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VDOS

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The disc operating system VDOS was developed by the German company [[Vortex]].

It was provided for use with the [[Vortex Disc Drives]] from [[Vortex]] (F1-D, F1-S, F1-X, M1-D, M1-S or M1-X).

VDOS was supplied on an [[EPROM]], and was released in 3 versions:

* VDOS 1.0
* VDOS 2.0
* VDOS 2.11

Further there were German and English versions of this ROMs.

The VDOS ROM also contained a machine language monitor.

VDOS is the first DOS to support the Vortex format which become a standard format later on.

== Details ==
* Vortex is a German company, so they added RSX commands in German and English language. VDOS had both |TAPE and |CAS (which resemble equivalent German word ''Kassette''). (Dobbertin's X-DDOS had the same for compatibility).

* |USER/|DRIVE did not exist in V1.0 instead |SELECT is used (which resemble equivalent German word ''Selektieren''). (Dobbertin's X-DDOS also had |SELECT for compatibility).

|SELECT is used to both select user and/or drive. e.g. |SELECT,"3" for user 3, |SELECT,"B" for drive B, |SELECT "4B" for user 4 on drive B. VDOS doesn't have USER or DRIVE commands.

* VDOS supplied both German ROMs (with messages in their native language) and English ROMs where the messages are translated. The RSX commands are identical.

* When using the firmware function CAS CATALOG you give it the address of a buffer to fill with the list of files in the current user and drive (in SOFT968 this is a 2KB buffer but only because AMSDOS is limited to 64 directory entries and each directory is 32 bytes - 64x32 = 2048). For VDOS you should use a 4KB buffer to support 128 directory entries. In addition the format of the data stored in the buffer differs compared to AMSDOS.

AMSDOS uses:

<ff> <8 bytes filename> <3 bytes extension> <2 bytes size in K> with a byte of 00 to indicate the end of the list.

VDOS uses:

<user> <8 bytes filename> <3 bytes extension> <2 bytes size in K> with a byte of FF to indicate the end of the list.

This is important if you use CAS CATALOG and parse the data to fetch the list of files.

* AMSDOS allows you to specify both the user and drive in a filename.

e.g. "3B:TEST.BIN" is valid and will try to find TEST.BIN in user 3 of drive B.

VDOS doesn't allow this. VDOS only allows the drive to be specified.

e.g. "B:TEST.BIN".

Therefore it's recommended to use SELECT to specify the user. A program should also not rely on the memory location of DOS specific data and poke it directly. Therefore it should use KL FIND COMMAND to detect |SELECT and use that if found, otherwise find and use |DRIVE and |USER. This allows maximum compatibility.

* VDOS will autoboot a file called "HELLO.BAS" if it exists on the disc. AMSDOS doesn't have this. This is VDOS's 'Turnkey' system.

* VDOS 1.0 supports 3 drives but only two are accessibly by VDOS at one time. The DOS stores details for 2 XDPB at one time. Using |S you can change the logical drive mappings. Logical drive A is normally unit 0 and logically drive B is normally unit 1. With |S you can map unit 2 to logical drive A or to logical drive B.

|S,0 - 3rd drive is ignored:

|S,0:|SELECT,"A" - access unit 0
|S,0:|SELECT,"B" - access unit 1

|S,1 or |S,2 - choose if 'A' or 'B' is 3rd drive. i.e. Decide if |A is 1st drive or 3rd drive or |B is 2nd drive or 3rd drive.

|S,1:|SELECT,"A" - drive A is unit 2.
|S,2:|SELECT,"B" - drive B is unit 2.

* TO BE CONFIRMED: VDOS supports other double sided disc formats by programming the XDPB. AMSDOS doesn't allow this.

* When using CAS TEST EOF firmware function and soft end of file is reached the following conditions are return: carry true, zero false, A=&1A this is different to AMSDOS which has the conditions: carry false, zero false, A=&1A

* When using CAS IN OPEN/CAS OUT OPEN VDOS will crop the filename and extension part. i.e. if you use the filename "LONGFILENAME.LONGEXTENSION" it will crop it to "LONGFILE.LON" and attempt to load it. AMSDOS will give a 'Bad command' error.

* VDOS has different error codes compared to AMSDOS.

* You should push/pop ix and iy around firmware functions if you use them. VDOS appears to have different conditions for some CAS functions. TO BE CONFIRMED: exactly which functions are different.

== VDOS for Vortex Winchester Harddisk ==

* The VDOS for the WD20 doesn't seem to autodetect the harddisk. It asks you if the interface is connected before accessing it.

== Vortex Disc format ==

Sector numbers are 01h..09h (same as AMSDOS IBM Format, but with a 9th sector).
Disks are Double-Sided, Double Density, 80 Tracks, 9 Sectors, blocks are allocated in 4K units.
Total capacity is 720K (704K available):
* First 9K contain two System Tracks (eg. CP/M Bootstrap)
* Next 4K contain directory (see Note)
* Next 704K are data (allocated in 4K blocks) (aka 4K clusters)
* Last 3K are unused (due to 4K allocation size)

Note: According to the manual, the directory can hold 128 entries under VDOS2.0 (whole 4K used), but only 64 entries under VDOS1.0 (only half of the 4K area used).

== Manual ==

* [[Media:Vortex_Vdos_2.0_Manual.pdf|Vortex Vdos 2.0 Manual]] (pdf) {{DE}} (also describes how to upgrade from VDOS 1.0 to 2.0)

==Media==

<center><gallery widths=150px>
Image:VDOS-screenshot.JPG|Boot-up VDOS message
Image:VDOS-2.JPG|VDOS external look
Image:VDOS-internal.JPG|Internals photo (VDOS in a Modul-X)
</gallery></center>

== Download ==

* [[Media:Vortex10.zip| V-DOS 1.0 ROM]]

* [[Media:Vortex20.zip| V-DOS 2.0 ROM]]

* [[Media:VDOS_decoded_TFM.ROM | V-DOS 2.11 ROM (decrypted, works as normal ROM but not in Vortex disc controllers. Hold space key after reset)]]

* [[Media:VDOSisPD.pdf| A statement from the german company Vortex Computersysteme GmbH, VDOS is Public Domain]]

