[Sam-users] Announcement
Hi all, It's been quiet here for a very long time, but there is a meet-up happening soon, on 18th May in Leicester. This is the Facebook-post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/20486797963/permalink/10161121441942964/. I know some of you are not on Facebook, so this is a public service. The announcement follows verbatim below. Regards, -Frode REMINDER: ONE MONTH TO GO* UNTIL THE COMPUTING EVENT OF THE YEAR - SAM-AZING 2024 (better title still not been suggested). *True at time of writing, but due to various distractions, it's now one day less. Anyway, the point still stands - get your train tickets booked, pump up your bike tyres, ask your mum for a lift, stop worrying about the League One play off final - it won't happen. A reminder of all the details below. Get it booked in - it'd be great to see the thriving SAM community in its full glory. We were probably never thriving, but relatively speaking Date: Saturday 18th May 2024 Location: Retro Computer Museum, Leicester, LE4 9HA (Unit Q) Time: 12:30pm to 5:30pm Entry fee: £8.50 There'll be drinks at the nearby Willow pub afterwards and then no doubt some people will find a curry before catching their trains home. Plenty of parking on site for those driving. Andy and Dean have kindly agreed we can use their fabulous venue for this event, so the only cost is the standard entry fee for those to pay on the day when they arrive. They have no less than 3 SAMs, so there'll be plenty on show. I may have to think up a tournament or two I think there'll be space if anyone does want to bring anything to set up and show off, but just remember a few more SAM Coupé machines and there'll be more value there (according to eBay) than in the Bank of England vaults. And finally, try and remember it's been decades since we last saw each other, and some of us have bad memories, so make sure you know your speech "Hello, I'm Ian Doodar, writer of Ball Attack and Planet of the Crisps". Looking forward to seeing you all there. ___ sam-users mailing list sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no https://nvg.ntnu.no/mailman/listinfo/sam-users
Announcement: Sam Revival issue 13 Out Now!
Issue 13 of 'Sam Revival' magazine is now out! Kicking off issue 13 of Sam Revival is a 14 page news section to give a lowdown on what's happening in the Sam scene, and a welcomed addition to the magazine is the new letters section which in this issue features some questions about the Mayhem Accelerator, some development tools queries and a request for a machine code routine for palette changes using line interrupts which is answered with a few pages of source code! Feature articles in this issue include a look at the Siemens Pocket Reader by Steve Parry-Thomas, along with the listing for the software he developed to use it from BASIC via the Comms Interface. In my own feature article I delve into the pile of unreleased and partially finished games that I bought the rights to from Hydrasoft earlier in the year. On the coverdisk with this issue is the full Sam game "Marbles Deluxe' by Steve Pick. Featuring very colourful graphics in his own unique style Marbles Deluxe is quite a challenging arcade puzzle game and was originally released back in 1995. A quick cut and paste from the start of the instructions... "A genetically engineered biological organism has just been created for genetic correction experiments. The organism is lovingly referred to as Willy. Testing Willy is to be an extreme task, as a psychotic killer is being used for the experiment. Willy has to correct the killer's damaged brain cells ... all 50 of them!" This issue of Sam Revival costs £3.00 for the UK, or £3.80 for EU (including Airmail postage). Ordering Issue 13 = For your convience there are several ways you can order Sam Revival: PayPal -- Click on the PayPal payment button by the news article on the Quazar website at www.samcoupe.com ,or send payment directly via Paypal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NoChex -- I can take UK payments by Credit / Debit card securely through NoChex without you having to register or sign-up for their service. Click on the 'NoChex' button on the navigation bar at the Quazar website at www.samcoupe.com Cheque / Postal Order - Drop me an email if you require my postal address for sending a cheque or Postal Order eBay Store -- I know some people find it convenient to purchase items through eBay and you will find Sam Revival listed in my new store there ( http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Sam-Coupe-Store ) although to cover costs there is a small additional postage charge listed per issue so buying direct via the three methods above is cheaper. All the best, Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe April 1995-2005 - Celebrating 10 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/
Re: Announcement: Sam Revival issue 11 out now...
On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 11:18:51AM +0100, Frode Tenneboe wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:13:12 + Stuart Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hopefully I'll get SDCC working with a tool to build SAM disks, and I'll > > be able to write some games and maybe an OS. I should imagine it will > > be possible to write decent games at 50fps without using much assembly. > > I've read that sdcc produces buggy z80 code. I've had good success > with z88dk which there also is a SAM library for. Thanks! This looks much more promising. -- Stuart Brady
Re: Announcement: Sam Revival issue 11 out now...
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:13:12 + Stuart Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hopefully I'll get SDCC working with a tool to build SAM disks, and I'll > be able to write some games and maybe an OS. I should imagine it will > be possible to write decent games at 50fps without using much assembly. I've read that sdcc produces buggy z80 code. I've had good success with z88dk which there also is a SAM library for. -Frode -- ^ Frode Tennebø | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ | Ericsson AS | Isebakkeveien 49 | | N-1788 Halden | Phone: +47 45 24 99 39| | with Standard.Disclaimer; use Standard.Disclaimer;|
Re: Announcement: Sam Revival issue 11 out now...
--- Stuart Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 07:13:12PM +, Stuart > Brady wrote: > > > > The mayhem accelerator looks great -- I just hope > that it won't be too > > expensive. Having said that, it'll be great if it > can external RAM. > > Err, "access external RAM". > -- > Stuart Brady > As in 1Mb packs? I'm guessing - but I bet that they may be too slow...
Re: Announcement: Sam Revival issue 11 out now...
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 07:13:12PM +, Stuart Brady wrote: > > The mayhem accelerator looks great -- I just hope that it won't be too > expensive. Having said that, it'll be great if it can external RAM. Err, "access external RAM". -- Stuart Brady
Re: Announcement: Sam Revival issue 11 out now...
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 09:36:12PM +, david wrote: > Colin Piggot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The belated issue 11 of Sam Revival magazine is out > > now. > > And it's great reading as well :) > > (And listening!) I really like track 17, and would love to know how the effects work. I know nothing about phasing noises, or any of the other effects that you could do. How do they work? The mayhem accelerator looks great -- I just hope that it won't be too expensive. Having said that, it'll be great if it can external RAM. Hopefully I'll get SDCC working with a tool to build SAM disks, and I'll be able to write some games and maybe an OS. I should imagine it will be possible to write decent games at 50fps without using much assembly. One question I'm hoping someone can answer: if you were to emulate the user-mode of an existing 32-bit architecture using the z80, which one would you choose, and why? I'm mainly interested in those that are already supported by the GNU tools, and can be emulated relatively efficiently. -- Stuart Brady
Re: Announcement: Sam Revival issue 11 out now...
--- Colin Piggot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The belated issue 11 of Sam Revival magazine is out > now. > Colin > = > Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for > the Sam Coupe > Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ and > http://www.samcoupe.com/ > *** Issue 11 of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now *** > And it's great reading as well :) (And listening!)
Announcement: Sam Revival issue 11 out now...
The belated issue 11 of Sam Revival magazine is out now. This issue of Sam Revival is an audio special, and features a cover CD which contains music tracks recorded directly from the Sam Coupe. There's music from a variety of music programs such as E-Tracker, Pro-Tracker and several MOD Players as well as a whole variety of music played back using various Sound Interfaces. Tracks recorded from the Quazar Surround really show what the Sam Coupe can do sonically - there recordings from a variety of software for it including samples up to 16 bit quality, advanced sample compression, oversampling and sequencing. As well as the usual features in the magazine such as the Sam Scene Roundup (which includes an nine page roundup of the recent ORSAM 2004 computer show with plenty of photos and includes the preliminary information on the prototype 'Mayhem Accelerator' I demonstrated there) the rest of the magazine articles continue on with an audio feel. There is a mammoth article looking in depth at all the extra sound interfaces that have appeared (or not as the case may be with some of them!) for the Sam Coupe over the years, and the software that was written to take advantage of them. Sam Revival costs £3.00, or 5.50 euros for international readers (including airmail postage). A three issue subscription costs £8 (15 euros internationally). For more information on this issue, and back issues please see the website. All the best, Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ and http://www.samcoupe.com/ *** Issue 11 of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now ***
Announcement: Sam Revival issue 10 out now...
