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Serial port

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

HelloIs there a board that implements a serial port for amstrad?  Or any schematic?Thanks …

Space Rescue in Jupiter

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

A new game by Altanerus Dog:SPACE RESCUE IN JUPITER by altanerus dog (itch.io) "In the year 2070, the Earth's energy resources are not sufficient for the great demand of a booming overpopulation; new technologies and materials have allowed th …

Burning Rubber on CPC classic

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

These days i was trying to execute Burning Rubber on classic just disabling the CPC features.Well, it boots to the menu and music...Just for fun, nothing else! …

Wanted: CPC 6128 case bottom

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

I am missing the bottom half of the CPC 6128 casing, anyone got one they want to sell me?, even slightly broken is fine.  e-bay seems to only have complete machines at very high prices and all I need is the plastic bottom section. …

Tryout Operating systems

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

I hope this is the correct place to post this thread... If not, please move it to the correct one, please.I'm beginning to delve a little into Machine code on my recently installed CPC6128 emulators on my Windows 11 PC. I've been digging around and …

Problems with 4 MB RAM expansion - may happen to you too - please read!

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Dear CPC / Plus and 4 MB users,I've been using the 4 MB RAM expansion from Zaxon for quite some time now. Now I noticed that there is an annoying error:If an expansion RAM block from &CC to &FE is banked in and you then switch to block &FF, …

Amtix #7 online

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Hello!As you're probably aware, Amtix is now being published regularly by Fusion Retro, with the branding and artwork officially licensed, and many of the regular features you'll remember from first time around, including reviews of the latest game …

Modern Era in very high quality video

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Hii made a little playlist of Amstrad CPC/Plus Demo of modern era (last twenty years) with Ace-DLthe video were made with a very high quality target => 50Hz and ultra high resolutionthey are intended to be viewed on TV screen or real 50Hz monitor to kee …

Looking for feedback to my diagram connecting a mono Amstrad GT64 to a SNES

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

 I want to play GameBoy games on my Amstrad GT64 Monochrome monitor and have been looking for ways to connect a SNES to the GT64.I think I need an LM1881 sync stripper to remove the sync from the composite video and connect it to the sync pin on the G …

New member

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Just to say Hi!Edward from France, owner for some time now of an CPC 6128 and really enjoying it!Thanks all for a great forum full of information. …

Winape Assembler/Debugger does weird things

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Hi all,I have a problem with WinApe and I am not sure if I am seeing ghosts (sorry for the very bad translation from german).I have this nice Assembler code (only a fraction of it):[code]org #8000Main:   LD    DE,&0... …

Reuse of old notebook keyboard?

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

I have a pretty old notebook keyboard (Toshiba T1910) - I think it works with the PS/2 protocol - and I wanted to ask if there's a possibility to reuse them in some way?I have seen different solution for such needs but I think they refer to keyboard wo …

Amstrad 6128 ram had a wire attached, not working now

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Ok so I have an Amstrad 6128 and I did the piggyback method to rule out which ram could be the issue (it has the black border and solid colour screen, no text or garbled graphics).I piggybacked a new ram chip ontop of the one on the bottom right and it all …

Amstrad ACL-386SX laptop computer.

VCFed about 8 months ago

Hi, I would like to introduce the internal mainboard which is a totally redesign "all in one" mainboard, in relation with its monochrome brother ALT-386SX. In the differences included also the main memory which here is 4 MB on board versus 1MB i …

The CPC Modular

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

This is a new design of CPC I'm working on called the CPC Modular. My aim here is to update the CPC design for modern times and with some modern parts (e.g. SRAM in place of DRAM).It's currently using an RC2014 Pro backplane but I'll be updatin …

A fantastic photo

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015)Paddy Joyce on the phone at a Travelers encampment. Finglas, Ireland, 1991You cannot view this attachment. …

Repair of new CPC464 in my family

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Hi everyone,I had the joy to grab a Schneider CPC 464 with Vortex F1-X, FD1, DDI-1, X-Module and an SP-512 RAM extension (which is actually filled with 320kb of nice RAM). On arrival, the CPC was working, but a little bit unstable, the FD1 and F1-X we …

DMP 3160 printer

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

So... I just found a box in my loft that contains an original box of an Amstrad DMP 3160 printer, with manual, 2 connector cables and a fitted printer ribbon.I am very happy that I bought this back in 2005 and "forgot about it", my recent venture …

Who wants to form a development group with me?

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Who wants to form a development group with me? …

Service Manual for BASF 6138 upload

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Hi,I found the service manual for the BASF 6138 5,25" drive, that is typically build into the Vortex drives.As I now have one (F1-X) and it is not working, I needed the service manual.So now I have it and as always like to share it. Unfortunately it i …

Help getting RTS/CTS Flow Control on DART

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Hi,I have been playing around with a Z80 DART and have this all working both Tx and Rx but with no flow control (RTS/CTS).I am trying to get flow control working, but struggling.It may be how I am programming DART or maybe how I have it wired up, or both.I …

Collectors needed!

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Hi all,Do any of you have an amazing games collection that you would love to share with Retro Gamer readers?  …

3d Star Strike

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Is 3d Star Strike a sequel to Star Strike on Intellivision? …
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Discovering G-LOC: Air Battle on Nintendo Switch / Arcade

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

Was there ever a better example of style over substance in gaming than Dragon’s Lair? That’s what I was wondering recently as I failed once again to get off the very first screen of the 1989 Atari ST port of the 1983 Cinematronics arcade game! There h …

I really really need an AMSDOS VGA signal-compatible card for my CPC

CPCwiki about 8 months ago

Hi everyone, I really really need an AMSDOS VGA signal-compatible card for my CPC.As an absolute minimum: An Mx4 card that I can patch the firmware to make text output go to it and display to an 80x25 screen and with screen positioning and clear …