== Manual (German) ==

<gallery caption="VDOS 2.0 Manual (German)">
Image:vdos2 frontpage.jpg|Frontpage
Image:vdos2 content.jpg|Contents
Image:vdos2 p1.jpg|Page 1
Image:vdos2 p2.jpg|Page 2
Image:vdos2 p3.jpg|Page 3
Image:vdos2 p4.jpg|Page 4
Image:vdos2 p5.jpg|Page 5
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Image:vdos2 p20.jpg|Page 20
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Image:vdos2 p31.jpg|Page 31
Image:vdos2 p32.jpg|Page 32
Image:vdos2 p33.jpg|Page 33
Image:vdos2 erata p1.jpg|Erata page 1
Image:vdos2 erata p2.jpg|Erata page 2
Image:vdos2 erata p3.jpg|Erata page 3
Image:vdos2 erata p4.jpg|Erata page 4
Image:vdos2 erata p5.jpg|Erata page 5
</gallery>

[[Category:Disc Operating System]] [[Category:Expansion ROM]] [[Category:Manual]]

VDOS

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The disc operating system VDOS was developed by the German company [[Vortex]].

It was provided for use with the [[Vortex Disc Drives]] from [[Vortex]] (F1-D, F1-S, F1-X, M1-D, M1-S or M1-X).

VDOS was supplied on an [[EPROM]], and was released in 3 versions:

* VDOS 1.0
* VDOS 2.0
* VDOS 2.11

Further there were German and English versions of this ROMs.

The VDOS ROM also contained a machine language monitor.

VDOS is the first DOS to support the Vortex format which become a standard format later on.

== Details ==
* Vortex is a German company, so they added RSX commands in German and English language. VDOS had both |TAPE and |CAS (which resemble equivalent German word ''Kassette''). (Dobbertin's X-DDOS had the same for compatibility).

* |USER/|DRIVE did not exist in V1.0 instead |SELECT is used (which resemble equivalent German word ''Selektieren''). (Dobbertin's X-DDOS also had |SELECT for compatibility).

|SELECT is used to both select user and/or drive. e.g. |SELECT,"3" for user 3, |SELECT,"B" for drive B, |SELECT "4B" for user 4 on drive B. VDOS doesn't have USER or DRIVE commands.

* VDOS supplied both German ROMs (with messages in their native language) and English ROMs where the messages are translated. The RSX commands are identical.

* When using the firmware function CAS CATALOG you give it the address of a buffer to fill with the list of files in the current user and drive (in SOFT968 this is a 2KB buffer but only because AMSDOS is limited to 64 directory entries and each directory is 32 bytes - 64x32 = 2048). For VDOS you should use a 4KB buffer to support 128 directory entries. In addition the format of the data stored in the buffer differs compared to AMSDOS.

AMSDOS uses:

<ff> <8 bytes filename> <3 bytes extension> <2 bytes size in K> with a byte of 00 to indicate the end of the list.

VDOS uses:

<user> <8 bytes filename> <3 bytes extension> <2 bytes size in K> with a byte of FF to indicate the end of the list.

This is important if you use CAS CATALOG and parse the data to fetch the list of files.

* AMSDOS allows you to specify both the user and drive in a filename.

e.g. "3B:TEST.BIN" is valid and will try to find TEST.BIN in user 3 of drive B.

VDOS doesn't allow this. VDOS only allows the drive to be specified.

e.g. "B:TEST.BIN".

Therefore it's recommended to use SELECT to specify the user. A program should also not rely on the memory location of DOS specific data and poke it directly. Therefore it should use KL FIND COMMAND to detect |SELECT and use that if found, otherwise find and use |DRIVE and |USER. This allows maximum compatibility.

* VDOS will autoboot a file called "HELLO.BAS" if it exists on the disc. AMSDOS doesn't have this. This is VDOS's 'Turnkey' system.

* VDOS 1.0 supports 3 drives but only two are accessibly by VDOS at one time. The DOS stores details for 2 XDPB at one time. Using |S you can change the logical drive mappings. Logical drive A is normally unit 0 and logically drive B is normally unit 1. With |S you can map unit 2 to logical drive A or to logical drive B.

|S,0 - 3rd drive is ignored:

|S,0:|SELECT,"A" - access unit 0
|S,0:|SELECT,"B" - access unit 1

|S,1 or |S,2 - choose if 'A' or 'B' is 3rd drive. i.e. Decide if |A is 1st drive or 3rd drive or |B is 2nd drive or 3rd drive.

|S,1:|SELECT,"A" - drive A is unit 2.
|S,2:|SELECT,"B" - drive B is unit 2.

* TO BE CONFIRMED: VDOS supports other double sided disc formats by programming the XDPB. AMSDOS doesn't allow this.

* When using CAS TEST EOF firmware function and soft end of file is reached the following conditions are return: carry true, zero false, A=&1A this is different to AMSDOS which has the conditions: carry false, zero false, A=&1A

* When using CAS IN OPEN/CAS OUT OPEN VDOS will crop the filename and extension part. i.e. if you use the filename "LONGFILENAME.LONGEXTENSION" it will crop it to "LONGFILE.LON" and attempt to load it. AMSDOS will give a 'Bad command' error.

* VDOS has different error codes compared to AMSDOS.

* You should push/pop ix and iy around firmware functions if you use them. VDOS appears to have different conditions for some CAS functions. TO BE CONFIRMED: exactly which functions are different.

== VDOS for Vortex Winchester Harddisk ==

* The VDOS for the WD20 doesn't seem to autodetect the harddisk. It asks you if the interface is connected before accessing it.

== Vortex Disc format ==

Sector numbers are 01h..09h (same as AMSDOS IBM Format, but with a 9th sector).
Disks are Double-Sided, Double Density, 80 Tracks, 9 Sectors, blocks are allocated in 4K units.
Total capacity is 720K (704K available):
* First 9K contain two System Tracks (eg. CP/M Bootstrap)
* Next 4K contain directory (see Note)
* Next 704K are data (allocated in 4K blocks) (aka 4K clusters)
* Last 3K are unused (due to 4K allocation size)

Note: According to the manual, the directory can hold 128 entries under VDOS2.0 (whole 4K used), but only 64 entries under VDOS1.0 (only half of the 4K area used).

