Fixing the Amstrad CPC 464 cassette player and Coding

In this video, I repair the floppy and cassette drives on my Amstrad that were no longer working. I also tried to write a version of Snake by copying the code from a book.
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  • @ChipGuy
    @ChipGuy20 күн бұрын

    Typing and explaining the code in your second language english at the same time is highly advanced. You are a multitasking talent.

  • @tsuikagura

    @tsuikagura

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @juanr9446

    @juanr9446

    19 күн бұрын

    I would like to know what is your native language Sayaka

  • @ChipGuy

    @ChipGuy

    19 күн бұрын

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

  • @Pyllolla

    @Pyllolla

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@juanr9446Italian

  • @DarthVader1977

    @DarthVader1977

    18 күн бұрын

    second*

  • @plechaim
    @plechaim14 күн бұрын

    It's cool seeing young people with these old computers

  • @alan_core
    @alan_core21 күн бұрын

    We must protect this girl at all costs.

  • @MrWaalkman

    @MrWaalkman

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @Danielspss

    @Danielspss

    19 күн бұрын

    fr

  • @PauloConstantino167

    @PauloConstantino167

    19 күн бұрын

    @@MrWaalkman I am protecting my rats

  • @MrWaalkman

    @MrWaalkman

    19 күн бұрын

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

  • @ygstuff4898
    @ygstuff489820 күн бұрын

    Your face of shock & joy when you heard the binary audio squeal from the tape, and when it read the catalogue from the disks -- so cute. And excellent work getting the CPC running.

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    20 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Symptomless_Coma_
    @Symptomless_Coma_21 күн бұрын

    23:28 That concentration!!!

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

    🤣😅

  • @lewzealand4717
    @lewzealand471722 күн бұрын

    9:00 - 21:45 Reading code, typing code, describing what each piece of the code is doing. *At the same time.* Pls explain how up upgrade internal brain CPU to multi-core because mine is clearly stuck with a single Z80. 0.1 MHz for reference.

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @TSteffi
    @TSteffi21 күн бұрын

    You coding snake in basic reminds me of something. 25 years ago, I was in jail. While there, I started my education in electronics. For a while, I got assigned to help with maintenance of electric stuff in the jail I was at. Mostly changing fluorescent tubes and stuff like that. And in the workshop of the master technician, there was a really old PC. It had a monochrome amber screen and not a lot on it. But it had a version of basic. Whithin a few days, I wrote a version of snake all by myself. That made quite the impression with a few people there. And with some more convincing, I was allowed to use a computer in the school block to learn C++ using books I had bought previously. For context for international viewers: this was in a youth jail in Germany around 2000. Probably wouldn't be possible in other places.

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @SianaGearz

    @SianaGearz

    21 күн бұрын

    Thanks for sharing the story.

  • @TSteffi

    @TSteffi

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @ogre706

    @ogre706

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @TSteffi

    @TSteffi

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @robdimambro1674
    @robdimambro167421 күн бұрын

    The typing whilst talking is very impressive!

  • @ChipGuy

    @ChipGuy

    20 күн бұрын

    Talking in her second language even. Mind blowing.

  • @mngbennett
    @mngbennett22 күн бұрын

    Hello from Victoria BC Canada. Thank you for another interesting project. Your camera work is great and who would have known that watching someone enter a program in basic would be as entertaining as you made it.

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @rsmrsm2000
    @rsmrsm200022 күн бұрын

    I was only 14 years old when this computer came out. What this girl does is incredible and her channel is one of my favorites. Congratulations, thanks for showing and we want more videos.

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @BaronOfDaker

    @BaronOfDaker

    21 күн бұрын

    A knowledgeable woman, to be sure.

  • @esalehtismaki
    @esalehtismaki21 күн бұрын

    That is one of the ways we got games in the 80's, finding the code printed somewhere. Another nice retro machine revitalized, good job!

  • @respergu13
    @respergu1322 күн бұрын

    Nowadays we can scan the basic or assembly code from the books and magazines to preserve them digitally. It’s cool to watch someone code and explain the basic code! 🎉

  • @StartupSound
    @StartupSound18 күн бұрын

    Hi Sayaka, in order to clean the grooves from belt residue you can stretch and run dental floss soaked in alcohol through them, it's very efficient. I do it with my Walkman, works a treat. Best to use the plastic non fiber variety floss, it's tougher and applies more friction. Love your videos sweetie, auguri

  • @George-xx4br
    @George-xx4br22 күн бұрын

    I like the smell of electronics in the morning.🎞📽😊

  • @MarkyShaw
    @MarkyShaw22 күн бұрын

    Take us back to the good ol’ days Sayaka!

