AUA is a group of friends and enthusiasts of retro Amstrad machines from the 1980s. We started as a Facebook group around 2017, as a meeting point for users interested in this system and the possibilities of these machines.
The Amigos y Usuarios de Amstrad (Friends and Users of Amstrad) support all initiatives related to the development of new hardware, software, and anything connected to this system.
Within this framework, cooperative projects have been carried out such as DES (Dandanator Entertainment System), as well as support for other smaller, but equally important, initiatives.
We also collaborate with other retro computing events such as:
We participate and provide our machines so that everyone can enjoy, remember, and play with them again.
Given how we experience modern technology today, with flat screens, always-connected mobile devices, computers, and all the technology around us, we must not forget where it all comes from: the first mass-market home computers of the 1980s.
As retro enthusiasts, we also want to showcase new video games and hardware expansions, and demonstrate that these machines do not need to be discarded if found at home. We can encourage people to recover and revive them using modern hardware and today’s active scene. This is not just a passing trend—quite the opposite.
Our events
AUA began in 2019 with the Run”AUA event, organized at La Casa+Grande in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, with support from various media outlets that helped promote it.
Attendance was immediate, and we had a very enjoyable day with more than 20 AMSTRAD systems on display, where people could enjoy games, programs, and these magical machines from the 1980s. We were also joined by the Association of Classical Computing Users, who brought several systems for exhibition.
At the 2024 RetroAlacant event, we had over 70 Amstrads between Amstrad CPC (all versions), Schneider CPC, PCW, PC, NC and Mega PC and at the 2025, three CPC64 protos + PCW sample case and some documentation… Three Amstrad CPC464 prototypes in the same event 🙂
Our events include the following sections:
– Repair Workshop: We repair, solder, replace memory modules, floppy disk drive belts, and most importantly, we bring your Amstrad back to life.
– Game competition in a real machine.
– WorkShop about expansions, like DES, Dandanator, M4.
– Machine exhibitions.
– Book, hardware and Games presentations about Amstrad machines or another retro computers.
Association
AUA was legally established as an association in 2024 and currently has seventy-five members, not counting Roland Perry who is member number zero and an honorary member.
AUA at UKAG
Edit from UKAG Admin:
“We are so glad to welcome some members of the AUA to our inaugural UK event in June 2026. Come along to find out more about their amazing work!“
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