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'''AMSTRAD ADDICT MAGAZINE ANNOUNCED<br><br>
  
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A new 60-page Amstrad magazine - '''Amstrad Addict''' - edited by '''David Crookes''' (Retro Gamer, PC Pro, GamesTM, Wireframe, Amstrad Action, WACCI) is taking pre-orders!<br><br> It includes an interview with '''Lord Sugar''' and in-depth articles by Roland Perry, Auntie John, Adam Peters, Nich Campbell, Xyphoe, Rob Scott, Themistocles "gryzor" Papassilekas, Neil Reive, Stuart "Balrog" Whyte, Steve "WACCI" Williams and Andy Price. <br><br>There's an amazing type-in by Sean McManus, interviews with Richard Fairhurst and behind the scenes looks at Toki... and Vespertino. <br><br>And more. Like interviews with the people behind Protext and OCP Advanced Art Studio<br><br>
  
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=== Clones ===
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There was one clone of CPC maden in Russia at 1994. The name is Aleste 520EX. Technical spec: CPUZ80H, 8MHz, 512KB, RTC, 320x200 16 (of 512) colors and 640x200 4 (of 512) colors, mouse, expansion slot with DMA access. All in one box design plus external 3.5" floppy drive. External 4 channels 8 bits per channel sound card which plays s3m and stm files. Software: all original software of CPC plus MSXDOS whith command line tools, C compiller, several windowed tools as text editor, debugger, disk editor. The computer emulate MSX2 video chip a runs several MSX2 games. The clone was popular for MSX users and homemaders. 
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=== News and updates ===
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*No more updates will be posted in the main page, unless it's something major. Look at the Recent Pages (below left) for the latest updates! - [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 01:37, 8 July 2006 (CDT)
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*10/11/24: '''[http://amsnet.chez.com UniLoad]''' game launcher official release.
*[[Links]] updated - [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 10:49, 1 July 2006 (CDT)
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*31/10/24: [[Future View V]] the Halloween issue of the disc mag
*[[Hardware_scrolling]] added, typed by the Executioner. [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 09:28, 1 July 2006 (CDT)
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*27/10/24: '''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2024 [http://www.FutureOS.de released].
*[[Discussion]] page added [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 09:28, 1 July 2006 (CDT)
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*09/09/24: '''The Key''', a new adventure by Pakete Soft [https://www.paketesoft.com/es/the-key-eng-version has been released].
* An enormously incomplete list of [[demogroups]]. [[User:ChaRleyTroniC|ChaRleyTroniC]] 01 July 2006
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*04/09/24: '''[[UniDOS]]''' 1.51 [https://unidos.cpcscene.net released].
* An equally incomplete list of [[magazines]]. [[User:ChaRleyTroniC|ChaRleyTroniC]] 01 July 2006
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*12/07/24: Comprehensive update of text editor [[FutureTex]] to 0.5.2. Text / Block management up to 3,5 MB
* And an even less complete list of [[fanzines]] and [[PD libraries]]. [[User:ChaRleyTroniC|ChaRleyTroniC]] 01 July 2006
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*07/06/24: [[On File]] database management system as well as [[No One Like You Demo]] have been released by [[KSL]].
*New logo. Yummy :) Info on [[Amstrad]] added. Uploads enabled. [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 13:00, 30 June 2006 (CDT)
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*05/06/24: [https://snauts.itch.io/pulzar Pulzar] by Snauts, double feature: ZX & CPC release.
*Some links added. No descriptions yet. [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 04:18, 30 June 2006 (CDT)
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*17/05/24: '''[https://www.usebox.net/jjm/heart-of-salamanderland/ The Heart of Salamanderland]''', a new action platformer, has been released.
*SymbOS/SymbiFaceII text added - [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 03:48, 30 June 2006 (CDT)
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*21/09/23: '''[https://amsnews.fr AMSnews.fr]''', a new french information site about the Amstrad. '''''Be the first to know'''''.
*Woo, this wiki has [http://Img140.imageshack.us/img140/6403/news5om.png made it] to the front page of [http://www.cpczone.net CPCzone]!! Well chuffed :) Oh yes, and I still don't know how to embed images with upload disabled :D - [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 16:33, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
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*07/06/23: '''Gates to Heaven''', a new platformer by [[ESP Soft]] [https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/gates-to-heaven-amstrad-cpc has been released], and their previous game, '''CPC Jewels''', can now be [https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/cpc-jewels-amstrad-cpc downloaded for free].
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*27/02/23: '''SOH Tactics GX''', a new GX4000/plus strategy game [http://www.sohde.co.uk/SOHTacticsGX.html released].
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*When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128.
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*The [[472|CPC 472]] was a 464 + 8 KB unwired RAM, released in Spain to circumvent a tax charging 64 KB computers.
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*With a total of '''768×288''' pixels, the [[CPC|CPC]] was the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen.
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*'''OpenOffice''' is the descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for CPC.
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*'''Excel''' is the direct descendant of [[Multiplan]] for CP/M.  
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*[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] supports '''50x''' bigger hard drives than Win95A.  
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*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load a 178 KB floppy disc in '''9 seconds'''.
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Amstrad Addict Magazine ad.jpg

AMSTRAD ADDICT MAGAZINE ANNOUNCED

A new 60-page Amstrad magazine - Amstrad Addict - edited by David Crookes (Retro Gamer, PC Pro, GamesTM, Wireframe, Amstrad Action, WACCI) is taking pre-orders!

It includes an interview with Lord Sugar and in-depth articles by Roland Perry, Auntie John, Adam Peters, Nich Campbell, Xyphoe, Rob Scott, Themistocles "gryzor" Papassilekas, Neil Reive, Stuart "Balrog" Whyte, Steve "WACCI" Williams and Andy Price.

There's an amazing type-in by Sean McManus, interviews with Richard Fairhurst and behind the scenes looks at Toki... and Vespertino.

And more. Like interviews with the people behind Protext and OCP Advanced Art Studio

Preorder PDF or printed magazine here or follow the discussion here!


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Did you know?

  • When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128.
  • The CPC 472 was a 464 + 8 KB unwired RAM, released in Spain to circumvent a tax charging 64 KB computers.
  • With a total of 768×288 pixels, the CPC was the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen.
  • OpenOffice is the descendant of StarWriter for CPC.
  • Excel is the direct descendant of Multiplan for CP/M.
  • SymbOS supports 50x bigger hard drives than Win95A.
  • FutureOS can load a 178 KB floppy disc in 9 seconds.
  • FutureOS can manage up to 4 MB of extended RAM and 32 GB of mass storage.