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More Amstrad - NC200

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stephen_usher wrote: 08 Mar 2022 14:42 Ah, yes. Sort of half-size latop.
Yep, about that.
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@rubber_jonnie It needs a photo with its baby brother (NC100)!
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JezC wrote: 08 Mar 2022 18:33 @rubber_jonnie It needs a photo with its baby brother (NC100)!
I had a feeling somebody would ask....
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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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JezC wrote: 08 Mar 2022 18:33 @rubber_jonnie It needs a photo with its baby brother (NC100)!
Here you go:

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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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And running off the bench PSU:

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And yes it's a back-lit display.
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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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Long lost relatives:

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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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rubber_jonnie wrote: 08 Mar 2022 19:45 Here you go:
Ah, lovely...interesting how similar they are re size & keyboard! Are there many other significant differences other than the display?

(Note to self: add refurb of my NC100 keyboard etc. to the to-do list...)
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JezC wrote: 08 Mar 2022 21:12
rubber_jonnie wrote: 08 Mar 2022 19:45 Here you go:
Ah, lovely...interesting how similar they are re size & keyboard! Are there many other significant differences other than the display?

(Note to self: add refurb of my NC100 keyboard etc. to the to-do list...)
The footprint is almost identical, and bar a dedicated spreadsheet button on the NC200, the keyboards are the same size and same keys.

NC200 is obviously thicker because of the display and FDD, and it has more features. I read there was an NC150, which was never released here, but which had the same software of the NC200, but in the NC100 form factor.

And yes, it's high time you fixed the NC100!!
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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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rubber_jonnie wrote: 08 Mar 2022 21:17 And yes, it's high time you fixed the NC100!!
Okay...something else I can do while waiting for a dummy PLCC chip for the plug-in STE accelerator (after fixing my first H5's floppy issue, repairing some original ST Epson floppy drives, building up the early Exxos IDE interfaces, various DualTOS kits for Mega's, STE's, recapping the 3x Beeb PSU's etc.)... :roll:
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JezC wrote: 08 Mar 2022 21:27
rubber_jonnie wrote: 08 Mar 2022 21:17 And yes, it's high time you fixed the NC100!!
Okay...something else I can do while waiting for a dummy PLCC chip for the plug-in STE accelerator (after fixing my first H5's floppy issue, repairing some original ST Epson floppy drives, building up the early Exxos IDE interfaces, various DualTOS kits for Mega's, STE's, recapping the 3x Beeb PSU's etc.)... :roll:
You still haven't built the IDE boards! Good job I was sitting down when I read that. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...

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