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2008-08-30T18:41:23Z

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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 in the [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum Forum]!

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=== CPC related news ===

*24/08/2008: The [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/?id=shop&l=en CEZ GS Virtual shop] is open, featuring several Amstrad CPC titles for sale, including [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=17&l=en El Paciente 106] and the  [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=727&l=en CEZ Collection vol. 1] pack in physical 3" disk format.
*24/08/2008: StarSabre and Balloonacy released on tape from [http://www.cronos.toucansurf.com/ Cronosoft] @ £2.99 each (£1 goes to the author)!
*22/07/2008: [http://www.cpcscene.com/?search=PHAT%20(Condense).zip New demo] release! :)
*21/07/2008: Devilmarkus released an AMAZING [http://cpc-live.com/download.php?view.2 3D model] of a 464+monitor
*12/07/2008: [http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Sir-Alan-quits-as-chairman.4244035.jp Alan Sugar resigns as AMSTRAD chairman ]
*02/07/2008: [[Dsktools|dsktools]] 0.2.2 is out. Support writing to side B and retry when there is a read/write fail. [http://dsktools.berlios.de]
*12/06/2008: New [http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es CPCGamesCD] out. Now for Linux too!
*11/06/2008: The [[Amstrad Action|Amstrad Action]] tribute issue 118 has been released. Download here: [http://www.lulu.com/content/2685625 AA118]
*25/05/2008: [[SymStudio|SymStudio]] [http://www.dread-donkey.com/symstudio/ site] updated, [[Trebmint|author]] seeking testers for version .99.
*15/05/2008: A new game release, [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=711&l=en# Capers in Cityland!]
*21/04/2008: [http://www.cpc-emu.org/news.html CPCEmu] 1.6b released!
*12/04/2008: Got a Nintendo DS? Make it play some real games with [http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/ameds.php AmeDS 2.1]!!!
*31/03/2008: [http://cpce.emuunlim.com CPCE] 1.90 re-released, with even more bugfixes in the FDC emulation and LPTCPC's new ability to send extended disc images from a real CPC through the parallel cable.
*27/03/2008: [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=222642 JavaCPC] updated to 3.9 and gone open source!
*23/02/2008: [[http://CPCrulez.free.fr/ hERMOL]] has released a CPC conversion of [[http://cpcrulez.free.fr/GamesDL_hack/index.php?list=S Street Fighter II]]
<div><small>'''All [[News and Projects|CPC news]]'''</small></div>
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=== Become an Author! ===

We are searching for authors of the following articles:

* [[Pride Utilities]]
* [[Grim]]
* [[PDW]]
* [[Kevin Thacker]]
* [[Hisoft]]
* [[Catloc]]

<div style="text-align: right;"><small>'''All [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted articles]]''' | [[:Category:Stub|Extendable Stubs]]<br>'''[[List of most active contributors]]'''</small></div></div>
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=== What is the Amstrad CPC about? ===
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=== Did you know? ===

* When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128
* The CPC 472 was a model released in Spain with an extra unsoldered 8K of RAM to circumvent the law that stipulated a spanish keyboard for all machines with up to 64KB memory
* With a possible total amount of '''768 x 270 pixel''' (540 interlaced) the [[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]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
* [[FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in 9 seconds from floppy disc.

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=== CPCWiki updates ===
* 26/07/08: Edit new pages: FIXED; big file upload: FIXED; multiple file upload: REENABLED; rich text editor: REENABLED; video embedding: REENABLED! All problems fixed? :)
* 15/07/08: Upgrade to Mediawiki 1.13.0. Apologies for the short downtime. FCKeditor is incompatible, for now.
* 23/07/08: Cpanel and OS of the server upgraded, hopefully things will be stable now!
* There have been SSH attacks on the server, rendering it unapproachable. Proxy has been reconfigured and, hopefully, uptime will be better now...
* '''FCKEditor''' installed! Now you can easily edit pages. Please report any functionality issues. You can also ''deactivate it in your user preferences.''
* '''[[VideoUpload|VIDEO EMBEDDING]] enabled for the wiki! Woo-hoo!!!'''
* '''[[Special:MultipleUpload|MULTIPLE FILE UPLOAD FORM]] installed. For the time being it doesn't work alright when put in the sidebar...'''
* All the issues of ''Amtix!'', ''Amstrad Action'' and ''Amstrad Computer User'' have been uploaded and you can find them [[Mags|here]]!
* Add the CPCWiki to '''your Homepage'''. Check out [[About#Wiki-Napping]] and start napping this Wiki.
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=== Donors ===

These people were kind enough to [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/donations.html donate]. Please consider helping with hosting costs - all contributions go '''directly''' to our kind host, not our own pockets!

* [[Rex]] of [[BENG!]]
* [[Robcfg]]
* [[Prodatron]]
* [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]]
* [[User:Ervin|Ervin]]
Thanks so much guys!</div>

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=== Where are CPC users from? ===
http://www4.clustrmaps.com/stats/maps-no_clusters/www.cpcwiki.eu-thumb.jpg<br>
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2008-08-24T20:23:41Z

Utopian: /* CPC related news */

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[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Amstrad CPC Range]]
<div align="center">
== 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 in the [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum Forum]!