Issue ten of Sam Revival is out now, complete with coverdisk. Subscribers issue's will be in the post tommorrow morning so you should receive them by the weekend. What's inside this issue, well the usual mix of Quazar News, Sam Scene Roundup and the ever popular Sam Snippets! Onto the feature articles, Simon Owen takes a detailed look at his PacMan Arcade Machine emulator, and guides us through just how he was able to write such a program. The article is fairly indepth with lots of technical details about how the arcade machine is structured and how each segment is emulated on the Sam - such as Video, Sound and Input controls. The second feature article is an interview with Warren Lee, you may not have heard of this chap except from a couple of small games he had published on Fred magazine years ago, however he is the author of the game on the coverdisk so this interview delves into his Sam past looking at what he wrote, and a couple of things he started but never finished. And the coverdisk.. featuring a game called 'Invasion II', written by Warren Lee. This was originally coded back in 1996 but was never published. Invasion II is a great platformer game with the usual 'stop the alien invasion' game plot, but Warren has paid a lot of attention to detail in this game with lots of animation in the game. Screenshots can be seen on the website. Sam Revival costs £3.00, or 5.50 euros for international readers (including airmail postage). A three issue subscription costs £8 (15 euros internationally). For more information on this issue, and back issues please see the website. All the best, Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Ten of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now - with Coverdisk!
Announcement - Sam Revival issue 9 out now + other news
Issue nine of Sam Revival is out now, and this issue features the first cover disk! Subscribers issues were sent out early this morning so should arrive with you tommorrow. The magazine starts off with the usual Quazar News, as well as the Sam Scene Roundup, listing news and events from around the Sam world. There's also some reviews and a sprinkling of the ever popular Sam Snippets. The feature articles start off with two interviews, the first with Matt Round who was well known for writing games in 1994/5 with the GamesMaster game creation system as well as having one commercial release in 1995. The second interview is with Ken Jarvis, the graphics artist involved with Sphera which was on of the first Sam games from Enigma Variations way back in 1990. The final feature article looks at a quirk in an undocumented Z80 opcode in a newer revision of the Z80 from Zilog which I discovered after replacing a Z80 in a Sam Coupé. Onto the accompanying cover disk - the first ever Sam Revival cover disk features two great games. The first is the full version of 'Manic Miner'. If you are not familiar with the Sam version of this all time classic it features the original 20 caverns plus 40 all new ones! (David Ledbury has written a six part series in the previous issues of Sam Revival looking back at all the levels and development work on the game!). Also on the cover disk is a special edition of 'Money Bags'. Originally this was a game for the Sam Coupe that used the Quazar Surround soundcard to give it a great sampled soundtrack, but i've reduced the quality of the soundtrack to 4 bits so it can play through the normal soundchip in the Sam. This issue of Sam Revival costs £3.00 (or £5.50 euro for international readers). Other news... I can now supply the SAA1099 soundchip for spares and repairs, having tracked some down through an obsolence company I bought a tube full. All the news etc is kept up to date on the Quazar website. All the best, Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Nine of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival issue 9 out now + other news
> This issue of Sam Revival costs £3.00 (or £5.50 euro for > international readers). Oops! An extra pound sign crept in there - it should just read 5.50 euros for international readers. All the best, Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Nine of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 8 out now!
Fine Colin, I am glad to read this. So I have to think about another themes for the future ;-) Also wait for Adrians continue :-) Wolfgang Colin Piggot wrote: Issue 8 of Sam Revival is out now, and subscribers issues were posted earlier so they should turn up in the next day or two. This issue kicks off with the usual Quazar News, and the Sam Scene Roundup listing news and events from around the Sam world. The first feature article in this issue is 'The Forgotten Artifacts of Sam", which looks back at some of the hardware and software that has been released for the Sam over the years but was never well known about - in this issue we take a look at the Voicebox from Blue Alpha Electronics which was briefly on sale from 1990 to 1991. Other articles include the last part of David Ledbury's walkthrough of Manic Miner, taking a look at the last four levels in each section, as well his closing words with some more anecdotes from the time the game was developed. And lastly Wolfgang Haller finishes off his History of B-DOS series, looking at the more modern versions of the hard drive DOS. This issue of Sam Revival costs £2 (or 3.75 euros for international readers, including airmail postage). And my usual offer still applies, if you haven't tried Sam Revival yet then you can get the latest issue at the discounted price of £1.50 (3 euros for international readers). I still have copied left of the sample issue of Sam Revival I put together, which has a handful of pages from issues 1-6. This is available totally free of charge - for a copy just email me directly with your postal address. On the website you will also find a segment from this issue's editorial, outlining the expansion of Sam Revival which starts with issue 9 - which is due to be released at the end of May All the best, Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Eight of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 8 out now!
Look forward to it Adrian! RegardsAdrian Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cool - cant wait :) - Must apologise to Colin and everyone else for the lack of S.R. support fromme over the last months, its been a very very busy period, but hopefully Illget things moving again :)Adrian -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OnBehalf Of Colin PigggotSent: 13 April 2004 09:54To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.noSubject: Announcement - Sam Revival 8 out now!Issue 8 of Sam Revival is out now, and subscribers issues were postedearlier so they should turn up in the next day or two.This issue kicks off with the usual Quazar News, and the Sam Scene Rounduplisting news and events from around the Sam world. The first feature articlein this issue is 'The Forgotten Artifacts of Sam", which looks back at someof the hardware and software that has been released for the Sam over theyears but was never well known about - in this issue we take a look at theVoicebox from Blue Alpha Electronics which was briefly on sale from 1990 to1991.Other articles include the last part of David Ledbury's walkthrough of ManicMiner, taking a look at the last four levels in each section, as well hisclosing words with some more anecdotes from the time the game was developed.And lastly Wolfgang Haller finishes off his History of B-DOS series, lookingat the more modern versions of the hard drive DOS.This issue of Sam Revival costs £2 (or 3.75 euros for international readers,including airmail postage). And my usual offer still applies, if you haven'ttried Sam Revival yet then you can get the latest issue at the discountedprice of £1.50 (3 euros for international readers). I still have copied leftof the sample issue of Sam Revival I put together, which has a handful ofpages from issues 1-6. This is available totally free of charge - for a copyjust email me directly with your postal address.On the website you will also find a segment from this issue's editorial,outlining the expansion of Sam Revival which starts with issue 9 - which isdue to be released at the end of MayAll the best,ColinQuazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam CoupeWebsite: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/Issue Eight of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 8 out now!
Cool - cant wait :) - Must apologise to Colin and everyone else for the lack of S.R. support from me over the last months, its been a very very busy period, but hopefully Ill get things moving again :) Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 13 April 2004 09:54 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Announcement - Sam Revival 8 out now! Issue 8 of Sam Revival is out now, and subscribers issues were posted earlier so they should turn up in the next day or two. This issue kicks off with the usual Quazar News, and the Sam Scene Roundup listing news and events from around the Sam world. The first feature article in this issue is 'The Forgotten Artifacts of Sam", which looks back at some of the hardware and software that has been released for the Sam over the years but was never well known about - in this issue we take a look at the Voicebox from Blue Alpha Electronics which was briefly on sale from 1990 to 1991. Other articles include the last part of David Ledbury's walkthrough of Manic Miner, taking a look at the last four levels in each section, as well his closing words with some more anecdotes from the time the game was developed. And lastly Wolfgang Haller finishes off his History of B-DOS series, looking at the more modern versions of the hard drive DOS. This issue of Sam Revival costs £2 (or 3.75 euros for international readers, including airmail postage). And my usual offer still applies, if you haven't tried Sam Revival yet then you can get the latest issue at the discounted price of £1.50 (3 euros for international readers). I still have copied left of the sample issue of Sam Revival I put together, which has a handful of pages from issues 1-6. This is available totally free of charge - for a copy just email me directly with your postal address. On the website you will also find a segment from this issue's editorial, outlining the expansion of Sam Revival which starts with issue 9 - which is due to be released at the end of May All the best, Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Eight of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Announcement - Sam Revival 8 out now!
