== Awa CPCs ==
Initial Australian CPCs were distributed by '''Mitsubishi Electric AWA Pty Ltd'''.<br>Externally, these CPCs look identical to the English CPCs (with the normal [[Amstrad]] logo above the ESC key).<br>Internally, [[LK Links|LK1 and LK2]] are shorted, so the BIOS displays ''Awa'' instead of Amstrad in the boot message: AWA were the Australian distributor from initial CPC launch till around 1987/88 when Amstrad set up office in Australia.<br>So early 464 & 6128's had "Awa" on startup/reset & later just the usual "Amstrad".All Australian delivered 664's had "Awa" on startup. <br>
* Awa 64K Microcomputer (for the 464) (Around 1987/88 this changed to Amstrad)
* Awa 64K Microcomputer (for the 664)
* Awa 128K Microcomputer (for the 6128) (Around 1987/88 this changed to Amstrad)
<br>AWA were the Australian distributor from initial CPC launch till around 1987/88 when Amstrad set up office in Australia.<br>So early 464 & 6128's had "Awa" on startup/reset & later just the usual "Amstrad".<br>All Australian delivered 664's had "Awa" on startup.<br><br>The Australian variant is much less known than the German variant (which displays [[Schneider]] in the boot message, and which also has a Schneider logo on the keyboard). <br>The Awa's were mentioned at [http://amstrad.cpc.free.fr/article.php?sid=13 amstrad.cpc.free.fr], and, confirmed in [http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php/topic,680.msg7949.html#msg7949 cpcwiki.eu/forum] (where, two australian users replied, one saying ,
:''"I just checked both my CPC464s and they show Awa 64K Microcomputer - I've never noticed that before"'',
and the other saying,
:''"the 464 says Awa, but the 6128 I got a couple of years later says Amstrad"'').
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File:Awa CPC464.jpg|Awa 64K Microcomputer
File:Awa Guarantee Card.jpg|Amstrad AWA Guarantee Card
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== Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd. (AWA) ==