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JOSHUA at 15:31:23 Wednesday November 22 2000 Malcolm at 13:30:4 Wednesday November 22 2000 The new household landline AMSTRAD telephone which you can use to SMS, E-mail answering machine etc. Would I be able to Buy one in the UK and use it in Sweden? Or do you sell them in Sweden if so do you have a net address so I can purchace. Amstrad answers: Nope I'm afraid the e-mailer only works in the UK and will only do so here for the forseeable future. stupid1 at 15:29:30 Tuesday November 21 2000 I have A yellow sky card are these like h cards Amstrad answers: Suggest you ask at www.sky.co.uk Vitor Machado in PORTUGAL at 0:8:28 Tuesday November 21 2000 Do you have a driver for the printer AMSTRAD DMP 4000 under Windows me? Thank you very much! Amstrad answers: Naughty boy - you haven't been reading closely enough have you? I'll leave you to figure it out. andy peoples in Europe at 19:0:16 Monday November 20 2000 Does anyone know how much an old Amstrad PC1640SD computer is worth? Amstrad answers: About £5, though you might get £10 if you were REALLY lucky. (i.e. basically "worthless") Droid in uk at 9:27:12 Monday November 20 2000 Ok right, erm I said I'd look at a machine for a friend, And It's an Amstrad 2086. I've replaced the high-tech bios batteries but still get an error on boot Something along the lines of Check keyboard, mouse or key lock. It does not boot! I've tried changing the keyboard, mouse and trying the key in both positions. IS there a way of forcing the boot or are all my hopes lost? please help! Best regards, Droid_2000 Andrew at 1:48:2 Monday November 20 2000 I own a PC2086 which came packaged with Windows 2.03. The computer disks got hit by a virus which rendered the disks useless. I had to wipe them. Only recently have I discovered a website (http://www.abandonkeep.com/os/All.shtml) where I have been able to download a copy. Unfortunately I have not been able to get the mouse to work with Windows, like it used to. On closer inspection of the contents of this ZIP file and the PC user manual I noticed the ZIP file is missing a file off the Build disk, MOUSE2.DRV. I also suspect the file SETUP.INF off the Setup disk is different. Where can I get hold of these files, or (downloadable) copies of the disks? Could someone e-mail me with them if they have them? tony at 1:0:43 Monday November 20 2000 im getting a satelite dish from my friend for free and need a reciver. Its a primestar dish and i dont know what kind of reciver to get? can you help me? Cheekytaz in England at 16:26:4 Sunday November 19 2000 I have an Amstrad PC2386/65 that appears to be in working order. However, when I boot up a message appears. "Insert System Disk and then press any key to continue". The only problem is I dont have any software with this PC. Please can you tell me how I can acquire such software. I.E. is there anyway I can download the system disk data from the Internet, or will I need to contact a specialist? I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards. Tara Manson Tara at 16:22:45 Sunday November 19 2000 ayodele oloyede at 14:55:4 Friday November 17 2000 could some tell me the functions of a satilite pro on computers. Colin Duffus in Edinburgh at 14:20:31 Friday November 17 2000 My parents have a very old Amstrad PC with 3 inch disks. They are wanting to buy a new PC but are worried about losing use of all the data they've saved to the 3' disks. Is there any way the data can converted to 3 1/4 inch disks and in a format readable by Microsoft or Lotus software? sari abyhayel at 5:59:2 Friday November 17 2000 how i can get new software for eurostar9900 and exe program for serial download Moryc in Poland at 23:7:31 Thursday November 16 2000 Help for schneider PC 7640 setup and i thing that a need to download it?? Nanu in Penang at 9:47:32 Tuesday November 14 2000 Can you describe me with examples,two of writing down program code which improves readability. salman at 7:21:21 Sunday November 12 2000 where I can find a website contains a upgrade software for eurostar satellite receiver eurobox(9000CI-9700 ...and others ) Rose Schwiertz in Vancouver,BC,Canada at 6:22:12 Sunday November 12 2000 I work with a Mission Thrift store and recieved an "old lap top"? Amstrad Portable Personal computer,Model PPC.512D When I turn it on it says ""Insert a system disk into Drive A Then press any key."" Where can I get a 'System disk'? Thank you for any help. Rose. jennifer in uk at 10:26:10 Saturday November 11 2000 hi i have a amstrad mcr2000mc 60+1 cd ,rds radio cassette system .we had a fire and i lost the manual keyboard and remote control .does anyone know a site where i can replace these items please .thanks marinos in help me at 19:19:15 Friday November 10 2000 it says in monitor drive a:disc missing while i have inside tha disc.why it says that; Claudio Okrina in Vienna/Austria at 11:57:40 Friday November 10 2000 Anybody out there who knows what a Sinclair-Amstrad APC is. Ok, I know this machine have a 386 but I would like to know a little bit more. (history, pcs of prod....) THANX MOHAMMAD ARSHAD KHAN at 4:28:44 Wednesday November 8 2000 i need a sound card drvier NAME "YMF719E-S" If you can help me about this driver and send it to my email address i am very grateful to you. i am annexiouls awaiting your response best regards arshad mohmed at 2:21:42 Wednesday November 8 2000 where I can find a website contains a upgrade software for eurostar satellite receiver eurobox(9000CI-9700 ...and others ) jeremy trathen at 17:26:21 Tuesday November 7 2000 how do you install a maxtor diamond 15.3gb internal hard drive Mary at 19:25:4 Monday November 6 2000 On our computer we have microsoft word and I would like to know how to get a dictionary or spellcheck in a foreign language on it, so that I can write to friends in other languages. Please help! And make it as simple as possible! canuck at 23:33:45 Saturday November 4 2000 I need to move to larger size dish antenna at least 4ft.I am using a RCA receiver. Can I use a 4ft prime focus dish and modify the LNB to the bracket.If not, can you tell me where I can purchase an offset 4ft dish in Canada. Maurice Warburton at 15:41:31 Saturday November 4 2000 How do you transfer data from an Amstrad 1512 to a PC. m.d.z. at 15:54:15 Friday November 3 2000 Hi, can you tell me where can I find the plans for the Schneider cpc 464? Something is broken in there and no one knows what is wrong with it .(I have asked specialists and they don't know how to fix it!). Please send me those plans if you can! I need them! P.S.: The [Enter] doesn't works hey? Bernd at 9:39:58 Friday November 3 2000 I recently got an Amstrad PenPad PDA600 from a friend. Its notepad and directory functions are all OK, but it always forgets the trained Handwriting after not using it for longer time. I also tried to find bad solder points and repaired something but it still does not work, although Battery and Memory status reported is OK. So what can I do to make it remember my Handwriting ? pedro at 9:6:38 Friday November 3 2000 What's the serial protocol of PC mouse? jdharq in france at 1:0:19 Friday November 3 2000 Do you know where I can found a manuel of Amstrad SRX300 decoder. Thinks a lot. Miss Lisa Colley in Newcastle Upon Tyne at 16:37:37 Thursday November 2 2000 hi I really really need your help!!! As a apart of my degree I need information on Amstrad. The problem is i need information on the company philosophy and the culture etc. I have contacted the official website but was told that there was no mission statement therefore the only information availiable to me was on the website. Please can you help?? I would be really grateful for any inforamtion you could provide me with Thanks Lisa Colley Anon at 11:38:12 Thursday November 2 2000 how do digital satellite tv recievers work Hassaan Saad Tariq at 10:56:3 Thursday November 2 2000 What are PC cards???? peter noakes at 23:2:41 Wednesday November 1 2000 Have recently brought a amserve e.mailer working fine but over the last few days when the phone rings the number does not come up even when it is in the address book. Cannot even find the prblem in the intstruction book can you help with problem. Yours truly. Peter Noakes serban from Bucharest in Romania at 22:55:30 Wednesday November 1 2000 please tell me just one adress where i can find the posibility to translated text from hungarian language in romanian language but if is posible the adress to be in english RAVI KUMAR at 19:5:49 Wednesday November 1 2000 MY HARDDISK PROBLEM THAT IS TRACK ZERO, WHEN I FORMAT THE DISK, IT SHOWS TRACK ZERO PROBLEM.IF ANY SOFTWARE TO SLOVE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ME WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SOFTWARE Eddie Duncan-Dunlop at 23:19:35 Tuesday October 31 2000 pc1512 mouse driver , windows 3 mouse not working, but on dos program cursor moves but not buttons. Help Please John Hayward at 20:30:8 Tuesday October 31 2000 Got a Sinclair PC-200? visit my support site!! http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/johnhayward/pc200/index.htm Cliff could you add a link when you are not busy? Cheers! faraj mohammed in Libya at 14:9:36 Tuesday October 31 2000 where i can find software upgrade for eurostar 9000ci euro-box and download ? And how i can do it ? Anser me please... jini in vijinir@hotmail.com at 7:11:33 Tuesday October 31 2000 how to maintain a personal computer? Marilyn Cornish in Brockport, NY 14420 at 0:32:11 Tuesday October 31 2000 Can anyone tell me where we (I'm doing this for a friend) ccan obtain ink refill cartridges for an: AMSTRAD DMP 3000 Printer We live in New York State, (near Canada) and have looked everywhere in the Rochester area. My friend has this printer as part of an Amstrad computer system and has never had one problem with it. But she just cannot find ink cartridge refills for the printer. Anything you can do to help us would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Marilyn Cornish 63 Hollybrook Rd. Brockport, NY 14420 Terry in Birmingham/England at 13:35:25 Monday October 30 2000 You say the cause of refusal to read discs ie address errors is slipping belts. If a new belt is fitted will these discs become readable again? terry in Birmingham/England at 13:22:29 Monday October 30 2000 It used to be possible to buy a program/cable set to link a PCW(8256) and a PC to dump files from a 3"CF2 disc into PC format. Are they still available/has anyone got one for sale? pete hale in england at 11:58:40 Monday October 30 2000 I have an instruction manual for an amstrad alt286 and amstrad alt386sx. Will the manual cover the alt386 as well ? dave at 11:29:17 Monday October 30 2000 my mother has inherited a PCW10 without a manual or printer where can these be located and a what cost ? dave donkele at 9:47:23 Monday October 30 2000 what type of computer games can you save or play on 1.44mb floppy disk? fathi at 20:51:14 Sunday October 29 2000 has I get new software for eurostar 9700 Chris Bonaci at 20:16:9 Sunday October 29 2000 I have a Sinclair PC200,when I switch the computer on it is asking for a system disk. Obviously I haven't such a disk. What can I do? John Hayward at 20:0:18 Sunday October 29 2000 phew, its still raining here!! I was walking home tonight and I saw a badly smashed up Amstrad 1640 base unit left out for the garbage. I went and grabbed it to see if I can salvage any useful bits out of it. Big suprise! This machine seems to have an 8 bit IDE card in and old Westen Digital IDE 30Mb drive in!!! I thought this machine (and all XTs) had MFM and RLL drives in?? Theres a card with two 40 way ribbon cables, and the hard disk is mounted in a proper cage and looks like the original factory fitted unit. Just got to fit in another machine now and see if it works. The Amstrad was a real wreck and its quite likely the drive is bust. The machine looks like its been dropped 5 foot onto the floor as the front of the case was smashed in and its been left out in the rain. Anyone else seen an 8 bit IDE controllers?? John Hayward at 15:5:36 Sunday October 29 2000 anyone need any knobs for amstrad 9512pcw, or 1512, 1640, 2xxx and 3xxx systems and monitors?? I have some spare ones for £1 each. Can ship anywhere. Heiko Hahn in Bad Nauheim, Germany at 9:37:35 Sunday October 29 2000 Dear Mr. Lawson, no, I'm really working with Amstrad PC's and I'm not at all interested in getting information about biometric pens (whatever this may be). I have just found out solutions of two problems with the PPC 512 I posted some days ago, and I'd like to describe them because some other questions in this great page seem to mention similar difficulties: First, my PPC crashed while displaying "Please wait" at the startup. This was, in my case, caused by a wrong AC power supply that put out 12V, but only 800mA which seems to be too weak. I now use a 10V, 1,5A supply, and the PPC boots without crashing. Secondly, my PPC turned off the display while booting. The reason for this was a wrong DIP switch setting causing the PPC to send video data to an imaginary external monitor instead to the LCD display. Strangely, the DIP settings You list on this page do not work on my machine; they seem to be totally different. The only combination that made my machine work was "1 on, 2 on, 3 on, 4 on, 5 off, 6 on" which, according to Your table, should be totally senseless. Possibly different versions have been built? However, using the old settings was definitely the most effective screen saver I ever used. Best wishes! H. Hahn philip in cornwall at 17:22:7 Saturday October 28 2000 My daughter has a 9486 & I wiped the hard drive fdisked & formatted it but now it wont pick up the cd rom drive. how can i get the cd rom to work Heiko Hahn in Bad Nauheim, Germany at 11:26:34 Saturday October 28 2000 Dear Mr. Lawson, I've got a problem with a PPC 512 I bought recently: after turning the machine on, the display shows "Bitte warten" (seems to be a German BIOS) and some dots slowly appearing on the screen. After 5 seconds, the computer beeps and the display becomes blank; it seems to be completely turned off, because turning the contrast adjustor produces no effect. After this has happened, the PPC seems to boot correctly from the system disk in drive A and reacts like MS-DOS had been loaded (just pressing Enter causes nothing, typing "DIR" short disk operation, typing "ORG" long disk operation etc.), so the machine itself obviously works. The DIP switches are set correctly; I've tried several possible combinations without any result. Is there any way to prevent the system from turning the display off while booting? I would