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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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=== CPC related news ===
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[[File:Dez80_intro.png|thumb|256px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/DEZ80 Mastering Z80 Assembler Course]]]
  
* Alpha version of an&nbsp;[[Aleste_520EX]] [http://aleste520.narod.ru/ emulator] released! Should be interesting...<br>
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*10/11/24: '''[http://amsnet.chez.com UniLoad]''' game launcher official release.
* 29/10/2007: [http://www.winape.net WinAPE] 2.0 Alpha 15 released. Configuration Profiles, Improved Sprite emulation, assembler and debugger improvements. Stacks of minor enhancements and bug fixes.
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*31/10/24: [[Future View V]] the Halloween issue of the disc mag
* 18/10/2007: * 04/08/2007: [http://cpcrulez.free.fr/coding_src_freeOCP.htm FreeOCP] v0.015b released
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*27/10/24: '''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2024 [http://www.FutureOS.de released].
* 18/10/2007: [http://cpcrulez.free.fr/Scene_Demos/index.php?list=H Hate Beats]&nbsp;: new Amstrad CPC Plus demo released by [http://ukonx.free.fr Ukonx]
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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].
* 06/10/2007: NEW game for Amstrad CPC available for download&nbsp;: [http://cpcrulez.free.fr/GamesDL_free/index.php?list=D Delirium Tremens] by Antonio Elic , Bernardin Katic et Alen Blazevic. D
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*04/09/24: '''[[UniDOS]]''' 1.51 [https://unidos.cpcscene.net released].
* 04/10/2007: an invitro for [http://www.secretum-meeting.pixnet.fr/ Castellum Secretum 2] meeting has just been released and is available [http://www.amstradcpc.info here].
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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
* 01/10/2007: [http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/ GP2XCap32 and PSPCap32] released, with major improvements (close to fullspeed, sound is now played in 16 bits and stereo, new speed limiter function and much more)
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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]].
* 30/09/2007: [http://www.secretum-meeting.pixnet.fr/ Castellum Secretum 2] meeting will be held in Segré, France, from 26 to 28th october.
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*05/06/24: [https://snauts.itch.io/pulzar Pulzar] by Snauts, double feature: ZX & CPC release.
* 17/09/2007: [http://cpce.emuunlim.com CPCE 1.84] released, with assorted bug fixes and enhancements. A hotfix was released on 23/09/2007.
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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.
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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'''''.
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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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* '''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC.
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* The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''.
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* [[SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
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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.
* All the issues of ''Amtix!'', ''Amstrad Action'' and ''Amstrad Computer User'' have been uploaded and you can find them [[Mags|here]]!
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*'''Excel''' is the direct descendant of  [[Multiplan]] for CP/M.  
* Due to increasing spam posts, '''anonymous posting has now been blocked'''. Please log in to post or edit!
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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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*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can manage up to '''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage.
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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.