Amstrad PC1640/HD30

I used to have three slightly different models of PC1640, all of which came from Grapevine Information Services. As with the PC1512 they were used for about 4 years as viewdata editing machines, with only the monitors being switched off overnight. Unfortunately two of them had to be recycled, so I now have a single PC1640 left.

Name. Amstrad PC1640/HD30.
Introduced. 1986.
Processor. Intel 8086 (8MHz).
RAM. 640 Kb.
ROM. 16 Kb (containing BIOS).
Operating system. MS-DOS 3.2.
Interfaces.
  • Power in.
  • EGA monitor out.
  • Parallel port.
  • Serial port.
  • Joystick.
  • Keyboard.
  • Mouse.
  • Eight (ISA?) expansion slots.
Monitor. Amstrad EGA colour.
Drives.
  • 5.25" floppy drive.
  • Internal 30Mb ST506 hard drive.
Expansion cards. LANtastic network cards.
Software installed (selection).
  • LANtastic software.
  • QVX viewdata editor.

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