Category: Amstrad CPC
Miguel I. Garcia Lopez released the first version of his Unix-like shell for CP/M systems with Z80 CPU called SamaruX. Some features: Redirection of stdin and stdout with > and < Piping with | Environment with variables $TERM, $USER, etc. Command line history Profiling for environment customization Command aliasing Batch processing with flow control and arguments passing Complete on-line manual…
Seems the CPC Scene has woken up! We take a very brief look (not a lot of info currently) at an upcoming game release for the good old Amstrad computer. The game is called ‘The lost treasure of Cuauhtemoc’, now say that three times without getting tongue tied! ‘The lost treasure of Cuauhtemoc’ looks to be a platformer/adventure game in…
It’s in the works a new assembler called ORGAMS for the Amstrad CPC. ORGAMS is a ROM based assembler (use it with the great X-MEM by TotO) and is loosely based on DAMS/Turbo Assembler. You can discuss the features or ask for help in the dedicated thread in the Push’n’Pop forum. Parlez-vous français? If so, you can also check out…
Alan Cox has published in Google+ an article showing off the Amstrad PCW-16, which is, according to him, a superb example of bad marketing and design. “The machine was a complete and total flop. The IDE version never happened and Amstrad ended up offloading them for peanuts to anyone dumb enough to buy one.” To read the full article, follow…
With the Jakadapter you can connect two Atari-style joysticks to USB. This new version has the following changes: Both ports have now 8 configurable pins, for better support for other joysticks and paddles. The firmware is upgradeable via a boot-loader for future firmware updates. Website: http://kair.us/projects/jakadapter/index.html
We have yet to cover much Amstrad news and this is certainly going to change for the future along with possibly some other public domain and Indie release news and info. So on that note what better way to start it off with some awesome news about the latest Bomberman clone for the Amstrad platform.Megablasters: Escape from Castle in the…
It was launched on AtariAge forum a new “BASIC Ten-Liners Contest”. If you are not an Atari guy/(gal?), don’t worry. This year the competition is way more open, both in terms of legal systems, as well as with regard to authorized BASIC dialects. You can code your Ten-liner using your beloved Atari 8-Bit, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Schneider CPC….
[youtube Vx-1FFiZN_w nolink] I’ve found today this nice 2-minute long video, made by Retro Tech Addicts, about the Amstrad CPC computer. The video gives the best summary of the machine specs and history I’ve ever seen in such a short time. If you don’t know about this great British machine, it is worth taking the time to watch it! Link:…
Norecess released a new version of his SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator Manager which works on the Amstrad CPC 464 and 664 now. If you already own a HxC floppy emulator, this tool is a must have for you. The HxC Floppy emulator was designed to to replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device emulating the floppy disk drive….
Carlos Pardo, also known as Made in the demoscene world, is an highly-skilled graphist on modern platform that initially started on Amstrad CPC. He gave a great (and long) interview to norecess.cpcscene.net. Indeed, the CPC 6128 was my first computer. All started in 1988, my best friend and neighbor just had a brand new Amstrad 464. The home computing was…
