The differences between Amstrad CPC models by Sylvestre (Sucres en morceaux)
-The prolific Sylvestre has written another article about the differences between the Amstrad CPC models (french).
The prolific Sylvestre has written another article about the differences between the Amstrad CPC models (french).
And one more article by Sylvestre this time about howto identify your Amstrad CPC graphic chip : the CRTC.
First, be aware that if you open your Amstrad CPC monitor, read all the text in french by Sylvestre (Sucres en morceaux) especially the part about the very high tension and direct current (DC), even if your monitor is disconnected from current.
This article will let you repair and calibrate your goold old Amstrad CPC monitor CTM640 or CTM644.
A preview version of SymbOS by Prodatron is available with wifi support (needs the M4Board extension card by Dukes.
Beware, this version isnt 100% stable.
Habi Soft is working on a prototype adding on an Amstrad PCW motherboard a PS2 keyboard and video (PAL/NSTC). Also you can use a joystick and a mouse.
Check the youtube channel of Habi Soft.
For 30 euros, you can order one of the 9 Dk'tronics mouse interface clone made by Talrek.
Want to see a modded Amstrad GX4000 by Zaxon ?
Click on the source below to find photos of an Amstrad CPC 464 upgraded with a X-Mem card (memory extansion by ToTO) inside the keyboard.
Xyphoe just published a new video on Youtube, but not about an Amstrad CPC game as usual, this time it's about how to comme d'habitude, mais comment repair an Amstrad CPC 6128 disk drive (belt replacement and cleaning the head).
Available on NoRecess : a new version of HxC Manager forr 464/664 and an interview of Thriller (Cadjo Clan) a demomaker.
Happy X-Mass to everybody
This is a disguised advertisement for the X-Mass by TotO, available for pre-order.
If you want to check the inside of an Amstrad notepad NC100 being repaired by EEVblog, that's here (australian accent inside).
A new hardware interface by TotO the hero which should be available for Christmas on Cent Pour Cent. See below, it's just a copy and paste of this site about the X-mass.
Shown at the ReSeT #18 event in France, the X-MASS is actually work in progress.
This last MX4 expansion is a mass storage. It embed a 128MB turbo flash drive for storing thousands of files into your CPC and definitively make it autonomous as no PC is required to configure and use it.
Developers will be able to work on more ambitious projects requiring megabytes of resources and code to be compiled, breaking the floppy limitation. Used in conjunction with X-MEM, the cross-dev will be no more the only issue for the future.
Last but not least, users will be able to copy, load, save, run files faster than ever !
By the way, the X-Mass can already be used with SymbOS.
After the article Why the Z80's data pins are scrambled, here is another one by Ken Shirriff : down to the silicon: how the Z80's registers are implemented.
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