Colin Piggot
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:54:49 -0700
Issue 21 of Sam Revival is now out! Inside the issue you'll find all the regulars covering all the latest news in the SAM Coupe world. Feature articles include an interview from Frode Tennebo where he interviews David Gommeren and Rob Mies of The Lords. Gavin Smith continues his look back at some of the top SAM games, looking in particular this issue at Arcade Classics. I look at using the MMC / SD Card slot on the Trinity Ethernet Interface. The first half of the article looks at accessing the flash cards with routines for detecting, reading and writing raw sectors. The second half goes through the patches I made to B-DOS to allow it to use the Trinity for mass storage of files. Rounding the issue off is the Developer Diary where Thomas Harte explains how he is tackling his work on creating a solid 3D engine on the SAM. To compliment the interview with The Lords, the coverdisk features their commercial release 'Batz 'n Balls', their freeware Tetris game and their SAM demos. Other games featured on the coverdisk are Simon Owen's 'Pac-Man', and 'Soul Magician' by Lars Persson. There is also source code to go along with the Trinity article including the source code and executable for the Trinity patched version of B-DOS. This issue of SAM Revival costs £3.99 for the UK, or £4.79 for EU including Airmail postage. You can also subscribe for three issues at a discounted price of £10.99 (UK) or £13.49 (EU), or for six issues at £21.98 (UK) or £26.98 (EU) and save yourself a pound or two. Back issues of SAM Revival are still available too. Order is straightforward, if you use PayPal you can send your payment directly to sales[at]samcoupe[dot]com, or see the website for the But Now buttons for PayPal ordering. You can also order with Debit/Credit cards by click through the Buy Now Buttons too and use the PayPal checkout without having to create an account. For cheque and postal orders email me directly and i'll be happy to pass on my address for postal correspondence. Regards, Colin ===== Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe 1995-2008 - Celebrating 14 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/