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Schneider (Amstrad) CPC 664 + Keyboard Fix

Schneider (Amstrad) CPC 664

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Amstrad CPC (short for Colour Personal Computer) is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and the German-speaking parts of Europe.

The series spawned a total of six distinct models: The CPC464, CPC664, and CPC6128 were highly successful competitors in the European home computer market. The later plus models, 464plus and 6128plus, efforts to prolong the system’s lifecycle with hardware updates, were considerably less successful, as was the attempt to repackage the plus hardware into a game console as the GX4000.

The CPC models’ hardware is based on the Zilog Z80A CPU, complemented with either 64 or 128 kB of memory. Their computer-in-a-keyboard design prominently features an integrated storage device, either a compact cassette deck or 3″ floppy disk drive. The main units were only sold bundled with a colour or monochrome monitor that doubles as the main unit’s power supply. Additionally, a wide range of first and third party hardware extensions such as external disk drives, printers, and memory extensions, was available.

The CPC series was pitched against other home computers primarily used to play video games and enjoyed a strong supply of game software. The comparatively low price for a complete computer system with dedicated monitor, its high resolution monochrome text and graphic capabilities and the possibility to run CP/M software also rendered the system attractive for business users, which was reflected by a wide selection of application software.

During its lifetime, the CPC series sold approximately three million units.

Cleaning / Replacement of the little rubber, reconstruction of pitches with a soft pencil:

source: wikipedia cpcwiki.eu

  1. alex santos
    August 31st, 2015 at 21:26 | #1

    can you tell me , if the screen goes blank or no picture at all , in the monitor , what could be the main failure , or the prime “suspects” in the motherboard ?
    the monitor is fine, made a rbg cable to work on tv , also fine, psu working correctly as well.

    p.s. I connected the external psu with the wrong polarity to the machine.
    at first , their was a grey/white with black borders , that slowly dim the entire picture in the monitor/tv .
    any help will be appreciated , since i can´t find any posts in the web about cpc 664.
    thx.
    alex

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