21 Jan
2003
21 Jan
'03
12:02 p.m.
Hi.. is an Amstrad PCW (8512 I think) c/w printer of interest to
anybody. From memory, it's a CP/M machine, but uses stupid little 3" discs
(not 3.5") and originally came with a boot-up-into-wordprocessor disc...
It's currently in my neigbours front yard waiting for the bin men, but I've
a mind to rescue it. Apparently it works fine, just needs a new fuse.
It's in Salford, England, btw ..
Rob.
21 Jan
21 Jan
12:09 p.m.
Rob O'Donnell wrote:
Hi.. is an Amstrad PCW (8512 I think) c/w printer of
interest to
anybody. From memory, it's a CP/M machine,
Yes, that's right. Also ran LocoScript, a wordprocessing package.
Z80 processor and 512k of memory.
but uses stupid little 3" discs (not 3.5")
I have a C compiler somewhere for CP/M on those disks. Got a bunch of
them at a car boot sale. The sellers thought I was nuts, selecting
all the funny-sized disks out of a mixed pile of 3" and 3.5".
and originally came with a boot-up-into-wordprocessor
disc...
Right, that's LocoScript.
It's currently in my neigbours front yard waiting
for the bin men, but
I've a mind to rescue it.
Go on, you know you want to!
--
John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk
12:31 p.m.
on 1/21/03 5:13 PM, John Honniball at coredump(a)gifford.co.uk wrote:
Rob O'Donnell wrote:
That's interesting. I have one, but I thought it was strictly a word
processor. Mine's in storage at the moment, because I don't have any
software or OS for it.
--
Owen Robertson
Hi.. is an Amstrad PCW (8512 I think) c/w printer
of interest to
anybody. From memory, it's a CP/M machine,
Yes, that's right. Also ran LocoScript, a wordprocessing package.
Z80 processor and 512k of memory. 
2:14 p.m.
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9:53 p.m.
You can also get some games for it, I have Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
on 3" disk for PCW.
Bye,
Deano
Dean Calver,
Eclipse Studio Ltd.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Honniball" <coredump(a)gifford.co.uk>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: amstrad pcw available
Rob O'Donnell wrote:
Hi.. is an Amstrad PCW (8512 I think) c/w printer
of interest to
anybody. From memory, it's a CP/M machine,
Yes, that's right. Also ran LocoScript, a wordprocessing package.
Z80 processor and 512k of memory.
but uses stupid little 3" discs (not
3.5")
I have a C compiler somewhere for CP/M on those disks. Got a bunch of
them at a car boot sale. The sellers thought I was nuts, selecting
all the funny-sized disks out of a mixed pile of 3" and 3.5".
and originally came with a
boot-up-into-wordprocessor disc...
Right, that's LocoScript.
It's currently in my neigbours front yard
waiting for the bin men, but
I've a mind to rescue it.
Go on, you know you want to!
--
John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk
22 Jan
22 Jan
9:50 a.m.
At 23:13 21/01/2003 +0000, John Honniball wrote:
OK. I rescued it. It's actually an 8256, single floppy version. Apart
Rob O'Donnell wrote:
.....
Hi.. is an Amstrad PCW (8512 I think) c/w printer
of interest to
anybody. From memory, it's a CP/M machine,
Yes, that's right. Also ran LocoScript, a wordprocessing package.
Z80 processor and 512k of memory. It's
currently in my neigbours front yard waiting for the bin men, but
I've a mind to rescue it.
Go on, you know you want to! from my possibly
having a 14 year old C.V. on a
disc for it somewhere, I haven't really got
much use for
it - was just a shame to see it being chucked out like that. If anybody
has a particular
interest, and would like it, let me know!
Rob.
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