== Manual ==

* [[Media:Vortex_Vdos_2.0_Manual.pdf|Vortex Vdos 2.0 Manual]] (pdf) {{DE}} (also describes how to upgrade from VDOS 1.0 to 2.0)

==Media==

<center><gallery widths=150px>
Image:VDOS-screenshot.JPG|Boot-up VDOS message
Image:VDOS-2.JPG|VDOS external look
Image:VDOS-internal.JPG|Internals photo (VDOS in a Modul-X)
</gallery></center>

== Download ==

* [[Media:Vortex10.zip| V-DOS 1.0 ROM]]

* [[Media:Vortex20.zip| V-DOS 2.0 ROM]]

* [[Media:VDOS_decoded_TFM.ROM | V-DOS 2.11 ROM]]

* [[Media:VDOSisPD.pdf| A statement from the german company Vortex Computersysteme GmbH, VDOS is Public Domain]]

== Manual (German) ==

<gallery caption="VDOS 2.0 Manual (German)">
Image:vdos2 frontpage.jpg|Frontpage
Image:vdos2 content.jpg|Contents
Image:vdos2 p1.jpg|Page 1
Image:vdos2 p2.jpg|Page 2
Image:vdos2 p3.jpg|Page 3
Image:vdos2 p4.jpg|Page 4
Image:vdos2 p5.jpg|Page 5
Image:vdos2 p6.jpg|Page 6
Image:vdos2 p7.jpg|Page 7
Image:vdos2 p8.jpg|Page 8
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Image:vdos2 p13.jpg|Page 13
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Image:vdos2 p19.jpg|Page 19
Image:vdos2 p20.jpg|Page 20
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Image:vdos2 p23.jpg|Page 23
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Image:vdos2 p25.jpg|Page 25
Image:vdos2 p26.jpg|Page 26
Image:vdos2 p27.jpg|Page 27
Image:vdos2 p28.jpg|Page 28
Image:vdos2 p29.jpg|Page 29
Image:vdos2 p30.jpg|Page 30
Image:vdos2 p31.jpg|Page 31
Image:vdos2 p32.jpg|Page 32
Image:vdos2 p33.jpg|Page 33
Image:vdos2 erata p1.jpg|Erata page 1
Image:vdos2 erata p2.jpg|Erata page 2
Image:vdos2 erata p3.jpg|Erata page 3
Image:vdos2 erata p4.jpg|Erata page 4
Image:vdos2 erata p5.jpg|Erata page 5
</gallery>

[[Category:Disc Operating System]] [[Category:Expansion ROM]] [[Category:Manual]]

BOS

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'''BOS''' (''Banked Operating System'') used on [[Vortex Expansions RAM card|expansions RAM]] card from [[Vortex]].
== Versions ==
There are 3 versions:

=== BOS 1.0 ===
Initial release

=== BOS 2.0 ===
Changes:
* Enable resizing of the first memory bank from 32 Kb to up to 64 Kb to prevent issues with large BASIC programs
* Allow usage of ramdisk from within BASIC (was previously only usable in CP/M)
* Allow user to set sizes of RAM floppy, printer spooler and BASIC RAM area

Bugs:
* Cannot load files larger than 32 Kb from ramdisk in BASIC

=== BOS 2.1 ===
Bugfix release.

Changes:
* Fix bug loading files larger than 32 Kb from ramdisk in BASIC

== Manuals ==

* [[Media:Vortex SP 512 Kb (BOS 1.0) Manual.pdf|Vortex SP 512 Kb (BOS 1.0) Manual]] (pdf) {{DE}} (August 1985)
* [[Media:Vortex BOS 2.0 Manual.pdf|Vortex BOS 2.0 Manual]] (pdf) {{DE}} (10.11.1986)
* [[Media:Vortex RAM Expansions SP64-SP512 User Handbook (English) (Screens Microcomputer Distribution Ltd).pdf|Vortex RAM Expansions SP64-SP512 (BOS 1.0) User Handbook]] (pdf) {{EN}} (Oct 1985)

== Downloads ==

* [[Media:Bos10.zip|BOS10.zip]] - BOS v1.0 (ROM-image)
* [[Media:BOS10ALT.ZIP|BOS10ALT.ZIP]] - BOS v1.0 (ROM-image Alternative version)
* [[Media:Bos21.zip|BOS21.zip]] - BOS v2.1 (ROM-image)

[[Category:Disc Operating System]] [[Category:Expansion ROM]] [[Category:Manual]]

BOS

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Schmelzmann:

'''BOS''' (''Banked Operating System'') used on [[Vortex Expansions RAM card|expansions RAM]] card from [[Vortex]].

There are 3 versions :

==== BOS 1.0 ====
==== BOS 2.0 ====
Changes:
* Enable resizing of the first memory bank from 32 Kb to up to 64 Kb to prevent issues with large BASIC programs
* Allow usage of ramdisk from within BASIC (was previously only usable in CP/M)
* Allow user to set sizes of RAM floppy, printer spooler and BASIC RAM area

Bugs:
* Cannot load files larger than 32 Kb from ramdisk in BASIC

==== BOS 2.1 ====
Changes:
* Fix bug loading files larger than 32 Kb from ramdisk in BASIC

== Manuals ==

* [[Media:Vortex SP 512 Kb (BOS 1.0) Manual.pdf|Vortex SP 512 Kb (BOS 1.0) Manual]] (pdf) {{DE}} (August 1985)
* [[Media:Vortex BOS 2.0 Manual.pdf|Vortex BOS 2.0 Manual]] (pdf) {{DE}} (10.11.1986)
* [[Media:Vortex RAM Expansions SP64-SP512 User Handbook (English) (Screens Microcomputer Distribution Ltd).pdf|Vortex RAM Expansions SP64-SP512 (BOS 1.0) User Handbook]] (pdf) {{EN}} (Oct 1985)

== Downloads ==

* [[Media:Bos10.zip|BOS10.zip]] - BOS v1.0 (ROM-image)
* [[Media:BOS10ALT.ZIP|BOS10ALT.ZIP]] - BOS v1.0 (ROM-image Alternative version)
* [[Media:Bos21.zip|BOS21.zip]] - BOS v2.1 (ROM-image)

[[Category:Disc Operating System]] [[Category:Expansion ROM]] [[Category:Manual]]

