ScuzzBlog: Diaries November 2017 Entry 27th November 2017: Post: 2 Amstrad PC1512DD - with PC-CM OK takes me back this. I was put in charge of the office finances and as part of that process we decided to purchase a computer to run SAGE. This model of computer was chosen as I didn't want a computer that could also be used for drawing work. We had Macs and Integraph for that kind of thing. Had the computer been a Mac I could very well have seen the unit being sidelined for drawing. Took very little time for the computer to be set up as the main office management tool and also the main computer for all the paperwork and secretary work. Turned out to be a very efficient computer. Amstrad made a variety of models. Some with double floppy drives and mono monitor. Or same with colour. And then with hard in either mono or colour. This unit is double floppy with colour. Manufactured in 1986 as an IBM compatible machine costing £500 which was very cheap for the time. Runs 3.2 and DOS Plus. The interface was the GEM system and one which I grew quite fond of. I was fortunate to have had the machine at home for a while and in truth broke my heart when I had to return it. I had gotten so familiar with the interface and just loved the paint package. All looks very crude now, but in the day was a real ' GEM '. Been sitting inside that cover for close on ten years. Interestingly the cover is a Commodore CBM cover. So dusty Twin 5.25" floppy drives Purpose designed colour monitor Looks more like a floppy drive unit Marks from rubber cables when left in storage. Happens a lot sadly Knobs anywhere but where you need them And that in there is the power on button Video and power Parallel and serial Monitor controls Mouse, keyboard and sound I'll come to that later Keyboard connector And keyboard Maybe the mouse plugs into that Batteries and two button mouse Rear clear boxed area for expansions And 'sensibly' batteries not fitted to the motherboard and easily accessible Monitor hides the battery compartment Thick book to hand And essential drive cleaning Boots with 512K no problem Allowed me to make a back up copy of the main DOS disk OK .. Not working .... interesting !!! I need to look at the book. Back in a while OK I'm all GEM'd up now Needed to use a different colour disk. Need the GEM STARTUP and then the GEM DESKTOP.. Duh!! My goodness colour... Why isn't the mouse working ? Cus I'm using the wrong mouse OK I'm in... The GEM Interface And thats BASIC from Locomotive Even has RPED buit in. Magic Not a patch on DPaint. Shows how the old rose tinted glasses blurs stuff I have like three copies of these plus two full sets in sealed packets. I was able to make two further copies of everything When you copy, the diskcopy icon disappears from the desktop. Thing is DOS gives you the option to copy as many times as you like so trick is to stay in DOS if you want to make further copies Dunno how I managed to get the the wrong mouse mixed up. Anyway this is now the correct mouse. And yes it needs a good clean This is not the disc you use to pump into the GEM Desktop This is the GEM disk or disc. V2.0 and 2.1 This is the GEM Desktop disk And this is GEM PAINT No idea. Didn't use it. The very very thick manual Important three pages Important three pages Important three pages And that is that. Time to lock this down All in all a pretty simple process. Would have been quicker if I had read the book and used the right mouse. But hey ....

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