| ★ HARDWARE ★ LES PC D'AMSTRAD ★ AMSTRAD PCW 8256 ★ |
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The machine, called the PCW8256, is a home or office word-processing system, something of a deéparture for Amstrad. Based on the technology used in the 6128 the new PCW 8256 offers 256K RAM. a Z80 processor and a sophisticated icon-driven word processing software program in a package which includes a single 3 inch disc drive, high-resolution monochrome monitor and near letter-quality dot-matrix printer. The computer, disc unit and much of the printer software is built into the compact monitor unit to keep the keyboard and printer as light as possible. Unlike Amstrad's previous computers the PCW 8256's much expanded version of Basic is not built-in. Instead it is supplied with the machine on disc and must be soft-loaded. Like the 6128, the micro is CP/M compatible running version 3.0 (CP/M Plus) and is also supplied with Digital Research's GSX graphics extension package. The micro can also be expanded with an additional 1M 3 inch disc unit, a space for which is provided behind a removable panel on the monitor unit. Like the 6128 the 8256 was commissioned from Amstrad by Indescomp Inc primarily for the US market. It will be available shortly in the UK, in the autumn in the rest of Europe, and and launched, according to Jaime Pero, President of Amstrad Computers US, in late 1985/early 1986 in America. PopularComputingWeekly850822 |
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