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== Built-in Peripherals == | |||
=== Built-in Chipset == | |||
* [[765 FDC]] - Floppy Disc Controller | |||
* [[8255]] - PIO - I/O controller | |||
* [[Arnold V Specs Revised]] - Arnold V (CPC+) Technical Specification | |||
* [[AY-3-8912]] - Sound chip / keyboard controller | |||
* [[Cassette data information]] - Information about the cassette storage system | |||
* [[CRTC]] - Video chip | |||
* [[Gate Array]] - Custom chip (frequency generation, colors, bank switching) | |||
* [[Power Supply for CPC and CPC plus]] | |||
* [[Printer Port]] | |||
=== Built-in connectors: pinout === | |||
* [[Connector:2nd disc drive (CPC664, CPC6128, CPC6128+)|2nd disc drive (CPC664, CPC6128, CPC6128+)]] | |||
* [[Connector:Analogue joystick (CPC Plus only)|Analogue joystick (CPC Plus only)]] | |||
* [[Connector:Aux socket (CPC Plus only)|Aux socket (CPC Plus only)]] (Lightgun) | |||
* [[Connector:Cartridge Slot (CPC Plus only)|Cartridge Slot (CPC Plus only)]] | |||
* [[Connector:Cassette recorder|Cassette recorder]] | |||
* [[Connector:Digital joystick|Digital joystick]] | |||
* [[Connector:Expansion port|Expansion port]] | |||
* [[Connector:Monitor|Monitor]] | |||
* [[Connector:Printer port|Printer port]] | |||
* [[Connector:Stereo sound|Stereo sound]] | |||
== Built-in Firmware == | |||
* [[BIOS Functions]] | |||
* [[Locomotive BASIC]] (reference for BASIC commands, functions and error messages) | |||
* [[Technical information about Locomotive BASIC]] (encoding of BASIC programs in memory) | |||
== Data transfer == | == Data transfer == | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 2 February 2010
Please try to keep things in alphabetical order.
Built-in Peripherals
= Built-in Chipset
- 765 FDC - Floppy Disc Controller
- 8255 - PIO - I/O controller
- Arnold V Specs Revised - Arnold V (CPC+) Technical Specification
- AY-3-8912 - Sound chip / keyboard controller
- Cassette data information - Information about the cassette storage system
- CRTC - Video chip
- Gate Array - Custom chip (frequency generation, colors, bank switching)
- Power Supply for CPC and CPC plus
- Printer Port
Built-in connectors: pinout
Built-in Firmware
- BIOS Functions
- Locomotive BASIC (reference for BASIC commands, functions and error messages)
- Technical information about Locomotive BASIC (encoding of BASIC programs in memory)
Data transfer
Modems
Serial Interfaces
- AMSSIO (RS232 interface) (DIY)
- Amstrad Serial Interface (Amstrad)
- Cirkit serial interface (Cirkit)
- CPCI RS232 Interface (DIY)
- KDS Serial Interface (KDS Electronics)
- SCA CPC Prolink (SCA)
- Simple RS232 for Printer usage (DIY) (one-directional, transmit only)
- Spectre Comms Serial Interface (Spectre Communications)
- Schneider RS232 Interface (Schneider)
- Dual RS232 (Timatic Systems)
Teletext
- Loritel (teletel/modem or so) (Loriciels)
- Schneider BTX Modul
- Teletext adaptor by Microtext Ltd.
- Volex TTX 2000a
- Wiedmann BTX Modul
Others
Digitizer / Scanner
- ARA digitizer
- Electric Studio C6 (Electric Studio)
- Dart Scanner (Dart Electronics)
- VIDI digitizer (Rombo Productions)
Drives
Disc Drives
Exotic Drives
- Codemasters CD (loads games from Audio CD via joystick port)
Hard Disc Drives
- Dobbertin Harddisc (Dobbertin)
- IDE8255 internal/extrernal IDE/CF interface
- Vortex Winchester Drive (Vortex)
Drive Emulators
Hardware debuggers/Hacking devices
- Action Replay (Datel Electronics)
- Disc Wizard (Evesham Micros)
- Draysoft Doubler
- Hackit / Le Hacker (Siren Software)
- Mirage Imager (Mirage Microcomputer Limited)
- Multiface II (Romantic Robot)
- RAM7 Cartridge Hacker (for CPC+/GX4000 cartridges)
- Transtape (Hard Micro)
Input devices
Joysticks
Light-Guns
- Gunstick (MHT Ingenieros)
- Magnum Light Phaser (Amstrad)
- Trojan Light Phazer (Trojan) (CPC+)
- West Phaser (Loriciel)
Light-Pens
- Amstrad LP-1 light pen
- ASS Light-Pen
- Dk'tronics Light Pen (Dk'tronics)
- Light Pen Professional / Mark II (Electric Studio)
- DIY Lightpens (should be released in various mags?)
