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  1. I received a box of retrocomputing documentation from @stevanikof, only some of which is already up on archive.org. I aim to fix that!

    Here are the spec sheets and a user guide for two #amstradcpc464 add-on boards, the HoneySoft Limited HS-RX1 ROM Expansion Card and the HS-P1 Parallel and Centronics Expansion Card.
    archive.org/details/honey-soft

    archive.org/details/hs-p-1-par

    #AmstradDocumentationTrove

  2. Am now watching playthroughs of 8 bit games which thwarted me as a child but whose game environments have long stuck with me.
    I did like a good forced perspective romp back in the day, this one you played a cute little robot trying to keep the sleeping crew of a space ark alive.

    youtube.com/watch?v=0oySa9PP3Q

    #RetroGaming #AmstradCPC464 #8Bit

  3. LIFO rules suggest I should post about this first, so here it is, the finished Amstrad CPC-464 poster design, available in A1, A2 & A3 sizes.

    Shipping;
    UK for now
    International ordering to follow as I've got to add all the shipping malarkey to the site.

    Available now via my shop:

    thedesigndroid.co.uk/product/a

    Thank you for supporting my work. 🙏

    @TheDesignDroid

    #amstrad #cpc464 #amstradcpc464 #8bit #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retrogaming

  4. Part 4 of ups n downs of retro hardware

    Oh and i managed to source some new keycaps for my #amstradcpc464
    So its looking complete now.

    Apart 3 keys not working now. Hoping its just a slipped key mat when i put it back together.

    But day im having with tech im definitely not taking it apart until tomorrow. Gonna play a little ranarama on it to chill instead

  5. I thought I'd share a couple of my early #retrogaming contributions from 1985 or so. I worked on both of these after high school, when I was renting a room in my friend Paul's house. Paul did most of the coding while I did the graphics.

    I'm particularly happy with the sprite drop effect in The Key Factor which I lovingly borrowed from an Atari game called DropZone 😇

    The Key Factor: youtu.be/7MYakBhdcJY

    Fruit Machine: youtu.be/BYQJ179ljgQ

    #amsoft #amstradcpc464 #amstradcpc #amstrad

  6. Unsoldered the BASIC ROM from this #AmstradCPC464 to pop in a new one to make it a 6128 but dang - wrong ROM image. :( #retrocomputing

  7. I’ve an #AmstradCPC464 #retrocomputer. Is there a way to use external ROMs to update BASIC to 1.1 and so get access to ROMs 7..15? If so, what ROM images in what slots? (I have a DD5 so effectively have extra RAM and Amsdos ROMs).

  8. Hi everyone,
    I'm completely #newhere in the fediverse and wanted to let you know there is a new "system" out there (lave is a planet from my favourite computer game "elite", first played on an #amstradcpc464 back in the 80s, later on an #amiga500 - but in these heartless times I changed my background picture to pluto...).
    That said, I'm interested in #astronomy, #engineering, #startrek, #perryrhodan, #linux (especially #manjarolinux), #learningfrench and other languages, (old) #computers, #reading, #hiking, #cycling, #traveling and exploring (strange) new worlds.
    Let's explore this world together, #peace and #respect fully 🖖​

    #neuhier #erstertröt #firsttoot

  9. Hey les geeks, venu chercher ma moman pour l'emmener demain passer quelques jours chez oim, je retrouve ma chambre d'enfants où il reste quelques vestiges. #amstradCPC464