  • @Arturo.H.M
    @Arturo.H.M14 күн бұрын

    This computer changed my life, my friends, my wife, my family, my job,... are that they are today because a CPC464 crossed my path in the summer of 1985. Thak you very much, watching your channel makes me feel a mixture of admiration and pride. Saludos desde España.

  • @BilisNegra

    @BilisNegra

    13 күн бұрын

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

  • @R.Daneel
    @R.Daneel18 күн бұрын

    I love that you say epsilon for 'Y'. Don't let people correct you! It's better than the English word. Make it a trade-mark for yourself!

  • @CPCGameReviews
    @CPCGameReviewsКүн бұрын

    I really admire your hardware skills! I had a problem with a broken tape counter on my Amstrad CPC464 last year and I tried to take the cassette player apart, but all I managed to do was disconnect a cable that was soldered to the CPC's speaker. 😦 Fortunately someone with much more experience than me was able to fix it. Typing the _Megaworm_ game brought back memories of spending many hours typing, and playing, listings that were published in magazines. It was my introduction to programming - along with many other viewers, no doubt. It looks like there's an error somewhere in your typing; I doubt the snake should be leaving a trail all over the screen. That was another "fun" aspect of typing listings - trying to debug them...

  • @ypey1
    @ypey122 күн бұрын

    How cute it this lady 😊 love the oldschool 8bit stuff, brings back memories. Atari guy here

  • @wallsgreebo8352
    @wallsgreebo835222 күн бұрын

    👍thumbs up for the t-shirt 🔥

  • @greenmoose_
    @greenmoose_18 күн бұрын

    I loved my Amstrad CPC464 - it was my first ever computer! Really nice work keeping yours alive!

  • @aselvais
    @aselvais22 күн бұрын

    Gosh the nostalgia for me again ... 😭... love it !

  • @arianaponytail
    @arianaponytail14 күн бұрын

    you explaining as you code was super interesting!

  • @Ace_of_DiscaL
    @Ace_of_DiscaL19 күн бұрын

    Your shows are really inspiring me to finally COMPLETE my projects 😅 #Thanks

  • @loookas
    @loookas21 күн бұрын

    This is the computer where I learned to write my first program. I was 8 and I wanted to create videogames. After all those years nowdays I'm making a living making games! Hai fatto commuovere un povero vecchio :D sei una grande continua cosi!

  • @derchip5559
    @derchip555920 күн бұрын

    Hello from Germany. Great work! I liked to see my very first computer again. In germany it was sold as "Schneider CPC464". I was about 10 years old and spend hours of typing BASIC-lines in this machine and playing games. Thank you for bringing back those memorys!

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    19 күн бұрын

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

  • @NuntiusLegis

    @NuntiusLegis

    15 күн бұрын

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

  • @CarsandCats
    @CarsandCats19 күн бұрын

    I remember typing in BASIC games out of magazines back in the early 80's. I started on the Radio Shack Color Computer (the silver one). That's also when I learned how to solder and did a piggyback 32k RAM upgrade. BYTE magazine was as thick as a phone book back then!

  • @csebastian3
    @csebastian35 күн бұрын

    You make some of the best videos on KZread. :)

  • @wesleyhardingaming9739
    @wesleyhardingaming973918 күн бұрын

    this girl is a gem!

  • @danibee535
    @danibee53520 күн бұрын

    this is super cool, i used to play on my friend's cpc 464 as a kid :) (it was pretty old at the time, but neither of us had rich enough parents for a SNES or something!)

  • @tste6759
    @tste675919 күн бұрын

    So smart and cute all in one package. Love to see this young lady working with old computers.

  • @thomaswinston5142
    @thomaswinston514211 күн бұрын

    I considered the Amstrad 464 in 1984, but went for the C64 instead mainly because I was an interactive fiction geek and wanted the Infocom adventures which were not available on Amstrad. Great Video 👍

  • @Danielspss
    @Danielspss19 күн бұрын

    this channel need more subs !!

  • @peatmoss4415
    @peatmoss441521 күн бұрын

    Impressive..! You can type, talk and read all at the same time..! I can't chew gum and walk ..!

  • @SasukeJR
    @SasukeJR21 күн бұрын

    The first frame of this video is almost exactly the same as the last frame 🙂 These videos are really endearing and sort of fulfill my own want to tinker with stuff before my time.

