Keyboard Versions

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Regions

English

Amstrad Colour Personal Computer

  • English CPC 464 (prototype) (more info)
  • Prototype with gray case


  • English CPC 464


  • English CPC 664


  • English CPC 6128


  • English 464 Plus


  • English 6128 Plus


French

  • French CPC 464 (should exists)


  • French CPC 664 (exists?)


  • French CPC 6128


  • French CPC 6128
  • Exotic variant: French 6128 with QWERTY keyboard (english 6128 bundled with french manual & french sticker on FDD - this unit was sold in a french shop, when AZERTY keyboards were out of stock)


  • French 464 Plus


  • French 6128 Plus


German

German CPCs have normal english keyboards. The keyboards (or case) is only different in so far that it is labeled Schneider instead Amstrad, and the 664/6128 have german colour tables on the disc drive. And, the keys are gray, unlike the more colorful Amstrad ones.

  • German CPC 464


  • German CPC 664


  • German CPC 6128


Spanish

Amstrad Ordenador Personal en Color

  • Spanish CPC 472 (more info)
  • Early version, still with english keys


  • Spanish CPC 472 (more info)
  • Later version, with spanish keys


  • Spanish CPC 464


  • Spanish CPC 464 (Schneider)
  • Actually a German Schneider model with gray keys.
  • With rebadged "spanish" keys (see closeup). And fitted with spanish ROM (see inside).


  • Spanish CPC 664 (exists?)


  • Spanish CPC 6128


  • Spanish 464 Plus


  • Spanish 6128 Plus


Danish

Older danish 464s had english keys, newer ones (with flat keys) had danish keys...

  • Danish CPC 464 (should exist)


  • Danish CPC 664 (exists?)


  • Danish CPC 6128


Other

  • KC Compact (more info)
  • East german CPC clone - lacks some function keys.


  • Aleste 520EX (more info)
  • Russian CPC clone with russian keyboard - with additional MSX-style function keys.


  • GX4000
  • Has only one || Pause button (mapped as "P" key in keyboard matrix)


Mechanics

  • Early 464 with PCB (non-membrane) keyboard


  • Normal 464 with membrane keyboard


  • Later 464 with "flat" keyboard


Character Sets

English


French


Spanish


Danish


ROMs

English

  • 40009 English 464
  • 40022 English 664
  • 40025 English 6128
  • 40???-? English Plus

French

  • 40??? French 464
  • 40??? French 664
  • 40051 French 6128
  • 130Z001 41090-1 French Plus (EPROM in System Cartridge)

Spanish

  • 40037 Spanish 464/472
  • 40??? Spanish 664
  • 40038 Spanish 6128
  • 130Z001 41091-1 Spanish Plus (EPROM in System Cartridge)

Danish

  • 40??? Danish 464
  • 40??? Danish 664
  • 40??? Danish 6128
  • 40???-? Danish Plus

Notes

According to soft968 the official language variants are: Spanish, French and Danish. And, presumably, English was official, too. -- Is that true? The (imcompletely) scanned SOFT 968 document doesn't seem to say anything about Danish.

See Also