Amstrad CPC Story | Nostalgia Nerd

The Amstrad CPC Story begins way back in 1947, with the birth of Alan Michael Sugar. We then meander through Alan Sugar's early working career, the start of his trading business, AMS Trading, and then the formation of Amstrad. From there, between stereos and CB radios we land with the fabulous Amstrad CPC464 in 1984. A machine often cast aside as an "also ran", but in reality, anything but. Selling some 2 million machines, it comes in third place behind the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64, but dominated in parts of Europe. So, let us delve in to the Amstrad and Amstrad CPC story concentrating mainly on the early days of Amstrad and the launch of the Amstrad CPC464 Home Computer... Watch Part 2 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1KS7nSKnxE Watch the entire Chris Curry (of Sinclair & Acorn Computers) interview on The Centre for Computing History's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrTmvqwpZF8 With thanks to my fellow Youtubers; Larry Bundy Jr: https://www.youtube.com/user/LarryBundyJr Slopes Game Room: https://www.youtube.com/user/djslopesroom Ashens: https://www.youtube.com/user/ashens ☟Sharing☟ If you wish to share this video in forums, social media, on your website, *please do so*! It helps tremendously with the channel! ☟Subcribe☟ https://www.youtube.com/user/nostalgianerdvideos?sub_confirmation=1 ✊Support Me! ✊ *Please consider supporting the channel on Patreon*: https://www.patreon.com/nostalgianerd?ty=h Visit my eBay Shop: http://ebay.to/1QQpYyy Buy From Amazon (Amazon give a small commission to my affiliate account): http://amzn.to/2iGA3Yq ★Join me on Social Media★ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nostalnerd Face: http://www.facebook.com/nostalnerd Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/nostalgianerd Web: http://www.nostalgianerd.com ★Equipment★ Lumix G6 with Vario 14-42mm Lens Nikon D3200 with 40mm Macro Corel Video Studio Ultimate X9 Corel Paint Shop Pro X6 Blue Snowball Microphone ♜Resources♜ Book reference: Alan Sugar, the Amstrad Story - http://amzn.to/2kOyNzW The Amstrad Times - http://www.amshold.com/social_media/The_Amstrad_Times.pdf Music 00:14 Robocop (CPC464) 01:08 Invisible Pieces (YT Library) 02:40 Good to Go (YT Library) 05:03 Strange Stuff (YT Library) 06:41 First in Line (YT) 08:59 Prog Climation (YT) 10:53 Cassette Loader (CPC) 14:38 Savage (CPC) 19:39 Shufflepuck Cafe (CPC) 21:27 Tensions (CPC) 22:37 L'Aigle D'or (CPC) 24:30 Short Circuit (CPC) 27:25 Sapiens (CPC) 28:08 Battle Squadron (CPC) 31:00 Bubble Bobble (CPC) Some CPC464 tracks sourced from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nafpTCRxvkA Images Various images under CC from Wikipedia/Wikimedia https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/28/how-amstrad-word-processor-encouraged-writers-use-computers http://www.i-programmer.info/history/people/442-alan-sugar-and-the-cpc.html?start=1 - Poel & Perry http://www.milair.co.uk/nostalgia.html - Ambit International Catalogues http://cpcrulez.fr/people-cpcstaff-william_poel-poel_s_opinion_POPU.htm - William Poel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdtsFsIhgAs - Gorillas Amstrad CP/m (Vincent GR) Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentGreece - Gorillas.bas CP/M footage (Vincent GR onYoutube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyllr4RBWn8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCuIwjLmBY0 - Japan Episode 1 (Electronics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvLYxrqW9BM - Office Footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrTmvqwpZF8 - Interview with Chris Curry If you believe I have forgotten to attribute anything in this video, please let me know, so I can add the source in. It takes time to make these videos and therefore it can be easy to forget things or make a mistake.