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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

5
CPU
Zilog Z80A, Zilog Z8400AB1, NEC D780C-1, SGS Z8400AB1, Sharp LH0080A, Mostek MK3880N-4, GoldStar Z8400A, Toshiba TMPZ84C00AP
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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