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The Amstrad CPC464 computer.

History

The Amstrad CPC 464 was launched in April 12, 1984.[1]

CPC is short for Colour Personal Computer.[1]

Over two million CPC computers were sold, with high popularity in continental western Europe.[2][3]

Technology

The CPC 464 is powered by an 8-bit Zilog Z80 processor clocked at four megahertz.[4]

The system has 64 kilobytes of RAM, with 42 kilobytes being available to the user.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Tony. "You’re NOT fired: The story of Amstrad’s amazing CPC 464" (in en). https://www.theregister.com/2014/02/12/archaeologic_amstrad_cpc_464/.
  2. ↑ "Amstrad CPC 464 - Computer - Computing History". https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/2805/Amstrad-CPC-464/.
  3. ↑ "Amstrad CPC 464 Retro Gamer". https://www.retrogamer.net/profiles/hardware/amstrad-cpc-464/.
  4. ↑ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=84.
  5. ↑ Smith, Tony. "You’re NOT fired: The story of Amstrad’s amazing CPC 464" (in en). https://www.theregister.com/2014/02/12/archaeologic_amstrad_cpc_464/?page=2.

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