Dead Amstrad Becomes Something New - When you run into old hardware you cannot restore, what do you do? Toss it? Sell i... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/dead-amstrad-becomes-something-new/ #retrocomputing #retrocomputer #classichacks #sleeperpc #amstrad #casemod #minipc #pccase

It's #Introduction time!
I'm Devlin (they/them). I'm a volunteer Community Manager for various Discord servers. I also make games for PC.

I like classic computers, especially the Amstrad CPC, and run a Discord server for it at https://discord.gg/4QZqfCr

My games are available on
https://devlin.itch.io/

If you like what I do and would like to donate, you can find my Ko-Fi here -
https://ko-fi.com/magicbane

Old school DRAMs have a lot of timing requirements. I’ve been validating output from the #CPCZERO sequencer prototype against them - and everything checks out

Comments in my notes are where the timings depend on other components, such as the multiplexers.

North Star feature from #micromania magazine, with pokes for Spectrum & #amstrad

today's #pixelfont recreation: paragon programming/datasoft/u.s. gold's "black magic" (1987) on the #amstrad #cpc https://www.splintered.co.uk/experiments/1575 #pixelart #retrogaming

Welcome back, old friend.
After 30 years on storage, I've recovered my first computer.
#retrocomputing #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:))

#micromania review of Arkanoid II with pokes for Spectrum and #Amstrad

Los protagonistas de los 8 bits. #Commodore64 #ZXSpectrum #Amstrad #MSX

Inside Outing feature in #micromania magazine, with map & pokes for Spectrum and #amstrad and #commodore64

September 1984:
PCs get upgraded,
#MSX comes to Europe &
Coinop goes cartridge

These stories and many more on the latest episode of the VGNRTM!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/127470165

Quick reminder that the #retrogamedev IRC channel in Libera is still on: https://www.usebox.net/retrogamedev/

Come and lurk with us! There's also the occasional chat that you may love too; likely will share some of the development of my new MSX2 project.

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.

[Si vous bloquez (ça arrive à des gens très bien), n'abandonnez pas tout de suite ! Demandez-moi un indice, ou jetez un œil à la soluce.]

Jeu d'aventure textuel illustré comme dans le temps sur #Amstrad mais modernisé, #gratuit, cherche joueuses et joueurs susceptibles de l'apprécier en dehors des cercles initiés.

Les augures prédisent un échec de buzz. Déjouons-les ?

https://narkhos.itch.io/oremus

6128+ and a C4CPC is proper Amstrading. I was even able to load one of my old pack discs from the internal floppy

At last.

An Amstrad PCW Receives A Bit Of Love - If Clive Sinclair’s genius in consumer electronics was in using ingenious hacks to... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/06/an-amstrad-pcw-receives-a-bit-of-love/ #retrocomputing #amstradpcw #amstrad #pcw

Para los chavales de #los80 estos eran los auténticos cofres del tesoro #microordendores #amstrad #msx #specteum #zxspectrum #retrogaming

I've always been a fan of z80-based releases of Gauntlet. However, both the original collection of mazes and those in the "Deeper Dungeons" add-on were a bit limited (most dungeons were duplicate of others).

Now I've created a tool that allows adding your own mazes and creating a new collection that can be loaded from the original game.

https://github.com/Colpocorto/gauntlet-editor