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#### Amstrad/Schneider CPC 6128

Usage:
With a disk image loaded, the emulation starts from the BASIC "Ready" prompt.
From here you can enter commands to access the disk image:
A directory listing can be obtained with: "CAT"
A program can be run with: RUN"filename"
The common programs to run are those with a .BIN or .BAS extension and usually the smaller
of the files on the disk image.
On a few games you can type: RUN"disc or RUN"disk to start the game.
If a directory listing cannot be obtained, then the disc might be copy-protected.
In this case, try:
|CPM
| is obtained by pressing shift and the @ key together. Since the keyboard is mapped so the
keys are in the roughly same place as on a real Amstrad keyboard, then @ can be found
around the [,@,],# keys.
The |CPM works by loading and executing the first sector on the first track of the disc.
Snapshots, which contain a memory dump, cpu state and hardware state, can be run from a
command line interface with the following command:
mess cpc6128 -snap "snapshot name"
The snapshot will start automatically.
There are a few excellent utilities for creating and maintaining
disk images for the Amstrad CPC emulators. Here are just a couple -
CPDRead http://www.classicgaming.com/caprice/
CPCfs ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/amstrad/emu-util/cpcfs085.zip
Others can be found in the FAQ at http://genesis8.free.fr/

Known Issues:
Requires full keyboard emulation. At startup, full keyboard emulation mode is enabled by
default. Whilst in full keyboard emulation mode, some key associated functionality may be
disabled (like the ESC key for EXIT). The keyboard emulation mode is toggled using the
scroll_lock key.
Runs many disk images and snapshots well.

History and Trivia:
The CPC6128 was a 8-bit Amstrad computer, produced in 1985. The computer was sold with a
colour monitor or a green screen monitor. This connected to a keyboard unit which had a 3"
drive in it. The monitor contained the power supply for the computer. Using this arrangement
only a single plug was required. The CPC6128 was the third in the CPC series. It had the same
hardware as the CPC464 and the CPC664.
CPC464: 64k of ram, tape recorder built in.
CPC664: 64k of ram, 3" disk drive built in
CPC6128: 128k of ram, 3" disk drive built in.
The Amstrad had a Z80 at it's core. It had a palette of 27 colours, produced from combinations
of 3 levels of r,g and b. It has three graphics modes. 640x200 in 2 colours (hi-res), 320x200
in 4 colours (medium res), 160x200 in 16 colours (lo-res).

created on Thu Aug 16 22:55:01 2001