Amstrad GX4000 - Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications

  • CPU: 8/16-bit Zilog Z80A at 4 MHz
  • Asic: Support for sprites, soft scrolling, programmable interrupts, DMA Sound

Resolution

  • Mode 0: 160x200 pixels with 16 colours
  • Mode 1: 320x200 pixels with 4 colours
  • Mode 2: 640x200 pixels with 2 colours

Colour

  • Depth: 12-bit RGB
  • Colours available: 4096
  • Maximum colours onscreen: 32 (16 for background, 15 for sprites, 1 for border)

Maximum onscreen colour counts can be increased in all Modes through the use of interrupts.

Sprites

  • Number: 16 high resolution sprites per line
  • Sizes: 16x16 (each sprite can be magnified 2x or 4x in X and Y)
  • Colours: Each sprite can use up to 15 colours

Memory

  • RAM: 64 kB
  • VRam: 16 kB
  • ROM: 32 kB

Audio

  • 3-channel stereo; AY-3-8912 chip
  • DMA

IO

Audio output, 2x Digital controller connectors, Analog controller port (IBM standard), Lightgun connector (RJ11), Audio and RGB Video output (8-pin DIN), Power supply socket from external PSU, Power supply socket from monitor.

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