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"Terry Yager" wrote in message:
> Interesting...
> I have seen two different styles of Z-100.
> One has a built-in monitor and the other
> does not. Prolly the same idea.
Yes, in a matter of speaking, I think so.
The Amstrad CPC-464 is kind of like that,
except the name doesn't change. The first
2 had no disc* drive, but either a Green
Screen or Colour Screen were available.
You also had the built in tape deck (for
saving & loading your programs).
The other option, which had the built-in
tape deck & external disc* drive was also
a pick of which monitor you also wanted.
Either way you got a monitor. For Green
Screen owners who wanted Colour later
on, you were able to get a modulator
(so you could use it with your telly), it
wasn't as good as having the colour
monitor though.
Naturally when the Amstrad CPC-664
came out, it was basically the same
as the CPC-464 except the BASIC was
updated (which had extra commands)
& the built-in disc* drive.
* The Amstrad manufacturers spelt
their 'disc' drives this way, even
though just about everyone calls thm
'disk' drives!
Apart from the IBM
compatables which Amstrad
manufactured most of their other
machines used 3" discs (which are
just as tought as 3.5" inch disks).
Cheers.
> Interesting...
> I have seen two different styles of Z-100.
> One has a built-in monitor and the other
> does not. Prolly the same idea.
Yes, in a matter of speaking, I think so.
The Amstrad CPC-464 is kind of like that,
except the name doesn't change. The first
2 had no disc* drive, but either a Green
Screen or Colour Screen were available.
You also had the built in tape deck (for
saving & loading your programs).
The other option, which had the built-in
tape deck & external disc* drive was also
a pick of which monitor you also wanted.
Either way you got a monitor. For Green
Screen owners who wanted Colour later
on, you were able to get a modulator
(so you could use it with your telly), it
wasn't as good as having the colour
monitor though.
Naturally when the Amstrad CPC-664
came out, it was basically the same
as the CPC-464 except the BASIC was
updated (which had extra commands)
& the built-in disc* drive.
* The Amstrad manufacturers spelt
their 'disc' drives this way, even
though just about everyone calls thm
'disk' drives!
Apart from the IBMcompatables which Amstrad
manufactured most of their other
machines used 3" discs (which are
just as tought as 3.5" inch disks).
Cheers.