Mouse
- AMX Mouse (Advanced Memory Systems)
- Atari-ST mouse adapter (DIY)
- Dk'tronics Mouse Interface (Dk'tronics)
- CPC-Mousepack 2.0 (Gerdes/Centaur/Reis-ware/ASS)
- Electric Studio Mouse
- GEOS mouse (C64)
- Kempston Mouse
- Marconi trackball
- Serial RS232 Mouse
- PS/2 mouse of SYMBiFACE II
- Wireless mouse (DIY)
Others
Memory expansions / ROM boxes
Memory Expansions / RAM box
- CPC4MB - 4 MB memory expansion
- Data Media SP64
- Dk'tronics RAM Memory Expansions (Dk'tronics)
- Dk'tronics Silicon Disc (Dk'tronics)
- Dobbertin Memory Expansion (Dobbertin)
- Inicron RAM-Box (Inicron)
- Otten & Fecht 1 MB RAM-Disc
- Phoenix M64
- RAM BOX 512Kb memory expansion
- RAM7 2Mb memory expansion
- Vortex Expansions RAM card (Vortex)
ROM Box / ROM Board
- ACU Romboard (DIY)
- AMRAM (Silicon Systems)
- AMRAM2 (Silicon Systems)
- Amstrad ROM Expander (Simon Dean - DIY)
- Britannia ROM Board (Britannia)
- Honeysoft ROM Board (HoneySoft)
- Cirkit HX-RX1 Rom Expansion Card
- Inicron ROM-RAM-Box (Inicron)
- CPC.Flash internal/external 4MB ROM upgrade
- CPC GX4000-Multi EPROM Cartridge Use a GX cartidge for modified ROM software
- Dobbertin EPROM 224 (Dobbertin)
- Fleet EPROM Programmer
- KDS ROM Board (KDS Electronics)
- Maplin ROM Box (Maplin)
- Microgenic ROM Board (Microgenic)
- Microstyle RAMROM (Microstyle)
- Microstyle ROM Board Xtra (Microstyle)
- Micro Power ROM Box
- Ramcard 128 (a ROM emulator) (RAM7)
- Rombo Rombox (Rombo Productions)
- Universeller EPROM Programmer 4004 (Dobbertin)
- X-ROM Eprom programmer and ROM Board (Timatic Systems)
Monitors
- Computers compatible with Amstrad Monitors
- Amstrad CM14 Colour Monitor
- Amstrad CTM640/CTM644 Color Monitor
- Amstrad GT64/GT65 Green Monitor
- Amstrad MM12 Monochrome Monitor
- Amstrad MP1/MP2 modulator
- Amstrad MPV 001 modulator
- CPCAI HF-modulator (CPC Schneider International 11/1986, Page 78ff. Someone please scan it, my issue lacks those pages!)
- Amstrad MP-2F Scart Adapter
- Amstrad MP-3 TV modulator for CTM 64x
- TV SCART cable (DIY)
- LCD And Plasma TV Solution (DIY)
Multi function expansions
Printers
- (8bit Printer Ports)
- Amstrad DMP1 printer
- Amstrad/Schneider DMP2000 Printer
- Amstrad/Schneider DMP2100 Printer
- Amstrad DMP2160 printer
- Amstrad DMP3000 printer
- Amstrad DMP3160 printer
- Amstrad DMP3250 printer
- Amstrad DMP4000 printer
- EuroPrint FT80X
- Präsident 6320
- Robotron 6313
- Schneider NLQ401
- Star Printers
Real Time Clocks
- ACU Real Time Clock (DIY) (without year counter)
- CPCI Real Time Clock (DIY)
- Dk'tronics Real Time Clock (Dk'tronics)
- Dobbertin Real Time Clock
- Realtime Clock of SYMBiFACE_II
- Amdrum (Playback) (Cheetah)
- Amstrad SSA-1 Speech Synthesizer (Speech) (Amstrad)
- Digiblaster (Playback) (DIY) (8bit DAC on printer port)
- Digivox sampler
- Dk'tronics Speech Synthesizer (Speech) (Dk'tronics)
- DHCP MIDI Interface (DHCP Electronics)
- EMR MIDI Interface (MIDI) (ElectroMusic Research)
- FuturePlayer Listen to MP3 songs with the CPC, up to 128 kbps
- Maestro (Amplifier/Speakers) (Vanguard Leisure Ltd.)
- Magic Sound Board for Aleste 520EX (four channel DMA playback) (Patisonic)
- Music Machine (Sampling/Playback/MIDI) (RAM Electronics)
- MHT Speech Synthesizer (Speech) (MHT Ingenieros)
- Silicon Systems MIDI Interface
- Sound Blaster (Amplifier/Speakers) (Siren Software)
- TMPI speech synthesizer (Speech) (TechniMusique)
Miscellaneous
- 64 Kb Printer Buffer (DIY)
- Ambug Robot (DIY)
- Amstrad CT-1 Radio/Alarm-Clock
- CPCISA
- Dk'tronics Utopia OS
- FO-Dos card
- Fischertechnik robot
- Graphiscop II
- HDCPC
- KDS Power Controller (KDS Electronics)
- Kersten PC Emulator
- Northern Computers Amstore
- Peripheral Soft Reset (System BIOS Feature for Peripherals)
- Cheetah Marketing Split Extension Connector