Re: Graphics conversion

2003-10-06 Thread Jarek Adamski
d from mathematical level (reduces number of colours, converts to 3 screens of RGB, etc.). I have no informations if he supports other Sam screen formats, but perhaps he could add them. You can find him on sys.comp.sinclair, -- Jarek Adamski ul.Sobieskiego 10A/5 99-200 Poddębice Poland tel. +48603

256kB extension for sale

2002-01-16 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! I have some 256kB extentions for Sam and I want to sell them at 12 euro. For users from Poland it is only 35PLN. Also I can sell Kempston Joystick Interfaces mountable under the Z80 CPU. Please contact me to [EMAIL PROTECTED], because I don't subscibe sam-users. -- Yarek.

Fd: Returned mail: User unknown (Frode Tenneboe)

2001-06-04 Thread Jarek Adamski
t-Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 03:57:55 +0200 > --DAA09232.991015088/sys.com.pl > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from yarek.com (pa12.sieradz.cvx.ppp.tpnet.pl [213.77.228.12]) > by sys.com.pl (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id DAA09230 >

Diskimages and SAM emulators

2001-05-09 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! My qestions are: 1. Does SAM emulators support the "MV - CPC" format for "*.DSK" files? (Used e.g. to store ZX+3 disks.) 2. What will happen when I "insert" a 720kB raw ".DSK" diskimage? (I would like it to be seen as 2 sides of 80 tracks of 9 sectors [1..9] of 512 bytes.) BTW I've made

[Fwd: MasterDOS and UZI]

2001-04-17 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Why you use non-existent e-mail address?? > Frode Tenneboe wrote: > > >>> Take a look at z88dk - should do what you want. > >> Where to get it? Or better can you send it to me? > > The source is attached. > I've just decompressed it under RedHat 7. It has C crosscompiler. > > 1. When I tr

z88dkv1.31.tar.gz

2000-12-20 Thread Jarek Adamski
>- Transcript of session follows - > ... while talking to condor-ext.wise.edt.ericsson.se.: > >>> RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown Dnia 00-12-04 Frode Tenneboe pisze: > http://Z88dk.sourceforge.net/ > The source is attached. How is it packed? I go

Filesystem for HDD

2000-12-03 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-12-01 Aley Keprt pisze: >> Also what is the ATOM hard disk interface like - why is the >> disk split into 800K sections. Why wasn't a proper filesystem >> created to handle harddisk properly? > I have asked this for years. I think it shouldn't be so > hard to make a simple but HD-orien

Re: MasterDOS and UZI

2000-12-03 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-11-24 Frode Tenneboe pisze: [32MB limit] > This is likely due to 512B sectors * 65536 = 32MB. Perhaps you > can make the sector sizes configurable, eg. 2048B * 65536 = > 128MB It looks like it uses one 32MB disk divided into some partitions... The limit is on low level driver. The big

MasterDOS and UZI

2000-11-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! I'm looking for new filesystem for MasterDOS and I found that Unix Z80 Implementation (UZI) should have one. So... 1. The partition size is limited to 32MB, what gives about 40 SAM disks - is it good or is better to find something better? 2. Having UZI partitions you can test UZI (includin

HamletOS???

2000-11-16 Thread Jarek Adamski
hI! I've disassembled the MasterDOS. I clean the source now. I'm going to generate my own DOS (work name is 'Hamlet'), MasterDOS compatibile and more more flexible. Now I want to get good MasterDOS source. If someone can help me to add comments to code please let me know to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.

Re: Big disk

2000-11-14 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-11-06 Luke Trevorrow pisze: > I do agree though that a filesystem for the Coupe would be > more useful - but really not that important if BDOS does/or > can be made to do the job. OK, I only offered my ideas. When the BDOS is as good and can do everything, there's no sense for my effort.

Re: Big disk

2000-11-06 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Andrew Gale wrote: > Would a CD drive connected to an Atom interface > be able to read a PC CD full of DSKs? I thought about something like: DIR="AFILE.DSK" what means selecting diskimages as changing current path. The diskimages could be driven by additional Resident System Extention, load

Re: Fred Magazine Web Pages

2000-11-02 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-29 Tim P pisze: > Can I mutter again about wouldn't it be nice if people made > all old software PD, so we can have a single CD with *every* > sam disk as a .DSK (or similar) on it? All software written by me can be freely distributed without any permition. However, it is still Sharewar

Big disk

2000-10-31 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-26 David L pisze: >> Also what is the ATOM hard disk interface like - why is the >> disk split into 800K sections. Why wasn't a proper filesystem >> created to handle harddisk properly? > Because I dont think people could afford to spend thousands of > man hours designing MS Dos for SAM

RE: SAM 2000? To make or not not to make one?

