Technical documentation
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Contents
DIY Hardware Projects
- 8bit Printer Ports
- ABBA switch
- ACU Realtime Clock (without year counter)
- ACU Romboard
- Ambug Robot
- AMSSIO RS232 interface
- AMX Compatible PS/2 and USB Adapter
- Atari-ST mouse adapter
- Attaching an AT keyboard to the CPC
- Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664
- Connecting a 3.5" drive to a CPC6128/664 (with photos)
- Converting an MP1 into an MP2
- CPC4MB - 4 MB memory expansion
- CPCI Real Time Clock
- CPCI RS232 Interface
- Digiblaster Sound Card (8bit DAC on printer port)
- Getting a CPC to work with an LCD or plasma TV
- HxC Disc Emulator using PC as Storage Medium
- Inicron RAM-Box
- Inicron ROM-RAM-Box
- Joystick Autofire Circuit
- Joystick Y-cables
- Joystick Splitter Circuit
- Modify PC floppy drives to work on a CPC
- PCAI Analogue to Digital Converter
- PCAI Video Modulator
- Powering a CPC 6128 from a Sinclar Spectrum +3 PSU
- Practical Electronics ROMBoard Project
- Reset Button
- SD Card Disc Drive Emulator
- Simple RS232 for Printer usage
- Speech Synthesiser for Printer Port
- TV SCART cables
How to's / Tutorials
- Changing the drive belt
- Keyboard Membrane Repair/Replacement Guide
- A Guide to running software on a real CPC!
- Transfering Alkatraz protected tapes and most games!
- Willem Programmer - how to program eproms using the Willem eprom programmer.
BASIC / Firmware / CP/M
Built-in connectors: pinout
- 2nd disc drive (CPC664, CPC6128, CPC6128+)
- Analogue joystick (CPC Plus only)
- Aux socket (CPC Plus only)
- Cassette recorder
- Digital joystick
- Expansion port
- Floppy
- Monitor
- Printer port
- Stereo sound
- Tape
Hardware extensions
- CPC Booster
- SYMBiFACE II
- Peripherals (includes tech info, as far as known)
Internal components
- 8255 - PIO - I/O controller
- Arnold V Specs Revised - Arnold V (CPC+) Technical Specification
- AY-3-8912 - Sound chip / keyboard controller
- Cassette data information - Information about the cassette storage system
- CRTC - Video chip
- Gate Array - Custom chip (frequency generation, colors, bank switching)
- Default I/O Port Summary - map of built-in I/O ports of the CPC
- Power Supply for CPC and CPC plus
- 765 FDC - Floppy Disc Controller
