Did Amstrad create the dream machine they hoped for? And was it really a step up from the Speccy?

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The Amstrad CPC-464 - My childhood computer in it's first appearance in the Shack. Let's look at the machine in some detail and then see if it works. This episode has been sponsored by our good friends at PCBWay.com - Check out their website for all your PCB fabrication needs. http://pcbway.com - PCBs for as little as $5! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:44 History 05:41 Machine Externals 07:00 What makes it tick? 10:45 Testing and next steps Follow the shack on twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Retro_Shack Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/TheRetroShack Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/theretroshack References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC_464 https://web.archive.org/web/20190325035533/http://www.old-computers.com/Museum/computer.asp?c=84 https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Gate_Array https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/8255 https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Mainboard_Versions https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/CPC_Palette Toshiba PASOPIA 7 Image Courtesy By Wolfgang Stief from Tittmoning, Germany - VCFe 8.0, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114573200