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This site hopes to evolve into an encyclopaedia on all things [[Amstrad|Amstrad]] [[CPC|CPC]] related. There are now '''[[Special:Allpages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''' around the CPC available. Feel free to [[Help:Editing|contribute]] or post your suggestions in the [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum Forum]! <div style="border-right: #dfdfdf 1px solid; padding-right: 0px; border-top: #dfdfdf 1px solid; margin-top:32px;textpadding-alignleft:center0px;padding-bottom:5px 0px 4px 0px;backgroundborder-colorleft:#eeedfdfdf 1px solid; padding-top: 5px;border-bottom:#dfdfdf 1px solid ; background-color: #dfdfdfeee;text-align: center">'''[[CPC|Amstrad CPC]] · [[Peripherals|Hardware extensions]] · [[Games|Games]] · [[Applications|Applications]] · [[Programming|Programming]]<br>[[News and Projects|News and Projects]] · [[Emulators|Emulators]] · [[Demogroups|Scene groups]] · [[CPC scene members|People]] · [[Magazines|Magazines]] · [[Links|Web links]]'''<br>[[CPCWiki:Portal|CPCWiki Portal]] · [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum Forum] · [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/gallery Photo Gallery] · [[About|About - Contribute]] · [[Special:Statistics|Statistics]] · [[CPCWiki:General disclaimer|Disclaimer]]</div></div><br><br> [[Image:Typeins.jpg|thumb|center|700px]]

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| style="vertical-align: top" | <div style="marginborder-right: 0#ffc9c9 1px solid; marginpadding-bottomright: 5px1em; border-top: #ffc9c9 1px solid; padding-left: .5em 1em ; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: #ffc9c9 1px solid ; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: #ffc9c91px solid; background-color: #fff3f3">=== CPC related news ===* 17/09/2008: New [http://cpcgamescd.amtrad.es CPCGamesCD] release..* 07/09/2008: Woo-hoo! CPC Sudoku [http://www.kjthacker.f2s.com/games/index.html released]!!!* 01/09/2008: [http://www.winape.net/ Winape 2.0b17] released!* 24/08/2008: The [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/?id=shop&l=en CEZ GS Virtual shop] is open, featuring several Amstrad CPC titles for sale, including [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=17&l=en El Paciente 106] and the CEZ Collection vol. 1 pack in physical 3" disk format.* 24/08/2008: StarSabre and Balloonacy released on tape from [http://www.cronos.toucansurf.com/ Cronosoft] @ £2.99 each (£1 goes to the author)!* 22/07/2008: [http://www.cpcscene.com/?search=PHAT%20(Condense).zip New demo] release! :)* 21/07/2008: Devilmarkus released an AMAZING [http://cpc-live.com/download.php?view.2 3D model] of a 464+monitor* 12/07/2008: [http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Sir-Alan-quits-as-chairman.4244035.jp Alan Sugar resigns as AMSTRAD chairman ]* 02/07/2008: [[dsktools]] 0.2.2 is out. Support writing to side B and retry when there is a read/write fail. [http://dsktools.berlios.de]* 12/06/2008: New [http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es CPCGamesCD] out. Now for Linux too!* 11/06/2008: The [[Amstrad Action]] tribute issue 118 has been released. Download here: [http://www.lulu.com/content/2685625 AA118]* 25/05/2008: [[SymStudio]] [http://www.dread-donkey.com/symstudio/ site] updated, [[Trebmint|author]] seeking testers for version .99.* 15/05/2008: A new game release, [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=711&l=en# Capers in Cityland!]* 21/04/2008: [http://www.cpc-emu.org/news.html CPCEmu] 1.6b released!* 12/04/2008: Got a Nintendo DS? Make it play some real games with [http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/ameds.php AmeDS 2.1]!!!* 31/03/2008: [http://cpce.emuunlim.com CPCE] 1.90 re-released, with even more bugfixes in the FDC emulation and LPTCPC's new ability to send extended disc images from a real CPC through the parallel cable.* 27/03/2008: [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=222642 JavaCPC] updated to 3.9 and gone open source!* 23/02/2008: [[http://CPCrulez.free.fr/ hERMOL]] has released a CPC conversion of [[http://cpcrulez.free.fr/GamesDL_hack/index.php?list=S Street Fighter II]]<div><small>'''All [[News and Projects|CPC news]]'''</small></div></div>

