Noobie in town

Fissuras .. · 23:04, 26 August 16

Hi guys!

I've registered a few minutes ago just after reading a thread about MSX to CPC port. I've found it especially amusing as the poster was a brazilian guy (just like me) and I've never ever heard of a CPC fan around here. Brazil is the land of MSXes. So I've got hooked and joined the train so let's see what I can discover about this beloved coputer!

See ya!

PS: how the hell am I supposed to know "How much memory, in k, in a CPC464?"

Duke · 23:21, 26 August 16

Quote from: Fissuras .. on 23:04, 26 August 16
PS: how the hell am I supposed to know How much memory, in k, in a CPC464?"

Welcome. You could take an educated guess by the model number

- Widely used in the 80's....

EgoTrip · 23:30, 26 August 16

The 464/664/464Plus have 64K RAM and the 6128/6128Plus has 128K RAM.

Fissuras .. · 23:32, 26 August 16

Quote from: Duke on 23:21, 26 August 16
Welcome. You could take an educated guess by the model number - Widely used in the 80's....

I thought so but who knows what would have happend if I got it wrong? I don't want to lose my eternal soul so I went the google way...

Fissuras .. · 23:33, 26 August 16

Quote from: EgoTrip on 23:30, 26 August 16
The 464/664/464Plus have 64K RAM and the 6128/6128Plus has 128K RAM.

I SAID I am a noobie... lesson learned

Duke · 23:41, 26 August 16

Quote from: Fissuras .. on 23:32, 26 August 16

I thought so but who knows what would have happend if I got it wrong? I don't want to lose my eternal soul so I went the google way...

Lol. Eitherway I guess the CPC is very close to MSX (initial) spec wise. Not many of them around here (in Denmark). A friend of mine had a sony hitbit with no software and storage, we only used to take it apart to look at the pcb

Fabrizio Radica · 23:53, 26 August 16

welcome

VincentGR · 12:18, 27 August 16

Welcome!

arnoldemu · 13:00, 27 August 16

Welcome!

Comparing MSX to CPC in a simplified way:
- Both have same CPU (Z80) (ok turbo R has a R800 which is a super Z80)
- Both got Speccy ports (games converted from Spectrum without trying to change them for the hardware)
- Both have SymbOS
- Normal CPC doesn't have hardware sprites. (Plus does)
- Both have AY-3-8912 sound (I think that is MSXSound on MSX?)

Of course there is a lot more to learn and see

1024MAK · 10:19, 28 August 16

Welcome to the forum Fissuras

Mark

Gryzor · 13:27, 29 August 16

Welcome mate!

On that note of yourse, maybe it's time I got rid of the security question during sign-up...

TFM · 17:35, 29 August 16

Quote from: Gryzor on 13:27, 29 August 16
Welcome mate!

On that note of yourse, maybe it's time I got rid of the security question during sign-up...

Better not, there is enough bots out there. And to google it can't be that hard.

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