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General Category => Amstrad CPC hardware => Topic started by: Mr. DVG on 12:44, 25 October 13

Title: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Mr. DVG on 12:44, 25 October 13
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! :)
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Mr. DVG on 12:47, 25 October 13
I'm sorry, the card is only one... ;D
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Bryce on 13:05, 25 October 13
I suspect this was quick fix or upgrade for an Amstrad PC, not for a CPC.

Bryce.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: redbox on 14:42, 25 October 13
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?
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Bryce on 15:10, 25 October 13
The 40286 on the GAL is a hint towards PC :)

Bryce.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Devilmarkus on 15:12, 25 October 13
Or is that the "Expansion" for the CPC 472?  :laugh:

(If not, it still looks useless for me)
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: TFM on 17:37, 25 October 13
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
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Gryzor on 18:05, 25 October 13
No, this is the 472 expansion:


(http://cpcwiki.eu/imgs/thumb/6/6c/Amstrad_472_detail_motherboard.jpg/1280px-Amstrad_472_detail_motherboard.jpg)
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: TFM on 18:07, 25 October 13
Yup, 472
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Zoe Robinson on 18:10, 25 October 13
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...
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Gryzor on 18:12, 25 October 13
Well, the MOS65010 is a much worse carcinoma.


@TFM: doesn't look like it.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: MacDeath on 20:32, 25 October 13
something for the PCW perhaps ?
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: TFM on 20:39, 25 October 13
Or a satellite receiver? Could be for a lot of things.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Bryce on 21:11, 25 October 13
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.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: 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.


Better use...


Ixquick Search Engine (https://www.ixquick.com)

Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Bryce on 21:23, 25 October 13
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.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: 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
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Mr. DVG on 16:46, 26 October 13
Thank you all for the info ... :D
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Zoe Robinson on 17:24, 26 October 13
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.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Bryce on 17:44, 26 October 13
I think the closest you'll get is Arnold. A CPC emulator that runs on Linux :)

Bryce.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: TFM on 17:51, 28 October 13
Or the TRex-1 ...






Anybody interested to restart the CPCnG project?
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: Gryzor on 18:15, 28 October 13
Are we off-topic?




...yes we are.
Title: Re: Mysterious Objects?
Post by: TFM on 19:46, 30 October 13
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)
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