The CPC6128 features 128 kB RAM and an internal 3-inch floppy disc drive. Aside from various hardware and firmware improvements, one of the CPC6128's most prominent features is the compatibility with the CP/M+ operating system that rendered it attractive for business uses.
The CPC6128 was released in August 1985 and initially only sold in the USA. Imported and distributed by Indescomp, Inc. of Chicago, it was the first Amstrad product to be sold in the United States, a market that at the time was traditionally hostile towards European computer manufacturers.[7] By the end of 1985, it arrived in Europe and replaced the CPC664 in the CPC model line-up. Initial suggested retail prices for the CPC6128 were USD699.00/GBP299.00/DM1598.00 with a green screen and USD799.00/GBP399.00/DM2098.00 with a colour monitor.
In 1990, the 6128plus replaced the CPC6128 in the model line-up, and production of the CPC6128 was discontinued.
FWIW I had the one in the second pic, with the disk drive.
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I used to plug this one in direct to a small black & white TV, and connect the external tape drive to it. Insert the tape/cassette and hit play, short time later dungeons and dragons was on the TV ready to play ;)
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This thing was a bit of a PITA, personally I didn't like it. However one notable point was that every device that connected to it did so via a ribbon cable similar to the old IDE/floppy cables, just with slots instead of pins.
My first computer was an Amiga 500 with a Commodore monitor. I got it in 1990 and used it until 1995. Then I got a Pentium 166Mhz with 16MB RAM and that was so much better :)
@marcm said: Then I got a Pentium 166Mhz with 16MB RAM
that was my 2nd computer... then, I upgrade it to Pentium MMX 200mhz with 32mb of RAM... and changed the video card from Cirrus 1MB to.. I don't remember the brand but it was 4MB
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Not sure that's the exact model but looks like it. Had a cd-rom where the tape drive is.
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@netomx said: that was my 2nd computer... then, I upgrade it to Pentium MMX 200mhz with 32mb of RAM... and changed the video card from Cirrus 1MB to.. I don't remember the brand but it was 4MB
Those where the times, right? I had a P MMX 200Mhz MMX, then 233Mhz MMX, then went the AMD route for a long time with their K6-3D line of 266MHz, K6-3D 300Mhz, and then all the way up to K6 500Mhz, switched to a Duron and then to a Thunderbird. Every hardware upgrade was something to look forward to, every tweak, pencil trick for OC and hardware mod (GeForce -> Quadro by moving two resistors and performing a BIOS update) was awesome. These days it seems like it's not what it used to be.
@marcm said: Those where the times, right? I had a P MMX 200Mhz MMX, then 233Mhz MMX, then went the AMD route for a long time with their K6-3D line of 266MHz, K6-3D 300Mhz
Yeah, that times ='(
I jumped from the 200MMX to 233MMX (I could play Deathdrome and F-22 Raptor with "advanced" graphics), then jumped slightly to a Celeron, then P3 933mhz, and then I don't remember, I think I jumped to a Pentium D
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@24khost, Kind of hard to see the picture, but it looks like a TRS-80 Color. That was my first computer, I remember using that for many an hour before my Grandfather got a Pentium Gateway in the early 1990's. Boy do I not miss using tapes to store my data...
I'm glad I'm not the only one who had one of those, lots of people on the internet never used a computer before PII were out :o
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FWIW I had the one in the second pic, with the disk drive.
Other notable mentions of which I owned growing up and enjoyed...
VZ300
I used to plug this one in direct to a small black & white TV, and connect the external tape drive to it. Insert the tape/cassette and hit play, short time later dungeons and dragons was on the TV ready to play ;)
TRS80
This thing was a bit of a PITA, personally I didn't like it. However one notable point was that every device that connected to it did so via a ribbon cable similar to the old IDE/floppy cables, just with slots instead of pins.
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0 • Disagree Agree ThanksMy first computer was an Amiga 500 with a Commodore monitor. I got it in 1990 and used it until 1995. Then I got a Pentium 166Mhz with 16MB RAM and that was so much better :)
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0 • Disagree Agree ThanksI got my first Amstrad 6128 with "green" monitor in 1988. Green was actually green, nothing to do with enviroment :)
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who had one of those, lots of people on the internet never used a computer before PII were out :o
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