LK-selectable Brand Names - Revision history

Kailokyra: As an Orion branded CPC has been found, moved it to the "Somehow used" category

2021-01-07T10:17:34Z

As an Orion branded CPC has been found, moved it to the "Somehow used" category

00WReX: /* Awa */

2013-09-27T06:07:58Z

‎Awa

00WReX: /* Used Brand Names */

2013-09-27T04:06:48Z

‎Used Brand Names

MacDeath at 20:45, 17 December 2010

2010-12-17T20:45:36Z

Nocash: /* See also */

2010-09-11T20:32:47Z

‎See also

Nocash: /* Arnold */

2010-05-11T23:58:13Z

‎Arnold

Nocash: /* See also */

2010-04-28T21:39:47Z

‎See also

Nocash at 21:39, 28 April 2010

2010-04-28T21:39:11Z

Nocash: /* LK1,LK2,LK3 */

2010-04-28T21:36:33Z

‎LK1,LK2,LK3

Nocash: /* LK1,LK2,LK3 */

2010-04-28T21:35:54Z

‎LK1,LK2,LK3

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 However, some US export models from Spain were produced with the Solavox setting. Why this has happened, if those models actually reached the USA, and if Solavox UK was aware of this operation is unknown. For details, see the [[Solavox]] page.
 === Orion ===
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 '''ORION Electric Co,. Ltd.''' is a japanese company, founded 1958 by Shigemasa Otake. In [[LK-selectable Brand Names#Interview|the interview]], Cliff Lawson has confirmed that Amstrad planned to export CPCs to "far east", using [[Orion]] as a partner.
-As far as known, the partnership didn't worked in that direction - there have been no CPCs sold using the Orion brand. However, it worked the opposite way around: Amstrads [[CTM640/CTM644]] and [[GT64/GT65]] monitors contain cathode ray tubes from ORION. Some webpages also mention that the CPC computer itself was manufactured by Orion (in Korea).
+At least one "[[Orion]]" branded CPC is known to exist and has been found in China. We don't know yet if it was just a demonstration unit for a trade show, or if it was effectively distributed there in confidential quantities. Two manuals and catalogs in Chinese were also found.
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 === Isp ===

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 [[File:Amstrad-awa-thorn.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Awa Thorn]]
-'''Mitsubishi Electric AWA Pty Ltd / AWA-Thorn.''' distributed CPC computers in Australia. Externally, these CPCs are looking identical to english CPCs (with the normal Amstrad logo above the ESC key). Internally, LK1 and LK2 are shortened, so the BIOS displays "[[Awa]]" instead of Amstrad in the boot message. Whereas, Amstrad made a small mistake: The correct name would be "AWA", not "Awa".
+'''Mitsubishi Electric AWA Pty Ltd / AWA-Thorn''' distributed CPC computers in Australia. Externally, these CPCs look identical to English CPCs (with the normal Amstrad logo above the ESC key). Internally, LK1 and LK2 are shorted, so the BIOS displays "[[Awa]]" instead of Amstrad in the boot message. Whereas, Amstrad made a small mistake: The correct name would be "AWA", not "Awa".
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 === Awa ===
-[[File:Awa CPC464.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Awa CPC 464]]
+[[File:Amstrad-awa-thorn.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Awa Thorn]]
-'''Mitsubishi Electric AWA Pty Ltd.''' distributed CPC computers in Australia. Externally, these CPCs are looking identical to english CPCs (with the normal Amstrad logo above the ESC key). Internally, LK1 and LK2 are shortened, so the BIOS displays "[[Awa]]" instead of Amstrad in the boot message. Whereas, Amstrad made a small mistake: The correct name would be "AWA", not "Awa".
+'''Mitsubishi Electric AWA Pty Ltd / AWA-Thorn.''' distributed CPC computers in Australia. Externally, these CPCs are looking identical to english CPCs (with the normal Amstrad logo above the ESC key). Internally, LK1 and LK2 are shortened, so the BIOS displays "[[Awa]]" instead of Amstrad in the boot message. Whereas, Amstrad made a small mistake: The correct name would be "AWA", not "Awa".
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		+	[[Category:Amstrad Products]][[Category:CPC History]][[Category:CPC Internal Components]]
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	== LK1,LK2,LK3 ==		== LK1,LK2,LK3 ==

