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sound output were greatly inferior compared to other home computers of the time. Consequently, the
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Although the PC20/PC200 does not support standard floppy disk drives through the built-in
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Some PC20s omitted the RF modulator and its support circuitry.
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connector, it uses a compatible floppy disk controller (
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hardware. The machine was available in two versions,
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Index


Amstrad
Home computer
Operating system
MS-DOS
CPU
Intel 8086
floppy disk
CGA
MDA
PC Speaker
RS-232
Centronics
joystick port
Backward
compatibility

IBM PC
Amstrad PPC 512
Amstrad
Amstrad PPC 512
Sinclair
MS-DOS 3.3
memory-resident
GEM
CGA
PC speaker
LCD
RF modulator
Atari ST
Amiga 500
floppy drive

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