The Amstrad PCW series (Personal Computer Word processor) was British company Amstrad's versatile line of home/personal microcomputers pitched as a complete, integrated home/office solution. It was first sold in 1985.

Some models were also affectionately known as Joyce, especially in Germany; the name is that of a secretary of Alan Sugar, the founder of Amstrad, and was the codename of the machine while it was in development.

The PCW9512 (1987) was supplied with a daisy wheel printer instead of the 9-pin dot matrix of the 8000 series. It had a single 3-inch 720 kB floppy drive, and a white-screen monochrome display. The visual appearance was significantly changed. It came with a parallel printer port as standard.


Manufactured in the United Kingdom 1987 to 1994
CPU      Zilog Z80 A 4 MHz RAM 512 KB
Text Mode 90 xchars. x 35 lines
Grap[hic Mode 720 x 256 dots B & W
Ports Z80 Bus, Parallel
One Hitachi 3'' disk-drive (720k)
O/S      CP/M, CP/M+
Price £499

Our unit is in excellent condition with the original box with keyboard, Amstrad Daisy Wheel; printer & Sheet Feeder
Base & Monitor.

This unit is unused unpacked and all in the original packaging.  It was released on the Spanish market but has an additional English keyboard.

Amstrad PCW 9512 Manuals:

Item	Manufacturer	Date
Amstrad PCW9512 Personal Computer Word Processor Service Manual	Amstrad	1985
Amstrad PCW8256 Personal Computer Word Processor Service Manual	Amstrad	1985
Amstrad PCW8256/8512 Personal Computer Word Processor Service Manual	Amstrad	1985
PCW9512 Personal Computer Wordprocessor - User Instructions	Amstrad	Nov 1987
MicroDesign 2 - User Manual		1989

Magazines RELATED to Amstrad PCW 9512 in our Library

Item	Manufacturer	Date
University of Cambridge Computing Service, April/May 1986, Newsletter 125	University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory	Unknown
Practical Computing - November 1985		Nov 1985
Personal Computer World Special: Business Computing The 1986 Survival Guide		Apr 1986
Your Computer - May 1986		May 1986
Personal Computer World - May 1986		1 May 1986
Personal Computer World - June 1986		1 Jun 1986
Personal Computer World - July 1986		1 Jul 1986
Practical Computing - August 1986		Aug 1986
Personal Computer World - October 1987		1 Oct 1987
Your Computer - November 1987		Nov 1987
Practical Computing - November 1987		Nov 1987
Personal Computer World - December 1987		Dec 1987
The Micro Designer - Issue 4 - October 1990	Creative Technology	Oct 1990
Personal Computer World - February 1996		Feb 1996

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Amstrad CPC 664	Amstrad	May 1985
Amstrad PCW 8256	Amstrad	September 1985
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Amstrad PC1512 SD	Amstrad	1986
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Amstrad PCW 9512+	Amstrad	1987
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Amstrad PC2086 S	Amstrad	1988
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Amstrad PC2086/30	Amstrad	1988
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Amstrad PC1640 HD30	Amstrad	1988
Amstrad PPC 512D	Amstrad	1988
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Amstrad PC2286/40	Amstrad	October 1989
Amstrad CPC 464 Plus	Amstrad	1990
Amstrad PCW 9256	Amstrad	1990
Amstrad ALT-286 Laptop Computer	Amstrad	1990
Amstrad CPC 6128 Plus	Amstrad	1990
Amstrad ACL-386SX120 Laptop	Amstrad	1991
Amstrad PC4386SX Computer	Amstrad	1991
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