CPC Schneider International Sonderheft, Issue 6

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Special Edition, Issue 6, of [[CPC Schneider International]]

|[[Image:CPC Schneider International Sonderheft 6-1988.jpg|150px|link=CPC Schneider International Sonderheft, Issue 6]] CPC Schneider International Sonderheft 6 - 1988 [[media:CPC Schneider International Sonderheft 1988-06.pdf|PDF]] (page 109-110 missing, 25MB)

[[Category:Magazines]]

File:CPC Schneider International Sonderheft 1988-06.pdf

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1988/06
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Schneider Spezial

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== Information ==

{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}
|Magazine Name:|| '''Schneider Spezial'''
|-
|Publisher: || Boden, Joachim Günster
|-
|Language: || German
|-
|Price: || 14.00 DM
|-
|First Issue: || ?
|-
|Last Issue: || ?
|-
|}

== Editorial staff ==

* Joachim Günster (Chief Editor)
* Klaus Weppler, Frank Thielen, Thomas Barndt, Thomas Binzinger, Beate Lang, Rudolf Petruck, Oliver Welsch, D. Schulze (Authors)

== Issues ==
<gallery>
Image:Schneider Spezial - Schneider CPC - Das Sonderheft für Schneider-Fans 1986-01.jpeg|Schneider CPC - Das Sonderheft für Schneider-Fans 1986-01 [[media:Schneider Spezial - Schneider CPC - Das Sonderheft für Schneider-Fans 1986-01 ohne 77-80.pdf|PDF]] (pages 77-80 missing, 25MB)
</gallery>

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Schneider Spezial

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Magazines

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'''You can <del>download</del> all the issues of ''Amstrad Action'', ''Amstrad Computer User'' and ''Amtix!'' directly from our server! Whoo-hoo!!! What's more, a new project is in on way to upload all the [[Type Ins]] from the magazines!'''

 

= English =

* [[Amstrad Action]]
* [[Amstrad Computer User|Amstrad Computer User aka Amstrad CPC464 User aka ACU]]
* [[Amtix]]
* [[Computing with the Amstrad| Computing with the Amstrad aka CPC Computing]]
* [[Computing With The Amstrad - Australian Edition|Computing with the Amstrad (Australia)]]
* [[CPC Attack]]
* [[The Amstrad User|The Amstrad User (TAU) [later known as The PC Mag + The Amstrad User] (Australia)]]

<big>Multi platform magazines</big>

* [[Advanced Computer Entertainment (ACE)]]
* [[Australian Personal Computer]]
* [[Big K]]
* [[Bits and Bytes]] (New Zealand)
* [[Computer Gamer]]
* [[Computer Input]] (New Zealand)
* [[Games Computing]]
* [[Home Computing Weekly]]
* [[Let's Compute!]]
* [[New Computer Express]]
* [[Personal Computer Games]]
* [[Personal Computer Games (Australia)]]
* [[Personal Computing Today]]
* [[Personal Computer News]]
* [[Personal Computer World]]
* [[Popular Computing Weekly]]
* [[Practical Computing]]
* [[The Games Machine]]
* [[Which Micro and Software Review]]
* [[Your Computer]]

<big>Catalogues</big>

* [[Amsoft Software Catalogue]]

= Other Languages =

== Danish ==

* [[Amstradbladet]]
* [[Amstrad Bruger Bladet]]
* [[INPUT]]

== French ==

* [[Amstar]]
* [[Amstrad Cent Pour Cent]]
* [[Amstrad Magazine|Amstrad Magazine aka AM Mag]]
* [[Amstradebdo et PC]]
* [[Cahiers d'Amstrad Magazine]]
* [[CPC (magazine)|CPC]]
* [[CPC HS (Hors Serie)|CPC HS (Hors Serie) aka CPC Infos]]
* [[Logistrad]]
* [[Microstrad]]
* [[Nouveau Logistrad|Nouveau Logistrad aka Log'Star]]
* [[Runstrad|Runstrad aka Run'Star]]

<big>Multi platform magazines</big>
* [[Hebdogiciel]]
* Tilt [http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=28&page=1]

== German ==

* [[CPC Schneider International|PC/CPC Schneider/Amstrad International]]
* [[CPC Magazin|CPC Magazin aka CPC Schneider Magazin aka Schneider Computer Partner]]
* [[Happy Computer (Schneider Sonderheft)]]
* [[Schneider aktiv|Schneider Aktiv]]
* [[Schneider CPC-Welt]] aka CPC Special
* [[Schneider Spezial]]

<big>Multi platform magazines</big>

* [[Aktueller Software Markt (ASM)]]. Game reviews.
* [[Compute mit]]. For Amstrad CPC and several Commodore computers.
* [[Computer Flohmarkt (CF)]]. Computer related classified ads.
* [[Computer Kontakt]]
* [[Happy Computer]]

== Greek ==

* [[Ε.Π.Τ.Α / Η Ελληνική πλευρά του Amstrad (Greek Side Of Amstrad)]]

* [[Ο κόσμος του Amstrad (Amstrad's World)]]

<big>Multi platform magazines</big>

* PIXEL
* Micromad (had whole section devoted to CPCs)
* User (its "Τα 8 bit ποτέ δεν πεθαίνουν" was popular page about CPCs)
* Sprite

archives for all these mags can be found
[http://www.retromaniax.gr/vb/forumdisplay.php?107-%D0%E1%EB%E1%E9%DC-%D0%E5%F1%E9%EF%E4%E9%EA%DC-%D0%EB%E7%F1%EF%F6%EF%F1%E9%EA%DE%F2 here:]

== Italy ==

* [[Junior Amstrad]]

<big>Multi platform magazines</big>

* [[K]]
* [[Computer + Videogiochi]] (C+VG)
* [[Guida Video Giochi]]
* [[Zzap!]]

archives for all these mags can be found
[http://www.dizionariovideogiochi.it/doku.php?id=riviste_di_settore here:]

== Polish ==

<big>Multi platform magazines</big>

* [[Bajtek]]. Lots of CPC type-ins, CPC software and games reviews.
* [[Komputer]]. Some CPC articles and type-ins. Later merged with PC-World(Polish edition).
* [[Top Secret]]. Game reviews only magazine.