2000-10-27 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] pisze: > Though, I did tend to use Hitech C in CP/M for my SAM > development. Even though it was slow and cumbersome on ProDOS. Did you try CPM22QED? I have Small-C v1.2 with FPC made in 1984. Has someone something newer? -- Yarek.

Re: Progress - Interlace

2000-10-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-20 Simon Cooke pisze: > It's not true interlace though -- but you can tell some > monitors to move the display down a scanline and have true > interlacing by doing that, and flashing the border white in > the off-screen area for a short time when you want to jab it > down a line :) This

Re: New User

2000-10-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-19 Aley Keprt pisze: > The real reasons are: > 1. Sam is 8bit, Amiga 16bit, PC 32bit computer This is not true. When you mean bitness as number of data lines outside CPU case (usual meaning), the Amiga 1200 and 4000 are 32bit, PC was 8bit (8088), 16bit (8086) and 32bit (80386DX). Bu

Big disk

2000-10-11 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-09 Aley Keprt pisze: > I significantly prefer emulation over real hardware. OK. You prefer emulation and I prefer hardware. It is easier for me to solder something to hardware than crack emulator. Anyway, we can make something useful both for hardware and emulator. > The one thinkg I k

Re: More complete calculations

2000-10-11 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-06 Aley Keprt pisze: > This is because computers don't use real real numbers. > They use something, which can't be called algebra either. It is algabra anyway. > Okay, send it to my e-mail. I must write it first. > I would like to see it, at least since I still don't believe > in your

RE: Console Coupe

2000-10-09 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-06 Aley Keprt pisze: > My favourite configuration is a hard drive, which contains all > Sam files on it, not divided into 800kb segments (virtual > dskettes). Again NOT divided. What about real hardware? > Maybe some little DOS can be done in emulator, so it don't > waste too much memo

Re: Booting

2000-10-09 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-06 Aley Keprt pisze: > I consider a bit stupid to have a MasterDOs-based program on a > non-bootable diskette. Unless the program requires MasterDOS and the MasterDOS cannot be included being comercial. There were no limitations in including SAMDOS. -- Yarek.

More complete calculations

2000-10-05 Thread Jarek Adamski
You wrote: > In real life, however, numbers are not realted to their > representation. Right, but I meant "computer life". > So you have one zero, regardless the representation of that > zero. If you have two representations (i.e. positive and > negative zero), it is still the same zero. Yes, but

Booting

2000-10-05 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Simon Cooke wrote: > Make that "only if track 4, sector 1 contains "BOOT" (last > character has bit 7 set) as bytes 124-127. This is firt check (bytes 256..259 masked with #5F give "BOOT"). If no signature found, there's need to search for "AUTO*" file. BTW Is there a sense to start SAM with

Re: Console Coupe

2000-10-04 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-09-29 Ian Collier pisze: > You can use whatever filetypes you like - have one for > autoboot and one for not-autoboot if you really want (after > all, what's in a name? It's just an entry in the registry) - > but I'm not sure I see the point in the not-autoboot one so > one might as well j

Re: Console Coupe -> more complete calculations

2000-10-04 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-10-02 Howard Price pisze: > Is it just me, or did it suddenly get geekier in here? :-) What is it? > But is there really positive and negative zeroes? It's peaked > my geeky interest. They are only if you define them. I defined them as "value smaller (as absolute) than smalest value havi

Re: Console Coupe

2000-10-04 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-09-29 Ian Collier pisze: > Lim (n->0) n / n^2 => 0/0 = infinity because n/n^2 == 1/n Try Lim (n->0) n / (n+n^2) and you get 1 as result. -- Yarek.