be very glad if You could help me. Yours sincerely H. Hahn Steve at 18:16:33 Friday October 27 2000 I have a PC 9486 SX 25 and have recently bought a 486 DX2 66 cpu. However, I have lost my manual and do not know which junmper settings I need to change for the cpu upgrade. Can anyone help? Chris Bonaci at 17:47:8 Friday October 27 2000 I would like to download "system disk" for a Sinclair PC200. Anyone can help? Marilyn Cornish in 63 Hollybrook Rd., Brockport, NY 14420 at 15:1:55 Friday October 27 2000 Can anyone give me the ink refill cartrige number for a Amstrad DMP 3000 printer? Or what the Epson number would be? Am trying to locate refills for a friend, and don't have the number, etc. Would appreciate any help you may be able to give us. Thank you. Also, do you know where in US they might be purchased? Or anywhere?? Thanks again. Serge BARDIN in Paris FRANCE at 12:32:13 Friday October 27 2000 I've a 4386 which is not Y2K compliant. Where and how can I get information about the to putit Y2K compliant ? Thanks for answer. Mark Colman in Australia at 0:35:16 Wednesday October 25 2000 I have a PC5286HD Defective Floppy Drive. Can the on board Floppy drive controller be disabled so I can add a floppy drive controller card. Power to new floppy drive not a problem. The power supply can be modified. Bit messy I know but the rest of it is OK. Thanks Luis Ramón in Spain at 13:53:11 Tuesday October 24 2000 I've an amstrad Alt-286 and I would like to know the functions of the dip swith of the rear. Thanks Adrian in Devon England at 9:16:29 Tuesday October 24 2000 Please could you tell me if it is possible to boot to GEM from hard drive on Amstrad 1512. I have found that GEM needs DR-Dos to load but unable to transfer system files to hard drive. Have downloaded disk 5 from your download area but will have to put 5.25" floppy into my main computer to copy disk. Also is it possible to get 1512 monitor running on standard pc perhaps from vga card? beed pin outs from monitor lead to achive this. Sorry if this is a bit of a hard one. Many thanx.. Tony in belgium at 19:55:38 Monday October 23 2000 Greetings, i have well functioning Amstrad 386 ALT with a german(!!) version off windows 3.x on it and dos 5.0. Whats the best running operating system on the Amstrad ALT-386sx. do you could please send links to download operating systems like a clean english version off 3.x?? Very much thanks for your reply in adv.. Tony Netterke at 16:56:30 Monday October 23 2000 I'm looking for a system disk for Amstrad ppc640. Can somebody out there help me please??? thx! STEVE MOXHAM in GOPORT,HAMPSHIRE,PO13OED at 22:6:39 Sunday October 22 2000 WHERE CAN I AQUIRE A C CASSETTE FOR MY VIDEO CAMERA? Yulia in Lancaster at 1:4:50 Sunday October 22 2000 Help, me, please! I need my laptop to be repaired. It is urgent! I live in Lancaster, so if you'd advice me some place in, may be, Preston or somewhere around, that wouldl be nice. Thank you in advance. Terry at 6:27:3 Saturday October 21 2000 I have an Amstrad alt286 laptop with an erased 20 meg hard drive. The problem is the 3.5 A drive will no longer read the dos system disk and comes up with a 'Data read error' Is it possible to hook up a new 3.5 drive and connect a seperate power supply from it to the laptop? PS the DOS disk will read ok on another PC. mark gray in united kingdom at 20:40:4 Thursday October 19 2000 Have possession of an amstrad nc100 and want to know if and how information or text from the calander software can be printed or exported to the word processor for printing seemingly unable to do achieve either function as yet. seems not export function available and the calander software seems unable to print any information please email me mark gray at 20:36:52 Thursday October 19 2000 JAVIER MONTAÑO at 15:58:42 Wednesday October 18 2000 NECESITO SOCIO INVERSIONISTA PARA LLEVAR A CABO UN PRO YECTO AGRICOLA O GANADERO,QUE SECCION TENGO QUE MARCAR- PARA ENCONTRAR GENTE DISPONIBLE? Pier A. Benedetti in Pisa (Italy) at 15:35:47 Wednesday October 18 2000 Where can I find specifications, schematics, manuals, troubleshooting info and repair notes about Amstrad PC5086? karugahe Augustine at 16:44:3 Tuesday October 17 2000 what is amsrad's mission? Anon in where can i find out how much a computer hard disks cost? at 16:33:53 Tuesday October 17 2000 Doug Ross in Edinburgh, Scotland at 11:5:24 Tuesday October 17 2000 Where can I buy an Amstrad PC3386SX compatible Mouse (with a 'D' connector (or a female-female adaptor - 9 pin 'D' type to PS/2)? Josh Litt in US at 3:18:42 Tuesday October 17 2000 I recently purchased an amstrad ppc 512, but without any system disks. How would I go about aquiring these? John Hayward at 22:38:15 Monday October 16 2000 I am writing a support page for the rare Sinclair PC-200 computer. (also know as the Amstrad PC-20) Its a very primitive IBM PC XT clone stuffed in an Atari ST /Amiga case. I have some original boot disks and other bits (you cant download these anywhere yet!) that have some damaged files so I may need some system files for MS-DOS 3.3 (or was it 4.x?) and DR GEM desktop. Also any useful bits and pieces anyone could contribute. I sold mine earlier this year cheap as it had a fault with TV modulator, real bummer as they are go for big bucks on ebay, :o) jason in belfast at 21:42:3 Sunday October 15 2000 info,on amstradpcp464orcpc464 Harry Shaw at 16:44:41 Sunday October 15 2000 My Amstrad PCW9512 printer seems to jam at the left-hand margin and will not print at the correct left-hand offset. Do you have any idea as to how I could fix this? Vince B at 12:12:22 Sunday October 15 2000 Does anyone knows where I could find Amstrad 1512 games? I got one but now it's dead and I'd like to play with the games a have!!! Bill Jones in central Ohio at 18:11:14 Saturday October 14 2000 I have a Toshiba Sattelite 2065cds still under 90 day warrenty for a few more days. I frequently have trouble getting the battery to charge. Sometimes if I remove the battery, turn off the computer, unplug the power supply, reconnect the power supply, reinstall the battery, and turn on the computer, it charges ok. I have had the computer on and plugged in for 14 hours straight and it still indicates 4% battery charge. Prior to this I had it turned off and plugged in for 6 hours. The system says its at full power and the battery is charging. DML in AMSTERDAM at 17:29:22 Saturday October 14 2000 hello i got a question about my audiodriver is that okay? i wanna know if there's a webside where i can download,some drivers for my audio. can someone please help me??!! thanx Garry in South Yorks. at 22:42:26 Friday October 13 2000 Hi, Has anyone got a boot disk for a PPC512 Portable (Luggable Actually) Computer that they could send me in the UK please? Or can I use any other floppy. i.e. a PC boot disk??? Thanks for any replies! Anthony Redmond at 14:31:52 Thursday October 12 2000 Hi, I own a Amstrad cpc464 and also a spare motherboard i am trying to find both schemathics and also basic software programmes/instructions to allow me to connent my own circuits to either the print ports or the expansion port. The minimum that i need is to know how to control the data and address buses at these ports by BASIC programing. Any help much appreciated. idimmu at 13:31:1 Thursday October 12 2000 and here starts my insanity..... I have an old amstrad 6128 which i used to use yrs ago.. what i'd really like to do is network it up to my pc for a laugh.. (probably via a parallel cable..) I'm just looking for any technical info that oculd be handy.. or if anyone has attempted this before... I can imagine that writing the protocol handlers is gonna be loads of fun.. tcp/ip for 6128's anyone.. :) Heather Crawford in Australia at 12:12:44 Thursday October 12 2000 Can you tell me what sort of C-Mos memory battery I should use to replace one that is malfunctioning in a Toshiba laptop T4700CS? Joe Gentile at 4:45:29 Thursday October 12 2000 I have a PC7386SX, it came with a DOS GUI type menu called COUNTERPOINT. Whilst it can be glitchy, properly backed up I have used it for years and found several "undocumented" features. If anyone needs any advice such as adding more than 256 menu items or replacing the AMSTRAD logo, then just drop me a line. The reason I write however is that AMSTRAD had an improved version which came out with their 486 machines. Does anyone know where I could get a copy of it? Geoff in East London at 16:1:33 Wednesday October 11 2000 Correction to my last -mail. The PCW in question is a 8256 rather than a 9512 havng double checked the cupboard it was sitting in. There are two keyboards (512K) and two printers plus an Atari 520T unit/keyboard and monitor and a Star LC24 printer. Geoff in East London at 15:8:38 Wednesday October 11 2000 We have a PCW 1512, variuos PCW keyboards and two dot matrix printers to offload. Anybody interested or who can reccomend an outlet to try? asa at 22:6:32 Tuesday October 10 2000 how can i coonect my digital satellite (eurostar 9700) to computer via serial port? Hein Storm in Netherlands at 21:47:53 Tuesday October 10 2000 hello, please help me at any information, software about amstrad alt-286 laptop computer. Also looking for a battery pack type BAT-1 Rating DC12V 2400mAh. I will be very greatfull if somebody can help me. Thanks in advange. Hein jamaliyan at 21:24:39 Monday October 9 2000 where I can get softwear upgrade for eurostar 9700 and 9000 digital reciver Barry in Somerset at 14:34:17 Monday October 9 2000 I have a number of used 3" floppy discs and start up discs (original Amstrad, as supplied with machine . Also other numerous bits and pieces for 9512. Barry in Somerset at 14:26:46 Monday October 9 2000 Amstrad 9512. Can you explain very briefly how I can get access to the drive belt on the monitor/drive unit. I gather it is quite simple but I do not want to end up taking everything to pieces!! Thank you in anticipation mary craig at 22:7:36 Sunday October 8 2000 can you tell me who sell a actuator for a toshiba satellite dish.sn.955-003077. model no.trx1520. If you can find out this informmation for me please email me. THANK YOU Steve at 21:58:1 Sunday October 8 2000 I have a PC 9486 SX 25 and have recently bought a 486 DX2 66 cpu. However, I have lost my manual and do not know which junmper settings I need to change for the cpu upgrade. Can anyone help? Mohammed Al-Ghafri at 16:3:17 Sunday October 8 2000 COULD YOU SUPPLY ME WITH GENERAL INFORMATIONS ON AMSTRAD PCW 8256 PLEASE. P.Mestdagh in Belgium at 21:54:56 Saturday October 7 2000 The video-card of my Amstrad ALT-386SX isn't working anymore (1 long and 4 short system beeps; video screen is on, but no correct output). External video-card however is working well. I suspect a bad VGA-BIOS chip. I'm able to reprogram the chip myself (M27C512 Eprom). Could you help me in finding the binary input for this VGA BIOS chip (on the chip is mentioned : VGA BIOS, 1989 CIRRUS LOGIC, AWARD SOFTWARE)? Thanks. dennis r. pille at 12:3:35 Saturday October 7 2000 how to beak the password in the bootup process in the pentium II model with 400 mhz? shams in philippines at 17:18:31 Thursday October 5 2000 who i can find language translator software? shams at 17:17:2 Thursday October 5 2000 i want to need translator software. who i can find this software? shams shams ziaus at 17:11:40 Thursday October 5 2000 which language using language translator like japan to usa Ben Lake in Maidnehead at 10:21:36 Thursday October 5 2000 I have an old PCW9256 which has just died a death (the floppy drive has given up the ghost). I need to access the data on one of my disks, but am unable to. Is there a piece of software for use on windows which will allow me to read the data off the disk. The data on the disk is very important and i really need to get it off ASAP. Any help would be appreciated. ASAAD in BENGHAZI-LIBYA at 1:34:17 Thursday October 5 2000 I FRUSTRATED TO GET EURO9700FTA LATEST VERSION OF SOFTWARE TO UPDATE MY RECEIVER SO PLS. SEND IT TO ME A.S.A.P James Cadwell in Camberley, UK at 18:59:48 Wednesday October 4 2000 ANB386SX-20, please help! I need to know what type / size etc. the Hard Drive is, having just been given an ANB386 without a manual and no clue as to what size the hard drive is! Many thanks! marin timney in Glasgow at 15:45:45 Wednesday October 4 2000 where in Glasgow will i find a manual for an Amstrad 1512HD20, my dad has just acquired this and does not know what to do.thankyou Richard in Great Britain at 10:3:48 Wednesday October 4 2000 My PDA600 says the memory is -830% free and I cannot add any more data. Deleting pages of freehand notes makes no difference. What can I do next (polite suggestions only please) Abebe Yirdaw at 8:8:45 Wednesday October 4 2000 Operational Manual for AMSTRAD 8086 tim overfield at 20:53:11 Tuesday October 3 2000 what is amstrad and how did it becaome BRICOUT Franck in Frensh at 13:54:22 Tuesday October 3 2000 I would like know, how I could use my amstrad screen (ctm 644) to show a video source (like TV) TJ at 21:11:20 Monday October 2 2000 How do the peripheral floppy disc drive work? Duncan MacKinnon in London/South East at 10:0:47 Monday October 2 2000 Ref: Amstrad Pen Pad PDA600 Does anybody know where I could get software and the correct leads to connect to a PC/printer for the above?? Also when did production finish? Peter at 4:44:27 Monday October 2 2000 I have 3 recivers that have just died after I have had the power out? do u know anything about it? arthur in Anglesey, north wales at 20:50:44 Sunday October 1 2000 Hi, for sentimental reasons I need an Emulator for an Amstrad 1640D that will allow me to read the data on my p.c. arthur don p in cross@sprint.ca at 18:47:26 Sunday October 1 2000 please find location for ymft197e-s drv opl3-sa3 sound card Albert Todd in Birmingham at 13:59:19 Sunday October 1 2000 any one in the west midlands have the system disks for the amstrad ppc 640? JAME TAY at 20:49:44 Saturday September 30 2000 WHAT TWO INPUT DEVICES ARE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE ACCURATE DATA? WHY? WHAT FACTORS HAVE THE MOSE EFFECT ON INPUT ACCRACY?. HAROLD L RUSK at 16:10:33 Saturday September 30 2000 How do I find information re Emailer Firas Al-Khatib at 9:42:27 Saturday September 30 2000 What is the Operationg system for the AMSTRAD PPC640 Computer ? Omar Alatorre at 20:4:22 Friday September 29 2000 how can install Que Drive in a Compaq Presario 5423? i cant do it ....GRRRR Candice Lee at 9:20:38 Wednesday September 27 2000 what greek word startes with a r MOHAMMAD ARSHAD KHAN in NIL at 5:16:34 Wednesday September 27 2000 i need ymf719e-s driver. can you provide me