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I got mine knowingly at Christmas from my parents.. I pretended to not know what I was getting, but through a mishap with the post, I was forewarned! Christmas day was ... well, it started ok, then the PSU blew and I had to wait till the next few business working days to send the PSU back and get it replaced. Of course, the DOS hadn't been finished, so no disk usage! Brilliant times!! ** This message is confidential. It may not be disclosed to, or used by, anyone other than the addressee, without the consent of the sender. If you receive this message in error, please advise the sender immediately. A list of trustees and directors of Macmillan Cancer Relief is available for inspection at our registered office, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7UQ Registered Charity number 261017 Isle Of Man Charity number 604A A company limited by guarantee Registered in England number 2400969. ** __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
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God yes - this was what forewarned me about my Sam. It actually got delivered to my grandparents house, but this card got delivered to my parents. So when I saw it, I was over the moon, then realised that if my parents knew that I knew (!), they'd be disappointed with the loss of surprise, so I strategically placed the card back in the letter box (stuffed inside). My mum discovered it!! :) Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/12/2004 19:48 Please respond to sam-users To:sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no cc: Subject:Re: Sam's 15th Birthday! Does anyone else still have their order confirmation cards? Here's mine: http://www.simonowen.com/images/samorder.jpg I remember it feeling quite an alien machine to code for at first, after years of familiarity with the Speccy. It certainly lived up to my expectations though :-) *Makes a note to make a memorabilia section on samcoupe.org* ;) __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ** This message is confidential. It may not be disclosed to, or used by, anyone other than the addressee, without the consent of the sender. If you receive this message in error, please advise the sender immediately. A list of trustees and directors of Macmillan Cancer Relief is available for inspection at our registered office, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7UQ Registered Charity number 261017 Isle Of Man Charity number 604A A company limited by guarantee Registered in England number 2400969. ** __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
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Yes got mine in December too after what seemed like a never ending wait. Picked it up from customs personaly here in Germany and took a weeks holiday, needed it too to get anything to load from cassette :-( Pity about the disk drive Still it got there in the end. Ian - Original Message - From: Bob Wilkinson To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no ; sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:56 PM Subject: Re: Sam's 15th Birthday! I got mine in Dec 1989 Was in the first 100, so I was told Bob. ---Original Message--- From: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 01 December 2004 10:49:27 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Sam's 15th Birthday! Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? Throughout December i'm going to be putting up some special offers on the main Quazar website to tie in with the Birthday - just now it's a discount off the current issue of Sam Revival. Each offer will run for a few days, and the next offer will start on the 6th. All the best, Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/ and http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Ten of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now .
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Got mine Jan 1990 :D -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 01 December 2004 10:25 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Sam's 15th Birthday! Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? Throughout December i'm going to be putting up some special offers on the main Quazar website to tie in with the Birthday - just now it's a discount off the current issue of Sam Revival. Each offer will run for a few days, and the next offer will start on the 6th. All the best, Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/ and http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Ten of Sam Revival Magazine Out Now
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Colin Piggot wrote: Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? Yes and yes. I'd spent pretty much all my pennies from my paper-round and was well chuffed when it arrived. Business Post. I remember being disappointed about the disk not working but then going through the demo tape and being utterly gobsmacked when the screen grab of the astronaut came on screen. Simpler times :) Geoff __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
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Quoting Geoff Winkless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Colin Piggot wrote: Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? Yes and yes. I'd spent pretty much all my pennies from my paper-round and was well chuffed when it arrived. Business Post. I remember being disappointed about the disk not working but then going through the demo tape and being utterly gobsmacked when the screen grab of the astronaut came on screen. Simpler times :) Happier times too! You appreciated things in those days much more. I spent hours upon hours with my first couple of Fred disks and Prince Of Persia, just because that was all I had at the time, and I got huge amounts of pleasure out of all of them. *sniff* Gavin
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Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? I got mine in Dec 1989, and it did in fact fill me with joy for about 6 weeks until a mate got an Amiga and I saw what it could do. Unfortunately for me the dream ended there - I realised that the next generation had come and the Sam that my father saved for was condemned never to be as utilised or understood as deep as the Spectrums I had owned for the previous 7 years. -- _ _ _a' /( . # Gaz Wilson, aka DragonLord /_/ _ _/ / ` / _ ~~ _}\ \( _ ) # E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ /_'/_/ /_, / /_||/|/ \(,_(,)' # Info: http://www.dragons.org.uk Catch me with the Dragons. ._, _, # Chat: http://www.redclaw.org.uk/
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Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did anyonehere receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did itlive up to your initial expectations? Yes!, I got my Sam`s from a Show in Blackpool, some hotel, it was a very cold day. I think I was the first person to buy from Bruce and Miles at that Show. My Sam has been in "every day use since". Steve Parry-Thomas www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk
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_www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk_ (http://www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk) Hey, that's a really nice site - I've never really bothered with Pro-dos or CP/M on the SAM (beyond glancing at it for a SAM Community news item), this looks like a nice roundup. Gavin
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Got mine februari. I remember being disappointed about the disk not working there where several problems of it's rushed release. But without them I probably wouldn't have done the things I did and would't be as close to MGT as I was then. While at it I remember there was a SAM Hotline, I hated my phone company for not being able to dial those 0800 numbers. I got one taped recording from Alan Miles crediting me for the Kim Wilde Sample (I still have it somewhere). I wonder what happend to all the other recordings ? Edwin
