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Amstrad PCW 9512 User Manual (French)

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The PCW9512 Ordinateur Personnel Traitement de Texte – Manuel de l'utilisateur is the French-language user manual for the Amstrad PCW 9512, copyright 1987 Amstrad plc and Locomotive Software, adapted and published in France by Amstrad France. The hosted scan has 722 PDF pages, image only, with no text layer. In part 1 the printed page numbers run seven behind the PDF page numbers (printed p. 37 is PDF p. 44).

Contents

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The manual is in three parts.

Part 1, Le PCW9512:

  • Chapter 1, Mise en marche (setting up), p. 1: the cardboard transit insert in the drive; freeing the print head and ribbon cassette of the daisywheel printer; connecting the printer; copying the LocoScript 2 master disc
  • Chapter 2, Utilisation de votre PCW (using the PCW), p. 13: loading software, cleaning (p. 16), paper handling, changing the ribbon (pp. 23–24), changing the daisywheel (pp. 24–25)
  • Annex I, Extensions, p. 27: add-ons, among them the CPS8256 interface and other printers
  • Annex II, Résoudre les problèmes (troubleshooting), p. 37: the machine, the disc drive, starting up, the printer

Part 2, LocoScript: a LocoScript 2 course in three stages of sessions, from p. 45.

Part 3, CP/M, BASIC et LOGO: CP/M Plus, Mallard BASIC and Dr. Logo.

What it settles

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  • Transit packing: a piece of card in the drive (removed by pressing the eject button), a polystyrene block over the ribbon cassette, and a clip, pulled out by its plastic tie, that holds the print head at the far left of the carriage (pp. 3–4).
  • The printer cable ends in a 14-pin DIN plug marked for the PCW9512. The printer must not be unplugged with the PCW switched on (p. 5).
  • The power switch is on the back of the machine (p. 6).
  • Clean the screen and case with an anti-static aerosol, never with an alcohol-based cleaner (p. 16).
  • Ribbon cassettes are ordered as the cassette for the Amstrad PCW9512. A daisywheel is changed with the daisywheel adjustment lever inside the printer, and simply laid in place: it is not set to any particular character (pp. 23–25).
  • When the ribbon runs out, the printer stops and the PCW waits; fit a new ribbon and press Exit to continue. Paper does not autoload unless the paper release lever is pushed back (p. 41).
  • Start-of-day discs for the PCW8256, PCW8512 or CPC6128 cannot be used on the PCW9512 (p. 39).

What this manual does not contain

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There is no service information: no circuit diagrams, adjustments or parts lists. Amstrad's service manual for the later PCW 9512+ covers a related daisywheel printer and the later 3.5-inch model's boards.

Pages that cite this document

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Download: Amstrad PCW9512 User Manual (1987, French).pdf

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