Re: Console Coupe -> more complete calculations

2000-10-01 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-09-28 Aley Keprt pisze: > So why cannot we accept any (numeric) answer? > 0*anything=0 > infinite*anything=infinite > This implies that 0=infinite. Well... 0 * anything = 0 only when this "anything" isn't infinite, and infinite * anything = infinite only when this "anything" isn't zer

Re: ZXVGS 0.26

2000-09-11 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-09-09 Robert Wilkinson pisze: [http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/ZX026SAM.RAR] > The link doesn't work.. Sorry, not my fault. Try again or try: http://www.egroups.com/files/zxvgs/ (files "Zx026sam.zip", "Cpm22sam.zip"). I'm not sure if you have to subscribe ZXVGS mail list to dow

ZXVGS 0.26

2000-09-08 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! There's ZXVGS 0.26 released: http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/ZX026SAM.RAR -- Yarek.

CP/M

2000-09-02 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello! The CPM22QED 1.08 still waits to be tested with 1MB memory extention. It should mount the N: ramdisk in it. http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/CPM22SAM.LHA I don't own the memory extention, so I can't test it. You could need also: http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/PCTools/LHA.EXE

Re: spec multiface - some questions

2000-08-13 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-08-02 Andrew Gale pisze: >> The easiest way to avoid this problem is to latch the NMI >> request from the button and then wait for the CPU to take opcode >> (/M1=0) dealing with the stack. > That's a very neat idea And perhaps simplest to do. The possible delay have no meaning, as nobo

Re: spec multiface - some questions

2000-08-13 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-08-03 Edwin Blink pisze: > That can be done by making /BUSREQ low and let your hardware > wait for /BUSACK You mean always or while NMI activation? > Latch interrupt status using /M1=0 AND /MREQ=0 AND > databus=x011 X=1 for EI or 0 for DI. What for? This can be read with LD A,I and fa

Re: spec multiface - some questions

2000-08-01 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-07-27 Andrew Gale pisze: > My question is about the PC that gets written to the stack by > the z80 - clearly this is going to get written to RAM, exactly > where being determined by SP. This is fine assuming the program > being interrupted is using the SP sensibly - i.e. to implement > a s

Re: Your offer...

2000-08-01 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-07-22 womoteam pisze: > Hello Jarek. Hi! > Sorry for such delay in answering. No problem. BTW You still owe me reply to two my mails... ;) > Your offer is gtreat and it does exactly that what I want (and > manually do now): It uses local network (Intranet) to Mo´s > computer. Did you get

Re: making the SAM spectrum 128 compatible

2000-07-20 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Unknown (?) wrote: > I think I've come up with a fairly practical method of > making it possible to run speccy 128 programs on the SAM... Haven't I wrote about it several months ago? ?:-| > it involves a plug-in box which has a 32K ram, a z80, and > a certain amount of logic (and perhaps a

Re: ROM3 - I have some eproms

2000-07-20 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-07-12 Andrew Gale pisze: > If A14 of the ROM is connected to A14 of the z80 then ROM0 is > at the bottom, It is so. -- Yarek.

Re: be back...

2000-07-05 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-07-05 womoteam pisze: > Hi there! Hello! > I want to inform you, that I don´t know if there was a virus > at work or the greatest virus itself: Windows 98. The symptom > was loosing all partition borders and non realistic FAT > entries. By loosing partition "E" I have lost all my SAM stuf

Re: Power Supply Pinout, Format, Floppy

2000-06-26 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-06-23 Jorge Canelhas pisze: > thanks a lot for the awnser, made it work , pins 2 and 3 > (purple and whit are connected togethe so my multimeter tells > too These pins are connected together inside SAM. > Hi, i tried to make a disk with fdformat and samdisk, it > formats ok, and copie

Re: outlet

2000-06-05 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-06-05 Edwin Blink pisze: > Does anybody know how to contact Ron and Brian Cavers nowadays ? Did you try <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? (Acknowledged on 99-10-11.) -- Yarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.

Re: Diskimage manager

2000-05-12 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-05-10 Edwin Blink pisze: >> Also the writing back to a real disk in SAM format would be >> nice... > I also looking for a alternative Like using the Commport > (Comms interface) or (parallel port for output and joystick > port for input) What about MIDI? I know it is slow, but not much har

Re: SAM edge connectors (Was: PC keyboard interface)

2000-05-09 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-05-08 Justin Skists pisze: > Where can you get the edge connectors from? Perhaps? (This is 3 years old.) HARTING Elektronik GmbH Postfach 1140, D-32325 Espelkamp Marienwerderstraße 3, D-32329 Espelkamp HARTING Elektronik Ltd. Northampton, NN 47 PW Catalog No. 09 03 164 7 921 -- Yarek.