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

    Thanks for watching and for your kind words!

  • @matteogiberti3297
    @matteogiberti329717 күн бұрын

    Col senno di poi mi sarebbe piaciuto molto avere un CPC464... P.S. Ottimo video Eleonora! Un piacere guardarti all'opera!

  • @RobR386
    @RobR38621 күн бұрын

    I had one of these, with the green monitor

  • @hotlineoperator
    @hotlineoperator21 күн бұрын

    Your superpowers have evolved to master mechanics as well..

  • @SoldierPoet
    @SoldierPoet21 күн бұрын

    Awesome repair work! Have a wonderful day.

  • @drdoomslab
    @drdoomslab21 күн бұрын

    Wow. HTF are you talking to the camera explaining how the code works while copying the code from a book? I'm sorry im a usless man that can only focus on one thing but im amazed at how well your explaining the coding while doing other things. And not in your native tounge by the sounds of things. You are also very cute. Cheers for the videos.

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @thinktank22
    @thinktank2218 күн бұрын

    Absolutely great. Thank you!

  • @RocketRenton
    @RocketRenton21 күн бұрын

    P.S Sayaka: There's a poker game in the rainbow coloured manual you have next to the monitor to the left, I know this as I compiled it at age 8, in 1989, it's in Basic, took me a few hours to do, if I remember correctly it's in the back of the manual before the appendix off memory. It's a fun little game once programmed, have fun. By the way, love the content, the CPC464 was my very 1st computer in 1988.

  • @NuntiusLegis

    @NuntiusLegis

    15 күн бұрын

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

  • @longlifemilk77
    @longlifemilk776 күн бұрын

    Great video very informative and interesting very helpful as well

  • @mixschnack
    @mixschnack21 күн бұрын

    Thank you for providing such great content.

  • @andrewjones6693
    @andrewjones669321 күн бұрын

    Neat repair! Thanks!

  • @ambient00101
    @ambient0010121 күн бұрын

    Great content Sayaka! Keep up the great work.

  • @COMATRON.
    @COMATRON.21 күн бұрын

    the cutening 😍and that attic looks so cozy

  • @DirkHillbrecht
    @DirkHillbrecht13 күн бұрын

    Great video, thanks for sharing. As many viewers here, I also started programming on a CPC back in the mid-1980ies. This is a flashback into my youth and I am quite grateful for it. I still have my CPC 6128 and I know that I also must fix the floppy disk belt (at least). Back in the day, I taught myself programming not only in that BASIC, but mainly in Turbo Pascal 3.0 on CP/M and even a bit in assembler. The CPCs and their Z80 processor were quite nice machines as they were somehow still simple in their internal structures, but as the same quite capable for the time (and their affordable price). Thanks for bringing this back some mere 40 years later! 😊

  • @MrNetworx
    @MrNetworx21 күн бұрын

    Awesome ! I still have a 464, I love this !

  • @tonybennett7145
    @tonybennett714521 күн бұрын

    Yet another great video Eleonora. Your English is very good, just like your repair skills. These videos are so helpful. keep up the good work please.

  • @SmartHomeCoding
    @SmartHomeCoding21 күн бұрын

    Very nice video, I also had the CPC 464 with the 3" drive and later a Vortex 5.25" drive. That was really a good time. I look forward to more videos about the CPC.

  • @cskillet2003
    @cskillet200312 күн бұрын

    That's a sweet keyboard!

  • @Symptomless_Coma_
    @Symptomless_Coma_21 күн бұрын

    Best Retro channel! 👍

  • @camatubeofficial
    @camatubeofficial20 күн бұрын

    Grande Sayaka

  • @TheOGRalph
    @TheOGRalph21 күн бұрын

    Great video. Got one of these, with the colour monitor, that's been waiting for my attention for some time. This has reminded me to get on with it.

  • 18 күн бұрын

    Ďakujeme.

  • @guyh3403
    @guyh340320 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @MattFixesStuff
    @MattFixesStuff22 күн бұрын

    Well done !! :) I love your videos and projects. Keep it up. Those old computers are so fun and interesting :).

