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The Amstrad CPC computers mostly came with included system disks.
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The Amstrad CPC computers mostly came with system disk(s) included.
  
 
The system disks varied in look and content, depending on the CPC-model they came with.
 
The system disks varied in look and content, depending on the CPC-model they came with.
  
 
== Contents of the various system disks ==
 
== Contents of the various system disks ==
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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) ===
 
=== CPC464 (DDI-1) ===
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** The system disks contain the utilities
 
** The system disks contain the utilities
 
*** DISCKIT3 (CP/M Plus)
 
*** DISCKIT3 (CP/M Plus)
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*** DISCKIT2 (CP/M Plus)
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*** DISCKIT2 (CP/M 2.2)
 
:: for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives
 
:: 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
 
* 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
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=== CPC464 (DDI-1) ===
 
=== CPC464 (DDI-1) ===
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==== United Kingdom ====
 
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* Label text in English
 
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* Green stripes on the label
 
  
 
==== France ====
 
==== France ====
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* ??? stripes on the label
 
* ??? stripes on the label
  
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==== Spain ====
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==== Spain & United Kingdom ====
  
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* Label text in ???
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<gallery caption="CPC464 (DDI-1) Spanish & United Kingdom CPM System Discs">
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* ??? stripes on the label
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Image:DDI-1 Spanish - side A.jpg|Side 1
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Image:DDI-1 Spanish - side B.jpg|Side 2
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</gallery>
  
 
==== Germany (Schneider) ====
 
==== Germany (Schneider) ====
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==== United Kingdom ====
 
==== United Kingdom ====
  
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* Label text in English
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* Label text in ???
 
* ??? stripes on the label
 
* ??? stripes on the label
  
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==== Spain ====
 
==== Spain ====
  
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* Label text in ???
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<gallery caption="664 Spanish CPM System Discs">
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* ??? stripes on the label
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Image:664 Spanish CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
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Image:664 Spanish CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
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</gallery>
  
 
==== Germany (Schneider) ====
 
==== Germany (Schneider) ====
  
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* Label text in German
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<gallery caption="664 German Schneider CPM System Disc">
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* Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo
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* Text on side 2 refers to the CPC664 manual for the license conditions
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Image:664DE_SCH_S1.jpg|Side 1
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Image:664DE_SCH_S2.jpg|Side 2
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</gallery>
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<gallery caption="Schneider CPC664 system disk label">
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Image:CPM664DE.jpg
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</gallery>
  
 
==== Germany (Amstrad) ====
 
==== Germany (Amstrad) ====
  
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* When Amstrad took over the German market, the CPC664 wasn't sold anymore
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<gallery caption="664 German Amstrad CPM System Disc">
  
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=== CPC6128 ===
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Image:664DE_AMS_S1.jpg|Side 1
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Image:664DE_AMS_S2.jpg|Side 2
  
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==== United Kingdom ====
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</gallery>
  
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* Label text in English
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=== CPC6128 ===
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* Violet stripes on the label
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==== France ====
 
==== France ====
  
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* Label text in English
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<gallery caption="6128 French CPM System Discs">
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* Orange stripes on the label
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==== Spain ====
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Image:6128 French CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
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Image:6128 French CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
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Image:6128 French CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
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Image:6128 French CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
  
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* Label text in ???
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</gallery>
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* ??? stripes on the label
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==== Spain, United Kingdom & Australia ====
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<gallery caption="6128 Spanish, United Kingdom and Australian CPM System Discs">
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Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
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Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
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Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
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Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
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</gallery>
  
 
==== Germany (Schneider) ====
 
==== Germany (Schneider) ====
  
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* Label text in German
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<gallery caption="6128 German CPM System Discs">
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* Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo
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Image:6128 German CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
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Image:6128 German CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
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Image:6128 German CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
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Image:6128 German CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
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</gallery>
  
 
<gallery caption="Schneider CPC6128 system disk labels">
 
<gallery caption="Schneider CPC6128 system disk labels">
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Image:SDisk12.jpg
 
Image:SDisk12.jpg
 
Image:SDisk34.jpg
 
Image:SDisk34.jpg
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</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
==== Germany (Amstrad) ====
 
==== Germany (Amstrad) ====
  
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* Label text in German
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<gallery caption="6128 German Amstrad CPM System Discs">
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* First charge b/w copied labels, later charges ???
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Image:6128DES1.jpg|Side 1
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Image:6128DES2.jpg|Side 2
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Image:6128DES3.jpg|Side 3
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Image:6128DES4.jpg|Side 4
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</gallery>
  
