Hi Colin, thank you for new issue, haven't read much of it yet (have it in my hands just for about 2 hours so far), but it is worth the waiting! Keep on good work, you have a lot of readers!
Best regards, ellvis On Sun Oct 11 12:31:20 2015 GMT+0200, Colin Piggot wrote: > Hi Folks, > > It's finally out! SAM Revival issue 25! > > 56 pages packed with SAM goodies for the 25th Anniversary of the computer. > > What's in the magazine? Well, let's take a look at the cover first. I > commissioned a new drawing by Robin Evans - the original artist for the SAM > robot, you'll be familiar with all his doodles in the SAM Coupe User Guide > and the early MGT adverts from 1989/1990. Well he dusted off his memory of > drawing the robot and has came up trumps with the drawing for the cover. As > part of the commission I've also got a couple of prints of the cover artwork > which Robin has hand signed - the first of which will be auctioned on eBay > on 20th October 2015 - I'll post up some photos over the next few days on my > website and twitter and a link to the auction once it's started. Although I > paid for the comission of the artwork from my own pocket all proceeds from > the auction will be used towards my ongoing work developing new products for > the SAM Coupe. Stay tuned for more details of that nearer the time... > > Inside the magazine, a mammoth news section kicks off after the editorial, > covering news from around the SAM scene, with all the details of new > hardware, software and demos for the SAM Coupe as well as previews of > projects that are being worked on. > > Feature articles shows off all the work undertaken by Phil Wilson with the > customising of his SAM, plus shorter articles about several other > customisation projects. The Developer Diary section looks at the new game > that's Warren Lee is preparing, and a quick look at TRINload from Simon Owen > which is a utility to transfer data from a PC to the SAM via the Trinity > Ethernet Interface. > > Smaller articles look at patching some demos to make them compatible on mass > storage devices. I also take a look at some of the rarer and more unique > items I've collected over the years for the SAM Coupe. > > Throw in the usual SAM Snippets, SAM Correspondence and SAM Comment sections > and that wraps up this gigantic 56 page issue of the magazine. > > SAM Revival issue 25 comes with not just one, but two cover disks. On the > first is the classic SAM Coupe game 'Vegetable Vacation' from Fissionsoft, > which was originally released in 1992 by Revelation/SAMCO. Next up is > 'MobyDX' from Black Jet - a new release especially for SAM's anniversary - > thanks guys! > > The first coverdisk also features plenty of software for the Trinity > Ethernet Interface - starting off with a new version of B-DOS. This version > (1.5t beta 6) allows the Trinity to use SD/SDHC cards up to a whopping 64GB > in size. An installer is also included on the disk to store the new DOS on > the Trinity Ethernet Interface's EEPROM if you use the optional BOOT ROM. > Plus, there are the first few TCP/IP demo programs for the Trinity Ethernet > Interface. The first demo downloads a screen/music from the internet, the > second demo downloads the full game 'XOR' from the net directly to your SAM. > This all really shows what's on the horizon for the SAM now it's connected > to the internet. My thanks to all those involved with pushing the Trinity > forward - Adrian Brown, Simon Owen, Chris Pile, and content for the > downloadable demos from Warren Lee, David Sanders and Howard Price. > > The second coverdisk is dedicated entirely to mind blowing megademo from > MNEMOtech's Andrew Collier - 'Stars and Sprites'. Andrew has done some > really impressive coding for the fantastic graphical effects and great > music! Plus one of the scrollers does mention something about a hidden > part... Hmmmm! > > SAM Revival 25 costs £4.99 with UK postage, £7.99 with EU Airmail postage > and £8.99 with Airmail postage for the rest of the world. > > To order by PayPal or debit/credit card please see my website at: > www.samcoupe.com > > > Other recent releases from myself include: > > ** SID Soundchip Interface - 2014 Edition > > Originally released back in 2003, my SID Interface allowed the SAM to use > the soundchip from a Commodore 64. This all stemmed from my own small pet > project exploring old forms of computer sound - with it's unique sound the > SID soundchip remains very popular with computer audiophiles to this day. > The new 2014 edition features an onboard DC to DC convertor to generate the > supply voltage for the SID soundchip so an external PSU is no longer > required. > > Bundled with the interface is a software disk, featuring Simon Owen's > marvellous .sid playback code. Using a software emulator to run 6510 > machine code (the Commodore 64's processor) the SAM is able to run .sid > music files in real time (that's essentially partial C64 emulation on the > SAM!) so there's now the ability to listen to thousands of C64 music files. > The new 2014 edition of the SID Soundchip Interface is priced at £44.99 > > > > ** Trinity Mass Storage Interface > > If you don't want the full Ethernet functions and onboard EEPROM and just > want to add some simple mass storage on your SAM then that's what the cut > down "Trinity Mass Storage" interface offers. SD/SDHC card support up to > 64GB. Price: £44.99 > > > ** 2 Way Expansion Card - 2013 Edition > > This card is always handy if you need to plug two peripherals into the rear > euroconnector on your SAM Coupe! Having run out of PCBs for my earlier > version I decided to update the expansion card with thicker tracks as well > as try out a new PCB supplier. For the same costs I was able to have the > card made in a stunning red colour, and I've gone with a text style matching > the Trinity Ethernet Interface to keep a consistent style to my hardware. > £26.99 > > Photos / more information about these SAM Coupe products, see > www.samcoupe.com as usual! > > > All the best, > > Colin > ===== > Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs> for the SAM Coupé > 1995-2015 - Celebrating 21 Years of developing for the SAM Coupé > Website: www.samcoupe.com Twitter: @QuazarSamCoupe > > >
