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{{Short description|1986 PC-compatible microcomputer}} {{refimprove|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox computer | Name = Amstrad PC1512 | Photo = Amstrad PC1512.jpg | caption = Amstrad PC-1512 at National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, UK | Type = [[Personal computer]] | Released = 1986 | Discontinued = | Processor = [[Intel 8086]] @ 8 MHz | Memory = 512 KB (expandable to 640 KB) | OS = [[MS-DOS]] 3.2 and [[DOS Plus]] | price = [[Pound Sterling|Β£]]399 plus VAT | dimensions = 372 Γ 284 Γ 135 | weight = 6.05 kg / 7.75 kg | input = [[Keyboard (computing)|Keyboard]], [[Joystick]], Amstrad [[Mouse (computing)|mouse]], light pen | manufacturer = [[Amstrad]] | storage = 10 or 20 MB HDD (optional) | media = | aka = Schneider PC1512, PC1640, PC6400, Sinclair PC500 | memory card = 5ΒΌ-inch [[floppy disk]]s | graphics = [[Color Graphics Adapter|CGA]] compatible | display = BW or color monitor; 640Γ200 with 16 colors | connectivity = [[RS232]], [[parallel port]] | sound = [[PC speaker]] | successor = [[Amstrad PC2286]] }} The '''Amstrad PC1512''' was [[Amstrad]]'s mostly [[IBM PC compatible|IBM PC-compatible]] computer system, launched in 1986,<ref name="practicalcomputing198611_moody">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/practical-computing/PracticalComputing-1986-11/page/58/mode/2up | title=Amstrad PC-1512 Sugar-Sweet Clone | magazine=Practical Computing | last1=Moody | first1=Glyn | date=November 1986 | access-date=16 July 2024 | pages=58β60 }}</ref> and advertised with prices from Β£399 plus VAT.<ref name="practicalcomputing198611_amstrad">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/practical-computing/PracticalComputing-1986-11/page/26/mode/2up | title=Compatible with you know who. Priced as only we know how. | magazine=Practical Computing | date=November 1986 | access-date=16 July 2024 | pages=26β27 }}</ref> The system was also marketed in the US by Texas-based Vidco Inc. from the start of 1987.<ref name="practicalcomputing198702_amstrad">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/practical-computing/PracticalComputing-1987-02/page/n16/mode/1up | title=Amstrad PC to be sold in the States | magazine=Practical Computing | date=February 1987 | access-date=16 July 2024 | pages=17 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.1000bit.it/ad/bro/amstrad/AmstradPC1512.pdf |title=PC1512 advert |publisher=Amstrad}}</ref> Later in 1987, a slightly updated version called the '''PC1640''' was introduced,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PC-1512 and the Fall of Amstrad |url=https://www.i-programmer.info/history/machines/1364-alan-sugar-and-the-fall-of-amstrad.html?start=2 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=www.i-programmer.info}}</ref> also marketed as the '''PC6400''' and '''Sinclair PC500'''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2000 |title=General notes on Amstrad PCs |url=http://www.freetimeweb.nl/home/computer/alt/lawsons-amstrad-computer_site/web.ukonline.co.uk/cliff.lawson/general.htm#compat |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Amstrad computer site}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Elliott |first=John |date=April 19, 2013 |title=Amstrad XTs: Models |url=https://www.seasip.info/AmstradXT/models.html#pc1512 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=John Elliott's homepage}}</ref> [[Schneider Electric|Schneider]] branded machines for the [[Germany|German]] market were also sold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amstrad PC 1512SD - MCbx |url=https://oldcomputer.info/pc/ams1512/index.htm |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=oldcomputer.info}}</ref>
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