Re[2]: SimCoupi

[Andy Chandler]

I've received my email from Farnell and they've taken payment.
Apparently more will be shipping today so could have mine in the next
few days to a week if lucky.

Well done on getting yours so early Simon!  (and I was up at 6am on
the Farnell site)


Andy



Monday, April 16, 2012, 12:13:41 PM, you wrote:

Simon> No special treatment, just some luck in getting an order
Simon> through on the Farnell website (just before 8am).  Perhaps enough people
Simon> switched to trying phone orders when they opened that the
Simon> website recovered very briefly?  It was pretty much inaccessible before 
and
Simon> after that, as anyone that tried will remember!

Simon> Si

Simon> On 16 Apr 2012, at 11:51, war...@wdlee.co.uk wrote:

>> That's very cool! :-D
>> 
>> God knows how long it'll take before they start shipping RPs to general 
>> customers though, after all the promo stuff with schools and
>> such... how'd you get hold of one this early? :-D
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Quoting Simon Owen :
>> 
>>> Seems like a promising start: http://simonowen.com/raspberrypi
>>> 
>>> Speed is fine with the normal SDL build, even with demanding titles like 
>>> MNEMOdemo1 part 2.  It ran at about 450% with the
>>> emulator turbo button held (max speed but video capped at 5fps).
>>> 
>>> The OpenGL version ran very slowly in X, as though it was missing hardware 
>>> acceleration.  That will be needed for the 5:4 aspect
>>> ratio feature, to make it look more like the original display.
>>> 
>>> There wasn't any sound from the 3.5mm jack, and I did see some warnings 
>>> about not being able to find a sound device.  My monitor
>>> doesn't have speakers so I haven't checked whether there's anything over 
>>> HDMI, but I doubt it.  I'm using the latest Debian build from
>>> 13th April, so I'll need to look into drivers etc.
>>> 
>>> I had to head off to work so it's just a brief look for now...
>>> 
>>> Si
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 

Re[2]:

[Andy Chandler]

I emailed Roger the same thing in reply - I got a huge email back
ranting about getting 30KB/s for £400 or something.

Roger is now in my Junk filter!



Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 3:00:19 PM, you wrote:

Wayne> On 04/04/2012 14:15, Roger Jowett wrote:
>> WHO SAM-USERS
>>

Wayne> Roger, please don't send multiple spam to my email address again.  Once
Wayne> more and I'll have to put your address on block.

Re[2]: New projects & Byte-Back 2009

[Andy Chandler]

Agreed. More than tenner would seem a bit high, depending on what they
had planned.

They are selling the ticket as a Weekend-Entry-Pass so that gets you in
both days, but it's not like it's a festival so you'd likely only go to one of
the two days, so they should have a one-day-only ticket on offer as well really.


Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 10:04:42 AM, you wrote:

Geoff> On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:54:31 +0100, "Thomas Harte"
Geoff> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Stoke-on-Trent, on the 7th and 8th of March 2009. The website is here:
>> http://www.byte-back.info/
>> 
>> Tickets are currently £10, but the website implies they'll become more
>> expensive at some later date. 

Geoff> Seriously? _more_ than a tenner?

Geoff> "Come and see a 25 year old Outrun cabinet (which you wouldn't even pay 
to
Geoff> play in the arcade any more) and watch as a middle-aged baldy tries to
Geoff> pretend he's Eric Clapton."

Geoff> A tenner would be the _upper_ end of what I'd expect to pay, unless the
Geoff> website isn't doing justice to the event.

Geoff> Geoff

Re[2]: Grabbing floppy images

[Andy Chandler]

3 Grand ?!

Damn, I'm in the wrong job.
Seems 8-bit coding is where the money is ;-)




Monday, June 16, 2008, 4:54:55 PM, you wrote:

Adrian> Yer real life and work does get in the way - don't suppose there is a
Adrian> mutli-millionare on the list who wants to cough up about 3 grand to
Adrian> employ me for a month to work on sam stuff? ;)

Adrian> -Original Message-
Adrian> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Adrian> On Behalf Of Colin Piggot
Adrian> Sent: 16 June 2008 16:31
Adrian> To: Adrian
Adrian> Subject: Re: Grabbing floppy images

Adrian> Adrian wrote:
>> Is that a little hint hint at hte bottom of your email ;)

Adrian> Nah, not trying to hint, I'd just send a message saying "chop chop" if I
Adrian> wanted to be blatent about it! ;)

Adrian> Besides you know I've been excited about seeing the stack going from
Adrian> when
Adrian> you first said you would be looking at porting it across to the SAM, and
Adrian> for
Adrian> all of us 'Real Life' and 'Work' have to take priority over SAM stuff.


>> Good news is all of the main UIp is converted, just writing a test
>> app :D  Then i need to finalise how best to allow access to it for
>> features for other coders.

Adrian> Fantastic!

Adrian> Colin
Adrian> =
Adrian> Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the SAM Coupe
Adrian> 1995-2008 - Celebrating 14 Years of developing for the SAM Coupe
Adrian> Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/



Adrian>  




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Re[2]: Interlaced video

[Andy Chandler]

Funny that about your TV.
I had a TV that wouldn't display a picture from the SAM correctly way
back when I first bought it (I had one out of the first batch of 100
made). I told them and was invited down for the day while we tried
different things and I met Alan Miles etc. which was pretty cool.

In the end we had to admit defeat and gave up. They gave me a free
256KB RAM expansion as a consolation so not all bad ;-)

(Weeks later, the problem was fixed by adjusting frequencies on the
PCB inside the TV so may not have been the SAM at all though it never
had problems with any of my Speccys etc.)



Thursday, May 22, 2008, 11:43:19 PM, you wrote:

Dave> 2008/5/22 Colin Piggot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Yes, it was Simon Goodwin's routine on a Crash cover tape in 1990 or so. On
>> the frame interrupt it toggled between two screens with different palettes,
>> which looked absolutely horrid though on the TV's I'd tried it on. Other
>> routines in the issue did MODE 3 interlacing - flicking between MODE3
>> screens saying it would give a screen resolution of 512x384, but it's not as
>> the SAM only outputs non-interlaced video so again, it just appears as a bit
>> of a flickery mess!

Dave> Ah right, another one for me to track down and try then!

>> Out of curiosity, what model of TV is it you have?

Dave> It's a Samsung LE32R88

>> Colin
>> =
>> Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the SAM Coupe
>> 1995-2008 - Celebrating 14 Years of developing for the SAM Coupe
>> Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/
>>
>>

Re[2]: Kaleidoscope questions

[Andy Chandler]

>>  Yes useless isn't it? :)

 and not an ideal if it drags the actual RGB video
signals down as it's intended application.  (Don't think I'll be
building one for my Amiga or PC any day soon!)

Andy


Thursday, April 10, 2008, 7:15:31 PM, you wrote:

>>  > Is that really all that it is meant to do?
>>  
>>  Yes useless isn't it? :)

James> I spent good money on mine.

James> It was a lot, back then, as a broke student!

Re[4]: Kaleidoscope questions

[Andy Chandler]

Thanks Stefan / Colin for the detailed recap. I have the EDDAC model I
built from Edwin's design. Wasted far too much time listening to MODs
after that was built!

Colin> Now? :)  It was 13 years ago this month I first demoed the Quazar 
Surround

Well, now as in current - unless someone's built a 24bit device ;-)
Can't believe that's 13 years. It really doesn't seem that long since
I remember it being released.

That makes my SAM (and me!) feel very old!
The 20th Anniversary of the little blue (in my case) legged friend next year 
then.

Andy






Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 10:17:36 PM, you wrote:

Colin> Andy wrote:
>> Is that Similar in design to the SAMDAC at all when used to play back
>> MODs? (That was one of my favourite add-ons combined with the SAM MOD
>> player when they first appeared. Real sound out my SAM for the first
>> time!)

Colin> The Voicebox was a SP0256 based Speech Synthesisor.

Colin> The Blue Alpha Sampler (released 1992) had a single 8-bit DAC to give a 
mono
Colin> channel out, and a 8-bit ADC to give a 8-bit sampling channel. It was 
quite
Colin> a clunky interface with a lot of stuff for the address decoding - Adrian
Colin> Parker liked using the 8255 I/O chip! Stefan's excellent Mod player
Colin> processed the four .mod channels at 6-bit resolution to mix to play the 
tune
Colin> out the single 8-bit channel.

Colin> Edwin was up next with the EDDAC and I remember Stefan demoing it at the
Colin> Gloucester shows in 1994 if I remember rightly, with the plans appearing 
in
Colin> various disk magazines and then released prebuilt as the SAMDAC in early
Colin> 1995. The EDDAC/SAMDAC had two 8-bit DACs, one for the left channel, one 
for
Colin> the right. Therefore the four mod sample channels could be processed in
Colin> 7-bit resolution, two samples mixed to the left 8-bit channel, two for 
the
Colin> right channel.

>> Now of course, we have Quazar ;-)

Colin> Now? :)  It was 13 years ago this month I first demoed the Quazar 
Surround
Colin> at the Gloucester show, and I'm still building them up occasionally! It's
Colin> got six DACs, which could be configured to play as six 8-bit channels or 
two
Colin> 16-bit and two 8-bit channels, in surround.

Colin> Colin
Colin> =
Colin> Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe
Colin> 1995-2008 - Celebrating 14 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe
Colin> Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/

Re[2]: Kaleidoscope questions

[Andy Chandler]

Is that Similar in design to the SAMDAC at all when used to play back
MODs? (That was one of my favourite add-ons combined with the SAM MOD
player when they first appeared. Real sound out my SAM for the first
time!)

Now of course, we have Quazar ;-)

Andy





Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 9:40:13 PM, you wrote:

Stefan> Thomas wrote:

>> After a bit more experimentation, the green seems to come and go. To  
>> be honest, I'm finding the Blue Alpha VoiceBox much more entertaining,

>> and I expect to be bored of that within half a day.

Stefan> Be sure to try out the SAM MOD player 2.0 with the Blue Alpha
Stefan> VoiceBox... 6 bits of mono goodness per channel a big improvement over
Stefan> the 3 bits of stereo goodness coming out of the internal soundchip
Stefan> SAA-1099 :-)

Stefan> Regards,

Stefan> Stefan

Re: What is this?

