Amstrad CPC 464
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Home computer, 1984, Amstrad. The CPC 464 was Amstrad's first computer and the start of the CPC line. Alan Sugar's idea was to sell a complete system in one box: the computer with a built-in cassette recorder and a monitor, colour or green, which also contains the power supply. Designed in a few months around a Z80 with 64 KB of RAM, a good keyboard and Locomotive BASIC, one of the best BASICs of the time, it sold about two million units in Britain, France, Spain and Germany.
| Years | 1984 to 1990 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Zilog Z80A at 4 MHz |
| RAM | 64 KB |
| ROM | 32 KB with Locomotive BASIC 1.0 |
| Graphics | 160 x 200 in 16 colours, 320 x 200 in 4, 640 x 200 in 2, palette of 27 |
| Sound | AY-3-8912, 3 voices in stereo |
| Storage | built-in cassette recorder; external 3" floppy drive DDI-1 |
| Ports | expansion, printer, joystick, monitor, stereo audio |
| Price (1984) | £199 with green monitor, £299 with colour monitor |
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