Amstrad CPC
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Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad consists of a Z80A @ 3.5 MHz CPU
Setting up
- Native-assemblers:
- orgams - Definitvely the state-of-the-art assembler on Amstrad CPC
- Cross-Assemblers:
- The emulator Winape has an integrated assembler.
- cross-platform SjASMPlus assembler supports CPC snapshot and CDT files since v1.18.4.
- Rasm - extremely fast cross-platform Z80 assembler with many features.
- BASM - a modern Z80 assembler with many features borrowed to mainstream spectrum assemblers, maxam and rasm.
- Emulator(s):
- Winape is very accurate and includes an assembler / debugger
- Caprice gets very regular updates
- CPCEC is very fast
- JavaCPC offers many features
- Retro Virtual Machine is visually very impressive
- Ace-DL one of the most accurate emulators / UI is less ergonomic than Winape ATM, but it will improve with time
- Amspirit another accurate emulator
Video Display
No information yet
Sound
No information yet
Assumed state at start
If the intro is launched with RUN"intro, we can assume those facts
- CRTC R12/R13 = 0x3000
- 0xC000-0xFFFF is filled with byte 0x00
- screen mode is 1
Additional Resources
- 64 NOPs Amstrad CPC Tech Blog - https://64nops.wordpress.com/