Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
--- Ian Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Calvin Allett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 2:36 AM Subject: What be classed as the standard nowadays? I don`t mean so much hardware (yet also), but what Dos is standard? is it all B-Dos? and what is the relation with B-Dos and Basic, can MasterBasic be run with BDos to effect a 30 percent Put speedup? Never got anywhere with Bdos, but interested... Yes, it is possible to get B-Dos to work with Masterbasic I use it all the time. Ian Cheers :) I thought the manual looked a bit `fiddly` so haven`t got into it yet, but found a few tips in SAM Revival... Cal *_+ ___ Yahoo! Model Search 2005 - Find the next catwalk superstars - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/model-search/
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Sam system/set up is Sam 512, 1 floppy, Atom with CF card 256 and slave Harddrive Maxtor 7 gig an old PC spare drive. (slave drive when in use powers from an old PC psu) with a small switch fitting to switch the CF card to master or slave , normally set to master. Comms interface with PC serial mouse [thanks to Edwin] PC keyboard interface [ thanks to Colin] Boot Rom V2 [thanks to Edwin] BDos 1.7n Steve(spt) got anywhere with Bdos, but interested... Wow !!! thats one hell of a setup :) I think the CF card route is the way I`ll go when I finally get back to using a real machine... sorry for more questions, but is the boot rom something like the ones Steve Nutting was doing back in the day, i.e. to fix disk corruption, or is it (hopefully) to possibly boot up with extra code for newer stuff? Cal *_+ P.S. Once again thank you so much for the scanning of the MasterBasic manual in particular, but also MasterDos... (not here enough so need to get these thanks in, hehe)... there`s a fair few folk like Arjun, monty.mole and Sadako over at WoS dying (time permitting of course) to get into SAM Basic and needing specifics of tips and tricks so these come in really handy :) ___ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
--- david [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Calvin Allett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don`t mean so much hardware (yet also), but what Dos is standard? is it all B-Dos? and what is the relation with B-Dos and Basic, can MasterBasic be run with BDos to effect a 30 percent Put speedup? Never got anywhere with Bdos, but interested... I'm sure that someone managed to get Masterbasic and B-Dos running together... B-Dos is definately the one to use if you consider using an atom or cf interface :) Cheers, ... yes, the CF card route is sounding soo soo tempting :) David, did you ever remember what the cheat was for Manic Miner ? I seem to rember you saying something about a combination of two things/sets of key presses at different times and a clue like Ice cream or summit I was pretty drunk all last year so I could indeed have imagined even the conversation let alone the clues, lol, but I`d love to see all the screens on SAM version.. Maybe could be a tip/cheat in SAM Revival or ZX-Shed if you can shed (haha, dips head in shame) any light on it... Cal *_+ ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
Calvin Allett wrote: sorry for more questions, but is the boot rom something like the ones Steve Nutting was doing back in the day, i.e. to fix disk corruption, or is it (hopefully) to possibly boot up with extra code for newer stuff? I think the bootrom Steve was refering too is the Atom Bootrom - which was written by Edwin - which will boot from the Hard Drive or CF when the Sam is powered up. Floppy disk corruption on reset is fixed by having an alternate 8MHz clock signal going to the WD1772 disk controllers. Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe April 1995-2005 - Celebrating 10 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe New Website now up: http://www.samcoupe.com/
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
Calvin Allett wrote David, did you ever remember what the cheat was for Manic Miner ? I seem to rember you saying something about a combination of two things/sets of key presses at different times and a clue like Ice cream or summit I was pretty drunk all last year so I could indeed have imagined even the conversation let alone the clues, lol, but I`d love to see all the screens on SAM version.. David wrote an excellent six part series on Manic Miner for Sam Revival (appears is issues 3 to 8) looking at all sixty of the Manic Miner screens in detail, with hints and tips, some scans of the original drawings for a few of the levels too as well as behind the scenes gossip and anecdotes from when the game was being developed back in the early 90's. A very interesting read overall. Manic Miner also features on the coverdisk with issue 9 of Sam Revival should anyone out there not have this classic! Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe April 1995-2005 - Celebrating 10 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe New Website now up: http://www.samcoupe.com/
