Despite having a line of business computers and an eventual move into PC territory that included portable machines, Amstrad never produced a CPC which wasn’t anchored to the desktop.

He decided that his portable Amstrad sessions would be far more enjoyable ... a modern display into the otherwise largely original computer. Getting the new LCD’s PCB ready for installation.

Amstrad had captured 36pc of the European PC market, had gobbled up rival Sinclair, and had launched the first of its affordable portable computers – a year before the Macintosh Portable came along.

Anyone out there with an old forgotten Amstrad computer in their attic – you’re about to have an 8-bit of luck. Because the man who sold it to you might be offering to buy it back. Amstrad ...