ScuzzBlog: Diaries June 2026 Entry 13th June 2026: Post 1: Amstrad CPC464 - What's under your coffee table?. Amstrad CPC464 - What's under your coffee table?. I made a comment the other day about how I had given my house over to the collection. There are few places in the house where the computers do not make a showing. For example what do you think is lurking below this dust cover on my coffee table? The clue is if you follow the ribbon to the external Amstrad DDI-1 drive lurking below. Removing the dust cover reveals the Amstrad CPC464 with the DDI interface so I can use 3" disks and muck around with CP/M whilst I'm having my cuppa tea. The computer is hooked up to a green screen Amstrad monitor which is ideal for text based work. I have the manual on hand and very often I will be drawn to the computer to investigate certain of the CP/M commands. The CPC464 is quite versatile and with just a special command I can switch between tape and disc. So if I'm in the mood for an old classic game on the CPC I can call on the tape. I tend to play the text based games so I can use the keyboard as opposed to a joystick. Mostly I sit at the table to draw with pencils. No need to switch anything on and load software to use a pencil and paper. It still is the quickest and most effective way to get my ideas out onto paper. Happy days! Amstrad CPC464 - What's under your coffee table?.

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Last updated 13th June 2026

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