{"id":1120,"date":"2025-01-26T17:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T17:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2025-01-26T17:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T17:28:24","slug":"amstrad-cpc-464-8-bit-powerhouse-of-the-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=1120","title":{"rendered":"Amstrad CPC 464: 8-Bit Powerhouse of the 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Amstrad CPC 464<\/strong> was a hugely popular <strong>8-bit home computer<\/strong> released in <strong>1984<\/strong> by <strong>Amstrad<\/strong>, a company led by <strong>Alan Sugar<\/strong>. It was designed to be an <strong>affordable all-in-one system<\/strong> aimed at the growing home computing and gaming market. With its <strong>built-in cassette deck (the &#8220;Datacorder&#8221;)<\/strong>, <strong>full keyboard<\/strong>, and <strong>optional colour or green-screen monitor<\/strong>, the CPC 464 was a highly accessible and practical computer for its time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hardware Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Processor<\/strong>: Zilog Z80 CPU at 4 MHz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graphics<\/strong>: 3 display modes (160&#215;200, 320&#215;200, 640&#215;200), 16 colours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Audio:<\/strong> General Instrument AY-3-8912 (3-channel sound)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memory<\/strong>: 64KB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storage<\/strong>: Built-in cassette deck for loading and saving software<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connectivity<\/strong>: 3.5mm Audio out, RGB Monitor out, 9 pin User Port (I\/O), Printer edge connector and External Floppy disc edge connector<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original UK Release Date:<\/strong> 11th April 1984<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discontinued:<\/strong> 1990<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (New in 1984):<\/strong> \u00a3199 (with green screen monitor) or \u00a3299 (with colour monitor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (In 2025 Price):<\/strong> \u00a3610 (with green screen monitor) or \u00a3917 (with colour monitor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Modifications I have performed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bypassed the power switch as it was not working, cleaned &#8220;Datacorder&#8221; heads and changed drive belts also general clean to casing and removed stickers from casing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost to me for computer \u00a3102.05 (Computer, PSU and RGB to Scart video cable and one game cassette)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost to me for repairs and upgrades \u00a30.00<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amstrad CPC 464 was a hugely popular 8-bit home computer released in 1984 by Amstrad, a company led by Alan Sugar. It was designed to be an affordable all-in-one system aimed at the growing home computing and gaming market. With its built-in cassette deck (the &#8220;Datacorder&#8221;), full keyboard, and optional colour or green-screen monitor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1980s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions\/1139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}