Archives for the month May 2025 of Genesis8 Amstrad Page




Recalbox RGB DUAL 2, using an emulator with a CRT monitor

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You have 48 hours left to get your copy of the Recalbox RGB DUAL 2 which is a Raspberry PI hat for using a CRT monitor with Recalbox's lots of emulators.



FutureTex, a text editor for Amstrad CPC and the FutureOS operating system

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FutureTex by Gunhed is a text editor running on Amstrad CPC with the FutureOS operating system by the same author. It can use mode 1 or better mode 2 for its 80 columns, for more features see CPCWiki. It is available as a floppy disk image and also as two ROMs since two days.



An internal 1024 Kb RAM expansion for Amstrad CPC 6128 by Eto : iRAM/1088

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After the iRAM/640, an internal 512 Kb RAM expansion for Amtrad CPC 6128 (available on Ebay by a validated vendor), Eto was working on a 1024 Kb version (with two 512 Kb memory chips) and he just posted a link to a vendor of this 1024 Kb version on Ebay, which still needs of course no soldering at all : remove the Z80, insert the expansion in the CPU socket ! Of you course if you use a DIY kit, you will have to solder the components.

You can read the genesis of the iRAM/640 expansion in this CPCWiki's thread.



CPCemu v3.0.2, an Amstrad CPC emulator by Rainer Loritz for iOS and iPadOS

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The version 3.0.2 of CPCEMU for iOS and iPadOS is available, an emulator also available for Windows, Android and MacOS (a bit later for Linux.

This new version can be downloaded on the author's web site.



A new version of Martine by Impact is available (v0.41) yesterday

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Martine v0.41.4 is a command line interface utility written by Impact for Linux, MacOS X and windows with the following features :

  • conversion d'images JPG et PNG vers Amstrad CPC(+) au format fenêtré, normal (les deux peuvent être compressés) ou overscan (sans compression possible)
  • nouveau mode tile map qui permets d'analyser une image d'un niveau de jeu et de créer des fichiers .IMP et .TIL utilisable avec le nouvel utilitaire de tile d'Impact
  • création d'un .DSK ou .SNA si besoin, avec ou sans en-tête AMSDOS
  • direct transfer if you have a wifi M4 Card

The files generated (.win, .scr, .ink) are compatible with OCP Art Studio and Impdraw V2 i2.


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