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Fight : Amstrad CPC 28 - Commodore64 30 !

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No no, I don't suggest that the Commodore 64 is 2 points better than our beloved Amstrad CPC. Far from my mind, the C64 is just ... different, I was never interested in the war between machines.

In fact the Commodore 64 celebrates its 30th birthday, whereas we have to wait until September 2012 for the Amstrad CPC 464 to celebrate its 28th birthday.

Two old men who still looks good and healthly.



Interview of Alain Massoumipour (alias Poum) on Phenix Informatique

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You will find on Phenix Informatique an interview of Alain Massoumipour (alias Poum) who wrote for the french Amstrad CPC magazine Amstrad 100%.

If you throwed all your issues of Amstrad 100%, you will find them on le site des anciennes revues informatiques.



Amstar issue 1 and 3 sold on Ebay, ouch...

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You really have to love your Amstrad CPC to pay 180 € for the issue 1 of the french magazine Amstar and 159 € for the issue 3 of the same Amstar.

200 € for an Amstrad CPC 664 without its screen on Ebay, it's another nice sum of money.

Be original, for the 2012 St Valentin, offer an Amstrad CPC to the person you love, seing the current price, it seems to be a beautiful gift that make her jump into your arms for a lovely ambrace (or not, just try it and let me know if it works. I wont reimburse you if the gift isnt appreciated).

For the end, a special prize : the Amstrad CPC game Meurtre en série by Cobra Soft again on Ebay for 329 €, with its physical clues).






Upscaling retro 8bit pixel art to vector graphics

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A new algorythm able to transform bitmap graphics such as on an Amstrad CPC to vector graphics, has been created. It can create smooth, curved contour lines from only-connected-on-the-diagonal single pixels. That would mean playing games on a big screen without big ugly pixels. See below for the link.



Happy new year 2011

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I wish you a happy new year 2011, and a lot of Amstrad CPC meetings



Merry Christmas 2010

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Merry Christmas 2010



Mode 1 pictures by Jill Lawson

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Thanks to Papy CPC (at the Amstrad Expo 2010 meeting) who knows this site better than me, this picture gallery file which was credited to an unknown artist has found its rightful author : Jill lawson. Below you will see her beautiful mode 1 pictures. Enjoy them (last 2 pictures comes from les sucres en morceaux).

Abbey by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Alan Michael Sugar by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Cacti by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Dog by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Flamingo by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Frog by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Jet by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Max by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Mona Lisa by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Penguins by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Steam boat by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Stonehenge by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Swans by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Tiger by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Toutankhamon's mask by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Train by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Another train by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Boat and bridge by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC

Cliff by Jill Lawson, mode 1 picture on an Amstrad CPC



Windows XP on an Amstrad CPC 464, yes you can !

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It just needs a lot of tapes...

fist tape to install windows XP on an Amstrad CPC 464





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