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LK-selectable Brand Names

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/* Unused Brand Names */
=== Triumph ===
 
'''Triumph''' isn't a unique trademarked brand name, making it difficult to tell which company Amstrad had in mind. There are various [[Triumph|companies using Triumph as brand name]] (most of them being rather unlikely for an Amstrad partnership).
 
Possibly the best candidate might be the english/german bicycle and typewriter manucfacturer Triumph. In 1958, Triumph fusioned with Adler, so, if Amstrad was referring to this company, the correct boot message would have been "Triumph-Adler"; this company did actually produce computer hardware from 1971 up to today (2010).
 
Other than that it's also possibly that Triumph was an insider joke (like the Arnold dummy-entry in the brand name list). So Amstrad could have as well meant a less serious candidate, like the candian Triumph rock band. The [[LK-selectable Brand Names#Interview|interview]] doesn't reveal any details here.
=== Arnold ===
 
'''Arnold''' is some sort of an internal codename for the CPC series. It's also included as dummy-entry in the brand name list in the BIOS ROM. The way how the BIOS is programmed makes it necessary to include a leading dummy-entry in that list, basically, this could have been an empty string (a single 00h byte), but for some reason, Amstrad put [[Arnold]] in there.
== Other Distributors/Manufacturers ==
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