Editing Amstrad PCW (section)

==={{anchor|9512|9256}}PCW 9512 and 9256===
{{Infobox computer
| Name = PCW 9512 and 9256
| Photo = 
| Type = [[Personal computer]]
| Released = {{Start date and age|1987}}
| Discontinued = 
| units sold = 
| Processor = [[Zilog Z80|Z80]]
| Memory = 512&nbsp;KB&nbsp;(PCW 9512); 256&nbsp;KB&nbsp;(PCW 9256)
| OS = [[CP/M Plus]], [[Locoscript]]
| CPUspeed = 4 [[megahertz|MHz]]
| memory card = 3" (PCW 9512) and 3.5" (PCW 9512+ & PCW 9256) floppy disk drives
| display = 12" monochrome monitor; 90 x 32 characters; 720 x 256
| connectivity = Parallel port
| discontinued = {{Start date and age|1994}}
}}
The PCW 9512, introduced in 1987 at a price of £499 plus VAT, had a white-on-black screen instead of green-on-black, and the bundled printer was a daisy-wheel model instead of a dot-matrix printer.<ref name="OldComputersPCW9xxxx" /> These models also had a parallel port, allowing non-Amstrad printers to be attached.<ref name="LuxsoftFAQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk/lux/pcwtips.html|title=Help, Tips & FAQ's for the Amstrad PCW, LocoScript & CP/M|access-date=2009-05-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090422230050/http://www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk/lux/pcwtips.html| archive-date= 22 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> The 9512 was also supplied with version 2 of the [[Locoscript]] [[word processor]] program  which included [[spellchecker]] and [[mail merge]] facilities. In all other respects the 9512's facilities were the same as the 8512's.<ref name="OldComputersPCW9xxxx">{{cite web|url=http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?c=190|title=Old computers: Amstrad PCW 9256 and 9512|access-date=2009-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808195206/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=190|archive-date=2017-08-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1991 the 9512 was replaced by the PCW 9256 and 9512+, both equipped with a single [[Floppy disk#3.C2.BD-inch floppy disk|3½-inch disk drive]] that could access 720&nbsp;KB. The 9512+ had 512&nbsp;KB of RAM,<ref name="OldComputersPCW9xxxx" /> and two printer options, the Amstrad daisy-wheel unit and a series of considerably more expensive [[Canon (company)|Canon]] [[inkjet printer]]s: initially the BJ10e, later the BJ10ex and finally the BJ10sx.<ref name="LuxsoftFAQ" /> The 9256 had 256&nbsp;KB of RAM and the same dot matrix printer as the 8256 and 8512, as well as the older Locoscript version 1.<ref name="LuxsoftFAQ" />