I bought mine from a friend in 87. Used it until 91 when I got my first PC. Long hours spent in front of the blue screen with yellow text, typing away huge BASIC programs or doing assembly under CP/M. What an amazing time it was... thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Yeah, I had a lot of fun making this video. I will always have a soft spot for the Z80 in any form. Finding the "BASIC computer games" book online was amazing for my brother and I. We both spent many hours with this book learning BASIC. Thanks for your interest! I'm glad there's still a few of us around to reminisce :)
Yeah I've noticed a *lot* of French websites and information online for the CPC. I figured it was popular there. Were they the Schneider branded version?
NFM They were genuine Amstrad version with a French keyboard (azerty instead of qwerty). They sold like hotcakes in France, maybe more than UK, thanks to the French subsidiary Amstrad France and the big French mail order la Redoute.
I actually built a Super80 many years ago. Eventually upgraded to CPC464 in '85.... The only item I have of that machine, is the manual... I still use it... Of course, the Amstrad, is now emulated.... and I still use it now and then when I feel nostalgic... Good memories... Thanks for the video!!
One more "That was my first computer". Yes, it was, a monochrome monitor, and I had wonderful times with it. BTW, these machines that only came with basic were much more educational that the easy stuff we offer nowadays to our teenagers.
I got a CPC 6128 from my parents in 1986 - so this video really brings back memories. Did a bit of basic programming too. However I remember being quite envious to those of my classmates who had a Commodore 64 because they were able to connect their "machine" to a colour-TV where I was "stuck" with my boring monochrome, green monitor.
I know this video was made a few years ago but just stumbled across it. Such memories. My first computer was the CPC464 with the tape deck, Bought it, tried to load a couple of games from tape, it took so so long, that within 24 hours I took this back to the shop (Dixons, UK) and exchanged it for this one CPC6128. Fell in love with computers then in 85. Loved watching this video thanks for uploading.
Hehe my parents bought me one from Dixons in Brent Cross in the 80's, used to go to Adams world for games, Ikari Warriors, Rambo, Robocop, street fighter, wonderboy etc. I think the only command i ever typed was "run disk", good times.
The Compact Floppy format was also available as an option for the Sinclair Spectrum, and the Spectrum +3 has one built-in. There was also a CF2 drive option on the Oric Atmos but I don't know if that was particularly popular. Certain MSX systems, particularly those from Yamaha, also used the CF2 disc; this makes sense as the format was developed in Japan by Hitachi Maxell. The Amdek Amdisk-III was an attempt at mareting the CF2 format for PC and CP/M system users. A few other systems I am aware of which used the format were the Tatung Einstein, the Yamaha MDR-1 sequencer, the National MyBrain 3000 desktop computer, the Gavilan laptop computer and the Sega SC-3000, for which the SF-7000 drive option was created.
This was the 1st PC that I bought. Had the 16 colour monitor and it was awesome. Kept the whole family up most nights printing hard copy of code. Good times.
Yay graph paper! I remember doing exactly the same thing when I was a kid with my Atari 800XL! Memories :) - Didn't know the CPC had a true 80 column mode, that's really impressive for a home 8-bit at the time! Always thought of my Atari as being the more powerful beast (and in many ways it was way ahead of it's time), but the lack of 80 colums really did irritate me when using it for programming and word processing, so yep, new found respect for Amstrad! Lovely clear mono monitor as well.
Hi mate, easiest way to transfer (15 years ago) files between a CPC and PC was to fit an external 3.5 drive to the CPC and use DosCopy - available from CPCWiki - to create a dual format disk which both machines could read. I used it many times and it worked 100%. These were 720K drives not sure if 1.44MB would work the same. Anyway best of luck and thanks for the vids.
I am not 100% certain, but I don't think that HD floppy disk drives would work on a CPC without patching the ROM software; Im a Spectrum +3 owner myself (which was made by Amstrad) and its DOS was ported from the bigger brother of the CPC range, the PCW series. Now, according to a Romanian fellow who has a website www.secarica.ro/index.php/en/zx-zone on which he explains that the +3 can't use HD floppy drives without a patch*, but to alleviate this problem, he has a patched +3 ROM on his site. I would therefore assume that the same problems would apply to the CPC646 and CPC6128 as well. DSDD/720K drives are fine, though. *It has something to do with timing, as I recall.
