Keyboard Versions
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Contents
Regions
English
Amstrad Colour Personal Computer
- English CPC 464 (prototype) (more info)
- Prototype with gray case
- English CPC 464
- English CPC 664
- English CPC 6128
- English 464 Plus
- English 6128 Plus
French
- French CPC 464 (should exists)
- French CPC 664 (exists?)
- French CPC 6128
- French CPC 6128
- Exotic variant: French 6128 with QWERTY keyboard (english 6128 bundled with french manual & french sticker on FDD - this unit was sold in a french shop, when AZERTY keyboards were out of stock)
- French 464 Plus
- French 6128 Plus
German
German CPCs have normal english keyboards. The keyboards (or case) is only different in so far that it is labeled Schneider instead Amstrad, and the 664/6128 have german colour tables on the disc drive. And, the keys are gray, unlike the more colorful Amstrad ones.
- German CPC 464
- German CPC 664
- German CPC 6128
Spanish
Amstrad Ordenador Personal en Color
- Spanish CPC 472 (more info)
- Early version, still with english keys
- Spanish CPC 472 (more info)
- Later version, with spanish keys
- Spanish CPC 464
- Spanish CPC 464 (Schneider)
- Actually a German Schneider model with gray keys.
- With rebadged "spanish" keys (see closeup). And fitted with spanish ROM (see inside).
- Spanish CPC 664 (exists?)
- Spanish CPC 6128
- Spanish 464 Plus
- Spanish 6128 Plus
Danish
Older danish 464s had english keys, newer ones (with flat keys) had danish keys...
- Danish CPC 464 (should exist)
- Danish CPC 664 (exists?)
- Danish CPC 6128
Other
- KC Compact (more info)
- East german CPC clone - lacks some function keys.
- Aleste 520EX (more info)
- Russian CPC clone with russian keyboard - with additional MSX-style function keys.
- GX4000
- Has only one || Pause button (mapped as "P" key in keyboard matrix)
Mechanics
- Early 464 with PCB (non-membrane) keyboard
- Normal 464 with membrane keyboard
- Later 464 with "flat" keyboard
Character Sets
English
French
Spanish
Danish
ROMs
English
- 40009 English 464
- 40022 English 664
- 40025 English 6128
- 40???-? English Plus
French
- 40??? French 464
- 40??? French 664
- 40051 French 6128
- 130Z001 41090-1 French Plus (EPROM in System Cartridge)
Spanish
- 40037 Spanish 464/472
- 40??? Spanish 664
- 40038 Spanish 6128
- 130Z001 41091-1 Spanish Plus (EPROM in System Cartridge)
Danish
- 40??? Danish 464
- 40??? Danish 664
- 40??? Danish 6128
- 40???-? Danish Plus
Notes
According to soft968 the official language variants are: Spanish, French and Danish. And, presumably, English was official, too. -- Is that true? The (imcompletely) scanned SOFT 968 document doesn't seem to say anything about Danish.
