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Replaced the FDD drive belt and keyboard membrane on my first CPC 664

Today I fixed the keyboard membrane and replaced the disintegrated FDD belt on CPC 664 with the swapped motherboard base. So now I have two working CPC 664’s, except one has video issues and some plastic damage to the case … Continue reading

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Replacing the keyboard membrane on my 2nd CPC 664

So today i decided to try out the new keyboard membrane from Rich Mellor! It works perfectly but my CPC 664 has a video issue (probably the CRTC chip). I don’t feel in the mood for de-soldering that chip from … Continue reading

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My first CPC 464

I got my first CPC 464 on January 29th, 2020, yup, many decades after it was first released. I remember visiting my friend years ago and he had a 464, we used to spend so much time on it playing … Continue reading

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Replacing the FDD drive belt on the new CPC 664

So I decided to try and locate the problem with video on my new CPC 664, the video issue seems to be that colors look off and with a slight pinkish tinge on a known good working monitor. In addition … Continue reading

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My second 664 !

So today, Friday the 7th of February 2020, I got my second CPC 664, yes I know, crazy, but this one was too good to miss. I got this one from ebay and it came with a bunch of games … Continue reading

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Welcome ! I’ve been using computers most of my life and one of my earliest computers was an Amstrad CPC 6128. It came with a whopping 128K ram, and was a Z80 based computer, on that machine I taught myself … Continue reading

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