ymf719e-s driver. i need this driver very urgently. Thanks and best regards. Arshad Khan hadi at 6:23:36 Tuesday September 26 2000 how can i coonect my digital satellite (eurostar 9700) to computer via serial port? Miss Meena Singelee at 19:1:47 Monday September 25 2000 I am actually writing an essay on AMSTRAD, the its products throughtout the 1980s. Why do you think Amstrad has failed to maintain its lead in the wordprocessor/computer market? I would be very grateful if you could give me a few ideas on this topic!!! abolgasm in cods2002@hotmail.com at 1:46:45 Monday September 25 2000 whats the method of upgrade of euerostar and echostar digital receiver and the equipment that required ? Brian at 23:38:14 Sunday September 24 2000 I don't want to throw away my old Amstrad 1640! My wife does! Can I use the shell with a new motherboard to bring it up to date? jan in Essex at 23:32:14 Sunday September 24 2000 I have been given Amstrad PB1000 without the "Dock-it". Can anybody tell me how to store telephone numbers into phone. I can store names but not numbers. HELP!!! mark in Middx at 20:57:56 Sunday September 24 2000 i have just found a PCW8512 in my loft can anyone tell me how to get it going i do have 2 start up disks when i put them in the machine makes a noise but im still left with a green screen please help ..... Danny at 20:21:35 Sunday September 24 2000 Hello, I am looking for the physical location of the cmos battery on a Intel vt-502 mother board.. can you help? Anon in any where at 4:20:13 Sunday September 24 2000 I am looking for a dishnet satilite decoder or a card modifier I Want To take programing caler id with FSK DTMF at 20:42:27 Friday September 22 2000 YAZID BEGHOUL at 19:49:39 Friday September 22 2000 Urgent!! I'm looking for a power modul circuit diagram of Amstrad FX9600AT fax-mail. If not possible I need the following spare parts values: Resistors: R3,R4,R5 and R7. Diodes: D4,D13 and D15 . With thanks. Monta at 13:7:32 Friday September 22 2000 I need Manufacturer list for PVC pipes in Turke Tristian in Daventry - England - UK at 10:55:43 Friday September 22 2000 Can you recommend a CPC464 emulator for Win95/98/NTWkStn ? I like you (probably) would love to see all my old games from my teen years reserrected on my PC. The 464 was my 1st computer! Also - where the best archive of games s/ware is ?? Thanks a million, Tristian. Bill Garforth in UK at 13:59:12 Thursday September 21 2000 Do you know where I can get the original disks for a Sinclair PC200, or failing that a list of the files so I can make my own, TA!! steven penny in york at 12:19:23 Thursday September 21 2000 i have a amstrad pc9486 and i am trying to fit a cd rom drive plus 2 hard disk drives. well here is my problem (dont know what mother board i have)my moter board has 1 connection for a hard drive so you can connect 1 HDD + cdrom. easy yes? but how do you connect the second hard drive +the cd rom drive. i need the cd rom drive to install windows 95 so is there any help out there Duane M Hunt in PC1640 Costing at 12:30:16 Wednesday September 20 2000 I just got a old old Amstrad PC1640, with Monitor working only 640k and two disk drives and no cards some of the software but no keyboard or mouse i just woundered how much you think its worth, because i think i can nick the disk drives for the PC i got and i maybe able to convert the old 9WayD to a NEW PC Connection so there for i think that the computer scraped it worth about £5 each for the disk drives and £10 for the monitor say £20 but how much as a hole. I dont think ANY of the software can be used on a PC knower days and the fact that i have to get a conversion connection for the keyboard if its losted the mouse is the same connection as a serial port mouse so i think i could use that. Im very unsure about all this as ive never seen a PC this OLD.... Anon in PC1640 Costing at 12:29:5 Wednesday September 20 2000 I just got a old old Amstrad PC1640, with Monitor working only 640k and two disk drives and no cards some of the software but no keyboard or mouse i just woundered how much you think its worth, because i think i can nick the disk drives for the PC i got and i maybe able to convert the old 9WayD to a NEW PC Connection so there for i think that the computer scraped it worth about £5 each for the disk drives and £10 for the monitor say £20 but how much as a hole. I dont think ANY of the software can be used on a PC knower days and the fact that i have to get a conversion connection for the keyboard if its losted the mouse is the same connection as a serial port mouse so i think i could use that. Im very unsure about all this as ive never seen a PC this OLD.... M at 14:35:19 Tuesday September 19 2000 Mercy Nyarko at 14:34:33 Tuesday September 19 2000 annabella rhind in England at 14:23:10 Tuesday September 19 2000 I am looking for a startup disk for an old Amstrat512/640 do you have any thoughts on this Colin Chapman in Croydon at 22:11:17 Sunday September 17 2000 I have lots of PCW 9512 stuff that is surplus to requirements. 2 monitors one with a dodgy motherboard, and both with disc drive rubber band problems. Powerpack, Locoscropt 2 & 3. Printer driver software. 2 keyboards, one printer, spare daisy wheel, ribbon, etc etc. If anybody wants it and is willing to come and collect it then they can either swap it for a pair of mains powered PC speakers, or if that's too much then they can have it for free. It seems a shame to take it down to the tip. S.Smith at 17:15:25 Saturday September 16 2000 Where cann I find the Amstrad PPC system disk for the PPC 640 machine? Tim O'Leary in Surrey Hills Melbourne Australia at 15:32:46 Saturday September 16 2000 I have just been lucky enough to have been given a PPC640 today. It is like my old one - except my old one - in 1989 was a POWER machine with 512RAM and TWO floppies. However I am still very excited about this one. Two questions: (1)Does anyone have a manual they can point me to on web or email me . (2) It doesnt have the power supply - will I hurt it if I just plug in a normal type (say Dick Smith) 12 V power supply? I would be pleased to hook up with other users. I will post pictures soon. http://www.alphalink.com.au/~oleary/ Dave in United Kingdom at 9:27:28 Saturday September 16 2000 Which of the windows monitor drivers do I use with a 12" monitor? You failed to specify what us remaining 5% should do! Phil at 18:27:35 Thursday September 14 2000 What is the pin configuration for connecting the 5 pin din video socket to an Amiga Monitor or TV with Scart (My monitor, main chip has blown.) Chris Smith at 23:39:57 Wednesday September 13 2000 I have just been given an Amstrad ALT386SX Laptop, i know nothing about the beast, what do i require to get it running, it boots up, but i would like to know how to get into the bios setting, and replace the floopy as it doesn't seem to work, i think what i need is a operator or even service manual, if anyone has one or can point me in the right dircetion i would be greatful, email chr1s_smith@yahoo.com Gary Cahalane in London at 18:27:44 Wednesday September 13 2000 Your FAQ says that Locolink for PCW is the best bet for transferring PCW files to Window...only problem is that locomotive software don't seem to do it anymore. Any idea as to any alternative sources? Mezee at 16:32:41 Wednesday September 13 2000 I have a AMSTRAD STUDIO 100 can you please tell me what the data socket is for on the back and how to use it. THAN YOU. shahram hamidi nejad at 15:33:8 Wednesday September 13 2000 i want the new software for programming in 9700F please send to me or guaide me. mail:mrazavi@hamyar.net Vivian (again) in Huntsville, Alabama at 23:28:55 Tuesday September 12 2000 I need to do a Webpage for a college class-- HELP, please!! Vivian Albright in Huntsville, Alabama at 23:26:23 Tuesday September 12 2000 I am buying a new computer, how do I move all of my files from the old computer to the new computer? I have things saved that I would like to transfer to the new computer. Thanks so much for your help. Jim Leonard in Williamstown, NJ 08094 at 13:39:29 Monday September 11 2000 I am going to install a new hard drive in my computer, how do I transfer the data from my existing hard drive to the new hard drive??? Jorge Rieznik in San Juan, Argentina. at 1:50:56 Monday September 11 2000 I think I should add some words to my previous email. I guess that you are going to answer that it's not worth the time and money I would spend. But I'm just wanting to do it for fun. Pure and simple fun. In fact, I have already upgraded the 1512 to 640Kb, installed a 2Gb (yes, 2Gb) SCSI HDD, a 4x SCSI CD-ROM drive, a NEC V-30, a 8087, and I am about to install a 8Mb EMS expansion memory card and a 100Mb ZIP Iomega to the SCSI chain. That said, again, thank you very much for any help you could give me. Jorge Rieznik San Juan, Argentina. Jorge Rieznik in San Juan, Argentina. at 23:28:46 Sunday September 10 2000 Dear Cliff, I own a 1512 PC. I have a spare VGA video card (along with a VGA monitor and a power supply) that I'd like to plug into a spare slot. I know that to disable the built into the motherboard CGA video circuit, some PCB tracks has to be cut. Referring to the 1512 circuit diagrams you have placed in your web page, could you explain what tracks should I cut and any other procedure that I should do to accomplish the task? Thank you very much, Jorge Rieznik San Juan, Argentina. Jean-Louis PASCAL in France at 20:3:46 Sunday September 10 2000 Can you give the signification and the level of the "din" plug for the monitor of the cpc64. Thank you. John Hayward at 12:57:33 Sunday September 10 2000 Robert, your mail doesnt work. Try support@fujitsu.com and they should give you what you want. I did this with a 270Mb Fujitsu drive, which doesnt have the sectors/heads/tracks label on. For the time being, enable LBA mode and try using "auto recognise" feature on your bioS. :o) Bill Lindsay in Berwickshire at 11:40:11 Sunday September 10 2000 Can anyone tell me if there is an Amstrad users club in the UK? If so what's the secretary's name and postal address? arthur in Anglesey, N. Wales. at 16:43:34 Saturday September 9 2000 Hi, I have some sentimental information writen with a n Amstrad 1640 & Logoscript. I need an emulator in windows I dont understand DOS! Have searched for days/nights on the web with no luck. Can anybody help please. I have a h/drive I think about 20Megs for a 1640, it plugs in one of the isa sockets on the board, if anybody would like it, its yours for the postage. e.mail me please. arthur robert porter in fujitsu hard drives at 12:26:45 Saturday September 9 2000 cylinders settings for a 6.2gb hard drive siobhan o'keeffe at 10:47:20 Friday September 8 2000 Helge Sørensen at 0:30:24 Thursday September 7 2000 Sorry! I´m mean natural a CPC6128 machine. Helge Sørensen in Denmark or Great Britain at 0:20:26 Thursday September 7 2000 Is it possible to get a new or repair 3½" floppydisk station to my old CPM6128 machine. Where and how much will it cost. Graham Brown in Essex at 20:49:16 Wednesday September 6 2000 i am looking for a pci win95 driver for a Amstrad pc9555i. Ihave the windows drivers, but I need the win95 one. KEVAMIT in india (office) at 11:55:26 Wednesday September 6 2000 greeting in the name of jesus.my name is amit iam in high collage . my dad is is a god servent some one gave him a old toshba486 loptop when we pluged it hard disk was working but nothing was coming on the display unit. can u tell me what can be the problem . iam from india here the repair cost and new one is very expensive new one costs around 3000$. That amount is very difficult for us. give me some name of the site i can go check the model i have and parts .and if posible let me know were i can get good speed laptop in cheap rate and they can seend it to my home add. this amit swain Jeffrey Zarek at 18:32:50 Tuesday September 5 2000 I've been using a PDA600 for 4 years now, and have come to rely on it a great deal. Today (9/5/00) for the first time I rcv'd an error on bootup that will not allow me to do anything but shutdown or reboot. It is "CARD?" with a triangle symbol, and a card symbol displayed in the middle of the screen. On the reference card that is gluded to the cover, it refers me to the manual, which I do not have. I hope its not toast, but I did get 4 good years out of it. Any suggestions to help get around this would be appreciated. Thank You. Jeff. ben in Aust. at 1:11:3 Tuesday September 5 2000 what are the names and functions of all parts to a 3 1/2 floppy disc? T.J. at 23:36:25 Monday September 4 2000 Where can I buy a macintosh IDE controller? Max Wooldridge in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada at 19:35:46 Monday September 4 2000 I have been donated an Amstrad PC2286D have put in new batteries and booted using DOS 3.0. There is a hard drive installed but I cannot find out how to enter "setup" as directed in the boot sequence. Can anyone help as I have no manuals. Ella at 18:23:17 Monday September 4 2000 I can't find a working ymf719e-s driver, can anyone help? Ella in - at 18:20:4 Monday September 4 2000 i download 95v2343.exe and it unpacks alright, but then it can't launch a file sauninst.exe why is this? soledad at 21:46:36 Sunday September 3 2000 I would like to send me th instructions of Amstrad fax. Model: FX6000 AT in spanish or engilsh John Hayward in Portsmouth, Hants at 9:40:9 Sunday September 3 2000 Few bits for sale: Conner 400Mb hard disk £12 + 2 UK postage Seagate 1.0Gb hard disk £20 + 2 UK postage Tim Norman in Luton, Bdes, Eingland at 22:41:21 Saturday September 2 2000 I have an Integra with a 500Mbyte hard disk and 16Mb of RAM. Does anyone know whether I can fit additional RAM. If so, can you suggest where I can get some. Ideally, I'd like to take the RAM up to 32Mb. Thanks, Tim bergeron at 22:18:3 Saturday September 2 2000 please search schematique demo sattellite amùstrad were do you think search ? tank you bergeron at 22:17:29 Saturday September 2 2000 please search schematique demo sattellite amùstrad were do you think search ? tank you John Bonoyer at 22:5:32 Saturday September 2 2000 I need an instruction manual for a Toshiba satellite receiver model TRX-80 Mr Lombard at 19:16:31 Saturday September 2 2000 Please can you tell me if you can repair or get spare parts for an amstrad pcw16 Dean Beckett at 12:41:23 Friday September 1 2000 my amstrad uf40 has locked and i haven't got the remote how do i unlock it? Andy Watts in oxford,uk at 12:39:44 Thursday August 31 2000 where can i get the tv software for my Integra PC (all other software was supplied with it new but this was missing). so when it can to the