Re: [Sam-users] Sam Coupe
Hello David Good to hear from you! Hope you manage to find a SAM for a reasonable price, they've been rocketing up recently. Matthew Beaman is currently making HDMI boxes and a lot of people are really happy with them, currently taking orders on the (good) Sam Coupe Users Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/20486797963 I've got one although currently I'm happy using my SCART output :) HAve you been up to much with the emulator, in lieu of real hardware? Have fun Howard On 26/10/2021 00:07, David Sanders wrote: Hi All, I've made quite a number of Sam production soundtracks over the years, and having sold my last real Coupe to someone on WoS many years ago I'm thinking of buying another. Is there a good way to get a VGA or HDMI box (with a real SAA-1099) connected to vaguely modern hardware? If so please let me know! Best regards David Sanders (Pyramex) ___ sam-users mailing list sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no http://nvg.ntnu.no/mailman/listinfo/sam-users___ sam-users mailing list sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no http://nvg.ntnu.no/mailman/listinfo/sam-users
[Sam-users] Sam Coupe
Hi All, I've made quite a number of Sam production soundtracks over the years, and having sold my last real Coupe to someone on WoS many years ago I'm thinking of buying another. Is there a good way to get a VGA or HDMI box (with a real SAA-1099) connected to vaguely modern hardware? If so please let me know! Best regards David Sanders (Pyramex) ___ sam-users mailing list sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no http://nvg.ntnu.no/mailman/listinfo/sam-users
Re: [Sam-users] SAM Coupe keycaps
Hi and welcome, On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 13i:31, Mark Leitiger wrote: > is there any cross referenced parts oder source for the SAM Coupe keyboard ? > I am missing a right cursor button. 3D priniting or adapting similar one is > an alternative . Is there experience ? No that I know of, but if anyone know it's Quazar. Contact him at https://www.samcoupe.com/. Regards, -Frode _______ sam-users mailing list sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no http://nvg.ntnu.no/mailman/listinfo/sam-users
[Sam-users] SAM Coupe keycaps
Hi, is there any cross referenced parts oder source for the SAM Coupe keyboard ? I am missing a right cursor button. 3D priniting or adapting similar one is an alternative . Is there experience ? Kind regards Mark,Germany ___ sam-users mailing list sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no http://nvg.ntnu.no/mailman/listinfo/sam-users
Re: Sam or SAM or ...?
SAM of course in large capitals. Because the SAM is also a large (larger, the largest) computer in the 8-Bit range :- Wolfgang Simon Owen schrieb: Someone recently asked whether it should be written as Sam or SAM, and I had to admit I didn't really know! Is there a correct/official version or are they completely interchangeable? Does one refer to the machine and another the robot, or is that mix and match too? Or is the machine simply the Coupé? I tend to think of Sam being the robot and SAM being the machine, so I generally write SAM. Or is Some Amazing Machine a backronym? Si
Sam or SAM or ...?
Someone recently asked whether it should be written as Sam or SAM, and I had to admit I didn't really know! Is there a correct/official version or are they completely interchangeable? Does one refer to the machine and another the robot, or is that mix and match too? Or is the machine simply the Coupé? I tend to think of Sam being the robot and SAM being the machine, so I generally write SAM. Or is Some Amazing Machine a backronym? Si
Re: Sam or SAM or ...?
I always thought it was "Son of Alan Miles" -- or is that an urban legend? - Original Message From: Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.noSent: Friday, 14 July, 2006 12:16:24 PMSubject: Sam or SAM or ...? Someone recently asked whether it should be written as "Sam" or "SAM", and Ihad to admit I didn't really know!Is there a correct/official version or are they completely interchangeable?Does one refer to the machine and another the robot, or is that mix andmatch too?Or is the machine simply the Coupé?I tend to think of Sam being the robot and SAM being the machine, so Igenerally write SAM.Or is "Some Amazing Machine" a backronym?Si
Re: Sam or SAM or ...?
The real name is SAM Coupe - there was supposed to be machines to follow the original so you'd have a range of SAM machines (and no, I don't count the elite!) I think they're kind of interchangeable now though. I tend to still write SAM as it looks right to me. I know that Colin P uses Sam as his preference. On Friday, July 14, 2006, at 12:41PM, Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone recently asked whether it should be written as Sam or SAM, and I had to admit I didn't really know! Is there a correct/official version or are they completely interchangeable? Does one refer to the machine and another the robot, or is that mix and match too? Or is the machine simply the Coupé? I tend to think of Sam being the robot and SAM being the machine, so I generally write SAM. Or is Some Amazing Machine a backronym? Si
Re: Sam or SAM or ...?
SAMas Sam seems a bit wimpish !spt.
Re: Sam or SAM or ...?
Perhaps we had better set up a 'butch' user group for all those who use 'SAM' rather than "Sam' :-) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 2:50 PM Subject: Re: Sam or SAM or ...? SAMas Sam seems a bit wimpish !spt.
Re: Sam or SAM or ...?
SAM - Some Amazing Micro (As explained by Alan Miles in the interview I conducted with him in ZAT :))
Re: Sam or SAM or ...?
