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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: C64 Vs Speccy: Which one d...

Last post by CraigsBar - Today at 16:38

Of those 2 it has to be the C64 all the way. It's just more of a computer games machine. Although I never had either back in the day I was a CPC guy so why would I?

I had the best machine that I used for all my college and university assignments.... And oh let me play pang. 

I do not believe that either the C64 or speccy have a real 80 column display so are pretty useless for serious use. The C64. Excels at sprite driven games. The speccy excels at..... Erm..... propping a door open? 😉

So yeah of the 2 options it's a C64 for me. Unless you allow the Sam coupe and C128 in as further developments on the C64 and speccy platforms, in which case Sam Coupe wins it by miles.

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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: C64 Vs Speccy: Which one d...

Last post by cwpab - Today at 16:11

I find it a bit odd that here in Spain, none of my friends as a kid had a C64... but one had an MSX.

I don't think the MSX sales were very good in Europe or USA, right?

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: CPC four times faster...

Last post by GUNHED - Today at 15:33

also to be able to put 50% more data on an disc.

but that then also requires AMSDOS to use more sectors per track, right? What settings do you use then, that it can write a full track?

No, other DOS or OS can be used. (Of course using the native software will not change a thing to the better.)   
If you want to stay with the native OS then I would suggest to use ParaDOS and change format parameters in that. 
Also CP/M allows to adapt disc formats in an easy way. 

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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: C64 Vs Speccy: Which one d...

Last post by ago - Today at 15:33

The 64 is winning here because people are more technical, but I suspect the ZX Spectrum would win among regular CPC users.

Because seriously, guys, don't you feel an emotional attachment to the Speccy games because of the simliarity with CPC mode 1 games? But running at their original faster speed! (and with color clash).

I mean, I know it's not possible that everyone has its CPC broken due do disk drive belt at 12 and then "recovers" it thanks to a Speccy emulator when he's 17 because somehow the CPC emulator arrived many months later to me, but... Don't you feel anything when you run the original Saboteur 1 and 2 and Matchday 2?

I never liked Spectrum games. The only game I liked to play on Spectrum was "Pang", and it was because I couldn't do it on my CPC. I cannot even play them on emulators. Sure, I could enjoy some of them, but I just don't like Spectrum games at all.

Then look at Last Ninja trilogy for example, or many other c64 games. It is not a matter of nostalgia, because I never played on a C64 as a kid, they are just good games on a good enough system.

My alternative system of choice would have been MSX2 anyway, as playing with my uncle's MSX2 was the reason I wanted a computer, but my parents (luckily) were addressed by the shop-assistant to get a CPC6128 instead (that was in 1989).

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: CPC four times faster...

Last post by GUNHED - Today at 15:30

what RAM do you have 150ns?, mux LS153? what CRTC, what 8255.
Take a photo of the mainboard that RUN.

and check the temperature of all chips, especially 765

Say something about the components or take a photo. And confirm that gotek does not work.

As told, just the crystal got exchanged (in my case I added a 2nd one at 24 MHz and a switch to be able to switch crystals - Switching shall happen ONLY when the CPC is OFF!).
Anything else remains the same. No heat, no problems - it's a CPC not a stupid PC thanks god! 
Well, yes, I put a Z80B instead of the Z80A. RAM works fine anyway.

The critical component it the GA. Seems that other 6 MHz CPCs had problems with some GAs.

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: CPC four times faster...

Last post by eto - Today at 15:27

also to be able to put 50% more data on an disc.

but that then also requires AMSDOS to use more sectors per track, right? What settings do you use then, that it can write a full track?

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: CPC four times faster...

Last post by McArti0 - Today at 15:10

what RAM do you have 150ns?, mux LS153? what CRTC, what 8255.
Take a photo of the mainboard that RUN.

and check the temperature of all chips, especially 765

Say something about the components or take a photo. And confirm that gotek does not work.

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: Amstrad CPC WiFi

Last post by GUNHED - Today at 15:08

Can it be the case that you need a stronger network signal - means: moving M4 and WiFi closer together?

Give it a try! 

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: CPC four times faster...

Last post by GUNHED - Today at 15:05

I wonder how much 50% more Sectors per track is compared to 9 

Well, the FDC765 supports different sector sizes. According to the maxium number of bytes per track it may be befeficial to use 0.5, 1.0 or even 2 KB sectors. 

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: CPC four times faster...

Last post by McArti0 - Today at 15:03

I wonder how much 50% more Sectors per track is compared to 9