== Spanish ==

* [[Amstrad Accion]]
* [[Amstrad Sinclair Ocio|Amstrad Sinclair Ocio aka Megaocio]]
* [[Amstrad User (Spanish)|Amstrad User]]
* [[Microhobby Amstrad Semanal|Microhobby Amstrad Semanal/Especial aka Amstrad Semanal/Especial/Personal]]
* [[Tu Micro Amstrad]]

<big>Multi platform magazines</big>

* [[MegaJoystick]]
* [[Micromania]]
* [[Syntax Error (Spanish)|Syntax Error]]

== Turkish ==

* [[Sizin Amstrad]]

= Weblinks =

* http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/ - french magazines
* http://amstradcpc.mforos.com/305097/8279569-material-amstrad-en-descarga-directa-ftp-s-enteros-recopilaciones-etc/ - spanish forum with lots of download URLs for scanned magazines (including english magazines) ([http://amstradcpc.mforos.com/305097/8279569-material-amstrad-en-descarga-directa-ftp-s-enteros-recopilaciones-etc/?pag=2#74156183 summary])
* ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/ - spectrum and multi-platform magazines (english and other languages)

[[Category:Magazines| ]][[Category:CPC Press| ]]

CPC Magazin

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Schmelzmann: /* 1989 */

A german magazine for the CPC.

== Information ==

{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}
| Magazine Names : || '''CPC Magazin''' (12/1985..3/1986) '''CPC Schneider Magazin''' (4/1986..12/1987) '''Schneider Magazin''' (1/1988..1/1989) '''Schneider Computer Partner'''(2/1989..9-10/1989)
|-
| Publisher : || Verlag Rätz-Eberle, Bretten / Verlag Werner Rätz, Bretten
|-
| Language : || German
|-
| Price : || 5.50 DM / 6 DM
|-
| First Issue : || 12 - 1985
|-
| Last Issue: || 09/10 - 1989
|-
|}

== Its names ==

Its first name '''CPC Magazin''' was expanded to '''CPC Schneider Magazin''' with issue 04/1986 because many traders didn't know it was a magazine for the [[Schneider]] CPC and put it amongst some other computer magazines but not amongst the CPC magazines.

Because of being a magazine ''for all Schneider computers'' (Das Magazin für alle Schneider-Computer) it also features articles for the Joyce and other Amstrad PCs distributed in Germany by Schneider.

So the name of the magazine was reduced to '''Schneider Magazin''' with issue 01/1988 along with a complete redesign.

In issue 01/1989 the phrase under the title was changed to ''Das Magazin für Amstrad-Computer'' (The magazine for Amstrad computers) because Schneider dropped distribution of Amstrad computers and started to make their own PCs in late 1987, while Amstrad was allowed to distribute their computers in Germany from May 1988 on.

This is also the cause for the last name change to '''Schneider Computer Partner''' with issue 02/1989. The editorial staff wanted to accent to be a reliable partner for the readers with this.

While in issue 01/1989 the presented new name for the next issue was just '''Computer Partner''', the addition '''Schneider''' finally was left in the name for recognition.

== Target market ==

The CPC Magazin originally aimed at the semi-professional CPC user.

It contained market news, game and software tests, hardware modification tips (eg. an [[Atari-ST mouse adapter]]), software listings and much more.

It supported peripherals by the German company [[Vortex Computersysteme]] with a regular heading featuring listings and tips for their products.

== Editorial staff ==

* '''Editorial staff'''
** Carsten Borgmeier (Games; 06/1988 - 9-10/1989)
** [[Thomas Eberle]] (Chief editor; - 12/1987)
** Helmut Fischer (02/1987 - 9-10/1989)
** Thomas Frietsch (Layout; 04/1989 - 09-10/1989)
** Robert Kaltenbrunn (02/1987 - 03/1989)
** Frederique Melchers (Layout; 06/1986 - 08/1987)
** Bernhard Müller (Layout; 01/1988 - 07/1989)
** Werner Rätz (Chief editor, Technical editor)
** Hartmut Schmidt (Layout; 09/1987 - 12/1987)
** Jürgen Seefeld (Layout; - 04/1986)

* '''Free-lances'''
** Berthold Freier
** Erika Hölscher (05 & 07/1986)
** Hans Joachim Janek
** Gerhard Knapienski (- 08/1987)
** Rolf Knorre
** Friedrich Lorenz
** Markus Pisters
** Christoph Schillo
** H.P. Schwaneck
** Thomas Tai (05/1986 - 06/1987)
** Manfred Walter Thoma
** Walter Tosberg
** Andreas Zallmann

== Issues ==
=== 1985 ===
<gallery>
Image:CPC Magazine 12-1985.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 12 - 1985 [[media:CPC Magazin 1985-12.pdf|PDF]] (12MB)
</gallery>

=== 1986 ===
<gallery>
Image:CPC Magazine 01-1986.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 1 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-01 (missing pages 85-86).pdf|PDF]] (page 85-86 missing, 15MB)
Image:CPC Magazine 02-1986.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 2 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-02 (missing pages 53-54).pdf|PDF]] (page 53-54 missing, 14MB)
Image:CPC Magazine 03-1986.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 3 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-03 (missing pages 75-80).pdf|PDF]] (page 75-80 missing, 15MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 04-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 4 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-04.pdf|PDF]] (18MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 05-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 5 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-05 (missing pages 81-86,111-112).pdf|PDF]] (pages 81-86 and 111-112 missing, 18MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 06-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 6 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-06 (missing pages 107-108).pdf|PDF]] (page 107-108 missing, 19MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 07-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 7 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-07.pdf|PDF]] (21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 08-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 8/9 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-08 09.pdf|PDF]] (21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 10-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 10 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-10.pdf|PDF]] (22MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 11-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 11 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-11 (missing pages 129-130).pdf|PDF]] (page 129-130 missing, 23MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 12-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 12 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-12 (missing pages 125-128).pdf|PDF]] (pages 125-128 missing, 24MB)
</gallery>

