The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum ; it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and the ...

The Amstrad PC1512 was Amstrad's mostly IBM PC-compatible computer system, launched in 1986, [1] and advertised with prices from £399 plus VAT. [2] The system was also marketed in the US by Texas-based Vidco Inc. from the start of 1987.

Amstrad plc was a British consumer electronics company, founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar. During the 1980s, the company was known for its home computers beginning with the Amstrad CPC and later also the ZX Spectrum range after the Sinclair deal, which led it to have a substantial share of the home computer market in Britain.

Those cheap IBM compatible PCs allowed the professionnal PC standard to enter many houses as a Home computer. The first and best known is the Amstrad PC1512 (and its upgraded version the PC1640). PC1512 (1985) : the first model, what equipped with a custom CGA clone video card, enabling an interesting non standard 640x200x16 video mode.

The Amstrad PC-ECD is a CRT display designed for the Amstrad PC1640 – it is an EGA-compatible display, allowing for simultaneous 16-colour display from a 64-colour palette in resolutions up to 640×350 (including CGA and Plantronics display modes of …

Founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar, Amstrad had already built a reputation as a budget British manufacturer of low-priced, all-in-one hi-fi systems when they began marketing home computers in 1984 with the 8-bit CPC 464 (pictured), a 64k machine with a …

After meeting with quite some success in selling cheap audio equipment (namely, the first all-in-one stereo systems we all use today), Amstrad (which stands for Alan M Sugar TRADing) skyrocketed to the top of British computer manufacturers when it launched the CPC 464 in 1984.

Feb 25, 2021 · The Amstrad PC1512 and PC1640 were inexpensive Korean-made PCs that took Europe by storm in the mid 1980s. Amstrad was the UK’s largest computer maker, and it hoped to replicate that success in the United States as well. Here’s an overview of those machines, and why that effort was less than an overwhelming success. Amstrad overview

Sep 13, 2014 · First manufactured in 1986, the PC1512 was released after Amstrad had purchased the Sinclair name, along with it’s line of home computers. It also came before Amstrad’s home line; The Amstrad CPC 464, the CPC 664 and the CPC 6128 (early home computers based on the Z80 processor).

Amstrad CPC 464 on display at the Living Computer Museum, complete with games for public use. The CPC 464 is the first personal home computer built by Amstrad. Released in 1984, it was the first entry in the Amstrad CPC family of home computers.