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I remember getting the technical manual through - seemed like a huge manual back then :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Blink Sent: 01 December 2004 12:06 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Sam's 15th Birthday! Got mine februari. I remember being disappointed about the disk not working there where several problems of it's rushed release. But without them I probably wouldn't have done the things I did and would't be as close to MGT as I was then. While at it I remember there was a SAM Hotline, I hated my phone company for not being able to dial those 0800 numbers. I got one taped recording from Alan Miles crediting me for the Kim Wilde Sample (I still have it somewhere). I wonder what happend to all the other recordings ? Edwin
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Quoting Edwin Blink [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Got mine februari. I remember being disappointed about the disk not working there where several problems of it's rushed release. But without them I probably wouldn't have done the things I did and would't be as close to MGT as I was then. While at it I remember there was a SAM Hotline, I hated my phone company for not being able to dial those 0800 numbers. I got one taped recording from Alan Miles crediting me for the Kim Wilde Sample (I still have it somewhere). I wonder what happend to all the other recordings ? You still have the sample or the tape recording?? :) How nice would it be to get Mp3s of those Hotline recordings for the archive! Gavin
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Gavin Smith wrote: _www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk_ (http://www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk) Hey, that's a really nice site - I've never really bothered with Pro-dos or CP/M on the SAM (beyond glancing at it for a SAM Community news item), this looks like a nice roundup. Now we have the Mayhem Accelerator, which is brilliant, we could run MP/M which is now open source http://www.barnyard.co.uk/cpm/ easily, and be on of the best platforms running it. -- Tarquin Mills (Chairman) ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society) http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/comp/accus/
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I got mine in Dec 1989 Was in the first 100, so I was told Bob. ---Original Message--- From: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 01 December 2004 10:49:27 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Sam's 15th Birthday! Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? Throughout December i'm going to be putting up some special offers on the main Quazar website to tie in with the Birthday - just now it's a discount off the current issue of Sam Revival. Each offer will run for a few days, and the next offer will start on the 6th. All the best, Colin = Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/ and http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Ten of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now .
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I had forgotten the disk never worked, Bob. ---Original Message--- From: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 01 December 2004 11:02:43 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Sam's 15th Birthday! Colin Piggot wrote: Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? Yes and yes. I'd spent pretty much all my pennies from my paper-round and was well chuffed when it arrived. Business Post. I remember being disappointed about the disk not working but then going through the demo tape and being utterly gobsmacked when the screen grab of the astronaut came on screen. Simpler times :) Geoff __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ .
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I didnt get a disk drive for 6 months L tape loading assemblers art packages etc took ages! From: owner-sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Bob Wilkinson Sent: 01 December 2004 15:57 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no; sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Sam's 15th Birthday! I had forgotten the disk never worked, Bob. ---Original Message--- From: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 01 December 2004 11:02:43 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Sam's 15th Birthday! Colin Piggot wrote: Well, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? Yes and yes. I'd spent pretty much all my pennies from my paper-round and was well chuffed when it arrived. Business Post. I remember being disappointed about the disk not working but then going through the demo tape and being utterly gobsmacked when the screen grab of the astronaut came on screen. Simpler times :) Geoff __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ .
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I didn't get a disk drive for 6 months :-( tape loading assemblers art packages etc - took ages! Yeah, but wasn't it fun/exciting as the tape drive made a similar, yet totally different noise from the spectrum - you KNEW it was better just by the screech ;) -- _ _ _a' /( . # Gaz Wilson, aka DragonLord /_/ _ _/ / ` / _ ~~ _}\ \( _ ) # E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ /_'/_/ /_, / /_||/|/ \(,_(,)' # Info: http://www.dragons.org.uk Catch me with the Dragons. ._, _, # Chat: http://www.redclaw.org.uk/
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Well, that's one good way to look at it :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gaz Wilson Sent: 01 December 2004 17:09 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Sam's 15th Birthday! I didn't get a disk drive for 6 months :-( tape loading assemblers art packages etc - took ages! Yeah, but wasn't it fun/exciting as the tape drive made a similar, yet totally different noise from the spectrum - you KNEW it was better just by the screech ;) -- _ _ _a' /( . # Gaz Wilson, aka DragonLord /_/ _ _/ / ` / _ ~~ _}\ \( _ ) # E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ /_'/_/ /_, / /_||/|/ \(,_(,)' # Info: http://www.dragons.org.uk Catch me with the Dragons. ._, _, # Chat: http://www.redclaw.org.uk/
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Colin Piggot wrote: Did anyone here receive their Sam in December 1989 when they were released, and did it live up to your initial expectations? Does anyone else still have their order confirmation cards? Here's mine: http://www.simonowen.com/images/samorder.jpg I remember it feeling quite an alien machine to code for at first, after years of familiarity with the Speccy. It certainly lived up to my expectations though :-) Si
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Does anyone else still have their order confirmation cards? Here's mine: http://www.simonowen.com/images/samorder.jpg I remember it feeling quite an alien machine to code for at first, after years of familiarity with the Speccy. It certainly lived up to my expectations though :-) *Makes a note to make a memorabilia section on samcoupe.org* ;)
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Does anyone else still have their order confirmation cards? Here's mine: http://www.simonowen.com/images/samorder.jpg Great to see one of those again ! Maybe we all should dig around and see what we come up with ! I found that hotline tape BTW now need to make a mp3 out of it. I remember it feeling quite an alien machine to code for at first, after years of familiarity with the Speccy. Tell me about it ! I was used to OCP assembler on speccy (guess what inspired me to write Comet!) With Sam I started out with pen and paper ! Edwin