Re: Hi Dudes *_+ Full message
--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Calvin Allett wrote: from my quick lookabout (and on pay per minute so very quick) I`d like to say nice one to Colin, jeez you do a lot for the scene, the new games are looking cool, especially Harlequin which I somehow missed out on on older systems... be great to see this on SAM... There are certainly a few great classics from the Gremlin lot, Harlequin is certainly my favourites. I've done a bit more work on it as well as Thing on a Spring. I was getting back into ST`s and in particular under emulation a few months ago, and I think the one game I didn`t download was Harlequin, as I`m looking forward to it so much(due to it being scrolling, and obviously the first professional accelerated game)... I`ll check the original versions after I`ve discovered it on SAM :) Have you had any articles in past SAM Revival`s regarding any tools/environments you use when developing games? For instance do you have a generic mapper, or do you knock something up for each game? I`ve been putting off doing one but recently decided to get all those tools done which have needed doing (hence dabblings with Flash). also, if you have one... which route did you decide on, is it 16*16 ala Amiga or 8*8 tiles? Oh, and yes, Gremlin have an amazing catalogue, Avenger would be beautiful on SAM... but that is just a dream (like also Great Escape in colour,hehe) :) But I am also concentrating on the revamp of Conquest and some of the other unreleased games from Hydrasoft that I now own. There'll be a development update on both software and hardware in the next issue of Sam Revival showing how I am getting on with things. lol, :) scrub questions above, I see these things are best for inclusion in the mag... Who was Hydrosoft? I don`t think I`ve heard their name before? Can I just ask if it would be a good rough estimate of about 4.5 times original speed for the finished version of Mayhem... I mean under emulation in meantime for dev, I`ve spent the last four weeks working on graphics for a new accelerated game called `Jimf and Oobs go Whack` and not sure quite what can be pulled from uncompiled Basic turbo`d, but some practice and a profiler have quite astounded me with what can be done with MasterBasic`s faster commands... (p.s.) the 4.5 times comes from the fact you say memory will be uncontended... good luck with the project as well :) Cal *_+ ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Calvin Allett wrote: sorry for more questions, but is the boot rom something like the ones Steve Nutting was doing back in the day, i.e. to fix disk corruption, or is it (hopefully) to possibly boot up with extra code for newer stuff? I think the bootrom Steve was refering too is the Atom Bootrom - which was written by Edwin - which will boot from the Hard Drive or CF when the Sam is powered up. Sweet, sounds cool... Floppy disk corruption on reset is fixed by having an alternate 8MHz clock signal going to the WD1772 disk controllers. I seem to remember this, is it a Mod that all you guys have had done (possibly 10+ years ago), is it a Mod you provide service for (as Im not alowed near electronics, hehe) :) I suppose it`s not as relevant nowadays what with all the HD`s and CF cards... I remember people (or rather magazines and web based `accounts` of SAM) always made it a big deal, but at the time I ALWAYS used to eject disks, it became habit very quickly... apart from unexpected crashes of software/machine and the quick hurry to eject, lol ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Calvin Allett wrote David, did you ever remember what the cheat was for Manic Miner ? I seem to rember you saying something about a combination of two things/sets of key presses at different times and a clue like Ice cream or summit I was pretty drunk all last year so I could indeed have imagined even the conversation let alone the clues, lol, but I`d love to see all the screens on SAM version.. David wrote an excellent six part series on Manic Miner for Sam Revival (appears is issues 3 to 8) looking at all sixty of the Manic Miner screens in detail, with hints and tips, some scans of the original drawings for a few of the levels too as well as behind the scenes gossip and anecdotes from when the game was being developed back in the early 90's. A very interesting read overall. Manic Miner also features on the Im looking forward to getting those issues :) coverdisk with issue 9 of Sam Revival should anyone out there not have this classic! Don`t forget Money Bags Special Edition with a thumping soundtrack is on the same disk/issue *_+ New Website now up: http://www.samcoupe.com/ ___ Yahoo! Model Search 2005 - Find the next catwalk superstars - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/model-search/
