Amstrad Em@iler, i almost forgot these existed
Posted Jan 31, 2022, 12:40 PM UTC
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Is that the one with the built-in ZX Spectrum emulator?
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I think the Emailer Plus and later versions had the ability to "rent" Spectrum games, though that's another feature that was dependant on the online service. There is actually yet ANOTHER a proper-ish pull out keyboard on the front of the unit.
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My wife worked on a production line building these things
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aaand I just bought one. Oops!
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Are these from the old x.25 networks in Europe?!
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I don't think so: These were dialup systems plugged directly into the phone lines that collected email via a propietary service called Amserve.
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My friend has one of these in his kitchen!
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Wow, buttons for pranks and adult services!
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I think early versions existed in the 50's or 60's.
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Kind digging the look to be honest. Plenty of buttons, an interesting screen and the later versions already have a built in ARM processor, that runs Linux although it's feeble by modern SOC standards. To say nothing of that docking support for the little Amstrad address book thingy.
Seems like there's a substantial number of them are are essentially ewaste at this point, too. Better and better for hacking on. They were dependant on an online service that no longer exists and it seems like they're pretty much bricks without it.