Amstrad CPC 6128
 

The Amstrad CPC 6128 was the successor to the Amstrad CPC 664 which had a very short life. It had almost all the same features as the 664, except the memory. Like the 664, only 42 Kb could be accessed, the upper 64 Kb were used as a RAM disk or to store data. It was sold with quite a good quality monitor (monochrome green or color) and a built-in 3" floppy disk drive (2 x 180 KB).
It ran under Amsdos (the Amstrad Operating System) or under CP/M 2.2 or CP/M 3.0 (CP/M +). The CP/M 2.2 OS was bundled with DR Logo and CP/M+ with GSX (the graphic extension of CP/M). Like the CPC 664, the Amstrad CPC 6128 was almost fully compatible with the CPC 464.
The German version of the Amstrad (Schneider CPC 6128) had different "real" connectors instead of main board edge connectors. Norbert Unterberg reports that the main reason for this was that the original Amstrad did not pass the German "FCC" test because it was polluting its surroundings with electromagnetic waves, and the rules for that were much stricter in Germany. That's why the Schneider got real connectors and a metal housing inside.
However, after "Schneider Rundfunkwerke" stopped selling the Amstrad CPC series of home computers and the PCW series of word-processors, Amstrad continued to sell the CPC under the Amstrad brand name in Germany.
 

Data Sheet
OS AMSDOS or CP/M
Processor 4 MHz Zilog Z80
Sound 3 channels, 7 octaves +1 noise channel
RAM 128 kb (2 banks of 64kb)
Resolution 160 x 200 with 16 colors 320 x 200 with 4 colors 640 x 200 with 2 colors
Color 27
IO Ports Printer port Expansion port 1 Joystick plug (Atari standard) Floppy Disc Port DIN plug for Amstrad monitor Headphone / Sound stereo jack output DIN plug for external tape recorder
Media 3'' disk-drive built-in
Release Date Summer 1985
 
Emulator
Caprice32 is a software emulator of the Amstrad CPC 8bit home computer series. The emulator faithfully imitates the CPC464, CPC664, and CPC6128 models. By recreating the operations of all hardware components at a low level, the emulator achieves a high degree of compatibility with original CPC software. These programs or games can be run unmodified at real-time or higher speeds,
depending on the emulator host environment.

BIOS File: Cpc464 Cpc664 Cpc6128 Cpcados 

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