System Disk
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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
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)
- The system disk contains the utilities
- 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 2
Side 1
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 2
Side 1
Germany (Schneider)
- Label text in German
- Silver stripes on the label, Schneider logo
- Text on side 2 refers to the CPC664 manual for the license conditions
- Schneider CPC664 system disk label
Germany (Amstrad)
- When Amstrad took over the German market, the CPC664 wasn't sold anymore
CPC6128
France
- 6128 French CPM System Discs
Side 4
Side 3
Side 2
Side 1
Spain & United Kingdom
- 6128 Spanish & United Kingdom CPM System Discs
Side 4
Side 3
Side 2
Side 1
Germany (Schneider)
- 6128 German CPM System Discs
Side 4
Side 3
Side 2
Side 1
- Schneider CPC6128 system disk labels
Germany (Amstrad)
- Label text in German
- First charge b/w copied labels, later charges ???
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 6128 System Discs (French) (zipped .DSK files)
- CPC 6128 System Discs (Spanish-English) (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