[Andy Chandler]

http://gmane.org/about.php

Seems it's a mailing-list archiver according to the about page above (cut down 
version below)...

"Privacy
The second major problem is the loss of privacy, and is a bit more difficult to 
program around. 
All the mailing lists archived in Gmane are open mailing lists. The 
subscription commands sent out by Gmane clearly identifies Gmane as a 
mail-to-news gateway, and any administrator running a closed mailing list 
should be able to refuse Gmane entry. 

 
Some people on these somewhat-private lists who learn about Gmane get a bit 
miffed. During Gmane's first six months, there's been about one request for 
list removals per month.  Of course, any request for removal is acted upon at 
once. 

All the requests were without incident, except one, which basically asked 
(among all the invective and not-so-veiled threats) -- what right do I have to 
do this? "




Sunday, March 16, 2008, 10:56:28 PM, you wrote:


Hi all,

can somebody please tell me what the hell THIS is all about?

http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.systems.sam-coupe

I am absolutely furious that any e-mails I have sent to the SAM Group have been 
published on the net, I did not give permission for this! If the person who has 
published them gets this, then please remove them IMMEDIATELY.

Ron

 
Visit my website; www.ronstirling.co.uk, watch my films; 
www.youtube.com/ronstirling

Re[2]: SAM Coupé - software request!

[Andy Chandler]

Ron,

   Sorry if it's an obvious question, but did you check your Spam
folder?

Rgs




Saturday, November 24, 2007, 8:02:35 PM, you wrote:

Ron> Well I just tried to register, and it says it'll e-mail my
Ron> password to me, but it never did. I tried twice, with different e-mail 
addresses.

Ron> Ron
Ron>  
Ron> Visit my website; www.ronstirling.co.uk, watch my films; 
www.youtube.com/ronstirling



Ron> - Original Message 
Ron> From: Dan Dooré <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ron> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Ron> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 7:56:52 PM
Ron> Subject: Re: SAM Coupé - software request!

Ron> Ron Stirling wrote:

>> thanks for that. I should mention that I have tried - twice - to join
Ron>  
>> the World of SAM website, with two different e-mail addresses, but to
Ron>  no 
>> avail! Can you help out?

Ron> Not overly as it's Andrew's site - what problems did it chuck up and 
Ron> maybe Mr Collier can take a butchers.

Ron> Dan.

Re[2]: iChat/AIM users

[Andy Chandler]

My MSN contact is [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ironically, also use Miranda (for Windoze only currently).
The official MSN client is too bloated and full of ads.

Andy


Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 11:55:24 PM, you wrote:

Steve> My contact is [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN.


Steve> The IM I use is Miranda. -

Steve> Steve(spt)

Steve>  

Steve>   _  

Steve> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Steve> Behalf Of Calvin Allett
Steve> Sent: 19 September 2007 22:00
Steve> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Steve> Subject: Re: iChat/AIM users

Steve>  

Steve> Cheer's, it was Trillian I'd been told about  

Steve> Everybody seems to have MSN (if that's the hotmail one), it does
Steve> seem to be very popular.

Steve> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Steve> Quoting Calvin Allett :

>> What's the best one to use nowadays? I used to love ICQ about 8 years
>> ago, but not tried out any of the other's. Is there anything that logs
>> onto them all, someone mentioned something a while back about some prog.

Steve> MSN's probably the more standard - but not nesc the best.

Steve> Trillian, GAIM (now renamed - not sure what) - are good alternatives.

Steve> They all have logging - but MSNPlus (an addon for MSN) has better logging
Steve>  




Steve>  

Steve>   

Steve>   _  

Steve> Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Try
Steve> 
 21haWwEc2xrA3RhZ2xpbmU>  it now. 

Re[2]: PSP Sam Coupe Emulator

[Andy Chandler]

Story of my life! I guess I kind of glossed-over the
fact it exsisted until I picked up a PSP recently.

It'll be nice to be to have a SCP (SAM Coupe Portable),
even if the emulation rate is still not 100%  ;-)



Thursday, April 12, 2007, 6:39:44 AM, you wrote:

Stefan> Then you really haven't been paying attention to www.worldofsam.org
Stefan> (http://www.worldofsam.org/node/236)...

Stefan> I haven't tried the 1.0.5 build yet - zx-81's gone along and adjusted
Stefan> all his emulators to use some updated graphics feature or something
Stefan> which only results in smoother graphics but not in faster emulation...

>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Chandler
>> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 02:22
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: PSP Sam Coupe Emulator
>> 
>> While we're on the theme of cool new SAM-related software,
>> I notice there is a new version of PSP sim has just been released . .
>> 
>> http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/164-P
Stefan> SPSIM-A-SamCoupe-Emulator-for-PSP-v1.0.5.html
>> 
>> Author of the PSP port version is Ludovic.Jacomme, also known 
>> as Zx-81.
>> 
>> 
>> I didn't even know there was a port for the PSP until today?!
>> Looking forwards to trying that.  ;-)
>> 
>> Rgs,
>> Andy
>> 
>> 
>> 


Stefan> --
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Stefan> Release Date: 11/04/2007 17:14

PSP Sam Coupe Emulator

[Andy Chandler]

While we're on the theme of cool new SAM-related software,
I notice there is a new version of PSP sim has just been released . .

http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/164-PSPSIM-A-SamCoupe-Emulator-for-PSP-v1.0.5.html

Author of the PSP port version is Ludovic.Jacomme, also known as Zx-81.


I didn't even know there was a port for the PSP until today?!
Looking forwards to trying that.  ;-)

Rgs,
Andy

Re[2]: SimCoupe 1.0 released

[Andy Chandler]

Chris> SimCoupé has to be one of the best and most complete
Chris> 8-bit home computer emulators currently
Chris> available.  It's feature-list, performance and
Chris> compatibility with SAM software is stunning.


I couldn't of said it better myself.  Such an accurate and
feature-rich emulator as SimCoupe is not a common thing at all.
Fantastic work Si.

Andy

Re[2]: Latest Quazar News (April 2006)

[Andy Chandler]

You're right - the SAM version of Escape... was not all that good.

Problem was, I had the Amiga version which was a near-perfect
2-player arcade game at that time, so it made it look worse than it really was!



Tuesday, April 25, 2006, 1:50:13 PM, you wrote:

Aley> If this came 15 years ago, it would be excellent. Now, it's void. :-(

Aley> And, Escape... game is really bad on Sam - it's slow, has so many bugs, 
and
Aley> the controls are stupid. I liked ZXS128 version of that game, not this 
one.

Aley> /---
Aley> Aley

Aley> - Original Message - 
Aley> From: "Colin Piggot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aley> To: 
Aley> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:09 AM
Aley> Subject: Latest Quazar News (April 2006)


>> Mayhem Accelerator
>> --
>> As the Mayhem Accelerator is now approaching production, with launch
>> hopefully within the next couple of months, I've captured some videos of
>> it
>> in action and uploaded them onto the website.
>>
>> Videos are of:
>> Lemmings (at 10MHz)
>> Manic Miner (at 20MHz)
>> Stratosphere (at 20MHz)
>> Escape From .. Robot Monsters (at 20MHz)
>> Total Eclipse (at 20MHz, spectrum emulated)
>> Rover demo (at 20MHz)
>>
>> You can find them, and a bit more info, as the first news item at
>> www.samcoupe.com
>> Any feedback is appreciated.
>>
>> (Videos are 4-6MB in size, 25 frames / sec, divx compressed)
>>
>> Sam Revival
>> -
>> Thanks for all the feedback you've sent directly on the latest issue of
>> Sam
>> Revival (issue 14), it seems the colour pages have gone down well, and
>> work
>> is now well underway on issue 15 which is due out in late May.
>>
>> If you've not tried Sam Revival yet, why not give it a try? £3.99 for the
>> latest issue with UK postage, or £4.79 with EU postage. More details and
>> ordering information is up on the website.
>>
>> Retro Fusion
>> -
>> A new 'retro' magazine has now hit the shops. Issue one of 'Retro Fusion'
>> can be found at GameStation stores in the UK (with online ordering at
>> www.retrofusion.co.uk). Covering retro computers, consoles and nostalgia,
>> you'll also find in this first issue a 4 page Sam Coupe article which i've
>> written - covering the history of the Sam as well as the history of Quazar
>> and what i've been doing for the Sam for the last eleven years.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Colin
>> =
>> Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe
>> April 1995-2006 - Celebrating 11 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe
>> Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 

Re[2]: SAM in a Book !

[Andy Chandler]

I didn't even spot that !

Funny, the WH Smith sticker didn't mention that the book was
that expensive! Maybe they got a £1000 knocked off the wholesale price ;-)






Thursday, April 13, 2006, 5:18:39 PM, you wrote:

Robert> Andy Chandler wrote:

>>While flicking through the books at my local WH Smith, I came across
>>this book
>>
>>
>>Collectable Technology: From Retro Techno to 21st Century Gadgets
>>
>>http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844429938/qid=1144939874/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/203-7938925-8637524
>>
>>
>> which, in the back, had a list of retro computers. Guess which
>>blue-legged (or black-legged of course) friend was listed with a very
>>small paragraph?
>>
>>Yep, you guessed right !
>>
>>  
>>
Robert> And what a bargain this book:

Robert> List Price: £1,699.00
Robert> Our Price: £11.21 & eligible for Free UK delivery on orders over £15
Robert> with Super Saver Delivery. See details & conditions 
Robert> 
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/static/-/welcome/delivery/202-0421416-1792663>.

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12/04/2006

SAM in a Book !

[Andy Chandler]

While flicking through the books at my local WH Smith, I came across
this book


Collectable Technology: From Retro Techno to 21st Century Gadgets

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844429938/qid=1144939874/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/203-7938925-8637524


 which, in the back, had a list of retro computers. Guess which
blue-legged (or black-legged of course) friend was listed with a very
small paragraph?

Yep, you guessed right !



