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== The 472 ==
[[image:CPC_472_es.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Spanish Amstrad CPC 472]]
The [[472|CPC 472 ]] was a Spanish version of the CPC 464 with an additional, non-functional 8KB RAM. A Spanish law required The reason was that every computer Spain charged an import tax on home computers with up to 64KB should have extra keys for the Spanish language, 64K or an extra less RAM, the fake "72K" CPC version bypassed that tax would be levied. So Amstrad soldered in an extra 8kb which The tax was notinvented in September 1985, however, usable by the machine since it and was not connected to anything else. Later on Amstrad released dropped a few months later (when Spain joined the EEC). Also in 1985, but independtly of that tax, Spain dictated that computers must have spanish keyboards, which resulted in two CPC 472 versions: Older models with a proper Spanish keyboard. After the rule changed there was also a CPC472 english keys, newer one with non-Spanish spanish keys available for a very short time. The CPC 472 is very rare. 
== The 664 ==
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