The new Martin Clunes series, Islands of Britain... shows a CPC 6128 living in a bus stop in the Shetlands. Bizarre or what? Anyone else seen a CPC in a strange place??
Ooh! Any screenshots? When is the story taking place?
It'll be a feature in the CPC book...
Ah... when we get old... :D
The CPC photo that was used on Microsofts website a few years ago
Quote from: ivarf on 17:24, 27 December 09
The CPC photo that was used on Microsofts website a few years ago
You can see the small image from the old Microsoft download page on the bottom left of the following website: http://www.bernd-leitenberger.de/cpc464.shtml (http://www.bernd-leitenberger.de/cpc464.shtml).
Well, I saw a CPC6128 in a travel agency somewhere in spain (I don't remember where) in the late 90s and I am absolutly sure that I saw one when I visited a car manufacturer (must be Mercedes in Stuttgart or Opel in Ruesselsheim) where it was used somewhere in the production line.
Wait - the bottom left photo was on MS's site? Whaddayaknow... impressive! I wonder if the guy who did it, did it on purpose or just googled (heh) "computer image"...
When I passed my driving license.
The driving lesson agency did have an "old" amstrad CPC6128.
It was in 1996-7 if I remember well.
I was surprised indeed as I couldn't think of it as a professionnal computer, because it was my game machine in the past.
Quoteshows a CPC 6128 living in a bus stop in the Shetlands.
??? I can't imagine the meaning of this ? got picture ? link to a video please ?
Was it a homeless amstrad CPC sheltering in a bus stop ? ^^
Quote from: MacDeath on 10:45, 20 January 10
I was surprised indeed as I couldn't think of it as a professionnal computer, because it was my game machine in the past.
??? I can't imagine the meaning of this ? got picture ? link to a video please ?
Was it a homeless amstrad CPC sheltering in a bus stop ? ^^
I remember seeing this TV programme and the 6128. It was not working and just put there for decoration as it is a kind of 'crazy' bus stop (pretty much like the people who live in the Shetlands). It is in one of these bus stops (http://www.self-preservation-society.co.uk/jotter/busstops/shetland1.htm).
Here are some photographs of the actual bus stop in question:
http://www.oobject.com/bus-stops-as-art/shetland-islands-bus-stop/2457/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shivasugar/718751586/in/photostream/
Hahaha! What is it with this bloody bus stop? :D
Hah ;D
Looks like my room while at university..
Only thing missing is a few crates of beer and some canned food (Mostly bakedbeans and meat balls!)
/Ygdrazil
Quote from: redbox on 11:07, 20 January 10
I remember seeing this TV programme and the 6128. It was not working and just put there for decoration as it is a kind of 'crazy' bus stop (pretty much like the people who live in the Shetlands). It is in one of these bus stops (http://www.self-preservation-society.co.uk/jotter/busstops/shetland1.htm).
Here are some photographs of the actual bus stop in question:
http://www.oobject.com/bus-stops-as-art/shetland-islands-bus-stop/2457/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shivasugar/718751586/in/photostream/
Quote from: Ygdrazil on 12:57, 21 January 10
Looks like my room while at university..
You lived in a bus stop at university? And I thought I had it bad 8)
I slept in a bus stop once... I was drunk mind.
Heh!!
Small confined space, people comming and going all the time (many of whom where tipsy and many I hardly knew), old computers but sweet computers! Sounds a bit like a bus-stop to me ;D
Well metaphorical speaking ...
/Ygdrazil
Quote from: redbox on 14:58, 21 January 10
You lived in a bus stop at university? And I thought I had it bad 8)
Now I think about it!
Been there done that ;)
/Ygdrazil
Quote from: ukmarkh on 15:54, 21 January 10
I slept in a bus stop once... I was drunk mind.
Quote from: Gryzor on 12:31, 21 January 10
Hahaha! What is it with this bloody bus stop? :D
I don't know. But I think they must have a good game running, otherwise the computer would have been trashed by now and the bus stop covered with graffiti! ;)
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3319/wowtenniscup2.png
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3319/wowtenniscup2.png)
It seems Tennis Cup 2 cover was largely inspired by a 80's advertisment in France.
The face of the man on the left (Patrick sabatier, a TV broadcast host) you just turn left-to-right the picture, tadah...
"Tennis Cup, ça vas fort !"
Trés fort.
("ça vas fort" : lit :it goes strong / mean : i'm very well)
("trés fort" : very strong/very well.)
Also another :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQoI4fQjFu0
It seems to be a Russian meeting, as we know CPC is quite uncommon beside Western Europe and greece (a perhaps a bit Australia...) it is really CPC's In the strangest of places.
Yet I wish I could understand what he says...
Quote from: MacDeath on 03:08, 15 February 10
Yet I wish I could understand what he says...
Translation: "Ha ha ha, our stupid European neighbours still haven't worked out how to crack the cartridge mechanism of this ancient machine."
I think it's bedtime for me 8)
Haha, rolling on the floor, I thought about a thing like this indeed...
Honestly, just need money, some chips to sacrifice and getting a proper company doing this.