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/* Awa CPCs */
Initial Australian CPCs were distributed by '''Mitsubishi Electric AWA Pty Ltd'''.<br>
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File:Awa Guarantee Card.jpg|Amstrad AWA Guarantee Card
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Externally, these CPCs look identical to the English CPCs (with the normal [[Amstrad]] logo above the ESC key).<br>
Internally, [[LK Links|LK1 and LK2]] are shorted, so the BIOS displays ''Awa'' instead of Amstrad in the boot message.<br>
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* Awa 64K Microcomputer (for the 464) (Around 1987/88 1988 this changed to Amstrad)
* Awa 64K Microcomputer (for the 664)
* Awa 128K Microcomputer (for the 6128) (Around 1987/88 1988 this changed to Amstrad)
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<gallery>File:Awa464.jpg|Awa CPC 464File:Awa664.jpg|Awa CPC 664File:Awa6128.jpg|Awa CPC6128</gallery><br>AWA were the Australian Amstrad distributor from initial CPC launch till around 1987/88 1988 when Amstrad set up office in Australia.<br>So early 464 & 6128's had "Awa" on startup/reset & later just the usual "Amstrad".<br>All Australian delivered 664's had "Awa" on startup.<br>
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The Australian variant is much less known than the German variant (which displays [[Schneider]] in the boot message, and which also has a Schneider logo on the keyboard).<br>
File:Australian Awa CPC664.jpg|Awa 64K Microcomputer
File:Awa CPC6128s.jpg|Awa 128K Microcomputer
File:Awa Guarantee Card.jpg|Amstrad AWA Guarantee Card
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