 
=== CPC6128plus ===
 
=== CPC6128plus ===
  
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==== Worldwide ====
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==== France ====
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<gallery caption="6128+ French CPM+ System Disc">
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Image:6128+ French CPM+ - side B.jpg|Side B
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Image:6128+ French CPM+ - side A.jpg|Side A
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</gallery>
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==== Spain ====
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<gallery caption="6128+ Spanish CPM+ System Disc">
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Image:6128+ Spanish CPM+ - side B.jpg|Side B
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Image:6128+ Spanish CPM+ - side A.jpg|Side A
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</gallery>
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== Downloads ==
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* [[Media:CPC464_DDI1_System_Disks_(EN).zip|CPC 464 DDI-1 System Discs (English)]] (zipped .DSK files)
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* [[Media:CPC664_System_Disks_(EN).zip|CPC 664 System Discs (English)]] (zipped .DSK files)
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* [[Media:CPC664_System_Disk_(DE)_(Schneider).zip|CPC 664 System Discs (German,Schneider)]] (zipped .DSK files)
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* [[Media:CPC664_System_Disk_(DE)_(Amstrad_Silver_Label).zip|CPC 664 System Discs (German,Amstrad)]] (zipped .DSK files)
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* [[Media:CPC6128_System_Disks_(FR).zip|CPC 6128 System Discs (French)]] (zipped .DSK files)
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* [[Media:CPC6128_System_Disks_(SP).zip|CPC 6128 System Discs (Spanish-English)]] (zipped .DSK files)
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* [[Media:CPC6128_System_Disks_(DE)_(Amstrad_White_Label).zip|CPC 6128 System Discs (German,Amstrad)]] (zipped .DSK files)
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* [[Media:CPC6128Plus_System_Disks_(FR).zip|CPC 6128+ System Discs (French)]] (zipped .DSK files)
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* [[Media:CPC6128Plus_System_Disks_(SP).zip|CPC 6128+ System Discs (Spanish)]] (zipped .DSK files)
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== Weblinks ==
  
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* Label text in English
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* CPC6128 system disks (UK/FR/DE (Schneider)/DE (Amstrad)): ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/utils/cpc/cpmplus.zip
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* Red stripes on the label
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[[Category:Applications]] [[Category:Demos]]
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[[Category:Applications]] [[Category:CP/M]] [[Category:Demos]]

Latest revision as of 16:48, 25 October 2011

The Amstrad CPC computers mostly came with system disk(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)

  • Disk 1: CP/M 2.2 System and Utilities
  • Disk 2: CP/M 2.2 DR LOGO & Help
    • Disk 2 also contains a game demo (RUN"ROINTIME.DEM")
    • The system disk contains the utilities
      • COPYDSK
      • DSKCOPY
      • CHKDSK
      • DSKCHK
      • DSKFORM
for copying, verifying (checking) and formatting disks with one or two disk drives

CPC664

  • Disk 1: CP/M 2.2 System and Utilities
  • Disk 2: CP/M 2.2 DR LOGO & Help
    • Disk 2 also contains a product demonstration in local language
    • The system disk contains the utilities
      • COPYDSK
      • DSKCOPY
      • CHKDSK
      • DSKCHK
      • DSKFORM
for copying, verifying (checking) and formatting disks with one or two disk drives

CPC6128

  • Disk 1: CP/M Plus System and Utilities
  • Disk 2: CP/M Plus Utilities
  • Disk 3: DR LOGO & Help (CP/M Plus)
  • Disk 4: CP/M 2.2 with DR LOGO & Help
    • Disk 4 also contains a product demonstration in local language (For Germany: Two variants of the product demonstration exist, one for Schneider (-1988) and one for Amstrad (1988-)
    • The system disks contain the utilities
      • DISCKIT3 (CP/M Plus)
      • DISCKIT2 (CP/M 2.2)
for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives

CPC6128plus

  • Disk 1: CP/M Plus System and Utilities
  • Disk 2: CP/M Plus DR LOGO & Help
    • The system disk contains the utilities
      • DISCKIT (CP/M Plus)
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

  • CPC464 (DDI-1) Spanish & United Kingdom CPM System Discs

  • Side 1

  • Side 2

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

  • 664 Spanish CPM System Discs

  • Side 1

  • Side 2

Germany (Schneider)

  • 664 German Schneider CPM System Disc

  • Side 1

  • Side 2

  • Schneider CPC664 system disk label
  • CPM664DE.jpg

Germany (Amstrad)

  • 664 German Amstrad CPM System Disc

  • Side 1

  • Side 2

CPC6128

France

  • 6128 French CPM System Discs

  • Side 1

  • Side 2

  • Side 3

  • Side 4

Spain, United Kingdom & Australia

  • 6128 Spanish, United Kingdom and Australian CPM System Discs

  • Side 1

  • Side 2

  • Side 3

  • Side 4

Germany (Schneider)

  • 6128 German CPM System Discs

  • Side 1

  • Side 2

  • Side 3

  • Side 4

  • Schneider CPC6128 system disk labels
  • SDisk12.jpg
  • SDisk34.jpg

Germany (Amstrad)

  • 6128 German Amstrad CPM System Discs

  • Side 1

  • Side 2

  • Side 3

  • Side 4

CPC6128plus

France

  • 6128+ French CPM+ System Disc

  • Side B

  • Side A

Spain

  • 6128+ Spanish CPM+ System Disc

  • Side B

  • Side A

Downloads

Weblinks

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