Date   : Mon, 19 Nov 1990 00:51:27 GMT
From   : comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!ewen@uunet.uu.net (Ewen McNeill)
Subject: Amstrad

In article <5543@uafhp.uark.edu> bbs00167@uafcseg.uucp (Keefe Jackson) writes:
> 
> 
> Does anyone know anything about the Amstrad "128k CP/M" machine? 
> Is there a hard disk available for it? Is it still availble?
> Thanks in advance...
> 
> -KNJ (bbs@uafcseg.uark.edu)

I tried mailing this.... but as I expected with a from address like
the one given, it bounced.  Sorry about the wasted bandwidth --
perhaps that particular BBS would care to fix up the from line so
that it is a propper domain address (if this BBS (Actrix) can
manage it, I don't see why everyone else can't).

I know a reasonable amount about the Amstrad CPC128 (which I presume
is the machine you refer to).  I have owned one for about 5 years,
and still think it is a good machine.
 
There is not a hard disc available for the 6128, to my knowledge.
There was talk of one, a while back, but I think it was going to
cost about twice as much as the computer :-)   The other Amstrad
8-bit models (PCW8256, PCW8512 and PCW9512) have a hard drive
available for them.
 
Does that help?   BTW, if you are running out of storage space, you
might consider using a large capacity ("1MB") 3.5" or 5.25" drive,
and RAMDOS.  That should give you 800K to a disk, which seems huge
compared to the 178K you normally get.   If you are worried about
the speed, you might consider a ram disk.  DK'Tronics used to make
one, but they have been bought out so many times I am not sure who
owns the name now.  I think it might be Ram electronics.

-- 
Ewen McNeill.                          Email: ewen@actrix.gen.nz