Re: Hi Dudes *_+ Full message
Calvin Allett wrote: Have you had any articles in past SAM Revival`s regarding any tools/environments you use when developing games? For instance do you have a generic mapper Erm... i've mentioned briefly some of my tools in the magazine over the last year or two, such as the mapper I used for the three Money Bags games - which evolved slightly for each game but I always made sure it was backwards compatible should I need to load files from the earlier games. But I do tend to write the tools specifically for the game in hand, and there's been a few articles about development of stuff - particularly in the 'Quazars Secret Files' articles - covering unfinished products which include the untitled Quazar Karts game, and a clone of Shufflepuck. also, if you have one... which route did you decide on, is it 16*16 ala Amiga or 8*8 tiles? The Money Bags games used an odd 10x10 tile (can't remember why I chose that initially - probably as i was rushing things as the original game that appeared on Soundbyte 15, then revamped for the coverdisk with Sam Revival 9 was written in one week while I was meant to be studying for some university finals!), but Harlequin as it's using the Amiga/ST graphics will be using 16x16 tiles and Thing On A Spring will be is 8x8. Who was Hydrosoft? I don`t think I`ve heard their name before? Hydrasoft were behind Conquest and Mage Fire - two games that were to have been published by Zedd-Soft (Zodiac Magazine / Michael Stocks) in 96/7. I know a few Conquest's were sold, but also know of a few cases of people not getting them or experiencing big delays. Mage Fire as far as I know wasn't actually released at all (until Sam Revival 12 last month anyway!), the author has no idea if it was sold or not either as he never receieved any royalties for either game. (Neither did I - I was involved with the two games back then adding spot sound effects for the Quazar Surround soundcard!) He's always gone down the strategy route, and Conquest especially is very ad dicitive and playable. More news on the revamping of that, and the other unreleased stuff, will be in the next issue of the magazine, and will be sometime on the website too afterwards. Can I just ask if it would be a good rough estimate of about 4.5 times original speed for the finished version of Mayhem... Yeah, think along the lines of 4-5 times faster. Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe April 1995-2005 - Celebrating 10 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe New Website now up: http://www.samcoupe.com/
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
Calvin Allett wrote: is it a Mod you provide service for (as Im not alowed near electronics, hehe) :) If it's something you want done, then yes, I can easily do it for you. Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe April 1995-2005 - Celebrating 10 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe New Website now up: http://www.samcoupe.com/
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
--- Dan Dooré [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Calvin Allett wrote: I don`t mean so much hardware (yet also), but what Dos is standard? is it all B-Dos? and what is the relation with B-Dos and Basic, can MasterBasic be run with BDos to effect a 30 percent Put speedup? From http://home.wanadoo.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/software/bdos/bdosinfo.htm Thanks, always lose web addresses :) I think theres stuff in there not in the .pdf = COMPATIBILITY NOTES = Programs which POKE or CALL directly into SAMDOS will not work correctly with B-DOS. S`ok , never really did know much about messing with Dos anyway in those ways... Dan. Cal *_+ ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Calvin Allett wrote: is it a Mod you provide service for (as Im not alowed near electronics, hehe) :) If it's something you want done, then yes, I can easily do it for you. Thinking about it, it probably would be as even after (hopefully) when I get my SAM sorted and CF card and reader I think I`ll be heavily tempted to start using old workdisks :) I LOVE SimCoupe, but you can`t beat a real machine ! Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe April 1995-2005 - Celebrating 10 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe New Website now up: http://www.samcoupe.com/ ___ Yahoo! Model Search 2005 - Find the next catwalk superstars - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/model-search/
Re: Missing Disks?
