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Title: Would you...
Post by: admin on June 23, 2013, 03:30:23 PM
Amstrad PPC640. Manky early PC compatible yoke, with floppy drives, 640k of RAM, and no hard disk. Display is shite too. But it could be mine for less than 50 quid.

Kinda unique. Not a laptop, but a luggable.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VINTAGE-AMSTRAD-PCC640-WORKING-PCC-640-with-PSU-and-COVER-/00/s/OTExWDEyMDA=/z/MqkAAMXQVs1Rj~sR/$T2eC16J,!zoE9s5ndzn9BRj+sRkIO!~~60_12.JPG)
Title: Re: Would you...
Post by: CB_Phil on June 23, 2013, 03:41:29 PM
If you had the ability to upgrade the software it may make something cool to have
Title: Re: Would you...
Post by: Deckie27 on June 24, 2013, 09:15:44 AM
What's it running.   Dos 5 or windows 3.1?
Title: Re: Would you...
Post by: johnrm on June 24, 2013, 09:21:53 AM
A long time ago I used to use the following...
Amstrad PCW8512 (maybe 256?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Per_Desk

ICL OPD
According to Wikipedia it was Sinclair QL based, it had 2 x Sinclair Microdrives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Per_Desk

Both long chucked AFAIK
Title: Re: Would you...
Post by: DEMPSEY on June 24, 2013, 11:14:28 AM
Jeese I would love to own alot of these things,so that I could sell them to ye lot and have enough money to set up a micro brewery. :P
Title: Re: Would you...
Post by: johnrm on June 24, 2013, 12:16:53 PM
Quote from: Il Tubo on June 24, 2013, 11:19:20 AM
Have a QL. Those micro drives are shite!
That is my only standout memory of these.
These were tape backup, and barely a step up from Cassette Tape backup.