=== 1987 ===
<gallery>
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 01-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 1 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-01 (missing pages 98-92).pdf|PDF]] (pages 89-92 missing, 21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 02-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 2 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-02 (missing pages 111-112).pdf|PDF]] (page 111-112 missing, 21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 03-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 3 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-03.pdf|PDF]] (20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 04-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 4 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-04.pdf|PDF]] (20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 05-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 5 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-05 (missing pages 87-88).pdf|PDF]] (page 87-88 missing, 19MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 06-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 6 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-06 (missing pages 93-94,109-110).pdf|PDF]] (page 93-94 and 109-110 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 07-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 7 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-07 (missing pages 115-116).pdf|PDF]] (page 115-116 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 08-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 8 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-08 (missing pages 75-76).pdf|PDF]] (page 75-76 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 09-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 9 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-09.pdf|PDF]] (21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 10-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 10 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-10 (missing pages 107-108).pdf|PDF]] (page 107-108 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 11-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 11 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-11 (missing pages 79-80,111-114).pdf|PDF]] (pages 79-80 and 111-114 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 12-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 12 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-12 (missing pages 111-112).pdf|PDF]] (page 111-112 missing, 21MB)
</gallery>

=== 1988 ===
<gallery>
Image:Schneider Magazin 01-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 1 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-01_(missing_pages_99-100).pdf|PDF]] (page 99-100 missing, 19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 02-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 2 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-02_(missing_pages_63-64,103-106).pdf|PDF]] (pages 63-64 and 103-106 missing, 18MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 03-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 3 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-03_(missing_pages_109-110).pdf|PDF]] (page 109-110 missing, 19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 04-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 4 - 1988 [[media:Schneider Magazin 1988-04 (missing pages 107-108).pdf|PDF]] (page 107-108 missing, 19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 05-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 5 - 1988 [[media:Schneider Magazin 1988-05.pdf|PDF]] (19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 06-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 6 - 1988 [[media:Schneider Magazin 1988-06.pdf|PDF]] (18MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 07-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 7 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-07_(missing_pages_49-50,97-98).pdf|PDF]] (pages 49-50 and 97-98 missing, 17MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 08-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 8 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-08_(missing_pages_99-100).pdf|PDF]] (page 99-100 missing, 19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 09-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 9 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-09_(missing_pages_103-104).pdf|PDF]] (page 103-104 missing, 18MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 10-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 10 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-10_(missing_pages_93-96).pdf|PDF]] (pages 93-96 missing, 17MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 11-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 11 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-11_(missing_pages_93-94).pdf|PDF]] (page 93-94 missing, 17MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 12-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 12 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-12_(missing_pages_39-44,91-92).pdf|PDF]] (pages 39-44 and 91-92 missing, 16MB)
</gallery>

=== 1989 ===
<gallery>
Image:Schneider Magazin 01-1989.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 1 - 1989 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1989-01_(missing_pages_85-86).pdf|PDF]] (page 85-86 missing, 16MB)
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 02-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 2 - 1989 [[media:Computer_Partner_1989-02_(missing_pages_83-84).pdf|PDF]] (page 83-84 missing, 15MB)
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 03-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 3 - 1989 [[media:Computer_Partner_1989-03.pdf|PDF]] (16MB)
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 04-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 4 - 1989 [[media:Computer_Partner_1989-04_(missing_pages_83-84).pdf|PDF]] (page 83-84 missing, 16MB)
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 05-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 5 - 1989 [[media:Computer_Partner_1989-05.pdf|PDF]] (14MB)
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 06-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 6 - 1989 [[media:Computer_Partner_1989-06_(missing_pages_75-76,79-80).pdf|PDF]] (pages 75-76 and 79-80 missing, 14MB)
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 07-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 7 - 1989 [[media:Computer_Partner_1989-07.pdf|PDF]] (13MB)
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 08-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 8 - 1989 [[media:Computer_Partner_1989-08_(missing_pages_67-68).pdf|PDF]] (page 67-68 missing, 12MB)
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 09-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 9/10 - 1989 [[media:Computer_Partner_1989-09_10.pdf|PDF]] (13MB)
</gallery>

[[Category:CPC Press]]

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Schmelzmann:

CPC Magazin

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Schmelzmann: /* 1988 */

A german magazine for the CPC.

== Information ==

{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}
| Magazine Names : || '''CPC Magazin''' (12/1985..3/1986) '''CPC Schneider Magazin''' (4/1986..12/1987) '''Schneider Magazin''' (1/1988..1/1989) '''Schneider Computer Partner'''(2/1989..9-10/1989)
|-
| Publisher : || Verlag Rätz-Eberle, Bretten / Verlag Werner Rätz, Bretten
|-
| Language : || German
|-
| Price : || 5.50 DM / 6 DM
|-
| First Issue : || 12 - 1985
|-
| Last Issue: || 09/10 - 1989
|-
|}

== Its names ==

Its first name '''CPC Magazin''' was expanded to '''CPC Schneider Magazin''' with issue 04/1986 because many traders didn't know it was a magazine for the [[Schneider]] CPC and put it amongst some other computer magazines but not amongst the CPC magazines.

Because of being a magazine ''for all Schneider computers'' (Das Magazin für alle Schneider-Computer) it also features articles for the Joyce and other Amstrad PCs distributed in Germany by Schneider.

So the name of the magazine was reduced to '''Schneider Magazin''' with issue 01/1988 along with a complete redesign.

In issue 01/1989 the phrase under the title was changed to ''Das Magazin für Amstrad-Computer'' (The magazine for Amstrad computers) because Schneider dropped distribution of Amstrad computers and started to make their own PCs in late 1987, while Amstrad was allowed to distribute their computers in Germany from May 1988 on.

This is also the cause for the last name change to '''Schneider Computer Partner''' with issue 02/1989. The editorial staff wanted to accent to be a reliable partner for the readers with this.

While in issue 01/1989 the presented new name for the next issue was just '''Computer Partner''', the addition '''Schneider''' finally was left in the name for recognition.

== Target market ==

The CPC Magazin originally aimed at the semi-professional CPC user.

It contained market news, game and software tests, hardware modification tips (eg. an [[Atari-ST mouse adapter]]), software listings and much more.

It supported peripherals by the German company [[Vortex Computersysteme]] with a regular heading featuring listings and tips for their products.

