Mysterious Objects?

Mr. DVG · 12:44, 25 October 13

A user of my facebook group dedicated to the CPC (Amstrad CPC User) sent me these pictures of two cards marked Amstrad. Personally, i do not know the internal architecture of the machines, someone knows what they are? Thanks!

Mr. DVG · 12:47, 25 October 13

I'm sorry, the card is only one...

Bryce · 13:05, 25 October 13

I suspect this was quick fix or upgrade for an Amstrad PC, not for a CPC.

Bryce.

Kris · 13:59, 25 October 13

Never seen this kind of card in any CPC....agree with Bryce, must be for PC or other amstrad stuff.

redbox · 14:42, 25 October 13

Quote from: Kris on 13:59, 25 October 13
Never seen this kind of card in any CPC....agree with Bryce, must be for PC or other amstrad stuff.

Except the part number is Z80390. Bit of a coincidence?

Bryce · 15:10, 25 October 13

The 40286 on the GAL is a hint towards PC

Bryce.

Devilmarkus · 15:12, 25 October 13

Or is that the "Expansion" for the CPC 472?

(If not, it still looks useless for me)

TFM · 17:37, 25 October 13

Quote from: Bryce on 15:10, 25 October 13
The 40286 on the GAL is a hint towards PC

Bryce.

Well, 40286, not 80286...

Looks like broken off

Gryzor · 18:05, 25 October 13

No, this is the 472 expansion:

TFM · 18:07, 25 October 13

Yup, 472

Zoe Robinson · 18:10, 25 October 13

Quote from: redbox on 14:42, 25 October 13
Except the part number is Z80390. Bit of a coincidence?

Speaking of coincidences, Z80390 is the code for a prostate carcinoma cell; according to a very disturbing Google search I just conducted...

Gryzor · 18:12, 25 October 13

Well, the MOS65010 is a much worse carcinoma.

@TFM: doesn't look like it.

MacDeath · 20:32, 25 October 13

something for the PCW perhaps ?

TFM · 20:39, 25 October 13

Or a satellite receiver? Could be for a lot of things.

Bryce · 21:11, 25 October 13

Quote from: Zoe Robinson on 18:10, 25 October 13
Speaking of coincidences, Z80390 is the code for a prostate carcinoma cell; according to a very disturbing Google search I just conducted...

And that's exactly why I never do blind searches in Google for Part numbers

Bryce.

TFM · 21:17, 25 October 13

I second that. Google is a dangerous search machine, it creates a full profile of your whole life.

Better use...

Ixquick Search Engine

Bryce · 21:23, 25 October 13

Quote from: TFM on 21:17, 25 October 13
I second that. Google is a dangerous search machine, it creates a full profile of your whole life.

It was more the risk of learning something I never wanted to know (or see high-def pictures of) that bothered me, not the privacy issues

Bryce.

TFM · 22:04, 25 October 13

OMG! I now what you mean! Once - honestly only by accident - I got to this strange page... must have slipped with the mouse... and they had all this pictures of c64 computers... I barely made it out of there alive.

Mr. DVG · 16:46, 26 October 13

Thank you all for the info ...

Zoe Robinson · 17:24, 26 October 13

Quote from: TFM on 22:04, 25 October 13
OMG! I now what you mean! Once - honestly only by accident - I got to this strange page... must have slipped with the mouse... and they had all this pictures of c64 computers... I barely made it out of there alive.

*shudder* The C64 was a weird, nightmarish computer with a weird key layout.

Nevertheless, the C64X looked lovely (and ran on Linux, which makes it even better).

I'd love to see a CPC-X or something similar turn up. Man, I would be all over that thing.

Bryce · 17:44, 26 October 13

I think the closest you'll get is Arnold. A CPC emulator that runs on Linux

Bryce.

TFM · 17:51, 28 October 13

Or the TRex-1 ...

Anybody interested to restart the CPCnG project?

Gryzor · 18:15, 28 October 13

Are we off-topic?

...yes we are.

TFM · 19:46, 30 October 13

That's actually the first time somebody did notice it

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