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by ikari_pl 908 days ago
> PS: also important to note that not all CPC models came with the AMSDOS ROM or builtin floppy drive, so the actual operating system and

Right, technically correct! On the other hand, the command to return to BASIC from CP/M was "AMSDOS" - the distinction to be seen by the user was to be AMSDOS vs CP/M as two operating systems.

Btw. which book describes these internals? ;>>>

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There was a popular book series in Germany called 'xxx Intern' where xxx would be a computer model. For instance for the CPC:

https://archive.org/details/cpc-464-intern-bruckmann-english...

(I have a physical copy of the followup book "CPC 664/6128 Intern", archive.org doesn't seem to have that one though)

Awesome, thank you! Appreciated :)

(Amstrad community is the main reason I am thinking of learning German and Spanish :D)