Hang on Derek, I wondered were my CPC had gone 😂 Lovely video Dan and once again lovely to have you back sharing content. I'm sure someone already does them but if not Dan at Retrofied might make new decals for the case to freshen that up.
Nice donation, would love a CPC to tinker with, but not sure it would get round the bend in the steps down into my basement flat, just got out sofa in but a CPC, 😂 Tip1: Noels CPC Diag ROM Tip2: Keep the tape deck and use the Amp circuit on it to help tape input - see Noel video on it again Tip3: there is a tapduino that's been made to fit inside a tape case, pop one of them in to the broken tape deck to load, seen it on Noel (yup ol' Mr CPC again) Discord server recently, I forget the name, ask there... Good Luck!!!
I know next to nothing about Amstrad machines but I suspect it could indeed be a RAM issue. If the chips are socketed, try swapping them and check if the pattern on the screen changes at all. If so, it might be worth trying to replace them with known good ones. 🙂
Get the gate array out, Deoxit the lot and then if that doesn't work find another gate array. (obviously also Deoxiting the other socketed chips). With that amount of rust on the inside, anything socketed could be a culprit.
Yeah I did use contact cleaner in all the socketed chips, removing each. Didn’t notice corrosion under them but yeah it is likely underneath. I’ll have to learn a bit more about these machines 😃
There are not so many left and definitely not many left in the hands of people who are not collecting them, but willing to put them out there for sale. It's par for the course for stuff that is old and becomes a collectible overnight. Old computers and games were cheap at the time people wanted to get rid of them, even though there were few (relatively) of them - yet more than now -, and now that they're in the hands of collectors, supply dried up.
Some people are getting great things out of them these days with modern tools. They suffered a lot from bad Spectrum ports back in the day, nobody put in the time and money to make many great unique games for the platform back then. They were chasing the quick profit.
@@RetroRecollections Plus of course any AMSTRAD item, in any sector, was deemed (and was) penny pinching low quality rubbish. Sugar must be the only shyster that was ever knighted for selling rubbish. 😤 It’s my age!!!
Hang on Derek, I wondered were my CPC had gone 😂 Lovely video Dan and once again lovely to have you back sharing content. I'm sure someone already does them but if not Dan at Retrofied might make new decals for the case to freshen that up.
🤣 thanks Neil! Fingers crossed I can get this back to life and yes it did cross my mind that if so freshening up the case that way would be great.
Buen proyecto y buena musica!!!!👍👌
Gracias 😃
Nice donation, would love a CPC to tinker with, but not sure it would get round the bend in the steps down into my basement flat, just got out sofa in but a CPC, 😂
Tip1: Noels CPC Diag ROM
Tip2: Keep the tape deck and use the Amp circuit on it to help tape input - see Noel video on it again
Tip3: there is a tapduino that's been made to fit inside a tape case, pop one of them in to the broken tape deck to load, seen it on Noel (yup ol' Mr CPC again) Discord server recently, I forget the name, ask there...
Good Luck!!!
You can be sure I will be rewatching Noel’s videos 😃 He’s an Amstrad guru.
I know next to nothing about Amstrad machines but I suspect it could indeed be a RAM issue. If the chips are socketed, try swapping them and check if the pattern on the screen changes at all. If so, it might be worth trying to replace them with known good ones. 🙂
Indeed - I think I saw a change after I removed all the socketed chips and contact cleaned everything.
Still have my 2 in the loft with the green screen monitor.
You should check they are OK if it’s been a while.
Get the gate array out, Deoxit the lot and then if that doesn't work find another gate array. (obviously also Deoxiting the other socketed chips). With that amount of rust on the inside, anything socketed could be a culprit.
Yeah I did use contact cleaner in all the socketed chips, removing each. Didn’t notice corrosion under them but yeah it is likely underneath. I’ll have to learn a bit more about these machines 😃
@@RetroRecollections Gryzor on the CPC wiki forum is the go-to guy for diagnosing CPC's that show something on screen but won't start
@chinnyvision thanks for the advice 👍🏻
CPC, WC? OMFG!
hahaha!!
it is strange how they've gone up in price so much..
I know! It’s crazy and also makes it difficult to source spares for a good price.
There are not so many left and definitely not many left in the hands of people who are not collecting them, but willing to put them out there for sale. It's par for the course for stuff that is old and becomes a collectible overnight. Old computers and games were cheap at the time people wanted to get rid of them, even though there were few (relatively) of them - yet more than now -, and now that they're in the hands of collectors, supply dried up.
@@faenethlorhalien Yes prices are still on the rise.
See pee, see.
Bazinga!
Some would say that’s the best place for anything from AMSTRAD 😱
Some people are getting great things out of them these days with modern tools. They suffered a lot from bad Spectrum ports back in the day, nobody put in the time and money to make many great unique games for the platform back then. They were chasing the quick profit.
@@RetroRecollections Plus of course any AMSTRAD item, in any sector, was deemed (and was) penny pinching low quality rubbish. Sugar must be the only shyster that was ever knighted for selling rubbish. 😤 It’s my age!!!
Its kind of in really crappy condition...
Ahem...Ill see myself out...😁
Haha very good! 🤣
found tapDancer but were do i get the game from ?
Kinda where an Amstrad belongs, ya know? 😂
Hey it’s not a bad little machine, especially these days as some developers are getting the full potential out of it 😃