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The '''Amstrad CP/M Plus character set''' (alternatively known as '''PCW character set''' or '''ZX Spectrum +3 character set''') is any of a group of 8-bit character sets introduced by [[Amstrad]]/[[Locomotive Software]] for use in conjunction with their adaptation of [[Digital Research]]'s [[CP/M Plus]]<ref name="Plus3CPM"/> on various [[Amstrad CPC]] / [[Schneider CPC]] and [[Amstrad PCW]] / [[Schneider Joyce]]<!-- PCW 8000, PCW 9256, PCW 10, PCW 9512, PCW 9512+ --> machines.<ref name="Elliott_2015_XBIOS"/><ref name="AT_CPMPlus_CS"/> The character set was also used on the [[Amstrad ZX Spectrum +3]] version of CP/M.<ref name="Plus3CPM"/>▼
| name = Amstrad CP/M Plus character set
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| basedon = [[ISO/IEC 646]]
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| lang = US English, French, German, UK English, Danish Swedish, Italian and Spanish
| by = [[Amstrad]], [[Locomotive Software]]
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| otherrelated = [[LocoScript]]
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| alias = PCW character set, ZX Spectrum +3 character set
▲}}The '''Amstrad CP/M Plus character set''' (alternatively known as '''PCW character set''' or '''ZX Spectrum +3 character set''') is any of a group of 8-bit character sets introduced by [[Amstrad]]/[[Locomotive Software]] for use in conjunction with their adaptation of [[Digital Research]]'s [[CP/M Plus]]<ref name="Plus3CPM"/> on various [[Amstrad CPC]] / [[Schneider CPC]] and [[Amstrad PCW]] / [[Schneider Joyce]]<!-- PCW 8000, PCW 9256, PCW 10, PCW 9512, PCW 9512+ --> machines.<ref name="Elliott_2015_XBIOS"/><ref name="AT_CPMPlus_CS"/> The character set was also used on the [[Amstrad ZX Spectrum +3]] version of CP/M.<ref name="Plus3CPM"/>
At least on the ZX Spectrum +3 it existed in eight language-specific variants (based on [[ISO/IEC 646]]) depending on the selected locale of the system: USA (default), France, Germany, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Italy and Spain.<ref name="Plus3Language"/>
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