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2019-05-14T07:34:13Z

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[[File:PlayCity.jpg|thumb|320px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/PlayCity PlayCity MX4 Board]]]</center><br>

*30/08/14: [[MegaFlashROManager|ROManager]] 1.8 released. [http://futureos.cpc-live.com/files/ROManager_1.8.zip Download]
*30/08/14: '''[[SymbOS]]''' 2.1 Final [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/symbos-2-1-final-released released]
*14/08/14: '''PlayCity''', Add [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/playcity-aka-ctc-ay-(mx4)-for-august-!!!/ 6ch stereo audio, Z80 CTC...] to your CPC.
*26/06/14: [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/CPC464_%26_CPC664_logos Amstrad CPC464 & CPC664 logos] by [[User:Forcy|Forcy]]
*22/04/14: '''X-MEM''', Add up to [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/x-mem-a-new-memory-expansion-for-all-cpc/ 512K RAM/ROM] on your 464/664/6128.
*20/04/14: '''Breaking Baud''', [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/demos/breaking-baud/ THE tape demo]. 2nd place at Revision!
*30/03/14: '''Superpix''', a new Picross-style game was [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10000 released].
*24/03/14: '''SAMdisk''' 3.8.2 [http://simonowen.com/samdisk/ released].
*23/03/14: [[PSX controller mod for Amstrad CPC]] by [[User:Forcy|Forcy]]
*11/03/14: '''CPCDiskXP ''' 2.5.1 [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/cpcdiskxp-v2-1-released/msg76939/#msg76939 released] - a nice update!
*03/02/14: '''La Guerra de Gamber''' [http://www.amstrad.es/juegosamstrad/decargajuegos/la-guerra-de-gamber.php released] by ESP Soft!
*30/01/14: A CPC homebrew dedicated website is born: [http://homebrew.amstradtoday.com/index_uk.htm Homebrew.AT]
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Image:symbos21cpc.gif|[[SymbOS]] 2.1
Image:superpix.png|[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10000 Superpix]
Image:Gamber4.jpg| La Guerra de Gamber
Image:compo2013.png|[[Amstrad_CPC_16KBs_ROM_Game_Development_Competition_2013|16K ROM 2013]]
Image:phortem01.png|[http://www.norecess.net/ Phortem]



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=== Did you know? ===

*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
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2019-05-14T07:33:31Z

MikeDong:

__NOTOC__
<center>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.</center>
<center>[[Image:forum.png|300px|link=http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum]] [[Image:Vs.png|300px|link=http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Speccy_Port]]</center><br>

<div style="border: 1px solid rgb(255, 201, 201); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0.5em 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 243, 243);">
<center> '''CPC Related News''' </center>
<center>

[[File:PlayCity.jpg|thumb|320px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/PlayCity PlayCity MX4 Board]]]</center><br>

*30/08/14: [[MegaFlashROManager|ROManager]] 1.8 released. [http://futureos.cpc-live.com/files/ROManager_1.8.zip Download]
*30/08/14: '''[[SymbOS]]''' 2.1 Final [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/symbos-2-1-final-released released]
*14/08/14: '''PlayCity''', Add [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/playcity-aka-ctc-ay-(mx4)-for-august-!!!/ 6ch stereo audio, Z80 CTC...] to your CPC.
*26/06/14: [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/CPC464_%26_CPC664_logos Amstrad CPC464 & CPC664 logos] by [[User:Forcy|Forcy]]
*22/04/14: '''X-MEM''', Add up to [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/x-mem-a-new-memory-expansion-for-all-cpc/ 512K RAM/ROM] on your 464/664/6128.
*20/04/14: '''Breaking Baud''', [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/demos/breaking-baud/ THE tape demo]. 2nd place at Revision!
*30/03/14: '''Superpix''', a new Picross-style game was [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10000 released].
*24/03/14: '''SAMdisk''' 3.8.2 [http://simonowen.com/samdisk/ released].
*23/03/14: [[PSX controller mod for Amstrad CPC]] by [[User:Forcy|Forcy]]
*11/03/14: '''CPCDiskXP ''' 2.5.1 [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/cpcdiskxp-v2-1-released/msg76939/#msg76939 released] - a nice update!
*03/02/14: '''La Guerra de Gamber''' [http://www.amstrad.es/juegosamstrad/decargajuegos/la-guerra-de-gamber.php released] by ESP Soft!
*30/01/14: A CPC homebrew dedicated website is born: [http://homebrew.amstradtoday.com/index_uk.htm Homebrew.AT]
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<center><gallery widths=128px heights=96px>
Image:symbos21cpc.gif|[[SymbOS]] 2.1
Image:superpix.png|[http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10000 Superpix]
Image:Gamber4.jpg| La Guerra de Gamber
Image:compo2013.png|[[Amstrad_CPC_16KBs_ROM_Game_Development_Competition_2013|16K ROM 2013]]
Image:phortem01.png|[http://www.norecess.net/ Phortem]



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=== CPCWiki related ===
*[[CPCWiki updates]]
*[[Donors]]
*PCB prototype and assembly manufacture-[https://www.pcbgogo.com PCBgogo]

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<div style="text-align: right;"><small>'''All [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted articles]]''' | [[:Category:Stub|Extendable Stubs]] | '''[[Special:ContributionScores|List of most active contributors]]'''</small></div>

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=== Did you know? ===

*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
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