rcarter@WSMR-EMH02.ARMY.MIL (Raymond Carter STEWS-NR-AD 678-1536) (01/13/89)
I see the Amstrad 9512 (CP/M+) system advertised in Computer Shopper for what looks like a fairly good price. This brings to mind two questions I was wondering if someone could answer: 1. How much data can be stored on each of the 3-inch disks. 2. Has anyone sucessfully transplanted 3.5-inch disks, or added one to the system? (3.5's are a whole lot more readily available, and a bunch cheaper, too.) Thanks for any responses!!
bbs00167@uafcseg.uucp (Keefe Jackson) (11/16/90)
Does anyone know anything about the Amstrad "128k CP/M" machine? Is there a hard disk available for it? Is it still availble? Thanks in advance... -KNJ (bbs@uafcseg.uark.edu)
ewen@actrix.co.nz (Ewen McNeill) (11/19/90)
In article <5543@uafhp.uark.edu> bbs00167@uafcseg.uucp (Keefe Jackson) writes: > > > Does anyone know anything about the Amstrad "128k CP/M" machine? > Is there a hard disk available for it? Is it still availble? > Thanks in advance... > > -KNJ (bbs@uafcseg.uark.edu) I tried mailing this.... but as I expected with a from address like the one given, it bounced. Sorry about the wasted bandwidth -- perhaps that particular BBS would care to fix up the from line so that it is a propper domain address (if this BBS (Actrix) can manage it, I don't see why everyone else can't). I know a reasonable amount about the Amstrad CPC128 (which I presume is the machine you refer to). I have owned one for about 5 years, and still think it is a good machine. There is not a hard disc available for the 6128, to my knowledge. There was talk of one, a while back, but I think it was going to cost about twice as much as the computer :-) The other Amstrad 8-bit models (PCW8256, PCW8512 and PCW9512) have a hard drive available for them. Does that help? BTW, if you are running out of storage space, you might consider using a large capacity ("1MB") 3.5" or 5.25" drive, and RAMDOS. That should give you 800K to a disk, which seems huge compared to the 178K you normally get. If you are worried about the speed, you might consider a ram disk. DK'Tronics used to make one, but they have been bought out so many times I am not sure who owns the name now. I think it might be Ram electronics. -- Ewen McNeill. Email: ewen@actrix.gen.nz
donm@pnet07.cts.com (Don Maslin) (11/19/90)
ewen@actrix.co.nz (Ewen McNeill) writes: >In article <5543@uafhp.uark.edu> bbs00167@uafcseg.uucp (Keefe Jackson) writes: >> >> Does anyone know anything about the Amstrad "128k CP/M" machine? >> Is there a hard disk available for it? Is it still availble? > >I know a reasonable amount about the Amstrad CPC128 (which I presume > >There is not a hard disc available for the 6128, to my knowledge. Assuming that it is a Z-80 based machine (display of ignorance here!), it seems that it might be possible to get a HD kit from Emerald Microware which uses a small daughter board that plugs into the Z-80 socket plus the WD1002-05 hard disk controller. The one problem that might crop up would be the software modifications to the BIOS. I know Emerald has it for 2.2, but I'm not sure about 3.0. A telephone call should answer that though. Ewen, would you care to comment? - don Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: simasd!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil - San Diego Computer Society - | INET: donm@pnet07.cts.com