Difference between revisions of "System Disk"

Latest revision as of 15:48, 25 October 2011

The Amstrad CPC computers mostly came with system disk(s) included.

The system disks varied in look and content, depending on the CPC-model they came with.

Contents of the various system disks

As the 3" disks in the CPC need to be flipped over in order to access the second side of it, the term "disk" refers to one side of such a physical 3" disk. "Disk 4" is therefore Side B of the 2nd system disk.

CPC464 (DDI-1)

Disk 1: CP/M 2.2 System and Utilities
Disk 2: CP/M 2.2 DR LOGO & Help
- Disk 2 also contains a game demo (RUN"ROINTIME.DEM")
- The system disk contains the utilities
  - COPYDSK
  - DSKCOPY
  - CHKDSK
  - DSKCHK
  - DSKFORM

for copying, verifying (checking) and formatting disks with one or two disk drives

CPC664

Disk 1: CP/M 2.2 System and Utilities
Disk 2: CP/M 2.2 DR LOGO & Help
- Disk 2 also contains a product demonstration in local language
- The system disk contains the utilities
  - COPYDSK
  - DSKCOPY
  - CHKDSK
  - DSKCHK
  - DSKFORM

for copying, verifying (checking) and formatting disks with one or two disk drives

CPC6128

Disk 1: CP/M Plus System and Utilities
Disk 2: CP/M Plus Utilities
Disk 3: DR LOGO & Help (CP/M Plus)
Disk 4: CP/M 2.2 with DR LOGO & Help
- Disk 4 also contains a product demonstration in local language (For Germany: Two variants of the product demonstration exist, one for Schneider (-1988) and one for Amstrad (1988-)
- The system disks contain the utilities
  - DISCKIT3 (CP/M Plus)
  - DISCKIT2 (CP/M 2.2)

for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives

An archive with disk images of English, French, German (Schneider) and German (Amstrad) CPC6128 system disks can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/utils/cpc/cpmplus.zip

CPC6128plus

Disk 1: CP/M Plus System and Utilities
Disk 2: CP/M Plus DR LOGO & Help
- The system disk contains the utilities
  - DISCKIT (CP/M Plus)

for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives

Look of the various system disks

CPC464 (DDI-1)

France

Label text in ???
??? stripes on the label

Spain & United Kingdom

CPC464 (DDI-1) Spanish & United Kingdom CPM System Discs
Side 1
Side 2

Germany (Schneider)

Label text in German
Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo
Text on side 2 refers to the DDI-1 manual for the license conditions

Germany (Amstrad)

Label text in German
First charge probably b/w copied labels, later charges ???
Text on side 2 refers to the DDI-1 manual for the license conditions

CPC664

United Kingdom

Label text in ???
??? stripes on the label

France

Label text in ???
??? stripes on the label

Spain

664 Spanish CPM System Discs
Side 1
Side 2

Germany (Schneider)

664 German Schneider CPM System Disc
Side 1
Side 2

Schneider CPC664 system disk label

Germany (Amstrad)

664 German Amstrad CPM System Disc
Side 1
Side 2

CPC6128

France

6128 French CPM System Discs
Side 1
Side 2
Side 3
Side 4

Spain, United Kingdom & Australia

6128 Spanish, United Kingdom and Australian CPM System Discs
Side 1
Side 2
Side 3
Side 4

Germany (Schneider)

6128 German CPM System Discs
Side 1
Side 2
Side 3
Side 4

Schneider CPC6128 system disk labels

Germany (Amstrad)

6128 German Amstrad CPM System Discs
Side 1
Side 2
Side 3
Side 4

CPC6128plus

France

6128+ French CPM+ System Disc
Side B
Side A

Spain

6128+ Spanish CPM+ System Disc
Side B
Side A

Downloads

CPC 464 DDI-1 System Discs (English) (zipped .DSK files)
CPC 664 System Discs (English) (zipped .DSK files)
CPC 664 System Discs (German,Schneider) (zipped .DSK files)
CPC 664 System Discs (German,Amstrad) (zipped .DSK files)
CPC 6128 System Discs (French) (zipped .DSK files)
CPC 6128 System Discs (Spanish-English) (zipped .DSK files)
CPC 6128 System Discs (German,Amstrad) (zipped .DSK files)
CPC 6128+ System Discs (French) (zipped .DSK files)
CPC 6128+ System Discs (Spanish) (zipped .DSK files)

Weblinks

CPC6128 system disks (UK/FR/DE (Schneider)/DE (Amstrad)): ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/utils/cpc/cpmplus.zip