== Editorial staff ==

* '''Editorial staff'''
** Carsten Borgmeier (Games; 06/1988 - 9-10/1989)
** [[Thomas Eberle]] (Chief editor; - 12/1987)
** Helmut Fischer (02/1987 - 9-10/1989)
** Thomas Frietsch (Layout; 04/1989 - 09-10/1989)
** Robert Kaltenbrunn (02/1987 - 03/1989)
** Frederique Melchers (Layout; 06/1986 - 08/1987)
** Bernhard Müller (Layout; 01/1988 - 07/1989)
** Werner Rätz (Chief editor, Technical editor)
** Hartmut Schmidt (Layout; 09/1987 - 12/1987)
** Jürgen Seefeld (Layout; - 04/1986)

* '''Free-lances'''
** Berthold Freier
** Erika Hölscher (05 & 07/1986)
** Hans Joachim Janek
** Gerhard Knapienski (- 08/1987)
** Rolf Knorre
** Friedrich Lorenz
** Markus Pisters
** Christoph Schillo
** H.P. Schwaneck
** Thomas Tai (05/1986 - 06/1987)
** Manfred Walter Thoma
** Walter Tosberg
** Andreas Zallmann

== Issues ==
=== 1985 ===
<gallery>
Image:CPC Magazine 12-1985.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 12 - 1985 [[media:CPC Magazin 1985-12.pdf|PDF]] (12MB)
</gallery>

=== 1986 ===
<gallery>
Image:CPC Magazine 01-1986.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 1 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-01 (missing pages 85-86).pdf|PDF]] (page 85-86 missing, 15MB)
Image:CPC Magazine 02-1986.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 2 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-02 (missing pages 53-54).pdf|PDF]] (page 53-54 missing, 14MB)
Image:CPC Magazine 03-1986.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 3 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-03 (missing pages 75-80).pdf|PDF]] (page 75-80 missing, 15MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 04-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 4 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-04.pdf|PDF]] (18MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 05-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 5 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-05 (missing pages 81-86,111-112).pdf|PDF]] (pages 81-86 and 111-112 missing, 18MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 06-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 6 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-06 (missing pages 107-108).pdf|PDF]] (page 107-108 missing, 19MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 07-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 7 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-07.pdf|PDF]] (21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 08-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 8/9 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-08 09.pdf|PDF]] (21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 10-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 10 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-10.pdf|PDF]] (22MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 11-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 11 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-11 (missing pages 129-130).pdf|PDF]] (page 129-130 missing, 23MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 12-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 12 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-12 (missing pages 125-128).pdf|PDF]] (pages 125-128 missing, 24MB)
</gallery>

=== 1987 ===
<gallery>
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 01-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 1 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-01 (missing pages 98-92).pdf|PDF]] (pages 89-92 missing, 21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 02-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 2 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-02 (missing pages 111-112).pdf|PDF]] (page 111-112 missing, 21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 03-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 3 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-03.pdf|PDF]] (20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 04-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 4 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-04.pdf|PDF]] (20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 05-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 5 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-05 (missing pages 87-88).pdf|PDF]] (page 87-88 missing, 19MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 06-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 6 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-06 (missing pages 93-94,109-110).pdf|PDF]] (page 93-94 and 109-110 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 07-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 7 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-07 (missing pages 115-116).pdf|PDF]] (page 115-116 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 08-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 8 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-08 (missing pages 75-76).pdf|PDF]] (page 75-76 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 09-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 9 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-09.pdf|PDF]] (21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 10-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 10 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-10 (missing pages 107-108).pdf|PDF]] (page 107-108 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 11-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 11 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-11 (missing pages 79-80,111-114).pdf|PDF]] (pages 79-80 and 111-114 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 12-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 12 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-12 (missing pages 111-112).pdf|PDF]] (page 111-112 missing, 21MB)
</gallery>

=== 1988 ===
<gallery>
Image:Schneider Magazin 01-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 1 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-01_(missing_pages_99-100).pdf|PDF]] (page 99-100 missing, 19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 02-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 2 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-02_(missing_pages_63-64,103-106).pdf|PDF]] (pages 63-64 and 103-106 missing, 18MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 03-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 3 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-03_(missing_pages_109-110).pdf|PDF]] (page 109-110 missing, 19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 04-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 4 - 1988 [[media:Schneider Magazin 1988-04 (missing pages 107-108).pdf|PDF]] (page 107-108 missing, 19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 05-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 5 - 1988 [[media:Schneider Magazin 1988-05.pdf|PDF]] (19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 06-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 6 - 1988 [[media:Schneider Magazin 1988-06.pdf|PDF]] (18MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 07-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 7 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-07_(missing_pages_49-50,97-98).pdf|PDF]] (pages 49-50 and 97-98 missing, 17MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 08-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 8 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-08_(missing_pages_99-100).pdf|PDF]] (page 99-100 missing, 19MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 09-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 9 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-09_(missing_pages_103-104).pdf|PDF]] (page 103-104 missing, 18MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 10-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 10 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-10_(missing_pages_93-96).pdf|PDF]] (pages 93-96 missing, 17MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 11-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 11 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-11_(missing_pages_93-94).pdf|PDF]] (page 93-94 missing, 17MB)
Image:Schneider Magazin 12-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 12 - 1988 [[media:Schneider_Magazin_1988-12_(missing_pages_39-44,91-92).pdf|PDF]] (pages 39-44 and 91-92 missing, 16MB)
</gallery>

=== 1989 ===
<gallery>
Image:Schneider Magazin 01-1989.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 1 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 02-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 2 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 03-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 3 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 04-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 4 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 05-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 5 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 06-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 6 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 07-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 7 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 08-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 8 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 09-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 9/10 - 1989
</gallery>

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Schmelzmann:

CPC Magazin

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Schmelzmann: /* 1987 */

A german magazine for the CPC.

== Information ==

{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}
| Magazine Names : || '''CPC Magazin''' (12/1985..3/1986) '''CPC Schneider Magazin''' (4/1986..12/1987) '''Schneider Magazin''' (1/1988..1/1989) '''Schneider Computer Partner'''(2/1989..9-10/1989)
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| Publisher : || Verlag Rätz-Eberle, Bretten / Verlag Werner Rätz, Bretten
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| Language : || German
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| Price : || 5.50 DM / 6 DM
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| First Issue : || 12 - 1985
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| Last Issue: || 09/10 - 1989
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|}

== Its names ==

Its first name '''CPC Magazin''' was expanded to '''CPC Schneider Magazin''' with issue 04/1986 because many traders didn't know it was a magazine for the [[Schneider]] CPC and put it amongst some other computer magazines but not amongst the CPC magazines.

