| The [[.companies:Amstrad]] [[PCW]] 16 or [[Anne]] replaced the [[PCW]] 9512 in 1996. It was the last of the range and was a game changer. The Zilog [[es:hardware:z80|Z80]] is maintained but at 16 MHz, the memory is 1024 Kb expandable to 2048. Contrary to previous models, which use a text-based interface, the [[PCW] ] 16 uses a graphical user interface called "Desktop". The computer doesn't run [[CP/M]] like the old [[PCW]] computers, but it had its own operating system called "[[Roseanne]]", a graphical user interface written by Creative Technology, which was stored along with its programs in 1024Kb of Flash RAM. You can't run the Soft of older computers, but by [[ZP/M]] you can run them, except [[Locoscript]] and some games. Although [[CP/M]] was not supplied, it is ported to this machine by independent developers. Unlike previous models of the [[PCW]] which came with only the [[Locoscript]] word processor, the [[PcW]]16 came with a full range of built-in software - word processor, spreadsheet, address book, calendar/alarm, calculator and file manager. Fortunately, [[.companies:Amstrad]] abandoned the Hitachi 3" disk format and switched to the double-density MS-DOS standard 1.44 3.5" format, which could read all three of the previous formats. The [[Roseanne]] operating system could use long file names (up to 31 characters). The screen was also standard: 640 x 480 VGA mode. Amstrad provided various internal expansions for the PCW-16, 1 MB RAM, 2 MB Flash RAM, Application ROM, 2nd FDD drive, Printers, Modems, Psy-Q Development Kit; but it seems that none of them saw the light. It does not have a serial printer but it supports any compatible HP, Epson, Canon and IBM, and a specific series. | The [[.companies:Amstrad]] [[PCW]] 16 or [[Anne]] replaced the [[PCW]] 9512 in 1996. It was the last of the range and was a game changer. The Zilog [[en:hardware:z80|Z80]] is maintained but at 16 MHz, the memory is 1024 Kb expandable to 2048. Contrary to previous models, which use a text-based interface, the [[PCW] ] 16 uses a graphical user interface called "Desktop". The computer doesn't run [[CP/M]] like the old [[PCW]] computers, but it had its own operating system called "[[Roseanne]]", a graphical user interface written by Creative Technology, which was stored along with its programs in 1024Kb of Flash RAM. You can't run the Soft of older computers, but by [[ZP/M]] you can run them, except [[Locoscript]] and some games. Although [[CP/M]] was not supplied, it is ported to this machine by independent developers. Unlike previous models of the [[PCW]] which came with only the [[Locoscript]] word processor, the [[PcW]]16 came with a full range of built-in software - word processor, spreadsheet, address book, calendar/alarm, calculator and file manager. Fortunately, [[.companies:Amstrad]] abandoned the Hitachi 3" disk format and switched to the double-density MS-DOS standard 1.44 3.5" format, which could read all three of the previous formats. The [[Roseanne]] operating system could use long file names (up to 31 characters). The screen was also standard: 640 x 480 VGA mode. Amstrad provided various internal expansions for the PCW-16, 1 MB RAM, 2 MB Flash RAM, Application ROM, 2nd FDD drive, Printers, Modems, Psy-Q Development Kit; but it seems that none of them saw the light. It does not have a serial printer but it supports any compatible HP, Epson, Canon and IBM, and a specific series. |
