23 May
2007
23 May
'07
11:46 p.m.
Here goes another guessing game. I'm aware of the PC
1512 (8086), but something tells me this is an earlier
unit w/o an integrated monitor and such. Could be a
1512 though cuz the dude has "1000 games".
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24 May
24 May
12:29 a.m.
--- Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com> wrote:
Here goes another guessing game. I'm aware of the
PC
1512 (8086), but something tells me this is an
earlier
unit w/o an integrated monitor and such. Could be a
1512 though cuz the dude has "1000 games".
The 1512 was pretty popular. They had a weird monitor
for that one - the power supply for the computer was
in the monitor, and the monitor sits neatly into a
cutout in the top of the computer. Underneath the
monitor is a holder for some AA batteries for the CMOS
clock. All in all it was a neat idea, and worked
pretty well. Made for an unexpandable computer though,
and hope the monitor never dies...
-Ian
6:07 p.m.
The 1512 was pretty popular. They had a weird monitor
for that one - the power supply for the computer was
in the monitor, and the monitor sits neatly into a
cutout in the top of the computer. Underneath the
monitor is a holder for some AA batteries for the CMOS
Typical Amstrad cost-cutting was that there was no cover on that battery
holder other than the base of the monitor.
clock. All in all it was a neat idea, and worked
pretty well. Made for an unexpandable computer though,
Why? There were 3 normal ISA slots at the back IIRC.
and hope the monitor never dies...
Amstrad, unlike many manufacturers, sold service manuals with full
schematics and spare parts to component level for these machines. The
PC1512 (or PC1640) manaul is not hard to find I think. Whether or not
you can still get spares like the flyback transfroemr is another matter,
but I did get one for one of their early PGA monitors (used on a PC2086)
some years back without problems.
-tony
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