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Games / Re: Vespertino

Last post by XeNoMoRPH - Today at 05:43

https://twitter.com/M_Antonio_del_C/status/1781022123999277205

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: CPC four times faster...

Last post by GUNHED - Today at 02:15

BTW: I have a CPC6128 running at 6 MHz stable. Just replaced the 16 MHz crystal by a 24 MHz one.

Yes, your old story.
But "stable" is a very relative description.
It is useless/not compatible regarding video, FDC and probably more.
Unfortunately I forgot it, but what was the CPC meeting, where you presented this 6MHz machine to the public?

Yeah, and now that's your old story too. Like usually you want to tell people what's 'useless' for them. But what you mean is just, that something is useless for you / SymbOS. Try to be a bit less Narciss.   Come on, allow us to live our CPC hobby our way! 

BTW: IIRC the meeting was either one of the CPC-Only meetings or some XzentriX, but it's something like 18-21 years ago. And the CPC still runs like a charm. I love the enhances = horizontally squeezed screen and also to be able to put 50% more data on an disc. 

Anything else... It's 3 the morning. Read you later the day...

#3

News & Events / Re: The CPC 464 turned 40 toda...

Last post by chinnyhill10 - Today at 00:45

Spannerman must be one of the most anxiety-inducing games ever! I will check it out on CPC-Power and CPC Games Reviews too see what people think about it. I had it as a kid, definitely not among my favorites.

BTW, are you guys ready for the 50th anniversary of EVERYTHING? Better get ready because it all starts in 3 years, with the Atari 2600... and Star Wars.

I had it on pirate thanks to my Dad's mate David from the pub. He transferred a load of games to floppy, added a menu and gave them to us. Spannerman was a game I rarely played. I must revisit it. Gem Software wasn't it which means there may be versions for other home micros.

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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: C64 Vs Speccy: Which one d...

Last post by dodogildo - Yesterday at 22:56

and I love the SID.

SID is.. well.. just loveable 

#5

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: C64 Vs Speccy: Which one d...

Last post by VincentGR - Yesterday at 22:34

C64 is a better computer and I love the SID.
I have both, but I feel better with ZX games so, speccy it is.

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Technical support - Hardware related / Re: CPC-464 freezes on start-u...

Last post by McArti0 - Yesterday at 22:08

test input 8255

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Technical support - Hardware related / Re: CPC 6128 - white screen, b...

Last post by McArti0 - Yesterday at 21:24

no, I added it above. Sorry 

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Technical support - Hardware related / Re: CPC 6128 - white screen, b...

Last post by mmldrm - Yesterday at 21:19

ok. Now test 74LS244.

How do I test it? Do I start with the same ROMDIS and RAMDIS steps, then measure voltages?

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Technical support - Hardware related / Re: CPC 6128 - white screen, b...

Last post by McArti0 - Yesterday at 21:14

ok. Now test 74LS244.

When connect red wire whole CPC halted, screen too.

You have to be sure that you have drawn 0V on Pin1 LS244,
if not, you connect again.
Then check if D0-D7 on the left and right are the same.
Work for 6 hands.

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General Discussion - Introductions / Re: C64 Vs Speccy: Which one d...

Last post by Prodatron - Yesterday at 21:09

For me it apears to be very obvious that the C64 is much better than the Spectrum. The original ULA graphics just sucks.
Because of my old memories I voted for the C64, as 99% of my friends had a commodore and noone a Spectrum, and so I had - beside of my CPC - very nice moments with C64 games in the mid/end 80ies.

What is very cool about the Spectrum is that it created one of the best Z80 coders ever. That is always the advantage of limited systems.