Amstrad testing at Level Up - Canterbury

Neil79 · 18:07, 01 September 15

Went over to Level Up in Canterbury to buy another colour Monitor to go with the Amstrad CPC 464, ended up testing other Amstrads as he wasn't sure if they worked or not. Showed him how to load a tape, tested the games, he's happy and I got a good deal on the Monitor and Alien - Amsoft

Neil79 · 18:10, 01 September 15

||C|-|E|| · 18:27, 01 September 15

It seems an amazing place to go and spend the salary of one month!

Bryce · 19:39, 01 September 15

Only one month?? I'd empty the shop!

Bryce.

Neil79 · 20:08, 01 September 15

Quote from: Bryce on 19:39, 01 September 15
Only one month?? I'd empty the shop!

Bryce.

A lot of it is console based, however I did buy a ton of C64/ZX Spectrum games, not so many Amstrad as I had many of the good ones already

But there are still some left I believe

Bryce · 20:24, 01 September 15

Don't think I've ever been in Canterbury. Maybe it's time for a visit

Did you find any disks for your newly repaired drive?

Bryce.

Neil79 · 20:28, 01 September 15

Quote from: Bryce on 20:24, 01 September 15
Don't think I've ever been in Canterbury. Maybe it's time for a visit

Did you find any disks for your newly repaired drive?

Bryce.

Yep

5 games that didn't work previously, even before the drive went bust are now working. Some are still failing though, which I believe are the disks

Bryce · 20:32, 01 September 15

Result!

Your drive is as close to 300RPM as possible (299RPM) and the head was still giving a strong signal, so if anything doesn't load it can only be the disk.

Bryce.

Neil79 · 21:07, 01 September 15

Agreed, thanks for everything buddy!

TFM · 21:20, 01 September 15

Quote from: Bryce on 20:32, 01 September 15
Result!

Your drive is as close to 300RPM as possible (299RPM) and the head was still giving a strong signal, so if anything doesn't load it can only be the disk.

Bryce.

Well, or the head is slightly off, that happens more often. Guess nearly all of us having multiple 3" drives know the phenomenon that a disc runs with one drive, but harder or not at all with another drive.

CPC_Fan · 22:03, 01 September 15

Great find there Neil. I haven't heard of Level Up before. Must try and visit it next time I am in Canterbury. Where abouts is it?

Neil79 · 22:05, 01 September 15

Quote from: CPC_Fan on 22:03, 01 September 15
Great find there Neil. I haven't heard of Level Up before. Must try and visit it next time I am in Canterbury. Where abouts is it?

Go to the entrance to Canterbury Cathedral, turn straight right, keep going and you should see it on your left. If you've gone past the church on your right, you've gone too far

Bryce · 22:59, 01 September 15

Quote from: TFM on 21:20, 01 September 15

Well, or the head is slightly off, that happens more often. Guess nearly all of us having multiple 3" drives know the phenomenon that a disc runs with one drive, but harder or not at all with another drive.

The drive was completely calibrated and tested with a range of disks I use, commercial and saved from other drives. The head is stop-on, in fact it didn't need to be adjusted.

Bryce.

CPC_Fan · 23:02, 01 September 15

Quote from: Neil79 on 22:05, 01 September 15

Go to the entrance to Canterbury Cathedral, turn straight right, keep going and you should see it on your left. If you've gone past the church on your right, you've gone too far

Thanks Neil.

ivarf · 23:41, 01 September 15

Beeing a 464 man myself, I have a feeling there is little point collecting original discs. Tapes on the other hand works

260Z · 03:41, 02 September 15

Quote from: ivarf on 23:41, 01 September 15
Beeing a 464 man myself, I have a feeling there is little point collecting original discs......

One of these will fix that

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