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,*Finally, in April 1985, the [[Atari ST]] appeared with similar features to the ANT but with a [[68000]] CPU instead of an accelerated Z80.
The resolution in 320x200 16 colours shares a little with CPC/CPC+ ; and the same sound chip. Its STE version has DMA sound like CPC+, and graphic Blitter.
Recently the unreleased CP/M-68k appeared finished (will it be works with some not hardware dependent PCW programs?).
*GEM gui was shared with Amstrad PC. But incompatible coded apps cause diferent 16bit CPUs
*Amstrad abandoned the 3" format in the latest [[PCW]]/PCW16 models.
*[[B-ASIC]] for CPC+ appeared. Amstrad should do at the beginning of the machine.
*Some utils read/write MS-DOS format in CPC with 3,5" drive.
*Similar case in CPC+ design and ST.
*Would we consider the Atari ST as the ANT that never came out? (Similar features but with diferent coding 16bit CPU).(Not so powerful to replicate/emulate CPC/PCW?).(is needed hardware like in Aleste machine VDP?)
[plain Amiga could move CPC emulator?]
*CPC and ST shared many third party software development teams and projects. The music coding is almost direct and the graphics is somekind of CPC+
*A software library very close to the ST/CPC would have been possible on a color PCW16? (16Mhz CPU)([[Habisoft]] did Knight Lore and Total Eclipse ports)
*The CPC+ and PCW16 machines share internal parts with the ANT. *During 2025 PCW users scene fix the name '''PCW Plus''' for PCW with color and AY sound add-ons *PCW Plus library : 9 games (Color & Sound) by Habisoft and KachorroSoft : KnightLore ; Head Over Heels enhanced edition ; Mad Mix Game ; AMC ; Phantis ; Hundra ; Coliseum ; Xecutor ; Batman plus edition * ZEsarUX & CP/M Box emulators and FPGA core synthesis (Mister ; NeptUNO+ ; SIDI ; Calypso ; Poseidon ...) supports PCWplus
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