Amstrad CPC 664: Difference between revisions
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=== Main board === | === Main board === | ||
The CPC 664 has a single main board, Z70205, 475 × 155 mm, seen in two versions.<ref name="cpcwikimb">CPCWiki, [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Mainboard_Versions "Mainboard Versions"]. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Community catalogue of board markings and per-version changes, compiled from photographed boards.</ref> MC0005A has an 8-pin data separator. MC0005B is found in German Schneider machines and usually carries a patch resistor between pin 9 (A0) and pin 14 (/CASADDR) of IC105; it is R160 in the schematic but has no legend on the board, so it is a factory addition, not a previous owner's repair.<ref name="cpcwikimb" /> CPC 464 boards are | The CPC 664 has a single main board, Z70205, 475 × 155 mm, seen in two versions.<ref name="cpcwikimb">CPCWiki, [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Mainboard_Versions "Mainboard Versions"]. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Community catalogue of board markings and per-version changes, compiled from photographed boards.</ref> MC0005A has an 8-pin data separator. MC0005B is found in German Schneider machines and usually carries a patch resistor between pin 9 (A0) and pin 14 (/CASADDR) of IC105; it is R160 in the schematic but has no legend on the board, so it is a factory addition, not a previous owner's repair.<ref name="cpcwikimb" /> The CPC 464 boards are listed on [[Amstrad CPC 464#Main board versions|the CPC 464 page]]. | ||
== Disc drive == | == Disc drive == | ||
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* [[Amstrad CPC 664 Service Manual]] – Amstrad's service manual for the CPC 664, CTM644 and GT65 | * [[Amstrad CPC 664 Service Manual]] – Amstrad's service manual for the CPC 664, CTM644 and GT65 | ||
* [[Amstrad Peripheral Technical Manual (Edition 2)]] – dk'tronics' 1986 manual for its own CPC add-ons (lightpen, speech synthesiser, 64K and 256K memory expansions and silicon discs), including how the expansion RAM is banked through the gate array port at &7F00; not an Amstrad document | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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File:Amstrad CPC 664 with colour monitor.jpg|CPC 664 with the CTM644 colour monitor | File:Amstrad CPC 664 with colour monitor.jpg|CPC 664 with the CTM644 colour monitor | ||
File:Amstrad CPC 664 ordinateur.jpg|The keyboard unit and disc drive | File:Amstrad CPC 664 ordinateur.jpg|The keyboard unit and disc drive | ||
File:Amstrad CPC 664 product photo.jpg| | File:Amstrad CPC 664 product photo.jpg|CPC 664 in a 1985 catalogue photograph | ||
File:Amstrad CPC664 main PCB layout.jpg|Main PCB layout from Amstrad's service manual | File:Amstrad CPC664 main PCB layout.jpg|Main PCB layout from Amstrad's service manual | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||