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @AKATEATime
    @AKATEATime21 күн бұрын

    Nice work! Storage is important and now you have two working methods. I too was impressed with your ability to explain the program while typing what you were reading. 👍

  • @GeoffSeeley
    @GeoffSeeley21 күн бұрын

    Good work explaining the code! It's always useful to understand someone else's code when you have to debug it! 😆

  • @TheDigitalOne
    @TheDigitalOne21 күн бұрын

    Congratulations in fixing the cassette player of your Amstrad and the disk drives, as well. The PC on the go in now fully functioning, but I don’t see a need of a cassette player, the disk drive make more sense to me, furthermore congratulations on writing your game of snake, it is great coding practice really and seems like a really basic game to play, but really cool to play. In other words cool coding practice. I guess to challenge yourself more is somehow making the code of the game simpler, if possible and further more making a personal application of the game to play in a modern personal computer, I mean how difficult could that be, right? Enjoyed, the video, see you in the next video! 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉💃👩‍💻🎮🥰⭐️💎

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @TheDigitalOne

    @TheDigitalOne

    20 күн бұрын

    @@Sayakas_Digital_Attic 🥰👩‍💻

  • @NuntiusLegis

    @NuntiusLegis

    15 күн бұрын

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

  • @giangiorgio.mp3
    @giangiorgio.mp313 күн бұрын

    Now I want to listen to some Smashing Pumpkins cassette tape from the 90's 😂 I didn't know you had a second channel. Have you considered using the multi-language audio track feature? Maybe with a reminder to switch language at the beginning of the video. Congrats from Turin 🇮🇹 and keep up the astonishing work

  • @Tippi-ej5uh
    @Tippi-ej5uh21 күн бұрын

    You're awesome So much knowledge

  • @Satscape
    @Satscape21 күн бұрын

    If I remember correctly (I'm old..so maybe not), the only thing I didn't like about the CPC 464 was that you couldn't HEAR the program load, like you could with a ZX Spectrum. It was more re-assuring when you could hear it loading... and from the sound you could hear if the cassette tape was getting mangled up inside 😁 Great video!

  • @robdimambro1674

    @robdimambro1674

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @iainhay2823

    @iainhay2823

    21 күн бұрын

    Definitely could hear it loading

  • @Retroguyuk75
    @Retroguyuk7521 күн бұрын

    I've always loved the key colours of the 464. I have a 6128 and really love that machine too but wish it still had the keys of the 464 lol. :) another amazing video, keep up the good work :)

  • @Rob-qu7ks
    @Rob-qu7ks20 күн бұрын

    Sei magnifico! Ciao dall'Australia.

  • @lawrencemonaghan926
    @lawrencemonaghan92620 күн бұрын

    Just found this channel,what a refreshing this having a brilliant woman doing it,99%is all men ones I've found,I've subbed and rang the bell,keep up the good work buddy 💯

  • @pbezunartea
    @pbezunartea17 күн бұрын

    Great video!

  • @KonsolKombat
    @KonsolKombat19 күн бұрын

    Its nice to see your happy face when your fixed drives works well ^,^

  • @proteque
    @proteque21 күн бұрын

    Your videos gets better and better. Top quality on both presentation and technic as usual. Such a cool machine. The amstrads.was not common where I live so my interest for them has just started.

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @celioazevedoofficial
    @celioazevedoofficial20 күн бұрын

    Very good!

  • @mathisdelbouis558
    @mathisdelbouis55822 күн бұрын

    i love your videos keep going i believe in yourself ❤️

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @YanLipavsky
    @YanLipavsky13 күн бұрын

    Super Sayaka

  • @ultimobean
    @ultimobean21 күн бұрын

    .....this is the kind of woman i need to find. Great work and your knowledge and abilities are impressive to a layman like myself.

  • @thebaldconvict

    @thebaldconvict

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @DerIchBinDa

    @DerIchBinDa

    19 күн бұрын

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

  • @rudolphvanthoff1391
    @rudolphvanthoff139120 күн бұрын

    In 1987…ish I got a 6128…. A world of difference having the disc drive! A good friend hijacked the 464 to work with a Commodore 64 5.25” drive! He was a wizard with these…

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    19 күн бұрын

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

  • @rudolphvanthoff1391

    @rudolphvanthoff1391

    18 күн бұрын

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

  • @GeorgesChannel
    @GeorgesChannel21 күн бұрын

    Great video Sayaka! The Amstrad was a great computer for its price. It had great games and Basic. Never had one though, because i am a Commodore Plus/4 guy!

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @jayempii1590
    @jayempii159021 күн бұрын

    I see Eleonora doing some new retro stuff = I like the video.

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

    🙂

  • @Komodwaran
    @Komodwaran14 күн бұрын

    Awesome 🙂

  • @dadgarage7966
    @dadgarage796621 күн бұрын

    That's a good game to procrastinate for a long time.