Andy

Re[2]: Kaleidoscope

[Andy Chandler]

£45 shipping !!!

Business Post / Initial CityLink prices are a lot less than that!



Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 10:22:42 AM, you wrote:

Paul> Someone one ebay's selling a Sam with Kaleidoscope
Paul> interface as well as a near complete catalogue of games,
Paul> software & other hardware. (I'm thinking of bidding for it
Paul> myself but I dont think I'll win it)  I'd say this lot would
Paul> fetch upto £350, in your last email you said the Kaleidoscope
Paul> was a bodge - is this coz there was no software for it?  Does
Paul> the Kaleidoscope realy give the Sam 32,768 true colours?  I'm
Paul> interested in what it is and what it does - (you never seem to
Paul> hear anything about it...)
 

Paul>  Yahoo! Mail
Paul>   Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. 

Ebay Madness . ..

[Andy Chandler]

Seems to be a large number of boxed SAMs appearing on Ebay recently.
Several from a new seller - how come the sudden selling rush?!


Andy

Re[2]: Sophistry

[Andy Chandler]

Aley> It's not ideal from Simon's point of view as he is desperate to emulate
Aley> everything, but it's quite practical. ;-)


I'm shocked!
I can't believe there's something that SimCoupe **doesn't** emulate yet ;-)

[ The only thing left to add after this will be the authentic noises,
the slight dimming of the TV output when the FDDs/HDDs spin up and the
slight haze you got on the RF out ;-) ]







Aley> - Original Message - 
Aley> From: "Carol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aley> To: 
Aley> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:21 PM
Aley> Subject: Re: Sophistry


>>> > Is there a way to create SimCoupe-compatible images of
>>> > protected disks yet?
>>>
>>> If you'd asked this next week it would have been a whole lot easier to
>>> answer!  I've been trying to get a few things tidied up before Christmas,
>> so
>>> some of it is a bit up in the air.
>>>
>>> I've got a test version of SamDisk that will image (almost) any SAM title
>>> under W2K/XP.  It's missing some features from SamDisk 2.0, so it's not
>>> quite ready to replace the existing version yet.  I'd be happy to send
>>> you
>> a
>>> copy to try, if you're just looking to image some disks.
>>>
>>> One problem is that it creates images in EDSK format, which the current
>>> SimCoupe releases can't read.  I've added support for it, but I'm in the
>>> middle of hacking the FDC emulation so I can't check my changes back in
>> yet.
>>> It's likely to be a couple of days before I've put all the pieces back
>>> together though.
>>>
>>> Si
>>
>> Hi, I've been reading the list for a year or two now - never replied
>> before
>> *grin* - I'm one of those silent lurkers mentioned a few months back.
>>
>> Does this mean I might finally be able to load in Astroball, Manic Miner
>> and
>> Sam Strikes out?
>> I managed to load in some of my own old disks, but (maybe not suprisingly)
>> none of my protected ones. Gave up fairly quickly & they're all hiding in
>> the attic again now, along with poor abandoned Sam himself.
>> I think I got Splat working though. Infuriating music to say the least.
>>
>> Carol
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> No virus found in this outgoing message.
>> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 09/12/05
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 

Re: Fwd: Fzzzzt.

[Andy Chandler]

If anyone needs a hand, I'll gladly offer any time or skills I can?
(I have more time than skills, some people would say!)



Monday, September 12, 2005, 10:41:43 PM, you wrote:

david> Some more pressing personal matters have come up which
david> need to take priority, but I am working on it.

david> Glad to see some of you are interested enough to ask
david> :)

david> --- Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Ft.
>> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:09:00 +0100
>> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Not so long ago, there was a lot of talk about wiki
>> projects, and  
>> software archives. But samcoupe.org seems completely
>> dead, and  
>> samcoupe.info seems to be stuck at the 'coming soon'
>> stage.
>> 
>> Have these fizzled out?
>> 
>> Is something going to be updated soon or should I
>> start another one  
>> myself?
>> 
>> Andrew
>> 
>> -- 
>>   ---   Andrew Collier 
>> http://www.intensity.org.uk/ ---
>>--
>> Have you lost your Marbles?
>> http://www.marillion.com/
>> 
>> 

Re[2]: Sam Coupe Wiki

[Andy Chandler]

Stuart> On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:17:50AM +0100, david wrote:
>> I may allow certain "editors" (people with approval access) permission
>> to backup the data - but as you can appreciate, I also have to consider
>> data protection act and all 

Stuart> You can get Wikipedia on DVD... are you saying that this violates the
Stuart> data protection act?  I'm not talking about backups of any personal
Stuart> information -- just the articles.  This needn't even include each
Stuart> article's history.

Can't you have a Privacy Policy statement that states the
contributions will be submitted under a type of "GNU/GPL" license?
Therefore, anything submitted to the site will not belong to any one
person? I don't know if such a thing exists for community websites and their
contents.

Andy

Re: new Sam Coupe user

[Andy Chandler]

Welcome to the Sam!

As for the website, what happened to Samcope.org?
I know Gavin done a lot work on that project but has not been around
here lately.


Monday, August 15, 2005, 2:33:50 PM, you wrote:


ellvis> Hi people!

ellvis> Yesterday I've got a Sam Coupe computer. I am not
ellvis> "collector", I am going to use it and I'd like to ask you for
ellvis> a "newbie" help.

ellvis> I have Sam Coupe 512K with Atom HDD interface.
ellvis> Unfortunatelly, the HDD itself is not working anymore and I
ellvis> have no booting disk. I was looking over internet and
ellvis> downloaded the B-Dos disk, but the problem is, that I don't
ellvis> have Windows on computer to use and I found nothing that is
ellvis> working under Linux and can be used for Sam's disk images.

ellvis> So, please, can anyone support me by usefull links or
ellvis> some tips how to use Sam images under linux?

ellvis> Also, I have a question about the Sam Community. Lot
ellvis> of internet pages is out of date, Sam's webring contain very
ellvis> few of pages. I am thinking about running my own pages, but
ellvis> need to start somewhere (booting the Sam can be good as first
ellvis> step:), but I'd like to know if there are still people
ellvis> interested in this computer.

ellvis> Also, I'd like to make a Sam Coupe presentation on
ellvis> the FOReVER 8 bit demoscene party (http://forever.zeroteam.sk)
ellvis> next year, If anyone will be interested, we can also open
ellvis> regular competitions for Sam Coupe there.

ellvis> I hope it's not too late and that I am not the last
ellvis> person out there interested in Sam!

ellvis> All your help is highly apreciated, have a nice time!

ellvis> ellvis/ZeroTeam

ellvis> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ellvis> http://zeroteam.sk
 

Re[2]: Sam Coupe Wiki

[Andy Chandler]

david> The titles I hoped to do where titles that Malcolm had
david> gained the rights to. in the case of uncertainty with
david> Duncan and family - I thought this would be a method
david> where there approval could be made, and no person
david> would gain except a good cause.

david> It would be a fitting tribute to Mack as well - as he
david> did his damndest for the SAM.

I couldn't agree with you more, David.

Re[2]: Who`s missing?

[Andy Chandler]

Yes, he emailed yesterday ;-)

Andy



--
>From Chris White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


For the 3rd time :P (cheers frode ;))
 
Erm thewhitehouse.co.uk always works , must get the web server up n
running again soon
 
 
C
 
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Cooke
Sent: 06 July 2005 09:50
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Subject: Quick question...
 
Does anyone have a working email address for Chris White any more?

 

Just wondering :)

 

Si

(busy busy busy trying to ship http://sufferingtiesthatbind.com/)







Friday, August 5, 2005, 8:26:25 AM, you wrote:

Simon> Calvin Allett wrote:
>> From memory alone who`s missing from posting here?

Simon> Chris Pile and his Defender site also seem long gone.  Has Chris White
Simon> turned up yet?

Simon> Si

Re: 10th Anniversary!

[Andy Chandler]

Congrats Colin, nice one !
Here's to another 10 ;-)

Do you have any plans to do H.A.T.E.?
That was always one of my favourite Gremlin titles.


Saturday, April 30, 2005, 10:25:38 PM, you wrote:

Colin> Well yesterday was a special day the 10th Anniversary of Quazar!

Colin> For it was on the 29th April 1995 when I had a stand at the third 
Gloucester
Colin> show, where I unveiled the (2nd) prototype of the Quazar Surround 
soundcard,
Colin> marking the start of Quazar!

Colin> And that was just the beginning of what has really taken up a heck of a 
lot
Colin> of my time since then! As you may be aware a few new products are in the
Colin> pipeline such as the Mayhem Accelerator, and issue 12 of Sam Revival is
Colin> nearing completion and will be being sent out shortly.

Colin> And here's some juicy tidbits of news taken from the next issue of Sam
Colin> Revival to wet your appetites about a few other things I am working on 
when
Colin> ever I get a few free minutes...

Colin> Hydrasoft Games
Colin> ---
Colin> I have recently bought the rights to several old Sam games, and a pile of
Colin> unreleased stuff from Pete King, formerly going by the name Hydrasoft. 
Pete
Colin> had two games released back in 1996 and 1997 - Conquest and Mage Fire, 
which
Colin> were published to a limited extent by Zedd-Soft (run by Michael Stocks /
Colin> Zodiac Magazine). I was also involved with the two titles way back then 
by
Colin> adding support for the Quazar Surround soundcard to both of the games.

Colin> I had previously secured permission from Pete to use Conquest and Mage 
Fire
Colin> on the Sam Revival coverdisks (and you'll find Mage Fire on the coverdisk
Colin> with Sam Revival 12) but now with owning the titles I can go further with
Colin> them and I am already planning a revamp of Conquest to update all the
Colin> graphics and sounds. What I have to do now is go through a massive pile 
of
Colin> disks to look at all the unreleased games. Expect more news soon!


Colin> Gremlin Graphics Games
Colin> --
Colin> I have received permission from Andy Davis of Alchemist Research to use 
old
Colin> Gremlin Graphics games on the Sam. Now instead of just adapting the ZX
Colin> Spectrum versions to run on the Sam under emulation (as was done on the 
old
Colin> Blitz diskzine back in the late 1990's) it is my aim to create full Sam
Colin> versions of some of the classic games for inclusion on the Sam Revival
Colin> coverdisks.

