Amstrad PCW8512

[jubilee]

I want a Amstrad PCW8512.

Any going within a 100 radius of Manchester. Mail me with the price through pprune.
Thanks Jubilee

PS. Any source of spare parts would also be a help

[jetcollie]

Outside your radius but could be a real bargain - goes on eBay tomorrow:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amstrad-PCW8512-system-in-working-order-manuals_W0QQitemZ150311794781QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageCo mputing_RL?hash=item150311794781&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amstrad-PCW8512-system-in-working-order-manuals_W0QQitemZ150311794781QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageCo mputing_RL?hash=item150311794781&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 )

[green granite]

Outside your radius but could be a real bargain

If you can still get the floppies for it. :hmm:

[jubilee]

Thanks for your 2 imputs, I am aware of of the one on EBAY. My drive has gone,and I only use it for one application. Had the machine from new,and yes you can still obtain discs,although I still have a few.
Jubilee

[dusk2dawn]

Aha - the Joyce - such a nice thingy!

If you miss the ebay sale there is always the possibility of "upgrading" to 3½" : Mounting a 3.5" disc drive to to PCW (http://www.fvempel.nl/drive.html)

[Loose rivets]

One got one of those when they were new. Twas funny. Twas also too bright. (New) computer magazine suggested putting a woman's stocking over the thing to save your eyes!! This is where I can justifiably write LOL.

I took it to bits and neatly soldered a resistor in series with the brightness control. The range was now normal.

We sat at this machine for a few days till the Rivetess said, Let's take this @$^ thing back. The File management was about the only good thing about the whole system. A pre-courser to X-Tree perhaps.

I took the whole shebang back to the curry shop and got me money back. Some lucky soul had his eyeballs saved by my efforts. :ooh:

[Gertrude the Wombat]

The File management was about the only good thing about the whole system.
Nope. The foreign character set coverage was well ahead of its time too - it was the only word processor on which you could write Welsh, for example, which gave it a niche market with academics.

(Built by some mates of mine.)

[Parapunter]

I wrote my dissertation on one of them! Come to think of it, I did my whole degree on one.

I used to look forward to finishing I.T. lectures so I could come home & fire up a decent word processor...