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Amstrad PC1640

Amstrad PC · 1987

Alan Sugar's answer to the question of why a PC cost two thousand pounds. The 1640 gave the 1512 proper EGA graphics and 640K as standard, bundled GEM and a mouse, and sold in enormous numbers to British small businesses. Everything is in service of the price: the power supply lives in the monitor, so the machine will not run without one, and the fanless design that Amstrad advertised as quiet is the reason so many cooked themselves.

As catalogued

Maker
Amstrad
CPU
Intel 8086-8
Memory
640K
Styles
single drive (SD), twin drive (DD), 20MB disk (HD20), 30MB disk (HD30)
Regions
UK, Europe
Chassis
desktop, with the power supply in the monitor
OS
MS-DOS 3.2 / GEM

Chips

2
CPU
Intel 8086
FPU
Intel 8087

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RH-F5A7Amstrad PC1640 Computer · 1989 RH-J8JAAmstrad PC1640 Computer · UK · 1987 RH-NC46Amstrad PC1640 Computer · 1989
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