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Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 24 Jul 2026 10:01
by rubber_jonnie
OK, internal wiring is done :)
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And it seems to work fine:
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But I seem to be having some issues with the intensity bit not working, or being intermittent. So I need to go and check the connection is good.
Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 24 Jul 2026 10:11
by PhilC
That looks great Jon.
Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 24 Jul 2026 11:39
by rubber_jonnie
PhilC wrote: 24 Jul 2026 10:11
That looks great Jon.
Thanks. :)
Seems the intensity bit was just a bad connection on the RGB2HDMI header, so I've fixed that and it looks like this now:
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Whereas before the grey box and text were the same colour. Also, PoP is now behaving differently.
It was flipping between light and dark intensities, but now just works as advertised :)
Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 24 Jul 2026 12:45
by stephen_usher
:dualthumbup:
Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 24 Jul 2026 13:56
by mrbombermillzy
Looks splendid Jon.
Make sure you have a go on Prince of Persia before putting it away. :)
Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 24 Jul 2026 14:12
by rubber_jonnie
mrbombermillzy wrote: 24 Jul 2026 13:56
Looks splendid Jon.
Make sure you have a go on Prince of Persia before putting it away. :)
I will :)
Even though I'm terrible at it!!!
More proof that the intensity fix is working:
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So very pleased with the result :)
Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 26 Jul 2026 13:23
by rubber_jonnie
Since the display is working great I thought I'd turn my attention to the Picomem since I was using the hard disk and RAM side, but I hadn't tried the sound module.
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The Adlib module worked perfectly after downloading sound.com.
I then dragged out an old favourite:
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And it just detected a Soundblaster straight away and worked perfectly for sound and music.
It's a great little machine 😁
I can certainly recommend the Picomem that's for sure.
Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 26 Jul 2026 13:28
by PhilC
That colour scheme does bring back some memories.
I've got another portable pc on the bench right now, all to be revealed later on.
Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 26 Jul 2026 13:39
by rubber_jonnie
PhilC wrote: 26 Jul 2026 13:28
That colour scheme does bring back some memories.
I've got another portable pc on the bench right now, all to be revealed later on.
Cool, screen upgrade perhaps?
😁
Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512
Posted: 26 Jul 2026 14:06
by PhilC
rubber_jonnie wrote: 26 Jul 2026 13:39
PhilC wrote: 26 Jul 2026 13:28
That colour scheme does bring back some memories.
I've got another portable pc on the bench right now, all to be revealed later on.
Cool, screen upgrade perhaps?
😁
If and when I get it running,a screen upgrade won't be possible, at least internally anyway.