A super SAM-type project has been talked about since Bob Brenchley kept us all going about his SamSon idea! If it's ever to happen, it will take someone to do it off their own back and just see it through because most of us on this list will be too skeptical and jaded to lend much support! I think such a project might even have had a wider market if it had been done years ago, before the Raspberry Pi.
Colin has already got a 20+MHz Sam working with his prototype mayhem accelerator and the last time he mentioned it in his mag, he was looking at CPLD to reduce logic. He has also hinted in SR that a special issue would cover a secret project he was working on so maybe it's related to a Quazar Super Sam? Sent from my iPad On 3 May 2013, at 19:30, Leslie Anderson <lezander...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would anybody buy it ??? How many SAM users would want one ?? And I'd have to > do costings to see how much the final unit would cost ! But if there are > people interested just let me know. > > > On 3 May 2013 19:13, david brant <davidcbr...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Well what you waiting for if it that easy! No idea with hardware myself. >> >> On 3 May 2013, at 18:46, Leslie Anderson wrote: >> >> > Perhaps it's time for someone to design a NEW SAM COUPE..... SAM II + or >> > Super SAM. What was done on the original SAM in dozen of chips could now >> > be done in about 8 distinctive ICs.... Then everyone could have a Super >> > SAM! >> > >> > Z84C0020 Z80 CPU.. 20MHz >> > K6T4008 512Kx 8 bit SRAM >> > W27C010 128K EEPROM >> > MAX EPM7512 CPLD 512 macrocells >> > SAA1099 Sound (PSG) >> > >> > >> > The MAX EPM7512 would be used to generate video, perform I/O, Memory >> > Decoding etc. The original ZX Spectrum ULA used about 144 macrocells, so >> > 512 should be enough. >> > >> > >> > On 3 May 2013 18:03, david brant <davidcbr...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> How about some means that you need the hardware to work on the PC,Mac etc >
