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What Secrets Hide Inside This Micro? - Alan Sugar's Grand Plan Hidden in Plain Sight | Tech NIbble

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24th March 2026 18 min

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The Amstrad CPC has a secret in its ROM, and it's not a techincal one, but one that tells us of the wheeling and dealing that Amstrad founder Alan Sugar had in mind to push the micro out to the world. Let's unlock those secrets!

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