Changes
/* Mechanics */
= Regions =
[[File:English Amstrad CPC664 keyb Gryzor.jpg|200px|left]]
* '''English CPC 664'''
* Tested and confirmed that keyboard clash doesn't occur on English CPC664 keyboard.
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[[File:English CPC 6128 keyboard yoshi doshi.jpg|200px|left]]
* '''English CPC 6128 (new logo)'''
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[[File:Amstrad 6128 plus museum ebenthal.jpg|150px|left]]
* '''English 6128 Plus'''
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''Amstrad Ordinateur Personnel Couleur''
Early french models had french plaques on the keyboard and tape/disc drive, but still had english QWERTY keyboards. The french AZERTY keyboards were invented around 1986.
[[File:CPC464-French-QWERTY Gerald.jpg|200px|left]]
[[File:Gerald CPC6128 French.jpg|200px|left]]
* '''French CPC 6128''' (azerty)
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[[File:CPC6128 awerty grim.png|200px|left]]
* '''French CPC 6128''' (awerty)
* An AWERTY keyboard (not QWERTY, not AZERTY), with spanish (not french) plaque on the FDD, despite of that without spanish Ñ key on keyboard. Most likely a homebrew modification, not an official product.
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[[File:NoPictureGerman Amstrad CPC464 (with gray keys).png|100px200px|left]]* '''German CPC 464 (Amstrad) (should exist?)'''(Amstrad)* Produced after the Amstrad-Schneider partnership ended in 1988. Now having an Amstrad logo on keyboard, ''unknown if/how such late german CPCs differed from english CPCs but still with Schneider- they might have style grey control keys, or german text on tape drive.Some other lowres pictures are [[Media:WalgenbachAmstrad CPC464 grey Large.jpg|here]] and [[Media:Amstrad CPC464 User Manual German.jpg|here]].?''
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''Amstrad Ordenador Personal en Color''
[[File:CPC 472 es.jpg|200px|left]]
[[File:SpanishSchneider464 robcfg cpcmaniaco keyboard.jpg|200px|left]]
* '''Spanish CPC 464 with rebadged Ñ key (Schneider)'''
* With rebadged "spanish" keys (see [[Media:SpanishSchneider464 robcfg cpcmaniaco rebadged keys.jpg|closeup]]). And fitted with spanish ROM (see [[Media:SpanishSchneider464 robcfg cpcmaniaco detail1.jpg|inside]]).
* Actually a German Schneider model with gray keys. After the Amstrad-Schneider partnership ended, remaining Schneider models were sold all across europe.
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''Amstrad Colour Personal Computer''
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[[File:Amstrad 6128 Danish Johnny Olsen.jpg|200px|left]]
* '''Danish CPC 6128'''
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[[File:Awa CPC464.jpg|150px|left]]
* '''Australian AWA models''' were shipped with normal english keyboards (with the standard Amstrad logo above the ESC key), the only difference is that [[LK-selectable Brand Names|LK1 and LK2 ]] are shortened on the mainboard, so the BIOS displays [[Awa]] instead of Amstrad in the boot message.
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[[File:Grimware cpckeys.jpg|380px|left]]
* '''Some of the different key caps'''
* The '''BIG''' keys are found on '''PCB''' keyboards and '''single-foil''' keyboards (CPC 664 and early CPC 464)
* The '''FLAT''' keys are found on '''dual-foil''' keyboards (CPC 6128, CPC Plus, and late CPC 464)
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[[File:NoPictureZ70102_disassembled.pngjpg|100px380px|left]]
* '''First 464 Keyboard Circuit (PCB)'''
* PT NO Z70102
* Printed-circuit-board with wire-cables.
* Other pic: [[:Image:Z70102 bot.jpg|bottom side]]
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[[File:NoPictureThird_464_Keyboard_Circuit_(CPC6128-style_dual-foil)_0598.pngJPG|100px380px|left]]
* '''Third 464 Keyboard Circuit (CPC6128-style dual-foil)'''
* PT NO Z70211
* Two membrane foils (with 2x10pin connector)
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[[File:CPC664 D-o-S membrane unrotated.jpg|380px|left]]
* '''CPC 664 Keyboard Circuit'''
* [https://deskthority.net/wiki/Mitsumi_KPR_Type Mitsumi KPR Type] Keyboard similar to the [https://deskthority.net/wiki/Commodore_Amiga_500#Mitsumi_KPR_Type Amiga 500]
* Single foil (with 19pin connector).
* Connections are closed when the key touches the contacts on the foil.* Amiga 500 Plungers work, but the central hole is a little bigger, a little adhesive putty allows the smaller prong on the keycaps to fit.* Not actually a membrane keyboard (since the foil doesn't move), seems to work more like the old PCB keyboard.
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* CPC Plus - 398x297x46 mm (according to 464+/6128+ service manual)
* GX 4000 - 250x184x44 mm (according to 464+/6128+ service manual)
* KC Compact - <span style="color388x218x49 mm (according to [[Media:#ff0000">399x218x43/54</span> Deepfb keyb size kcc.jpg|drawing]])* Aleste 520EX - 428x250x49 mm (serviceanleitungaccording to [[Media:Deepfb keyb size aleste.jpg|drawing]]) <span style="color '''Note''' - There's some funny confusion concerning the width of the KC Compact - different sources say:#ff0000">or 388x218x43/54</span> 388 mm (gerätebeschreibung) , 399 mm (?serviceanleitung) <span style="color:#ff0000">, or 3388x218x43</span> even 3388 mm (some webpages, exceeding 3 meters!) (www.robotrontechnik.de and www.ddr-rechentechnikof these, 388mm is correct & verified.de) (???)* Aleste 520EX - <span style="color:#ff0000">???x???x??</span> mm
= Character Set ROMs =
* 40051 French 6128
* 130Z001 41090-1 French Plus (EPROM in System Cartridge)
* <span style="color:#ff0000">?????-?</span> French "Basic Cartouche" (EPROM in the "downgrade from Plus-BIOS to 6128-BIOS" cartridge)
'''Special Symbols'''
* chr(40h) "à" instead "@"
* chr(7Dh) "è" instead "}"
* chr(82h) "°" instead umlaut symbol
Changed chr(7Ch) means RSX commands become ùCPM instead |CPM. The keyboard itself does have both "ù" and "|" keys, but, the default BIOS/BASIC tables do map "ù" to both of them.
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= Notes =
* According to soft968 the official language variants are: English, Spanish, French and Danish. And, presumably, English was official, too.
* Although french/danish charsets don't support "|", even newer user manuals (like french cpc+ manual from 1990) still refer to RSX commands as "|CPM" and describe to press shift+"@" to get the "|".
= See Also =
* [[Programming:Keyboard scanning]]
* [[CPC6128 Keyboard Disassembled]]
* [[Keyboard Membrane Repair/Replacement Guide]]
* [[Mainboard Versions]]
* [[Amstrad part numbers]]
* http://www.sellmyretro.com/ - Buy new keyboard membranes for CPC664 from RWAP software
* http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/ - RWAP Software, makers of membranes for Sinclair, Enterprise and CPC664
* http://www.tradeinpost.com/ - Buy new keyboard membranes for Amstrad 464/6128 Plus
