> we never had a single program to run on it

Amstrad GEM came with a couple of apps thrown in!

LocoScript BASIC 2, a full GUI BASIC language, and GEM Paint.

Pics of the media here:

https://www.dosdays.co.uk/computers/Amstrad%20PC1000/softwar...

The famous demo Tiger image on an original 'Strad:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dosgaming/comments/12gmqrm/the_famo...