CPCs Worldwide - Revision history

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‎Singapore

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 Distributed by [[Awa|AWA]]. Like [[Schneider]], the name [[Awa]] is one of the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS.
-* ACU Jan/Feb 1985, page [[:File:ACU850102 -015.jpg|15]].
+* AWA were the Australian Amstrad distributor from initial CPC launch till around mid 1988 when Amstrad set up office in Australia.
 == France ==
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 == Singapore ==
-* ACU Jan/Feb 1985, page [[:File:ACU850102 -015.jpg|15]] - Launch in Singapore
+* ACU Jan/Feb 1985, page [[:File:ACU850102 -016.jpg|16]] - Launch in Singapore
 * ACU Dec 1985, page [[:File:ACU8512-014.jpg|14]] - User Group in Singapore (titled "Amstrad Users Singled Out")

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		+	[[Category:CPC History]]
	Here's some info when the CPC was launched in which countries, and which companies distributed the machines.		Here's some info when the CPC was launched in which countries, and which companies distributed the machines.

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 * ACU 1987-3, page 5 - PC 1512 launch in USA
 * [http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/26/business/amstrad-plots-a-us-invasion.html New York Times, 26 Sep 1987] - switch from Sears Worldtrade to Vidco
-The CPC6128 launch in USA appears to have been a flop, only two months later, the "US model" (the CPC6128) was sold in europe. And there's little info on how many (if any) CPC6128's were sold in USA. Nethertheless, about a year later, Sears World Trade gave it another try with the Amstrad PCW8256 [http://books.google.de/books?id=Vi8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%22sears+world+trade%22+pcw8256&source=bl&ots=VU6kngg7gR&sig=xrxekhj05A3C3-yREE7ghP16I5s&hl=en&ei=r5iPTKSmJYqRswa-_cXjCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwAA InfoWorld - 7 Jul 1986, page 11].
+The CPC6128 launch in USA appears to have been a flop, only two months later, the "US model" (the CPC6128) was sold in europe. And there's little info on how many (if any) CPC6128's were sold in USA. Never the less, about a year later, Sears World Trade gave it another try with the Amstrad PCW8256 [http://books.google.de/books?id=Vi8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%22sears+world+trade%22+pcw8256&source=bl&ots=VU6kngg7gR&sig=xrxekhj05A3C3-yREE7ghP16I5s&hl=en&ei=r5iPTKSmJYqRswa-_cXjCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwAA InfoWorld - 7 Jul 1986, page 11].

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 * Computer Kontakt, Dec 1984, page [[:File:ComputerKontakt0600007.jpg|7]].
 * Computer Kontakt, Jan 1985, pages [[:File:ComputerKontakt0700059.jpg|59]], [[:File:ComputerKontakt0700059.jpg|60]].
 == Singapore ==

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 * [[CPC Schneider International]], 7-1985, pages 55, 56 (german) - Amstrad with CPC6128 on Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago
 * [[:File:Amstrad Computer User8508 007.jpg|ACU 1985-8, page 7]] - CPC6128 launch in USA by Indescomp, also mentions a deal with Sears World Trade
 * [http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/26/business/amstrad-plots-a-us-invasion.html New York Times, 26 Sep 1987] - switch from Sears Worldtrade to Vidco
 The CPC6128 launch in USA appears to have been a flop, only two months later, the "US model" (the CPC6128) was sold in europe. And there's little info on how many (if any) CPC6128's were sold in USA. Nethertheless, about a year later, Sears World Trade gave it another try with the Amstrad PCW8256 [http://books.google.de/books?id=Vi8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%22sears+world+trade%22+pcw8256&source=bl&ots=VU6kngg7gR&sig=xrxekhj05A3C3-yREE7ghP16I5s&hl=en&ei=r5iPTKSmJYqRswa-_cXjCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwAA InfoWorld - 7 Jul 1986, page 11].

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 In USA, the CPCs were originally distributed by [[Indescomp]] (Amstrad's spanish distributor who also launched the CPC6128 in USA). Further US distributors were ''Sears World Trade'' and ''Vidco'', the latter one possibly more focusing on PCs or PCWs, not on CPCs.
 * [[:File:Amstrad Computer User8508 007.jpg|ACU 1985-8, page 7]] - CPC6128 launch in USA by Indescomp, also mentions a deal with Sears Roebuck & Company
 * [http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/26/business/amstrad-plots-a-us-invasion.html New York Times, 26 Sep 1987] - switch from Sears Worldtrade to Vidco
 Write more.

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 == Australia ==
-Distributed by [[Awa|AWA]]. Like [[Schneider]], the name [[Awa]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS.
+Distributed by [[Awa|AWA]]. Like [[Schneider]], the name [[Awa]] is one of the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS.
 * ACU Jan/Feb 1985, page [[:File:ACU850102 -015.jpg|15]].