This mini forum is intended to provide a simple means of discussion about the Amstrad  NC 100 computer. If you want to share your own experience or memories, or add relevant information about this system: post a message!

"If you can''t use this new computer in five minutes, you''ll get your money back," boasted the company in its launch advertising. Man! Whoever came up with that should definitely have been fired. What an invitation to disaster a slogan like that had to be....

This website really is ace. Recently came to own one of these machines. A fascinating piece of history. Quite practical as a distraction free writing machine. One query: Does anyone know which printers it is compatible with?

I purchased an NC100 in 1992 for $A399 to type menus for my restaurant. I later purchased a 512K memory card for $189!
The Australian flyer proudly boasts "In 10 seconds flat, anyone can use it" and was promoted as the "Amstrad Notepad".

I purchased an NC 100 around 1994 for 200,- DM (approx. 100,- EUR) in a local electronic store. It served me for more than two years in my studies where I used it to type the lectures directly into the system. With all my classmates writing by hand this was really exotic back those days. I used kind of a "simplified" LaTeX notation which I converted into "real" LaTeX on my computer at home using some scripts in a Linux environment. this setup allowed me to type even complex mathematical formulas almost error-free in realtime!

I still have the device and while not using it any more today, I will keep it - it was my first "Laptop"...

The Amstrad NC-100 is closely related to the Tandy WP2 in that both have have mainboard manufactured by Citizen CBM Division.
As a collector, I recently aquired an NC100. I found the display rather dim, but everything else about the unit was impressive. I have since aquired Citizen Hi-Contrast displays for the NC100. I upgraded my unit and it looks great and very crisp. If anyone is interested I can do the same for them.
Please visit my Amstrad NC100 page at: http://www.8bit-micro.com/amstrad-nc100.htm