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== Welcome to the Amstrad CPC Wiki! ==
This site hopes to evolve into an encyclopaedia on all things [[Amstrad]] [[CPC]] related. There are now '''[[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''' around the CPC available. Feel free to [[help:editing|contribute]] or post your [[suggestions]] here, or in the [[discussion]] page!<br><br>

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=== CPC related news ===

The six last CPC related news.

* 10/01/2007: [[FutureView]] IV has been re-released with some changes!
* 07/01/2007: [[Croco Chanel N°4]] Very important CPC meeting near Paris from 4,5 & 6 May 2007
* 06/01/2007: New version of [[WinCPC]] with lots of nice details
* 29/12/2006: [[News:Area_51_converted_from_the_ZX_Spectrum_to_the_Amstrad_CPC|Area 51]] has been converted from the ZX Spectrum by Nicholas Campbell
* 28/12/2006: [[Hermol]] has released a [http://cpcrulez.free.fr/Scene_Demos/index.php?download=x-mas_2006 demo] for Christmas 2006.
* 28/12/2006: [[CPCE]] v1.71 has been released
* 27/12/2006: [[SymbOS]] 1.1 released, with MSX2 support.
* 24/12/2006: [http://retroremakes.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=8545 Sorcery Plus] remake for the PC, based on the CPC version (of course!)!!!

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=== Become an Author! ===
We are searching for authors of the following articles:
* [[Grim]]
* [[MicroDesign]]
* [[Gate Array]]
* [[RSX]]
* [[Genesis 8]]
<div style="text-align: right;"><small>'''All [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted articles]]''' | [[:Category:Stub|Extendable Stubs]]<br />'''[[List of most active contributors]]'''</small></div>
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=== Did you know? ===
* With a possible total amount of '''768 x 270 pixel''' (540 interlaced) the [[CPC]] was the 8bit 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]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
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=== CPCWiki updates ===
* The CPCWiki now uses about '''2.2 GigaBytes''' for file- and article-storage and about '''1.7 GB Traffic'''! WOW!
*'''Merry Christmas''', '''Happy New Year''' and much success in 2007 to all CPCWiki contributors and CPC users! Let's make 2007 to a great year for the CPC again! -- [[User:Prodatron|Prodatron]] 00:45, 25 December 2006 (CET)
*Woo-hoo! '''10.000''' hits and going!!!
*New gallery software has been [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/gallery installed]! Please upload your pictures there!
*As of yesterday, we now have a dedicated [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum '''forum'''] where we can discuss all things related to the wiki, since it's much more useable than discussion pages. Please do drop by!!! [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 09:03, 22 November 2006 (CET)
*Finally, and thanks to [[User:ChaRleyTroniC|ChaRleyTroniC]]'s advice, file uploading has been fixed. You can now up mp3, dsk, png, zip, rar, pdf and ogg files! Any other file you'd like to see? [[Suggestions|Tell us so]]!!! [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 15:52, 17 November 2006 (CET)
* Today our wiki has passed the '''1000 article''' point!!! So many thanks to everyone who has made this possible... let's just try and fill all those stubs :) [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 13:45, 25 October 2006 (CEST)
* Add the CPCWiki to '''your Homepage'''. Check out [[About#Wiki-Napping]] and start napping this Wiki.
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