*17/09/2008: New [http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es CPCGamesCD] release.. *07/09/2008: Woo-hoo! CPC Sudoku [http://www.kjthacker.f2s.com/games/index.html released]!!! *01/09/2008: [http://www.winape.net/ Winape 2.0b17] released! *24/08/2008: The [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/?id=shop&l=en CEZ GS Virtual shop] is open, featuring several Amstrad CPC titles for sale, including [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=17&l=en El Paciente 106] and the CEZ Collection vol. 1 pack in physical 3" disk format. *24/08/2008: StarSabre and Balloonacy released on tape from [http://www.cronos.toucansurf.com/ Cronosoft] @ £2.99 each (£1 goes to the author)! *22/07/2008: [http://www.cpcscene.com/?search=PHAT%20(Condense).zip New demo] release!&nbsp;:) *21/07/2008: Devilmarkus released an AMAZING [http://cpc-live.com/download.php?view.2 3D model] of a 464+monitor *12/07/2008: [http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Sir-Alan-quits-as-chairman.4244035.jp Alan Sugar resigns as AMSTRAD chairman]*02/07/2008: [[Dsktools|dsktools]] 0.2.2 is out. Support writing to side B and retry when there is a read/write fail. [http://dsktools.berlios.de] *12/06/2008: New [http://cpcgamescd.amstrad.es CPCGamesCD] out. Now for Linux too! *11/06/2008: The [[Amstrad Action|Amstrad Action]] tribute issue 118 has been released. Download here: [http://www.lulu.com/content/2685625 AA118] *25/05/2008: [[SymStudio|SymStudio]] [http://www.dread-donkey.com/symstudio/ site] updated, [[Trebmint|author]] seeking testers for version .99. *15/05/2008: A new game release, [http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=711&l=en# Capers in Cityland!] *21/04/2008: [http://www.cpc-emu.org/news.html CPCEmu] 1.6b released! *12/04/2008: Got a Nintendo DS? Make it play some real games with [http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/ameds.php AmeDS 2.1]!!! *31/03/2008: [http://cpce.emuunlim.com CPCE] 1.90 re-released, with even more bugfixes in the FDC emulation and LPTCPC's new ability to send extended disc images from a real CPC through the parallel cable. *27/03/2008: [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=222642 JavaCPC] updated to 3.9 and gone open source! *23/02/2008: [[http://CPCrulez.free.fr/ hERMOL]] has released a CPC conversion of [[http://cpcrulez.free.fr/GamesDL_hack/index.php?list=S Street Fighter II]]<div><small>'''All [[News and Projects|CPC news]]'''</small></div></div><div style="marginborder-right: 0#eadcc5 1px solid; marginpadding-bottomright: 5px1em; border-top: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-left: .5em 1em ; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: #eadcc5 1px solid ; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: #eadcc51px solid; background-color: #FFFFCC;ffffcc">=== Become an Author! ===

We are searching for authors of the following articles: * [[Pride Utilities|Pride Utilities]]* [[Grim|Grim]]* [[PDW|PDW]]* [[Kevin Thacker|Kevin Thacker]]* [[Hisoft|Hisoft]]* [[Catloc|Catloc]] <div style="text-align: right;"><small>'''All [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted articles]]''' &#124; [[:Category:Stub|Extendable Stubs]]<br>'''[[List of most active contributors|List of most active contributors]]'''</small></div></div><div style="marginborder-right: 0#eadcc5 1px solid; marginpadding-bottomright: 5px1em; border-top: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-left: .5em 1em ; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: #eadcc5 1px solid ; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: #eadcc51px solid; background-color: #CCFFCC;ccffcc">=== What is the Amstrad CPC about? ===

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*When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128 *The CPC 472 was a model released in Spain with an extra unsoldered 8K of RAM to circumvent the law that stipulated a spanish keyboard for all machines with up to 64KB memory *With a possible total amount of '''768 x 270 pixel''' (540 interlaced) the [[CPC| width="CPC]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever. *'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC. *The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''. *[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50%" times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A. *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in 9 seconds from floppy disc.</div><div style="verticalborder-alignright:#eadcc5 1px solid; padding-right: 1em; border-top: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: #eadcc5 1px solid; background-color: #ccffcc" |>=== CPCWiki updates ===

