I have two main units and Amstrad CT65 monitor.
type computer
country Germany
year 1985
os AMSDOS, CP/M, build in language Locomotive Basic
cpu Zilog Z80
speed 4 MHz
ram 64 KB
rom 32 KB
graphic 160×200 (16 colors)
colors 27
sound 3 channels, 8 octaves
ports printer, bus port, joystick (Atari), floppy, monitor, headphone/sound output
The Schneider CPC 464 — The German Amstrad
The Schneider CPC 464 was the German-market version of the Amstrad CPC 464 — identical in hardware to the British original but sold under the Schneider brand by Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG of Türkheim, Bavaria. Schneider had a distribution agreement with Amstrad that gave them the rights to sell Amstrad’s CPC computers under their own brand in Germany and several other European markets. The Schneider CPC 464 was enormously successful in Germany, where it outsold both the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64 to become the dominant home computer of the mid-1980s.
Schneider Rundfunkwerke — From Woodworking to Computers
Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG had origins in 1889 when Felix Schneider founded a company manufacturing industrial woodworking tools in Türkheim, Bavaria. By the 1970s the company had entered consumer audio electronics, becoming known for affordable radios and stereo systems. The partnership with Amstrad beginning in the mid-1980s transformed Schneider into a significant computer brand in Germany — the Amstrad/Schneider CPC and later PC-compatible machines were sold through Schneider’s extensive German retail relationships, reaching customers who might never have visited a specialist computer shop.
German CPC Dominance
The Schneider CPC 464 achieved a level of market dominance in Germany that the Amstrad brand achieved in the UK — becoming the standard home computer for German families and schools throughout the mid-to-late 1980s. German software publishers developed extensively for the CPC platform, and the Schneider brand’s association with quality German engineering gave the machines additional credibility. The German CPC user community remained active well into the 1990s, producing software and hardware expansions that kept the platform relevant long after its commercial peak.