How many Amstrad did you have?

[Mark_wllms]

I'm wondering what the record is for the most Amstrad PCs owned at the same time (at the time, not now).

My family bought four. We started with a CPC464 and green screen in 1984. It belonged to my Dad, but we could bring it down to the living room at the weekend at play on the colour TV.
2 years later, Dad upgraded to a CPC6128 with colour monitor and passed the 464 on to us. Again, a couple of years later he moved on to the PCW9512 and then in 1990 to the PC2386. This became the PC that I took to college in 1992 when he finally bought a non-Amstrad PC.

We never got rid of any of these, so all four were in use at the same time by the 90s.

[Shaun M. Neary]

By 1996 I managed to have 4.

My original CPC464 from 86.
In 95, I had an acquired a CPC664, not knowing what I had, but the DDI-1 drive for the 464 had a bad drive belt so I swapped them out. If I knew then what I know now. I'd kept it for years but discarded it as junk.
Later in 95, I'd been given a CPC6128, the person was happy to get rid of it to reclaim some space as long as I picked it up.
Then in 1996 someone else got rid of their 6128plus which I took as I'd never had one up until that point.

I used to alternate between them in different rooms as a lot of my disk backups with the Multiface II weren't transferable (and I could never get programs like anti multiface to work).

By 1998, they wound up in the attic to make room for my Intel P233 MMX, printer and scanner, a state they remained until I moved out of there in 2006...

... and like a real idiot, left them in the attic. Thankfully I've got most of that equipment back apart from a CPC664, which I don't lose too much sleep over given the price they are to acquire now.

[St-BeidE(DE/GB)]

Back in time, none.
Today two 6128.

Stefan 

[Prodatron]

One 6128 from 1987. Sounds like paradise to have more than one in the 80ies

(today 24)

[McArti0]

One 6128 from 1992. One 6128 from 2022.

[eto]

Just a single 6128 in 1986.

A cupboard full of stuff today. 

[Devlin]

I think originally back in the day, maybe three?

a 464, originally bought by my dad, then a 6128, then a 464 Plus.

Over the years i've had four of my own CPCs - two 464s and two 6128s, though I only have one of each now.

[dodogildo]

Back in the day?
We had 1 x CPC 464 with green monitor for me. 1 x PC 1512 with monochrome monitor and double 5 1/2 FDD for dad.

Currently 2 x 6128, 1 x 664, 2 x GX4000. And, wait for it, 1 x NOS 464 unopened in box since 2015 

[GUNHED]

Well, I got at least 9x CPC6128 and 3x 6128plus. Thery are not all up and running. But today my Technodrome (that's a sphere out of computers with a central control chair inside) consists of the following running systems:

- DesktopCPC6128
- 6128plus (expanded)
- CPC6128 (expanded)
- CPC6128 (expanded)
- CPC6128 (expanded)
Sometimes I do need to set up two more CPC6128 temporarily for some reason.

Note: I do plan a local network 'FutureNet'. It can connect 12-24 CPCs. The hardware is planned (and units of the network card were running in previous times). But I just lack the time to build it. It's scheduled for 2025.
If there would be more CPCs on meetings it would make sense to give FN a higher priority though.

Actually there are other Z80 systems too, but in storage today.

[Nich]

I have a CPC6128, and a CPC464 keyboard only (the monitor for my CPC6128 broke down and I used the CPC464's monitor as a replacement).

At one point, my mother had a PCW8256 (or was it a PCW8512?) and then a PCW9512 for her secretarial work, but they were either scrapped or donated to someone else long ago.

[Anthony Flack]

Only one at a time. I sold my 464 to buy a second hand 6128, then used it until that broke (actually until the drive belt wore out but I didn't know at the time).

Then nothing for 20 years. When I say nothing, I mean, you know, all that other rubbish.

Now I have a 6128, a 464+ and a GX. I'm using a Commodore 1084 monitor with the Plus, and an Amstrad monitor with the 6128. 

I would like to add a 464 with green screen sometime to round out the collection. I don't really use the GX at all, since I only have Burnin' Rubber and I had that on the Plus already, but if I manage to get a C4CPC or equivalent one day that will be good for under the telly I figure.

[Optimus]

Not much really.
I just have one here in the UK and maybe one in Greece somewhere.
But also my GX4000. Ah, almost forgot my CPC+ too. But mostly the regular CPC6128 is ready to use.

Used to collect retro, now I don't have space for more

[xesrjb]

2 CPC 464
1 CPC 664
5 CPC 6128
1 CPC 6128+

and all working...

xesrjb 

[arnoldemu]

back in the day 1 cpc6128

collected the others from 1995 and still have:

3 cpc6128 (my original from 1987 with HD6845S, one with UM6845R and one with MC6845)
1 cpc464 'costdown'
1 cpc464 (with hd6845s)
1 cpc664
1 464plus
1 6128plus
1 kc compact
1 gx4000

only the gx4000 is currently setup with an old CRT, the others are in storage and a few suffer from dodgy keyboard membranes.

Just got an ULIfAC so one of the 464's will come out of storage.

[retro space]

A single CPC. I do have nearly a dozen Z80 machines though.

[poulette73]

In 1987 : 1 x CPC 6128 (sold in 1991)
In 2005 : 2 x CPC 6128, 1 x CPC 664, 1 x CPC 464 (all sold in 2010)
Since 2022 : 2 x CPC 6128

[Rabs]

I think in 1985, I only had a 664 but with a memory expansion pack, light pen, speech synthesiser and DMP2000. Think I also had the TV tuner. Plus Elite and Sorcery. What more do you need?

[chinnyhill10]

A 6128 and a GX4000

Today, crikey, erm. I think it's 3 464's. 2 6128's, a GX4000 and a 464 Plus.

[eto]

Looking at this thread I get the feeling, the prices for CPCs would be MUCH lower if we wouldn't all own multiple computers :-D

[dodogildo]

prices for CPCs would be MUCH lower if we wouldn't all own multiple computers :-D

Lower for whom?  Because we're the only prospects 

[GUNHED]

Well, it depends if CPCs / Plusses go to storage because collectors thing that they are a good investment.

Or if somebody who is productive got some backups for the day a machine breaks.

But back to topic: Seems that Prodatron won the race by owning 24 CPCs.

[eto]

But back to topic: Seems that Prodatron won the race by owning 24 CPCs.

The questions was "at the time, not now", so the current collection does not count. 

[GUNHED]

But back to topic: Seems that Prodatron won the race by owning 24 CPCs.

The questions was "at the time, not now", so the current collection does not count.

Ok, so at which date does "at that time" end? 

Maybe there are users who had a CPC back the day, then sold it, then came back to it. But I guess that's a minority.

For me, from the day I got my first CPC till now, there is just a continuation of creation 'stuff' for and with the CPC and Plus.

[eto]

Ok, so at which date does "at that time" end? 

I personally would say "until mid 90s" but to be sure you should ask @Mark_wllms 

[Prodatron]

But back to topic: Seems that Prodatron won the race by owning 24 CPCs.

When you read the first post, the topic was, how many AMSTRADs (not only CPCs) you owend during the OLD TIMES, not now.

You changed the topic to "how much do you have today", and others were following you

I have 6x non CPC Amstrads (PCWs and NCs) and 3x GX4000, so only 15 real CPCs.

I can imagine, that @DoctorCPC would win the race by owning the most stuff with "Amstrad" written on it