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Amstrad PC1512

Amstrad PC · 1986

The machine that broke the price of the PC in Britain. Amstrad sold a complete 16-bit computer with monitor, mouse and GEM for under £400 in 1986 and took a quarter of the European market with it. Everything is subordinate to that price: the power supply is in the monitor, so the machine will not run without one, and there is no fan — which is why so many died of heat.

As catalogued

Maker
Amstrad
CPU
Intel 8086-8
Memory
512K
Styles
single drive (SD), twin drive (DD), 10MB disk (HD10), 20MB disk (HD20), Schneider PC1512 (Germany)
Regions
UK, Europe
Chassis
desktop, with the power supply in the monitor
OS
MS-DOS 3.2 / DOS Plus / GEM

Chips

2
CPU
Intel 8086
FPU
Intel 8087

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