*26/07/08: Edit new pages: FIXED; big file upload:&nbsp;FIXED; multiple file upload:&nbsp;REENABLED; rich text editor:&nbsp;REENABLED; video embedding: REENABLED! All problems fixed?&nbsp;:) *15/07/08: Upgrade to Mediawiki 1.13.0. Apologies for the short downtime. FCKeditor is incompatible, for now. *23/07/08: Cpanel and OS of the server upgraded, hopefully things will be stable now! *There have been SSH attacks on the server, rendering it unapproachable. Proxy has been reconfigured and, hopefully, uptime will be better now... *'''FCKEditor''' installed! Now you can easily edit pages. Please report any functionality issues. You can also&nbsp;''deactivate it in your user preferences.'' *'''[[VideoUpload|VIDEO EMBEDDING]] enabled for the wiki! Woo-hoo!!!''' *'''[[Special:MultipleUpload|MULTIPLE FILE UPLOAD FORM]] installed. For the time being it doesn't work alright when put in the sidebar...''' *All the issues of ''Amtix!'', ''Amstrad Action'' and ''Amstrad Computer User'' have been uploaded and you can find them [[Mags|here]]! *Add the CPCWiki to '''your Homepage'''. Check out [[About#Wiki-Napping|About#Wiki-Napping]] and start napping this Wiki.</div><div style="marginborder-right: 0rgb(234,220,197) 1px solid; marginpadding-right: 1em; border-top: rgb(234,220,197) 1px solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0pt 0pt 5px; border-left: rgb(234,220,197) 1px solid; padding-top: .5em 1em 0.5em; border-bottom: rgb(234,220,197) 1px solid #e4dede; background-color: #f9f9f9;rgb(204,255,204)">=== Donors ===

* When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128* The CPC 472 was a model released in Spain with an extra unsoldered 8K [[Rex|Rex]] of RAM to circumvent the law that stipulated a spanish keyboard for all machines with up to 64KB memory* With a possible total amount of '''768 x 270 pixel''' (540 interlaced) the [[CPCBENG!|BENG!]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.* '''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-DivisionRobcfg|StarWriterRobcfg]] for the CPC.* The transfer speed of the [[CPC BoosterProdatron|CPC Booster +Prodatron]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''.* [[SymbOSUser:Gryzor|Gryzor]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.* [[FutureOSUser:Ervin|Ervin]] can load 178 KB in 9 seconds from floppy discThanks so much guys!</div><div style="border-right: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-right: 1em; border-top: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.5em; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: #eadcc5 1px solid; padding-top: 0.5em; border-bottom: #eadcc5 1px solid; background-color: #ffcccc">=== Where are CPC users from? ===

  <div style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: .5em 1em .5em; border: 1px solid #eadcc5; background-color: #CCFFCC;">=== CPCWiki updates ===* 26/07/08: Edit new pages: FIXED; big file upload:&nbsp;FIXED; multiple file upload:&nbsp;REENABLED; rich text editor:&nbsp;REENABLED; video embedding: REENABLED! All problems fixed? :)* 15/07/08: Upgrade to Mediawiki 1.13.0. Apologies for the short downtime. FCKeditor is incompatible, for now.* 23/07/08: Cpanel and OS of the server upgraded, hopefully things will be stable now!* There have been SSH attacks on the server, rendering it unapproachable. Proxy has been reconfigured and, hopefully, uptime will be better now...* '''FCKEditor''' installed! Now you can easily edit pages. Please report any functionality issues. You can also&nbsp;''deactivate it in your user preferences.''* '''[[VideoUpload|VIDEO EMBEDDING]] enabled for the wiki! Woo-hoo!!!'''* '''[[Special:MultipleUpload|MULTIPLE FILE UPLOAD FORM]] installed. For the time being it doesn't work alright when put in the sidebar...'''* All the issues of ''Amtix!'', ''Amstrad Action'' and ''Amstrad Computer User'' have been uploaded and you can find them [[Mags|here]]!* Add the CPCWiki to '''your Homepage'''. Check out [[About#Wiki-Napping]] and start napping this Wiki.</div><div style="border: 1px solid rgb(234, 220, 197); margin: 0pt 0pt 5px; padding: 0.5em 1em; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);"> === Donors === These people were kind enough to [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/donations.html donate]. Please consider helping with hosting costs - all contributions go '''directly''' to our kind host, not our own pockets! * [[Rex]] of [[BENG!]]* [[Robcfg]]* [[Prodatron]]* [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]]* [[User:Ervin|Ervin]]Thanks so much guys!</div>  <div style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: .5em 1em .5em; border: 1px solid #eadcc5; background-color: #FFCCCC;"> === Where are CPC users from? ===http://www4.clustrmaps.com/stats/maps-no_clusters/www.cpcwiki.eu-thumb.jpg<br>(or click [http://www4.clustrmaps.com/user/7804b163 here] for the big map!)  </div>}