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,[[Image:CPC 472 es.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Spanish Amstrad CPC 472]] The CPC 472 was a spanish version of the CPC [[464|464]] with additional (nonfunctional) 8 KB RAM. == Description ==
The reason [[Amstrad|Amstrad]] released a special version for the spanish market was a law ([[RD 1250/1985|RD 1250/1985]]) that said that every computer with up to 64kb should adhere to some rules - namely, have extra keys for the spanish language, and the video hardware had to be able to display spanish characters; otherwise an extra tax would be levied.
Later on Amstrad released a 472 with a proper spanish keyboard and the 8 extra kB as well. [[Image:Amstrad 472 motherboard.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Left side of the CPC472 motherboard, revealing the location for the presumely 8KB expansion memory.]]
While based on the CPC 464, at least some of the 472s got the ROM v2 with [[Locomotive BASIC]] 1.1, which normally was built into the CPC [[664]].
File:Miguel Angel CPC472 Daughter PCB Bottom.jpg|Bottom, desoldered
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The 8KB extra memory, was a 4164 DRAM chip (64Kx1bit). The DRAMs 1bit databus didn't suit too well to the Z80s 8bit bus, moreover, the daughterboard didn't receive /RAS and /CAS signals which are usually required for DRAM addressing & DRAM refresh. So, even if it would have been functional, the RAM could have been only accessed via complicated software mechanisms; like loading the address LSBs into IR register, and then INning from address MSBs.
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