Colin> The first game I am looking at is 'Thing on a Spring', originally 
released
Colin> back in 1984 for the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC only. Thing on a 
Spring is
Colin> a bouncy and fast platformer and with some carefully planned scroll 
routines
Colin> it should make the transition to the Sam with few problems.

Colin> Now the music for any game is very important for me, and I am planning to
Colin> feature the original SID based music (for use with the SID interface) as
Colin> well as a new rendition of the tune for the normal Sam SAA1099 
soundchip. I'
Colin> m pleased to say that initial work on the game remake is underway, and 
the
Colin> SAA1099 version of the music is already complete! The SAA1099 music track
Colin> was carefully composed by David Suzuki-Sanders (who also composed the 
'About
Colin> as SID as its going to get' SAA1099 track on the audio CD with the last
Colin> issue of Sam Revival.)

Colin> The second game I am looking at converting is
Colin> 'Harlequin', one of the first
Colin> games I ever played on an Amiga, and one that
Colin> immediately impressed me with
Colin> its graphics, music and playability. Harlequin is another scrolling 
platform
Colin> game, based in a fantasy dreamworld with very colourful graphics and a
Colin> thumping soundtrack, and was released only for the 16 bit machines in 
1992 -
Colin> the Atari ST and the Amiga.

Colin> So why should the Sam be left out of such a great game? No reason I 
think!
Colin> So far I have converted over the graphics for the first level from the 
Atari
Colin> ST (easier to capture via an emulator than the Amiga version), and for 
the
Colin> main scenery and characters only 12 colours were used so this conversion 
was
Colin> quite straight forward. My aim is to convert across the whole of the 
first
Colin> level as a test, to see how well I can get the game engine to work. 
However
Colin> as this game does involve full screen scrolling and some quite large 
sprites
Colin> I will be writing it to run with the Mayhem Accelerator to give the Sam 
the
Colin> speed it needs to move everything around.

Colin> (Of course the magazine will have all the screenshots of work so far, and
Colin> they will also appear on the new site at
Colin> www.samcoupe.com at the end of the
Colin> week!)

Colin> And hopefully all going well, there'll be a few surprises of more new 
stuff
Colin> throughout 2005 too!

Colin> Here's to many more years to come!

Colin> All the best,

Colin> Colin
Colin> 

Re[2]: Fuxoft music

[Andy Chandler]

Cool tune ! Nice one.


Shame that app is only for Mac.
I think the closest for the PC would be Acid Pro or FlStudio?

While on the subject of updating tracker-music the
closest E-Tracker-type program I've found for the PC is the ModPlug Tracker
at http://www.modplug.com/modplug/index.php3?session=

The other alternative is to use WinUAE and Octamed Sound Studio on the
Amiga.


Andy





Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 10:35:54 PM, you wrote:


Andrew> On Apr 6, 2005, at 2:03 am, Simon Cooke wrote:

>> Nice work! What did you use to do that?

Andrew> Thanks! I used Logic Express, which is sold by Apple (they bought
Andrew> eMagic a couple of years ago) and is now their middle-of-the-road audio
Andrew> sequencer, above GarageBand. If you were running a studio you'd
Andrew> probably pay twice as much and get Logic Pro, but actually I'm very
Andrew> impressed with the features you get at this price.

Andrew> http://www.apple.com/logicexpress/

Andrew> Cheers,

Andrew> Andrew

Re: Fuxoft music

[Andy Chandler]

Would have to say Master of Magic. Some of the effects are excellent.

If any has FruityLoops, the feud.flp is the entire Feud.mp3 track so
you can see how it was constructed and the synth setup. Very
interesting indeed.

They still have that classic SAM feel ;-)




Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 7:28:29 PM, you wrote:

Aley> All Fuxoft music lovers, go there:
Aley> http://www.fuxoft.cz/tmp/dl/mp3/remixes/

Aley> There are some new remixes of traditional chip tunes, all done by 
Frantisek
Aley> Fuka/Fuxoft. They are all in mp3 format, but the sound is classic ... :-)

Aley> Which one do you like the most? :-)

Aley> /---
Aley> Aley 

Re[6]: Hotline up to end of Jan 1990

[Andy Chandler]

It's done !
You can find it's temporary home at 

www.jukebox.btinternet.co.uk/sam/sambrochure.rar

If anyone would like it scanned better (ie slower) to put on the
archives then let me know. If everyone is happy with these scans as
they are, then by all means, put these on the SAM site.



Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 3:43:03 PM, you wrote:


Edwin> Andy Chandler:

>> That advert was not the brochure I have in front of me.

Edwin> Any change for some scans ?

Edwin> Edwin

Re[6]: Hotline up to end of Jan 1990

[Andy Chandler]

Certainly. Let me put my fish-tank back together and I'll
put them on the back of my website.



Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 3:43:03 PM, you wrote:


Edwin> Andy Chandler:

>> That advert was not the brochure I have in front of me.

Edwin> Any change for some scans ?

Edwin> Edwin

Re[4]: Hotline up to end of Jan 1990

[Andy Chandler]

Ahh yes, Gordon, the ladies man !

That advert was not the brochure I have in front of me.



Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 1:40:55 PM, you wrote:

Edwin> Andy Chandler:

>> Mine is an A4 brochure, with very little detail inside!
>> It's on thin glossy card if I remember rightly.

Edwin> I remember I got something A4ish too. I don't have it anymore. But I
Edwin> remember
Edwin> vaguely that it was not much different than those 4 page adds that 
showed up
Edwin> in the well know mags:

Edwin> 
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue72/Pages/Cra
Edwin> sh7200011.jpg

Edwin> 
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue72/Pages/Cra
Edwin> sh7200012.jpg

Edwin> 
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue72/Pages/Cra
Edwin> sh7200013.jpg

Edwin> 
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue72/Pages/Cra
Edwin> sh7200014.jpg

Edwin> (Sorry for hotlinking WOS)

Edwin> Dan:

>> Dan> I have a brochure - A5, colour and about 8 pages long, text by Nick
>> Dan> Roberts - is this the one?

Edwin> Could you scan your brochure Dan ?

Edwin> Edwin

Re[2]: Hotline up to end of Jan 1990

[Andy Chandler]

Mine is an A4 brochure, with very little detail inside!
It's on thin glossy card if I remember rightly.

Andy


Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 1:20:23 PM, you wrote:

Dan> johnna wrote:

>> Was wondering about the brochure though - I used to have one of these and
>> remember they made the machine look great.
>> 
>> Any chance we could get a pdf of this done - anybody have one anymore?

Dan> I have a brochure - A5, colour and about 8 pages long, text by Nick
Dan> Roberts - is this the one?

Dan> Dan.

Re[2]: Hotline up to end of Jan 1990

[Andy Chandler]

I have one of the original brochures. Maybe a little worn now, but it
should still scan well. I'll try to do it when I get a spare moment.

Andy



Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 1:17:38 PM, you wrote:

johnna> Great to hear these things - nice to hear all the old lies trotted out
johnna> (system 3 and codemasters having games ready for launch...REALLY!)

johnna> Was wondering about the brochure though - I used to have one of these 
and
johnna> remember they made the machine look great.

johnna> Any chance we could get a pdf of this done - anybody have one anymore?

johnna> -Original Message-
johnna> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
johnna> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
johnna> Behalf Of Edwin Blink
johnna> Sent: 22 February 2005 11:41
johnna> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
johnna> Subject: Re: Hotline up to end of Jan 1990


johnna> From: Ian Spencer

>>So I've now added the hotline messages I have for December 1989 and January
johnna> 1990 to what was already uploaded and >that's it
johnna> until I've searched through
johnna> another 'X' layers of junk to find the other MGT and SAMCO tapes.

johnna> Excellent Ian.

johnna> Keep on Diggin' ;-)

johnna> Edwin

Re[2]: Ideas for the ultimate emulator :)

[Andy Chandler]

Really?
My Xbox struggles to emulate an A500 ;-)

Andy
(Sorry, off-topic again, I'll save any discussion for SimCoupe from
here on.)


Saturday, February 12, 2005, 5:42:26 PM, you wrote:

Jason> There is already an Amiga Emulator for the Pocket PC that runs a 
emulation
Jason> of an A500 at close to full speed, and the author admits that it could be
Jason> optimised, but there is no reason that a 500 or 600MHz chip couldn't be
Jason> used, or even a 1GHz. There is also a playstation 1 emulator that does 
run
Jason> at full speed.

Jason> Cheers,

Jason> Jason

Jason> -Original Message-
Jason> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Jason> Behalf Of Andy Chandler
Jason> Sent: 12 February 2005 15:42
Jason> To: Jason Thacker
Jason> Subject: Re: Ideas for the ultimate emulator :)

Jason> I like your idea. I had a couple of thoughts

Jason> "The main processor is a 400MHz+ XScale CPU running embbedded Windows CE.
Jason> This allows many emulator writers to take advantage of their current 
skills
Jason> in Win32 development systems.
Jason> This CPU would also be powerful enough to emulate most, if not all, 8-bit
Jason> and 16-bit machines."

Jason> How would this compare, roughly, to an x86 processor in terms of 
processing
Jason> power? To emulate an OCS / ECS Amiga takes some serious CPU cycles while 
AGA
Jason> is still sluggish without some seriously powerful PC hardware even now. 
The
Jason> custom ICs takes some conversion time due to it's use of planer gfx and 
not
Jason> chunky-RGB.

Jason> This would be nice to emulate PlayStation 1 and N64 stuff. I like the 
use of
Jason> SD. Maybe Compact Flash might be a possible alternative as well if
Jason> necessary. (See M/B below).

