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<div>The Amstrad CPC computers mostly came with system disk(s) included.<br />
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The system disks varied in look and content, depending on the CPC-model they came with.<br />
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== Contents of the various system disks ==<br />
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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.<br />
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=== CPC464 (DDI-1) ===<br />
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* Disk 1: CP/M 2.2 System and Utilities<br />
* Disk 2: CP/M 2.2 DR LOGO & Help<br />
** Disk 2 also contains a game demo (RUN"ROINTIME.DEM")<br />
** The system disk contains the utilities<br />
*** COPYDSK<br />
*** DSKCOPY<br />
*** CHKDSK<br />
*** DSKCHK<br />
*** DSKFORM<br />
:: for copying, verifying (checking) and formatting disks with one or two disk drives<br />
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=== CPC664 ===<br />
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* Disk 1: CP/M 2.2 System and Utilities<br />
* Disk 2: CP/M 2.2 DR LOGO & Help<br />
** Disk 2 also contains a product demonstration in local language<br />
** The system disk contains the utilities<br />
*** COPYDSK<br />
*** DSKCOPY<br />
*** CHKDSK<br />
*** DSKCHK<br />
*** DSKFORM<br />
:: for copying, verifying (checking) and formatting disks with one or two disk drives<br />
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=== CPC6128 ===<br />
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* Disk 1: CP/M Plus System and Utilities<br />
* Disk 2: CP/M Plus Utilities<br />
* Disk 3: DR LOGO & Help (CP/M Plus)<br />
* Disk 4: CP/M 2.2 with DR LOGO & Help<br />
** 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-)<br />
** The system disks contain the utilities<br />
*** DISCKIT3 (CP/M Plus)<br />
*** DISCKIT2 (CP/M Plus)<br />
:: for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives<br />
* 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<br />
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=== CPC6128plus ===<br />
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* Disk 1: CP/M Plus System and Utilities<br />
* Disk 2: CP/M Plus DR LOGO & Help<br />
** The system disk contains the utilities<br />
*** DISCKIT (CP/M Plus)<br />
:: for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives<br />
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== Look of the various system disks ==<br />
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=== CPC464 (DDI-1) ===<br />
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==== United Kingdom ====<br />
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* Label text in English<br />
* Green stripes on the label<br />
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==== France ====<br />
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* Label text in ???<br />
* ??? stripes on the label<br />
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==== Spain ====<br />
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* Label text in ???<br />
* ??? stripes on the label<br />
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==== Germany (Schneider) ====<br />
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* Label text in German<br />
* Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo<br />
* Text on side 2 refers to the DDI-1 manual for the license conditions<br />
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==== Germany (Amstrad) ====<br />
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* Label text in German<br />
* First charge probably b/w copied labels, later charges ???<br />
* Text on side 2 refers to the DDI-1 manual for the license conditions<br />
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=== CPC664 ===<br />
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==== United Kingdom ====<br />
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* Label text in English<br />
* ??? stripes on the label<br />
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==== France ====<br />
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* Label text in ???<br />
* ??? stripes on the label<br />
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==== Spain ====<br />
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* Label text in ???<br />
* ??? stripes on the label<br />
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==== Germany (Schneider) ====<br />
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* Label text in German<br />
* Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo<br />
* Text on side 2 refers to the CPC664 manual for the license conditions<br />
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==== Germany (Amstrad) ====<br />
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* When Amstrad took over the German market, the CPC664 wasn't sold anymore<br />
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=== CPC6128 ===<br />
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==== United Kingdom ====<br />
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* Label text in English<br />
* Violet stripes on the label<br />
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==== France ====<br />
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* Label text in English<br />
* Orange stripes on the label<br />
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==== Spain ====<br />
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* Label text in ???<br />
* ??? stripes on the label<br />
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==== Germany (Schneider) ====<br />
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* Label text in German<br />
* Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo<br />
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<gallery caption="Schneider CPC664 system disk label"><br />
Image:CPM664DE.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
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<gallery caption="Schneider CPC6128 system disk labels"><br />
Image:SDisk12.jpg<br />
Image:SDisk34.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
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==== Germany (Amstrad) ====<br />
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* Label text in German<br />
* First charge b/w copied labels, later charges ???<br />
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=== CPC6128plus ===<br />
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==== Worldwide ====<br />
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* Label text in English<br />
* Red stripes on the label<br />
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== Weblinks ==<br />
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* CPC6128 system disks (UK/FR/DE (Schneider)/DE (Amstrad)): ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/utils/cpc/cpmplus.zip<br />
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