Issue 8 of Sam Revival is out now, and subscribers issues were posted earlier so they should turn up in the next day or two. This issue kicks off with the usual Quazar News, and the Sam Scene Roundup listing news and events from around the Sam world. The first feature article in this issue is 'The Forgotten Artifacts of Sam", which looks back at some of the hardware and software that has been released for the Sam over the years but was never well known about - in this issue we take a look at the Voicebox from Blue Alpha Electronics which was briefly on sale from 1990 to 1991. Other articles include the last part of David Ledbury's walkthrough of Manic Miner, taking a look at the last four levels in each section, as well his closing words with some more anecdotes from the time the game was developed. And lastly Wolfgang Haller finishes off his History of B-DOS series, looking at the more modern versions of the hard drive DOS. This issue of Sam Revival costs £2 (or 3.75 euros for international readers, including airmail postage). And my usual offer still applies, if you haven't tried Sam Revival yet then you can get the latest issue at the discounted price of £1.50 (3 euros for international readers). I still have copied left of the sample issue of Sam Revival I put together, which has a handful of pages from issues 1-6. This is available totally free of charge - for a copy just email me directly with your postal address. On the website you will also find a segment from this issue's editorial, outlining the expansion of Sam Revival which starts with issue 9 - which is due to be released at the end of May All the best, Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Eight of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Announcement - New Revision of the Compact Flash Interface (was Re: Atom Poll)
Seems a good enough opportunity to announce the new revision of the Compact Flash interface for use with the Atom and B-DOS, to which i've added a few new features to my exisiting design. It's now got an LED to show if the interface is powered and has a Compact Flash card inserted correctly, and a second LED flashes to show when the CF card is being accessed. Other trivial improvements include reorientating the IDE connector so it matches the 'standard' direction with PIN1 on the right hand side when looking at the back, to match the way it is orientated on normal hard drives and CD-ROM drives. I've also modified the PCB so that two of these interfaces can be stacked to make a dual unit - with one card acting as the master device and the second card as the slave. Once I have soldered together a dual Compact Flash unit and tested it with the Atom and B-DOS on the Sam i'll report my findings! The price of the Compact Flash Interface remains unchanged, keeping it priced at £17.99, and it can still be fitted with an optional ejector button for an additional £4.50. A quick photo can be found at: http://www.quazar.clara.net/cfrev3a.jpg And to answer Edwin's poll, I use CF with the Atom on my Sams, with a few 128MB and 256MB Samsung CF cards :) All the best, Colin. Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Eight of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Soon!
Announcement - Sam Revival 7 out now!
Issue seven of Sam Revival is out now. Subscribers were sent their issues a few days ago so hopefully it will have arrived by now. Inside this issue it starts off with a roundup of news from the ORSAM show, and other Sam going ons. The main articles start off with 'MODE 1 Contention' where Simon Owen has carried out an indepth look at the extra slowdown created by the ASIC when in Mode 1. Wolfgang haller carries on with his B-DOS articles and David Ledbury continues his walkthrough of the Manic Miner levels with his usual anecdotes about the games' development. My own articles look at using high capacity Compact Flash with the CF Interface and Atom, as well as a detailed look inside the 'Sam In A Can' I made for David L. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs only £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). To make things easier I can now accept payments online by NoChex and Paypal. Issue 8 is expected to be out at the end of January. And my usual offer still applies, if you haven't tried Sam Revival yet then you can get the latest issue at the discounted price of £1.50 (3 euros for international readers). Also, I have put together a small sample issue of Sam Revival, which has a handful of pages from issues 1-6. This is available totally free of charge - for a copy just email me directly with your postal address. All the best, Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Seven of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Announcement - Sam Revival 6 out now!
Issue six of Sam Revival is out now. Subscribers copies were posted this morning so should land on your doorstep tommorrow! Inside this packed issue, a new series starts - "An Interview With..." - which is exactly what it sounds like, an interview! First into the hotseat is Colin Jordan, who you may remember from some early Sam games including 'Splat', 'Famous Five' and the 'Sam Adventure System'. Wolfgang Haller is back with his next B-DOS article, and David Ledbury continues his walkthrough of Manic Miner. "What Happened Next" also returns, and looks at another game that was announced but never released. And don't forget to mix in the usual other hints and tips, and Sam Snippets. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). Colin Piggot Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Six of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
Yer - must get it playable in the next few - than a few more to tart it up -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 01 July 2003 23:48 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! > Well ;) you now know how to do it from machine code ;) Indeed perhaps I will get a CD connected again and tinker sometime... although a few other things to do on the to-do list first! And as for you Adrian... I look forward to being able to the play the game your machine code column is heading towards in a few issues time! Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
From: "Colin Piggot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:42 PM Subject: Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! > > Hmm - wonder if you can do a streaming movie off cdrom on the sam ;) > > That was exactly what I thought about for a 'Quazar Video 3' software > system - based around my current Quazar Video movie compression but get it > to read from CD graphics at say 12.5 frames a second, along with the usual > sampled soundtrack. > > But alas I've never really had the time to sit down and seriously think > about it. Well f*cking do it! Along with all those other things I always pester you about ;) (Yeah, good work on the mag, Colin, Adrian, Dave and Wolfy - I love the BDOS articles Wolfy, do keep them up) Gavin
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
> Well ;) you now know how to do it from machine code ;) Indeed perhaps I will get a CD connected again and tinker sometime... although a few other things to do on the to-do list first! And as for you Adrian... I look forward to being able to the play the game your machine code column is heading towards in a few issues time! Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
Well ;) you now know how to do it from machine code ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 01 July 2003 23:42 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! > Hmm - wonder if you can do a streaming movie off cdrom on the sam ;) That was exactly what I thought about for a 'Quazar Video 3' software system - based around my current Quazar Video movie compression but get it to read from CD graphics at say 12.5 frames a second, along with the usual sampled soundtrack. But alas I've never really had the time to sit down and seriously think about it. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now ! .
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
> Hmm - wonder if you can do a streaming movie off cdrom on the sam ;) That was exactly what I thought about for a 'Quazar Video 3' software system - based around my current Quazar Video movie compression but get it to read from CD graphics at say 12.5 frames a second, along with the usual sampled soundtrack. But alas I've never really had the time to sit down and seriously think about it. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now ! .
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
> However, I am now using now a CD-ROM which is an LG one > (not better mentioned) and reads 52-times speed. A perfect one, > as it makes no problem when booting the SAM again. I've used a Memorex 48x and a Creative Labs 52x with the Sam and no problems. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
Hi to all here! I am still waiting for the new mag - alas, I live in ´Germany where post last longer However, I am now using now a CD-ROM which is an LG one (not better mentioned) and reads 52-times speed. A perfect one, as it makes no problem when booting the SAM again. To Adrian: Do it! And wait for my next article which declares, how to use SAM and CD-ROM to emulate Spectrum programs or run MOD files. Also you can run normal music CDs with your SAM. Have a good night. Wolfgang Adrian Brown wrote: And it arrived ;) After reading Wolfgang Haller's article I feel the urge to get a cdrom drive for my Sam :D -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 30 June 2003 21:04 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! After a long wait I can now say issue 5 of Sam Revival is now out! Inside this issue Adrian Brown carries on his large machine code column, returning to his disk handling routines and giving them a big overhaul before patching them into the game level editor from the previous issue. David Ledbury continues his trip down memory lane with the next installment of the Manic Miner walkthrough, and Wolfgang Haller returns with an article about using B-DOS and a CD-ROM drive. Add in the usual news, hints and tips and the 'Sam Snippets' of trivia and it shapes up into another fine issue. Subscribers issues were posted this morning, so should start arriving with you tommorrow. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). To order any, or to subscribe, or indeed to answer any questions then please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am now aiming to get issue six out by the end of July. This is shaping up to be quite a bumper issue, as in the mad rush to get issue 5 out I had to leave out one article from this issue that I just didn't have time to finish. I am also hoping for several articles from some new contributors too who've been in touch with a few ideas they've had for articles. All the best, Colin Piggot Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