I got mine in the 80s, my first pc, I thought myself to write code, basic on this thing. Good times indeed. A very uncommon thing for kid in Costa rica
Nice presentation of the beloved CPC6128 of my youth. Thx for such clear nice didactic video. Also : AWA branded model... Australia? other side of the world than europe... why isn't the video upside down ? ;-p
Nice video. Is it possible to tweak the monitor settings to have a green on black output rather than the green on green we see here? Or does the monitor have an issue?
The display defaults to yellow text on a blue background (if it was a colour monitor). You can get a bit more contrast on the green monitor by setting the background to black and the text to white - INK 0,0:INK 1,26:BORDER 0 - and turn the monitor brightness down a bit if necessary.
please tell me you dont use that green screen monitor for much other than typing in BASIC!.. its soo much nicer with a colour screen..even if you have to use a LCD monitor.. i never seen a green screen in australia..everyone i knew with a CPC had the color monitor (i had the 464).. i had a few friends with the 464 and used to swap and copy tapes! was "amazed" how easy it was to copy the games when i found out!.. i also had a friend with a 6128 and was so jealous of how fast her games loaded compared to the 464!
I bought mine from a friend in 87. Used it until 91 when I got my first PC.
Long hours spent in front of the blue screen with yellow text, typing away huge BASIC programs or doing assembly under CP/M.
What an amazing time it was... thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Yeah, I had a lot of fun making this video. I will always have a soft spot for the Z80 in any form. Finding the "BASIC computer games" book online was amazing for my brother and I. We both spent many hours with this book learning BASIC. Thanks for your interest! I'm glad there's still a few of us around to reminisce :)
Bring back memories. My parents bought us a cpc464 when I was 13, it's where my life began actually. Cpcs where pretty common in France these days.
Yeah I've noticed a *lot* of French websites and information online for the CPC. I figured it was popular there. Were they the Schneider branded version?
NFM They were genuine Amstrad version with a French keyboard (azerty instead of qwerty). They sold like hotcakes in France, maybe more than UK, thanks to the French subsidiary Amstrad France and the big French mail order la Redoute.
That's the first time I've heard of an AZERTY keyboard layout. I can see how they became so popular, thanks for the insight.
@@NearFarMedia Schneider in Germany
I use it for thousands of hours when I was a kid and now I cannot recall ever having it. What can I say? Truly Nostalgic!!! Cheers!!!!
I actually built a Super80 many years ago. Eventually upgraded to CPC464 in '85.... The only item I have of that machine, is the manual... I still use it... Of course, the Amstrad, is now emulated.... and I still use it now and then when I feel nostalgic... Good memories... Thanks for the video!!
One more "That was my first computer". Yes, it was, a monochrome monitor, and I had wonderful times with it.
BTW, these machines that only came with basic were much more educational that the easy stuff we offer nowadays to our teenagers.
I got a CPC 6128 from my parents in 1986 - so this video really brings back memories. Did a bit of basic programming too. However I remember being quite envious to those of my classmates who had a Commodore 64 because they were able to connect their "machine" to a colour-TV where I was "stuck" with my boring monochrome, green monitor.
Great CPC6128 videos, I remember writing Basic programs from magazines !!
I had one of those. Good times!
You are an amazing teacher. If you made a programming course on Udemy or wherever I would buy it straight away.
I know this video was made a few years ago but just stumbled across it. Such memories. My first computer was the CPC464 with the tape deck, Bought it, tried to load a couple of games from tape, it took so so long, that within 24 hours I took this back to the shop (Dixons, UK) and exchanged it for this one CPC6128. Fell in love with computers then in 85. Loved watching this video thanks for uploading.
Hehe my parents bought me one from Dixons in Brent Cross in the 80's, used to go to Adams world for games, Ikari Warriors, Rambo, Robocop, street fighter, wonderboy etc. I think the only command i ever typed was "run disk", good times.
Nothing more relaxing than the light of a good green Cathode Ray Tube.
So true :)
The Compact Floppy format was also available as an option for the Sinclair Spectrum, and the Spectrum +3 has one built-in. There was also a CF2 drive option on the Oric Atmos but I don't know if that was particularly popular. Certain MSX systems, particularly those from Yamaha, also used the CF2 disc; this makes sense as the format was developed in Japan by Hitachi Maxell. The Amdek Amdisk-III was an attempt at mareting the CF2 format for PC and CP/M system users. A few other systems I am aware of which used the format were the Tatung Einstein, the Yamaha MDR-1 sequencer, the National MyBrain 3000 desktop computer, the Gavilan laptop computer and the Sega SC-3000, for which the SF-7000 drive option was created.
