I wanted to start a nice community thread where we can show off our setups!
This is the 464 I have owned since December 1985 (I recently found the monitor box in my parent’s loft, with the delivery sticker still on it. No 464 box unfortunately.)
At the recent UKAG meet in Surrey it was opened up for the very first time to have the drive belt replaced!
Recent (past year or two) purchases include the DK’Tronic 68k pack and the latest m4 from Duke. Superb additions to my kit!
I have the green screen monitor and TV modulator still, but thanks to the special leads you can buy now it will work on TVs or this Amiga monitor (I also found in the parent’s loft!) Fantastic!
One day I’ll get a 6128, just because it was what I always wanted (I got a 2nd hand Amiga 500 when I asked for the 6128 as an upgrade - a lot cheaper back in the early 90’s).
I’ve got a 1084s with the panel still attached… and another with it broken off. The power button is more of a concern, and I also had to resolder the inputs on the back as they are a weak point.
Yeah, got two 1084s downstairs - one has the panel intact, surprisingly. On the other the panel is there but the retaining thingy has broken and the power button sticks…
Every now and then I play CPC games with the kids, but I think this may be the first time that we load them from tape, and it has been a great experience.
Vanity shot of “The Return of Traxtor” (my 9yo said we should start loading one of my games), then “The Trap Door” as the slowest loading game of the day (the loading screen takes already longer than other games took to fully load!), and “Werewolves of London” that is the one we got further today.
(the photos may not be in that order)
This is my Amstrad CPC that I bought in 2014 IIRC and kind of got me started making CPC games. I’ve used it to test all my games!
Thanks for the inspiration and I’d love to see more CPCs in this thread!
Non sei riuscito a farlo funzionare sulla TV grande, invece di dover usare il CRT più piccolo? Così potrebbe rimanere fuori fisso! Comunque bella configurazione!
Ho il CPC464 a tasti grandi e il suo monitor dal giugno 1985, e la DMP200 dal marzo 1987. Il resto (DDI, espansione RAM, interfaccia IDE, penna ottica, mouse AMX, ecc.) sono tutti aggiornamenti che ho fatto a partire da luglio 2014.
Complimenti a tutti voi per essere così «old school». Una cosa che ho notato è che usate tutti monitor originali o vecchi schermi CRT. Anche se possiedo ancora il mio monitor originale, ho trovato più pratico usare uno schermo piatto LCD da 21” con presa SCART. I vecchi Samsung funzionano meglio, altre marche di schermi piatti non sempre riconoscono il segnale AV automaticamente o semplicemente trasmettono in bianco e nero. Tendo a evitare di aggiungere altre batterie o alimentatori per correggere il problema, perché la cosa inizia a diventare confusa, dato che ho già una marea di cavi collegati alle varie schede e dispositivi di espansione. Buon divertimento a tutti!
A real pleasure to look at!