Hmm - wonder if you can do a streaming movie off cdrom on the sam ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wolfgang Haller Sent: 01 July 2003 23:32 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! Hi to all here! I am still waiting for the new mag - alas, I live in ´Germany where post last longer However, I am now using now a CD-ROM which is an LG one (not better mentioned) and reads 52-times speed. A perfect one, as it makes no problem when booting the SAM again. To Adrian: Do it! And wait for my next article which declares, how to use SAM and CD-ROM to emulate Spectrum programs or run MOD files. Also you can run normal music CDs with your SAM. Have a good night. Wolfgang Adrian Brown wrote: >And it arrived ;) After reading Wolfgang Haller's article I feel the >urge to get a cdrom drive for my Sam :D > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Colin Piggot >Sent: 30 June 2003 21:04 >To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no >Subject: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! > >After a long wait I can now say issue 5 of Sam Revival is now out! > >Inside this issue Adrian Brown carries on his large machine code column, >returning to his disk handling routines and giving them a big overhaul >before patching them into the game level editor from the previous issue. >David Ledbury continues his trip down memory lane with the next >installment >of the Manic Miner walkthrough, and Wolfgang Haller returns with an >article >about using B-DOS and a CD-ROM drive. Add in the usual news, hints and >tips >and the 'Sam Snippets' of trivia and it shapes up into another fine >issue. > >Subscribers issues were posted this morning, so should start arriving >with >you tommorrow. > >Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro >for >international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three >issues. >(10 euros internationally). To order any, or to subscribe, or indeed to >answer any questions then please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I am now aiming to get issue six out by the end of July. This is shaping >up >to be quite a bumper issue, as in the mad rush to get issue 5 out I had >to >leave out one article from this issue that I just didn't have time to >finish. I am also hoping for several articles from some new contributors >too >who've been in touch with a few ideas they've had for articles. > >All the best, > >Colin Piggot > >Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam >Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ >Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now ! > > > > >
Re: Announcement - Price Drops / Other News
- Original Message - From: "Colin Piggot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:17 PM Subject: Announcement - Price Drops / Other News > It's been just over 8 years now since I started Quazar - it was at the 4th > Sam and Spectrum Gloucester show in April 1995 where I unveiled the > Quazar Surround soundcard, so on this anniversary it's a good time to Crikey - I remember that show I think a certain Mr Blobby was rather interested to say the least! > As you can also see on the website, I have a section for 2nd hand Sam > software I am selling off (soon to be joined by a section for 2nd hand > hardware), I have to update the lists on the site with some more titles that > I've got my hands on recently but in the meantime if you'd like an > up-to-date list of 2nd hand stuff then just drop me an email at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got to be better then the prices some software went for recently on Ebay! > Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam > Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ > Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now ! And great it is too! David
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
I think ive got some old ones here somewhere - ill try a few :D -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Sent: 01 July 2003 23:21 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! - Original Message - From: "Adrian Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:07 PM Subject: RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! > And it arrived ;) After reading Wolfgang Haller's article I feel the > urge to get a cdrom drive for my Sam :D > You might be best getting one from an old PC - rather than a new one... I suspect some of the newer drives may cause problems mind you -they only cost about 10 quid for a new one... so may be worth the risk! Another great issue Colin - and to all concerned . Cheers David
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
- Original Message - From: "Adrian Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:07 PM Subject: RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! > And it arrived ;) After reading Wolfgang Haller's article I feel the > urge to get a cdrom drive for my Sam :D > You might be best getting one from an old PC - rather than a new one... I suspect some of the newer drives may cause problems mind you -they only cost about 10 quid for a new one... so may be worth the risk! Another great issue Colin - and to all concerned . Cheers David
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
And it arrived ;) After reading Wolfgang Haller's article I feel the urge to get a cdrom drive for my Sam :D -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 30 June 2003 21:04 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now! After a long wait I can now say issue 5 of Sam Revival is now out! Inside this issue Adrian Brown carries on his large machine code column, returning to his disk handling routines and giving them a big overhaul before patching them into the game level editor from the previous issue. David Ledbury continues his trip down memory lane with the next installment of the Manic Miner walkthrough, and Wolfgang Haller returns with an article about using B-DOS and a CD-ROM drive. Add in the usual news, hints and tips and the 'Sam Snippets' of trivia and it shapes up into another fine issue. Subscribers issues were posted this morning, so should start arriving with you tommorrow. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). To order any, or to subscribe, or indeed to answer any questions then please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am now aiming to get issue six out by the end of July. This is shaping up to be quite a bumper issue, as in the mad rush to get issue 5 out I had to leave out one article from this issue that I just didn't have time to finish. I am also hoping for several articles from some new contributors too who've been in touch with a few ideas they've had for articles. All the best, Colin Piggot Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Announcement - Price Drops / Other News
It's been just over 8 years now since I started Quazar - it was at the 4th Sam and Spectrum Gloucester show in April 1995 where I unveiled the Quazar Surround soundcard, so on this anniversary it's a good time to announce some price reductions on my hardware for the Sam. Sales of my hardware have been very encouraging this year so I've taken the leap and had a fairly larger batch of PCBs made for my interfaces so I can pass on a saving and reduce the prices of most items. 1) Quazar Surround soundcard - now £49.99 (was £53.99) 2) Quazar Surround Sampler Module - now £26.99 (was £29.99) 3) SID Interface - now £25.99 (was £28.99) 4) Two way euroconnector expansion card - £19.99 (was £24.50) 5) Serial Mouse Interface - £43.99 (was £47.00) 6) PC Keyboard Interface - £49.99 (was £53.99) 7) Disk Drive system - £44.99 (was £48.00) 8) 256K Memory upgrade - £14.99 (was £17.00) 9) Compact Flash Interface - £17.99 (was £19.99) All the info about my hardware can be found on my website, although it's still the older prices that are listed there until I get time to update the site later this week! I've also got stocks of both 6581 and 8580 SID chips for the SID Interface, if you are interested in a SID Interface to relive some classic retro music and require a SID chip for one then I can now help out there. As you can also see on the website, I have a section for 2nd hand Sam software I am selling off (soon to be joined by a section for 2nd hand hardware), I have to update the lists on the site with some more titles that I've got my hands on recently but in the meantime if you'd like an up-to-date list of 2nd hand stuff then just drop me an email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] All the best, Colin Piggot Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Announcement - Sam Revival 5 out now!
After a long wait I can now say issue 5 of Sam Revival is now out! Inside this issue Adrian Brown carries on his large machine code column, returning to his disk handling routines and giving them a big overhaul before patching them into the game level editor from the previous issue. David Ledbury continues his trip down memory lane with the next installment of the Manic Miner walkthrough, and Wolfgang Haller returns with an article about using B-DOS and a CD-ROM drive. Add in the usual news, hints and tips and the 'Sam Snippets' of trivia and it shapes up into another fine issue. Subscribers issues were posted this morning, so should start arriving with you tommorrow. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). To order any, or to subscribe, or indeed to answer any questions then please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am now aiming to get issue six out by the end of July. This is shaping up to be quite a bumper issue, as in the mad rush to get issue 5 out I had to leave out one article from this issue that I just didn't have time to finish. I am also hoping for several articles from some new contributors too who've been in touch with a few ideas they've had for articles. All the best, Colin Piggot Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Five of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
RE: Announcement: New Software to be bundled with SID Interface
David wrote: > What sort of amount of processing power is taken by the CPU emulator? A lot of that depends on the native 6510 code being run, as some players are more demanding. You'll have to wait for more details than that ;-) Si
Re: Announcement: New Software to be bundled with SID Interface
- Original Message - From: "Colin Piggot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 9:37 AM Subject: Announcement: New Software to be bundled with SID Interface > > Simon's SID player code emulates the 6510 CPU from the Commodore 64 and allows > the Sam to run in realtime C64 code to play music using the SID soundchip. It's > only taken Simon 11 days to write the emulator from scratch which a remarkable > achievement, and the player can cope with the vast majority of SID tunes and > code that we have tested using it. Great work indeed!! What sort of amount of processing power is taken by the CPU emulator? > Simon has kindly allowed his SID Player code to be used on a new music disk to > accompany the SID Interface, and this will be sent out to existing SID Interface Well done Simon! > brief mention of 'SID' music files, and Simon is working on writing an article > explaining his design and (rather fast!) development of his SID Player for a > future article for Sam Revival. Now that's something to look forward to! > Colin. > > Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam > Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ [Updated 31st March 2003] > Issue Four of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now ! >
Announcement: New Software to be bundled with SID Interface
Thanks to the talents of Simon Owen, there is now a full SID music player for use with the SID Interface. Simon's SID player code emulates the 6510 CPU from the Commodore 64 and allows the Sam to run in realtime C64 code to play music using the SID soundchip. It's only taken Simon 11 days to write the emulator from scratch which a remarkable achievement, and the player can cope with the vast majority of SID tunes and code that we have tested using it. Simon has kindly allowed his SID Player code to be used on a new music disk to accompany the SID Interface, and this will be sent out to existing SID Interface owners in around a weeks time once I have written a frontend to go with it and sorted out a selection of music for the disk. Over 20,000 C64 'SID' tunes are available for download at the 'High Voltage SID Collection' at http://hvsc.c64.org Issue 4 of Sam Revival features my article 'SID on SAM', which gives a good insight into the workings and capabilities of the SID chip from the C64, and a brief mention of 'SID' music files, and Simon is working on writing an article explaining his design and (rather fast!) development of his SID Player for a future article for Sam Revival. Colin. Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ [Updated 31st March 2003] Issue Four of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 4 out now!
> Ooops - I should have given you my new address - it's > ... Ah yes it did turn up... 3 minutes after your reply! Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Four of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 4 out now!
> Darn still, at least you all now know where > to send the Christmas cards! > Hmm... the first email with your change of address you sent to sam-users didn't arrive here! But it's not too late as i've not been to the post office yet, so i'll go stick a new label on now with your new address. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Four of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 4 out now!
Darn still, at least you all now know where to send the Christmas cards! From: "Andrew Gale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 4 out now! Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 09:36:05 + Ooops - I should have given you my new address - it's 6 Catharine Street, Cambridge, CB1 3AW. I suspect you've already sent them (it should get forwarded to me if so), but otherwise, could you amend my details, please? Thanks, Andy _ MSN Messenger - fast, easy and FREE! http://messenger.msn.co.uk
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 4 out now!
Ooops - I should have given you my new address - it's 6 Catharine Street, Cambridge, CB1 3AW. I suspect you've already sent them (it should get forwarded to me if so), but otherwise, could you amend my details, please? Thanks, Andy _ MSN Messenger - fast, easy and FREE! http://messenger.msn.co.uk
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 4 out now!
Hello Colin Has my subscription run out yet? I'm not sure where I am with it. Thanks, Howard (Price) Colin Piggot said: > Issue four of Sam Revival is out now! (February / March 2003) >
Announcement - Sam Revival 4 out now!
Issue four of Sam Revival is out now! (February / March 2003) This issue weighs in at 52 pages, and is again packed full! My feature article takes a look at the SID soundchip from the C64, looking indepth at it's design and capabilities, how it differs from the SAA1099, using one the Sam in the SID Interface, and what's been achieved programming wise for it and what I plan to do in the future with it. The 'Sam In A Can' returns for a short update too, with details of the new hardware that's been fitted to it since the last article was written. Adrian Brown carries on with his coding column - now on part 4 which is entitled 'Mapping The World' in which he looks at generating the graphics, and map editor for the final game the series of articles is heading towards. David Ledbury continues his walkthrough of Manic Miner - looking at nine more levels from the game, and Wolfgang Haller returns with another B-DOS article. Add in the new releases, reviews and few other bits and bobs and it's another great issue! Subscriber's issues are sitting here ready to be sent out tommorrow, so you should have them on Tuesday. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). Issue five will be out in April. Colin Piggot Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Four of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement 2 - SID Interface
> Kewl, my order is on its way :) You must be obsessed with computer music too then! > I knew i kept all those C64's for some reason, just didnt > think it would be for spare parts for the Sam. Finally a good use for a C64 :) (I can really remember the wars between speccy owners and c64 owners - each claiming theirs was the best ... time to duck for cover!) > Keep up the good work. :) Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
RE: Announcement 2 - SID Interface
Kewl, my order is on its way :) I knew i kept all those C64's for some reason, just didnt think it would be for spare parts for the Sam. Keep up the good work. Adrian. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 15 January 2003 19:55 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Announcement 2 - SID Interface My second piece of hardware that I am releasing today goes back to my roots with computer audio - this 'SID Interface' started out just as a small pet project for myself exploring old forms of computer sound. The 'SID' is the 3 channel synth shound chip used in the Commodore 64. Because it was so different to the style of the SAA1099 inside the Sam, I decided to wire one up and see how is sounded as the synths it produces are quite different. The SID chip can produce several shapes of waveform - square, triangle and sawtooth, and combined with controllable volume effects such as attack, decay and sustain to shape the sound. Add in a couple of other effects such as noise and ring modulation and the overall sound the SID can produce is quite unique and as a result it is still very popular amoungst computer audiophiles. (There are even interfaces to use them on the PC!) The SID interface plugs into the euroconnector on the back of the Sam, and requires a 12v input to power the SID chip (any 12v PSU that can supply 100mA can be used, I have fitted a standard 2.1mm power socket to the board - A suitable plug top PSU can be bought for around a fiver in places like Argos). A 3.5mm speaker socket is also on the board for connecting some speakers to it. The interface is supplied without a SID chip - you'll have to get your hands on an old C64 and remove the chip (its usually in a socket so very easy to get out). As there are two types of SID (6581 - from the original C64, and the 8580 from the redesigned new-look C64) the interface has to be built up specifically for the chip that is going to be fitted. Please state which chip you have when ordering. I do have a couple of 6581 SID's from old C64's which I bought when designing this hardware, and I can supply you with one if required and I can easily track down some more C64's for more. I have put together two disks to go with the SID Interface, featuring a couple famous tunes from the C64 to show off the SID chip in action. The SID Interface is available now, priced £28.99. Again piccies can be found on the website. (As a side note - there is an interesting exhibit at the "Game On" exhibition which allowed you to listen to a lot of old computer music - mostly from the C64... the exhibition I think is still at the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh just now (I went to see it in November)) Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Announcement 2 - SID Interface
My second piece of hardware that I am releasing today goes back to my roots with computer audio - this 'SID Interface' started out just as a small pet project for myself exploring old forms of computer sound. The 'SID' is the 3 channel synth shound chip used in the Commodore 64. Because it was so different to the style of the SAA1099 inside the Sam, I decided to wire one up and see how is sounded as the synths it produces are quite different. The SID chip can produce several shapes of waveform - square, triangle and sawtooth, and combined with controllable volume effects such as attack, decay and sustain to shape the sound. Add in a couple of other effects such as noise and ring modulation and the overall sound the SID can produce is quite unique and as a result it is still very popular amoungst computer audiophiles. (There are even interfaces to use them on the PC!) The SID interface plugs into the euroconnector on the back of the Sam, and requires a 12v input to power the SID chip (any 12v PSU that can supply 100mA can be used, I have fitted a standard 2.1mm power socket to the board - A suitable plug top PSU can be bought for around a fiver in places like Argos). A 3.5mm speaker socket is also on the board for connecting some speakers to it. The interface is supplied without a SID chip - you'll have to get your hands on an old C64 and remove the chip (its usually in a socket so very easy to get out). As there are two types of SID (6581 - from the original C64, and the 8580 from the redesigned new-look C64) the interface has to be built up specifically for the chip that is going to be fitted. Please state which chip you have when ordering. I do have a couple of 6581 SID's from old C64's which I bought when designing this hardware, and I can supply you with one if required and I can easily track down some more C64's for more. I have put together two disks to go with the SID Interface, featuring a couple famous tunes from the C64 to show off the SID chip in action. The SID Interface is available now, priced £28.99. Again piccies can be found on the website. (As a side note - there is an interesting exhibit at the "Game On" exhibition which allowed you to listen to a lot of old computer music - mostly from the C64... the exhibition I think is still at the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh just now (I went to see it in November)) Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Announcement 1 - Compact Flash Interface
I am pleased to announce my first new piece of hardware of 2003 - Compact Flash Interface. This small adaptor board allows you to use a Compact Flash card with the Atom hard drive interface. I had this idea when the hard drive I use in my 'Sam In A Can' developed a lot of surface errors and corrupt sectors. By using CF cards (which are getting fairly cheap) it provides a great new storage solution instead of hard drives. As CF are essentially IDE, they can be used just like a hard drive with BDOS. I have tested my interface so far using a 32 Meg Samsung CF card (which holds 40 Sam disks worth of data) and a Toshiba 64 Meg CF Card (79 disks worth!). The small interface can easily sit inside the Sam, an ideal place is just behind the bay cover for drive 2 - I am supplying the interface with 4 sticky backed stands so it can be securely mounted inside the Sam. If you require a short IDE cable to keep the cabling neat I can make them up on request. The Compact Flash Interface is available now, priced £19.99. Also available for this interface is an eject button module which clips over the Compact Flash socket to make it easier to eject the Compact Flash. This is available for £4.50 Photos of the interface are on my website - URL below. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
> It's worth reading and nice to see Ledbury doing good > stuff again, rather than getting overly insensitive on the mailing list ;) > But I digress... Overly insensitive? OVERLY INSENSITIVE? I've had it with this list - f*ck the lot of you, i'm unsubbing tonight, and you'll never hear from me again. ;-)
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
From: "Johnna Teare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A walk-thru for Manic Miner...?! > > Erm...collect all the keys and head for the exit? Actually, I don't know why the article was called a walkthrough - it's not really a walkthrough in the usual sense. It's actually a very interesting article by David Ledbury, with lots of little facts and historical background info. Where specific levels are mentioned, there's a screenshot and inside info etc. It's worth reading and nice to see Ledbury doing good stuff again, rather than getting overly insensitive on the mailing list ;) But I digress... Gavin
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
> A walk-thru for Manic Miner...?! > Erm...collect all the keys and head for the exit? Errr... it's a bit more indepth than that seeing as it is written by someone who was involved in the making of the game, so there is bits of info and gossip from the making of the game and wee anecdotes, not just some boring run of the mill read about jumping and collecting keys! Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
A walk-thru for Manic Miner...?! Erm...collect all the keys and head for the exit? :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 01 January 2003 00:00 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now! Issue three of Sam Revival is out now! Another packed issue of Sam Revival! In this issue is my own feature article entitled 'Sam In A Can'. This has been my own pet project for several months now - this is a where I have taken a Sam motherboard and fitted it into a slim case along with a lot of extra hardware fitted internally (Quazar Surround soundcard, PC Keyboard interface, Serial Mouse Interface, disk drive and a hard drive!). I don't want to spoil this article so I will say no more - check it out in the magazine!. Other articles include part 3 of Adrian Brown's coding column. This time round he takes a look at starting the coding structure for a game, such as double buffering screens, keyboard reading and interrupt handling and is complete with source code. The hints and tips section has the first part for a full walkthrough for Manic Miner with all the behind the scenes info and snippets of gossip from when it was being made way back in 1990-91. Another article looks at the improvements in the latest version of B-DOS. Subscriber's issues have already been sent out so if they haven't already arrived you should have them in a day or two. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). Issue four will be released in February. Colin Piggot Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
> Colin, do you have a Paypal account to receive payments in ? > Just curious, No I am afraid I don't, although I have heard that Paypal now has an option for GBP instead of just $, so I may look into it. The only online way I have just now is through NOCHEX, but that is for UK accounts only. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
Colin, do you have a Paypal account to receive payments in ? Just curious, Frans Colin Piggot wrote: Quazar, please send me your address so I can subscribe Hmmm... I did in a reply to your email yesterday. I will resend that email just now. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
> Quazar, please send me your address so I can subscribe Hmmm... I did in a reply to your email yesterday. I will resend that email just now. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
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Quazar, please send me your address so I can subscribe and a happy New year to you all J. Stafford Baker ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
Announcement - Sam Revival 3 out now!
Issue three of Sam Revival is out now! Another packed issue of Sam Revival! In this issue is my own feature article entitled 'Sam In A Can'. This has been my own pet project for several months now - this is a where I have taken a Sam motherboard and fitted it into a slim case along with a lot of extra hardware fitted internally (Quazar Surround soundcard, PC Keyboard interface, Serial Mouse Interface, disk drive and a hard drive!). I don't want to spoil this article so I will say no more - check it out in the magazine!. Other articles include part 3 of Adrian Brown's coding column. This time round he takes a look at starting the coding structure for a game, such as double buffering screens, keyboard reading and interrupt handling and is complete with source code. The hints and tips section has the first part for a full walkthrough for Manic Miner with all the behind the scenes info and snippets of gossip from when it was being made way back in 1990-91. Another article looks at the improvements in the latest version of B-DOS. Subscriber's issues have already been sent out so if they haven't already arrived you should have them in a day or two. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). Issue four will be released in February. Colin Piggot Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement - Sam Revival Issue 2
Possibly in the future, although not quite yet there's a few more of the "What happened to..." articles already planned at the moment, but I have already been asked if I was going to hunt you down and interrogate you over that certain demo thats vaguely involved with ice sculptures. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue TWO of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now ! Snowmen of water?
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Simon said: > Oh fµ©k. Does this mean I have to change my name and address > now or face extreme embarassment? > > Simon Possibly in the future, although not quite yet there's a few more of the "What happened to..." articles already planned at the moment, but I have already been asked if I was going to hunt you down and interrogate you over that certain demo thats vaguely involved with ice sculptures. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue TWO of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
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Colin mentioned... "the new 'What Happened To...' series of articles - which looks at software that was announced but never released. " Oh fµ©k. Does this mean I have to change my name and address now or face extreme embarassment? Simon
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My laser printer is happily churning out the first batch of Issue 2 of Sam Revival at the moment, so I can now announce that it's out! This issue weighs in at a hefty 56 pages! Again, its full of Sam goodies including reviews, hints and tips, Sam snippets, and a large handful of feature articles including: an interview with Stephen McGreal of Mungus Software in the new 'What Happened To...' series of articles - which looks at software that was announced but never released. In a similar style, I also take a look through my old disks at projects I started but never finished or even announced. There's some great contributed articles from Adrian Brown, including adding Atom support into Comet Assembler and he also continues his coding column from the first issue - this time looking indepth at file handling in machine code and sprite grabbing. Subscriber's issues will be sent out over the next few days, so look out for them popping through your letter boxes soon. Sam Revival is released bi-monthly, and costs £2 per issue (or 3.75 euro for international readers). Subscriptions are available for £5 for three issues. (10 euros internationally). Issue three will be released in early December. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue TWO of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !
Re: Announcement 1 (of 2) - Sam Revival Magazine launched
> So I guess your website has the ordering details? It's quite a while > since I last ordered a 'zine, the last being Fred, and it sounds > pretty interesting. I don't have my postal address or phone number on my website for safety's sake, so drop me an email and i'll pass on all the ordering info. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
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So I guess your website has the ordering details? It's quite a while since I last ordered a 'zine, the last being Fred, and it sounds pretty interesting. --Matt. On 7 Aug 02, at 11:23, Colin Piggot wrote: > I am now proud to announce the launch of a new paper magazine for the > Sam! > > With the last Sam only paper magazine vanishing over a year and a half > ago I felt it was time to fill the gap. Sam Revival does just that. > This launch issue is 44 pages in size, and is full of articles, > programs, news, reviews, tips, hacking and more. Feature articles > include the start of a coding series of articles - looking at how > Comet assembler stores its files for later use with compiled sprites, > and also an in depth look at realistic surround sound. > > Sam Revival will be released bi-monthly, and as a special launch price > issue one of Sam Revivial is available for £1.50 (It will normally be > £2 an issue) > > Details on the main news page at my website: > http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ > > I'll also take this oppurtunity to thank the contributors for issue > one - who wrote articles with about 2 weeks notice and came up trumps! > > Colin > > Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam > Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ > > > >
Re: Announcement 1 (of 2) - Sam Revival Magazine launched
On Wednesday, August 7, 2002, at 11:23 am, Colin Piggot wrote: I am now proud to announce the launch of a new paper magazine for the Sam! From chatting to Colin, this sounds really good and I wish him all the best. I don't think the problems that tormented SC with delays and false starts will happen to Sam Revival as Colin has shown over the years that he's got the committment and energy (and time!) to do cool things with the blue-footed one. I just wouldn't want anyone who subscribed to SC to be put off getting SR. At the end of the day, SC survived 5 issues (in its current form), which is probably more than quite a few SAM mags ;) I still have all subbers' addresses etc and hope to get in touch with them soon - maybe I'll work out something with Colin first regarding transferring subbers. In the meantime, if I owe anyone on this list a few quid let me know directly - Frode and Dan particularly come to mind, I think they subbed near the end and got nothing. The SC site is actually being worked on - I've really just to get anonymous FTP access set up for the File Library stuff and then we can go live. FTP space is about a gig so there'll be no problem there ;) Anyway, hope all goes well SAM Revival, looking forward to the first issue. Gavin
RE: Announcement 1 (of 2) - Sam Revival Magazine launched
Here, here! (Dammit! I've been away from the SAM scene too long..) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Simon Owen Sent: 07 August 2002 12:04 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Announcement 1 (of 2) - Sam Revival Magazine launched Colin Piggot wrote: > I am now proud to announce the launch of a new paper > magazine for the Sam! Count me in - it'll be nice to have some new SAM material to read :-) Si
Re: Announcement 2 (of 2) - PC Keyboard Interface launched
Hi Colin. I guess it wasn´t ment bad with the price, my first thought was in the same direction. Of course I see the lot of work in it and I think about to buy one for myself. But you should know, that 53,99 Pound are about 86 Euro which is a lot here on the "continent". It can be compared, as when english people went to Sweden to buy alcohol (which is for German and Dutchs also very expensiv in England and Sweden too). The money has different values. Hope you understand what I mean. I am impressed about SAM Revival magazin. In the beginning of Gavins paperzine I wrote him, he can take any articles about the SAM released in my Spectrum/SAM paperzine. The same I say to you (and if you do, then correct my english please). Also I am sure, you are the right man to do it :-) Congrats - you have a new subscriber :-))) Greetz Wolfgang PS: Greetz to Robert. Are you in Bunnik at September? Colin Piggot schrieb: > - Original Message - > From: "Robert van der Veeke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 11:29 AM > Subject: Re: Announcement 2 (of 2) - PC Keyboard Interface launched > > > The PC Keyboard Interface is available now priced £53.99. > > > > Mmm a bit pricy, but yesss.. > > Ah the first quibble at the price was waiting for one ! > > Not wanting to sound rude, but they are not cheap to make (and it wasn't cheap > to develop either in both cost and time) and as I have said before on this > list > I do not put on a great deal of mark-up on the cost of hardware. > > Colin > > Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam > Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
RE: Announcement 1 (of 2) - Sam Revival Magazine launched
Colin Piggot wrote: > I am now proud to announce the launch of a new paper > magazine for the Sam! Count me in - it'll be nice to have some new SAM material to read :-) Si
Re: Announcement 2 (of 2) - PC Keyboard Interface launched
- Original Message - From: "Robert van der Veeke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: Re: Announcement 2 (of 2) - PC Keyboard Interface launched > The PC Keyboard Interface is available now priced £53.99. > > Mmm a bit pricy, but yesss.. Ah the first quibble at the price was waiting for one ! Not wanting to sound rude, but they are not cheap to make (and it wasn't cheap to develop either in both cost and time) and as I have said before on this list I do not put on a great deal of mark-up on the cost of hardware. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
Re: Announcement 2 (of 2) - PC Keyboard Interface launched
- Original Message - From: "Colin Piggot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 12:24 PM Subject: Announcement 2 (of 2) - PC Keyboard Interface launched The PC Keyboard Interface is available now priced £53.99. Mmm a bit pricy, but yesss.. Robert van der Veeke Currently listening to: 23 Toki no Ongaku - Yoko Kanno "O-kay, it's all wound up," said Detritus cheerfully, hoisting the humming bow on to his shoulder. "Where should I fire it, Mister Vimes?" "Good grief, not in here! This is an enclosed building!" "Only until I pull dis trigger, sir."
Announcement 2 (of 2) - PC Keyboard Interface launched
After three months of development my next piece of Sam hardware is now ready for launch! My new PC Keyboard Interface allows you to use a PC Keyboard with the Sam. Fitted internally with the minimum of fuss, this interface is ideal if your keyboard membrane is damaged, or you just want to use a comfier PC Keyboard or sit away from the Sam. (While this interface is connected, the original Sam Keyboard can still be plugged in and used too) The PC Keyboard Interface maps all the keys and symbols on the PC keyboard seamlessly to the correct keys on the Sam, as well as having extra functions - such as NMI and RESET as keys. The interface does not limit the number of keys that are pressed at a time either, its elegant design maps exactly what you press so there's no problems where you'd need to press many keys at a time - such as games. To fit the interface, three small connectors are soldered to the Sam motherboard to save having to directly solder wires to it, and only takes a few minutes of time to do. The interface sits by the memory module inside the sam so does not get in the way of either of the disk drive bays and it connects by three cables to the small connectors on the motherboard, which also means it can be disconnected without any desoldering. A fourth cable is then fed through the grill on the bottom of the Sam and connects to the external pod box with the PS/2 Connector for the keyboard - this eliminates having to drill any holes in the Sam casing. The PC Keyboard Interface is available now priced £53.99. To jump directly to the more detailed information, complete with lots of photos here's the link: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/hardkey.htm Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
Announcement 1 (of 2) - Sam Revival Magazine launched
I am now proud to announce the launch of a new paper magazine for the Sam! With the last Sam only paper magazine vanishing over a year and a half ago I felt it was time to fill the gap. Sam Revival does just that. This launch issue is 44 pages in size, and is full of articles, programs, news, reviews, tips, hacking and more. Feature articles include the start of a coding series of articles - looking at how Comet assembler stores its files for later use with compiled sprites, and also an in depth look at realistic surround sound. Sam Revival will be released bi-monthly, and as a special launch price issue one of Sam Revivial is available for £1.50 (It will normally be £2 an issue) Details on the main news page at my website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ I'll also take this oppurtunity to thank the contributors for issue one - who wrote articles with about 2 weeks notice and came up trumps! Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
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From: Paul Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Still in Seattle... which is cool. It's like Manchester, but with more > > trees, hills and lakes :) > > Isn't Seattle the one that rains a lot? As I said... it's like Manchester, but with more trees, hills and lakes :) Simon (couldn't resist ! :))
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> Congrats on the wedding James. > > P.S Coule you at sometime if you are popping past Wetherby again pick > up your Jupiter sign from the first/second NSSS. Jupiter sign? Excuse me? Is my last name Ekins? -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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> > The SAM Coupe project was actually a secret plot to remove all the > > countries elite, one by one, and bring them to a better life across > > the ocean. > *lols* Hey, if I can persuade ST Micro to send me out there sometime... ;) > Still in Seattle... which is cool. It's like Manchester, but with more > trees, hills and lakes :) Isn't Seattle the one that rains a lot? Paul -- You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say. -- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens
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Congrats on the wedding James. P.S Coule you at sometime if you are popping past Wetherby again pick up your Jupiter sign from the first/second NSSS. I'm at the mo working out in Faliraki Rhodes, Greece. I don't think I'll be home for a while though, been here 3 months and loving it too much. Anyway all the best --- James R Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Friends, old and new - > > I forgive the mass mailed aspect of this message, > but to write to > each of you individually would be a highly time > consuming affair, and > there are bound to be people who I've forgotten to > mail, and my time > is going to be in part taken with making sure I > remember these. > > So, here is the announcement. > > Myself, James Curry and Terri Huddleston have just > married in > Morehead, Kentucky. This announcement is slightly > delayed, as we > have been on the road driving over 1,000 miles to > Manhattan, Kansas > and I've had to arrange email access once we > arrived. > > We're here together and happy. :) :) > > As for where we're going in the future? I can't > say, because I don't > know! In the meantime, you can reach me at any of > my usual email > address. The best to use is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (Note: this is attempt 2 to send to these two > addresses due to my > ineptness at typing. ;) ) > -- > James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!" > === George _ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com
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>Let me be the first, and certainly not the last, to say >"Congratulations!". > >Congratulations, Allan! And I /don't/ remember you in the James Went building of DMU whilst collecting student union card numbers. Actually, why they wanted them, I still have no idea - but getting paid to sit in a computer lab playing with the internet wasn't to be sniffed at. I never did get around to kicking anyone out for eating or not having a card etc... Justin.
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Date sent: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 12:18:27 +0100 (GMT) From: Allan Skillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Announcement Send reply to: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > Hi All, > > Obviously its something in the Sam Community 'Water', I have just got back > from my Honeymoon. Hence the lack of replies about SimCoupe latetly - > sorry. > > Allan Let me be the first, and certainly not the last, to say "Congratulations!". Congratulations, Allan! -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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> nah, she'd never go for it. ;) > > *thinks* - Miles Gordon Curry? ;-) Do it! Do it! Do it! :-) OT: Something I found - An honourable mention of 'Horace goes Skiing' http://www.ntk.net/tvgohome/090799.html Dan.
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Hi All, Obviously its something in the Sam Community 'Water', I have just got back from my Honeymoon. Hence the lack of replies about SimCoupe latetly - sorry. Allan +--+---+ | Allan Skillman | "There are five flavours of resons, the | | EDA Group| elementary particles of magic : up, down, | | ARM | sideways, sex-appeal and peppermint." | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - Terry Pratchett (Lords and Ladies) | +--+---+
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Date sent: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 08:58:54 +0100 From: Diggory Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Announcement Send reply to: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > Hello James, > Long time no contact > > Congratulations! > Hope all is well Thanks, and it is. :) > > "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!" > I expect they did > > One of my reasons for not writing about new projects is that my SAM has been > "off-line" for sometime, ever since I accidentally wired the SCART to +400V :( > Thankfully it only blew the Motorola sync chip Well, it's a little difficult to get to my OWN SAM, from here. I wonder how much it would cost to get a real SAM running in the USA.. Hey, Simon, we could sell them. ;) -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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> >I was usually half-asleep, covered with rain, dis-organized and > >looked like the average Dr Who fan. > > That's true... :) > > > >I probably still do. > > Heh. Dunno. Haven't seen you since! :( I think I'll organize a big SAM get-together over here and drive my wife nuts. ;) -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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> Congratulations and best wishes to James and Terri. I wish you well for the > future. > > Nice to have some good news once in a while! If you ever consider starting a > family, Sam is a wonderful name... > > Phil Glover. Hmm... ...nah, she'd never go for it. ;) *thinks* - Miles Gordon Curry? ;-) -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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> From: James R Curry [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I remember you as a lad in the James Went building at DMU during my days >> of collecting people's student union card numbers... > >I was usually half-asleep, covered with rain, dis-organized and >looked like the average Dr Who fan. That's true... :) >I probably still do. Heh. Dunno. Haven't seen you since! :( Justin.
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Hello James, Long time no contact Congratulations! Hope all is well > "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!" I expect they did One of my reasons for not writing about new projects is that my SAM has been "off-line" for sometime, ever since I accidentally wired the SCART to +400V :( Thankfully it only blew the Motorola sync chip Got a Bondi Blue now anyway... Diggory -- /\ /\ / \ / \ /\___/\ | | |. .| | Y | \ \_^_/ / \ / / \ / \ / \ | | Y | | | | | | | | | ^ | \__ \__(...)_(...)___ \ \ | _/ | / __/ \/ Thomas meowcat
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Congratulations and best wishes to James and Terri. I wish you well for the future. Nice to have some good news once in a while! If you ever consider starting a family, Sam is a wonderful name... Phil Glover.
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From: James R Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Oh dear, Si's beginning to pick up Americanisms... does anyone know of a way to > > uncorrupt him, or is it too late? > > > > We'll soon have you all in our power! Oh, and by the way folks, it's Americanizms :) Si
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From: Nick Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> We're here together and happy. :) :) > > > >Oh way cool! Congratulations! > > > Oh dear, Si's beginning to pick up Americanisms... does anyone know of a way to > uncorrupt him, or is it too late? Way too late... I was using phrases like "oh, way cool!" about 8 years ago, before I ever even thought of leaving the country ;) Si
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From: James R Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I didn't know you were in the US as well :) > > The SAM Coupe project was actually a secret plot to remove all the > countries elite, one by one, and bring them to a better life across > the ocean. *lols* > Seriously though, congratulations on your new job, too. Where did > you say that you are based, now? Still in Seattle... which is cool. It's like Manchester, but with more trees, hills and lakes :) (and unfortunately, no hardcore techno danceclubs) Si
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From: "Paul Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: very little To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date sent: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:22:08 +0100 Subject:Re: Announcement Send reply to: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > > Myself, James Curry and Terri Huddleston have just married in > > Morehead, Kentucky. This announcement is slightly delayed, as we > > So all three of you got married? :-) > > Seriously, congratulations. Have a nice life and all that. ;) I dread thinking that I might do something as unimaginitive as replying to several messages verbatim and to simply tag the word 'thanks' to the end, but I appear to be running out of imagination. Thanks, Paul. :) -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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> Oh way cool! Congratulations! > > I didn't know you were in the US as well :) The SAM Coupe project was actually a secret plot to remove all the countries elite, one by one, and bring them to a better life across the ocean. Seriously though, congratulations on your new job, too. Where did you say that you are based, now? -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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> Oh dear, Si's beginning to pick up Americanisms... does anyone know of a way > to > uncorrupt him, or is it too late? > We'll soon have you all in our power! -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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From: Justin Skists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no'" Subject: RE: Announcement Date sent: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 09:23:15 +0100 Send reply to: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > Oooh... Wow... Congrats... > > I remember you as a lad in the James Went building at DMU during my days > of collecting people's student union card numbers... > > Ahhh.. The young grow up so quickly... :) > > Seriously, I wish you both the best. > > Justin. I was usually half-asleep, covered with rain, dis-organized and looked like the average Dr Who fan. I probably still do. -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 03:22:08PM +0100, Paul Walker wrote: > So all three of you got married? :-) Darn, you stole my line. (-: imc
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> Myself, James Curry and Terri Huddleston have just married in > Morehead, Kentucky. This announcement is slightly delayed, as we So all three of you got married? :-) Seriously, congratulations. Have a nice life and all that. ;) Paul -- The difference between men and women: Women like cats. Men _say_ they like cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats. -- Richard P. Grant on uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5
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From: Simon Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: James R Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Myself, James Curry and Terri Huddleston have just married in >> Morehead, Kentucky. This announcement is slightly delayed, as we >> have been on the road driving over 1,000 miles to Manhattan, Kansas >> and I've had to arrange email access once we arrived. >> >> We're here together and happy. :) :) > >Oh way cool! Congratulations! Oh dear, Si's beginning to pick up Americanisms... does anyone know of a way to uncorrupt him, or is it too late? Nick
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From: James R Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Myself, James Curry and Terri Huddleston have just married in > Morehead, Kentucky. This announcement is slightly delayed, as we > have been on the road driving over 1,000 miles to Manhattan, Kansas > and I've had to arrange email access once we arrived. > > We're here together and happy. :) :) Oh way cool! Congratulations! I didn't know you were in the US as well :) Take care, Si
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Oooh... Wow... Congrats... I remember you as a lad in the James Went building at DMU during my days of collecting people's student union card numbers... Ahhh.. The young grow up so quickly... :) Seriously, I wish you both the best. Justin. > -Original Message- > From: James R Curry [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 2:43 AM > To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Announcement > > Friends, old and new - > > I forgive the mass mailed aspect of this message, but to write to > each of you individually would be a highly time consuming affair, and > there are bound to be people who I've forgotten to mail, and my time > is going to be in part taken with making sure I remember these. > > So, here is the announcement. > > Myself, James Curry and Terri Huddleston have just married in > Morehead, Kentucky. This announcement is slightly delayed, as we > have been on the road driving over 1,000 miles to Manhattan, Kansas > and I've had to arrange email access once we arrived. > > We're here together and happy. :) :) > > As for where we're going in the future? I can't say, because I don't > know! In the meantime, you can reach me at any of my usual email > address. The best to use is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (Note: this is attempt 2 to send to these two addresses due to my > ineptness at typing. ;) ) > -- > James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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Friends, old and new - I forgive the mass mailed aspect of this message, but to write to each of you individually would be a highly time consuming affair, and there are bound to be people who I've forgotten to mail, and my time is going to be in part taken with making sure I remember these. So, here is the announcement. Myself, James Curry and Terri Huddleston have just married in Morehead, Kentucky. This announcement is slightly delayed, as we have been on the road driving over 1,000 miles to Manhattan, Kansas and I've had to arrange email access once we arrived. We're here together and happy. :) :) As for where we're going in the future? I can't say, because I don't know! In the meantime, you can reach me at any of my usual email address. The best to use is [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Note: this is attempt 2 to send to these two addresses due to my ineptness at typing. ;) ) -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!"
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David L wrote: > The updated Persona Web site - as designed by the talented Gordon Wallis > - is now up at www.persona.clara.net Does that mean Persona's back open for business too? Si
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
The updated Persona Web site - as designed by the talented Gordon Wallis - is now up at www.persona.clara.net Still a few alterations and changes to make mine not Gordons! David
Fw: ANNOUNCEMENT
-Original Message-From: David L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no>Date: 20 June 1998 15:27Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT I've not really been posting much on the mailing list over the past few months due to pressures at work. Anyway, over the past few weeks several people have been enquiring as to what is going on in regards to Blitz & Persona. The bottom line is - Blitz 9 was actually finished approximately 2-3 months ago, with the final version being emailed off to Persona HQ several times - for final checking and despatch. This also contained an excellent playable demo of an incredible game from Chris Pile - an accurate conversion of the classic Defender game. I now realise that this could never have been recieved by the powers that be, and despite a number of emails requesting progress - I've not yet recieved an answer. If anyone is still awaiting any software, please direct any enquiries directly to me: I will be chasing matters up next sunday (actually having a day off work!) and getting something finally sorted out! Regards David
ANNOUNCEMENT
I've not really been posting much on the mailing list over the past few months due to pressures at work. Anyway, over the past few weeks several people have been enquiring as to what is going on in regards to Blitz & Persona. The bottom line is - Blitz 9 was actually finished approximately 2-3 months ago, with the final version being emailed off to Persona HQ several times - for final checking and despatch. This also contained an excellent playable demo of an incredible game from Chris Pile - an accurate conversion of the classic Defender game. I now realise that this could never have been recieved by the powers that be, and despite a number of emails requesting progress - I've not yet recieved an answer. If anyone is still awaiting any software, please direct any enquiries directly to me: I will be chasing matters up next sunday (actually having a day off work!) and getting something finally sorted out! Regards David