Re: next news about ZX-PARTY in Poland.

2000-05-03 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-05-01 David L pisze: >> PS: If You will not send us Your stuff, we will fuck compos, >> but we will have good fun anyway, heheheheheheheheheh. =8-D > Compost heaps? that's a strange thing to do to them! I think he meant rather "competitions" than "compost", but we always can make compo

next news about ZX-PARTY in Poland. (fwd)

2000-05-01 Thread Jarek Adamski
On 00-04-27 -=Yerzmyey=- wrote: OK then! Date of ZX-PARTY is 25 - 27 of August!!! Send Your worx to me (they can be old-school demos too!!) and BE THERE ;) Best wishes, Yerzmyey/H-PRG^RA PS: If You will not send us Your stuff, we will fuck compo

Re: Any news?

2000-04-25 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-04-23 Gavin Smith pisze: > Next issue of SAM Community will be going out during next week, so if > you have any news vaguely SAM related, please email me as soon as > possible. 1. ZXVGS 0.23 for SAM is released. http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/ZX023SAM.RAR 2. New "ZXVGS.guide" is r

Re: Sam Tech manual needed

2000-04-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-04-22 Mac Buster pisze: > Could you please upload it somewhere and make it publically > downloadable ? There are not only Frans van Egmond need it :) In 1997 I made translation of "SAM Technical Manual" to Polish language. The translation is updated with informations taken from mouse driv

Re: Two things

2000-04-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-04-21 womoteam pisze: > Sorry that I cannot help you in both questions. No problem. I just discovered the idea of MPU 401 and now I'm developing the cable to connect SAM with pc. Since there's no interest in using Unix on SAM, I'll do it later. Now I design an external interface that to

Re: Two things

2000-04-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-04-21 Colin Piggot pisze: > I've been using 8 to 1 compression with 16 bit sample files > on the sam for the last few years with the Quazar Surround > soundcard. Not mpeg1 layer 3 but still sounds very good! > Colin Piggot > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Quazar: Hardware and Software for the S

Two things

2000-04-10 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! First is using a PC as MIDI based file server for SAM. I've just got sound card with MIDI... Does anyone know how to program the MPU 401? All I know is it uses &330 and &331 addresses (or &300 and &301); the former is data I/O, the latter is status/address. Second is UZI (U*ix Z80 Implementa

Re: SimCoupe

2000-03-19 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-03-18 Mac Buster pisze: > Its is possible to format track w/o any ID at all :) Right, is possible on 1793 type FDC, but not on 765A vel 8272 (the one used by IBM in its primitive computer). > But you can not read them back =) Only with #E0 command in 1973 type FDC. Then you have to check

Re: SimCoupe

2000-03-17 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-03-17 Mac Buster pisze: > Well, FDC in PC is very bad Right. 8080 family chip... > and can't be used to read non-standard disks for most of 8-bit > machinas. Not exactly. You can't only read whole track and format a sector without ID or with bad ID. And of course you can't read GCR, but

Re: Unusual hardware

2000-03-14 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-03-10 Gavin Smith pisze: > Erm bloody hell, nice :) Umm you wouldn't like to do a wee > article for SAM Community on your SAM and its bits and pieces > would you? :) Oh go on! I would like to... But what to write? -- Yarek.

RE[2]: Unusual hardware

2000-03-11 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dnia 00-03-10 Doore, Dan pisze: > I've looked at the Averlogic chips and they do the job but > there is no chance of me building one from scratch as I don't > have the skills, and it seems that the commercial units start > at $500 - can you give me some details of what you have? This is little box

Re: Unusual hardware

2000-03-10 Thread Jarek Adamski
On 00-03-08 The Mad Goose wrote: > Sam related - who's got the best specced- SAM on the list then? > And who owns the most unusal piece of hardware... Look at "http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/pic.samhdd.jpg";. This is rear of my SAM. You should see there: -HDD interface with flat cable and Se

ZXVGS 0.21

1999-12-12 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! I've released ZXVGS 0.21 for SAM. It is in: http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/ZX021SAM.RAR For comparing, there is also ZXVGS for Pentagon: http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/ZX021PEN.RAR -- Yarek.

