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• 13/01/11: CPCParts has a real domain name now!
• 15/12/10: Xmas_2010_Demo Released by Redbox :)
• 01/12/10: New Amstrad Repair Service!
• 17/10/10: MegaROM DIY ROMBoard released by Bryce!
• 15/10/10: Sir Ababol released by Mojon Twins!
• 11/10/10: Blue Angel 69 released!!!
• 11/10/10: Cheril of the Bosque released by Mojon Twins!

• 11/10/10: Arnoldemu released Drivetest to help you diagnose drive problems!

• 10/10/10: CPCE 1.94 is released.
• 06/10/10: Impressive 4Kb demo realesed by Vanity Crew during the Main#5 Party.
• 07/09/10: 1st CPC emulator written in Javascript, CPCBox is released!
• 02/09/10: ROManager_BASIC is released!
• 16/08/10: FilmeMacher updated!
• 29/07/10: 2cdt updated!!!
• 23/06/10: New SAMDisk version released! Also, don't forget DevilMarkus' CPCXfs & SAMDisk GUI!!

• 20/06/10: Arkos Tracker v1.0 Beta 3 released!
• 11/05/10: AmeDS, a DS CPC emulator has been released!
• 26/04/10: Amstrad Expo 2010 will take place in Coutances (France) from 25th to 27th June.

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• When the 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the 6128
• The 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.

• With a possible total amount of 832 x 288 pixel (576 interlaced) the CPC was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.

• OpenOffice for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of StarWriter for the CPC.
• The transfer speed of the CPC Booster + serial interface is faster than a standard DSL connection.

• SymbOS can handle more than 50 times bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
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