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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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Preorder PDF or printed magazine '''[https://www.pixel.addict.media/shop/amstrad-addict-magazine here]''' or follow the discussion '''[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/amstrad-addict-magazine here]'''!
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<center> '''CPC Related News''' </center>
 
<center> '''CPC Related News''' </center>
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[[File:Teo1.png|thumb|256px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/'teodoro-no-sabe-volar'-for-amstrad-cpc-is-here!!!!/ Teodoro No Sabe Volar]]]</center><br>
 
*07/01/13: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/'teodoro-no-sabe-volar'-for-amstrad-cpc-is-here!!!!/ Teodoro No Sabe Volar] '''released!
 
*01/01/13: Announcing the first '''[[Amstrad_CPC_16KBs_ROM_Game_Development_Competition_2013|Amstrad CPC 16KBs ROM Game Development Competition]]!'''
 
*01/12/12: Major CPCWiki software upgrade; please report any bugs in the forum!
 
*28/10/12: [http://www.futureos.de Update] available of '''[[FutureOS]]'''!
 
*03/10/12: '''Australian magazines''' ('89 & '91) [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/The_Amstrad_User here] & '''New Zealand''' ones ('''Bits & Bytes''') [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Bits_and_Bytes here]!
 
*27/04/12: [http://cpcrulez.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4852 Interview] with '''Marc Maulin''', co-author of legendary '''[[Discology]]'''!
 
*07/04/12: '''[http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=59073 Wake Up!]''' by '''[http://bnd.pushnpop.net Benediction]''' (and associates) reached the 3rd place in Olschool demo compo at the '''[http://www.revision-party.net/ Revision Party 2012]''' in Germany.
 
*01/04/12: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/april-fool/ Pac-Man Emulator]''' released!
 
*18/03/12: '''[[Wolfenstrad]]''' demo released!
 
*15/03/12: New version of [[BASIC|Basic]] released for the Amstrad CPC. Check it out here: [[CPC Basic 3]]
 
*08/02/12: '''[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/dsktools-0-2-3-can-write-r-type-128k dsktools 0.2.3]''' can copy '''R-Type!
 
*06/02/12: '''R-Type''' remake [http://cpc.rtype.fr/ released] finally - and is awesome!
 
*26/12/11: '''Bubble Bobble''' remake [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/bubble-bobble-remake-(bb4cpc)/msg36311/#msg36311 released]!!! Happy holidays!
 
  
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[[File:Dez80_intro.png|thumb|256px|[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/DEZ80 Mastering Z80 Assembler Course]]]
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*10/11/24: '''[http://amsnet.chez.com UniLoad]''' game launcher official release.
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*31/10/24: [[Future View V]] the Halloween issue of the disc mag
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*27/10/24: '''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2024 [http://www.FutureOS.de released].
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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].
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*04/09/24: '''[[UniDOS]]''' 1.51 [https://unidos.cpcscene.net released].
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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
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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]].
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*05/06/24: [https://snauts.itch.io/pulzar Pulzar] by Snauts, double feature: ZX & CPC release.
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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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=== Did you know?  ===
 
=== Did you know?  ===
  
*When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128  
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*When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128.
*The [[472|CPC 472]] was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 8 KB of RAM to circumvent a spanish tax that was charged on imported machines with up to 64 KB memory.
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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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*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can manage up to '''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage.
  
*With a possible total amount of '''832 x 288 pixel''' (576 interlaced) the [[CPC|CPC]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.
 
 
*'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC.
 
*The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''.
 
 
*[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
 
*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in '''9 seconds''' from floppy disc and manages up to '''4 MB''' of RAM
 
 
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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.