New releases

1999-09-29 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello! There is new CPM22QED 1.08 release for SAM in file: "http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/CPM22SAM.LHA";. Also new ZXVGS documentation 0.31 in "ZXVGSdoc.lha". Sorry for forbidden access recently. My fault. -- Yarek.

New files

1999-09-25 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello!!! There is new ZXVGS 0.18 version for SAM in file: "http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/ZX018SAM.lha";. Also new documentation 0.30 in "ZXVGSdoc.lha". Ps. ... while talking to mail.theoffice.net.: > RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown -- Yarek.

Bye

1999-09-18 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! I quit. If someone wants to contact me, I am still at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And new versions of my products for sam will apear at: http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/ -- Yarek.

ZXVGS 0.18

1999-09-15 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! There is new ZXVGS desciption (0.29) concerning ZXVGS 0.18 in: file "http://nautilus.uwoj.krakow.pl/zxland/ZXVGSdoc.lha";. -- Yarek.

Re: New hardware for SAM

1999-09-10 Thread Jarek Adamski
Simon Cooke wrote: > We had a prototype that ran at 12MHz with an overclocked > Z80... and discovered that you'd need to have some glue > (probably a finite state machine) in the middle that marshals > memory and IO transactions over to the internal memory. I know this. The CPU must have its own f

New hardware for SAM

1999-09-07 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! I want to add one more thing to my hardware project list. This is extention with CPU compatibile to Z80, but 16b and working at 28MHz. This is all I know in this matter as yet. So I counted the votes (valid/invalid): 1. 4MB SIMM - 1/3 2. ZX128 emul - 1/3 3. DMA - 0/3 4. IS

Amiga HDFDD

1999-09-06 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! I made some tests. The useful track size is about 12470 bytes. I managed to QFORMAT disk to 1804KB (82 tracks). But on such format there's no pleace for boot sectors, so I stick to 1640KB size. All the more because I expect also problems with FDC 765A while 1804KB format. Then I defined QED1M

Re: Hardware

1999-09-06 Thread Jarek Adamski
Gasson wrote: > On the subject of high density floppies, would it be possible > to connect an Amiga high density drive to the Spectrum and > Sam? I've attached Amiga HDFDD to TIMEX FDD 3000 (it has FDC 1770). It doesn't want to boot CPM22QED from the usual disk. But I had another somewhere... I've

Re: Hardware

1999-09-06 Thread Jarek Adamski
Gasson wrote: > On the subject of high density floppies, would it be possible > to connect an Amiga high density drive to the Spectrum and > Sam? I think it would. I didn't try. The Amiga HDFDD slows down the spin of disk, so it doesn't require HDFDC. But for ZX and SAM still any FDC is needed. I

Re: Hardware

1999-09-06 Thread Jarek Adamski
Gordon Wallis wrote: > All your ideas sound very good, but the market's so small now. Some of them I'll do anyway. Why not to share with others? Will be ever the market bigger? I've designed YABUS to be able to connect the same device to different computers, what makes the market a bit bigger.

Re: Hardware

1999-09-06 Thread Jarek Adamski
Robert Brady wrote: > I would assume that when someone was talking about "High > Density Floppies", they are in fact referring to "High Density > Floppies", or HDFDs, sometimes erroneously called "1.44MB" > disks, despite the fact that you can easily get 1.6MB on them, > maybe more if you were fee

Re: How to DIR the disk???

1999-09-06 Thread Jarek Adamski
Gasson wrote: > Hmmm, how about: > LOAD "$" DATA d$() > where d$ is an array of size (num_files+2,32), with the disk > name at the top, and free space at the bottom. At BASIC level you can do everything using RSX. I need directory access at asm level. This formats limits the name of file. What

Re: Hardware

1999-09-05 Thread Jarek Adamski
Robert Wilkinson wrote: > Im interested, tell us more. So... >> 4MB memory with long SIMM. (Also 8MB one will work.) I know that port 128 switches section C, but don't know what about section D. 256 banks of 32KB each gives 8MB. Ramdisk in CPM22QED and MasterDOS. Memory banks and buffers in ZXVGS

Re: Hardware

1999-09-05 Thread Jarek Adamski
David wrote: > Very interested in all - how much? when? I'm only the designer. I don't have a factory. I have very big troube with printed circuits production. (E.g. one extention I've designed 1.5 year ago still not exists...) I was talking about my projects to David L. and Malcolm, but they dec

My files available via HTTP.

