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General Category => Amstrad CPC hardware => Topic started by: Neil79 on 22:04, 03 December 15

Title: Check out the age of my Amstrad CPC 464
Post by: Neil79 on 22:04, 03 December 15
1983, even comes with a heatsink and one big chip underneath!


Whereas the 1984 has one empty slot and a chip  ;D
Title: Re: Check out the age of my Amstrad CPC 464
Post by: EgoTrip on 22:20, 03 December 15
Mine's the same, with the deep keys. Shame the tape drive is fucked though :(
Title: Re: Check out the age of my Amstrad CPC 464
Post by: Neil79 on 22:23, 03 December 15
Quote from: EgoTrip on 22:20, 03 December 15
Mine's the same, with the deep keys. Shame the tape drive is fucked though :(


:D Cool!


I fixed mine today with a new tape belt, works great!


The 1984 doesn't, belt snapped and it was brand new! ( got a replacement coming )
Title: Re: Check out the age of my Amstrad CPC 464
Post by: balford on 23:02, 03 December 15
Mine's one of those too - 1983 with deep keys, which are unfortunately discoloured (something I'm hoping to rectify, although my indoor Retrobrite setup isn't making much of a dent, I might have to wait till next summer for some proper UV).

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Title: Re: Check out the age of my Amstrad CPC 464
Post by: EgoTrip on 23:43, 03 December 15
Quote from: Neil79 on 22:23, 03 December 15

:D Cool!


I fixed mine today with a new tape belt, works great!


The 1984 doesn't, belt snapped and it was brand new! ( got a replacement coming )

I tried to replace the belt on mine, which I eventually managed to do but turned out there's something wrong with the actual drive as the issue persisted. So I just have to make do with loading from a car radio adapter until I can afford to send to Bryce (if ever)
Title: Re: Check out the age of my Amstrad CPC 464
Post by: chinnyhill10 on 00:12, 04 December 15
Quote from: balford on 23:02, 03 December 15
Mine's one of those too - 1983 with deep keys, which are unfortunately discoloured (something I'm hoping to rectify, although my indoor Retrobrite setup isn't making much of a dent, I might have to wait till next summer for some proper UV).

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I was happily Retrobriting at the end of September, so give it until mid-March and you'll be laughing.


Don't apply it to the black keys though. Future Was 8 Bit did it to his BBC keys and they went a funny colour.
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