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==Specifications== [[File:Schneider Amstrad PC 1512 DD White BG.jpg|thumb|[[Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG|Schneider]]-badged version of the Amstrad 1512 DD]] [[File:Amstrad PC-1512 - Retrosystems 2010.jpg|thumb|Amstrad PC-1512 DD on display at Retrosystems 2010]] General hardware specifications of the PC1512: * Available as choice of one or two 360 KB 5ΒΌ-inch floppy disks drives or one floppy disk drive with a 10 or 20 MB hard disk drive. * Hard disk version, supplied with an extra floppy disk and manual backup and restore utilities * PC1512 CGA display with extra 640Γ200 16 colour mode. PC1640: CGA, EGA, Hercules mode, plus possibility to add an 8-bit ISA VGA board. * Colour or monochrome monitors. Monochrome monitor displays CGA in [[greyscale]], not compatible with more usual [[hercules Graphics Card|Hercules]] mono display. * Motherboard includes [[RS232c]] [[serial port|serial]] and [[parallel port]] * Loudspeaker with volume control ([[PC speaker]], not sound card) * Battery-backed [[real-time clock]] and configuration RAM * Socket for [[8087]] [[math co-processor]]. * Connector for [[light pen]] * Full size [[QWERTY]] keyboard with [[Atari joystick port]] * Two button mouse with dedicated port on system unit * Microsoft compatible mouse [[device driver|driver]] * Three full-length [[PC/XT]]-bus ISA expansion slots β these were accessed through top and side panels with thumb-push locks meaning expansion cards could be added without use of a screwdriver.
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