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And one more computer running soon SymbOS by Prodatron : the Amstrad Notepad 200 !
If you wish to try it with an emulator, you can download a version of the 18th July 2023.
Prodatron's notepad NC200 being out of order, it lacks for the moment the possibility to start on a real NC200.
One or two ears, one brain at least ? Then you are ready to listen to the lastest chiptune compilation by McKlain : Press Play Then Any Key (ok, but where is the damned Any key on a qwerty keyboard ?).
Longshot has released version 1.6 of the Amstrad CPC CRTC Compendium (July 2023) which is a documentation about the CRTC 6845 (and some others circuits). Note that the CRTC is a generic component used in several computers including the IBM PC.
It is possible to check if an emulator is good with the SHAKER tests by Longshot. SHAKER is a program designed to run on CPC machines produced by AMSTRAD in the 80s-90s. The objective of this program is to carry out extensive tests on the video circuits of this machine. These video circuits are the GATE ARRAY and the CRTC 6845. AMSTRAD produced several series of GATE ARRAY and used CRTC models produced by different manufacturers (HITACHI, MOTOROLA, UMC, AMSTRAD). This has been causing compatibility problems on operations that exceed the functional specifications of these circuits. The identified CRTCs are numbered from 0 to 4.
Informations about the availability (24th September 2023) of Memory Full, history of Amstrad CPC demo scene by Hicks : all the work will be sent to the printer this week, and you will received a message as soon as the shipping delay will be known. Then 80 kilogrammes will need to be shipped by the post office.
Locus Eremus is a new action game for Amstrad CPC by Antero Martinez.
The game is made in basic 1.0 with assembler parts, with 5 levels and an end. It is available as WAV, CDT and DSK.
Mimo's Quest by Christ PERVER is an adventure game released in 2020 and last updated in August 2023.
Génération Micros made three videos about the history of the Amstrad CPC (french) :
Other videos are about individuals games, I invite you to check them too.
Looking at videos on Youtube, I stumbled on the New Retro Show and two of his series of videos :
One nice game in the video is Cara Grabs Antimatter which is playable on the page (finished it in 11:22 with some time off keyboard). The game is using CGALIB by Cyningstan, a library for Open Watcom C.
A good part of the DOs games showed will work on CGA and 8086 processor.
Lee Smiths Workshop has done a video to use a retro keyboard (including an Amstrad CPC 464) as an USB Keyboard thanks to a Raspberry Pico. The code is available on this Github.
Last time I announced a new version of FutureOS for Amstrad CPC was in 2018..., even if there were several new versions since. So this version is written by Gunhed (5-6 years ago by TFM).
The most important feature of this new version is the support for the excellent M4 board expansion by Duke.
Under the download links, you will find a link named M4-Folder which seems to be very useful if you have a M4 Board.
The video below (french) is one year old and is presenting FutureOS, done by Eric BOULAT.