1999-09-04 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! My files are now available on: http://nautilus.torch.net.pl/zxland/ There are: Length: Date: For: Description: 22dsk142rar.lha 103700 08-12 pc reads CP/M disks, including QED820 LHA.EXE 34283 07-07 pc unpacks "*.LHA" archives games001.lha627670 06-22 ZX first disk of

How to DIR the disk???

1999-09-04 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! The last very important thing I need for ZXVGS is the model of listing directory of disk at program level. I would like to take advice before I made my mind. The list of files will be mostly used in file selectors. I know some models now {comments}: 1. Used in AmigaOS: lk=Lock (mask,mode) {

Hardware

1999-09-04 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello! I can design some extentions for SAM. Only need some help. At this moment I think of: 4MB memory with long SIMM. (Also 8MB one will work.) ZX128 hardware emulator. Perhaps with Z80 turbo mode. DMA for better speed. ISA Muli I/O card crossing. High density floppy disk access, two ser

MIDI fileserver for SAM

1999-09-01 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Could someone help me to write a program for pc that would serve files to SAM via MIDI (of soundcard)? I have now: -tested point-to-point protocol (works now on 6bit parallel full duplex cable); -started code for pc (uses LPT for above media); -tested code for Z80 (works with above media);

Re: SAM networks

1999-08-28 Thread Jarek Adamski
Andrew Collier wrote: > Actually, some years ago I did work on a token-ring[1] system > for connecting Sams together - my experiments at the time only > went as far as writing an IRC-style chat program, but it > should have been extensible. So, it still isn't working. I want to implement some netw

Re: SAM networks

1999-08-26 Thread Jarek Adamski
Ian Collier wrote: > At least, I don't know of any way to control those two pins > separately from the MIDI, and the networking bits of the Sam > ROM use port 253 in such a way that you can connect a normal > MIDI lead and communicate over it. There's a bit port that allows control ouput line apar

Re: SAM networks

1999-08-26 Thread Jarek Adamski
Justin Skists wrote: >> I had always had the impression that the network port was, in >> fact, the MIDI port. You connect the SAMs up as a daisy chain >> and tell the SAM about it. (Oops, I should write all I know first.) Gasson wrote: > Kinda-sorta right. It is the MIDI port, but it's not the M

Re: SAM networks

1999-08-26 Thread Jarek Adamski
Ian Collier wrote: > If there is no DOS loaded then the Sam accepts "device n" and > will save and load through the MIDI port. I don't think I have > tried this with two Sams, but I have used it with a Sam and a > +3 by writing a prog on the +3 to imitate what the Sam does. Does is use a kind of n

SAM networks

1999-08-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Is there the network interface mentioned in "The User's Guide" on page 170. "Network, screened microphone cable via external MGT interface to Expansion Port." I think it must be a kind of concentrator. On next page there's NETWORK lead with title "FROM NETWORK PLUG DIN 7", so it doesn't mean S

My operating systems for SAM

1999-08-22 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello! Did anybody test my systems on SimCoupe? -- Yarek.

WINGUIDE

1999-07-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello to all active SAM-users!!! The last version of WINGUIDE can be found on: "http://tatooine.fortunecity.com/falcon/183"; The e-mail of its author is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ps. This program can be used to read "ZXVGS.guide", a bit too technical description of revolutionary operat

CPM22QED

1999-07-21 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello! In the file "http://nautilus.uwoj.krakow.pl/zxland/CPM22QED.LHA"; is system disk contents of CPM22QED and ZXVGS 0.14. ZXVGS 0.14 can load "*.TAP" files. You can use "R-MSDOS" program to read "*.TAP" files from MS-DOS disk to ramdisk (M:). Then PPIP these files to QED820 disk. (Ramdisk cont

CPM22QED

1999-07-19 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello! In the file "http://nautilus.uwoj.krakow.pl/zxland/CPM22QED.RAR"; is system disk contents with new version of QFORMAT. The old one decreased sectors size in case of format errors. -- Yarek.

