A user of my facebook group dedicated to the CPC (Amstrad CPC User) sent me these pictures of two cards marked Amstrad. Personally, i do not know the internal architecture of the machines, someone knows what they are? Thanks! :)
I'm sorry, the card is only one... ;D
I suspect this was quick fix or upgrade for an Amstrad PC, not for a CPC.
Bryce.
Never seen this kind of card in any CPC....agree with Bryce, must be for PC or other amstrad stuff.
Quote from: Kris on 13:59, 25 October 13
Never seen this kind of card in any CPC....agree with Bryce, must be for PC or other amstrad stuff.
Except the part number is
Z80390. Bit of a coincidence?
The 40286 on the GAL is a hint towards PC :)
Bryce.
Or is that the "Expansion" for the CPC 472? :laugh:
(If not, it still looks useless for me)
Quote from: Bryce on 15:10, 25 October 13
The 40286 on the GAL is a hint towards PC :)
Bryce.
Well, 40286, not 80286...
Looks like broken off
No, this is the 472 expansion:
(http://cpcwiki.eu/imgs/thumb/6/6c/Amstrad_472_detail_motherboard.jpg/1280px-Amstrad_472_detail_motherboard.jpg)
Yup, 472
Quote from: redbox on 14:42, 25 October 13
Except the part number is Z80390. Bit of a coincidence?
Speaking of coincidences, Z80390 is the code for a prostate carcinoma cell; according to a very disturbing Google search I just conducted...
Well, the MOS65010 is a much worse carcinoma.
@TFM: doesn't look like it.
something for the PCW perhaps ?
Or a satellite receiver? Could be for a lot of things.
Quote from: Zoe Robinson on 18:10, 25 October 13
Speaking of coincidences, Z80390 is the code for a prostate carcinoma cell; according to a very disturbing Google search I just conducted...
And that's exactly why I never do blind searches in Google for Part numbers :D
Bryce.
I second that. Google is a dangerous search machine, it creates a full profile of your whole life.
Better use...
Ixquick Search Engine (https://www.ixquick.com)
Quote from: TFM on 21:17, 25 October 13
I second that. Google is a dangerous search machine, it creates a full profile of your whole life.
It was more the risk of learning something I never wanted to know (or see high-def pictures of) that bothered me, not the privacy issues :D
Bryce.
OMG! I now what you mean! Once - honestly only by accident - I got to this strange page... must have slipped with the mouse... and they had all this pictures of c64 computers... I barely made it out of there alive. :-X
Thank you all for the info ... :D
Quote from: TFM on 22:04, 25 October 13
OMG! I now what you mean! Once - honestly only by accident - I got to this strange page... must have slipped with the mouse... and they had all this pictures of c64 computers... I barely made it out of there alive. :-X
*shudder* The C64 was a weird, nightmarish computer with a weird key layout.
Nevertheless, the C64X looked lovely (and ran on Linux, which makes it even better).
I'd love to see a CPC-X or something similar turn up. Man, I would be all over that thing.
I think the closest you'll get is Arnold. A CPC emulator that runs on Linux :)
Bryce.
Or the TRex-1 ...
Anybody interested to restart the CPCnG project?
Are we off-topic?
...yes we are.
That's actually the first time somebody did notice it :laugh:
Ok, so back to topic... Mysterious Objects...
Nasa gets up close with mystery martian object as engineers admit they 'simply (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2215576/Nasa-gets-close-mystery-martian-object-engineers-admit-simply-dont-know-fell-Curiosity.html)