Computing in Retirement 'Nother site hosted by Ron. This time about PCs. If you want to find out how to make your PC secure, how to learn, about ebooks, memory and much, much more, particularly if you're retired, visit this site.
YAMSEN (Yorkshire Association for Music and Special Educational Needs) What has this site to do with PCWs? Nothing whatsoever. It's a website I set up for a charity which brings music into the lives of disabled people in Yorkshire. If you live in Yorkshire, take a look! Even if you don't live in Yorkshire but are interested in this subject there are several interesting links.
Shed 18 A website with a strange name that helps with building websites. Why not take a look then build your own PCW website?
The PcW16 Storm site A good PcW16 site. Very pretty.
John King's (no relation) website with loads of PCW stuff for sale. Also disc transfers. A huge and interesting site.
Paul Toghill's website is an 8bit site with the accent on PCWs. It's new- check it out.
Ian Studley's Sales page. Ian has been involved with PCWs for many years and can offer valuable service and advice.
Malcolm Surl's website (Luxsoft) has sections on PCW repairs, spares and disc conversion. He also sells PC upgrades, printers, scanners, digital cameras and consumables. Luxsoft is situated in Luxulyan near Bodmin, Cornwall, and the site also promotes walks and attractions around this beautiful part of the country. Malcolm is a PCW enthusiast from the early days of the PCW8256 in 1986 as I am.
John Hayward's webpage with ideas for getting computer stuff including PCWs dirt cheap
Frank van Empel's website ;PCW Joyce Computer Club (Amsterdam) Many pages of information on PCW matters which are updated regularly. Not to be missed!
John Elliott's website download JOYCE136, John's PCW emulator for the PC. This site has a wealth of useful and interesting information and is a must for any PCW enthusiast! Or to download the Windows version JOYCE 2.0.0 go to this page
Vintage Computers Dean Graham's website is dedicated largely to vintage computers. Also an interesting site for website builders! Try it to find out what I mean
Irfanview. This is the site of an excellent graphics editor and viewer which can be downloaded for free. The main reason that it appears on this page is because it will display and print out .png files which feature in JOYCE. See my Emulators section.
SD Microsystems Ltd This company has supported the PCW for many years and continues to do so. Hardware, software- it's all here. Their site is well worth a visit.
Locoscript Software. Take a look here for software for the PCW plus links between PCW and PC software. Well worth a visit!
Need more info? Go to practically any search engine and type in "Amstrad PCW". Don't forget the inverted commas.
Ron King
Email ...ron@king27.freeserve.co.uk