Summer delivery for Amstrad

THE new Amstrad games computer will be formally announced next week.

The machine with 64K Ram, 32K Rom. a Z80 micro processor and a built-in cassette unit will be offered in two forms. A version including a separate black-and-white monitor will sell for £199.

For £299 the price will include a monitor quality colour display (see Popular Computing Weekly, March 15).

The machine features three text display modes — 20, 40 and 80 columns — and three graphics modes, 160 x 200 pixels. 320 x 200 pixels and 640 x 200 pixels. The colour resolution in the highest resolution mode is four colours per horizontal pixel screen line.

First deliveries of the machine to shops are expected in the summer.