First Post

[johnno56]

Greetings.

I have been a big fan of Amstrad since 1985. I saved enough funds to purchase the CPC464 in 1985 much to my wife's bewilderment. It lasted for some years before the monitor/power supply 'gave up the ghost'.

Today I use an emulator on my Linux machine for the times I feel a little nostalgic. I still refer to my User Manual (very well worn) and I still type in listings from several of the books I purchased back then.

Thank you for allowing me to be part of this Forum. I'm not sure how much I can contribute, but if I can, I will be happy to do so.

J

[ComSoft6128]

Welcome!

[adolfo.pa]

Welcome John!

[reidrac]

Welcome to the forum!

[keith56]

Welcome to the forum, always good to see a new user!

What was the main thing you used the CPC for back in the day? was it a business machine, for games, or something else?

[Zoe Robinson]

Welcome!


I share your sadness at the monitor dying. Mine finally gave out a couple of years ago. If you still have the CPC, it can be hooked up to a TV using a SCART cable adaptor these days, usually with pretty good results.

[Shaun M. Neary]

Welcome aboard! Good bunch of folk here, so stick around and join the party.

[johnno56]

Thanks to you all for your kind welcome. Much appreciated.

Keith56:  Back then I mainly used it for games. Attempted a bit of desktop publishing for a short while but the old dot matrix printer took 15-20 minutes to screen dump a page... ouch. Then my friend purchased a 6128 and took over the printing. Other than that it was mainly games.

Zoe: Thank you for the advice but my old 464 died a long time ago. These days I use an emulator.

Cheers.

J

[blackdalek]

Which emulator(s) are you using under Linux?

[Audronic]

Welcome


Good to see a Melbourneian here.


Ray ( Williamstown)


 

[mr_lou]

Welcome!

Good to see another Linux user. 

My monitor is still alive, but seems to suffer from depression. (Dark image). Maybe I could cheer it up again by showing it some of the many many new CPC creations....

[00WReX]

Welcome Johnno,

Another Victorian here...and quite a few Aussies on the forum. 

Cheers,
Shane

[johnno56]

Cranbourne North.

[00WReX]

Cranbourne North.

We are very close.
I'm in Narre Warren.


Cheers,
Shane

[Gryzor]

Welcome mate, very nice to have you here

[||C|-|E||]

Welcome! That is a nice story If you still had the computer you could definitely repair it (if it is even broken), but I guess that it is a bit too late for that now... 

[CPC_Fan]

Sorry that it's a bit late, but welcome to the forum johnno56 

[johnno56]

Sorry that it's a bit late, but welcome to the forum johnno56 

Ah... Better late than never... Glad to be here...

J