Re: Defender Update!
- Original Message - From: Chris Pile [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 3:48 AM Subject: Defender Update! Hi All, Perhaps some of you would like to know that SAM Defender has been updated. Great work Chris!
SAM Techy info wanted...
Regular readers of CSS may have noticed a clever chap by the name of Mike Wynne has been working on a very clever Spectrum Clone called Speccy Bob (unfortunate choice of name perhaps ;) ? http://www.speccybob.2y.net/ Well I've asked if he'd considered adding SAM Compatibility to the new improved bells and whistles model... which he is interested in, in theory at least, but would like some techy info Can someone provide some...? After all, this is the closest we're ever going to get to a new SAM! Thanks in advance David PS: Can u send any relevent info to: Mike Wynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks
Re: SAM Techy info wanted...
ive got the technical manual from sam computers as i worked for them, let me know and ill send you a copy - Original Message - From: David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Cc: Mike Wynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:23 PM Subject: SAM Techy info wanted... Regular readers of CSS may have noticed a clever chap by the name of Mike Wynne has been working on a very clever Spectrum Clone called Speccy Bob (unfortunate choice of name perhaps ;) ? http://www.speccybob.2y.net/ Well I've asked if he'd considered adding SAM Compatibility to the new improved bells and whistles model... which he is interested in, in theory at least, but would like some techy info Can someone provide some...? After all, this is the closest we're ever going to get to a new SAM! Thanks in advance David PS: Can u send any relevent info to: Mike Wynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks
Re: SAM Techy info wanted...
- Original Message - From: Andrew Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:31 PM Subject: Re: SAM Techy info wanted... ive got the technical manual from sam computers as i worked for them, let me know and ill send you a copy And so did I :) Where'nt you the one who did the protection on a couple of games?
RE: SAM Techy info wanted...
David Ledbury wrote: Well I've asked if he'd considered adding SAM Compatibility to the new improved bells and whistles model... which he is interested in, in theory at least, but would like some techy info Sounds like an interesting idea, but how much would 'SAM compatability' actually cover? IMO, to be worth doing it it'd need a fairly complete set of features, and that would be an lot of extra work. Even after paging/video-modes/IO/etc., the sound support would also require an SAA1099 chip to be included (unless it's something that can be on a unit plugged into the back, if needed). I'd be interested to hear what any hardware bods on the list think about the feasability... Can someone provide some...? After all, this is the closest we're ever going to get to a new SAM! If he's still keen after seeing the SAM technical manual, I'm sure many of us will be keen to help out with additional information. :-) Si
speccy bob
Full Sam compatibilty isn't going to be trivial to add at all. However, he could easily add mode 2 and the SAM's ROM/RAM paging and gain the ability to use a (tweaked) SAM ROM. I think 'mode 2' is actually the TS2068's extra mode, so he'd get a speccy, a TS2068, and a mode-1-and-mode-2-only Sam for not much extra effort. Andy
Re: speccy bob
Andrew Gale wrote: Full Sam compatibilty isn't going to be trivial to add at all. Yes. It doesn't sound too difficult to put all SAM logic into a PLM using just technical manual and articles from magazines. I've got no idea about current PLM prices though. The most difficult thing I see there is to find these FDC and PSG chips. Andy
