Keyboard Versions

Regions

English

• English CPC 464 (prototype) (more info)
• Prototype with gray case

• English CPC 464

• English CPC 664

• English CPC 6128

• English 464 Plus

• English 6128 Plus

French

• French CPC 464 (exists?)

• French CPC 664 (exists?)

• French CPC 6128

• French CPC 6128
• Exotic variant: French 6128 with QWERTY keyboard (english 6128 bundled with french manual & french sticker on FDD - this unit was sold in a french shop, when AZERTY keyboards were out of stock)

• French 464 Plus

• French 6128 Plus

German

German CPCs have normal english keyboards. The keyboards (or case) is only different in so far that it is labeled Schneider instead Amstrad, and the 664/6128 have german colour tables on the disc drive. And, the keys are gray, unlike the more colorful Amstrad ones.

• German CPC 464

• German CPC 664

• German CPC 6128

Spanish

• Spanish CPC 472 (more info)
• Early version, still with english keys

• Spanish CPC 472 (more info)
• Later version, with spanish keys

• Spanish CPC 464

• Spanish CPC 464 (Schneider)
• Actually a German Schneider model with gray keys.
• With rebadged "spanish" keys (see closeup). And fitted with spanish ROM (see inside).

• Spanish CPC 664 (exists?)

• Spanish CPC 6128

• Spanish 464 Plus

• Spanish 6128 Plus

Danish

Older danish 464s had english keys, newer ones (with flat keys) had danish keys...

• Danish CPC 464 (should exist)

• Danish CPC 664 (exists?)

• Danish CPC 6128

Other

• KC Compact (more info)
• East german CPC clone - lacks some function keys.

• Aleste 520EX (more info)
• Russian CPC clone with russian keyboard - with additional MSX-style function keys.

• GX4000
• Has only one || Pause button (mapped as "P" key in keyboard matrix)

Mechanics

• Early 464 with PCB (non-membrane) keyboard

• Normal 464 with membrane keyboard

• Later 464 with "flat" keyboard

Character Sets

English

French

Spanish

Danish

ROMs

English

• 40009 English 464
• 40022 English 664
• 40025 English 6128
• 40???-? English Plus

French

• 40??? French 464
• 40??? French 664
• 40051 French 6128
• 130Z001 41090-1 French Plus (EPROM in System Cartridge)

Spanish

• 40037 Spanish 464/472
• 40??? Spanish 664
• 40038 Spanish 6128
• 40???-? Spanish Plus

Danish

• 40??? Danish 464
• 40??? Danish 664
• 40??? Danish 6128
• 40???-? Danish Plus

Notes

According to soft968 the official language variants are: Spanish, French and Danish. And, presumably, English was official, too.

See Also

• CPC6128 Keyboard Disassembled
• Mainboard Versions