CPU
Zilog Z80A, Zilog Z8400AB1, NEC D780C-1, SGS Z8400AB1, Sharp LH0080A, Mostek MK3880N-4, GoldStar Z8400A, Toshiba TMPZ84C00AP
Amstrad CPC 464
Amstrad · 1984
The machine that made Amstrad a computer company: a Z80 with the tape deck built in, a proper keyboard, and a monitor in the box, sold at a price that undercut everything. Locomotive's BASIC is the best of its generation and the Amstrad-designed gate array gives it a genuinely good palette. The volume seller of the CPC range by a wide margin, and the one that turns up with its original green-screen monitor.
As catalogued
- Maker
- Amstrad
- CPU
- Zilog Z80A-4
- Memory
- 64K
- Board issues
- Z70200, Z70290
- Styles
- grey keys, colour keys (later production)
- Regions
- PAL (UK/Europe)
- Chassis
- wedge, built-in tape
- OS
- Locomotive BASIC 1.0
Chips
Gate Array
Amstrad 40007, Amstrad 40008, Amstrad 40010, Amstrad 40489 (ASIC)
CRTC
Hitachi HD6845S (type 0), UMC UM6845R (type 1), Motorola MC6845 (type 2), Amstrad pre-ASIC (type 3), Amstrad 40489 ASIC (type 4)
Sound
General Instrument AY-3-8912, General Instrument AY-3-8910, Yamaha YM2149F
PPI
NEC D8255AC-5, Intel 8255A-5
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