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[[Image:Amstrad Mega.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The '''Amstrad Mega PC''' - Built in Sega games console]]
Those cheap IBM compatible PCs allowed the professionnal [[PC]] standard to enter many houses as a Home computer. The first and best known is the Amstrad PC1512 (and its upgraded version the PC1640).
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== List of Amstrad PCs ==
* '''MegaPC''' (1993) : A PC featuring a Sega MegaDrive too.
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= The video displays =
=== VGA ===
The widely used VGA mode was the MCGA : 320x200x256. When those kind of display were widely available the CGA and EGA were obsolete and the PC could start to kick Amiga and Atari ST standards out of the place. VGA could also display a 640x480x16 video mode. All those from a 262,144colour total palette (6x6x6 bits). The VGA could also display all previous modes from CGA and EGA cards.
= Palettes =
[[File:Palette PC1512 montage.png]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC1512 Amstrad PC1512] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_PPC Amstrad PPC] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_PC2286 Amstrad PC2286] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_Mega_PC Amstrad Mega PC] Wikipedia articles
*[https://youtu.be/ZntnK09m1yU Amstrad PC demonstration GEM 16 Colors CGA graphics]
*[https://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,53/ Games that support the PC1512 custom video-mode]
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[[Category: Non CPC Computers| ]][[Category:Amstrad Products|*]]
