CPC 6128 - 01 |
The Amstrad CPC 6128 is the successor of the Amstrad CPC 664 which had a very short life. It has almost all the same features than this last one, except the memory. Only 42 KB (idem the 664) can be accessed, the upper 64 KB are used as ramdisk or to store datas. It was sold with a mediocre monitor (monochrome green or color) and a built-in 3' floppy disk drive (160 KB). It runs under Amsdos (the Amstrad Operating System) or under CP/M 2.2 or CP/M 3.0 (CP/M +). The CP/M 2.2 was bundled with DR Logo and CP/M + with GSX (the graphic extension of CP/M). As the CPC 664, the Amstrad CPC 6128 is almost fully compatible with the CPC 464. The German version of the Amstrad (Schneider CPC 6128) has different "real" connectors instead of mainboard edge connectors. Norbert Unterberg report us that the main reason for this is that the original Amstrad did not pass the german "FCC" test because it was polluting its surrounding with electromagnetig 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. The ROM is identically for all brands of Amstrad: Schneider, Amstrad. There are three jumpers on the main board which decide what company name it displays on power-on. (www.old-computers.com) |
Manufacturer | Amstrad / Schneider | Name | CPC 6128 |
Type | Homecomputer | Origine | UK / Germany |
Introduction Date | Summer 1985 | End of production | 1990 |
Built in Language | Locomotive Basic 1.0 | Keyboard | QWERTY / AZERTY mechanical keyboard, Numeric keypad with arrow keys |
CPU | Zilog Z80 | Speed | 4 Mhz |
Coprocessor | - | Amount of Ram | 128 kb (2 banks of 64kb) |
Vram | 16 Kb | Rom | 48 kb (CPC 6128 48kb ROM + 16 kb AMSDOS) |
Text Modes | 80 x 25 (monochrome), 40 x 25 (4 Colors), 20 x 25 (16 colors) | Graphic Modes | 640 x 200 (2 colors), 320 x 200 (4 colors), 160 x 200 (16 colors) |
Colors | 27 | Sound | 3 channels, 7 octaves + 1 noise channel |
Size / Weight | ??? | Built in Media | Floppy Disk |
I/O 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 | OS | AMSDOS or CP/M |
Power Supply | Integrated in monitor, Disk drive Power in (5v DC), Computer power in (12v DC) | Introduction Price | Monochrome - 684€ (Fall 85), Color - 913€ (Fall 85) |
Sold | ??? | Serial Number | ??? |
Other Extras | Monitor, Manuals, Diskettes and a Printer Cable | Bought Where | Ieper |
Bought When | ??? | Condition | Good |
Price Paid | - | Specs of my Model | - |
Setup Today | - |
CPC6128-01: This time (23/10/2002) I bought: Apple Macintosh Performa 630_01 Apple Macintosh Quadra 800_01 Mac Color Display (14inch) Tandy Coco2_07 (26-3136A) Siemens Nixdorf PCD-3MSX_01 Siemens Nixdorf PCD-3MSX_02 Siemens Nixdorf Scenic 4H Compaq Prolinea 4/25s_01 Compaq Prolinea 4/25s_02 Compaq Prolinea 4/66_02 Compaq Prolinea 575_01 HP Vectra 386/20N_01 HP Vectra 486/25N_01 Dell Omniplex 5/90_01 Dell Omniplex ??? (without hood) IBM Personal Computer 330_01 (Model Number: 6577-9BT) 4 PC keyboards & 1 Apple mouse paid 60€ ---------------------------------------------------------- Paid another 10€ for : Schneider CPC6128_01 (With diskettes and manuals) Schneider CPC6128_02 (With diskettes and manuals) Schneider GT65 Monitor |