Re: "*.TAP" files in ZXVGS

1999-06-21 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Dnia 99-06-19 James Gasson pisze: > Well then, you'd better tell me how I can get hold of a copy, > so I can evaluate the competition. ;-) Wow! At once the competition. I only was looking for users for my software... :-) Never mind... To get working ZXVGS on SAM through Internet is a bit com

"*.TAP" files in ZXVGS

1999-06-18 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! The new ZXVGS 0.14 can now load into SAM "*.TAP" files of ZX Spectrum emulators. If you would like to test it, write directly to me... :-) -- Yarek.

CPM22QED

1999-06-11 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello! If you want to test my operating systems for SAM, please write to me at '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. To TOMBOX: Please give e-mail that does not disapear. -- Yarek.

Re: The removal to PC cover.

1998-09-24 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! >> What do you want to do with Spectrum programs that test keyboard >> with 0 in high byte? > Hi byte is 0 mostly for a PRESS 'ANY KEY' test. > I would map row SPACE SS M N B as the first row to scan. > So one of these keys can be pressed in a ANY KEY situation. Port #00FE is also used for "ke

Re: The removal to PC cover.

1998-09-18 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Edwin Blink wrote: > For the interfacing part Im thinking to use a PIC with 4 (4x4 bit > dual acces RAM to make it emulate the matrix). Like 74LS670? 4*4*4 is 64 while SAM have 69 keys. What do you want to do with Spectrum programs that test keyboard with 0 in high byte? -- Yarek.

Re: The removal to PC cover.

1998-09-17 Thread Jarek Adamski
Andrew Gale wrote: > Since there are 9 columns of 8 rows, that's be a 17 way ribbon cable > (i.e. 1.7" wide). I think using 74LS148 or 74LS147 could reduce 9 columns to 4 wires. And 2 more must be added as power for decoders. This gives 14. The 8 rows can be coded by 74LS151 and decoded by 74LS2

Re: The removal to PC cover.

1998-09-17 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Andrew Gale wrote: > Yup, it was me and hopefully in a few weekends' time I should > have some time to finish it off... Did you use microcontroller (which one?) or EPROM matrix? I'm thinking about connecting PCKBD to the MIDI IN/OUT. It should work at least with my CP/M. -- Yarek.

RE: The removal to PC cover.

1998-09-17 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dan Doore wrote: > If whoever was working on the PC Keyboard interface has done one, then I > might have to look into stashing my Sam in a new case, since with the > amount of stuff dangling off the back and the ATOM inside it's looking a > bit cramped. It looks like ATOM is internal inteface. No

RE: CP/M 2.2 QED

1998-09-16 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Dan Doore wrote: > You can FTP files to ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/incoming/ I want it to go to the testers, not to the storage. -- Yarek. Ps. Insted of "I want to see new program, please send it to me" I hear something like "No, no, please don't make cattle here".

Re: CP/M 2.2 QED

1998-09-16 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Christof Odenthal wrote: > It's better when you give an email address where the folks can ask for > it or if you give a ftp- or www-address where they can download it. I only cannot guarantee that email addresses used by me will be valid tommorow. Also I cannot point to ftp or www. Don't afr

The removal to PC cover.

1998-09-16 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! Does anyone have SAM in PC cover? I'm going to do such removal. -- Yarek.

Re: Z80 snaps

1998-09-15 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! I only want to add that in my operating system called ZXVGS the ".Z80" snaps can be loaded by RSX. There's only need to copy them to CP/M disk. Yarek.

CP/M 2.2 QED

1998-09-15 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hi! I made demo version of my CP/M 2.2 QED. If anyone wanted to test it please let me know. I can also post it here. It is 20KB long in uuencode. The basic knowledle of CP/M is needed because there are no docs included. Yarek.

HDD and operating systems

1998-09-02 Thread Jarek Adamski
Dzieńdobry! Looking at those quarrels I made little summary: There are two HD interfaces (not including my inventinon) - SD and Atom. Atom is better and can be used without HD drive. My questions: Are they compatibile? What has Atom apart from HD controller? Eg. own ROM, DMA, 1.8MB floppy c

I'm new here.

1998-08-30 Thread Jarek Adamski
Hello! I am SAM user since 1991. I'm now not up to date about SAM. I want to ask some questions. How many SAM users have hard disk (except me)? Is there any operating system that supports hard disk? I saw SAMDOS, MasterDOS and PRODOS. Are there more of them? I want spread my programs (they are