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= 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)'''
* Surprisingly, this is an ultra rare photo - as by 2010, there are almost no other pictures showing english 128K models in the internet.
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[[File:Amstrad 6128 plus museum ebenthal.jpg|150px|left]]
* '''English 6128 Plus'''
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[[File:NoPicture.png|50px|left]]
* '''EPROM in English 464/6128 Plus System Cartridge'''
* Showing PCB and the sticker with 41xxx-x part number
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''Amstrad Colour Personal Computer''
 
Older danish 464s had english keys, newer ones (with flat keys) had danish keys...
[[File:Cpc464_danish.jpg|200px|left]]
[[File:Amstrad 6128 Danish Johnny Olsen.jpg|200px|left]]
* '''Danish CPC 6128'''
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[[File:NoPicture.png|50px|left]]
* '''BIOS ROM in Danish 464'''
* Showing the 4xxxx part number on the ROM chip
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* '''BIOS ROM in Danish 6128'''
* Showing the 4xxxx part number on the ROM chip
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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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= 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
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