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'''AMSTRAD ADDICT MAGAZINE ANNOUNCED<br><br>
 
A new 60-page Amstrad magazine - '''Amstrad Addict''' - edited by '''David Crookes''' (Retro Gamer, PC Pro, GamesTM, Wireframe, Amstrad Action, WACCI) is taking pre-orders!<br><br> It includes an interview with '''Lord Sugar''' and in-depth articles by Roland Perry, Auntie John, Adam Peters, Nich Campbell, Xyphoe, Rob Scott, Themistocles "gryzor" Papassilekas, Neil Reive, Stuart "Balrog" Whyte, Steve "WACCI" Williams and Andy Price. <br><br>There's an amazing type-in by Sean McManus, interviews with Richard Fairhurst and behind the scenes looks at Toki... and Vespertino. <br><br>And more. Like interviews with the people behind Protext and OCP Advanced Art Studio<br><br>
Preorder PDF or printed magazine '''[https://www.pixel.addict.media/shop/amstrad-addict-magazine here]''' or follow the discussion '''[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/amstrad-addict-magazine here]'''!
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<center> '''CPC Related News''' </center>
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<div style="height:20em; overflow:auto; border: 1px 0px solid #FFC9C9">*11/05/15: '''CPCtelera''', a cross-platform game development framework was [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/CPCtelera released]*21/03/15: '''C4CPC''', a cartridge replacement for PLUS and GX4000 was [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/C4CPC released]*02/01/15: COSMOS v.22 (final version) has been [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Cosmos released]*14/12/14: '''X-MASS''', Add a [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/x-mass-a-mass-storage-expansion-for-all-cpc/msg91048/#msg91048 128MB mass-storage] to your CPC.*30/08/14: [[MegaFlashROManager|ROManager]] 1.8 released. [http://futureos.cpc-live.com/files/ROManager_1.8.zip Download]*30/08/14: '''[[SymbOS]]''' 2.1 Final [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/symbos-2-1-final-released released]*14/08/14: '''[[PlayCity]]''', Add [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/playcity-aka-ctc-ay-(mx4)-for-august-!!!/ 6ch stereo audio, Z80 CTC...] to your CPC.*22/04/14: '''X-MEM''', Add up to [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/x-mem-a-new-memory-expansion-for-all-cpc/ 512K RAM/ROM] on your 464/664/6128.*20/04/14: '''Breaking Baud''', [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/demos/breaking-baud/ THE tape demo]. 2nd place at Revision!*30/03/14: '''Superpix''', a new Picross-style game was [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10000 released].*24/03/14: '''SAMdisk''' 3.8.2 [http://simonowen.com/samdisk/ released].*23/03/14: [[PSX controller mod for Amstrad CPC]] by [[User:Forcy|Forcy]]</div><br>
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<center><gallery widths=128px heights=96px>*17/10/23: '''[[FutureOS]]''' Update 2023 [http://www.FutureOS.de released].*21/09/23: '''[https://amsnews.fr AMSnews.fr]''', a new french information site about the Amstrad. '''''Be the first to know'''''.*07/06/23: '''Gates to Heaven''', a new platformer by [[ESP Soft]] [https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/gates-to-heaven-amstrad-cpc has been released], and their previous game, '''CPC Jewels''', can now be [https://amstrad-esp.itch.io/cpc-jewels-amstrad-cpc downloaded for free].*27/02/23: '''SOH Tactics GX''', a new GX4000/plus strategy game [http://www.sohde.co.uk/SOHTacticsGX.html released].*21/12/22: '''[[Current_Sources_Of_Software]]''', now as a wiki page.*09/12/22: '''Hyperdrive''', a new vertical scrolling SHMUP [https://www.usebox.net/jjm/hyperdrive/ has been released].*04/11/22: '''[[UniDOS]]''' 1.50 has been released [https://unidos.cpcscene.net].*30/10/22: '''''Ramiro el vampiro III''''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://mojontwins.itch.io/ramiro-el-vampiro-iii is released].*17/07/22: '''''Lala Prologue''''' using [[the Mojon Twins]] engine [https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/07/lala-prologue-stunning-platformer-by.html is released].*24/01/22: '''''[[SymAmp]] 4.0''''', with Amiga MOD support and more [http://www.symbos.org/appinfo.htm?00005 is released].
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=== Did you know? ===
*When the CPC 664 was being developed, Sugar was already looking (and hinting publicly!) at the CPC 6128 .*The [[472|CPC 472]] was a model released in Spain with an extra unaccessible 464 + 8 KB of unwired RAM , released in Spain to circumvent a spanish tax that charging 64 KB computers.*With a total of '''768×288''' pixels, the [[CPC|CPC]] was charged on imported machines the 8-bit with the highest displayable resolution on a CRT screen.*'''OpenOffice''' is the descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for CPC. *'''Excel''' is the direct descendant of [[Multiplan]] for CP/M. *[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] supports '''50x''' bigger hard drives than Win95A. *[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load a 178 KB floppy disc in '''9 seconds'''.*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can manage up to 64 KB memory'''4 MB''' of extended RAM and '''32 GB''' of mass storage.
*With a possible total amount of '''832 x 288 pixel''' (576 interlaced) the [[CPC|CPC]] was the 8 bit homecomputer with the highest screen resolution ever.
 
*'''OpenOffice''' for Windows/Linux is a direct descendant of [[Star-Division|StarWriter]] for the CPC.
*The transfer speed of the [[CPC Booster|CPC Booster +]] serial interface is faster than a standard '''DSL connection'''.
 
*[[SymbOS|SymbOS]] can handle more than '''50 times''' bigger hard discs than MS Windows 95A.
*[[FutureOS|FutureOS]] can load 178 KB in '''9 seconds''' from floppy disc and manages up to '''4 MB''' of RAM
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