== History & Overview ==
== The 'Version 0' Prototype ==
The 'Version 0' motherboard prototype was the motherboard originally designed for the MOS 6502 microprocessor.
That board is owned by Roland Perry, the Amstrad CPC 464 project manager by 1983.
The board was shown by Roland in Retroalacant 2023, Alicante (Spain).
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Image:Amstrad cpc 464 v0 prototype components side.jpg|The Amstrad CPC 464 Version 0 motherboard prototype, components side
Image:Amstrad cpc 464 v0 prototype soldering side.jpg|The Amstrad CPC 464 Version 0 motherboard prototype, soldering side
Image:CPC464_V0_PCB_Top.jpg|V0 prototype board, component side
Image:CPC464_V0_PCB_Bottom.jpg|V0 prototype board, solder side
Image:CPC464_V0_PCB_Composite_View.jpg|V0 prototype board, X-Ray view
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== The Arnold ==
Image:GA motherboard.JPG|The gate array as a complete additional PCB board
Image:Inside GA.JPG|Another picture of the gate array prototype
Image:GateArraySimulator_13006-7_PCB_Top.jpg|Component side<br>(c) Jorge Selfa
Image:GateArraySimulator_13006-7_PCB_Bottom.jpg|Solder Side<br>(c) Jorge Selfa
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According to [[Your Computer]], Issue 11-1984, [[:File:YourComputer841100059.jpg|page 59]], Amstrad did supply software houses with CPCs since December 1983 (the CPC464 was officially launched about half a year later, in June 1984).
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