All they manufacture is Sky boxes.
Isn't Amstrad crap?
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Originally Posted by gunneruk:
“All they manufacture is Sky boxes.”
“All they manufacture is Sky boxes.”
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!
Originally Posted by skaroth:
“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!”
“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!”
I shouldn't laugh
Originally Posted by gunneruk:
“All they manufacture is Sky boxes.”
“All they manufacture is Sky boxes.”
My Amstrad sky box is on its last legs as well!
Originally Posted by thecharmingman:
“My Amstrad sky box is on its last legs as well!”
“My Amstrad sky box is on its last legs as well!”
I don't think mine is Amstrad anymore.
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!
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!
Originally Posted by newda898:
“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!”
“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!”
What's Viglen?
Why aren't they called Amstrad?
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.
It was its own Operating System and software.
Originally Posted by gunneruk:
“What's Viglen?
Why aren't they called Amstrad?”
“What's Viglen?
Why aren't they called Amstrad?”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viglen
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“They also make the Amstrad emailer phone, which no-one but Sir Alan appears to use!
Today 21:28”
“They also make the Amstrad emailer phone, which no-one but Sir Alan appears to use!
Today 21:28”
Hey! I have the emailer and it's alright!!!
Me nan got it for me free from bingo!!!!! I swear!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by Elz-Belz:
“Hey! I have the emailer and it's alright!!!
Me nan got it for me free from bingo!!!!! I swear!!!!!!!”
“Hey! I have the emailer and it's alright!!!
Me nan got it for me free from bingo!!!!! I swear!!!!!!!
”
Heehee. Do you use it or just look at it and say "you're fired!" ?
Quote:
“Heehee. Do you use it or just look at it and say "you're fired!" ?”
“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!
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..
...actually, I don't think they are related..just same kind of crappy/techy toys eg a cr@p alternative to Simon Says..
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?!
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?!
Originally Posted by lozza73:
“Didn't Amstrad make Tandy toys? Does anyone remember them?”
“Didn't Amstrad make Tandy toys? Does anyone remember them?”
Tandy were an American company and full of Radio Shack stuff.
Good company and I miss them!
Tc
Originally Posted by Tc7:
“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?!”
“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?!”
he himself admits that's he's a "gimme the money!" sorta guy; chasing the fast buck rather than long term strategy. might go a long way to explaining his suspicion of MBAs and the like; all this benchmarking and corporate thinking doesn't really fit in with his way of operating.
Originally Posted by Tc7:
“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?!”
“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?!”
When Donald Trump's US 'The Apprentice' was in it's heyday he started fishing for European rights packages at the same time Richard Branson had just been signed for a rival US network/show.
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!
Amstrad is crappy 
We used to have an Amstrad computer in the 80s, before windows! It was actually retro great. Probably still works.
We used to have an Amstrad computer in the 80s, before windows! It was actually retro great. Probably still works.
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.
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.
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
http://www.amstrad.com/products/archive/index.html
this is what they produce now
http://www.amstrad.com/products/index.html
Originally Posted by welwynrose:
“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”
“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”
Face care from Amstrad!
Originally Posted by gunneruk:
“Face care from Amstrad! ”
“Face care from Amstrad!
”
Yer, you too can have a face like Alan Sugar!
Tc
Originally Posted by Tc7:
“Yer, you too can have a face like Alan Sugar!
Tc”
“Yer, you too can have a face like Alan Sugar!
Tc”
I've already got an arse for that.
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