Jason> If CPU power wasn't hugely important, you could probably build a slightly
Jason> larger, but still silent version, using the ITX boards from VIA, like 
this
Jason> one

Jason> http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_5475.html


Jason> Rgs,
Jason> Andy




Jason> Saturday, February 12, 2005, 2:13:22 PM, you wrote:

Jason>> Hi guys,

Jason>> I have been putting down some of my (admittedly random) thoughts 
Jason>> on how to get the best possible emulation experience and I have 
Jason>> weeded out some of the best at

Jason>> http://www.koriel.net/EmulatorIdea.htm

Jason>> I would really appreciate it if some of you would deign to look 
Jason>> at the page and even (Shock! Horror!) give me some ideas for how 
Jason>> this may be improved in some way. Who knows, maybe somebody with 
Jason>> the skills to build these things (i.e. not me!) may even take some of
Jason> them on board!

Jason>> Thanks,

Jason>> Jason

Re[2]: Ideas for the ultimate emulator :)

[Andy Chandler]

"I think you should discuss it off the list. It has nothing to do with Sam
Coupe."

Not 100% true, if the box was used to run SimCoupe. Not as nice as
actually having the real thing though (and they are not too expensive
on Ebay). It might be a more robust way of taking "your Sam" to a show
if you didn't want to risk your Blue (or Black!) footed friend,
especially if you are flying.


Saturday, February 12, 2005, 4:03:34 PM, you wrote:

Aley> I think you should discuss it off the list. It has nothing to do with Sam 
Aley> Coupe. (And surely there is a usenet group usable for this discussion.)
Aley> And, I personally don't like the idea of creating a new hardware nonsense 
to 
Aley> "emulate" something you can either emulate on a standard computer (PC), 
or 
Aley> buy an original hardware at eBay.
Aley> --
Aley> Mgr.(MSc.) Ales Keprt (also known as Aley)
Aley> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** www.keprt.cz *** ICQ: 82357182
Aley> Dept. of Computer Science, VSB Technical University
Aley> Ostrava, CZ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.cs.vsb.cz
Aley> --


Aley> - Original Message - 
Aley> From: "Andy Chandler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aley> To: "Jason Thacker" 
Aley> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 4:42 PM
Aley> Subject: Re: Ideas for the ultimate emulator :)


>>I like your idea. I had a couple of thoughts
>>
>> "The main processor is a 400MHz+ XScale CPU running embbedded Windows CE.
>> This allows many emulator writers to take advantage of their current 
>> skills in Win32 development systems.
>> This CPU would also be powerful enough to emulate most, if not all,
>> 8-bit and 16-bit machines."
>>
>> How would this compare, roughly, to an x86 processor in terms of
>> processing power? To emulate an OCS / ECS Amiga takes some serious CPU
>> cycles while AGA is still sluggish without some seriously powerful PC
>> hardware even now. The custom ICs takes some conversion time due to it's 
>> use
>> of planer gfx and not chunky-RGB.
>>
>> This would be nice to emulate PlayStation 1 and N64 stuff. I like the
>> use of SD. Maybe Compact Flash might be a possible alternative as well
>> if necessary. (See M/B below).
>>
>> If CPU power wasn't hugely important, you could probably build a
>> slightly larger, but still silent version, using the ITX boards from
>> VIA, like this one
>>
>> http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_5475.html
>>
>>
>> Rgs,
>> Andy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, February 12, 2005, 2:13:22 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> Jason> Hi guys,
>>
>> Jason> I have been putting down some of my (admittedly random) thoughts on 
>> how to
>> Jason> get the best possible emulation experience and I have weeded out 
>> some of the
>> Jason> best at
>>
>> Jason> http://www.koriel.net/EmulatorIdea.htm
>>
>> Jason> I would really appreciate it if some of you would deign to look at 
>> the page
>> Jason> and even (Shock! Horror!) give me some ideas for how this may be 
>> improved in
>> Jason> some way. Who knows, maybe somebody with the skills to build these 
>> things
>> Jason> (i.e. not me!) may even take some of them on board!
>>
>> Jason> Thanks,
>>
>> Jason> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 

Re: Ideas for the ultimate emulator :)

[Andy Chandler]

I like your idea. I had a couple of thoughts

"The main processor is a 400MHz+ XScale CPU running embbedded Windows CE.
This allows many emulator writers to take advantage of their current skills in 
Win32 development systems.
This CPU would also be powerful enough to emulate most, if not all,
8-bit and 16-bit machines."

How would this compare, roughly, to an x86 processor in terms of
processing power? To emulate an OCS / ECS Amiga takes some serious CPU
cycles while AGA is still sluggish without some seriously powerful PC
hardware even now. The custom ICs takes some conversion time due to it's use
of planer gfx and not chunky-RGB.

This would be nice to emulate PlayStation 1 and N64 stuff. I like the
use of SD. Maybe Compact Flash might be a possible alternative as well
if necessary. (See M/B below).

If CPU power wasn't hugely important, you could probably build a
slightly larger, but still silent version, using the ITX boards from
VIA, like this one

http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_5475.html


Rgs,
Andy




Saturday, February 12, 2005, 2:13:22 PM, you wrote:

Jason> Hi guys,

Jason> I have been putting down some of my (admittedly random) thoughts on how 
to
Jason> get the best possible emulation experience and I have weeded out some of 
the
Jason> best at

Jason> http://www.koriel.net/EmulatorIdea.htm

Jason> I would really appreciate it if some of you would deign to look at the 
page
Jason> and even (Shock! Horror!) give me some ideas for how this may be 
improved in
Jason> some way. Who knows, maybe somebody with the skills to build these things
Jason> (i.e. not me!) may even take some of them on board!

Jason> Thanks,

Jason> Jason

Re[3]: Text conversion

[Andy Chandler]

KEYIN - That was the little devil I was thinking of ;-)


Monday, February 7, 2005, 7:45:38 AM, you wrote:

Frode> On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:22:53 +0000 Andy Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>> That's true, but many years ago, I remember I bodged a small program
>> together, which took a text file and wrote it in to SAM line by line
>> using a MasterBasic command.

Frode> That would be KEYIN, but it's also available in standard SAM BASIC.

Frode>  -Frode

Re[2]: Text conversion

[Andy Chandler]

That's true, but many years ago, I remember I bodged a small program
together, which took a text file and wrote it in to SAM line by line
using a MasterBasic command.

Can't remember the command off the top of my head (been a long time),
but as long as the syntax was correct, it would enter it as if you
were writing the line.

It was useful before the emulators as you could write a bunch of lines
elsewhere, (on a PC at work for example!),and bulk enter them in to a real SAM
later on.

It was not ideal, but saved some time re-entering lines again.

Andy


Saturday, February 5, 2005, 12:47:08 PM, you wrote:

Aley> Paolo,
Aley> as I wrote, STI converts text files from Sam to PC. Not vice versa.
Aley> In simple words: Only Sam ---> PC.

Aley> Bytes 10 and 13 are not present in Tasword, what is the default input 
Aley> encoding. So that's why STI writes those error messages.

Aley> Also, I have to add one IMPORTANT note:

Aley> SAM BASIC USES SPECIAL FILE FORMAT, NOT JUST TEXT FILES!!!

Aley> If you want to write Basic program, use the Sam Basic. You can't write it 
in 
Aley> a text file!!! That will never work without a special Basic 
Aley> simulator/converter. Original Sam Basic uses format similar to ZX 
Spectrum 
Aley> basic, including all numbers in binary format, line numbers in binary 
Aley> format, tokenized commands/keywords (i.e. single byte per keyword), and 
Aley> variables stored in binary form with the Basic program in a single file.

Aley> --
Aley> Mgr.(MSc.) Ales Keprt (also known as Aley)
Aley> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** www.keprt.cz *** ICQ: 82357182
Aley> Dept. of Computer Science, VSB Technical University
Aley> Ostrava, CZ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.cs.vsb.cz
Aley> --


Aley> - Original Message - 
Aley> From: "Paolo Borzini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aley> To: 
Aley> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:01 AM
Aley> Subject: Re: Text conversion


>> Hi Aley,
>>
>> Aley Keprt wrote:
>>> you can import texts from Sam to PC also with STI. It's a part of "Aley's 
>>> Sam Utils", see www.keprt.cz/progs/
>>
>> I've downloaded the file "Aley's Sam Utils" and also
>> Net Framework  23Mb file ;-(
>> I've wrote a simple basic program with MS-Dos Edit.
>> But in converion step with STI, the program tell me a few error:
>> Unknown code 13 and code 10 at various position.
>> Probably not recognize the CR and LF .
>>
>> Perhaps, I've used the wrong options with STI converter ;-(
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> Ciao,
>>
>> Paolo Borzini
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 

Re[2]: Let's discuss ZX Spectrum games

[Andy Chandler]

You're right in not being the only one. I think it's a great idea.

My current work around is having one virtual drive with DOS on so it's
always available and then just keep swapping images in the other drive.


>> Maybe if we ask Simon nicely. He will ;-)
>> Hello Simon. I would ask you nicely if you see a chance to create such a 
>> virtual disk. And I think I am not the only one
>>Edwin
>>Wolfgang

Re[2]: Merry Christmas ! ! !

[Andy Chandler]

All the best for Christmas and the New Year. !!

Andy



Saturday, December 25, 2004, 11:44:57 AM, you wrote:

Frans> Yes, Merry Christmas to you all!

Frans> Frans


Frans> Calvin Allett wrote:

>>Merry Christmas everyone :)
>>
>>Have a great time...
>>
>>Calvin *_+
>>  
>>

Re[2]: SDI a nef diskimage format ?

[Andy Chandler]

>> On a side track (hah), has anyone else found that all their old Sam disks
>> are completely unreadable? Is it likely that I had a drive that, while being
>> in-spec of the other Sam drives, is out of spec enough so that the average
>> PC drive can't read floppies created by it? Or is it more likely that almost
>> every single one of my disks have simply degraded over time?


I've found that all my bought Disks seem to have faired very well and
were still readable. Some of my blank disks I had written files on,
were sometimes readable in drive 1 or sometimes in drive 2, but then
my two drives always seemed to be a opposite ends of calibration to
each other.

Re[2]: SDI a nef diskimage format ?

[Andy Chandler]

>> For now the header/sector-level scanning seems to be about the best
>> solution, and will cope with all but one SAM disk I've seen so far :-)

I'm betting that was another Mr Owen creation ;-)





Friday, December 10, 2004, 2:41:26 PM, you wrote:

Simon> Nev Young wrote:
>> why not create an image that is a full track image from index
>> hole to index hole including all the inter sector guff.  That
>> should cover just about everything.

