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Isn't Amstrad crap?
All they manufacture is Sky boxes.
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All they manufacture is Sky boxes.
They also make the Amstrad emailer phone, which no-one but Sir Alan appears to use! |
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They used to make computer printers too, dunno if they still do. Mine blew it's circuit board about 2 weeks after it was out of warranty.
They also make the Amstrad emailer phone, which no-one but Sir Alan appears to use!
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All they manufacture is Sky boxes.
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My Amstrad sky box is on its last legs as well!
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Amstrad are getting into PC building now for enthusiasts.
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Yup, Pretty much!
My old school bought a load of Viglen computers and a server a few years ago. Last year, in the middle of coursework season it blew up! |
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Yup, Pretty much!
My old school bought a load of Viglen computers and a server a few years ago. Last year, in the middle of coursework season it blew up! Why aren't they called Amstrad? |
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When I was at School I had an Amstrad laptop Farily basic really but did the job.
It was its own Operating System and software. |
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They also make the Amstrad emailer phone, which no-one but Sir Alan appears to use! Hey! I have the emailer and it's alright!!!Today 21:28 Me nan got it for me free from bingo!!!!! I swear!!!!!!!
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Hey! I have the emailer and it's alright!!!
Me nan got it for me free from bingo!!!!! I swear!!!!!!! ![]()
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Heehee. Do you use it or just look at it and say "you're fired!" ?
Well I do sometimes feel like shouting it down the line at Virgin Media!
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Didn't Amstrad make Tandy toys? Does anyone remember them?
...actually, I don't think they are related..just same kind of crappy/techy toys eg a cr@p alternative to Simon Says.. |
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When I was at school we used to laugh our heads off at Amstrad stereos!!
Cheap music centers sold in Woolies! My friend made a great point the other day. He said if SAS was so good he would be up with Bill Gates nowdays. SAS was at the pinnicle of computing but obviously fell way, way short! A sucessful business?? Hmmmm?! |
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Didn't Amstrad make Tandy toys? Does anyone remember them?
Good company and I miss them! Tc |
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I have a Amstrad PCW9512+ word processor from around 1993. They go for around £1 on Ebay
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When I was at school we used to laugh our heads off at Amstrad stereos!!
Cheap music centers sold in Woolies! My friend made a great point the other day. He said if SAS was so good he would be up with Bill Gates nowdays. SAS was at the pinnicle of computing but obviously fell way, way short! A sucessful business?? Hmmmm?! |
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When I was at school we used to laugh our heads off at Amstrad stereos!!
Cheap music centers sold in Woolies! My friend made a great point the other day. He said if SAS was so good he would be up with Bill Gates nowdays. SAS was at the pinnicle of computing but obviously fell way, way short! A sucessful business?? Hmmmm?! So the self-publicist (books) that is SAS stepped into the void... He's more Mike Baldwin than Donald Trump, but I think that makes it a bit edgier and more accessable. It doesn't have the same 'bling' factor as the NYC/Hollywood shows, but thats just the UK's media culture V California's However, if SAS thought that another season was too much for him.. SRB's would keep Mr Trump's franchise dollars afloat for me if he wasn't worn out already!
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Amstrad is crappy
![]() We used to have an Amstrad computer in the 80s, before windows! It was actually retro great. Probably still works. |
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Amstrad made it's name (and money) by cornering the 'affordable' end of the electronic equipment market.
The early eighties saw a rise in consumer electronics but at prices that were out of reach of many. Amstrad took the opportunity to produce cheap and cheerfull tat that anyone could afford. As far as I know they still do. |
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this is what they use to produce
http://www.amstrad.com/products/archive/index.html this is what they produce now http://www.amstrad.com/products/index.html |
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this is what they use to produce
http://www.amstrad.com/products/archive/index.html this is what they produce now http://www.amstrad.com/products/index.html
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Face care from Amstrad!
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Yer, you too can have a face like Alan Sugar!
Tc |
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