Amstrad
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Amstrad is an electronics firm based in Brentwood in Essex, England and founded in 1968 by Sir Alan Michael Sugar in the UK. The name is a contraction of Alan Michael Sugar Trading. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1980. During the late 1980s, Amstrad had approximately 25% market share in the computing industry in Europe. As of 2006, Amstrad's main business is manufacturing Sky Digital interactive boxes. Amstrad was bought by BSkyB on the 4th of September 2007 for £125 million.
Computers made by Amstrad:
- 1984: CPC 464
- 1984: CPC 472
- 1985: CPC 664
- 1985: CPC 6128
- 1990: GX4000
- 1990: CPC 464+
- 1990: CPC 6128+
Year unknown:
- Amstrad PCW 8256 Z80 256 Kb 3" (160K) beeper / green CP/M - CP/M+ Bus Z80, printer
- Amstrad PCW 8512 Z80 512 Kb 3" (160K) beeper / green CP/M - CP/M+ Bus Z80, printer
- Amstrad PCW 9512 Z80 512 Kb 3" (720K) beeper / green CP/M - CP/M+ Bus Z80, printer
- Amstrad PCW 10 Z80 512 Kb 3" (720K) beeper/green CP/M - CP/M+ Printer
- Amstrad PCW 16 Z80A 1 Mb 3"1/2 (720K) 1 channel / green Roseanne - CP/M 2.2 Printer
- PPC 512S 512 Kb RAM
1 floppy disk unit 5235
- PPC 512D 512 Kb RAM
2 floppy disk units 6511
- PPC 640 SM 640 Kb RAM
1 floppy disk unit internal modem 6511
- PPC 640 DM 640 Kb RAM
2 floppy disk units internal modem 7697
- PenPad 600
Links
- The Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource
- External connectors of CPC and CPC+
- Amstradeus.com: Les CPC
- Wikipedia: Amstrad