dreaded reload i now have a basic pc with no tv....The concept of the unit is very good (pity about the weight of it) Jeffrey at 20:52:49 Tuesday August 29 2000 i have a rat stuck in my hard drive can you get it out for me? Edward Thomas at 19:21:42 Sunday August 27 2000 I want to copy all my documents from my Amstrad to my new PC - But the discs are the wrong size - so I'm looking for someone who can copy the 3" discs onto 3.5" discs which my PC can read - Do you know anyone who can do this for me? Zoran Staletovic in Australia at 17:20:54 Sunday August 27 2000 Dear Sir, I have began to help a freind rebuild his "whait 4 it" (AMSTRAD PC7486SLC-33)Spec's are(2mb systemram, 512 cirrus logic CL-GD5420 videoram, 130mb harddrive). Though i want 2 go up2 4Mb ram, 510Mb H/D , 2Mb V/c, 16Bit S/c. Ps:maybe a cd-rom?. I know 2 disable the on v/c jumper. :)) BUT wouldent you know it no manual 4 the M/b and this amstrad does not have the bios/cmos jumper MARKED OUT...Scrating my head..Ahhh but the M/b rev should help..AMSTRAD WB486SLC VIO-A REV 1.0. PLaes if u can help cliffy we will be gratefull. Pss:ami bios 1988 niraj sathe at 14:56:31 Sunday August 27 2000 mother board, printer, u.p.s, circuit diagram shafaquat at 7:6:18 Saturday August 26 2000 i have a vcr model amstrad 6100 which main ic # 14dn476 is out of order pls tell me how i can get or repair it i am living in islamabad (pakistan) Pairault Mikael in France at 15:11:23 Thursday August 24 2000 Hello! I've just formated my amstrad PC2086 and I haven't any system disk!Plaese,where can I find this!Thanks! excuse my bad englich! Tee in Malaysia at 8:41:43 Thursday August 24 2000 Whenever I open a game or programme that required Direct Draw support ,my Pc will Go into a standby mood,why? Michelle in UK at 10:13:34 Wednesday August 23 2000 On an Amstrad PC 1512, using Wordstar 1512, how do you alter the settings so that it can take normal European A4 paper and not that odd, shorter, wider American style tractor feed stuff? If this can't be altered, then where on earth can you buy that American stuff? Many thanks. Kind regards. Michelle Tim Leary in Australia at 6:26:10 Wednesday August 23 2000 I am doing a project restoring an Amstrad PC 1640 SD. If you have any spare parts for the 1640 SD for sale (or a complete unit), Please let me know. Your assistance is much appreciated. simon in Poole at 16:21:10 Monday August 21 2000 I cant find a way of changing the Bios (hard drive) properties on a PC7486SCL-33 Meesha at 15:6:59 Sunday August 20 2000 How do I run a game on the amstrad 464? keith in australia at 17:9:5 Saturday August 19 2000 i have a amstrad pc5386sxhd the floppy drive has died i've had no luck finding a replacement, is it possible to put a controler card to plug in another drive, the standard drive has different pin configuration than normal. cheers keith John Shackleton in Australia N.S.W. at 22:39:59 Wednesday August 16 2000 Can an EGA Monitor be made to work on an amstrad 2286? If so, how? With thanks---- John Shackleton. Australia. Jenny in USA at 4:7:3 Wednesday August 16 2000 I recently got a Amstrad PC 6400 off of an individual..I didnt recieve the system disk with it because the owner lost them....i got it for my kids...how do i go about getting the system disk i need to run this computer....there is supposed to be three or four of them...i hope you can help ....my kids can't wait to see the computer in working order.....please help for my kids sake Adam Stokes in Britain at 13:45:9 Tuesday August 15 2000 Hey There, I hope you can help. I have an Amstrad Integra, This machine was top of the range when it was bought but I acquired it cheaply from a friend. The machine ( as you are no doubt aware ) is fitted with a TV card, I have downloaded your software ( integra.zip thankyou very very much ) I installed the software correctly but when I run the win TV program I get audio ( well a hiss ) but only a black screen. The program has an auto search function , which doesn't seem to do much , but this is not working. By running the colour thingy I can get a fuzzy screen but this still wont tune and is ignored the next time I run the program. I have installed the card as a Microsoft standard tv adapter ( under the network adapters in device manager ) Because I cant seem to locate specific drivers in the software you gave me. Also when I go to open the MPEG program I t says can't open MPEG window. I have installed PC card in the past on other machines- could the background hiss be something to do with the fact that I have no audio patch cable at the back of the PC ? ( do I need one ?? ) . Also one more problem ( well two really ) The DataFlex PC comms office that came with the machine is not responding, but other modems that I put in the machine work fine ( could it just be kanackered or is this a common problem ) I would also like to find somewhere to buy a replacement floppy drive cos the one in my integra has packed up. This is a really great machine and it would be a shame not to use it to its full potential. Please mail me soon as I am going crazy trying to get this thing working. yours hopefully thanx again Adam ( please could you mail me both at this address and at davethehamster@hotmail.com ) p.s. I have noticed that in side my computer I have a lead that is for modem audio ( the comms office seems to have voice capability as well as a host of other great functions) But said lead has nowhere to connect to is this right ?? pp.s Where could I get software and drivers for a Dataflex PC comms office ?? mina at 16:24:16 Monday August 14 2000 i want yamaha ymf719e sound card driver antony banyer in GREAT YARMOUTH,NORFOLK,UK at 0:56:19 Monday August 14 2000 IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A REPLACEMENT BACKUP BATTERY FOR AN AMSTRAD PC7386SX , ALSO IS THERE ANY WAY OF CONNECTING A CD-ROM TO THE SAME MACHINE ? kevin at 22:57:12 Sunday August 13 2000 I am looking for an instruction manual for an FX6000AT. Is there somewhere on-line i can get one. Thankx Geoff at 17:20:23 Sunday August 13 2000 I've got a PCW 8256 that I haven't used for years. There's a disc with some games on, all with the .BAS suffix. I think I have to put the CP/M disc in and type BASIC. So far so good, but then what do I do? Michael at 5:59:49 Saturday August 12 2000 Will these latest questions be answered shortly or did the man who answers them die after answering the 11 June question? Shane at 3:28:24 Friday August 11 2000 i need to get the minimum and recommended system requirements for dos 6.22. If anybody has the answer reply before 25/8/2000 by e-mailing me at: shane83@one.net.au cheers Shane at 3:26:15 Friday August 11 2000 John Hayward at 19:27:17 Thursday August 10 2000 I have a set of Amstrad 1512/1640 disks, whole set of 5 which can set up hard disk etc. Near mint condition, probably never used, has Microsoft registration card included. Looking at £5/$10 including postage, to UK and USA respectively, will ship anywhere else, please mail me. :o) Nona Hartley at 13:2:10 Tuesday August 8 2000 The telephone email machine has stopped working for no apparent reason, is your site having problems? or is the fault with the machine? cant get the cursor to go into the subject box. Your help line is clogged, try ringing Nona. George Koukouves in GREECE at 20:49:25 Monday August 7 2000 I want to replace the B: floppy disk drive with a 3,5'' 720KB disk drive on an Amstrad 1640DD . Do I need a controller for that? Thanks in advance for your support. George Koukouves Athens, Greece P.S Unfortunately as you stated I can't find a hard disk with its controller. Really rare things, aren't they? Philip Smith in North east at 19:13:35 Monday August 7 2000 i have an old alt-286 model glt-216A laptop its a large white beast. it was working fine until some pesky kids came round and played with it, now when it boots up all a get is a message DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.one problem i dont have a disk.and know nothing about this machine please help me, i miss the old beauty!!!!! Nico Freund at 7:51:44 Monday August 7 2000 Hilfe! ich brauche eine startdiskette für einen Amstard alt-286. Hayley Porter in DONCASTER at 19:45:23 Sunday August 6 2000 Hi there i'm Hayley. recently i have just dug up my old pc1640 out the loft and have tried to get it working, but it keeps saying (DISK BOOT FAILURE) I do not know what that means, If i put a disk in it says,(WRONG DISK, INSERT SYSTEM DISK), THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVEN'T GOT ONE. WHEN WE FIRST GOT WE DIDN'T NEED A SYSTEM DISK IT JUST BOOTED UP BY ITSELF, COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME OUT THANKS... Marc Rodvien in Alabama USA at 6:48:7 Sunday August 6 2000 I have a PCW8256 that seems to work, except the disk drive simply whirrs when i put in the startup disk and the screen stays solid green. Sid Frisby in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. at 18:18:43 Saturday August 5 2000 What an I doing wrong? I am trying to get a PC2086 to work for a friend. The hard drive (c) had been formated and I am trying to put doss v6 onto "c". When I put a doss disk into the floppy drive and type "setup" it tells me to "cont/alt/del" after doing this it reboots and will not read the doss disc and hangs with the message "incorrect system disc". There is a system disc for this machine and it will boot from the floppy drive and then I can get to the C:\ prompt. Many thanks, Sid Frisby. Barry Twigg in Harrow at 0:7:31 Saturday August 5 2000 Anybody want an Amstrad PC5086 unit, monitor, keyboard, mouse & Locoscript Professional 2 in complete working order for no cost except carriage? William Sneddon in UK, Glasgow at 14:9:12 Friday August 4 2000 I am the owner of a PCW9256. I have got a normal PC, but i like to play about with my amstrad. I recently discovered a port on the back of my PCW, which was conceiled behind a plastic screwed on case. Any ideas what this could be for? Please e-mail me an answer. Also, can you still get PCW9256 software(which runs on CP/M)? Anne Lees in Belfast at 13:9:42 Thursday August 3 2000 I have an Amstrad PCW9256 but cannot find my manual (haven't used it for over 7 years so am VERY rusty). Main problem is that when I put in a new disc I get an error message which says 'no disc in drive'. I have a sneaking suspicion that I have to load the info from start up disc onto all other discs to be used. Can anyone tell me if this is correct, and if so, how I do this? Or even better....any idea where I could get a manual?? (Have tried CPC and Edcom already - none available) . Thanks a lot bob at 1:21:55 Thursday August 3 2000 iv got a timex sinclair 1000 I would like to know the polarity for the ac adaptor so i can use it thx Chances86 Reg at 19:36:2 Wednesday August 2 2000 Ref earlier msge. Goofed on model. Is Amstrad PC5286 Reg Smith in Leeds, W Yorks at 23:15:49 Tuesday August 1 2000 Have recently resurrected my old Amstrad PC52086 steam engine from storage and given it to a more deserving cause. All OS, floppies, rubber bands, screen edges and gums joints in perfect condition but is only 1mb mem. Would like to upgrade to the maximum 4mb SIMMS if possible. Amstrad used to do upgrade kits - any idea where I might be able to get such a one? Have scanned the www for information but 'no answer' has been the stern reply. Original Book of words clearly states that types should be 256k x 8 or 1MB x 8 and both be 80ns SIMMS Steve E at 23:7:7 Tuesday August 1 2000 What is the function of each of the display setting DIP switches at the rear of a PC2086? isam at 11:47:15 Tuesday August 1 2000 where I can get softwear upgrade for eurostar 9700 and 9000 digital reciver Greg Norris at 11:33:12 Tuesday August 1 2000 How do I get into the bios of a PC3386SX? Need to detect a new hard drive. Need this help urgently - as usual. ):-)) Cheers - Greg Bill i in Australia at 16:28:32 Monday July 31 2000 can anyone tell me where on the net i can get a maunual for a FX6000AT fax machine or anywhere in Aust? Bill i in Australia at 16:25:48 Monday July 31 2000 can anyone tell me where on the net i can get a maunual for a FX6000AT fax machine or anywhere in Aust? Brian in UK (Nth Kent) at 15:11:50 Sunday July 30 2000 I would like to connect an external FDD to my Alt386 using the provided 36 pin connector. FDDs have only 34 pins- are pins 35 & 36 just bnot used on the Amstrad or is something more cunning involved. Also, what about drive selection settings? Regards Brian Steven in Shrewsbury, UK at 14:14:35 Saturday July 29 2000 I've got an old Alt-386sx portable, Can you please tell me what the dip switches on the back of the computer are? I know it's something to do with port settings but can't find any information about them anyway. GLAJA at 20:51:7 Thursday July 27 2000 I've got a FAX AMSTRAD FX6000AT, how can i delete the id.nr. this printed the fax paper :ID.-NR.: +XXXXXXXXXXX I think i must find a jumper and a Menu but Where??? vivian van-standen in spain at 18:49:50 Thursday July 27 2000 i8s there any way i can get info from old floppies that were used on an amstrad 8256 (3" discs) into my modern pc Brian Boisen in Bundaberg Queensland Australia at 12:21:2 Thursday July 27 2000 Am after site where I can download System disks for a Amstrad portable computer PPC 512 Andrea in New Zealand at 10:6:54 Thursday July 27 2000 Hi We used to have a trusty Amstrad but sold it when the kids began fidling with it. Waited till they were older to buy a newer pc. Anyway I have been searching on and off for a the game "Monty" I used to love playing on it. Has anyone any idea if it is still available and if so can it be played on a Newer Computer? Thanks and Cheers Andrea Robert Jerkic in Jarmina, Croatia at 9:31:18 Wednesday July 26 2000 Please write me something about AMSTRAD PC4386SX (v 2.3 (C),or send it to me manual istructions for this. Bye! Lance Wargo at 20:42:3 Monday July 24 2000 i'm going to be getting a computer and it's a Amstrad Portable PPC 640. i want to know if i could put a 2.1 gb hard drive into the system and add windows 3.1. is it worth getting because i need a laptop. p.s. is it possible to go on the internet with this? Barrie at 17:8:39 Sunday July 23 2000 setup software for the mega pc 386sx when you put mega cartridge in screen is all fuzzy. perfect in computer mode Steve at 16:39:48 Sunday July 23 2000 Hi! How do I get GEM to run in high-res mode on an Amstrad PC1640? When the program starts it automatically goes into low-res mono mode. I did it once, many years ago, but can't recall how to do it now! Thanks in advance..... Leigh Ridgway in Australia at 10:36:43 Sunday July 23 2000 I have an Amstrad ALT386SX Laptop, and was wondering if anyone knows the pin configuration for the LCD screen, and whether you can run VGA graphics card output straight to the it. John Dalkin in Shropshire at 23:53:34 Saturday July 22 2000 Is there a program available which will read/recover the content of Amstrad PCW 16 floppy discs when inserted in a standard PC? John Dalkin in Shropshire at 23:53:30 Saturday July 22 2000 Is there a program available which will read/recover the content of Amstrad PCW 16 floppy discs when inserted in a standard PC? Ben Camplin in Victoria, Australia. at 4:30:51 Saturday July 22 2000 Can someone out there please help me in regards to a PPC640D screen. I need to find out the pin assignments for the LCD. There is a 15 pin flat cable extending from the screen. The are a number of chipsets on the board, all of them are OKI with either a M5299B or M5298 ID's. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Ben Anon in Milano at 14:52:47 Thursday July 20 2000 Sorry for my bad English , but i have got a problem. I have: a) Win95 b) a Epson driver FX80, c) DMP3160 printer but it does not work! What'is the driver for dmp3160 on Win95, Could you help me? Thanks Marco Malcolm Hutchison in Scotland at 13:34:12 Thursday July 20 2000 Just rescued a PPC640 from skip. For the DC IN is it centre positive or centre negative ? Also how much current should the PSU be able to supply ? Malcolm Hutchison in Scotland at 13:34:3 Thursday July 20 2000 Just rescued a PPC640 from skip. For the DC IN is it centre positive or centre negative ? Also how much current should the PSU be able to supply ? warlock at 0:0:29 Thursday July 20 2000 I have a 80486x2 processer what can I upgrade to Michael Taplin at 21:2:11 Wednesday July 19 2000 I have a large 430+ page book on my old amstrad 464 3" disks. I have heard it was possible (By cable modification) to drive the amstrad 3" drive using it as a PC B Floppy. If so I could reformat my files to IBM format and port them across. Any information along these lines would be appreciated. Colin Tilling in Evesham, Worcs. at 20:50:0 Tuesday July 18 2000 I have an Amstrad PC1512DD computer and I am looking for an instruction manual. Can anyone help. david wilson in uk at 22:56:16 Monday July 17 2000 hi i have a amstrad ix 1000 index phone 1. can a software ic be fitted to make it uk words 2. if not what language is it so we can get it tranlated ie (hoofdtelefoon = ?) thanks Andree Stolze in Hamburg, Germany at 19:42:11 Monday July 17 2000 Does someone know if there is a possibility to switch off the fan of an ALT-386SX ??? Thanks vivian van-standen in spain at 9:44:21 Sunday July 16 2000 i have old floppy discs from an 8256 that i used on programme called Locoscript - is there any way i can transfer this info onto my modern marchine which uses the normal sized discs Tudor F. Culica in Dallas, TX at 23:28:46 Friday July 14 2000 hi, i was wondering if you have a system battery for an ANB-386SX20 Amstrad notebook (laptop). thanks, T.C. Roman in Czech republic at 20:58:42 Friday July 14 2000 Hi, I would like to ask you ,I have laptop Amstrad ALT 386SX and I have problem with 30 pin SIMM memory.If I want upgrade my memory up 4 MB classic 30 pin SIMM then it writes me "parity interrupt" but if I insert original Amstrad 30 pin SIMM(I have 4x 256 KB only) it´s all ok.I need orginal Amstrad 4MB 30 pin SIMM ?? Or I need 8 bit ,30 pin SIMM ??My second question is ,how much is video memory in my Amstrad ALT 386 SX ? And is possible upgrade this video memory?? Thanks Bob in N.Z. at 3:47:6 Friday July 14 2000 Could You please tell me where I can get some info about an Amstrad 128 e.g how old, what sort of drive, memory, etc Lev in Kiev, Ukraine at 20:29:17 Tuesday July 11 2000 I have AMSTRAD DMP-4000. It work fine. But there is one problem. The paper out signal is on just the sheet is go off the paper out sensor - so printer can not print last few lines on the sheet (about 15). If I switch off paper out sensor with the dip, printer is printing in any case (even there is no paper in it at all). Please, send me whether it is a problem with my printer or it is normal for DMP-4000. And if it is a problem with my printer write me how I can repair it. Thanks Phil Kesteven in Nottingham, UK at 16:46:18 Tuesday July 11 2000 One of my collegues at work has got an Amstrad 640 at home, which he wishes to wipe clean and start from scratch....but he doesn't know how to do so! I haven't got a clue when it comes to the 640. Can you help? I Rodriguez at 22:47:45 Monday July 10 2000 I was given an old Amstrad PCW8256. It doesn't work. I can't find a dealer that can work on it. I would like to sell it. Anyone interested? IR Darek at 19:7:16 Monday July 10 2000 I have a lot of software that I had written on cpc6128 in Amstrad Basic (I still continue to use them on emulator) is there any translator which could convert them and translate to any other language like visual basic (to run them at once under Windows95/98 ) (please answer to: azbest@.box43.gnet.pl) jenni at 19:20:17 Sunday July 9 2000 how to fix my printer cause every time i try to print something it says there was an error writing to lpt1? jenni Rudolf Amann at 17:43:29 Saturday July 8 2000 Does anybody know, how i can connect a standard PC keyboard to the Amstrad PC2386/65 ? gregory at 16:27:42 Saturday July 8 2000 I have a amstrad preamplifier P101 and power amplifier ST-1550 this machine was fire I look for a instruction Scott Giddins at 21:30:14 Friday July 7 2000 Can anybody tell me what was the print command to send to the printer? e.g. It was Lprint on the Amiga.... I you do please email me...yours a CPC fan. Alexander Kasal at 11:16:38 Friday July 7 2000 I have an Amstrad VIDEO recorder and nowhere in Europe have I been successful in finding a shop selling the corresponding batery. I remind you that it is a 10.5 V battery without which I cannot use the recorder! I am ready to pay through official bank links. Can you help me? Alexander Kasal, Zitomirska 48, 101 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic. Curtis Poirier at 1:42:49 Friday July 7 2000 Where can I get a manual for my Toshiba Satalite 205CD with Windows 95, Intel Inside? Graham Jones in Sherborne Dorset DT9 4Ha England at 16:13:59 Thursday July 6 2000 What are the Switch Display setting on the Amstrad Pc1640 any help would be appreciated Graham Jones miguel in Portugal at 19:58:6 Monday July 3 2000 Hello i have a PPC640 and when i turn it on he show:ErrorFaulty SYSTEM RAM. i open it and only miss the ic119. any ideias of what is the problem? Thank you bill povey in St Edmund's School Canterbury Kent, CT2 8HU at 15:53:3 Monday July 3 2000 I have the amstrad 464, the monitor has developed a fault which is no horizontal or vertical lock. The picture scrolls and slides and I can just see the first lines of the programme. I would like some hints as where to find the sync pulses and where they should be going, part of the circuit would help. Many thanks Bill. Kris at 3:8:4 Monday July 3 2000 I have a Pen Pad PDA600 but when I try to calibrate the pointer by clicking in the boxes the one at the bottom on the right works fine, but the one at the top left doesn't work, I have to click outside the box. Understandably this makes using it v. difficult. The weird thing is though, the whole touch screen works fine on the jotter pad screen. Help!! Jeremy Owen at 18:37:30 Sunday July 2 2000 I have managged to install a cyrix 486 overdrive in a alt386 laptop - so it can be done.But any ideas on a isa memoryboard? David Cooke at 15:56:43 Sunday July 2 2000 Hi I have an old alt-386sx that I am trying to install Win3.1 on. I get as far as disc2 and the point where I enter my name. On hitting return I get a Memory Parity Inturrupt and the dam thing freezes. I think I may have a problem with one of the Simms. Do you know where I can get 4 x 1meg 30 pin Simms (9 chip), so I can replace the ones fitted. Or do you have any other suggestions as to what the problem may be?. Please reply ASAP Thanks David Cooke Brandon Byrge in lafollette, TN at 16:52:26 Thursday June 29 2000 I lost my Word97 product id, and I need it again.SO can you give it to me? Wendler at 13:21:13 Tuesday June 27 2000 Ich suche eine einkaufsstelle für volgende Amstrad-Anlage : VCD3-1000 Mit freundlichen Grüßen D. Wendler Sam Orchard in Tasmania, AUSTRALIA at 4:50:43 Tuesday June 27 2000 PLEASE! I AM LOOKING FOR A CHEEP OLD COMPUTER LIKE A 286. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU CAN HELP! s_orchar@calvin.tas.edu.au I LIVE IN SOUTHERN TASMANIA! Sam Orchard in Australia at 4:47:2 Tuesday June 27 2000 I have an old AMSTRAD 286. Every time I start it up it crashes just after the "press ctrl alt s to enter setup" message dissapears. It just sits there and the loading light doesn't flash. I don't know what to do! Please e-mail me and I'll e-mail back! Phil at 15:46:39 Monday June 26 2000 Hi, Folks, I'm looking for a manual for the FX6000AT fax machine! Is there something ONLINE or for DOWNLOAD available? Thanx a lot! Phil Mark Amstrad in Tasmania at 8:34:36 Sunday June 25 2000 I'm giving away my faithful Amstrad to charity but before I do, I want to wipe out the hard drive's contents. How do I do this? I've done it before, very simple, you press certain keys then switch the machine on and voila!... but I forgot which keys and have lost the manual. Any ideas? Sorry if this is not a very technical question... Anon in TORRANCE CALIFORNIA at 5:8:58 Sunday June 25 2000 WHERE CAN I FIND A SYSTEM DISK FOR AN OLD WANG COMPUTER, DOES NOT HAVE A HARD DISK, THANKS TO ONE AND ALL IF YOU CAN HELP. Graham in Scotland at 18:5:59 Saturday June 24 2000 On a customers's amstrad fx7000 fax machine it will not send or receive faxes. It dials out and you hear the fax tone but always get a "no reply" on the display. Any suggestions? Sky at 1:10:2 Saturday June 24 2000 How can I crack a guy e-mail address password? Christian Voeux in France at 19:0:34 Friday June 23 2000 Somebody broke my screen connector on my AMSTRAD PC 2386. Please I would like to find how to commect wires and plug. Thank you Christian Voeux Esther Fisher at 18:28:37 Friday June 23 2000 How do you know if you have an IBM compatible computer. I have a (intel inside Pentium Pro and a DELL Optiplex GXpro) Darien Lambert at 22:3:43 Thursday June 22 2000 Can I use an AMSTRAD DMP 2160 printer with a PCW 8256 or does this have to use the original printer and can I still get a ribbon for this printer. Anon in turky at 19:24:57 Thursday June 22 2000 David at 23:55:35 Wednesday June 21 2000 What operating system runs on the DRx100 satelite receiver and what is the basic operation? JOHN MCNAMARA at 3:29:58 Wednesday June 21 2000 DO YOU OFFER SOFTWARE TO TURN MY PC INTO A TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE SO I CAN LEAVE MY PC HOOKED UP TO THE PHONE LINE 25/7? David Glaister in Slough at 22:45:10 Monday June 19 2000 I am trying to get an amstrad alt-386sx running. I have installed dos and windows 3.1. The machine will run, but as soon as a program of any size is launched the machine crashes. For instance, wordpad will run, but as soon as two carriage returns are entered the machine locks up. Also what are the correct dip switch settings, a page on this site gives switch 4 always on but I can only get the machine running with it off. I dont know if this has anything to do with a dos start-up line saying "MODE prepare code page function completed... Code page not prepared". Thanks for any advice, David. Trevor at 14:17:45 Monday June 19 2000 Would you by any chance have the technical specifications for a number of old Amstrad Impact printers? ie.: DMP 1512 DMP 2002 DMP 2160 DMP 3000 DMP 3160 DMP 3250 DMP 4000 PCW8512 PCW9512 PCWLQ3500 chris clark in UK at 13:57:39 Monday June 19 2000 I am looking for a copy of the Locolink 1.4 software for the PCW end. I have the cable and PC software but no PCW disk. Can anyone help JOHN ALLINGHAM at 11:35:21 Monday June 19 2000 I NEED A START OF THE DAY DISC FOR MY 9512 WHERE CAN I OBTAIN ONE ? Phil at 0:32:0 Monday June 19 2000 I read on one of your pages about a program called hdwipe, http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cliff.lawson/quest5.htm and i was wondering where i might find a copy of it, as all the places i've gone and done a search for it, i cant find it any where, please help thanks Phil Sarah at 17:13:0 Sunday June 18 2000 How does a battery cell work . What energy does it start with and what is this transfered to Ernie at 0:0:25 Sunday June 18 2000 Back again, I suppose this makes me really stupid, but you do not have to pass comment on that. I forgot to say that the discs I want converted are PROGRAMS and not just files Anon at 23:59:25 Saturday June 17 2000 what is culling Ernie at 23:0:18 Saturday June 17 2000 stupid back again. i forgot to say my PCW is an Amstrad 9512+ with 3" disks Ernie in Scotland at 22:57:49 Saturday June 17 2000 I have a couple of 'CRAZY DIAMOND' LITTERATUS AND ILLUMINATUM and if possible i would like to get the use of them on my pc. Any way of transfering? any emulators that will do the job? Aaron Caskey in Wellington NZ at 11:21:55 Saturday June 17 2000 I just got a an Amstrad cpc 6128, and I was wondering if there was a way to link it to a pc with a serial/parallel cable. Any links to sites that explain how to make the cable would be great so would software (windows/linux) or articles on how to write the software. Tim Buchalka at 4:12:40 Saturday June 17 2000 Years ago I developed a product for the CPC464 called the Disk Enhancer. It was written in machine code and allowed random access to files which at the time was not possible with the disk operating system supplied with disk drives. The program added a series of commands to the operating system via the | command, allowing basic programmers to access files via random access. I'd love to hear from anyone who has a copy of it as it never really sold much. Can anyone help? Cheers Tim jeff Perrott in Stockton,England. at 20:30:2 Thursday June 15 2000 Hi,trying to sort out a pc2386/65... Replaced batteries, Downloaded Setup.exe file, but i don't know what Hard Disk Type to set? please help,Thanks. John Hayward at 20:4:2 Thursday June 15 2000 Original Amstrad 3" start up disks for sale one for 8256/8512PCW, and one for 9512PCW £5 each inc postage to UK, will ship aboard for normal postal rate if required. Dave Maguire in Bolton at 18:31:36 Thursday June 15 2000 I've got a 386sx laptop, but the floppy drive has stopped reading although the power supply seems okay, (I think that the motor that makes the disk revolve is dead, for example when you switch on