--- Matt Craven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I always thought it was Son of Alan Miles -- or is that an urban legend? Alan Mile's son is called Edwin :)
Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community
Andrew Gale wrote: I've often wondered whether there's an opening to use the SAM ASIC in a simple single-board computer for electronics hobbyists... It would use up those spare ASICs and perhaps encourage people to devise hardware for the SAM bus. I was thinking of a stripped down machine on it's own pcb, with a few (slightly modified) expansion slots -- it could have 256K RAM (much more than any SBC usually has), an ASIC, a BASIC ROM, monochrome video (needing just a transistor and a few resistors to implement, rather than an MC1377P), no sound, and no MIDI - thereby saving a few chips but permitting people to add them if they like, and using a flash memory (approx 512K) for program storage - much easier and cheaper than a disc drive. Oh, and a Z80 too! Include a printer port, and use a PC keyboard, and you'll have something much more fun to use than many of these microprocessor trainers on the market - how many have video output? And they all need connecting to a PC to program... this could be programmed in-situ by lugging a TV and PC keyboard to the installation. The whole component cost, excluding the ASIC, could be less than 25 quid. Perhaps it could prolong the life of the SAM by opening it up to a new market? Andy It's a very good idea, and it's on that Bruce had done in at least one form towards the end of SAMTech - i remember seeing the prototype at ZX92 remember seeing it Nev? Good idea. David
State of the SAM and SAM Community
Things are getting a bit worked up on the list again! I can definitely see both sides of the argument. Of course people don't have as much time for the SAM anymore and part of the reason for that is that most of us were teenagers when we had the time - nowadays we've grown up, got jobs etc., and we don't have the same time to devote to hobbies. That doesn't mean you can't have your SAM kicking about your room somewhere, ready to load up the odd disk mag or whatever once or twice a week. It's just a hobby! You don't have to declare either undying faith, devotion and love to it, just to call yourself a SAM owner, nor do you have to suddenly turn round and say, it's all bollocks, and try and ruin the hobby for everyone else. Let's forget this crap about whether the SAM is dead or not, that's one for the philosophers. It'll be alive for years, as someone, somewhere in the world will still be using one. And of course people don't have the same time to devote to programming for the SAM. It's a big bad world out there, and no-one is going to make a living from SAM - that isn't to say that people can't enjoy their hobby AND make a few quid at the same time, as several people are still doing on the SAM. I'll admit that I too was thinking that maybe the SAM really was on its last legs, in terms of numbers of users, but I've been extremely encouraged by the response to the SAM Community user group which I've started. This was mentioned in the most recent issues of Fred and Blitz for those who don't know what it is, and since those articles, I've received, on average, an application every single day. Even more encouraging is the fact that I haven't even heard of most of these people. It's easy to think that the members of this list are the only SAM users left, but I've seen lately that it's simply not true. There will be a web site up by next week, explaining the SAM Community in depth. So, folks, can we stop bickering again before we drive yet another person away? If you have no time for the SAM, I think we all perfectly understand, but some of us still enjoy using our blue footed friend - don't spoil it for the rest of us eh? Just politely say your goodbyes and leave the rest of us to it :) (Feel free to email me if you want more info on the SAM Community - and before you start a flame war about how the SAM Community is going to kill this or that, or how I'm just doing it for money, or how I'm just doing it to inflate my ego, you might want to read the articles in the disk mags, or wait for the web site in a few days - it'll save you making a fool of yourself, trust me). -- *** Email- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ - 5099913 Web site - http://www.purple.dircon.co.uk/thelocal IRC - SparkY or SparkYY on #TheLocal or #SAM-Community ***
Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community
I've often wondered whether there's an opening to use the SAM ASIC in a simple single-board computer for electronics hobbyists... It would use up those spare ASICs and perhaps encourage people to devise hardware for the SAM bus. I was thinking of a stripped down machine on it's own pcb, with a few (slightly modified) expansion slots -- it could have 256K RAM (much more than any SBC usually has), an ASIC, a BASIC ROM, monochrome video (needing just a transistor and a few resistors to implement, rather than an MC1377P), no sound, and no MIDI - thereby saving a few chips but permitting people to add them if they like, and using a flash memory (approx 512K) for program storage - much easier and cheaper than a disc drive. Oh, and a Z80 too! Include a printer port, and use a PC keyboard, and you'll have something much more fun to use than many of these microprocessor trainers on the market - how many have video output? And they all need connecting to a PC to program... this could be programmed in-situ by lugging a TV and PC keyboard to the installation. The whole component cost, excluding the ASIC, could be less than 25 quid. Perhaps it could prolong the life of the SAM by opening it up to a new market? Andy
Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community
I've often wondered whether there's an opening to use the SAM ASIC in a simple single-board computer for electronics hobbyists... It would use up those spare ASICs and perhaps encourage people to devise hardware for the SAM bus. [snip] Perhaps it could prolong the life of the SAM by opening it up to a new market? *laughs* I've been saying this for eons... Bob, Bill, and Samsboss rejected it then and will certainly reject it now! (At the time, I was only suggesting a carefully written advert into certain electronics magazines - not a stripped down SBC) Justin.
Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community
Van: Andrew Gale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community Datum: Friday, October 16, 1998 10:14 Perhaps it could prolong the life of the SAM by opening it up to a new market? The idea itself is in my opinion a good one, but as Justin already said the big bloke has no intention of doing anything with Sam (but he could always come up with some amazing new idea). All he does is barking at the usual suspects who in his opinion should be coding like mad on proper usefull software. If only 1 percent, fnar -- Robert van der Veeke, aka RJV Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Currently listening to : Saving Private Ryan
Re: State of the SAM and SAM Community
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:14:25 +0100 (BST), Andrew Gale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've often wondered whether there's an opening to use the SAM ASIC in a simple single-board computer for electronics hobbyists... It would use up those spare ASICs and perhaps encourage people to devise hardware for the SAM bus. snip Bruce did this already. years ago. hth -- Nev - no longer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and getting no spam at all (yet) Webpage under construction at www,nfy53,demon,co,uk also hiding on ICQ
