nivrig, 5 months ago

@retrotechtive Now and again I look for a QWERTY model :)

retrotechtive, 5 months ago

@nivrig yeah I'd more or less given up in that 😂

nivrig, 5 months ago

@retrotechtive I picked up a QWERTY 464+ ... in some ways more practical, but the 6128+ is the CPC Final Form.

tinmouth, 5 months ago

@nivrig @retrotechtive I really really have wanted one of these for a very long time, but see the prices and remember that they have pretty much the same disappointing innards 😭

nivrig, 5 months ago

@tinmouth @retrotechtive I picked up the 464+ cheap enough a while ago. It can be expanded to 128Kb with a few components, and a FDC fitted with some more, so it can be a 6128+ with a tape drive ... which the 6128+ can't easily have 😁

But I still want a 6128+ ... but I won't settle for less than QWERTY.

retrotechtive, 5 months ago

@nivrig @tinmouth I don't ever use tapes on the CPC, but still odd they didn't even add the interface to the 6128+ 🤔

nivrig, 5 months ago

@retrotechtive @tinmouth I think there's something internal, if you do soldering and drill holes in the case.

retrotechtive, 5 months ago

@nivrig @tinmouth when I looked at the PCB online, it did look like the component pads were in roughly the same place as on the 6128, if so I do have all those parts left over from my builds so I could add it... if I was feeling sacrilegious 😏

nivrig, 5 months ago

@retrotechtive @tinmouth AFAIK they are the same motherboard, just populated in different ways.