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Another Amstrad document recovered for posterity!

The English language user guide and tutorial for MASTERCALC, a 1985 spreadsheet program for the #Amstrad #CPC464, as far as I can determine.

I've uploaded it to https://archive.org/details/mastercalc-first-edition-soft-905-soft-1905-1985.

I took the liberty of cropping the pages quite tightly, because many pages had been photocopied sloppily, so there was no consistency in page layout.

There is a Spanish-language version in existence at https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=notices&num=5007

#AmstradDocumentationTrove

Would any #Amstrad #retrocomputing aficionados like a copy of BEEBUGSOFT "TOOLKIT Basic Programmer's Aid" for #CPC464, #CPC664 or #CPC6128, as shown in the linked toot?

https://oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic/117077917642919778

The staples are corroded. See the attached snaps.

A quality scan is available at https://www.cpcwiki.eu/imgs/2/29/Toolkit_%28Beebugsoft%29_Manual.pdf.

#AmstradDocumentationTrove

Oops.

#Hugo (the static website builder thing) has decided to hate symlinks, and so when I pushed an unrelated update to my site it *also* deleted 5GB of important sutff that I have been sharing for years.

Fixed now, but it will be a while before my absolutely vital #CPM and #Amstrad software archive is back up. What? You didn't know about this? Everything you ever wanted in the 1980s is at https://www.cantrell.org.uk/mirrors/. Or will be soon at any rate.

#retrocomputing #CPC464 #CPC664 #CPC6128

Home Computer Setup #1: AMSTRAD CPC 464 ❤️🕹

Así quedó el setup de mi primera Amstrad, la CPC 464. Carga de juegos gracias al Maxduino de Diego De Franceschi, cable RGB-Scart y mod de audio gracias a Pablo Marcos. El setup se completa con un joystick 125, el libro de Atila Merino "Amstrad Eterno" y el artículo de tapa de Retro Gamer por los 40 años de la Amstrad CPC. 😍

#commodore64 #c64 #sinclairspectrum #zx48k #retrogaming #vintagecomputers #retrocomputer #8bit #homecomputer #retrocollection #classicvideogames #retrogamer #retrocomputacion #atari #msx #amstrad #cpc464

Home Computer Setup #1: AMSTRAD CPC 464 ❤️🕹 Maxduino, cable RGB-Scart y mod de audio, joystick 125, más el libro de @[email protected] "Amstrad Eterno". 😍 #c64 #sinclairspectrum #zx48k #retrogaming #vintagecomputers #retrocomputer #homecomputer #retrogamer #retrocomputacion #amstrad #cpc464

Completando la colección: Amstrad CPC 464 😍🕹 con mod de audio para cargar por Maxduino y cable RGB / Scart con conversor para conexión a través de video componente.

#retrogaming #vintagecomputers #retrocomputer #8bit #videogame #homecomputer #retrocollection #classicvideogames #retrogamer #retrocomputacion #amstrad #cpc464

Completando la colección: Amstrad CPC 464 😍🕹 con mod de audio para cargar por Maxduino y cable RGB / Scart con conversor para conexión a través de video componente. #retrogaming #vintagecomputers #retrocomputer #8bit #homecomputer #retrocollection #retrogamer #retrocomputacion #amstrad #cpc464

NEU im Podcast 🎙️VSG Stories: Kassetten, BASIC und große Gefühle: mein Schneider CPC 464

Dieses ist eine kleine Liebesgeschichte über meinen ersten Computer. Der Schneider CPC 464 war kein Computer, er war ein Gefühl.

Text von Lars Nilius, Eingesprochen von Ben Bisc

https://videospielgeschichten.letscast.fm/episode/vsg-stories-kassetten-basic-und-grosse-gefuehle-mein-schneider-cpc-464

#Kindheit #Jugend #Heimcomputer #Homecomputer #SchneiderCPC #CPC464

Relaxing time now. I've been typing up a listing from one of my amstrad books, "Sixty Programs for the Amstrad CPC 464" - it's called Tanx and I find myself enjoying it quite a bit.
#AmstradCPC #CPC464 #CPC6128 #retro #programming

@RetroFunPL @rmcretro

Found a photo from ca. 1986, when I was 12 years old. Got my Schneider #CPC464 for christmas. Gray/black keyboard layout, green screen.
😆

@RetroFunPL @rmcretro

This reminds me of my youth in the eighties.

As I live in Germany, the #CPC464 was manufactured by "Schneider".
What was the common manufacturer in Poland?

A bit later we also had a #CPC6128, which my father used to write invoices with a program I wrote.
Good old times.

Ultimate Upgrade for the Amstrad CPC #TindieBlog #AmstradCPC #CPC464 #RAMExpansion #VintageComputer #RetroGaming
https://blog.tindie.com/2025/07/ultimate-upgrade-for-the-amstrad-cpc/

#CPC464 #keyboard revision 2. Test fitting a few keys. The key change was to update the keybed position to get it better centred. And it’s now looking bang on.

(Keys are upside down because they’re pulled straight from the rev 1, and without sockets soldered I’m mounting them in the solder holes for accuracy. (Although I’ve just realised they’re fully located by the mounting lugs :shrug:))

#amstrad

Polishing off the second revision of the #Amstrad #CPC464 #MechanicalKeyboard

* Key bed repositioned by a few fractions of a millimetre.
* Diode footprint tweaked for easier hand soldering.
* Moved a couple of diodes which were uncomfortably close the connectors.
* Patched up all the traces affected by the above.

I still have a couple of minor items on the todo list but this is very close to being ready for the fab.

"Wie alt bist du?" "Das ist mein erster Computer." "Ach du Shicé!" #meinerstercomputer #schneider #cpc464 #alteleute #vintage #computer

My good deed of the day: I changed the drive belts of the cassette recorder on this #Schneider #CPC464. As you can see, it loads its demo cassette perfectly again. I am always amazed at how reliably the old magnetic tapes still work after decades. Thumbs up
#RetroComputing #ComputerMuseum #Amstrad

My #Amstrad #CPC464 just died on me. It was working fine and then it froze up. Now this is what I get when I power it on. Anybody have any suggestions?

#VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Unfortunately, we have a lot of organizational work to do in the museum right now. So I haven't been able to do many of the things I had planned. But yesterday I was at least able to test the functionality of a #Schneider #CPC464 and it's color monitor. The best thing is that there is a piggyback board built into the CPU socket, which gives it 128kB of RAM.

Have a nice Sunday!

#RetroComputing #ComputerMuseum

Mare meva si sóc vell ja...aquest joc jo el vaig jugar al #Amstrad #CPC464 algun més se'n recorda?

@lapesanta https://mastodont.cat/@lapesanta/113221239036073398

@CorentinLamy @ggtr1138 C’est l’occasion de faire une petite photo pour rétablir les faits !
#amstrad #cpc464

Il y a 40 ans, #Amstrad dévoilait une machine qui allait révolutionner l'informatique : le #CPC464.

Pour l'occasion, @pixelsfr publie un format exceptionnel dans lequel Alan Sugar (Amstrad), Marion Vannier (Amstrad France), Yannick Cadin (dev de Zombi, le premier jeu Ubisoft), des membres toujours actifs de la demoscene ou encore notre journaliste Damien Leloup racontent leur histoire - format sublimé par la mise scène ultra rétro de nos collègues de la DA 🙏

https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/visuel/2024/09/28/il-y-a-quarante-ans-la-revolution-amstrad-cpc_6337400_4408996.html

Amstrad 464 Plus Repairing an Upgrade Attempt

https://makertube.net/w/ucJM8MpqsKknxHtWfPfnaL