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* [[CPCKey|Attaching an AT keyboard to the CPC]] | * [[CPCKey|Attaching an AT keyboard to the CPC]] | ||
* [[Guide on how to connect a 3.5|Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664]] | * [[Guide on how to connect a 3.5|Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664]] | ||
Revision as of 17:48, 23 December 2009
Contents
DIY Hardware Projects
- ABBA switch
- Ambug Robot
- AMSSIO RS232 interface
- AMX Compatible PS/2 and USB Adapter
- Attaching an AT keyboard to the CPC
- Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664
- Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664 (with photos)
- Converting an MP1 into an MP2
- CPC4MB - 4 MB memory expansion
- CPCI RS232 Interface
- Digiblaster Sound Card
- Getting a CPC to work with an LCD or plasma TV
- HxC Disc Emulator using PC as Storage Medium
- Inicron RAM-Box
- Inicron ROM-RAM-Box
- Joystick Autofire Circuit
- Joystick Y-cables
- Joystick Splitter Circuit
- Modify PC floppy drives to work on a CPC
- Powering a CPC 6128 from a Sinclar Spectrum +3 PSU
- Practical Electronics ROMBoard Project
- Real Time Clock
- Reset Button
- SD Card Disc Drive Emulator
- Simple RS232 for Printer usage
- TV SCART cables
How to's / Tutorials
- Changing the drive belt
- A Guide to running software on a real CPC!
- Transfering Alkatraz protected tapes and most games!
- Willem Programmer - how to program eproms using the Willem eprom programmer.
BASIC / Firmware / CP/M
Built-in connectors: pinout
- 2nd disc drive (CPC664, CPC6128, CPC6128+)
- Analogue joystick (CPC Plus only)
- Aux socket (CPC Plus only)
- Cassette recorder
- Digital joystick
- Expansion port
- Floppy
- Monitor
- Printer port
- Stereo sound
- Tape
Hardware extensions
Internal components
- 8255 - PIO - I/O controller
- Arnold_V_specs - Arnold V (CPC+) Technical Specification
- AY-3-8912 - Sound chip / keyboard controller
- Cassette data information - Information about the cassette storage system
- CRTC - Video chip
- Gate Array - Custom chip (frequency generation, colors, bank switching)
- I/O Port Summary - map of all known I/O ports of the CPC
- Power Supply for CPC and CPC plus
- Serial interface - how to use the DART and 8253 chips of an Amstrad-compatible serial interface