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	* Aside from the distributor links, Amstrad has also used further LKs for various other purposes. See [[LK Links]] for details.		* Aside from the distributor links, Amstrad has also used further LKs for various other purposes. See [[LK Links]] for details.
		+	* [[CPCs Worldwide]]

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 === Arnold ===
-'''Arnold''' is some sort of an internal codename for the CPC series. It's also included as (non-selectable) dummy-entry in the brand name list in the BIOS ROM. The way how the BIOS is programmed makes it necessary to include a leading dummy-entry in that list, basically, this could have been an empty string (a single 00h byte), but for some reason, Amstrad put [[Arnold]] in there.
+'''Arnold''' is some sort of an internal codename for the CPC series. It's also included as (non-selectable) dummy-entry in the brand name list in the BIOS ROM. The way how the BIOS is programmed makes it necessary to include a leading dummy-entry in that list, basically, this could have been an empty string (a single 00h byte), but for some reason, Amstrad put [[Arnold (Codename)|Arnold]] in there.
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 Note: The part about australia is correct in so far that the australian CPCs have normal Amstrad logos on the keyboard, however, several people confirmed that they do display "Awa" in the boot message.
-=== See also ===
+== See also ==
-Aside from the distributor links, Amstrad has also used further LKs for various other purposes. See [[LK Links]] for details.
+* Aside from the distributor links, Amstrad has also used further LKs for various other purposes. See [[LK Links]] for details.

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:39, 28 April 2010
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	Note: The part about australia is correct in so far that the australian CPCs have normal Amstrad logos on the keyboard, however, several people confirmed that they do display "Awa" in the boot message.		Note: The part about australia is correct in so far that the australian CPCs have normal Amstrad logos on the keyboard, however, several people confirmed that they do display "Awa" in the boot message.
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		+	=== See also ===
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		+	Aside from the distributor links, Amstrad has also used further LKs for various other purposes. See [[LK Links]] for details.

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 * '''Note:''' Some of the brand names seem to include slight mis-spellings: "Awa" and "Orion" are more commonly written all uppercase, "AWA" and "ORION". And, if below speculations are correct, "Isp" and "Triumph" would refer to "ISP KG" and "Triumph-Adler".
-* '''Note:''' In CPC Plus schematics they are named LK101,LK102,LK103 - although on the actual CPC Plus mainboard the normal names are used: LK1,LK2,LK3.
+* '''Note:''' In the CPC Plus schematics, the links are named LK101,LK102,LK103 - although on the actual CPC Plus mainboard the normal names are used: LK1,LK2,LK3.
 == Used Brand Names ==

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 == LK1,LK2,LK3 ==
-LK1,LK2,LK3 connect to [[8255#PPI Port B|PPI Port B]], Bit1-3. The links select the manufacturer name (which is displayed by the BIOS in the power-up message). These LKs exist on all CPC mainboards (in CPC Plus/GX4000 schematics they are named LK101,LK102,LK103). By default, LK1-LK3 are not installed (Amstrad). Other combinations are LK2 installed in german [[Schneider]] models, and LK1+LK2 in australian [[Awa]] models.
+LK1,LK2,LK3 are optional links on the CPC mainboard, connected to [[8255#PPI Port B|PPI Port B]], Bit1-3. The links select the distributor name (which is displayed by the BIOS in the boot message).
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 * '''Note:''' Some of the brand names seem to include slight mis-spellings: "Awa" and "Orion" are more commonly written all uppercase, "AWA" and "ORION". And, if below speculations are correct, "Isp" and "Triumph" would refer to "ISP KG" and "Triumph-Adler".
 == Used Brand Names ==