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* 07/06/24: [[Pride UtilitiesOn File]]database management system as well as [[No One Like You Demo]] have been released by [[KSL]].* 05/06/24: [https://snauts.itch.io/pulzar Pulzar] by Snauts, double feature: ZX & CPC release.*17/05/24: '''[Grimhttps://www.usebox.net/jjm/heart-of-salamanderland/ The Heart of Salamanderland]''', a new action platformer, has been released.*17/10/23: '''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2023 [http://www.FutureOS.de released].* 21/09/23: '''[https://amsnews.fr AMSnews.fr]''', a new french information site about the Amstrad. '''''Be the first to know'''''.*07/06/23: '''Gates to Heaven''', a new platformer by [[PDWESP Soft]][https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/gates-to-heaven-amstrad-cpc has been released], and their previous game, '''CPC Jewels''', can now be [https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/cpc-jewels-amstrad-cpc downloaded for free].* 27/02/23: '''SOH Tactics GX''', a new GX4000/plus strategy game [http://www.sohde.co.uk/SOHTacticsGX.html released].*21/12/22: '''[[Kevin ThackerCurrent_Sources_Of_Software]]''', now as a wiki page.* 09/12/22: '''Hyperdrive''', a new vertical scrolling SHMUP [https://www.usebox.net/jjm/hyperdrive/ has been released].*04/11/22: '''[Hisoft[UniDOS]]''' 1.50 has been released [https://unidos.cpcscene.net].* 30/10/22: '''''Ramiro el vampiro III''''' using [[Catlocthe Mojon Twins]]engine [https://mojontwins.itch.io/ramiro-el-vampiro-iii is released].*17/07/22: '''''Lala Prologue''''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/07/lala-prologue-stunning-platformer-by.html is released].*24/01/22: '''''[[SymAmp]] 4.0''''', with Amiga MOD support and more [http://www.symbos.org/appinfo.htm?00005 is released].
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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 unsoldered 8K of RAM to circumvent the law that stipulated a spanish keyboard for all machines with up to 64KB memory* With a possible total amount of <div style="text-align: right;"><small>'''768 x 270 pixel''' (540 interlaced) the All [[CPCSpecial:Wantedpages|wanted articles]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.* '''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of | [[Star-Division:Category:Stub|StarWriterExtendable Stubs]] for the CPC.* The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''.* [[SymbOSSpecial:ContributionScores|List of most active contributors]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.* [[FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in 9 seconds from floppy disc.</small></div>
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=== Donors ===*When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128.*The [[472|CPC 472]] was a 464 + 8 KB unwired RAM, released in Spain to circumvent a tax charging 64 KB computers.*With a total of '''768×288''' pixels, the [[CPC|CPC]] was the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen.*'''OpenOffice''' is the descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for CPC. *'''Excel''' is the direct descendant of [[Multiplan]] for CP/M. *[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] supports '''50x''' bigger hard drives than Win95A. *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load a 178 KB floppy disc in '''9 seconds'''.*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can manage up to '''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage.
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