I have the main unit, monitor PC-MM and keyboard.
type computer
country Germany
year 1986
os MS DOS 3.2, DOS Plus
cpu Intel 8086
speed 8 MHz
ram 512 KB
rom 8 KB
disk 5,1/4 360K
hd 10M
graphic 640×200
colors 16
sound beeper
ports 2 x RS323c, centronics, video, keyboard, mouse
The Schneider PC1512SD — The German Budget PC
The Schneider PC1512SD was the German-market version of the Amstrad PC1512 — the groundbreaking budget IBM PC-compatible that Amstrad had launched in 1986 to disrupt the European PC market. Sold under the Schneider brand through Schneider’s German retail network, the PC1512 brought full IBM PC compatibility to a price point that had previously seemed impossible, helping to democratise PC ownership in Germany as it had in the UK. The ”SD” designation indicated a single disk drive configuration.
The Amstrad PC Revolution
When Amstrad launched the PC1512 in 1986, it shocked the European PC industry by offering a complete IBM-compatible system — computer, monitor, and mouse — at roughly half the price of comparable IBM and Compaq machines. Schneider’s distribution of this machine in Germany under their own brand extended this price revolution to German consumers, contributing significantly to the rapid expansion of PC ownership throughout Europe in the late 1980s. The PC1512’s combination of genuine IBM compatibility and aggressive pricing established the template for the affordable PC-compatible market that would dominate consumer computing for the following decade.