The Amstrad PC1512 was Amstrad's mostly IBM PC-compatible computer system, launched in 1986, and advertised with prices from £399 plus VAT. The system...
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machines used. In 1986 Amstrad entered the IBM PC-compatible arena with the PC1512 system. In standard Amstrad livery and priced at £399 it was a success,...
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in November 1987. Responding to the introduction of the low-cost Amstrad PC1512 in the UK, price points for the initial PC model were given as around £400...
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ROM) and the later Locomotive BASIC-2 as a GEM application on the Amstrad PC1512 and 1640. It was the main descendant of Mallard BASIC, the interpreter for...
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was later used on the VIC-20 (1980), Commodore 64 (1982), and Amstrad's PC1512 (1986). In contrast with the IBM design, the Atari port was primarily designed...
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launched 1989. The 2000 series launched as a professional follow on to the PC1512/1640. The 2000 series consisted of three models: 2086 (8086), 2286 (80286)...
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Digital Research's GEM graphical user interface, as supplied with the Amstrad PC1512 and PC1640 range of PC clones. The company also developed the LocoScript...
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competing in the operating system market some computers, like the Amstrad PC1512, were sold with floppy disks for two operating systems (only one of which...
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Equity III. In 1986, UK home computer maker Amstrad began producing their PC1512 PC-compatible for sale in the UK. Later they would market the machine in...
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RiscPC Acorn Network Computer Amstrad Amstrad CPC Amstrad PCW Amstrad NC100 PC1512 PPC 512 and 640 Amstrad PC2286 Amstrad Mega PC Apricot Computers Apricot...
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Amstrad CPC 464, Amstrad PCW and Schneider Joyce, followed by the Amstrad PC1512 and PC1640. In 1987 the association with Amstrad ended, and the company...
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single-sided 315 KB FAT12 format. DOS Plus DISK.CMD versions for the Amstrad PC1512, the T.R.A.N. Jasmin Turbo and the BBC Master 512 support variants of 720 KB...
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The IBM PS/2 models 25 and 30 were built with an 8 MHz 8086. The Amstrad PC1512, PC1640, PC2086, PC3086 and PC5086 all used 8086 CPUs at 8 MHz. The NEC...
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file systems - CP/M and DOS. The version [...] supplied with the Amstrad PC1512 cannot handle larger floppies than 360k (CP/M) / 1.2Mb (DOS), or larger...
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monochrome diskette Several successive models [citation needed] UK Amstrad PC1512 8086 1986 dedicated mono or RGB Monitor Diskette, hard drive IBM PC PC compatible...
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adopted by IBM until 1987 – although compatible computers such as the Amstrad PC1512 were fitted with mice before this date. 1964 US Paul Baran invents what...
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models in a similar style to their CPC machines. It also developed the PC1512, a PC compatible computer, which became quite popular in Europe and was...
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originally developed. PC compatible versions were supplied with the Amstrad PC1512 and the Jasmin Turbo from the French company T.R.A.N. S.A. The non-IBM PC...
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launched IBM-compatible PCs, once again focussing on low prices, with its PC1512 surpassing the IBM PC on performance and beating even the Taiwanese clones...
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Ability 1.2 and Ability Plus 1.0 were widely bundled with the Amstrad PC1512 and PC1640 personal computers. In 1987 Ability Plus won the Barclays Bank...
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for word processing. Later, drivers were created for the Amstrad CPC and PC1512 home computers that worked through the digital joystick ports, and a version...
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