even if there's a disk in the drive it boots normally from the hard drive without a disc seek error or system disc message). I had a look, and it seemed to me to be a standard item, so I went out and bought another. The new one will simply not work! I noticed that the connections to the old floppy were upside down compared to the new one and by some mental process which now escapes me this lead me to think that the original problem could be due to a fault in the ribbon cable connector. So off I go and buy one of these. Now, weierdly (or possibly not...thats why I'm asking) neither floppy works with the new connector no matter what configuration I try (and just to prove to myself that there's no error in the cable I bought another one of them as well!). The only way to get the power to work to the old floppy is to use the old cable and since the damn thing doesn't read the disks this is not a whole lot of use. Obviously I have expended quite enough time money and energy on this, but if there's a quick (and cheap) fix I'd be grateful. It would be a pity not to be able to use the machine as apart from the time it takes to load I can run a version of MS Professional Office (no help files or other extras) perfectly adequately. Sorry to be quite so verbose, but if you can help etc. P.S. Do you run this site out of the goodness of your heart...or some other reason? drew in Long Island , NY at 23:43:21 Wednesday June 14 2000 Hi, I have an IBM 760L laptop, my question is how do I get into setup . thank you Drew SaintFK in France at 22:41:48 Wednesday June 14 2000 I have a PC1512 with a 5"1/4 and a hard disk. Booting, I have an error 1701. Is like my hard disk does'nt works. When I use FDISK command, Message "No fixed disks present". Is that my hard disk is "KO" ? What does mean "1701" ? Please. Thanks. J-Philippe in France at 17:41:40 Tuesday June 13 2000 How can I copy files downloaded from a ftp site to a tape for my old CPC464( what hardware & what software) ? Thanks for your answer. Mrs A Madine in Scotland at 10:18:18 Tuesday June 13 2000 I have several 'old and used' Amstrad discs which I no longer use. What can I do with them? Mrs A Madine at 10:16:40 Tuesday June 13 2000 Jonathan Shook in Dallas, TX, USA at 6:13:44 Tuesday June 13 2000 I'd like to know this too: Specifically, the LCD pinouts and protocol. Any help would be immensely appreciated: HD61104 and HD61105 datasheets. And superwist LCD circuit and protocol (AMSTRAD PPC512) Andy Yiannis at 2:40:43 Tuesday June 13 2000 How do I take off the parental lock on my sony dish? Stephen Crockett at 0:5:22 Tuesday June 13 2000 could you please tell me where I might find the operating system disk CDrom or Floppies for an Amstrad PC9555i? We are using a second hand machine and have been unable thus far to obtain the software and we are requiring to clear the hard drive. many thanks Stepehn Crockett Jack Tucker in U.S.A. at 23:33:11 Monday June 12 2000 I have a PPC-640 and I want to know were I can get or download the Ability softwear that originally came with it? It used to be my grandfathers but I now have it and can't find that softwear. david suarez in SPAIN at 18:24:21 Monday June 12 2000 I had a CPC-6128 and I have a gunstick for the CPC. I would like to know if it is possible to connect the gun to my PC and if there's any driver for it. Thanks lots I.POWELL at 19:22:15 Sunday June 11 2000 CAN YOU PROVIDE SPECIFICATIONS OR ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER ON A LAPTOP I HAVE NAMED - AMSTRAD ANB-386SX20. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly dasrah at 17:31:37 Sunday June 11 2000 i have a amstrad alt 286,how can i remove the old operating system and can i install windows 3.1?im not sure what to do it says operating system is missing so how do i install a new one???help!!!!! Amstrad answers: Well to remove an MS-DOS operating system you just need to unhide (use ATTRIB) the msdos.sys and io.sys files in the root of a drive and then rename/delete them. However you do need some sort of OS so I'd guess that what you really want to do is just upgrade the existing OS. If you have a set of MS-DOS v5 or V6 install disks just boot from them and follow instructions to install the later version. Once you have MS-DOS then insert the first disk from the Windows 3.1 set and use SETUP to start the install process. James McCrone at 16:11:29 Sunday June 11 2000 I've just got hold of an Amstrad CPC464. I would like to get a suitable mains adaptor, can anyone help me? Amstrad answers: A mains adaptor? But the 464 was usually powered from the power supply within its monitor so there was no separate power supply. The only exception to this was if you were trying to use an MP1 which was a combined power supply and modulator to produce TV output but its quite tricky to get hold of one of those these days. Probably best to post your request to the comp.sys.amstrad.8bit Usenet newsgroup. leslie welch in Cornwall , England at 15:23:46 Saturday June 10 2000 I have an Acorn Guide to the Electron Penguin Books free to anybody who wants it. it just costs a stamped addressed envelope size 8" * 10" Amstrad answers: Generous offer! ian lamb in glos uk at 13:6:38 Saturday June 10 2000 Do you know the pin outs for the 25 pin serial ports amstrad pc1640hd20 Amstrad answers: It's a totally "bog standard" RS232 D-25, you are bound to fins the wiring on www.pin-outs.com if you don't already know it. Naoufel at 11:57:48 Saturday June 10 2000 I have an amstrad (portable) ANB386 SX40 and Iam looking for its disk DOS. so can you send me the dos by email thanks Amstrad answers: Just use any floppy with any version of MS-DOS, PC-DOS or DR-DOS which should work fine to get that notebook started. Paul Barbee in Alexandria, Louisiana at 20:38:39 Friday June 9 2000 I had an Amstrad 6400. I would like to know if there are any paint programs which can deal with the GEM paint format. Amstrad answers: Sure, I think things such as Paint Shop Pro, Corel PhotoPaint and just about any modern graphics program worth its salt will be able to load .IMG files as for a long time before .JPG, .GIF and .PCX they were almost the "standard". carlos consuegra in La Rioja - Spain at 9:42:40 Thursday June 8 2000 I have an amstrad 2086, a few days ago it stopped recognising the hard disk. The batteries were dead and I have changed them. The clock is running again but the boot stops and apparently is not recognising the hard disk. Can you tell me how can I fix this situation? Amstrad answers: Detection of the hard drive on that machine is not in any way related to the battery backed RAM so I guess that its "disappearance" is purely coincidental with the batteries running down and the problem is more likely something fundamental like loose cables, dodgy/dirty connectors or simply a hard drive that has reached its sell by date! John Hayward at 11:16:25 Wednesday June 7 2000 You know there are sites that have turned old Apple Macs into fish tanks?? Has anyone done it to an Amstrad 8256PCW?? These horrible old clunkers would be ideal for this, with a 12" tube and guts removed, there should be plenty of space for fishies to swim about. :o) Amstrad answers: Err there's an awful lot of ventilation holes in the cabinet that will probably put paid to this otherwise brillaint master plan. James Cridland in Yorkshire, UK at 12:2:9 Tuesday June 6 2000 I do hope that I'm not jumping the gun here, but I can't find "I've an old Amstrad to sell" anywhere on this site. Anyway, I have - a portable PPC640 - and it's at http://s1.amazon.co.uk/exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y03X3577816X3897686/026-8992116-9062860 if you fancied having a look. (Copy and paste the URL in). Amstrad answers: Never thought of having a for sale/wanted as the majority of people aren't interested in buying any of these old dinosaurs but if I got enough interest I might consider it. jerry in ypsilanti mi at 7:6:47 Tuesday June 6 2000 I use a compaq 1850dmt laptop with w95 and recently got word97. when ever I use the spell/grammar check feature my system locks up. the friend that gave me the original word97 cd said that another friend who tried to use the word97 with w98 also has problems. is there something unique to compaq & word97 or what? is there a bug fix? what can I do? thanks Amstrad answers: And the relevance of this to Amstrad is? I'd suggest you contact Microsoft (the knowledge base on their web site is VERY good) as the problem you are experiencing relates to their software. phil cheshire in Rotherham, England at 21:41:31 Sunday June 4 2000 What is the most upto date version of microsoft works/word/office that will work on my Amstrad PC 5086, it is currently running works V2.00A Amstrad answers: I don't think you'll do much better than that Works that you've got already. Because the 5086 is just a 640K machine (8MHz 8086 processor) you cannot run Windows, only DOS software and while there were DOS versions of "Word" that predate Windows even those need a lot of resources that the 5086 is unlikely to be able to deliver. Have you ever considered upgrading, you can get an 80486 or even an early 80586 for only a fistful of dollars. Hef Gargit in Wollongong, Australia at 9:8:6 Sunday June 4 2000 Hi, I got an old ppc640 off my uncle today. I didnt get the original power cable, but i had an ac power adapter that fit (and yes it is set to 12 volts). Anyqway, when i turn it on it makes a continual beeping nooise out of the speaker and pretty much nothing else. The screen has no writing on it, but the power LED and onother LED marked "CRT" light up. The "dip sw" (which im assuming mean Dip Switches) are all on except for the second one (i tryed different combinations of these but to no avail). Can you tell me what is wrong and if/how i can fix it? It also has two disk drives on the side, and i cant tell which one is A or B. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly David Gee at 7:12:19 Wednesday May 31 2000 I am using Locoscript Professional on a PC. However, whenever I boot up, I have lost the contents of the Userspel Dictionary. I have restored from my tape back-up, but the same happens again. The Userspel Dictionary is shown in the directory, but no contents! Can anyone please help? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly John Hayward in Portsmouth UK at 15:46:17 Tuesday May 30 2000 Amstrad 2386 owners manual as new £5 + post Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly MrVCD in USA at 21:3:12 Monday May 29 2000 I have alot of 3" disks that I need to transfer to my PC. But I also want to transfer content from my PC to my 3" disks. What hardware/software do I need to do this? I don't want to go through those expensive services since I have lots to transfer. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Thomas wilson in Richmond Kentucky at 17:4:21 Monday May 29 2000 How do I delete my whole n64 memory card? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Jesús Sánchez Orozco at 8:45:6 Monday May 29 2000 Debido a un virus informático, la mayoría de los archivos ejecutables del disco del sistema operativo MS-DOS 3.3 de mi PC2086 se han estropeado ,sin posibilidad de reparación. De modo que me gustaría saber cómo poder encontrar el MS-DOS 3.3. También dispongo de una unidad externa de 5 1/4" de mi 486, que estoy intentando instalar en mi Amstrad PC2086, pero por lo visto hace falta un disco que Amstrad suministraba con sus unidades de 5 1/4" externa y el cual yo no dispongo. ¿Cómo podría conseguirlo? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Alexander at 20:1:56 Sunday May 28 2000 Hi, can anyone help me with my CPC464. It is not working and displays only a white Screen with a darker frame, no start message. Typing letters is not possible. I already testet the Videochip, RAM, CPU, the two 40-pin Chips in another working CPC and they´re allright. I reblew an new 32K Eprom. And I have still the same error. Does anyone know what´s wrong? I´m really helpless at the moment. Thank you for answers. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Ralph Baron in pakistan at 17:58:8 Sunday May 28 2000 Could you please tell me what the CMOS setup should be for the Sony SRD3080C-50 hard drive in the ALT 386, I dont have any manuals. Thanks Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Robert Daly in London England at 21:19:26 Friday May 26 2000 I've just been given an Amstrad PC3086 base Unit but without a keyboard. An idea where I might get a replacement keyboard? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Judy in Birmingham, UK at 19:9:22 Friday May 26 2000 Where can I get a CP/M master disc for a Amstrad Pcw10 dm on 3.5 inch disk . Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anon at 14:44:24 Monday May 22 2000 Hi i'm Robert How do i convert a Satilite reciver to demac Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly E.T.Evans in Fleet. at 14:14:9 Saturday May 20 2000 HI, your digiboxes are now going out of gurantee, service information and spares are available from who? any information you can give me would be appreciated, I have all the information from Pace but not from you ?. yours e.evans. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Darrell Colwill at 17:48:10 Friday May 19 2000 I have an amstrad 2086, I have not used this pc for a few years. When I switched it on all the memory was gone I tried to load the soft ware I had with the pc on but the pc did not reconize the c drive, can you tell myself where I can get a driver for the hard drive. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Holly Smith at 10:47:11 Friday May 19 2000 What types of computers are there? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly kipper at 21:8:36 Wednesday May 17 2000 Anyone have a copy of the boot disc for a PC200. Kipper Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Abe Eburajolo in London at 7:35:32 Wednesday May 17 2000 Please show me how to change the mode on your Sky Satelite Digital Receiver so as to be able to receive non-sky channels transmited by ASTRA Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly H Culpeck at 12:51:10 Tuesday May 16 2000 Q: Does Amstrads Datatalk for the Amstrad 1512 still exist and can we purchase a updated version ? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Nigel Walker in bristol at 12:11:18 Tuesday May 16 2000 where can I buy a betacom city 300 phone in the Bristol area? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Ged Valentine in Preston. Lancs at 21:16:35 Monday May 15 2000 I have a PC4386sx with a faulty power supply unit. Could you tell me the pin outs and voltages then I can maybe adapt another PSU. Thanks Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly BoD in Shropshire UK at 20:15:58 Monday May 15 2000 AMSTRAD MEGA PC 386 What type of monitor can be used with this machine? VGA and SVGA work OK on PC side, What about the MEGADRIVE, does it require an interlaced display? If so are the old IBM PS2 monitors suitable/compatible - or what? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly sundeep in sydney at 4:49:23 Wednesday May 10 2000 how computer can boot up from boot up diskette? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Elijah Plunkett in S.B.H.S, New Zealand. at 2:2:57 Tuesday May 9 2000 Can I upgrade my PC1640 Amstrad computer? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anon in NS at 17:32:32 Monday May 8 2000 I have at home an old Amstrad 1 512K DD with the 8086 processor. I want to get access to the BIOS but I can't figure out how to do this. I was told that it was possible and that it isn't. Is there any software or tips you can give me that will allow me to access my BIOS? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly John Hayward in Portsmouth UK at 18:14:3 Friday May 5 2000 oops!! the dead amstrad printer is mine, email above address if you need any parts. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Richard Marshall at 16:28:25 Thursday May 4 2000 Using software, I accidently reset the CMOS chip of an Amstrad ALT 286 laptop. I don't know the original settings and it wont boot up, as the settings are incorrect. I cant find the BIOS settings anywhere on the net. What can I do? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anon in Portsmouth UK at 20:20:45 Wednesday May 3 2000 Breaking Amstrad DMP2000 (or is a 3000?) for parts I cannibalized two of them (one duff psu, one duff head) and got a working one. I have all the mechincal parts, case, platen knob, and motherboard if anyone needs them very cheap. Be quick because I'm going to take it to the dump next week. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Robert in Australia at 3:20:11 Wednesday May 3 2000 My computer is a PC3286, and my mouse has been recked. Is there any other brand of computer mice that I can use? You see, I live in Australia and I cannot seem to find any store that will stock an Amstrad mouse. Thank you Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Bob Rayner in Penrith Australia at 12:3:34 Monday May 1 2000 Does anyone out there know if it is possible to connect a HDD to a CPC6128?. I have tried using an old XT (8 bit) romless SCSI card wired to the expansion port driving a 40 meg SCSI drive and placing the parameters in the disk parameter block (I am using RODOS and the manual states that certain drive letters are reserved for a HDD) but have so far had no success. Has someone out there succeded fitting a HDD, if so I would like to hear from you. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly JIM in Co Durham England at 21:25:30 Sunday April 30 2000 Has anyone got a copy of the drive disc for Amstrad Integravision. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly JIM in Co DURHAM ENGLAND at 21:10:10 Sunday April 30 2000 I have an Amstrad Integra with P75cpu and would like to know what size harddrive I can insert.Also will an Evergreen 333mhz cpu work ok. I won,t be gaming it, just surfing the net. and would it be ok to replace the cd rom with a RW unit Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Gerritjan in Netherlands, Amsterdam at 10:0:11 Friday April 28 2000 Hello, my brother has a 9486DX2-66 Amstrad. He wants to install a lot of software from CD, only he doens't have a CDROM player. Because I often installed CDROM players in computers I said I would do it for him. Only: it doens't work. When I make the CDROM slave and leave the HD as it is, the computer doesn't recognize anything; when I make the CDROM master and plug the HD out, it still doesn't work; when I plugged the HD in again as master, and left the CD ROM out, the computer worked again. I also tried another IDE cable, so that also should'nt be the problem. Can anyone help me. It as a Lite-on 40x speed CDROM, I bought it new. Thanks a lot! Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Paul in Australia at 4:31:18 Monday April 24 2000 Having trouble with a PC4386SX When I turn it on it comes up with hard disk drive not ready. Enter setup or any key to continue. I do setup save settings and put sys disk 1 in drive A. Comes up with preparing hard drive then goes to A:> prompt. Nothing happens so I type in install it then comes up with put sys disk 2 in. When I do this and hit enter it comes up with insert disk with batch file press any key to continue. I can't find the batch file and the computer wont recognise the c drive. Help. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly wang in china at 5:9:27 Sunday April 23 2000 I needMVP131a driver sunspots@china.com Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Alex Prentl in England at 20:38:9 Thursday April 20 2000 I have got an Amstrad FX9600 AT fax machine which has died. When the power is switched on a loud quite high pitch whining noise can be heard from the speaker and it does nothing. Has anyone experienced this problem before and know how to fix it? Otherwise are there any good sites which might have repair tips and manuals for this machine? Thanks in advance. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly George Borgin in Malta at 10:31:18 Thursday April 20 2000 I am trying to get hold of the Circuit Diagram for the Amstrad Integra PC - can you help please? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly JIM COOPER at 2:15:37 Thursday April 20 2000 I am trying to find 51/4 inch computer disc thank you for your help. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly amada maimed at 19:12:52 Tuesday April 18 2000 can u pls send me the complete drivers of yamaha ymf719e-s sound card drivers? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly amjad mahmood at 19:2:17 Tuesday April 18 2000 1. how to break the password of bios setup without flusshing jumper? 2.how to change the name on startup button in win95? 3.how to break password of any products id ? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Jason L Musgrove in England at 12:59:58 Tuesday April 18 2000 I know it's possible to read a CPC cassette into a PC using a cassette deck and a sound card but is it possible to write a CPC cassette using tape files found on the internet? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Steve Scott at 2:1:40 Tuesday April 18 2000 Any idea where to get a 387 math copro for an ALT386/SX16 and would it make a noticeable difference ? Also would this m/c take a 1.44mb floppy instead of the 720k ? Thanks. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Steve Scott in Birmingham at 1:57:35 Tuesday April 18 2000 Did you ever find out whether this worked ? From Jonathan Blankley in Midlands, UK at 10:52:15 Tuesday October 21 97 I have an Amstrad ALT-386-SX portable with 4MB of RAM in it. I realise that the RAM slots are hardwired not to accept any more than 4MB of SIMMS, but, by using a Kingston or similar ISA memory board in the expansion socket, would that increase the RAM, or will the BIOS prevent this? Amstrad answers: Well the actual limitation is that the C&T gate array doesn't map higher address lines to the SIMM sockets so I'll stick my neck out and say that I'm 90% certain that you probably can get past 4MB in the ISA bus but I'd get the memory board on sale or return just in case I'm wrong! It's not a BIOS limitation (I don't think) and I have a feeling the BIOS would "see" memory above 4MB. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anton at 15:54:9 Monday April 17 2000 I've recently aquired a PC9486 with no hard drive. I've attempted to install various hard drives I have lying around, but none of them seem to work in the PC. The auto detect utility doesn't find any of them, and if I enter the parameters manually still nothing happens. The machine boots ok from floppy. Any suggestions? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Wim Veenker at 14:48:51 Monday April 17 2000 I have a PC9486i and will it upgrade till 32mb memory. What for memory do I need and what for troubles can I expect? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Franky in Austria at 19:17:26 Saturday April 15 2000 15 years ago I have bought a game with the name "SORCERY". Some details: for Amstrad CPC 464; VGD 9001; joystick controll;(P) and (C) 1985 VIRGIN GAMES LTD'S. Can you help me? I'm searching for a PC version (DOS or WINDOWS). Thanks! Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly sibabrata panda in Bradford, UK at 10:15:7 Friday April 14 2000 Is it possible for me to get the user's manual for the vcr-4700? If so, where from? Thanks. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly emma at 18:48:11 Thursday April 13 2000 where can i get more info on the new amstrad fax/personal organiser Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Nicky in N Ireland, UK at 23:4:51 Tuesday April 11 2000 Hi, Where can I find info about the Amstrad ANB386Sx40 laptop, manual, upgrades, accessories, people who sell stuff to it. Thanks Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anon at 17:33:38 Monday April 10 2000 where can i buy the latest e-mail machine Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly ilir halili in KOSOVA prshtina at 12:0:1 Monday April 10 2000 Help for schneider PC 7640 setup and i thing that a need to download it?? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly George in USA at 15:47:53 Sunday April 9 2000 I purchased a Toshiba Satellite 2065CDS at an estate sale durning a business trip and it is password protected at the start-up mode. Can anyone help me in removing this BIOS password using some software that I can purchase. I don't have a problem connecting it to another computer if that is what I need to do. I only have one Toshiba dealer in town and he has been of no help. Thank you George Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Clive. in UK Birmingham at 2:54:32 Saturday April 8 2000 Just to say a big THANK YOU to AMSTRAD for allowing use of copyrighted roms to be used in emulators. Reading this board its also nice to see these machines still chugging, sadly I threw my 48k speccy and sold my CPC464. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Y. Yacoubian in London at 17:38:42 Friday April 7 2000 I have an Amstrad Fax machine FX6000AT. It works as Handsfree Phone/Fax/Answering machine/Copier, all its functions work properly except the fax recieving, it doesn't ring at all. In another way, if you try to call it to send throught it a fax, the machine doesn't ring at all or recieve anything, although it sends very well. I've tried to adjust all the ringing buttons, and obviously the telephone line itself, but still no luck. Can i find any help ?!!! Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Brian Mac Aree in Ireland at 10:48:7 Friday April 7 2000 Win 3.1 doesn't see my floppy drive. In DOS the floppy is perfectly accessible but when I use File Manager or try to save/load from any application the A:\ drive doesn't appear in the drive pull down window. Just the c:\ drive. How can I fix it? Thanking you in advance, Brian Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly ivan in Los Angeles, California at 20:6:14 Thursday April 6 2000 need trouble shooting for a Pentium I Satalite Pro 445 series with 133MHz Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly alex at 9:51:4 Wednesday April 5 2000 why is the study of motivation important to the manager? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Chris Millard in London (ish) at 18:12:53 Saturday April 1 2000 Is it possible to get a set of instructions, in English, for the Index Phone ix1000? If so, where from? Thanks Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Martin Lester in Ferndown, Dorset at 14:12:34 Saturday April 1 2000 can anyone tell me whether i can fit a normal 1.44 mb floppy drive to an ALT-386sx as there is a 720kb in it which will not read a lot of my program disks Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly John Hayward at 10:44:38 Saturday April 1 2000 Have CP/M and Locoscript 3" original disks for Amstrad 8256/8512 PCW. £6 for both plus postage Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly John Hayward at 10:36:14 Saturday April 1 2000 Amstrad 1512s are definitely not collectable they made at least 3 million of them. They are to computers what Yugo are to cars. :o) Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anon in anne in coventry uk at 20:34:13 Wednesday March 29 2000 i have got an old amstrad pc 1512 someone told me they were worth something to classic collectors is this true and how much would they be worth Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly MM in Surrey at 18:44:27 Wednesday March 29 2000 Hello, I have an Amstrad PPC 640 (this one, http://www.meighan.com/computers/ppc640.html ) And I'm wondering if anyone knows how I could install linux on it? Any version? How 'bout some other kind of unix os? It's just for fun.. for something to do =) Would really appriciate a reply! Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Stuart in Cambridge, UK at 15:14:11 Wednesday March 29 2000 I am currently working in a building (Sovereign House, Vision Park, Cambridge, UK) which I have been told was once Amstrad headquarters. Can anyone confirm this? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Peter in Germany at 19:3:47 Tuesday March 28 2000 I´m searching for Eden Organiser for Amstrad PDA 600, too. I've found a connecting cable at ebay, but where to get the old software? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Alex in Surrey, UK at 15:39:38 Tuesday March 28 2000 NC200 SPREADSHEET: Anyone know of a source for a DOS/Windows compatible version of the spreadsheet application as used in the Amstrad NC200 Notebook? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Tricia Daniels in Los Angeles, California 90069--USA at 5:40:18 Tuesday March 28 2000 I have data on 3" Amstrad Disks which I would like to have converted to Microsoft Word for my PC. How do I convert these files ? Is there someone who specializes in file transfers that I can pay to convert my Amstrad Disks to Word ? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Rudy de Vries in The Netherlands at 13:20:4 Monday March 27 2000 My brother-in-law owns an Amstrad 3386. When the computer starts up it reports the following: - 640 kb base memory - 384 kb extended memory - 3072 kb on-board LIM EMS memory Is it possible with this to run Windows 3.11 ? If the answer is 'yes', what must be done? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Citizen Kane in Australia at 3:51:32 Monday March 27 2000 Does anyone know how to (if possible) get into the BIOS of an Amstrad PC1640 HD30 ?? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Albert Bentveld in The Netherlands at 0:44:31 Monday March 27 2000 ...addition...simm-problem (60ns/70ns). Could it be the manufacturer or the fact that the two 1MB 70ns SIMM are tinn -plated and the two 4MB 60ns SIMM are gold-plated? I was still wandering and waiting for an answer, it's a shame that some people get rid of the manual and original support disks. But anyhow I like your site, it's a good thing that some die hards still have some time for the oldies. I'm a real MS-DOS freak, I can read and write with MS-DOS and it works great on XT or AT pc's (if they work), but it sucks on those darn fast Pentiums which fucks up those nice old and pretty good DOS programs/games. GRTX. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Markyboy in Norwich England at 9:22:10 Sunday March 26 2000 I have a Amsrad cpc464 with loads of tapes on a CD.Could anyone explain how I could download them on to the aforementioned machine please. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Albert Bentveld in The Netherlands at 19:12:14 Saturday March 25 2000 I recently got a Amstrad PC368SX(80) from a friend. I tried to add some simm (30 pin) but all I got was some memmory and parity errors. I think it's about the speed of the simm's I added. I removed two 1MB 70ns and replaced them by two 4MB 60ns! Now i'm back to basic with 2x1MB 70ns. Can I only use 70ns?? By the way, to enter the BIOS on a PC7386SX press Ctrl-Alt-S at the DOS-prompt (it's the correct answer to a question somewere in on this site). Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Lucas in Germany at 5:58:36 Saturday March 25 2000 Hi, I need a manual for the ANB 386SX-20. Can you tell me where I can get one (printed or as pc file) Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Kam Jethwa at 19:48:11 Thursday March 23 2000 Need to now about amstrad fax fx7000,i have one but lost the instustion,book to it please help. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly John Malcolm in Greece at 16:49:27 Thursday March 23 2000 I have just acquired an Amstrad fax machine, FX7000. It appears to work but I really need an instruction manual. I'm in Greece so this is difficult! Can anybody help me please? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly John Hayward at 21:1:19 Wednesday March 22 2000 Cliff, were the Sinclair PC-200 files ok?? Are you going to post them on the site soon? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Ken Mason in Elgin Academy at 10:0:13 Wednesday March 22 2000 I need an Instruction Manual for an Amstrad Studio 100, no joy through CPC Spares. Can anyone help? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Liam in London, UK at 0:54:9 Saturday March 18 2000 I've aquired a brand new Index Phone ix 1000 which I'm sure is great, but, it's the German model (don't ask!). Can I get it to work in the UK and if I can is there an English version of the manual? Ich nichte sprachen Deutche, all help will be gratefully received... Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Silex de León in León, Capital del Reino Leonés at 23:17:46 Friday March 17 2000 Hi, and PAX DOMINI, Cliff. So, I have a second hand PPC 640 and I would like to know what I could make with it. ¿Is it expandable? Memory... processor, peripherals... Thanks Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Frederic Charre in Scotland at 14:10:1 Thursday March 16 2000 Hi, i have an amstard pc6486sx with a 105mb hard disk drive. DOS is installed on the hard drive, but I decided to install windows 95. As the drive is too small (for windows and other applications), I want to install a second hard drive. i installed the 2nd hard drive as 'slave', I declared it in the BIOS with all the parameters necessary( hard drive was declared as D:). I rebooted, at a DOS prompt, I typed D:, and I got the message 'invalid disk drive'. I did a fdisk, and to my surprise, the drive D: was listed, along with C; which is the pre installed disk drive. I tried to change the jumper settings, but as I expected, the problem is the same. I don't understand why I get this message. And if i listen to the second Hard disk, i can hear it 'working'. It's just not seen by the PC. Have you any suggestions as I'm really stuck. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anon at 14:0:5 Thursday March 16 2000 where can I get information on a pcw10 Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anon at 5:27:1 Thursday March 16 2000 keyboard replacement Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly steve at 1:40:39 Thursday March 16 2000 printer does not print and the flashing light comes on Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anthony Segraves in Chestnut Hill, Massachusettes, U.S.A. at 0:8:24 Thursday March 16 2000 Is there a file/utility that will make my Amstrad 2086 Y2K compliant? The date doesn't come up correctly & the battery that runs the clock is new. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Steve Pilfold in Brighton, East Sussex at 12:35:34 Wednesday March 15 2000 Does anyone have a schematic scanned in of th circuit for an SRX-200 sat box? I am converting one for DC use, and I want to know certain voltages/component connections. Thanks Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Moray Goodwin in UK at 18:56:38 Tuesday March 14 2000 Do you know the settings for getting an Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller recognised by an Amstrad PC5555i. (PCI bus settings ?). I can't get the BOIS to recognise the existance of the card. Ta. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Dean Vincent in United Kingdom (London) at 16:34:32 Sunday March 12 2000 I have me a ALT-286, all I want to do is use it for a basic word processor. I have install 4 1mb simms (9 chip 80 ns) but the bios only counts base memory 640k / ok extended. Dos only see base memory. Note the same happed with the amstrad 256 simms that were orginally installed. Note I am a compaq certified engineer so I thought I would ask some who knows a little more than me about this minor iritaion. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Anon at 10:59:8 Saturday March 11 2000 Ok this is totally off topic. But does anyone remember Apricot computers, another British maker of computers? What happened to them? Mitsubishi computers no longer exist and I was wondering is there any info on the older models?? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Alban POJANI in Tirana, Albania at 15:47:57 Friday March 10 2000 Hi. I need help regarding the installation printer driver for Windows 98. The printer which I have is NEC PINWRITER P2X. If any person can tell me how to do or where can I found them, please email me. Thank you. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Jane in Leeds at 17:15:38 Thursday March 9 2000 have a mega pc which the kids were given and cant use, in setup there is no hard drive listed no label on back either to tell me what type it should be. Any ideas please or mail me as much info as poss. Plain English prefered since i am completely incompetant on these things Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Mark in Newcastle, Australia at 14:11:7 Tuesday March 7 2000 Neighbour of mine is having problems with an Amstrad PC-20 (Sinclair PC-200). When it starts up it starts beeping and there is an error message "Check keyboard". Can anyone tell me anything about this computer? I am unfamiliar with older computers and don't know what to do. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly andy barnes in kent england at 21:36:4 Monday March 6 2000 would it be possible to download any old (very) cpc464 games to my p.c the game i am looking for is bombjack or any old space invaders game ? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Wayne winter in Wagga Wagga; Australia (61) at 13:2:13 Monday March 6 2000 I have an old Amstrad printer Called Amstrad LQ3500di 24 pin. And Can take a Colour ribbon. at eh moment.. I'm running B&W at the moment. Oh.. Also accepts continous paper.. E_Mail Me:- wkw777@ozemail.com.au I Can't find the Oringal Driver... Can you HELP.. Sent me to the Thankyou for your Trouble in seek this for me.. God Bless and take care..!!! Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly gilbert at 1:16:23 Saturday March 4 2000 is there such a program that acts like a ansewring machine while being in the internet Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly latonya lee at 16:52:23 Thursday March 2 2000 can not get printer to print Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly greg macdonald in australia at 4:25:19 Thursday March 2 2000 i would like to contact Elvis Presley. can you help me? relevancy? - well, why break with tradition! Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Dmitry A. Vostrikov at 18:58:23 Tuesday February 29 2000 Hi. I'm from Russia. I have a printer AMSTRAD DMP 4000. Printer have a very slowly speed in "grafic mode". How can I increase speed of this printer? May be to add the chip(memory)? (But Where? & How?) Or I need a new driver(for Windows 95)? Or I need to setup DIP SWITCHES? Teel me a answer plz. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Phil in Scotland at 22:42:18 Sunday February 27 2000 reply re: alt386sx Having reformatted hard disk and reloaded MSDOS, the computer failed to reboot from hard disk. booted OK from floppy drive and showed up ok under FDISK. re-partitioned drive using FDISK, re formatted, and re installed MSDOS - still not booting from hard disk. Scratched head lots, eventually tried using the FDISK /MBR trick, boots every time now! Hope this helps someone else. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Peter Jackson in Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire at 15:45:59 Sunday February 27 2000 I am trying to repair a PCW16. It is dead, I have checked fuses all ok. There is no apparent burn out in the switched mode PSU. It appears to be switched on useing some logic? I have been employed in electronics all my life but things have changed since I retired. I would appriciate any help. P Jackson Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Hakn in Germany at 16:12:41 Wednesday February 23 2000 Hi, I need Info for Mega PC. Please send me WebLink for Mega PC.(sorry for my bad english) Thanks Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Sergey Stolyarov in St.Petersburg RUSSIA at 14:35:59 Wednesday February 23 2000 Hi! Pls help me! My notebook computer Toshiba Satellite T1910 do not "see" PCMPCI port with KingMax modem K.56 I think that is the problem with BIOS of computer. Pls send me a install programm for this driver and guide or help instruction. Thanks in advance! Sergey Stolyarov, St.Petersburg RUSSIA Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Christopher Potter in East Sussex at 15:28:14 Tuesday February 22 2000 I have an Amstrad SRX 200 Satellite Receiver which works extremely well. I want to connect a decoder to it via the 15-pin D type connector at the rear of the receiver. However, I have no information about what signals are to be found at this connector nor the pins at which they occur. Can you help me please? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Alex Kaszala at 23:1:27 Sunday February 20 2000 Find: HD61104 and HD61105 datasheets. And superwist LCD circuit and protocol (AMSTRAD PPC512) Udv. Alex ------ kaszala@mail.datanet.hu Address: Alex Kaszala 6090 Kunszentmiklos Tavasz ut 7. HUNGARY Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Andy A in Surrey at 16:14:43 Saturday February 19 2000 Amstrad Integra memoeyr upgrade - Will it accept 60n/s as well as 70n/s 72pin Simms? Does it accept EDO Simms? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly John Hayward at 14:0:35 Saturday February 19 2000 I've got some used 3" drive with new belts if anyone needs any of there 8256/8512 or 9512PCW. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly David in Edinburgh at 12:52:42 Friday February 18 2000 I must once again ask a silly question... Does anyone know where I can actually find a <720k bootable dos image? All the new DRDOS and MSDOS stuff on the web is huge, I just want to be able to get in and run fips. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly Jane in Cambridge at 12:11:17 Friday February 18 2000 I have seen an Amstrad FX6000AT fax/answerphone in a leaving sale for £10. Can anybody tell me about this model? Is it OK -- or a really cluncky old thing with shiny fax paper, etc? Though actually I am interested in it primarily as an answerphone. Thanks, Jane. Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly leslie welch in cornwall at 19:22:29 Thursday February 17 2000 to peter in croydon your integra amstrad. if you have no success i would be interested in a possible purchase of your integra. 17.2.2000. from leslie welch in cornwall Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly julien bernard at 18:14:9 Thursday February 17 2000 Hi, i am french and i have a pc1512 and a pc486, and i would like to install my amstrad harddisk and lector of disk (5"1/4) on my pc486. Is it possible and what is the solution? Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly peter in selsdon croydon at 23:19:34 Tuesday February 15 2000 i have a amsrtad integra pc i can't find anything about this machine it does not have a model number 'it is a one piece machine ie the monitor and machineare one box it seem's to have a bios password that i can'tfind anyway around can you help please Amstrad answers: I'll add an answer shortly John C.Tibbits in 6500 Montgomery N.E. Albq N.M. 87109 at 4:45:52 Tuesday February 15 2000 I Would like info on The AMSTRAD Model - PCW 8256 ! I need to obtain software for this compuetr / word processer I would greatly appreciate any help you might give !Sincerly ! JOhn C. Tibbits Ps: I Will Be back !!! Amstrad answers: You'll get the necessary software from www.locomotive.com Previous Questions and AnswersThis collection of questions grew a bit big to download in a sensible time so the older questions and answers are archived under the following links. I suggest you have a read through them before posting a new question as you may find that your question has already been answered. (You should now only need to access the index as it "points" to all those other pages anyway).
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