Amstrad PC

The Amstrad PC1512 - The first PC by Amstrad

The Amstrad PC2086

The Amstrad PC20 - An attempt to market the PC as a home computer

The Amstrad PPC - An early 'laptop' PC

The Amstrad Mega PC - Built in Sega games console

Those cheap IBM compatible PCs allowed the professionnal PC standard to enter many houses as a Home computer.

List of Amstrad PCs

• PC1512 (1985) : the first model, what equipped with a custom CGA clone video card, enabling an interesting non standard 640x200x16 video mode.

• PC1640 (1987) : second model, was an "upgraded" PC1512, sharing a lot of pieces. It had +128K Ram (640K) and was supplied with a EGA video card and monitor. Hence it was more exepnsive an EGA standard failed to impose itself.

• PC2086 : a PC with VGA display.

• PC20 : a CGA PC (bad choice) in an Atari ST/Amiga 500 look alike casing. It could have sold well if equipped with a soundchip and an EGA capability.

• Sinclair PC 200 (1988) (same as Amstrad PC20, but with additional TV output and with differently coloured case)

• MegaPC (1993) : A PC featuring a Sega MegaDrive too.