Early MS-DOS Laptop Amstrad PPC512 (Part 1)

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Let's celebrate #DOScember by having a look at this early MS-DOS laptop: The Amstrad PPC512. The LCD screen is beyond hope so I swapped it out, but without success yet. Fortunately the external CGA video out was working, and I built an adapter to display it over SCART on a regular TV. The resulting image quality is great!

Finally, I looked into how to transfer over some programs to run on the laptop. I even found some of old games I had written in 89-90 and I hadn't been able to run until now. Quite a trip down memory lane!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 From the outside
03:50 Sponsor message
04:11 Initial power on
07:42 Opening it up
11:03 LCD replacement and test
12:27 Dip switches
17:19 CGA external video
18:29 CGA2SCART build
21:18 CGA video test
23:17 Writing floppy disks
24:47 Return of Frankenstein
26:41 Bouncing Ball
27:57 Conclusion

Games:
Return of Frankenstein
Bouncing Ball
Bouncing Ball source

CGA2SCART converter


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