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Title: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: NewsBot on 06:02, 27 July 17
An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape (http://www.genesis8bit.fr/archives/index.php?news_id=906)
27 July 2017, 1:10 am

An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape

Source: Genesis8 Amstrad Page (http://www.genesis8bit.fr/index.php)

Title: Re: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: seanb on 09:28, 27 July 17
I understand why he did it but it just looks wrong.
Even with a defective tape drive I'd have kept it in for aesthetic reasons.
Title: Re: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: VincentGR on 09:52, 27 July 17
 :-X  dear lord!!!
I have a broken one too but it is in place and I load direct from the pcb. I have also added a 6 channel audio plug from a pc mobo in the back as the case was broken too.
Title: Re: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: CraigsBar on 22:32, 27 July 17
That is worse than the chop an Amiga case up to put a gotek in mods. Why are these people allowed tools [emoji22]

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Title: Re: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: ||C|-|E|| on 22:39, 27 July 17
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Title: Re: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: Shaun M. Neary on 01:49, 28 July 17
Suffering sweet shit on a stick!

This guy was clearly a Spectrum user in a past life...
Title: Re: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: Carnivius on 07:53, 28 July 17
As much as I like my 464 I kinda like how compact this makes it look and if the tape deck really was useless on it then hey cut it off.  People often get dead and useless limbs removed when they become a hindrance anyways. :P
Title: Re: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: Dombalurina on 18:34, 28 July 17
 :picard:
Why wouldn't you just not use it? I'm deaf in one ear, but I've never considered doing a Van Gogh job on myself!
Title: Re: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: Carnivius on 18:55, 28 July 17
To be fair your ear doesn't really weigh anything or take up much space and it still has a use for wearing glasses and such.  Some folk always felt the 464 was a lil too wide cos of the tape deck (it doesn't fit on my current computer desk much at all) so if they wanted to chop it, it's up to them.  There's plenty of 464's around with the tape deck stilll intact.
Title: Re: Genesis8 - An Amstrad CPC 464 without its defective drive tape
Post by: Dombalurina on 13:07, 31 July 17
Quote from: Carnivius on 18:55, 28 July 17
To be fair your ear doesn't really weigh anything or take up much space and it still has a use for wearing glasses and such.  Some folk always felt the 464 was a lil too wide cos of the tape deck (it doesn't fit on my current computer desk much at all) so if they wanted to chop it, it's up to them.  There's plenty of 464's around with the tape deck stilll intact.

It's a fair point, I would get annoyed with my glasses falling off all the time!
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