Fixing the Amstrad CPC 464 cassette player and Coding 

Came to the comments to say the same thing... I have a hard time speaking out loud the same exact letters I'm typing xD that's some useful skill!

I would like to know what is your native language Sayaka

@@juanr9446 Look at the channel info. It says Italy.

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Sorry, I like her, but I am focused on my cats. Priorities, you know.

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@@MrWaalkman I am protecting my rats

@@PauloConstantino167 Probably smarter than my cats... :)

Thank you!

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Haha, upgrading to a multi-core brain CPU is a tricky business! But hey, a Z80 at 0.1 MHz still gets the job done!

Thank you for sharing your story. It's incredible how coding and technology can make such a positive impact in different circumstances. I'm glad my video could remind you of your journey in electronics and programming.

Thanks for sharing the story.

@@Okurka. That is really not important. I did something bad, but that was in the last century. The last millennium even. I'm not going to put that out in public. But I accepted the fact that I had screwed up and had to pay for it. I used the opportunity to get an education. When I eventually got released early on probation, I rented out a room near that jail and finished it. I got the best grades of the class, and never came into conflict with the law again. For years after that, I tried working in the electronics industry, but that is a dying branch in Germany, since almost everything is made in China now. A few years ago I found a good position at a printing company, where I run the small run production and individual items. Mostly embroidery for work wear with company logos, or foil print for sports teams. I turned my profession into a hobby, and I am currently working on a retrobrew board for CP/M.

@@TSteffi Right on dude. We all have bad days and sometimes make a bad decision. What matters is what you are doing right now, and it sounds like you are doing good things these days. Good job. 👍

@@Okurka. That depends on what you see as bad or not. The point is, it doesn't matter for the story. You would have no way to verify it anyways. I really wonder why you think it is important. My guess is that you are the kind of person who would judge me for what I did back then, regardless of what I did with my life since then. You are probably the kind of person who would just ignore 2 decades of paying taxes and living a righteous life, and rather judge me for what happened one night in my teens, and I paid for in full.

Talking in her second language even. Mind blowing.

Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm really glad you enjoyed the project and the camera work.

Wow, it's amazing to hear that you have memories of this computer from when you were 14! Thank you so much for your kind words and for supporting my channel.

A knowledgeable woman, to be sure.

Outside the UK, the Amstrad CPC line was quite popular in France and Spain in particular. I, well, my brothers and me had a 6128 back in the late 80's. Saludos de otro español.

Thank you for watching! I actually have a Schneider CPC464 too and I even have the original box!

@@Sayakas_Digital_Attic I am a C64 person, but always liked the design of the CPC464 - the shape, the built in tape drive, and the different but equally nice colour schemes of the Amstrad and the Schneider. Would have ended up wih the latter here in Germany if my peers wouldn't have had a C64 already. I even chose my waching machine becasue of the design. ;-)

Thanks for watching and for your kind words!

I'm glad you appreciate the way I explain the code while working on it. It can be a bit challenging indeed😅

The zenith of my poker skills was with Strip Poker II on the C64.

Thank you!

I'm glad you enjoyed seeing the repairs and the Snake game development! :)

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I find tape storage cool. On my C64s, I use them with speed loader/saver for up to medium sized files, works nice and the more fragile disk drives should have a longer lifetime that way.

I think you could on the CPC, I remember when I got one for Xmas 1989 and distinctly remember the tones as I loaded Star Raiders II for the first time, very similar to the ZX spectrum with the header tones and speed loaders. The C64 you couldn't but you wouldn't want to with the loading music!

Definitely could hear it loading

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the videos and finding the content engaging. It's great that your interest in Amstrads has sparked 😁

Thank you so much!

My poor partner has no interest in computers at all let alone retro but still sits happily listening to me ramble on for what must seem like decades haha She gets me back with her own topics which isn't quite so fun!

I found and married a woman like this, would not exchange her for a billion dollars! Best 20 years of my life!

Your friend sounds like a real wizard indeed! Connecting a 464 to a Commodore 64 drive must have been quite the project. Do you still have your 6128?

@@Sayakas_Digital_Atticsadly no. Back when I sold it it was a “has been”. I later got myself a 8086 genuine IBM that I pieced together from a couple of computers. My friend is still in touch and lives close to me. He sure was a wizard. He created a program to copy the disks. It read the deliberate bad sector and wrote it as a bad sector on the copy. Very intelligent man.

Thanks for your comment! The Amstrad was indeed a great machine. Unfortunately, I don't have a Commodore Plus/4 myself!

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Haha, thanks for catching that typo! Good eye! I'm glad the game still worked despite the mistake. 😅

@@Sayakas_Digital_Attic, coding can be a real pain in the neck sometimes, especially when a comma has been typo-ed for a dot or a semi-colon instead of a colon. Those mistakes are so hard to find, oof..., but when you find them and de-bug them, hallelujah!🥳 What's even more fun is changing the code, so the game becomes more to your own liking with your own preferences, like different colours or different shapes. You should give it try, 👍

I noticed the LENGHT as well and also X HEAD instead of what should probably have been XHEAD, given the next variable was YHEAD and that XHEAD appeared later in the code. :)

@@hbasm3271 the more code you need to write, the bigger the chance typos will occur, it's just inevitable. 🤷

@@willemvandebeek Yep, and I remember there being typos in the magazines as well, making it harder for a little guy to figure out, what was wrong. But it grew those brain cells. In fact, programming as a child was a meaningful, exciting and cozy activity.

Thanks! Those drives definitely have their challenges but it's always satisfying to get them running again.

I really appreciate your suggestions and the recommendations for the GBS-8200 and RGB/SCART converters. Also, in a previous comment, someone mentioned a color calibration procedure for the CTM-640. It's wonderful to have these options to explore!

@@Sayakas_Digital_Attic Ah yes, it makes more sense to take care of the CTM-640 first... Especially if it's just a calibration. RGB to VGA or HDMI and even better to SCART conversion cards are the next option... But we can talk about it again with pleasure, when the opportunity arises :)

Thank you!

Thank you for the feedback! I appreciate your suggestion. I'll definitely zoom in closer on the screen in future videos to make it clearer. Thanks for watching!