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Amstrad PC3000, PC4386SX and PC5000 Sales Leaflets

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Amstrad's sales leaflets and brochure for the PC3086, PC3286, PC3386SX, PC4386SX, PC5086 and PC5286, scanned at 300 dpi and hosted on the wiki. Each carries Amstrad's own specification table, and for the PC4386SX the brochure is the only Amstrad technical document available online. They are cited for specifications, dimensions and monitor options on the model pages.

Documents

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File Date Pages Contents
PC3086 leaflet © August 1990 2 Photograph, feature list ("Generation 3 PC's"), specification table and dimensions
PC3286 leaflet © August 1990 2 Photograph, photograph of the system unit with the board slid out, feature list, specification table
PC3386SX leaflet © August 1990 2 Photograph, main board photograph, feature list, specification table
PC4386SX brochure © March 1991 5 Photographs, feature highlights, motherboard photograph, specification table, dimensions and monitor options
PC5086 leaflet © August 1991 2 Photograph ("The new Amstrad Series 5"), feature list and specification table
PC5286 leaflet 1991 2 Photograph, feature list and specification table

What they settle

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  • Clock speeds, memory, cache, co-processor sockets, drive options, slot layouts, ports and dimensions of each model, as Amstrad published them.
  • The monitor options: 12-inch mono and two 14-inch colour VGA monitors for the Generation 3 machines, 14-inch monitors for Series 5, and 10-inch mono and Trinitron colour monitors for the PC4386SX.

What they do not contain

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  • Prices, procedures, schematics or component values.

Differences from the user manuals

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  • The leaflets describe the PC5086 and PC5286 clock as "10 Year Battery-Backed NVR"; the user manual specifies a rechargeable Ni-Cad battery on the PC5286.
  • The PC3386SX leaflet gives 20 MHz; the specification page of the Generation 3 user manual gives 16 MHz.
  • The PC5286 leaflet calls the memory parity checked; the user manual specifies ×8 SIMMs.

Pages that cite these documents

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PC4386SX brochure

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Source: the acpc.me (ACME) archive, Amstrad PC sales documents directory.