AMSTRAD / SCHNEIDER CPC 6128
For general information see : wikipedia Amstrad_CPC
My working CPC6128
Supplementary 51/4 inch floppy drive as B: drive A: is incorporated in the 6128 Monitor is the color one.
My original disks
3 inch discettes CP/M 2.2 and CP/M 3.0 both working perfectly
Masterfile Supercalc and different games
My original CPC 6128 Documentation
The manual in French that came with the computer
Extensive documentation on CP/M Plus (CP/M 3.0)
Software preservation
This is extreme important as the quality of the 3" drive is low due to mainly belt problems.
Images of all disks can be made by the wonderfull program IMD you can find on DAVES OLD COMPUTERS - Disk/Software Image Archive
I used ImageDisk 1.17 and made images on my pc .
All following images are 9 sectors/track 40 tracks single sided , the original CPC6128 format
CPC1.IMD CP/M 3.0 master disc
CPC2.IMD CP/M 2.2 master disc
CPC3.IMD DR Logo and Help CP/M Plus
CPC4.IMD Dienstprogram CP/M Plus (Errors on tracks 31,37,39)
CPC5.IMD ODDJOB
CPC6.IMD Supercalc Installation
CPC7.IMD Supercalc Programs and Spreadsheets
CPC8.IMD Masterfile 6128 V.3
CPC9.IMD Hit Pack 1987 -Into the eagles Nest-Light Force- ACE-Batty
CPC10.IMD International Karate A and B (some read errors)
CPC11.IMD Airwolf 2
CPC12.IMD Great Gurianos - 3DC
With the same program IMD you can write those images to another 31/2 , 3" or 51/4" disk
How to make your CPC128 boot from a 51/4" drive
Hardware modifications
First connect a 51/4 " floppy drive at the rear connector and be sure it works correctly as a b: drive
Open your CPC6128 and disconnect the 3" drive .
Make then a wire from connection 4 of the 3"drive flatcable (drive select 0) to your floppy connector 10 (drive select 0)and select DS0 on your 51/4" floppy drive
Your b: drive is now your a: drive
Software
Write the image of the boot disk to a 51/4" 360K floppy disk on your PC and boot your computer now on the 51/4" drive.
For helping people that make image files with another software tool discribed hereLECTEUR 3'1/2 (interne) sur 6128 - Phenixinformatique.com, Amstrad CPC pour toujours I put here 3 image discs (CP/M 3.0-CP/M 2.2 and ODDJOB ) in the DSK format CPC1.DSK CPC2.DSK CPC5.DSK which can help yoy to write your own boot discs on another support than 3"disk drives.
My spare parts
I have a second machine with a green mono screen
Internet interesting links
Another website with disk images http://www.cpcwiki.com/index.php/System_Disk#CPC6128
Mounting a 3" disc drive on a PC
Last update 7/11/2008