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The Ins & Outs of the Amstrad

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A [[firmware]] manual and a guide to the workings of
the various chips in the CPC at I/O level

Author: Don Thomasson
Publisher: [[Melbourne House]]

1984

123 pages

ISBN: '''0 86161 190 X'''

== Contents ==

<pre>
Introduction

The Ins
System Overview
The Memory System
The Inner Peripherals
The I/O Address Map
The Video Gate Array
The CRT Controler
The Parallel Peripheral Interface
The Printer Port
The Other Peripherals
The Programmable Sound Generator
The Keyboard
The Cassette Recorder
The Operating System
The RST Area
Jumpblock Entries
Interrupts and Events
Operating System Calls

The Interface

The Outs
General Principles
Parallel Interfaces
Interface Rules
Alternative Printer Port
Software Support
Communicating Computers
Serial Interfaces
Analog Interfaces
Sideways ROMs
ROM Types and Formats
Applications
External ROM Hardware
A Second Processor

Overviw
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