A word-processor focused machine running BASIC and CP/M and Games (the only legitimate use of a computer)

PCW stands for "Personal Computer Word-processor".
Was sold in Germany as "Schneider Joyce".
The PCW-8256 sold in very limited numbers in the USA.

When it was launched, it was 75% cheaper than the cheapest IBM-compatible PC system in the UK.

The PCW was bundled with the word processing software LocoScript, a version of CP/M known as "CP/M Plus", Mallard BASIC, and the LOGO programming language.

Seven models were made:
* PCW 8256, with 256KB RAM and one 3" floppy disk drive, on September 1985.
* PCW 8512, with 512KB RAM and two 3" floppy disk drives, around March 1986.
* PCW 9512, with some minor modifications, in 1987.
* PCW 9256, with 256KB RAM and one 3.5" floppy disk drive, in 1991.
* PCW 9512+, with 512KB RAM and one 3.5" floppy disk drive, in 1991.
* PCW 10, with some minor modifications, which did not sell well.
* PcW16, not compatible with the other models, included a GUI operating system, in 1995, which did not sell well either.