC6128 system disks (UK/FR/DE (Schneider)/DE (Amstrad)): ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/utils/cpc/cpmplus.zip
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