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System Disk

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The Amstrad CPC computers mostly came with included system disks.

The system disks varied in look and content, depending on the CPC-model they came with.

Contents of the various system disks

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 Plus)
for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives

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)
for copying, verifying and formatting disks with one or two disk drives