WTB: Amstrad PC1640/512 or PC6400

[GEM/2]

I've been waiting patiently to stumble across one of these for years, and it's not happening.

Is there some kind soul in this forum willing to sell a system or parts?

I know there are probably some Europeans in this forum that have them, but I'm only interested in shipping one from a North American locale.

[VintageComputerman]

I have an Amstrad 1512 DD sitting on my work bench in pieces. I took it apart a while back to clean the case and haven't had time to make it happen.

I am thinking of selling it. I haven't tested it as I don't have the monitor with power supply or a keyboard that will work with it.

Make me an offer. The drives looked very clean too. I really don't want to put it back together.

http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/photos/amstrad_pc1640.jpg


The Amstrad PC 1640 was the successor to the Amstrad PC 1512. It had the same characteristics as its predecessor except for added memory (640 KB instead of 512 KB) and the EGA graphics standard.

It also had great success, but to a lesser extent than the PC 1512. As the PC 1512, the Amstrad PC 1640 came with the GEM graphical user interface, from Digital Research, an alternative to Windows.

The PC-1640 was marketed under the name PC-6400 in the USA. It was also sold in Germany and maybe some other European countries under the name Schneider.

Three different kinds of monitors where supported, monochrome (-> Hercules), low-res (max 640 x 200) and hi-res (max 640 x 350). The hi-res monitor had a fan for the power supply as opposed to the other monitors which where fan-less. With the low-res monitor you could choose between a full CGA compatible mode (required for many CGA games) and an EGA mode (used for 640 x 200 x 16 eg. for GEM or 320 x 200 x 16 for several games).


http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?c=19&st=1