[[Image:pcw8256.jpg|thumb|The Amstrad PCW8256 - The first PCW computer]]
The <b>PCW</b> (<b>P</b>ersonal <b>C</b>omputer for <b>W</b>riting) was another Amstrad computer. In Germany it's better known by its codename <b>Joyce</b>, which Schneider chose to keep for the final product.
The codename was the name of Alan M. Sugar's secretary.