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*01/12/12: Major CPCWiki software upgrade; please report any bugs in the forum!
*28/10/12: [http://www.futureos.de Update] available of '''[[FutureOS]]'''!
*03/10/12: '''Australian magazines''' ('89 & '91) [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/The_Amstrad_User here] & '''New Zealand''' ones ('''Bits & Bytes''') [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Bits_and_Bytes here]!
*27/04/12: [http://cpcrulez.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4852 Interview] with '''Marc Maulin''', co-author of legendary '''[[Discology]]'''!
*07/04/12: '''[http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=59073 Wake Up!]''' by '''[http://bnd.pushnpop.net Benediction]''' (and associates) reached the 3rd place in Olschool demo compo at the '''[http://www.revision-party.net/ Revision Party 2012]''' in Germany.
*01/04/12: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/april-fool/ Pac-Man Emulator]''' released!
*18/03/12: '''[[Wolfenstrad]]''' demo released!
*15/03/12: New version of [[BASIC|Basic]] released for the Amstrad CPC. Check it out here: [[CPC Basic 3]]
*08/02/12: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/dsktools-0-2-3-can-write-r-type-128k dsktools 0.2.3]''' can copy '''R-Type!
*06/02/12: '''R-Type''' remake [http://cpc.rtype.fr/ released] finally - and is awesome!
*26/12/11: '''Bubble Bobble''' remake [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/bubble-bobble-remake-(bb4cpc)/msg36311/#msg36311 released]!!! Happy holidays!

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Image:Rtype.jpg|[http://cpc.rtype.fr/ R-Type] remake
Image:Bb4cpc3.png|Bubble Bobble remake
Image:Edge_grinder_cpc.png|[[Edge Grinder]]
Image:BatmanForever.png|[[Batman Forever]]
Image:Subhunter2.png|[[Sub Hunter]]

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=== CPCWiki related ===
*[[CPCWiki updates]]
*[[Donors]]

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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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2012-12-27T18:29:37Z

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<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>
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[[File:pacman_emu.png|thumb|250px]]</center><br><br>
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[http://www.worldbridge.gr test url]
*01/12/12: Major CPCWiki software upgrade; please report any bugs in the forum!
*28/10/12: [http://www.futureos.de Update] available of '''[[FutureOS]]'''!
*03/10/12: '''Australian magazines''' ('89 & '91) [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/The_Amstrad_User here] & '''New Zealand''' ones ('''Bits & Bytes''') [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Bits_and_Bytes here]!
*27/04/12: [http://cpcrulez.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4852 Interview] with '''Marc Maulin''', co-author of legendary '''[[Discology]]'''!
*07/04/12: '''[http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=59073 Wake Up!]''' by '''[http://bnd.pushnpop.net Benediction]''' (and associates) reached the 3rd place in Olschool demo compo at the '''[http://www.revision-party.net/ Revision Party 2012]''' in Germany.
*01/04/12: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/april-fool/ Pac-Man Emulator]''' released!
*18/03/12: '''[[Wolfenstrad]]''' demo released!
*15/03/12: New version of [[BASIC|Basic]] released for the Amstrad CPC. Check it out here: [[CPC Basic 3]]
*08/02/12: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/dsktools-0-2-3-can-write-r-type-128k dsktools 0.2.3]''' can copy '''R-Type!
*06/02/12: '''R-Type''' remake [http://cpc.rtype.fr/ released] finally - and is awesome!
*26/12/11: '''Bubble Bobble''' remake [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/bubble-bobble-remake-(bb4cpc)/msg36311/#msg36311 released]!!! Happy holidays!

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<center><gallery widths=130px>
Image:Rtype.jpg|[http://cpc.rtype.fr/ R-Type] remake
Image:Bb4cpc3.png|Bubble Bobble remake
Image:Edge_grinder_cpc.png|[[Edge Grinder]]
Image:BatmanForever.png|[[Batman Forever]]
Image:Subhunter2.png|[[Sub Hunter]]

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=== CPCWiki related ===
*[[CPCWiki updates]]
*[[Donors]]

'''Become an Author!'''
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width=40
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<div style="border: 1px solid rgb(176, 176, 176); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0.5em 1em; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">

<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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