  • @EdgyNumber1
    @EdgyNumber115 күн бұрын

    Ahh, the DDI-1. Unobtainium, even back in '89. You broke yours, good luck finding another. I did really enjoy my CPC464 but, oh man did I miss BBC BASIC when I got the new machine.

  • @willemvandebeek
    @willemvandebeek21 күн бұрын

    Woah, you are going all in with coding without ChatGPT, that's so cool! :) I saw you making a typo (LENGHT instead of LENGTH) and I was worried the game wouldn't work because of that typo, but I am glad it did work. 😁

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @willemvandebeek

    @willemvandebeek

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @hbasm3271

    @hbasm3271

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @willemvandebeek

    @willemvandebeek

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @hbasm3271

    @hbasm3271

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @diegoechevarria8752
    @diegoechevarria875221 күн бұрын

    Man, I hate to be that guy but… I love your hair. It’s so pretty.

  • @moo123wat
    @moo123wat21 күн бұрын

    Your video production has improved so much! Thanks a lot for sharing your process on how you repair the hardware and write software for it. If you had more cassettes could you save the snake program?

  • @Maurkyneve1
    @Maurkyneve116 күн бұрын

    3:26 "you better be watching" XD

  • @XENONEOMORPH1979
    @XENONEOMORPH197921 күн бұрын

    i sold two totes of amsreads floppys and keyboard and momitors , including one tote of all the games , all i have left is the keyboard if anyone wants it free it is working you can have it but pay postage.i also have the piano keyboard , the other keyboard includes the complete take and all its cover within the module and works .

  • @skynetcybersystem3tech
    @skynetcybersystem3tech20 күн бұрын

    👍🖐 wow, great, I once tried to write a demo on Amiga 500 but it didn't work, great, you did it and great video 🏆👍💎🖐

  • @ZenithMusicNet
    @ZenithMusicNet20 күн бұрын

    It's funny cause you're the same as me with my MSX back in the 90's 😄

  • @VolkanAtasever
    @VolkanAtasever20 күн бұрын

    Great work... greetings from istanbul

  • @ChristianSteimel
    @ChristianSteimel21 күн бұрын

    I completely forgot how ugly that Amstrad Basic was to write, lol. Great video!

  • @r-test3668
    @r-test366821 күн бұрын

    HOLY SHIT YOUR AMAZING!!

  • @adrianchadd
    @adrianchadd19 күн бұрын

    nice work! those drives can be a pain, especially if you lose those write protect pins! The monitor repair shouldn't be too bad, I've replaced the DIN cable with a home made one on my green screen to fix issues!

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    19 күн бұрын

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

  • @myworldfriends123
    @myworldfriends12321 күн бұрын

    Great videos!!!😀🤩🤩🙂😊😍🥰🙂🙂

  • @Maurkyneve1
    @Maurkyneve116 күн бұрын

    great video btw

  • @millsticks
    @millsticks21 күн бұрын

    Brava ! That's a great job of reparation and coding. Yes, green color does not work. To fix your monitor problem. If you know an old television repairman, he can help you... The monitor is almost identical. Be careful of high voltages in the cathode ray screen (But you should know that) I use the GBS-8200, which converts the RGB so that it can be read on an LCD screen... It does the job. Otherwise there is the RGB/Scart system, or even an RGB ---> HDMI converter (I haven't tried it yet). In short, you are spoiled for choice... Brava encora and greetings from Savoy (I'm almost Italian). Ciao bella!!!

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @millsticks

    @millsticks

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @tomerikgundersen8574
    @tomerikgundersen857421 күн бұрын

    Nice to see the CPC getting some love again. I wrote a CPC snake game for an assignment in computer class, way back in 1987. Mine was better than this one 😂 love your videos

  • @kwirkkwirksn1090
    @kwirkkwirksn109021 күн бұрын

    I love yours bangs, you look gorgeous 😍

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @retro_noix
    @retro_noix20 күн бұрын

    Good job! Please try also something similar on the commodore 64! 👍

  • @lovemadeinjapan
    @lovemadeinjapan18 күн бұрын

    Cool you get al fixed! I think there is still a bug in the Megaworm code, as it does not wipe out the trail.

  • @kalpeshmodha18
    @kalpeshmodha1821 күн бұрын

    Nice

  • @deanteasdale8261
    @deanteasdale826121 күн бұрын

    Excellent video as ever 🙂 Next time you do something like this, could you zoom in on the screen a bit closer please? Couldn't really make it out, thanks 🙂

  • @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    @Sayakas_Digital_Attic

    21 күн бұрын

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