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Not sure what "very good for the techy people" means. Mastodon's benefits are the same for every interest group. Yes, techy people may overcome its shortcomings, but those shortcomings basically guarantee that it'll never really take off unless something basic changes in the way it works. I consider myself to be one of those 'techy people' perhaps but I'm not willing to put up with its idiosyncrasies. For me the best social medium is the group me and a few pals have on Signal. Does this mean it's a good medium overall? Probably not.

I don't think Mastodon hit critical mass at any point and is currently withering away. Not very good for anyone.

Twitter? Yeah fuck that, I almost never visit it nowadays sadly. It's still good if you use a third party client, but Musk's stupidity and utter lack of acumen destroyed all good ones.

Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: VGA through rpi pico - How...

Last post by gregg - Today at 08:16

@eto Does relentless look OK on this video, or do you see the same issue that you have seen on scan doublers? (Sorry I made a video with phone so it may be a bit shaky)

One more horizontal scroll test with Skate Wars:

Games / Re: The Key, a A "full" point ...

Last post by genesis8 - Today at 07:45

Quote from: Nich on Yesterday at 17:45
Quote from: GUNHED on 16:25, 02 May 24Well, just add a ZIP here...

Did you not read XeNoMoRPH's earlier post first?

The riddle is easy, they rewrote it so it's easier now, for example I was typing the word at the wrong place, and in reverse order...

It's worth the effort to play the game.

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: Original CPC Multiface II ...

Last post by Rabs - Today at 00:04

I also had problems with one of the PALS and if I remember I had problems selecting the correct software to program.
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The ribbon visually looks OK. Tricky bit, I guess, is that the connector is soldered into the PCB.

I would check the edge connector, maybe re-crimp and maybe reflow the pcb side as a first stab.

BTW I made myself a clone and have spare PCBs if you are interested.

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Technical support - Hardware related / Re: Original CPC Multiface II ...

Last post by kbjunkie - Yesterday at 22:50

Hi,

I picked up the MF2 in a box of stuff with a CPC that I bought. It had a couple of dead PAL chips (IC4/5) which I replaced with GAL16V8's but I discovered by checking the ribbon that there's a number of cables in the ribbon that are either dead or dodgy. It wasn't working at all when plugged in initially - the CPC booted to a black screen (no raster). The ground in the ribbon is broken so if I connect ground with a wire from the CPC to the MF2, I can get the menu up when pressing STOP but it crashes when I select an item with the keyboard. I then checked the ribbon and found some broken wires. RESET button also doesn't work (although the switch tests fine) - I suspect there's another broken part of the ribbon going to RESET that's NC.

Pic attached,

Cheers,

Mark.

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: cable DDI-1 for CPC 6128

Last post by SerErris - Yesterday at 22:44

Yeah,

another thing would be:

Turn on the drive first (but get the Amstrad CPC power connected). If the drive motor spins, turn it off. Wrong way.

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: Original CPC Multiface II ...

Last post by Rabs - Yesterday at 22:29

Quote from: kbjunkie on Yesterday at 21:56Hi all,

I'm looking for someone that can make/sells the complete 50 way expansion ribbon for a MultiFace II (the original one from Romantic Robot). The one I have has a number of the cables broken inside it.

Thanks in advance.

Mark.

Hi I have spare 50 way ribbon and edge connectors but the pcb connector may be a problem. Do you have a pic of yours. Was it working before the ribbon was damaged?You cannot view this attachment.

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Games / Re: Ghosts'n Goblins for Amstr...

Last post by Skunkfish - Yesterday at 22:01

Looking great!

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