Because of being a magazine ''for all Schneider computers'' (Das Magazin für alle Schneider-Computer) it also features articles for the Joyce and other Amstrad PCs distributed in Germany by Schneider.

So the name of the magazine was reduced to '''Schneider Magazin''' with issue 01/1988 along with a complete redesign.

In issue 01/1989 the phrase under the title was changed to ''Das Magazin für Amstrad-Computer'' (The magazine for Amstrad computers) because Schneider dropped distribution of Amstrad computers and started to make their own PCs in late 1987, while Amstrad was allowed to distribute their computers in Germany from May 1988 on.

This is also the cause for the last name change to '''Schneider Computer Partner''' with issue 02/1989. The editorial staff wanted to accent to be a reliable partner for the readers with this.

While in issue 01/1989 the presented new name for the next issue was just '''Computer Partner''', the addition '''Schneider''' finally was left in the name for recognition.

== Target market ==

The CPC Magazin originally aimed at the semi-professional CPC user.

It contained market news, game and software tests, hardware modification tips (eg. an [[Atari-ST mouse adapter]]), software listings and much more.

It supported peripherals by the German company [[Vortex Computersysteme]] with a regular heading featuring listings and tips for their products.

== Editorial staff ==

* '''Editorial staff'''
** Carsten Borgmeier (Games; 06/1988 - 9-10/1989)
** [[Thomas Eberle]] (Chief editor; - 12/1987)
** Helmut Fischer (02/1987 - 9-10/1989)
** Thomas Frietsch (Layout; 04/1989 - 09-10/1989)
** Robert Kaltenbrunn (02/1987 - 03/1989)
** Frederique Melchers (Layout; 06/1986 - 08/1987)
** Bernhard Müller (Layout; 01/1988 - 07/1989)
** Werner Rätz (Chief editor, Technical editor)
** Hartmut Schmidt (Layout; 09/1987 - 12/1987)
** Jürgen Seefeld (Layout; - 04/1986)

* '''Free-lances'''
** Berthold Freier
** Erika Hölscher (05 & 07/1986)
** Hans Joachim Janek
** Gerhard Knapienski (- 08/1987)
** Rolf Knorre
** Friedrich Lorenz
** Markus Pisters
** Christoph Schillo
** H.P. Schwaneck
** Thomas Tai (05/1986 - 06/1987)
** Manfred Walter Thoma
** Walter Tosberg
** Andreas Zallmann

== Issues ==
=== 1985 ===
<gallery>
Image:CPC Magazine 12-1985.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 12 - 1985 [[media:CPC Magazin 1985-12.pdf|PDF]] (12MB)
</gallery>

=== 1986 ===
<gallery>
Image:CPC Magazine 01-1986.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 1 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-01 (missing pages 85-86).pdf|PDF]] (page 85-86 missing, 15MB)
Image:CPC Magazine 02-1986.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 2 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-02 (missing pages 53-54).pdf|PDF]] (page 53-54 missing, 14MB)
Image:CPC Magazine 03-1986.jpg |CPC Magazin Issue 3 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-03 (missing pages 75-80).pdf|PDF]] (page 75-80 missing, 15MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 04-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 4 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-04.pdf|PDF]] (18MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 05-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 5 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-05 (missing pages 81-86,111-112).pdf|PDF]] (pages 81-86 and 111-112 missing, 18MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 06-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 6 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-06 (missing pages 107-108).pdf|PDF]] (page 107-108 missing, 19MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 07-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 7 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-07.pdf|PDF]] (21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 08-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 8/9 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-08 09.pdf|PDF]] (21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 10-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 10 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-10.pdf|PDF]] (22MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 11-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 11 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-11 (missing pages 129-130).pdf|PDF]] (page 129-130 missing, 23MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 12-1986.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 12 - 1986 [[media:CPC Magazin 1986-12 (missing pages 125-128).pdf|PDF]] (pages 125-128 missing, 24MB)
</gallery>

=== 1987 ===
<gallery>
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 01-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 1 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-01 (missing pages 98-92).pdf|PDF]] (pages 89-92 missing, 21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 02-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 2 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-02 (missing pages 111-112).pdf|PDF]] (page 111-112 missing, 21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 03-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 3 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-03.pdf|PDF]] (20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 04-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 4 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-04.pdf|PDF]] (20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 05-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 5 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-05 (missing pages 87-88).pdf|PDF]] (page 87-88 missing, 19MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 06-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 6 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-06 (missing pages 93-94,109-110).pdf|PDF]] (page 93-94 and 109-110 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 07-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 7 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-07 (missing pages 115-116).pdf|PDF]] (page 115-116 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 08-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 8 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-08 (missing pages 75-76).pdf|PDF]] (page 75-76 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 09-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 9 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-09.pdf|PDF]] (21MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 10-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 10 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-10 (missing pages 107-108).pdf|PDF]] (page 107-108 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 11-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 11 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-11 (missing pages 79-80,111-114).pdf|PDF]] (pages 79-80 and 111-114 missing, 20MB)
Image:CPC Schneider Magazin 12-1987.jpg |CPC Schneider Magazin Issue 12 - 1987 [[media:CPC Magazin 1987-12 (missing pages 111-112).pdf|PDF]] (page 111-112 missing, 21MB)
</gallery>

=== 1988 ===
<gallery>
Image:Schneider Magazin 01-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 1 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 02-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 2 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 03-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 3 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 04-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 4 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 05-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 5 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 06-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 6 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 07-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 7 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 08-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 8 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 09-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 9 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 10-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 10 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 11-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 11 - 1988
Image:Schneider Magazin 12-1988.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 12 - 1988
</gallery>
=== 1989 ===
<gallery>
Image:Schneider Magazin 01-1989.jpg |Schneider Magazin Issue 1 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 02-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 2 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 03-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 3 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 04-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 4 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 05-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 5 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 06-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 6 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 07-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 7 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 08-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 8 - 1989
Image:Schneider Computer Partner 09-1989.jpg|Schneider Computer Partner Issue 9/10 - 1989
</gallery>

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