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CPC Related News

A Prelude to Chaos

22/03/16: A Prelude to Chaos by EgoTrip released!
05/01/16: WinAPE 2.0 Beta 2 released. Download
20/12/15: After more than one decade Overlanders released Points Barres
27/11/15: New game released! The Return of Traxtor
26/11/15: WinAPE 2.0 Beta 1 released. Download
02/09/15: iMPdraw Lite v1.132 is now released. Download
28/08/15: FutureOS system .8 comprehensive update released. Download
27/08/15: ROManager 2.14 released. Download
11/05/15: CPCtelera, a cross-platform game development framework was released
21/03/15: C4CPC, a cartridge replacement for PLUS and GX4000 was released
02/01/15: COSMOS v.22 (final version) has been released
14/12/14: X-MASS, Add a 128MB mass-storage to your CPC.
30/08/14: SymbOS 2.1 Final released
14/08/14: PlayCity, Add 6ch stereo audio, Z80 CTC... to your CPC.
22/04/14: X-MEM, Add up to 512K RAM/ROM on your 464/664/6128.

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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.
FutureOS can load 178 KB in 9 seconds from floppy disc and manages up to 4 MB of RAM