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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: 3.5 Drives disk Capacity

« Last post by dionisisg on Today at 11:46 »

nirvana is good.


If you can use roms then parados is great.

I will try it and see if it works better than jl, i do not have a rom board but will get one pretty soon because i still can't locate a 3" drive so the 3.5 seems to be the only option. I've tested Parados on an emulator and it's great and if i really wan't to take advantage of the extra space i must get one.

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: 3.5 Drives disk Capacity

« Last post by arnoldemu on Today at 11:39 »

Can anyone suggest a file copy program on the cpc other than JL-Copy (discology excluded)? seems it does not like big files (more than 30k) very much.

nirvana is good.


If you can use roms then parados is great.

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Emulators / Re: ARNOLD and Pocket C.H.I.P. Compilation Problem (ARMv7)

« Last post by arnoldemu on Today at 11:37 »

I have successfully compiled / built it!
It starts up, but I am getting a grey screen.
SCreenresolution? How do I change that?
I couldn't find a config file. And none of the
command line options seems to have it.

sounds like it can't find the roms, it's doing like a real cpc would What do people see when the rom is broken in a real cpc? A grey screen with black border.



"make install" should then do it. You will need to change to the build_arnz80_release folder to do that.


It either installs to ~/.local/bin
or /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: 3.5 Drives disk Capacity

« Last post by dionisisg on Today at 11:34 »

Can anyone suggest a file copy program on the cpc other than JL-Copy (discology excluded)? seems it does not like big files (more than 30k) very much.

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: Pocket (C.H.I.P.) CPC

« Last post by LambdaMikel on Today at 11:34 »

The ALSA PCM lib buffer underrun problem causing laggy emulation has been fixed!
Here is a video showing the 60 $ Pocket CPC in action:


https://youtu.be/qdx9Gc06Cv4

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Classifieds / Re: WANTED - looking for amstrad 464 or 6128 plus

« Last post by pelrun on Today at 10:39 »

I bought a GX4000 off ebay a couple of months ago... and the seller shipped it internationally by the cheapest non-tracked package service possible. So of course I don't have it, can't chase it, and don't even know if the seller actually sent it or just ripped me off. Yaaaaay.

(edit: and I've just checked and discovered I missed the cutoff for ebay protection by a couple of days. Double yaaaay.)

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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: GFX art

« Last post by Railslave on Today at 10:14 »

The eight-pointed star of chaos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_of_Chaos

Something Egochip insisted on, above all else

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NC100, NC200, PCW, PDA600 - the rest of the Family! / Re: PCW article from 1993 by Roland Perry

« Last post by ComSoft6128 on Today at 10:12 »

I'm pretty sure that he knew that Amstrad had created an excellent computer, probably just playing up the word processor angle for the article.

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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: GFX art

« Last post by Railslave on Today at 10:11 »

Yet again, absolutely stunning.
Lots of colour combos that I would never consider putting together, but they work really well!

Thanks, I uselessly take the experimental route, not always the best option but it's a game in itself.


I think it also helps with learning how far you can stretch the palette as well.
CPC is no slouch.


I did think I would suffer a bit coming over from doing so many C64 pics but its been a joy, with out all the inbetween greys to blend stuff you find more inventive replacements to get that hue shifted look kids go wild after
+ character restrictions can go to hell. I'm done

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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: GFX art

« Last post by MaV on Today at 10:07 »

That symbol....?

The eight-pointed star of chaos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_of_Chaos