'''[[Solavox''' ]] is an alternative name for one the Amstrad found together with other names in the firmware. A jumper on the motherboard could be set and thereby displaying other names when the CPC was switched on. A common example of the this is that Amstrad choose to let [[SchneiderLK-selectable Brand Names]] market contained in the CPC in germanyBIOS.
The Solavox CPC 6128 is a Schneider CPC 6128 (metal inner-cover manufacturer for HiFi speakers and centronics connectors) inside a standard Amstrad CPC 6128 case, with British keyboard and Solavox startuptelevisions sets. No external Solavox logos or labels, nothing unusual but the sticker on the back, which reads:
* Comet was the exclusive distributor for Solavox.
* Solavox. Brand name used by Comet Group plc.
* Comet Group Plc, Criterion House, George Street, Hull. HU1 3AU, UK
''Indescomp International U.S.A., inc.== Solavox and CPC ==
1313 E'''Solavox''' is also included in the CPCs alternative manufacturer names, which are predefined in the BIOS ROM, and are jumper-selectable via [[8255|PPI Port B]]. Westleigh RdAmstrad was apparently planning to allow Solavox (and some other companies) to redistribute the CPC computers.
P.OOf these pre-defined brand names, only [[Amstrad]], [[Schneider]] (German distributor) and [[Awa]] (Australian distributor) were used.Box 592Another distributor was [[Indescomp]] (Spain), Lake Forest Illinois 60045this company wasn't included in the BIOS ROM, and so, Indescomp CPCs usually displayed [[Amstrad]] in the boot message, for some reason (maybe accidentally) a few Indescomp CPCs displayed [[Solavox]]. For best confusion, this happened in '''Indescomp U.S.A.''' models, whilst Solavox / Comet Group are '''UK''' based companies.
Manufactured: November 1985''== The "Solavox" CPC 6128 ==
The Solavox CPC 6128 is a [[Schneider]] CPC 6128 (metal inner-cover and centronics connectors) inside a standard [[Amstrad]] CPC 6128 case, with British keyboard and [[Solavox]] startup, produced by [[Indescomp]]. No external Solavox logos or labels, nothing unusual but the sticker on the back, which reads:
Indescomp International U.S.A., inc. 1313 E. Westleigh Rd. P.O.Box 592, Lake Forest Illinois 60045, U.S.A. Manufactured: November 1985 Not "Amstrad USA", but "Indescomp USA". May it be another "secret" venture by [[Jose Luis Dominguez]], not known by Amstrad UK...?
There are at least three known Solavox units on Spain, so it seems some of them were marketed here for any strange reason.
Note: Indescomp USA did actually officially launch the CPC 6128 (see [[:File:Amstrad Computer User8508 007.jpg|here]]).
== Real Solavox Pictures ==
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File:Solavox 14inch.jpg
File:Solavox 140.jpg
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[[Category:CPC History]]
