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The Amstrad PC1512 - The first PC by Amstrad
The Amstrad PC2086
The Amstrad PC20 - An attempt to market the PC as a home computer
The Amstrad PPC - An early 'laptop' PC
The Amstrad Mega PC - Built in Sega games console


IBM build the first PC in 1981. PC stands for Personal Computer, and quickly became a standard for computers intended for business oriented tasks. The IBM PC is considered to be the ancestor of most modern desktop and laptop computers. In the early 80, PCs was rather expensive and therefor

Although the name Amstrad CPC is an abrivation for Color Personal Computer, the Amstrad CPC was not a PC. Unlike many other homecomputers of the era the Amstrad CPC shared many components wich also was found in first PC's of the 80's

- CRTC - FDC - PPI

Amstrad and PCs

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Links

About the IBM and compatibles

About the original IBM PC

About the Amstrad PC1512, the first real PC