<div style="margin-top:32px;text-align:center;padding:5px 0px 4px 0px;background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #dfdfdf;">'''[[CPC|Amstrad CPC]] · [[Peripherals|Hardware extensions]] · [[Games]] · [[Applications]] · [[Programming]]<br>[[News and Projects]] · [[Emulators]] · [[Demogroups|Scene groups]] · [[CPC scene members|People]] · [[Magazines]] · [[Links|Web links]]'''<br>[[CPCWiki:Portal|CPCWiki Portal]] · [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum Forum] · [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/gallery Photo Gallery] · [[About|About - Contribute]] · [[Special:Statistics|Statistics]] · [[CPCWiki:General disclaimer|Disclaimer]]
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=== CPC related news ===
* 24/08/2008: The [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/?id=shop&l=en CEZ GS Virtual shop] is open, featuring several Amstrad CPC titles for sale, including [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=17&l=en El Paciente 106] and the CEZ Collection vol. 1 pack in physical 3" disk format.
* 24/08/2008: StarSabre and Balloonacy released on tape from [http://www.cronos.toucansurf.com/ Cronosoft] @ £2.99 each (£1 goes to the author)!
* 22/07/2008: [http://www.cpcscene.com/?search=PHAT%20(Condense).zip New demo] release! :)
* 21/07/2008: Devilmarkus released an AMAZING [http://cpc-live.com/download.php?view.2 3D model] of a 464+monitor
* 12/07/2008: [http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Sir-Alan-quits-as-chairman.4244035.jp Alan Sugar resigns as AMSTRAD chairman ]
* 02/07/2008: [[dsktools]] 0.2.2 is out. Support writing to side B and retry when there is a read/write fail. [http://dsktools.berlios.de]
* 12/06/2008: New [http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es CPCGamesCD] out. Now for Linux too!
* 11/06/2008: The [[Amstrad Action]] tribute issue 118 has been released. Download here: [http://www.lulu.com/content/2685625 AA118]
* 25/05/2008: [[SymStudio]] [http://www.dread-donkey.com/symstudio/ site] updated, [[Trebmint|author]] seeking testers for version .99.
* 15/05/2008: A new game release, [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=711&l=en# Capers in Cityland!]
* 21/04/2008: [http://www.cpc-emu.org/news.html CPCEmu] 1.6b released!
* 12/04/2008: Got a Nintendo DS? Make it play some real games with [http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/ameds.php AmeDS 2.1]!!!
* 31/03/2008: [http://cpce.emuunlim.com CPCE] 1.90 re-released, with even more bugfixes in the FDC emulation and LPTCPC's new ability to send extended disc images from a real CPC through the parallel cable.
* 27/03/2008: [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=222642 JavaCPC] updated to 3.9 and gone open source!
* 23/02/2008: [[http://CPCrulez.free.fr/ hERMOL]] has released a CPC conversion of [[http://cpcrulez.free.fr/GamesDL_hack/index.php?list=S Street Fighter II]]
<div><small>'''All [[News and Projects|CPC news]]'''</small></div></div>

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=== Become an Author! ===

We are searching for authors of the following articles:

* [[Pride Utilities]]
* [[Grim]]
* [[PDW]]
* [[Kevin Thacker]]
* [[Hisoft]]
* [[Catloc]]

<div style="text-align: right;"><small>'''All [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted articles]]''' | [[:Category:Stub|Extendable Stubs]]<br>'''[[List of most active contributors]]'''</small></div></div>
<div style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: .5em 1em .5em; border: 1px solid #eadcc5; background-color: #CCFFCC;">
=== What is the Amstrad CPC about? ===
<center>
{{#ev:youtube|2zn3UavCpiQ|300}}
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</div>

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<div style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: .5em 1em .5em; border: 1px solid #e4dede; background-color: #f9f9f9;">

=== Did you know? ===

* When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128
* The CPC 472 was a model released in Spain with an extra unsoldered 8K of RAM to circumvent the law that stipulated a spanish keyboard for all machines with up to 64KB memory
* With a possible total amount of '''768 x 270 pixel''' (540 interlaced) the [[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]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
* [[FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in 9 seconds from floppy disc.

</div>

<div style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: .5em 1em .5em; border: 1px solid #eadcc5; background-color: #CCFFCC;">
=== CPCWiki updates ===
* 15/07/08: Upgrade to Mediawiki 1.13.0. Apologies for the short downtime. FCKeditor is incompatible, for now.
* 23/07/08: Cpanel and OS of the server upgraded, hopefully things will be stable now!
* There have been SSH attacks on the server, rendering it unapproachable. Proxy has been reconfigured and, hopefully, uptime will be better now...
* '''FCKEditor''' installed! Now you can easily edit pages. Please report any functionality issues. You can also ''deactivate it in your user preferences.''
* '''[[VideoUpload|VIDEO EMBEDDING]] enabled for the wiki! Woo-hoo!!!'''
* '''[[Special:MultipleUpload|MULTIPLE FILE UPLOAD FORM]] installed. For the time being it doesn't work alright when put in the sidebar...'''
* All the issues of ''Amtix!'', ''Amstrad Action'' and ''Amstrad Computer User'' have been uploaded and you can find them [[Mags|here]]!
* Add the CPCWiki to '''your Homepage'''. Check out [[About#Wiki-Napping]] and start napping this Wiki.
</div>
<div style="border: 1px solid rgb(234, 220, 197); margin: 0pt 0pt 5px; padding: 0.5em 1em; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);">

=== Donors ===

These people were kind enough to [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/donations.html donate]. Please consider helping with hosting costs - all contributions go '''directly''' to our kind host, not our own pockets!

* [[Rex]] of [[BENG!]]
* [[Robcfg]]
* [[Prodatron]]
* [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]]
Thanks so much guys!</div>

<div style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: .5em 1em .5em; border: 1px solid #eadcc5; background-color: #FFCCCC;">
=== Where are CPC users from? ===
http://www4.clustrmaps.com/stats/maps-no_clusters/www.cpcwiki.eu-thumb.jpg<br>
(or click [http://www4.clustrmaps.com/user/7804b163 here] for the big map!)

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