Re: Who are Andrews UK?

Sam Coupe Mini? On Fri, 13 Apr 2018, at 9:17 PM, RWAP Software wrote: > Paul Andrews (Andrews UK) is part of the team behind the original > Sinclair Vega and Vega+ (not the version which Retro Computers Limited > are still struggling to get out to Kickstarter backers), and theC64Mini > which ha

Re: Floppy disk drive error

On Mon, 23 May 2016, at 09:08 PM, Colin Piggot wrote: > As they are standard 34-pin floppy devices they do still need a > controller board to work with the SAM Coupe. > > I’ve build a few customised versions of my disk drive controller board > with longer cables to accommodate these in the past for

Re: HxC and Sam Coupe

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:40:34AM -0700, Tommo H wrote: > What's the software like for the HxC? Can you just copy floppy images > onto SD card or is there some Windows blob to convert to a more direct > flux transition sort of representation? > You use the software to convert .dsk/.sad/.mgt files

Re: HxC and Sam Coupe

On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:03:17PM +0100, Graeme Gregory wrote: > On 11/05/13 18:41, Colin Piggot wrote: > > From: "Graeme Gregory" wrote: > >> So one of my Sams just happens to have a duff drive, I was wondering is > >> it an easy enough job to disma

Re: HxC and Sam Coupe

On 11/05/13 18:41, Colin Piggot wrote: > From: "Graeme Gregory" wrote: >> So one of my Sams just happens to have a duff drive, I was wondering is >> it an easy enough job to dismantle the drive to extract the control >> board and hook up a HxC instead? > > You&

Re: HxC and Sam Coupe

On 11/05/13 22:12, da...@properbastard.co.uk wrote: > Quoting Colin Piggot : > >> I know of one SAM user who uses a HxC, I built them up one of my disk >> drive controller boards with extra long cables so he could have the >> HxC sitting outside of his SAM. (There'll be photos of that project >> in

HxC and Sam Coupe

So one of my Sams just happens to have a duff drive, I was wondering is it an easy enough job to dismantle the drive to extract the control board and hook up a HxC instead? Graeme

Re: Time has come to part with my Sam Coupé

Sorry was too nice looking not to! Graeme On 01/05/13 09:50, Stephen Longhurst wrote: > Indeed, nice looking Sam too. Mine is way more yellowed, but I prefer > to think of it as much loved! > >Steve > > On 30 April 2013 18:38, Stefan Drissen > wrote: > >

Re: Sam Coupe project..making a real SAM in hardware ??

I better start piling the pennies into my Velesoft fund! That sounds like the ultimate speccy! Graeme On 24/03/13 16:50, VELESOFT wrote: > I now work on my project SAM COUPE clone :-D > > Z80CPU 20MHz > 2MB RAM (16bit fast data bus) > 512kB FLASH EPROM > CPLD chips as ASIC replacement and next

Re: Essential Sam Goodies

On 22/04/12 17:11, Colin Piggot wrote: > Graeme wrote: >> Ok, to change the topic from current discussion lately ;-) >> >> I am a newbie to the Sam world, I bought a machine on ebay as a whim and >> to reach one of my childhood dreams of owning one. As a kid I could not >> afford one and by the tim

Re: Junk mail

On 14/04/12 13:08, Balor Price wrote: > On 14/04/2012 11:43, Leszek Chmielewski wrote: >> >> My "Jowettish" is not good enough to recognise what does Roger mean >> with this personal mail to me: >> "the day i spam you you'll r a dint the bak u yar id!" >> Can anyone translate it for me to english?

Re: ZX Spectrum 'relaunch'

I should run SimCoupe on my Pandaboard to actually give it a real use! I have so many of these embedded arm board lieing around I should use them :-) Graeme On 13/04/12 14:10, Simon Owen wrote: > Bonus points if you then run SimCoupe on it, to see if it still feels wrong! > > I created a quick Si

Re: ZX Spectrum 'relaunch'

I have been planning for a while not to do this modification. But I was going to use an I2C IO Extender chip instead of the USB keyboard hack. With this I should be able to map exactly the spectrum keyboard map into Linux. Ive had the broken spectrum and a couple of beagle boards sitting on my shel

Essential Sam Goodies

Ok, to change the topic from current discussion lately ;-) I am a newbie to the Sam world, I bought a machine on ebay as a whim and to reach one of my childhood dreams of owning one. As a kid I could not afford one and by the time I had $$$ Sam had dissapeared and it was time for Uni. So I now ha

Re: Junk mail

I had only subscribed to the list a couple of days ago, good thing Im old school when it comes to the internet, would be really off putting to a newbie. I had assumed this was a virus attack, you mean this bloke actually does this for fun? He needs a game of roshambo :-) Graeme On 05/04/2012 08: