New yerar, new CPC board

[TFM]

Just out of curiosity... How much $ does speccy.pl pay for the advertisement space on the board? 

[Piotr]

100 usd + VAT per cm2.

[TFM]

    

[Piotr]

  It is my base portal so i always put this logo on board. I think add CPC Wiki logo too but i don't know who ask for permission?

[Joseman]

@Piotr Amazing job with this final board!

X2 is perhaps de mouse port? 

I miss one DB9 port, perhaps the second joystick is gone?

[CraigsBar]

Done. Final version.  Becouse i lost control how many boards people need i do a simply preorder with small deposit here :  Just CPC, amstrad CPC clone PCB board.

hi @Piotr do those of us looking for fully assembled boards need to pre order yet?

[Piotr]

Yes please

[CraigsBar]

Yes please

OK, done. Many thanks.

[ronaldo]

@Piotr how will you differentiate between those wanting fully assembled and those not?

[Gryzor]

It is my base portal so i always put this logo on board. I think add CPC Wiki logo too but i don't know who ask for permission?

Permission? It'd be an honor man!

[the KING]

I have pre-ordered. Will prefer a fully assembled board. Will also be OK with a "DIY-kit", with the board and the various components, but not assembled. Either is fine.

[jsa]

Pre-ordered as well.

[skywalky]

I pre-order one. I want the PCB only.

[Apollo]

Pre-ordered one as well, but I would prefer fully assembled as my soldering skills are a bit rusty...

[qbert]

Hi here !
Sorry : I am late on this thread but I have some essential questions :

- If you use original Amstrad ships only, that means we have to cannibalize  a real CPC for each board you sell ? cannibalizing = killing a marvelous
computer with its beautiful original casing  in order to substitute it with a nude PC-like motherboard... what the hell for ?

- In case we find a way to buy most of common components like the Z80 which is still found on used sale, how are we supposed to do with genuine Amstrad in-house components like the Gate Array ? Again by cannibalizing working CPCs and stealing their heart or their liver  ?

- The only real use of this project I can see consists in retro engineering the Gate-Array in order to build substitute components.


Thank you for clarifying this matter.

Idea:
THT technology for self assembly, i use orginal amstrad chips.
Slot's for Toto and my extension boards.
PS2 keyboard interface

So something like this, board drawing almost done.
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To do:  replace 8 DRAM memory chips for one SRAM memory chip and order prototype  board 

[Joseman]

What's the problem with take som parts from a real CPC to this project? i Have some cpc boards that are broken and rust (without case), they do nothing this way  .

Some people already told that the goal is to have the CPC on a minimal case to save space on our desks.

this project is for CLONE the cpc, no FPGA, no substitute components, only the original components. It was discussed some pages ago. There are a lot of similar projects on other 8bits computers and consoles, why not the CPC? If you have one CPC broken board, why not use it for this project?.

If you don't want to cannibalize a CPC, Just don't do it!.

[Piotr]

Qbert, few weeks ago i buy without any problems lot of  40010, 8255 and all other components including 500 pieces 4164 ram so where is problem ? I have enough parts to assembly 20 boards for beginning without canibalise any CPC.

I really like when people make me stiupid before read all in topic. OMG I killed your puppy? or what? Be a man, do not cry.

[ronaldo]

I also pre-ordered one, and I'd like it fully assembled (otherwise, I would surely mess it up with my rags )

[TFM]

Some people already told that the goal is to have the CPC on a minimal case to save space on our desks.

Hahaha! The CPC is as big as it's keyboard (ok, and maybe a little bit space for floppy / tape). So do you like to use a cell phone keyboard or what?        

[TFM]

snip - The only real use of this project I can see consists in retro engineering the Gate-Array in order to build substitute components.

That was already done nearly 30 years ago in the former Eastern Germany and it did lead to the KCc.

[Devilmarkus]

Qbert, few weeks ago i buy without any problems lot of  40010, 8255 and all other components including 500 pieces 4164 ram so where is problem ? I have enough parts to assembly 20 boards for beginning without canibalise any CPC.

I don't want to sound too pessimistic, but what, if you buy all available CPC related chips, and a real CPC user will not be able to fix his CPC, because no more original parts?

[Piotr]

Be nice, maybe lazy people from Amstrad community  finally move ass to do it in FPGA or something? 

[TotO]

Sure that require more ass moves than simply cloning copyrighted schematics... 

[TFM]

Or cloning the ASIC of the Plus, which has it all. But that's probably not an easy option. 

[Devilmarkus]

So the future is in singing: