SAM Documents
Edwin Blink wrote:
> Andy Chandler:
> > That advert was not the brochure I have in front of me.
> Any change for some scans ?
>
> Edwin
I have just scanned 40MB of SAMCo documents from Companies House,
this is the first tranche of documents to be scanned. So far this they
have cost me over 30 pounds to get, and next the Freedom of
Information act will be used me, e.g. on Swansea Council. What should
be done with these PNG files, and secret information they contain?
A CD-ROM called "SAM Fibonacci Issue 0", put it on my website, add it
to www.samcoupe.org etc., remember more docs will cost me more money.
--
Tarquin Mills (Chairman)
ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society)
http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/comp/accus/
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Spectrum/ (We want a Spectrum +4)
Re: Sam Coupe Hot-Line Update
Ian Spencer wrote: > Well some good news I've found the first tape which covers the period > Aug89 to Feb90. This was the earliest phase of the hot-line and covers > the period before the first shipments in December and beyond. It was > fascinating to hear again the problems with the main board, the change > of graphics from 64 to 128 colours and the Heathrow warehouse fire More evidence of a SAM curse, I notice Bob is mentioned in the previous week's recording, I wonder if theres a connection? > where the first keyboards were stored.. I'm busy cleaning it up > no it's not going to be hi-fi and then I'll put it up on my website or > somewhere suitable as soon as I > can. > > Ian -- Tarquin Mills Personal Profile http://uk.profiles.yahoo.com/emfturing
Porting SimCoupe to RISC OS
When I tried compiling SimCoupe on RISC OS (the SDL version) I got the following output:- *make g++ -O2 -D__STRICT_ANSI__ -ISDL: -Izlib: -I. -I../Base -I../Extern -DUSE_ZLI B -Wall -c -o ../Base/ATA.o ../Base/ATA.cc In file included from ../Base/ATA.cc:23: ../Base/ATA.h:55: warning: ignoring #pragma pack ../Base/ATA.h:105: warning: ignoring #pragma pack In file included from ../Base/ATA.cc:25: ../Base/Frame.h: In member function `void CFrame::SetMode(BYTE)': ../Base/Frame.h:97: warning: sorry: semantics of inline function static data `void (CFrame::*apfnLineUpdates[4])(int, int, int)' are wrong (you'll wind up with multiple copies) ../Base/Frame.h:97: warning: you can work around this by removing the initi alizer ../Base/Frame.h: In member function `void CFrameXx1::Mode1Line(int, int, int)': ../Base/Frame.h:238: error: `g_fFlashPhase' undeclared (first use this functi on) ../Base/Frame.h:238: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) ../Base/Frame.h: In member function `void CFrameXx1::Mode2Line(int, int, int)': ../Base/Frame.h:299: error: `g_fFlashPhase' undeclared (first use this functi on) make: *** [../Base/ATA.o] Error 1 * -- Tarquin Mills (Chairman) ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society) http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/comp/accus/
Re: Format returns
Nev Young wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > The best thing would be, if it is possible to reach Mr. Bob, was to > > see if it was possible to have the original files he used for his > > typesetting and convert from them. I have no idea what tool he used, > > but it should be possible to do a bulk conversion some way or the other= > > . > He did it all on a SAM or a BBC > > Nev I think he used Lotus Amipro in later years. -- Tarquin Mills (Chairman) ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society) http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/comp/accus/
Re: Sam's 15th Birthday!
Gavin Smith wrote:
> > _www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk_ (http://www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk)
>
> Hey, that's a really nice site - I've never really bothered with
> Pro-dos or CP/M on the SAM (beyond glancing at it for a SAM Community
> news item), this looks like a nice roundup.
Now we have the Mayhem Accelerator, which is brilliant, we could run MP/M
which is now open source http://www.barnyard.co.uk/cpm/ easily, and be
on of the best platforms running it.
--
Tarquin Mills (Chairman)
ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society)
http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/comp/accus/
Re: Domain name - voting ends Fri night!
Gavin Smith wrote: > worldofsam.org > Andrew Collier > Geoff Winkless > Ian Spencer > Matthew Craven > Simon Owen > Wolfgang Haller > > samcoupe.org > Calvin Allett > Dan Doore > Frans van Egmond > Gavin Smith > Johnna Teare > > samcommunity.org > Adrian Brown > Colin Piggot I vote for worldofsam.org and archive.sam-coupe (for alternative root servers), like Matthew Craven my emails do not appear. Time of vote 11.05pm Friday. -- Tarquin Mills ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society) http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/comp/accus/
Format is Back ;-)
This evening I was just walking to the railway station (to get a train to Ipswich to give a talk to the Iceni Computer Club about the Inclusive Web) when I saw some new builds. Several of the builds where already sold and had a name plate for new tenants, including one for a business called Format Publications. While on the subject there is company in Scotland called West Coast Computers. -- Tarquin Mills Norwich Sinclair and Clones Show (ORSAM 2004) http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/orsam/ http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Sinclair/petition.html (Bring Back YS)
ORSAM 2004 in Norwich
Dear All
Last year a Spectrum and SAM show was held in Norwich called ORSAM
2003. It was the biggest show, of its type, in the UK last year. As
it is being advertised and mentioned in Retro Gamer we expect it to
be a bigger show this year. ORSAM 2004 is a Sinclair & clones
computer show, as this year the QL, Z88 & ZX81 are also covered.
While we are filling up I am looking for more SAM stalls.
This years show will be held on Saturday, 6th November from 10am to
4pm, (traders one hour either side of that). The venue, as last year,
will be held at the Alex Bussey Scout Centre in Norwich, off
Rowington Road, Norwich NR1 3RR. Traders stalls will be free, entrance
is free to visitors and there is ample parking space near by, which is
also free. Rowington Road is near the centre of Norwich, handy for
busses, trains, coach and air port. The show will be opened by the
Lord Mayor.
Please could you pass on through your channels news of this show, so
that the attendance will be good. Would you like to give a talk, or
know anyone else who would? There will be an official dinner after the
show, attendance is optional, venue not yet decided. Looking forward
to hearing from you.
--
Tarquin Mills
Norwich Sinclair and Clones Show (ORSAM 2004)
http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/orsam/
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Sinclair/petition.html (Bring Back YS)
Wanted: DAC
Does anybody have a DAC that will attach to a parallel port of any type of computer, with a speaker or 3.5mm jack output, that they want to sell? Is it 8bit or 16bit, mono or stereo? A source of new ones would great. -- Tarquin Mills ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society) http://speccyverse.homedns.org/planet14/comp/accus/
RE: Norwich Spectrum and SAM Show (ORSAM 2003)
Geoff Winkless wrote: > 01 November 2003 17:11, Nev Young wrote: > > pictures without words at http://www.nfy53.demon.co.uk/sam2003/ > More pictures with some somewhat irreverant (should that be irrelevant?) > words at > http://geoff.dj/sam/ > Click on the thumbnails to get the full-size pictures as they came out > of the camera. Thank you all for comimg. Some of my pictures are at: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/speccyverse/pics/showpics.htm I have just finish writing a report of the show for ZXF. Does anyone know where there is diagram of the motherboard to help me get Nev's boards working? -- Tarquin Mills ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society) http://www.planet14.sonow4u.co.uk/comp/accus/
Norwich Spectrum and SAM Show (ORSAM 2003)
[Posted and mailed]
*** Press release about a local event ***
The first major Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Sam Coupé Computer Show (ORSAM
2003) in 5 years in the UK, is taking place next Saturday, 1st November,
in Norwich.
The venue will be at the Alec Bussey Scout Centre off Rowington
Road, near Grove Road and the Norwich Bus Station. Open from 10am
to 4pm. Entry free. Refreshments available. Free car parking.
There is a map available (under 'travel') on the show website
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/speccyverse/orsam.htm
A variety of traders will be present. Visitors from as far away as
Germany and Cornwall have said they will be attending. The
show will opened by Councillor Steve Land, of the Green Party.
There will be a raffle, and a bring and buy stall.
While ORSAM 2003 officially only supports the Spectrum and SAM range,
Z88 and ZX81 will be there unofficially. If next show happens, it may
widen to officially include all Sinclair (and related) 8-bit formats.
QL users will be able to get taste of what the March Norwich Quanta
Workshop will be like.
--
Tarquin Mills
ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society)
http://www.planet14.sonow4u.co.uk/comp/accus/
Re: ORSAM Show...
> On 26 Oct 03, at 23:16, Colin Macdonald wrote: > > Greetings all, > > > > Am looking into options for getting down to the show at the weekend, > > but given it'd be a 900-odd mile round trip for me, wanted to verify > > that it'll be a decent turn out - who all's going? > > > > And in case anyone can't guess my next question, who's staying over > > and fancies a few beverages in Norwich's finest? > > > > C. Matthew J. Craven wrote: > I have decided against going as a lot of things have come up in the > past couple of weeks. Also I investigated the train times and coach > journeys available and discovered it took an absolutely inordinate > amount of time to get the small distance from Manchester to > Norwich. :-( People seem to backing out at the last minute, what they do not seem to appreciate is that I spent a 3 figure some on this show, not 75p and a pack of rolos. I am not cancelling the show at this late stage. Over the last few day I have only just realised that this is the SAM Coupe and ZX Spectrums last chance in the UK, if this show fails there will be no more shows and these computers will be dead. Sinclair QL magazines, QL Today and Quanta, only have 300 readers world wide, yet they can manage to have 5+ successful shows in the UK each year. While AlchNews has 600+ readers plus there is PD Power and ZX Digest etc, and the internet based speccy users and the whole SAM community in addition. So why when 1 speccy games are rented at 50p for 3 days each week in the UK, can we not hold a show? The silence from Alchemist Research is deafening. Shows allow people to meet and conceive new projects (free and commercial). It show cases new technology (we have moved on from 1993) and allows reunions of old friends. When people are coming from the continent, why are people from the shows back yard getting cool feet? I can give free over night accommodation, and after the show there is a big beer festival by CAMRA, which can be visited. The website has had over 1200 hits in it's short existence with the number rising fast. Manchester has a direct train to Norwich and back which my family has used. I know some journeys take effort but you cannot get a Porsche for the price of Ford. A lodger of mine travelled to Wales and back every two weeks. People seem to be playing some kind of chicken thing, I will go if you do. People are talking about next year, but there will not be a next year at this rate. There is still a regular ZX81 show in Germany, congratulations ZX-TEAM, are we really saying that we are deader than a computer that has no sound, no colour, virtually no graphics and has the poorest keyboard out? Did I mention the wobbly RAM pack? I created this show because I believe in retro computers, and have just collected a commercially made sign for the show. Hope to see you there, hope my straight talking has not offended anyone, it is not just a response to the above email but also Sintech not coming. -- Tarquin Mills Norwich Spectrum and SAM Show (ORSAM 2003) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/speccyverse/orsam.htm
Re: East Coast takeover offer
Nev Young wrote: > ARGH!. Tarquin, > I'm now double booked on 1st Nov. > Can you let me have some idea of who / how many are comming so I can > decide which function I attend. Sadly the other is a 3 day event > upt'north which I have been booked on since last year but I've only just > got confirmation that it's the same weekend as your show. > I really want to do both but I know I can't. Over 15 people have said they will come, Sintech guess that 100 people will attend the show. Only a few minutes ago another person notified me that they were coming. While the big news this week is that the current Micro Mart mentions the show as it's top story in th Retro column, this will bring people in. I hoping that if people see the show in multiple places and from word of mouth that they will come, i.e. the first time the hear of it they are interested, the second time the decided to come. -- Tarquin Mills Norwich Spectrum and SAM Show (ORSAM 2003) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/speccyverse/orsam.htm
RE: East Coast takeover offer
Geoff Winkless wrote: > 19 August 2003 11:05, Simon Owen wrote: > > It's a bit further for me (~120 miles from Nottingham), but I > > think that's about how far it was to the show in Quedgley. > > Fancy sharing petrol costs for the trip (also date permitting!)? > I'm just down the M1 in Leicester. The show has been provisionly book for Saturday the first of November, more details at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/speccyverse/orsam.htm .To help judge the numbers (for catering) we are offering a free prize draw ticket worth 50p to each person who books in advance and turns up. On the SAM side of things I am looking for someone to give a talk, and more SAM traders. -- Tarquin Mills RUNG (RISC OS Users, Norfolk Group)
RE: East Coast take over offer
Adrian Brown wrote:
> I would certainly try to be there, Norwich is my home town. Which venue
> did you have in mind?
As church halls are book on Sundays and to some extent Saturdays. While
some other of the halls are to small, so have gone for the newly refurbish
Scout hut in Rowington Road. Which is near Grove road.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=622912&y=307579&z=0&sv=NR1+3RR&st=2&pc=NR1+3RR&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf
It where the RD is on the map. Thats QL Latitude=1.772 and QL
Longitude=2.362 using the Horizon centre Cosham, Portsmouth as 0,0 as
per QL Today vol 5 issue 3. Tourist information is:
http://www.norwich.gov.uk/norwichcc/tourism.nsf/pages/tourism.html
--
Tarquin Mills
RUNG (RISC OS Users, Norfolk Group)
East Coast take over offer
/me dons flame protective suit with tie with the robot printed on it Spectrum and SAM Show (ORSAM) - Hi My name is Tarquin Mills (Shadowtlx) I never managed to get to the original Gloucester shows because I lived in Aberdeen and was very poor at the time. The Sinclair QL still has regular shows (I am organising one) and this is how I got in to the QL. However my real love is the Spectrum /me lowers visor and YS (including Sam Centre) so I want to organise a Spectrum and Sam Show to be held each year (on the same date). I will pay the cost of 45 pounds for hiring of a building with use of the car park for the day. The show will be free to all (traders and visitors), food will provide as well, at a cost. Wheres the catch? It will be in the fine city of Norwich, which has an airport, railway, bus station (the main one, is near the venue). Norwich is said to be the best kept mediaeval city in England with two cathedrals, a castle and cobbled streets. This is not a piss up, a reunion or opportunity to talk about crisp flavours (i.e. CSS), it is a show about the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and SAM. My only condition is that enough people turn up to make it worth while, i.e. magazines etc advertise it. I will not do any advertising myself (as I do it badly) and do not want to be standing there with a lone person who has travelled a long way to be there, looking very embarrassed. So the question is, will you come? I do not expect that many, as I am used to QL shows. Please bring extension cables with you, as the venue lacks sockets in the main hall :-(. I want to hold it this year, say beginning of November. Lets go Coupe Crazy. /join #nORwich spectrum and SAM show /me remove flame protective suit /me get big water hose ready -- Tarquin Mills Bring back YS (Then you can ZIP to the Stars with YS, hurrah. Ed) http://www.planet14.sonow4u.co.uk/
Why no SAM relaunch?
QL users have the Q60. Speccy users have the Eastern European and Russian clones. Yet no one seems to make the SAM (Coupe, Elite or a new model). Why is this? -- Tarquin Mills Reboot Movement (An Anti-Wintel Campaign) http://www.planet14.sonow4u.co.uk/comp/reboot/
RE: Please remove
Fred Bloggs wrote: > Who/what is Samsboss? Bob Brenchley Others can tell you why if the want. -- Tarquin Mills ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society) http://www.planet14.sonow4u.co.uk/comp/accus/
