August 2019 - e3-hacking

Some things I have found on the Amstrad E3 while I was pressing different buttons.
by Nick Griffin 01 Oct '24

01 Oct '24

I found something the other day, if you press SETUP Button then 1 then 1 again, it looks like it comes up with driver info, Picture is here.. https://imgur.com/zjJc2oT And if you press SETUP Button then 1 then 0 it has numbers on the Setup Info screen Picture here.. https://imgur.com/VpJRCRt Anyone seen theses before..? Do not know what the numbers are on the Setup Info screen is..?? Spanner..

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Anyone know the Pinout of the Amstrad E3 Videophone Mailboard
by Nick Griffin 29 Sep '19

29 Sep '19

Hi Long time no speak… 😊 Anyone know the pinout ,I want to connect it to a PS/2 connector, The PS/2 connector has 6 pins when the Mailboard has 4 pins…? Anyone..? Spanner.. http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net

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Hello!
by Adam Ainsworth 01 Aug '19

01 Aug '19

Hi all, Came across this list while looking for hacking info on the Emailer. It's a bit out of my usual area of interest, normally I'm playing with 8-bit computers and old PC-alikes. I got an Emailer Plus in new condition about a while back, but forgot about it until recently when I picked up a Pocket Dockit to go with it. I just fired it up to see what it could do, and that turned out to be...nothing! I watched the Chinnyvision video on it, and he came to the same conclusion. https://youtu.be/aY6R72nWJsU I did find a couple of articles, although one (where the author appeared to have Linux running on it) is presumably by someone on this list, given the URL. There was also mention of hooking up a Raspberry Pi to it. I'm also wondering if a wifi modem would do the trick, although presumably we'd need to know how the server software worked if it did connect. Without me going through all of the list archives, can someone just give me a quick update on the current status of hacking it? Has someone found a way in, or have I wasted £12 or so on the hardware? Thanks very much! Adam ========

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