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The End of RC2017/10

A project log for The PCW Project

Doing things with an Amstrad PCW

james-otsJames Ots 11/02/2017 at 18:410 Comments

RC2017/10 is over, and it’s time to sit back, have a bit of a rest, and do one final write up. Before carrying on with the PCW project anyway, because I still have lots of ideas of more things to do.

I set out without a huge amount of direction. I had just bought an Amstrad PCW for £5.50 the day before the challenge began, so I thought doing something for RC2017/10 would be a good idea, but I wasn’t sure what, and I didn’t think I’d have enough time. I started doing my project anyway, before deciding about a week later that, since I was starting to really get into the project, I should actually join the challenge.

My plan initially was to get the PCW’s motherboard working outside of its case, so that I could have a PCW which didn’t take up so much space. I found a small form factor PC at work which was being thrown out, and planned to put the PCW into it, but it needs to be properly wiped and signed off by IT before I can use it, and unfortunately that hasn’t happened yet. So my initial aim hasn’t quite been completed, although I did get the PCW motherboard running without its case, PSU, monitor and floppy drive as a proof of concept, so I should be able to do this once the case is available.

I did manage to do the following things though:

And I learnt quite a few things as well:

What plans/ideas do I have for the future:

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