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Title: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: Skunkfish on 12:26, 05 December 17

What became of the Campursoft Hard Drive that got mentioned in issue 95 of Amstrad Action.

How far did the project get? Was a working drive ever produced, how did it work and who was behind it?

Peter, are you able to enlighten us?

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: ComSoft6128 on 13:17, 05 December 17

We had a working HD prototype but due to the demise of Amstrad Action all work on CPC projects ceased + we were working on the ill fated PcW16 and priority was given to that. The chap that built it was also the designer of the VideoMaster but I'll be dammed if I can remember his name, which is quite irritating. I do remember that the software switch that he told me was used to access the HD - "Hardon/Hardoff" was never going to make it to the finished product!

Cheers,

Peter

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: Skunkfish on 15:03, 05 December 17

Ah, intesresting... I'm guessing the prototype is no longer around for study?

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: ComSoft6128 on 15:09, 05 December 17

Long gone................

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: CraigsBar on 15:25, 05 December 17

Quote from: ComSoft6128 on 15:09, 05 December 17
Long gone................

M4 [emoji6]

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Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: Skunkfish on 16:06, 05 December 17

Quote from: CraigsBar on 15:25, 05 December 17
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No |hardon command on an M4 :(

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: CraigsBar on 16:09, 05 December 17

Quote from: Skunkfish on 16:06, 05 December 17
No |hardon command on an M4 :(

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Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: ASiC on 22:08, 06 December 17

Quote from: Skunkfish on 16:06, 05 December 17
No |hardon command on an M4 :(

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Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: zeropolis79 on 23:34, 06 December 17

Quote from: ComSoft6128 on 15:09, 05 December 17
Long gone................

Any technical documents still in existence.

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: ComSoft6128 on 23:48, 06 December 17

Nothing in Glasgow I'm afraid.
The original designer might be found one day when I have finished going thru the 200+ Romdos D20 discs here but until then.........................

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: The_Mole_UK on 03:52, 16 August 18

Quote from: ComSoft6128 on 23:48, 06 December 17
Nothing in Glasgow I'm afraid.
The original designer might be found one day when I have finished going thru the 200+ Romdos D20 discs here but until then.........................

These days a device you plug a USB into would suffice. What with the Internet, now be fun to see a HD realised...

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: The_Mole_UK on 03:49, 30 August 18

Quite like to see the ROM emulated in say WinAPE... A 20 MB A: would be nice!!!!

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: arnoldemu on 08:54, 30 August 18

Quote from: The_Mole_UK on 03:49, 30 August 18
Quite like to see the ROM emulated in say WinAPE... A 20 MB A: would be nice!!!!

I tried to find the creator of the drive but I was not successful yet.

Title: Re: Campursoft Hard Drive - AA95
Post by: zhulien on 19:27, 30 August 18

so, do you |suck with the Amstrad RS232C before you |hardon?

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