Editing Amstrad PC2086 (section)

== Known issues ==

* Hard disc models: defective RLL controllers, often replaced with hard cards.<ref name="models" />
* Windows 3.0 runs only in monochrome CGA mode with the standard 8086 unless a third-party 8086 VGA driver or an NEC V30 is used.<ref name="qa" /><ref name="v30" />
* The keyboard and mouse use Amstrad's own interfaces; DOS Days notes that the keyboard protocol is the PC1640's with a different connector.<ref name="dd1">DOS Days, [https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/amstrad_pc1640_pt1.php "The Amstrad PC1640 Project – Part 1"], 17 August 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-02. The PC1640 keyboard protocol shared with the PC2086 and PC3086, with a different connector.</ref> Owners describe the key lock as a switch that does not lock the case.<ref name="adv">cwathen and kuro68k, [https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/pc2086-advice.72373/ "PC2086 advice"], Vintage Computer Federation Forums, August 2019. Retrieved 2026-10-02. Community comments: the PC2086 key lock fault, disconnecting the lock, the proprietary keyboard and mouse interface, the hard disc on an ISA controller.</ref>