Simon> It would indeed, if there was a reliable way to dump them!  You'd really
Simon> need all the sync marks as well as the raw track data, but even reading 
the
Simon> raw track data is a problem...

Simon> Unfortunately, the WD1772-02 controller leaves the address mark detector
Simon> enabled during the diagnostic tracks reads, meaning certain patterns in 
the
Simon> data can cause a false sync.  If this happens the controller returns MFM
Simon> bits instead of data bits from that point on in the track, making what 
you
Simon> read essentially useless.  I tried this method when writing the original
Simon> MakeSDF scanner, before spotting the problem and working out what the 
heck
Simon> it was doing.

Simon> The PC controller allows you to read ID field headers and data, but 
doesn't
Simon> give access to anything in the gap areas.  There is a Disk2FDI program 
that
Simon> can do it, but is a commercial program and requires 2 floppy drives.  It
Simon> spins both drives up and starts the read of a high-density disk in drive 
1,
Simon> then switches the drive-select to drive 2, with the controller then
Simon> returning MFM _and_ data bits for the disk in drive 2.  Very clever, but
Simon> it's DOS-only and wasn't particularly reliable when I tried it a while 
ago.

Simon> Another option is to use a Catweasel controller card, which can read just
Simon> about any disk at very low level.  They're not cheap though, and it's not
Simon> really something most people will have access to for dumping.

Simon> For now the header/sector-level scanning seems to be about the best
Simon> solution, and will cope with all but one SAM disk I've seen so far :-)

Simon> Si

Re[2]: Sam's 15th Birthday!

[Andy Chandler]

I may have sold some of my SAM floppies recently, but I still have
every piece of paper I received from all the SAM Companies over the
years.

I even have the original glossy sales brochure I can scan for the site
if wanted.


Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 7:43:18 PM, you wrote:

Simon> Colin Piggot wrote:
>> Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they 
>> were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations?

Simon> Does anyone else still have their order confirmation cards?  Here's mine:
Simon> http://www.simonowen.com/images/samorder.jpg

Simon> I remember it feeling quite an alien machine to code for at first, after
Simon> years of familiarity with the Speccy.  It certainly lived up to my
Simon> expectations though :-)

Simon> Si

Re[2]: Sam's 15th Birthday!

[Andy Chandler]

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

 

 

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Re[2]: Sam's 15th Birthday!

[Andy Chandler]

Same as.
I was lucky enough to be in the first batch and really enjoyed it.

Was a bit upset it wouldn't work with some of my TVs correctly, so had a trip
down to Swansea to meet the guys who fiddled about with the RF modulator
and done some tweaks and various changes.

Feel quite blessed I got to see the premises and part of the team.
Don't get that sort of tech support nowadays !!



Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 11:02:31 AM, you wrote:

Geoff> 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?

Geoff> Yes and yes. I'd spent pretty much all my pennies from my paper-round and
Geoff> was well chuffed when it arrived. Business Post.

Geoff> I remember being disappointed about the disk not working but then going
Geoff> through the demo tape and being utterly gobsmacked when the screen grab 
of
Geoff> the astronaut came on screen.

Geoff> Simpler times :)

Geoff> Geoff


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Re: Domain name - voting ends Fri night!

[Andy Chandler]

My vote was for samcoupe.org...

 You forgot me (sniff sniff)  !!

Andy





Thursday, November 25, 2004, 9:59:26 PM, you wrote:

Gavin> Just a reminder that I'd like to get the domain name for our archive 
sorted out
Gavin> tomorrow night so if anyone hasn't voiced their opinion, can you do so 
ASAP? In
Gavin> an attempt to avert a stand-off similar to Ukraine's, I've listed the 
votes so
Gavin> far below - if I've got any wrong, can you let me know by tomorrow 
evening,
Gavin> thanks!

Gavin> IMHO, the SAM isn't a Spectrum and we therefore shouldn't be copying a 
Speccy
Gavin> site ;) We should proudly have its full name in the domain name of a 
site that
Gavin> is intending to archive all the software (and thus our memories) of the
Gavin> machine. To me, samcoupe.org sounds great - we didn't demand a new name 
for
Gavin> SimCoupe in case people got confused between SAM Coupe and SimCoupe, did 
we? ;)
Gavin> Each to their own though, majority rules, so speak your mind while you 
have the
Gavin> chance! :)


Gavin> worldofsam.org
Gavin> Andrew Collier
Gavin> Geoff Winkless
Gavin> Ian Spencer
Gavin> Matthew Craven
Gavin> Simon Owen
Gavin> Wolfgang Haller

Gavin> samcoupe.org
Gavin> Calvin Allett
Gavin> Dan Doore
Gavin> Frans van Egmond
Gavin> Gavin Smith
Gavin> Johnna Teare

Gavin> samcommunity.org
Gavin> Adrian Brown
Gavin> Colin Piggot

Re[2]: SAM Software Archive

[Andy Chandler]

Are you the same Matt Craven that wrote Damp by any chance?

Andy



Thursday, November 25, 2004, 1:23:27 PM, you wrote:

Gavin> There you go Matthew...just occurred to me, if we do call it 
worldofsam.org,
Gavin> we'll be WOS as well as the Speccy one...:)

Gavin> Quoting "Matthew J. Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>> Hi Gavin,
>> 
>> I vote for worldofsam.org. Haven't been able to post for ages, as
>> Frode keeps sending me emails saying I am emailing from a non- 
>> subbed address. But upon request to say which address he has 
>> subbed, no information is given.
>> 
>> So if you can post my vote for me, I'd appreciate it.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> --Matt.
>> 
>> 
>> --- Forwarded message follows ---
>> Date sent:Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:54:27 +
>> From: Gavin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To:   sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
>> Subject:  RE: SAM Software Archive
>> Send reply to:sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
>> 
>> Quoting Geoff Winkless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> 
>> > Gavin Smith wrote:
>> > > By the way, I still plan to get the domain sorted tomorrow evening
>> > > so if anyone has an opinion on what domain they'd like us to use,
>> > > shout out today or tomorrow - it looks like samcoupe.org is in the
>> > > lead at the moment. 
>> > 
>> > ?
>> > 
>> > I vehemently believe this to be the wrong approach. People _will_
>> > remember the wrong thing and type .com.
>> 
>> It's an easy domain to remember though, easier than 
>> worldofsam.org or
>> something similar.
>> 
>> > Of course Colin could put a link to the other site from his, but
>> > that just tends to make people think he's trying to get free
>> > advertising by using the .com, even though it's actually the other
>> > way around, and will reflect badly on him.
>> 
>> Ach, I don't think so, I think you're worrying too much :) We'd both
>> simply be using the computer name as part of the domain name, 
>> seems
>> sensible. Colin uses the .com for his commercial stuff, we use the
>> .org for our non-profit making organisation stuff.
>> 
>> > Can we have some sort of proportional-representation
>> > vote-transferral system? :)
>> 
>> It's one man, one vote, seems fair to me :) I was just pointing that
>> it appears that samcoupe.org is in the lead at the moment. And 
>> there's
>> no cheating going on, because it's all done on the list ;) I don't
>> think it matters hugely but I do think samcoupe.org sounds nice but
>> whatever gets the most votes for tomorrow night will do fine.
>> 
>> Gavin
>> --- End of forwarded message ---
>> --- End of forwarded message ---
>> 

Re[2]: SAM Software Archive

[Andy Chandler]

>> Of course Colin could put a link to the other site from his, but that just
>> tends to make people think he's trying to get free advertising by using the
>> .com, even though it's actually the other way around, and will reflect badly
>> on him.

I'm sure people wouldn't think that badly of him. I thought it would
be a good thing, no matter what the final domain is chosen (I
personally don't mind what it ends up being), that there
is a link between the two sites as increased traffic between the two
would surely be a good thing?

Newbies might get some of the free items, then decide to take it a
step further and see what new software/hardware/maazines is available
and look up Colin's site.



Thursday, November 25, 2004, 12:24:10 PM, you wrote:

Geoff> Gavin Smith wrote:
>> By the way, I still plan to get the domain sorted tomorrow evening so
>> if anyone has an opinion on what domain they'd like us to use, shout
>> out today or tomorrow - it looks like samcoupe.org is in the lead at
>> the moment. 

Geoff> ?

Geoff> I vehemently believe this to be the wrong approach. People _will_ 
remember
Geoff> the wrong thing and type .com.

Geoff> Of course Colin could put a link to the other site from his, but that 
just
Geoff> tends to make people think he's trying to get free advertising by using 
the
Geoff> .com, even though it's actually the other way around, and will reflect 
badly
Geoff> on him.

Geoff> Can we have some sort of proportional-representation vote-transferral
Geoff> system? :)

Geoff> worldofsam.org would still be my preferred option, followed by
Geoff> samcommunity.org. I'd also be happy with samarchive.org or similar - in
Geoff> fact, anything _except_ samcoupe.org :)

Geoff> [usual disclaimer: I'll go with the majority verdict, even if it's wrong 
:)
Geoff> :) :)]

Geoff> G


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Re: SAM Software Archive

[Andy Chandler]

Gavin,

  I personally really like your proposals. There was a lot of
  software that was either PD or the rights have been freely
  given, yet the items are strewn across the internet or hidden
  away in disk boxes somewhere, which seems a real shame.

  On the flip-side, links can be made to the sites, like Colin's,
  that are still producing commercially for the SAM and so both
  should benefit from the traffic-flow between the two, which can
  only be a good thing.

  It will be nice to have as a kind of museum of all things SAM.
  Something semi-official, that both old-hands and new faces can
  go. On that note, I put my vote forwards for the samcoupe.org
  address.
  
Andy



Tuesday, November 23, 2004, 8:18:28 PM, you wrote:

Gavin> I've been thinking a lot about this software archive idea we've been 
talking
Gavin> about, so thought I'd write up a little summary of what my thoughts are.

