Country: |
Spain
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Most Common: |
Spain
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Rarity (Euro): |
very rare |
Year: |
1985
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Comment: |
This machine was sold with 72kB RAM because of spanish laws. Here is a good comment on that
topic from [MoDGOC]:
"There was a special version of the CPC-464 sold in Spain called the CPC-472. This special Spanish model was released to avoid the prohibition / taxes for selling computers in Spain with 64Kb or less without the 'Ñ' key! That was the reason why they released a 72Kb version of the CPC-464, without the 'Ñ' key. But after a short time every computers sold in Spain had to be sold with a Spanish keyboard including the 'Ñ' key and not only the ones with 64Kb or less memory. So Amstrad continued to sell CPC-472 in Spain but with a 'Ñ' key. Thus, there are two versions of the CPC-472: one with the 'Ñ' key and one without..."
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CPU: |
Zilog Z-80A
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RAM / ROM: |
128kB / 32kB 16kB
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Colors: |
2-16
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References: |
[MoDGOC]
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8Bit-Museum: |
[Company History],
[Models],
[Hardware]
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