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CPC's In the strangest of places

Started by ukmarkh, 00:36, 27 November 09

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ukmarkh

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??

Gryzor

Ooh! Any screenshots? When is the story taking place?

ukmarkh

It'll be a feature in the CPC book...

Gryzor


ivarf

The CPC photo that was used on Microsofts website a few years ago

Octoate

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.

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.
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Gryzor

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"...

MacDeath

#7
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 ? ^^

redbox

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.

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/

Gryzor

Hahaha! What is it with this bloody bus stop? :D

Ygdrazil

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.

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/

redbox

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)

ukmarkh

I slept in a bus stop once... I was drunk mind.

Ygdrazil

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)

Ygdrazil


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.



arnoldemu

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! ;)
My games. My Games
My website with coding examples: Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource

MacDeath

#16
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...

redbox

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)

MacDeath

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.

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