Date   : Fri, 14 Sep 1990 15:26:51 BST
From   : D M Pickles <andmp@np1a.bristol.ac.uk>
Subject: Amstrad PCW info

Regarding the recent missives about Amstrad PCW's etc: I am a PCW owner
inthe UK, and can confirm there are several external 3.5" and 5.25" disc
drives marketed for it by various companies over here... there is also
a 3" external drive (i.e. one which takes those nasty little Amstrad-
specific diskettes) intended to be hooked up to a PC.  I believe several
of the packages come with software intended to transfer files from the
Amstrad's CP/M to MS-DOS format too.

There is also *definitely* a MS-DOS version of the Locoscript WP software,
only recently released by Locomotive Software - called surprisingly,
Locoscript-PC.  Costs about 100 pounds.
Locomotive do produce a BASIC (called Mallard Basic, which is bundled with
the PCW along with CP/M+ and Locoscript), and lots of other stuff like
LocoSpell, LocoMail (self explanatory) LocoFile (pop-up database), LocoFont
(different fonts for the PCW's bundled printer, plus several more I don't
remember off-hand, all of which are ancillary to LocoScript.  

If anyone wants any more specific info, contact me by Email and I'll
delve into my back-issues of Amstrad magazines!

--David Pickles   (andmp@uk.ac.bristol.np1a)