Re: Getting those encrypted games in a SIM Coupe-able format
>> You could always just save a snapshot file instead > > Does SAM Elite load those, or would I end up using SPECTRE and just >owning a copy of SAM Elite for a bit or a laugh. No, but there are various 48K Spectrum emulators available for the Sam, and they can load snapshot files (they need to be saved with a slightly bizarre format, but I'm pretty sure there are programs to do that conversion.) Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++ICQ:38645805-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides
A simple Mode-X question
Hi, I've never been too sure about the memory layout of Mode-X and so on, so I am asking one simple question, would it be faster to : a) blit 144 32x27 tiles to a Mode-X screen arranged so as to form a rectangle of 384x324, or b) blit the same tiles to a memory bitmap, then to the mode-x screen as a single rectangle of 384x324? And if the answer is a), which would be the fastest blitting order (you know, as in left to right, top to bottom or every odd, then every even or whatever) to minimise bank switching / whatever else takes up time in drawing to mode-x screens? -Thomas
RE: Getting those encrypted games in a SIM Coupe-able format
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Thomas Harte > Also : I just realised this morning that the silly cut-down > SAM I was > thinking of is the SAM Gamestar . . . so what is the SAM Elite (the > computer)? > > -Thomas > AFAIK the SAM Elite is basically just the same as a SAM Coupe except that : A: There is a parallel printer interface built in (don't ask me where though!) B: They were (are?!) only released as 512K versions. C: The disk drive(s) were the 'new style' (I think). Dave Laundon.
Re: Getting those encrypted games in a SIM Coupe-able format
> You could always just save a snapshot file instead Does SAM Elite load those, or would I end up using SPECTRE and just owning a copy of SAM Elite for a bit or a laugh. Also : I just realised this morning that the silly cut-down SAM I was thinking of is the SAM Gamestar . . . so what is the SAM Elite (the computer)? -Thomas
Re: Getting those encrypted games in a SIM Coupe-able format
>> Or you could download a copy of the spectrum 48k version, which is >> basically the same thing > > Well, yeah, but with the obvious changes that it : > > a) wouldn't be able to load saved games from .dsk files >meaning that >any play on my tempramental SAM would have to be entirely seperate to >any play on my not quite so tempramental (although I'm sure hardware >driver writers up and down the country are working on it!) PC here, and You could always just save a snapshot file instead Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he ++ICQ:38645805-+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides
The win32 SIM Coupe
Hi, I know it isn't out or anything, I'm not about to ask something stupid like 'where can I get it', I'm just aware from experience that writing for windows can be an entirely different process to writing for DOS, and therefore creating a windows version will most probably have meant a large change in code. So . . . the question . . . has Linux support been dropped? -Thomas
Re: Getting those encrypted games in a SIM Coupe-able format
> Or you could download a copy of the spectrum 48k version, which is > basically the same thing Well, yeah, but with the obvious changes that it : a) wouldn't be able to load saved games from .dsk files meaning that any play on my tempramental SAM would have to be entirely seperate to any play on my not quite so tempramental (although I'm sure hardware driver writers up and down the country are working on it!) PC here, and b) (a much smaller concern) it would be nice to have a backup of my SAM disk . . . -Thomas
