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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

RiscPC Acorn Network Computer Amstrad Amstrad CPC Amstrad PCW Amstrad NC100 PC1512 PPC 512 and 640 Amstrad PC2286 Amstrad Mega PC Apricot Computers Apricot...

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...

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...

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...

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...

monochrome diskette Several successive models [citation needed] UK Amstrad PC1512 8086 1986 dedicated mono or RGB Monitor Diskette, hard drive IBM PC PC compatible...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...