Amstrad Mega PC discussion

jshaw0434

djsim wrote: »

yes, now that looks very interesting. 2 - 1:) I want one of these now..

i have one on ebay

item number 254167679384

KeRbDoG

I remember seeing one in a computer shop in Swords when it was released, was both interested in how it worked and 'why would someone want that when you can have a standalone system?" thought. A nice novelty now though

CiDeRmAn

I always lusted after one of those!

At the time, PCs were still rare beasts that certainly didn't live in every household.

That the PC side of things was obsolete almost immediately reflects what was going on in the greater PC scene tbh, though at least with a proper computer you could upgrade it, but I see that it was even obsolete compared to it's peers, so not so good!

I'd love one anyway!

edit:

It was a thing at the time, and a re-current theme at that,
"Here's a computer for business and it can also play the latest games"
Saw that with the Amiga, ST, even the early Commodores and the lowly Spectrum ran such advertisements to help kids leverage their parents into buying one.

I remember the Commodore CDTV in the computer department of Clery's a loooong time ago, gorgeous.

CathalDublin

I remember this ad in every PC mag

The problem was that the 386 version was £599 and at the time the 486 100Mhz was out and you could build a 486DX4 100Htz for about half the price.

the_syco

jshaw0434 wrote: »

i have one on ebay

item number 254167679384

A non-working model for £180?

CiDeRmAn

That ad suggests it's Mega CD compatible!
I wonder what that combo would have looked like!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6q1VmEBfr8

o1s1n

the_syco wrote: »

A non-working model for £180?

To be fair, it's only £180 due to people bidding it up to that, opening price was £50.

Doge

Bit sketchy that the owner claims to not even have bothered to replace a mere CR2032 battery to see if it solved the issue, and increase the value of the item before selling.

Inviere

Doge wrote: »

Bit sketchy that the owner claims to not even have bothered to replace a mere CR2032 battery to see if it solved the issue, and increase the value of the item before selling.

Untested ALWAYS means broken.

CiDeRmAn

Inviere wrote: »

Untested ALWAYS means broken.

Both my PSX and Atari XE suggest otherwise.

Inviere

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Both my PSX and Atari XE suggest otherwise.

Does the PSX not have/had laser issues?

CiDeRmAn

Inviere wrote: »

Does the PSX not have/had laser issues?

Very slight when streaming audio from a PS1 game, but no where near as broken/untested as the advert suggested.

Tom Mann Centuria

Doubt many of us would have dug up a 12 old zombie thread to tout our wares but there we go.

CiDeRmAn

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Doubt many of us would have dug up a 12 old zombie thread to tout our wares but there we go.

Good point, new thread made

CathalDublin

o1s1n wrote: »

To be fair, it's only £180 due to people bidding it up to that, opening price was £50.

Or was it shilled;)

Dr Bob

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Both my PSX and Atari XE suggest otherwise.

as does my Peruvian MegaDrive