Gavin> Proposal:
Gavin> A World Of Spectrum style semi-official archive for SAM software, housed 
on the
Gavin> web and built by the members of sam-users.

Gavin> Reasons:
Gavin> (1) So that warez style GoodSAMC collections are not needed
Gavin> (2) To prevent software getting lost as floppies continue to deteriorate 
over
Gavin> time
Gavin> (3) To allow people who didn't experience the SAM at its (erm) "peak" to 
enjoy
Gavin> it now
Gavin> (4) To allow us to get more use out of our SAMs by providing more 
software to
Gavin> run

Gavin> In practice:
Gavin> A three month period has been decided upon as a reasonable length of 
time to
Gavin> track down as many authors/copyright holders as possible - between us 
all, we
Gavin> should be able to cover the majority of the SAM back catalogue. For 
those first
Gavin> three months we would get the site established and start filling it with 
PD
Gavin> plus all software that permission has already been granted to distribute.

Gavin> After the three months, we put the rest of the software online that we 
have
Gavin> gained permission to release or that we can find no good reason to 
withhold
Gavin> (something we will discuss among ourselves on the list). Software is then
Gavin> provided in .dsk format, zipped up and placed on the web. Each software 
title
Gavin> will be posted with at least one screenshot and hopefully (over time) 
scans of
Gavin> any documentation it originally came with. There would also be links to
Gavin> previews/reviews/other press articles of the time. If at any time the 
author or
Gavin> copyright holder requests the software be removed, it will obviously be 
done so
Gavin> as soon as possible. In any case, permission to distribute software will 
always
Gavin> be continually sought. Where permission has been denied, the software 
will
Gavin> still be listed for historic purposes, but without a download link - the 
title
Gavin> will also be listed in a sort of blacklist, so that we know we are not 
free to
Gavin> copy it among ourselves.

Gavin> Finally, there will be a page on which we list software and/or authors 
and what
Gavin> stage we have got to in tracking down an author. 
Gavin> For example: 
Gavin> Nigel Kettlewell (Days Of Sorcery) - address found - letter sent - no 
reply as
Gavin> yet
Gavin> Martin Bell (Waterworks 1 + 2) - no contact details found

Gavin> Website:
Gavin> I've been looking for the cheapest options over the weekend and I think 
I may
Gavin> use Catalyst2 (http://www.catalyst2.com) which I've used before and found
Gavin> reliable. They have a £4.99 a month Linux hosting option, that gives us 
500MB
Gavin> disk space and 5GB transfer - that should be enough to get us going. I'm 
happy
Gavin> to pay out of my own pocket initially, but it would be nice to sell a CD 
of the
Gavin> archive at the yearly show in Norwich, for a fiver for example - if we 
sold ten
Gavin> a year, we'd almost cover costs. At the end of the day, I'm not hugely 
fussed
Gavin> if I'm a little out of pocket, it's not a huge amount - and if we do 
happen to
Gavin> sell a load of CDs, I want to point out that the site is strictly 
non-profit
Gavin> making! I'll make sure all finance stuff is put on a page that we can 
access so
Gavin> everyone knows what is going on.

Gavin> Domain name:
Gavin> I'm hoping we can agree on a name between us all. IMHO, it should 
definitely be
Gavin> a .org as we are non-profit making and also "global" in nature. The 
three I
Gavin> suggest are samcoupe.org, samcommunity.org (yes, yes I know, but I've 
always
Gavin> thought it was a good name) or samusers.org/sam-users.org - they're all
Gavin> (currently) available. I'm really not sure, so I'm obviously open to all
Gavin> suggestions. I'd like it if we could have it chosen by this weekend 
though, so
Gavin> I can register it then.

Gavin> This all looks anal and pedantic but I wanted to lay it out like this 
because I
Gavin> know there are a couple of people who are very worried about this 
although they
Gavin> are now broadly

RE: overclocked Sam programs [was RE: ORSAM show report]

[Andy Chandler]

Just to change the subject quickly, on Ebay currently,
I see someone is selling all of their Sam stuff,
including 91 games and the machine (currently £16).

I have to add that it's not mine! 

Curiously, whoever is selling it labeled the Sam a
"Games Console". Not heard it called that before. ;-)



As for the accelerator, I think I remember seeing that
in action. Am I right in thinking it affected the
screen refresh slightly and there was the odd line
across the screen, possibly where the ASIC didn't gain
access to the video RAM in time? (I'm pretending to
know how Simon's design worked!) 

Re[2]: Usenet

[Andy Chandler]

Not according to the list, no it doesn't have illusion.

It did have "Good SAMC" on the page so I guess Colin was right.




Monday, November 8, 2004, 5:37:48 PM, you wrote:

Andrew> On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 17:14, Andy Chandler wrote:
>> A friend alerted me to the fact so I went to check it out
>> 
>> He was indeed right, there is currently 350MB of SAM disk images on
>> Usenet. I don't know who posted them, but they are pretty exhaustive.
>> >From a cursory look, it would seem all the Blitz issues, Fred Issues,
>> Sam Supplement and most of the SAM PD images are there.
>> 
>> What's the legality of those? I know Blitz is still owned by the
>> McKenzies', but what about the legality of the rest? Is Fred / Sam
>> Supplement etc. etc., now PD?

Andrew> It sounds like a dump of the so-called "Good SAM" library...

Andrew> FRED magazines have been granted permission for distribution (not the
Andrew> same as being PD), and I would assume that SAM PD disks are PD, but I
Andrew> don't know about the rest.

Andrew> Andrew

Andrew> NB. Did the SAM PD disks include the "Illusion PD" disk? I could do with
Andrew> finding a copy of that...

Usenet

[Andy Chandler]

A friend alerted me to the fact so I went to check it out

He was indeed right, there is currently 350MB of SAM disk images on
Usenet. I don't know who posted them, but they are pretty exhaustive.
>From a cursory look, it would seem all the Blitz issues, Fred Issues,
Sam Supplement and most of the SAM PD images are there.

What's the legality of those? I know Blitz is still owned by the
McKenzies', but what about the legality of the rest? Is Fred / Sam
Supplement etc. etc., now PD?


Andy

Re: What is this interface?

[Andy Chandler]

I was shocked to see it go for £103. Some huge bids right at the end
from somone (also, not me!)

More likely IDE. Dunno if this attachment will be blocked, but here is
the picture 'enhanced.'







Sunday, October 31, 2004, 10:03:21 PM, you wrote:

Andrew> Someone's selling a "SAM interface" on eBay:

Andrew> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
Andrew> ViewItem&item=8142707588&ssPageName=ADME:B:RECO:UK:2

Andrew> I can't tell what the connector at the back is. Is this one of the  
Andrew> external floppy disk drive interfaces?

Andrew> Andrew

Andrew> PS. That gold ASCI reached £103! No, I didn't buy it.<>

Re[2]: What is this interface?

[Andy Chandler]

>> PS. That gold ASCI reached £103! No, I didn't buy it.
Colin> Not too bad a price I thought :)


I was surprised with the SAMs limited following now, that there was still
such a huge interest, that it would actually sell for more than it was
bought for. (In other words, I wanted it but couldn't afford it!!)



Colin> Colin
Colin> =
Colin> Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe
Colin> Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/ and http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
Colin> Issue Ten of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now

Re: Gold Asic on eBay

[Andy Chandler]

Looks like a certain Mr Collier is in the lead with the bidding!
. h . name rings a bell ;-)




Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 6:40:51 PM, you wrote:

Dan> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8141419063

Dan> Dan. 

Re[6]: Email

[Andy Chandler]

I actually never meant anything by that comment. With Calvin mentioning a nice
smooth-scroller, the other thing I remembered was they usually had a
thumping track with them and when you think of SAM music, who springs to
mind first?



Sunday, October 24, 2004, 8:38:39 PM, you wrote:

>> Calvin> Perhaps Dan, you should send him a message, as a .dsk
>> Calvin> file with one of your smoth basic scrollers :)
>> 
>> With a nice Andy Monk tune in the background ;-)

Dan> You know - to this day I have no idea what that was all about - presumably 
I
Dan> used one of his tunes without crediting it which was not something I tended
Dan> to do, although sometimes I did loose track of which tune out of the 
100-odd
Dan> I had on my e-tunes disc was done by who.

Dan> Dan.

Re[4]: Email

[Andy Chandler]

Calvin> I wonder if he understands the fact that there is, and
Calvin> never really was any money in the SAM, that it was a
Calvin> machine supported by us, and his father as an act of
Calvin> love... and that his father would not want him to act
Calvin> in such a manner?

Calvin> Perhaps Dan, you should send him a message, as a .dsk
Calvin> file with one of your smoth basic scrollers :)


With a nice Andy Monk tune in the background ;-)

Re[2]: Email

[Andy Chandler]

Personally, I find it all quite sad. I knew Malcolm and would often have
long chats with him. He was genuinely passionate about the SAM and it was
never about the money and to my knowledge, he would never have sent a
note like his son, Duncan, did as an opening letter.

The SAM community was relatively small and most people knew the others
involved and I'm sure any discrepancies would have been easily and
amicably cleared up.

I'm personally saddened by the tone of Duncan's email. If he owns the
rights to something, then I'm sure no-one has any objections to him
exercising those rights. I just hope he doesn't intend on retiring
early on the income from SAM software sales ;-)




Saturday, October 23, 2004, 11:31:23 PM, you wrote:

david>  to the Defender page on your site?
>> 
>> I would have to question the exact products and
>> rights 'owned' by Persona in
>> this case, as quite a few titles were just
>> distributed by them... such as
>> David Ledbury's old publications - Sam Prime etc,
>> and the game Manic Miner
>> which David personally owned the rights to (given to
>> him directly by the
>> author Matthew Holt) which was why David was able to
>> kindly let me use Manic
>> Miner on the coverdisk for Sam Revival issue 9.

david> Indeed so, and no other titles have been released by
david> anyone else to my knowledge either. 

david> (Manic Miner was never signed over to Persona -
david> Matthew Holt gave it to me to "do what you want to"
david> when I still had Phoenix. Basically he'd seen no money
david> on the game since SAMCo had it... and certainly from
david> no other publishers before me.)

