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Post by: johnno56 on 08:35, 27 February 18

Greetings.

I have been a big fan of Amstrad since 1985. I saved enough funds to purchase the CPC464 in 1985 much to my wife's bewilderment. It lasted for some years before the monitor/power supply 'gave up the ghost'.

Today I use an emulator on my Linux machine for the times I feel a little nostalgic. I still refer to my User Manual (very well worn) and I still type in listings from several of the books I purchased back then.

Thank you for allowing me to be part of this Forum. I'm not sure how much I can contribute, but if I can, I will be happy to do so.

J

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Post by: ComSoft6128 on 08:49, 27 February 18

Welcome!

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Post by: adolfo.pa on 09:26, 27 February 18

Welcome John!

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Post by: reidrac on 09:37, 27 February 18

Welcome to the forum!

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Post by: keith56 on 09:48, 27 February 18

Welcome to the forum, always good to see a new user!

What was the main thing you used the CPC for back in the day? was it a business machine, for games, or something else?

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Post by: Zoe Robinson on 09:53, 27 February 18

Welcome!

I share your sadness at the monitor dying. Mine finally gave out a couple of years ago. If you still have the CPC, it can be hooked up to a TV using a SCART cable adaptor these days, usually with pretty good results.

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Post by: Shaun M. Neary on 11:08, 27 February 18

Welcome aboard! Good bunch of folk here, so stick around and join the party. ;)

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Post by: johnno56 on 21:01, 27 February 18

Thanks to you all for your kind welcome. Much appreciated.

Keith56: Back then I mainly used it for games. Attempted a bit of desktop publishing for a short while but the old dot matrix printer took 15-20 minutes to screen dump a page... ouch. Then my friend purchased a 6128 and took over the printing. Other than that it was mainly games.

Zoe: Thank you for the advice but my old 464 died a long time ago. These days I use an emulator.

Cheers.

J

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Post by: blackdalek on 02:06, 28 February 18

Which emulator(s) are you using under Linux?

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Post by: Audronic on 06:24, 28 February 18

Welcome

Good to see a Melbourneian here.

Ray ( Williamstown)

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Post by: mr_lou on 07:14, 28 February 18

Welcome!

Good to see another Linux user. :)

My monitor is still alive, but seems to suffer from depression. (Dark image). Maybe I could cheer it up again by showing it some of the many many new CPC creations....

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Post by: 00WReX on 08:13, 28 February 18

Welcome Johnno,

Another Victorian here...and quite a few Aussies on the forum. :)

Cheers,
Shane

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Post by: johnno56 on 11:43, 28 February 18

Cranbourne North.

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Post by: 00WReX on 12:45, 28 February 18

Quote from: johnno56 on 11:43, 28 February 18
Cranbourne North.

We are very close.
I'm in Narre Warren.

Cheers,
Shane

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Post by: Gryzor on 19:10, 03 March 18

Welcome mate, very nice to have you here :)

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Post by: ||C|-|E|| on 10:54, 07 March 18

Welcome! That is a nice story :) If you still had the computer you could definitely repair it (if it is even broken), but I guess that it is a bit too late for that now... :-X

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Post by: CPC_Fan on 13:54, 07 March 18

Sorry that it's a bit late, but welcome to the forum johnno56 :)

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Post by: johnno56 on 15:39, 07 March 18

Quote from: CPC_Fan on 13:54, 07 March 18
Sorry that it's a bit late, but welcome to the forum johnno56 :)

Ah... Better late than never... Glad to be here...

J

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