The Amstrad Mega PC 386 SX System

[danielscheil]

first: sorry for my bad englisch

Does somebody own this System ?
I have one and i find nothing in the www about it.

I search informations about this amstrad cable and the amstrad cart who allows to connect mega cd.

Has somebody connectet a 32x to it ? does it work ?

Is it easy to replace the System battery ?

[sniperCCJVQ]

first: sorry for my bad englisch

Does somebody own this System ?
I have one and i find nothing in the www about it.

I search informations about this amstrad cable and the amstrad cart who allows to connect mega cd.

Has somebody connectet a 32x to it ? does it work ?

Is it easy to replace the System battery ?

http://www.uk.playright.dk/raretitel.php?id=13883

[danielscheil]

but they write nothing about the mega cd connecting cable / cart :P

[crisssybwoy]

I have one, but only ever used it for playing standatd Mega Drive carts/multi carts
There is very little about the system on the web, I remember once I found a German site with a lot of information on it!?

[tom]

yes, here check out my doomy roomy:

http://videogamecollectors.com/galle...for-Tom?page=4

[Ed Oscuro]

Wait, is there or isn't there Mega CD compatibility in the machine? That'd be rather useful, and that's something the (otherwise mostly superior in build but limited in function) Teradrive didn't have.

[tom]

Not sure about the MaegaPC, have to open it up and find out. TeraDrvie has an edge connector, on top of unit.

[Ed Oscuro]

TeraDrvie has an edge connector, on top of unit.

Interfaces with a standard Mega CD, that is?

[tom]

I only own a Sega Multimega, I no nothing about Mega CD connectors whatsoever, sorry.
About the Teradrive edge connector, when I questioned a person about this, I was told 'it's for the Mega CD connection'. Sounds cool enough to me :-)

[Ed Oscuro]

Okay, I see what you're saying. My guess is that the Teradrive's supposed to slot onto a Mega CD, maybe.

[tom]

Here's a close-up:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...Picture002.jpg

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[danielscheil]

exact the same port is in the front of the amstrad mega pc; but i have no idea where i ca get the cable and the say something about a special amstrad card needet to connect a mega cd... ?

I hope i can reeplace the system batterie this weekend !

does somebody have any idea how much the value of the mega pc is ?

it is comeplete with everything ( disk's, all manuals, dos, vga prog, pad, joystick etc...) but no box

@ Tom are you german ?
how much have you payed for your Terradrive i search one to but i have no idea where i can get one

[anagrama]

does somebody have any idea how much the value of the mega pc is ?

it is comeplete with everything ( disk's, all manuals, dos, vga prog, pad, joystick etc...) but no box

They tend to get anywhere between £10-£100 on eBay, depending on specs (there's also a 486 version), degree of completeness, condition etc.

I've never heard about a MegaCD connecting cable myself.

[tom]

Hia,
to Daniel, yes I am German, but I used to live in the UK for 17 years. I paid 80.00 GBP for my Teradrive, which I got from Sega London office (via a dealer) and 40.00 GBP for my Amstrad MegaPC (ebay).
Maybe you can let me know on how to replace the system batterie on the MegaPC, as mine needs replacing too. (Can't even find it)
Funnily enough, the older Teradrive system batterie still works fine. I wish I had some disks and docs to go with it though, especially the duo-mode set-up disks.

[danielscheil]

Ok Tom i will post here a few pics about the replacement but that needs 5-7 Days ( no camera )

i can make a few pics from the manuals to can you write me a german pm, what you search ?

[tom]

Thanks, I would love to replace the battery.
As for docus, I'm looking for original Teradrive documents. Very hard to find, even in Japanese.

[anagrama]

Just spotted this MegaPC on eBay, which would appear to include the MegaCD connecting cable & cart:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=8280087050

Might be worth asking the seller for further info?

[danielscheil]

here are a few pics including all the Manuals and Disk's





and thanks i asked the seller where he get the cable etc...
i hope he will give me an answer

[danielscheil]

Today i finished the System Battery replacement:

old one:


new one:


i used the alternative battery pin on the Board.
-very easy

[tom]

cool, thanks I get on to it this weekend.