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 ** The system disks contain the utilities
 *** DISCKIT3 (CP/M Plus)
-*** DISCKIT2 (CP/M Plus)
+*** DISCKIT2 (CP/M 2.2)
 :: for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives
 * An archive with disk images of English, French, German (Schneider) and German (Amstrad) CPC6128 system disks can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/utils/cpc/cpmplus.zip
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 === CPC464 (DDI-1) ===
-==== United Kingdom ====
-* Label text in English
-* Green stripes on the label
 ==== France ====
@@ Line 68: / Line 63: @@
 * ??? stripes on the label
-==== Spain ====
+==== Spain & United Kingdom ====
-* Label text in ???
+<gallery caption="CPC464 (DDI-1) Spanish & United Kingdom CPM System Discs">
-* ??? stripes on the label
+Image:DDI-1 Spanish - side A.jpg|Side 1
+Image:DDI-1 Spanish - side B.jpg|Side 2
+</gallery>
 ==== Germany (Schneider) ====
@@ Line 89: / Line 88: @@
 ==== United Kingdom ====
-* Label text in English
+* Label text in ???
 * ??? stripes on the label
@@ Line 99: / Line 98: @@
 ==== Spain ====
-* Label text in ???
+<gallery caption="664 Spanish CPM System Discs">
-* ??? stripes on the label
+Image:664 Spanish CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
+Image:664 Spanish CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
+</gallery>
 ==== Germany (Schneider) ====
-* Label text in German
+<gallery caption="664 German Schneider CPM System Disc">
-* Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo
-* Text on side 2 refers to the CPC664 manual for the license conditions
+Image:664DE_SCH_S1.jpg|Side 1
+Image:664DE_SCH_S2.jpg|Side 2
+</gallery>
+<gallery caption="Schneider CPC664 system disk label">
+Image:CPM664DE.jpg
+</gallery>
 ==== Germany (Amstrad) ====
-* When Amstrad took over the German market, the CPC664 wasn't sold anymore
+<gallery caption="664 German Amstrad CPM System Disc">
-=== CPC6128 ===
+Image:664DE_AMS_S1.jpg|Side 1
+Image:664DE_AMS_S2.jpg|Side 2
-==== United Kingdom ====
+</gallery>
-* Label text in English
+=== CPC6128 ===
-* Violet stripes on the label
 ==== France ====
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 <gallery caption="6128 French CPM System Discs">
+Image:6128 French CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
+Image:6128 French CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
+Image:6128 French CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
 Image:6128 French CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
-Image:6128 French CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
-Image:6128 French CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
-Image:6128 French CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
 </gallery>
-==== Spain ====
+==== Spain, United Kingdom & Australia ====
-<gallery caption="6128 Spanish CPM System Discs">
+<gallery caption="6128 Spanish, United Kingdom and Australian CPM System Discs">
-Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
+Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
-Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
 Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
-Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
+Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
+Image:6128 Spanish CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
 </gallery>
@@ Line 143: / Line 155: @@
 ==== Germany (Schneider) ====
-* Label text in German
+<gallery caption="6128 German CPM System Discs">
-* Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo
+Image:6128 German CPM - side 1.jpg|Side 1
+Image:6128 German CPM - side 2.jpg|Side 2
+Image:6128 German CPM - side 3.jpg|Side 3
+Image:6128 German CPM - side 4.jpg|Side 4
-<gallery caption="Schneider CPC664 system disk label">
-Image:CPM664DE.jpg
 </gallery>
 <gallery caption="Schneider CPC6128 system disk labels">
 Image:SDisk12.jpg
 Image:SDisk34.jpg
 </gallery>
 ==== Germany (Amstrad) ====
-* Label text in German
+<gallery caption="6128 German Amstrad CPM System Discs">
-* First charge b/w copied labels, later charges ???
+Image:6128DES1.jpg|Side 1
+Image:6128DES2.jpg|Side 2
+Image:6128DES3.jpg|Side 3
+Image:6128DES4.jpg|Side 4
+</gallery>
 === CPC6128plus ===
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 </gallery>
+== Downloads ==
+* [[Media:CPC464_DDI1_System_Disks_(EN).zip|CPC 464 DDI-1 System Discs (English)]] (zipped .DSK files)
+* [[Media:CPC664_System_Disks_(EN).zip|CPC 664 System Discs (English)]] (zipped .DSK files)
+* [[Media:CPC664_System_Disk_(DE)_(Schneider).zip|CPC 664 System Discs (German,Schneider)]] (zipped .DSK files)
+* [[Media:CPC664_System_Disk_(DE)_(Amstrad_Silver_Label).zip|CPC 664 System Discs (German,Amstrad)]] (zipped .DSK files)
+* [[Media:CPC6128_System_Disks_(FR).zip|CPC 6128 System Discs (French)]] (zipped .DSK files)
+* [[Media:CPC6128_System_Disks_(SP).zip|CPC 6128 System Discs (Spanish-English)]] (zipped .DSK files)
+* [[Media:CPC6128_System_Disks_(DE)_(Amstrad_White_Label).zip|CPC 6128 System Discs (German,Amstrad)]] (zipped .DSK files)
+* [[Media:CPC6128Plus_System_Disks_(FR).zip|CPC 6128+ System Discs (French)]] (zipped .DSK files)
+* [[Media:CPC6128Plus_System_Disks_(SP).zip|CPC 6128+ System Discs (Spanish)]] (zipped .DSK files)
 == Weblinks ==
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 * CPC6128 system disks (UK/FR/DE (Schneider)/DE (Amstrad)): ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/cpc/utils/cpc/cpmplus.zip
-[[Category:Applications]] [[Category:Demos]]
+[[Category:Applications]] [[Category:CP/M]] [[Category:Demos]]

Difference between revisions of "System Disk"

Latest revision as of 15:48, 25 October 2011

Contents

Contents of the various system disks

CPC464 (DDI-1)

CPC664

CPC6128

CPC6128plus

Look of the various system disks

CPC464 (DDI-1)

France

Spain & United Kingdom

Germany (Schneider)

Germany (Amstrad)

CPC664

United Kingdom

France

Spain

Germany (Schneider)

Germany (Amstrad)

CPC6128

France

Spain, United Kingdom & Australia

Germany (Schneider)

Germany (Amstrad)

CPC6128plus

France

Spain

Downloads

Weblinks

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