It was a number of months before I could afford a drive when they were finally released on my slave-labour paper-round !
Then, before you knew it, I ended up with a drive d2 as well ! Luxury. Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 4:59:24 PM, you wrote: Adrian> I didn't get a disk drive for 6 months :-( tape loading assemblers art Adrian> packages etc - took ages! Adrian> _____ Adrian> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Adrian> Behalf Of Bob Wilkinson Adrian> Sent: 01 December 2004 15:57 Adrian> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no; sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Adrian> Subject: RE: Sam's 15th Birthday! Adrian> I had forgotten the disk never worked, Adrian> Bob. Adrian> -------Original Message------- Adrian> From: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Adrian> Date: 01 December 2004 11:02:43 Adrian> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Adrian> Subject: RE: Sam's 15th Birthday! Adrian> Colin Piggot wrote: >> Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did >> anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were >> released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? Adrian> Yes and yes. I'd spent pretty much all my pennies from my paper-round and Adrian> was well chuffed when it arrived. Business Post. Adrian> I remember being disappointed about the disk not working but then going Adrian> through the demo tape and being utterly gobsmacked when the screen grab of Adrian> the astronaut came on screen. Adrian> Simpler times :) Adrian> Geoff Adrian> ______________________________________________________________________ Adrian> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. Adrian> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email Adrian> ______________________________________________________________________ Adrian> .