--- Dan Dooré [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Calvin Allett wrote: What are the most important disks which you remember which are missing? I think most stuff is now up on NVG apart from these: I have a list somewhere on real SAM Coupe disk from Pat Spencer, who used to trade a lot (and whom I expect everyone here used to know :) ) I can`t remember a lot of the names of certain more obscure disk mags and other software, but I`m sure there`s a good fifth perhaps of early SAM software missing. it was nice to see Metempsychosis stuff up on there finally. I`ll try to find it, but have imaged most of my disks and haven`t found it yet, also it might be interesting to check the SCPDSA catalogues from the early days to see how things correspond? I`ve still got my copies which given a month or two I could hunt out if they would be useful... These are the files that could not be unpacked as part of the achive re-org project. There are stored here as DSK files with the offending code inside, if you have a copy of these then please upload a DSK version to /pub/sam-coupe/incoming. , Dan Doore 04/01/05 Files and original locations in the tree ./adult/net_23.TDO - cannot read TDO file ./disks/misc/treaty - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/modules/MikeAJTrackerModules 1 and 2 - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/etrackerdemo - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/old/lib30a - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/lib30b - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/Prntfx - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/TIFF LCB - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/terminal-emulation/commix - cannot unpack There was a stack of stuff by Daton that isn't up but I can't remember a lot else. It`s mainly stuff from Ron Stirling which I`m after at the mo - he had a very nice (at the time) ceefaxt type menu system on one disk (Review? perhaps, don`t know how many issues he pulled off), but as you say, from memory it is hard to remember :) edit: Oops, and sorry I don`t have have of the above but surely that treaty is David Gommerons little demo/game? which could be resolved from FRED etc? probs wrong, again ! There seems to be some disk magazines missing, plus there was some Australian software for SAM distributed over here in 93-95 that seems to be not preserved, ColonySoft? That`s the one :) couldn`t remember the name I can only say that someone from Scotland who`s name I forget (Derek something ?) seemewd to be organising it as Shareware... Derek Morgan - Sam PD? I think that`s the name, I know he managed to get either GAC or PAW onto SAM, or at least to get permission from author around 93/94 If that tallies with the name then that`s the dude... I tried emailing him multiple times last year with no reply, due to him buying distribution rights from me for BitaByte issues 1-5 plus more or less anything I ever wrote... major :( ... I`d be very pleased if I could get in contact with him if you know or anybody knows his current email. (he was running a small dance studio in Scotland a few years ago, if indeed the name is right) SCPSDU etc, ... Justin Ash? Bingo Dan. Cheers for help Dan.. Cal *_+ ___ Yahoo! Model Search 2005 - Find the next catwalk superstars - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/model-search/
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
Can't remember to be honest... but theres 2 parts to it... 4 keys during the scrolly message - and CLF (Copyright Liberation Front aka KLF - as Matthew was a big fan!) during the game... You could always use the NMI button if you want ;) --- Calvin Allett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- david [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Calvin Allett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don`t mean so much hardware (yet also), but what Dos is standard? is it all B-Dos? and what is the relation with B-Dos and Basic, can MasterBasic be run with BDos to effect a 30 percent Put speedup? Never got anywhere with Bdos, but interested... I'm sure that someone managed to get Masterbasic and B-Dos running together... B-Dos is definately the one to use if you consider using an atom or cf interface :) Cheers, ... yes, the CF card route is sounding soo soo tempting :) David, did you ever remember what the cheat was for Manic Miner ? I seem to rember you saying something about a combination of two things/sets of key presses at different times and a clue like Ice cream or summit I was pretty drunk all last year so I could indeed have imagined even the conversation let alone the clues, lol, but I`d love to see all the screens on SAM version.. Maybe could be a tip/cheat in SAM Revival or ZX-Shed if you can shed (haha, dips head in shame) any light on it... Cal *_+ ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com
Re: Missing Disks?
--- Calvin Allett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that`s the name, I know he managed to get either GAC or PAW onto SAM, or at least to get permission from author around 93/94 I think that was in part down to Dave Whitmore ... (in fact - I think the principle for the PAW conversion was based on a chat I had with him during an All-Formats show when I was getting very carried away with ideas that happens sometimes :))
Re: Missing Disks?
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