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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Hi from Retro PC Fanatic

Last post by scorp6128+ - Today at 12:12

Wow, your collection is impressing.
From the technical side, you are the right man for the many old devices.

Welcome, and have fun here.

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Games / Re: Charles Cecil (Beneath a S...

Last post by dodogildo - Today at 11:58

Beneath a Steel Sky was dear to me because all the artwork was done by one of my favorite comic book artists: Dave Gibbons (of Watchmen fame).

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: 27" QHD monitor Philips 27...

Last post by eto - Today at 10:30

Looks like Philips used a TV chip in a monitor. Cool.

I was really surprised. Even most TVs I tried did not accept 15kHz on their VGA port but only via Scart. 

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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Hi from Retro PC Fanatic

Last post by Anthony Flack - Today at 10:02

You're not alone... I have quite a few vintage systems myself. Yep, quite a few...

#5

Games / Re: Mighty Renegades [ wip ]

Last post by fano - Today at 09:54

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Games / Re: Mighty Renegades [ wip ]

Last post by fano - Today at 09:54

I don't understand what I'm seeing, looking the fighters. A real mess of pixels.

You just need some glasses 

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Games / Charles Cecil (Beneath a Steel...

Last post by cwpab - Today at 09:41

All pure text: Espionage Island, Inca Curse and Ship of Doom.

I was never a fan of his point & click graphic adventures, but I found this to be an interesting fact.

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Technical support - Hardware related / 464+ working but black screen

Last post by evenmore - Today at 09:27

Hi everyone,

I have an Amstrad 464+. it seems to be working correctly, but I don't get any picture.
I do have a CPC 464, which works correctly on my Scart TV.

I can hear the Burning Rubber music playing, I can also run BASIC and press the DEL key and hear sound.
I have two Scart cables, one powered and one normal. Both show a black screen.
I have tried a couple of different power supplies, one 5v 2.4 amp and one 5v 3 amp.
I have also tried an OSSC upscaler with both Scart cables, which reports that the 464+ is outputting a signal but the image is black.
The OSSC overlay menu is visible, so the problem does not seem to be with my TV.

I opened it up and there doesn't seem to be any obvious issues with the circuit board, although I am not an electrician.

A video of the machine running on my TV is available here.

Thanks very much for any suggestions!

Regards,
  Chris

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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Hi from Retro PC Fanatic

Last post by dodogildo - Today at 09:25

Hi. And wow! Don't start collecting MSX too . Or you'd have to think about moving to a new house. 

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: 27" QHD monitor Philips 27...

Last post by Bryce - Today at 08:17

Looks like Philips used a TV chip in a monitor. Cool.

Bryce.