Even the Acorn Electron, from the makers of the famous BBC school computer, had an optional 3 inch disk drive, in the shape of a capital letter "L"!
This was the 1st PC that I bought. Had the 16 colour monitor and it was awesome. Kept the whole family up most nights printing hard copy of code. Good times.
Yay graph paper! I remember doing exactly the same thing when I was a kid with my Atari 800XL! Memories :) - Didn't know the CPC had a true 80 column mode, that's really impressive for a home 8-bit at the time! Always thought of my Atari as being the more powerful beast (and in many ways it was way ahead of it's time), but the lack of 80 colums really did irritate me when using it for programming and word processing, so yep, new found respect for Amstrad! Lovely clear mono monitor as well.
My first computer!! Great to see one again - thanks.
Hi mate, easiest way to transfer (15 years ago) files between a CPC and PC was to fit an external 3.5 drive to the CPC and use DosCopy - available from CPCWiki - to create a dual format disk which both machines could read. I used it many times and it worked 100%. These were 720K drives not sure if 1.44MB would work the same. Anyway best of luck and thanks for the vids.
I am not 100% certain, but I don't think that HD floppy disk drives would work on a CPC without patching the ROM software; Im a Spectrum +3 owner myself (which was made by Amstrad) and its DOS was ported from the bigger brother of the CPC range, the PCW series. Now, according to a Romanian fellow who has a website www.secarica.ro/index.php/en/zx-zone on which he explains that the +3 can't use HD floppy drives without a patch*, but to alleviate this problem, he has a patched +3 ROM on his site. I would therefore assume that the same problems would apply to the CPC646 and CPC6128 as well. DSDD/720K drives are fine, though.
*It has something to do with timing, as I recall.
Doscopy is the bomb.
Thanks for sharing!
Love that screen !!!!! It look so much as the ones in fallout !
can't believe I programmed on that thing back in the days 😍
nice presentation. Well done.
Great video!
Keep it up!
Super nostalgic!
I got mine in the 80s, my first pc, I thought myself to write code, basic on this thing. Good times indeed. A very uncommon thing for kid in Costa rica
those were the days.
I dont know what plastic they used back in the day with Amstrad CPC's but they were really rock solid like cermet
the brits has the basic arrow layout before we did, interesting
Gday I had an Amstrad CPC664 with green mono screen . It was a really solid system
$800 seems a lot, the green screen version in the UK was £199. I had the green screen CPC464
damn fine machine, too bad i wasn't alive then
Amazing computer👍
I had the colour one back in the day and I'm sure I didn't pay that much for it? Wow!
Davvero Fantastico
My channel was made through the purchase of the computer amstrad:)
Nice presentation of the beloved CPC6128 of my youth. Thx for such clear nice didactic video. Also : AWA branded model... Australia? other side of the world than europe... why isn't the video upside down ? ;-p
What a sweet machine, i have one just like it that needs fixing :D
I have that exact same one
Nice video. Is it possible to tweak the monitor settings to have a green on black output rather than the green on green we see here? Or does the monitor have an issue?
The display defaults to yellow text on a blue background (if it was a colour monitor). You can get a bit more contrast on the green monitor by setting the background to black and the text to white - INK 0,0:INK 1,26:BORDER 0 - and turn the monitor brightness down a bit if necessary.
I was lucky to buy a colour monitor back then...
please tell me you dont use that green screen monitor for much other than typing in BASIC!..
its soo much nicer with a colour screen..even if you have to use a LCD monitor..
i never seen a green screen in australia..everyone i knew with a CPC had the color monitor (i had the 464).. i had a few friends with the 464 and used to swap and copy tapes! was "amazed" how easy it was to copy the games when i found out!.. i also had a friend with a 6128 and was so jealous of how fast her games loaded compared to the 464!
I wrote an alarm clock, a dart scoreboard and a full screen scrolling xmas sign on my 6128. It's a shame the monitor cable perished :(
Okay fint nok. Alle kan skille en computer ad og sætte sin finger på hardwaren og sige en hel masse kloge ord om det.
Damn. Computers were expensive back then. And those are the cheap homes. Don't want to know how much a normal PC or mac would cost.
MODE 2
"Taking a 3" floppy"
well! thx for lesson ! lol
those were the days.