@DarthAzrael 13 November 2022

The Amstrad CPC was a line of 8-bit personal computers based on the Z80A CPU that was popular in the U.K. and other parts of Europe. For the most part, nobody in North America has ever heard of it so looking through a magazine dedicated to it has a bit of an alternate reality feel. Like the Commodore 64, The CPC line in large part was though of as a games machine. However, it could also run CP/M software so there were tons of business related apps as well. Having said that, CP/M was already well on its way out in 1984 when this line was first introduced. The Commodore 128 introduced in 1984 also had CP/M capabilities but it was really little used. The CPC 464 was the first and most popular model. It included 64KB of RAM and a built-in cassette deck. Amstrad Computer User was a magazine originally dedicated to this machine and the April 1985 issue includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/amstrad-computer-user-april-1985