The CPC is the most reliable home computer

[chinnyhill10]

So says a report in an April 1989 edition of New Computer Express:

[TFM]

Nice!


And true!


Just the best 8 bit ever :-)

[Carnivius]

My 30 year old problem-free CPC 464 agrees.

[robcfg]

Ditto!

[260Z]

My 30 year old problem-free CPC 464 agrees.

Yep , starts first time , every time.

Can't say the same about my other two bloatware infested pieces of junk I've spent the last week trying to get functioning properly.  And the irony there, is that I've been attempting to get them to run stable emulators ....grrrrrrr.

[00WReX]

My 30 year old problem-free CPC 464 agrees.

Same here...and that includes the monitor. 
I also have my mates 464+monitor that was 6 months older than mine...both still fine too.

Cheers,
Shane

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These guys were really well built! I just miss they did not do a better job regarding the power supply (I mean, including something like a proper voltage regulator in the board) and they are not better shielded (the german ones are the exception, though).

[chinnyhill10]

These guys were really well built! I just miss they did not do a better job regarding the power supply (I mean, including something like a proper voltage regulator in the board) and they are not better shielded (the german ones are the exception, though).

Better shielding? Hah! Try a Spectrum, you can pick up the audio on an FM radio meters away and it will happily totally block AM for your neighbours. Even the Amstrad ones.

[Metralla]

These guys were really well built! I just miss they did not do a better job regarding the power supply (I mean, including something like a proper voltage regulator in the board)

a proper voltage regulator in the board


In what board ?  What are you talking about ?

My amstrad cpc never got any power supply problem, no flickering, nothing wrong with my 27 year old 464 and I have seen only 2 CPC with power problem, was the female plug that is soldered to the motherboard, nothing about the powersupply itself, and problem exist because a bad use of computer...

[robcfg]

He means that the motherboard has no protection against overvoltage, as it was designed to be connected to the monitor.


So, if you use any psu rather than the CPC monitor and something goes wrong, you can have half of your computer destroyed.

[Metralla]

He means that the motherboard has no protection against overvoltage, as it was designed to be connected to the monitor.


So, if you use any psu rather than the CPC monitor and something goes wrong, you can have half of your computer destroyed.

OK, then I recommend to use a PSP 2000 original from Sony for those computers without 3" floppy drive or with floppy drive emulator installed (required only 5V.) or a PC powersupply for computers with 3" floppy drive installed (12 and 5 volts required).

Risk maybe are in all those chinesse low cost powersupplies?.

[chinnyhill10]

The 5v PSU I have from RS has over voltage protection which is why I recommend it.

[Optimus]

I always believed that, afterall the CPC in many aspect tried to be like the more serious 8bit for work too besides gaming (good basic, fast disc loading, sturdy feeling, great keyboard, coming with it's own monitor, highres mode for word processors/compilers). Spectrum was like the cheap solution, the people's computer and C64 a game machine for the richer kids. CPC was somewhere in between and more aiming to be like a PC that does the work. I personally like that.


Also, I have 3 CPCs and 1 C64, the C64 died, first the 1541 drive and then the machine itself. The others are working fine (besides the usual floppy disk mebrane fail, I hated that part, but I don't use it anymore).

[MacDeath]