Re: Sam Revival Giveaway...

[Andy Chandler]

Here ya go..

Andy

Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 7:15:16 PM, you wrote:

Colin> Hello!

Colin> I've just pulled a handful of back issues of Sam Revival magazine out of 
the
Colin> stock box and decided to give them away to Sam users on the mailing 
list...
Colin> so if you have never got round to trying an issue of Sam Revival yet then
Colin> here's your chance to get a free issue if you are quick!

Colin> It's easy! Simply email me directly with your postal address to:
Colin> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the first ten responses get an issue absolutely and
Colin> totally free!

Colin> All the best,

Colin> Colin.
Colin> =
Colin> Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe
Colin> Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
Colin> Issue Ten of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now - with Coverdisk!

Re[2]: Format is Back ;-)

[Andy Chandler]

We get the same problem where I work. We have requests for lasers and
scientific equipment and our website is clearly nothing to do with
anything even remotely like that!



Thursday, October 7, 2004, 12:23:27 PM, you wrote:

>> Sue them! They're clearly trying to profit from your success in the SAM
>> market ;)

Colin> I really do wonder why they email me as the only place they could get the
Colin> email from is my website... and there's no tellies or vcr's there!

Colin> Colin
Colin> =
Colin> Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe
Colin> Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
Colin> Issue Ten of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now - with Coverdisk!

Re: Sam on Ebay

[Andy Chandler]

I'm jealous - my Sam used to be that nice white colour, many years ago ;-)



Thursday, September 23, 2004, 6:41:29 PM, you wrote:

Dan> Currently at 62 quid, just under 3 days to go.

Dan> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8132473139

Dan> Dan. 

Re[2]: Sam Lives - Maybe

[Andy Chandler]

Don't get me worried - I've just bought some Corsair XMS memory and so
far it's fantastically stable and ridiculously fast (and no, I don't
work for them!)




Friday, August 27, 2004, 4:30:19 PM, you wrote:

Simon> I hear that in spades I'm just watching the 641st error come up in
Simon> memtest on my PC at the moment. Damn you Corsair!
 
Simon> :)


Simon>   _  

Simon> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Simon> Behalf Of Howard Price
Simon> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 1:43 AM
Simon> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Simon> Subject: Re: Sam Lives - Maybe


Simon> I think so!  I'm just working on my PC at the moment.  Oh for the 
simplicity
Simon> of memory you can trust   :)
Simon> Howard

Simon> At 08:21 27/08/2004, you wrote:


Simon> Just a test as I haven't had anything from the list since the 16th
Simon> July.. Sams in hibernation, everyones on the beach
Simon> Ian

Re: A slice of Nostalgia

[Andy Chandler]

It reminds me of the old 'Your Sinclair' type humour.
Ahhh, those were the days. . .  .  .   .   ... . .




Thursday, May 6, 2004, 7:43:08 PM, you wrote:

Dan> It's been on CSS but I'd though I'd post it here too.

Dan> http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

Dan> Dan. 

Re[2]: :-)

[Andy Chandler]

Happy Easter to everyone.

I can personally recommend AVG AntiVirus from Grisoft. It's free for
personal use and compared with my mates Norton Installation, it
actually seems to be more secure.



Saturday, April 10, 2004, 11:58:09 AM, you wrote:

LCD> Edwin Blink wrote:

>>- Original Message - 
>>
>>From: "Nev Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>  
>>
>>>I confirm the file contains the W32/Bagle.genlpwdzip virus.
>>>
>>>Not that any one on this list would be so stoopid as to actually open
>>>it!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>This is what my providers email scanner said:
>>
>>X-AtHome-MailScanner: Found to be clean
>>
>>But it certainly is not !  I extracted the contents: gdbyygtd.scr and ran
>>Mcafees online
>>freescan It did not see the zip file as a virus risk But the extracted
>>contents as:
>>
>>W32/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>The  file has a folder icon. To let you think is a folder and double click
>>it and
>>No I did not open or double click it.
>>
>>Edwin
>>
>>  
>>
LCD> The cheaper virus scanners cannot handle password protected zip's, but 
LCD> Norton scans the message
LCD> for zip password. So the way to fool Norton is to send password 
LCD> protected zip and point to a password
LCD> on a external site. But which baka would open a protected zip, we usualy 
LCD> use only unprotected zip's.
LCD> And which baka would open a own site to share passwords for viruses? :lol:

LCD> LCD

Re[2]: Virus Madness!!! - Can somebody help?

[Andy Chandler]

Several of the new viri out there actually open up a port on the
infected machine and report back to a website somewhere that the
machine is ready and it is then as a SPAM server.
So it looks like you sent the emails (and in fact you did!), but without
knowing it.

Sophos has a lot on the new set of ones doing the rounds. There is a
virus on the loose, whose sole purpose, is to disable one of the other
ones. They then retaliate with a new version, sometimes 3 or 4 new
versions in one day and so the cycle continues.

Those of us on BTinternet (at least Dave on this list) can at least relax a 
little
 - they've stopped 100% of the virus infected emails I would of
 received. They currently stop around 80 SPAM messages a day to this
 account alone - frightening stuff indeed.





Monday, April 5, 2004, 7:17:18 PM, you wrote:

LCD> Anything can be faked, ever heard about "remailers"? That is a server 
LCD> thatstrips the real IP
LCD> from header and sends the mail further. Excellent for people that are 
LCD> living in dictatorship
LCD> countries like China, USA or EU, that want to send their opinion to 
LCD> newsgroups or mailing
LCD> lists.
LCD> They usualy can also hack into WLAN of innocent people, and use their IP 
LCD> to make some
LCD> idiotic or illegal moves.
LCD> So even if the IP in header cannot be faked, it is not sure that the 
LCD> attack comes really from
LCD> the person that subscribed the IP.
LCD> And finally, viruses send themself without the knowledge of the users. 
LCD> The user is just too
LCD> stupid to own a PC, if he opens each attachement or has no firewall...

LCD> Greetings to all

LCD> LCD

LCD> Aley Keprt wrote:

>>I usually get lots of SPAM, but no viruses. As several Sam users already
>>mentioned, I use a simple whitelist system to block 100% of SPAM, and allow
>>only known addresses. But this can't currently block viruses.
>>Unfortunatelly...
>>
>>btw. You can find who sent you viruses. Although the sender e-mail address
>>is faked, there is a valid IP address (can't be effectively faked), and with
>>cooperation of its internet service provider, you can find the real
>>computer. (If you have got some luck. :-)
>>
>>/---
>>Aley
>>
>>--
>>Mgr.(MSc.) Ales Keprt (also known as Aley)
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** www.keprt.cz *** ICQ: 82357182
>>Dept. of Computer Science, VSB Technical University
>>Ostrava, CZ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.cs.vsb.cz
>>--
>>
>>
>>- Original Message - 
>>From: "Matthew J. Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: 
>>Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 7:11 PM
>>Subject: Re: Virus Madness!!! - Can somebody help?
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>>I have at least 30 a day with all kinds of viruses like the ones you
>>>mention. I don't know if it's anything to do with the sam-users list
>>>though.
>>>
>>>I receive them from all over the world, and yes, the addresses are
>>>normally faked.
>>>
>>>But it's beginning to drive me to the point of distraction as well...
>>>God, I want to wring their pathetic little necks! :-D
>>>
>>>--Matt.
>>>
>>>On 5 Apr 04, at 18:54, Aley Keprt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
Hello friends,

this is what I can the virus madness! In last fortnight I got over 50
e-mails with viruses Netsky.B and Netsky.Q. Is this normal? I think
and hope it isn't. In recent 12 hours I got 6 new e-mails with
Netsky.Q. This is absolutely unbelievable. I looked to the e-mail
headers, and I can see the sender is always the same. Really
unbelievable. The e-mail address of the sender is not visible (it is
faked), but I have got the IP address. I write it below, so you all
can check, if it is somewhat connected with sam-users. It is an
address in Netherlands, and my only contact to Netherlands is via
sam-users.

Computer name: node-d-1d4e.a2000.nl
IP number:  62.195.29.78
Provider: UPC Netherlands

Is this a private computer, or a multiuser node/proxy? Can somebody
help?

And does anybody receive such viruses by e-mail as well (in recent few
days)?


/---
Aley

  

Re[2]: Atom Poll

[Andy Chandler]

I can't get my new TV to tune in to the SAM correctly at all, so I
can't check the sound. I don't know if it's the TV, the fact I have
one of the first SAMs off the production line or due to having an
(early) ATOM in there. Will need to make a composite or RGB connection
to be able to use it properly.

I have heard the drive spin down for no apparent reason and I have to
power-cycle the SAM to spin it back up again.

I tend to use the emulator now as it's more convenient (I can dabble
while at work!) and it saves the little guy more wear and tear. It's
already gone a horrible yellow colour that white plastic often goes
:-(


- Andy



Sunday, April 4, 2004, 2:33:20 PM, you wrote:

Howard> I've got almost exactly the same setup as Andy here.  I have occasional 
Howard> problems with the connections so my SAM comes apart quite a lot at the 
Howard> moment, and something must be badly earthed, because 'hard disk whine' 
Howard> comes through the monitor quite badly.  Maybe it's cos (I think) I've 
got 
Howard> the first Atom interface made.  can anyone else make this claim?

Howard> -Howard aka Tobermory, still quietly listening though not posting much.


Howard> At 19:27 02-04-04, you wrote:
>>I might as well post on list as well:
>>
>> > -Do have a Atom ?
>>Yes - a real one and one on Sim Coupe ;-)
>>
>> > -What do you hook up to it ?
>>A 42Mb Seagate Connor 2.5inch Laptop drive, fitted
>>internally in drive bay 2.
>>I've an old 220Mb one to fit instead, but don't think
>>I'll bother now - not managed to fill the 42 yet!
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Andy Chandler
>>
>>
>>  --- Edwin Blink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How
>>many of you :
>> >
>> > -Do have a Atom ?
>> > -Don't have a atom ?
>> > If you have a atom
>> > -What do you hook up to it ?
>> >
>> > Please let me know off-list.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Edwin
>> >