User:CPM User

So glad to see the CPC-Wiki is still with us! I came here a while back after discovering the CPC Forum had disappeared and discovered this was down as well! :o

My first computer I was using was an Amstrad CPC464 which was more or less the family computer - circa 1984. Initally I didn't know much about computers and I even recall having problems using the keyboard. The CPC464 we had was bare bones, no Disc Drive, or colour monitor, in some ways it was good having a Green Screen - early in the piece my Dad got a Modulator (MP1?) to plug our computer to the TV, but ended up returning it because he wasn't satisfied by the quality of it! :( There was one type-in from the Manual I could type-in because it didn't use and Shift Key labels to make it work and everything else was CTRL+Small Enter key to load the games! Joysticks were always being broken too from games like Astro Attack and Harrier Attack due to fast reactions from the user, which was a thing in the past in the late 80s when after purchasing AA44 which had a Joystick special in it, I went out and brought a Star Cursor Joystick. Still have it today though I brought an Amstrad CPC6128 with Colour Monitor in the early 90s.

These days unfortunately I'm more involved out in the Environment, I still have the old CPC6128 - we gave away our CPC464 cause nobody else seemed to want it, I was doing some stuff on my old IBM PC with Caprice32 emulator, unfortunately the hard disk on that computer seems to be on it's way out and was looking to replace it with a Emulator for my Mac Based Laptop.

Hey man! Welcome to the wiki! You've been greatly missed mate... please do drop by the forum! Gryzor 07:32, 25 July 2010 (UTC)