RE: SimCoupe 1.0 released

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--- Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Chris Pile wrote:
  To ensure Defender ran at a constant (99.9% of the
 time!) 
  50-fps, all available horsepower needed to be
 squeezed from 
  the old Z80!
 
 And from what I remember of the code, you certainly
 did squeeze out every
 last drop!  The disk protection was equally crafty,
 and remains the only SAM
 title that neither SamDisk nor MakeSDF can image
 from an original disk.
 Though after a bit of detective work with SAM DICE,
 I have managed to create
 a working image of it with the protection intact.
 
 Si
 

I remember some of those long conversations when you
tried to explain the speed improvements to me Chris
... Gosh, I wish I was clever enough to understand
them :)

Re: SimCoupe 1.0 released

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--- Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 I've updated SimCoupe to version 1.0, with new
 builds available on the
 official site: http://www.simcoupe.org

Thanks Simon! Top work!

RE: SimCoupe 1.0 released

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--- Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Interesting... Defender uses HPEN/LPEN... any idea
 how it uses it? I always
 figured that by the time you've read it, it's too
 late to do anything useful
 with it - never mind make a choice about what to do
 next.

I think in part it was used in the disk protection system?

Re: Forthcoming Shows...

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--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  A quick reminder I will be at the UK Pinball Show
 in Birmingham next 
  weekend(Saturday 22nd) showing off the Mayhem
 Accelerator. Show 
  website: http://www.ukpinballshow.co.uk
 
 Anyone planning on coming down to the show
 tommorrow?
 
 Colin
 =

I'd hoped to, but a change of shift has made it a
problem :-(

RE: Mayhem Accelerator Update

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--- Adrian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Personally Id like to see big cheers for Colin and
 his continued support for the Sam :)Im just
 itching to get mine plugged in :D
 
 Adrian
 

Hear hear!

I've been saving up for a while for mine... heck,
after paying about 60 quid for the wonderful (ahem!)
Blue Alpha Sampler... (No offence if you're reading
Adrian! :)) paying this price for something useful is
a blessing! :)

Re: Sam or SAM or ...?

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SAM - Some Amazing Micro

(As explained by Alan Miles in the interview I
conducted with him in ZAT :))

Re: Sam or SAM or ...?

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--- Matt Craven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I always thought it was Son of Alan Miles -- or is
 that an urban legend?
 
Alan Mile's son is called Edwin :)

Re: Website

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--- Martijn Groen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi everyone,
 
 First bits and pieces of my website can be found at
 http://home.wanadoo.nl/mgreen/
 
 Greetz,
 
 Martijn Groen

Very nice clean site :)

I like the recommendation in the specs for: 
Z80 6 Mhz processor or higher recommended - so I
know your code should work nicely with my Mayhem
interface :)

Re: MULTIROM

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--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 MultiROM-paging support is something what SAM
 (compared to Amstrad) really missed.
 Moving the DOS from disk to ROM was one of the first
 improvements in Atari ST line.
 
 My tips for MultiROM (or battery packed bootable
 RAM, flashRAM) slots are:
 (B)DOS, Master Basic, Comet, Turbomon, Speccy
 Emulator, File manager,...
 
 MultiROM could heavily recharge a use of SAM with a
 turbocard.
 :-)
 
 Josef

From what I recall it would allow 256 banks of 32K ROM
space.. by allowing a register to control each bank
used... and Simon had been working on getting TurboMon
running from this as well I believe.

I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages at
Martin Rookyards while he and Simon worked on it - and
some other great projects. :)

RE: WorldOfSam.org - 500 nodes and counting

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--- Chris White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Kool , might even buy a psp for this 
 
 Be nice to see simcoupe on gp2x (url here
 http://gp2x.co.uk/)
 

Wonder if that's Craig Rothwell still? His JSW PC
version was pretty decent :)

Re: Mayhem Accelerator - Prototype Complete

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Colin - just checking - did you get my subscription
renual?
--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I am now pleased to announce that on the 8th June
 the prototype of the
 Mayhem Accelerator was finally completed.
 
 With work on the accelerator starting in January
 2004, then first unveiled
 as a work in progress with an initial (and dodgy!)
 12MHz speed at the ORSAM
 show in November 2004. There's been plenty of
 hiccups along the way,
 including the latest just a couple of weeks ago when
 I somehow killed the
 prototype, so for quickness I built up another one
 from scratch and carried
 on where I had left off as I really wanted to get
 the hardware finished!
 
 What does the Mayhem Accelerator offer? Speed! It's
 what the Sam Coupé has
 been crying out for and the Mayhem Accelerator
 speeds up the Sam to 10MHz,
 16MHz and 20MHz speeds, with uncontended memory
 reading for a further boost.
 The final design also offers a 6MHz 'legacy' speed
 as well, to run at stock
 speed without having to unplug the interface.
 
 Using 'BogoMIPS' (by Frode Tennebo) and 'Fractal
 Explorer' (by Dr Andy
 Wright and Simon N. Goodwin) as two test programs to
 give some benchmarks of
 the final design here are the results:
 
 Fractal Explorer (generating the default Mandlebrot
 image)
 
 Normal Sam: 21.30 seconds
 Mayhem @ 10MHz: 10.56 seconds (202% speedup)
 Mayhem @ 16MHz: 7.20 seconds (296% speedup)
 Mayhem @ 20MHz: 6.06 seconds (352% speedup)
 
 BogoMIPS
 
 Normal Sam: 0.360 BogoMIPS
 Mayhem @ 10MHz: 0.748 BogoMIPS (208% speedup)
 Mayhem @ 16MHz: 1.208 BogoMIPS (336% speedup)
 Mayhem @ 20MHz: 1.513 BogoMIPS (420% speedup)
 
 The final stage now is to complete the designs for
 the PCB for the
 production version and build one up to go through
 testing, then the
 Accelerator will be ready. All going well it will be
 available in 8 weeks
 time at the start of August.
 
 More information will be in the forthcoming issue of
 Sam Revival covering
 the last month of development as well as the pricing
 of the Mayhem
 Acclerator and preordering information.  (SR issue
 15 - out later this
 month, see www.samcoupe.com to preorder this issue
 or to subscribe to the
 magazine)
 
 For previous news and updates please see:
 
  ORSAM 2004 Show report - Sam Revival issue 11
  Creating Mayhem article - Sam Revival issue 12
  Quazar News - Sam Revival issue 14
  www.samcoupe.com website - for news and videos of
 the
 Mayhem Accelerator in
 action.
 
 All the best,
 
 Colin
 =
 Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for
 the Sam Coupe
 April 1995-2006 - Celebrating 11 Years of developing
 for the Sam Coupe
 Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/
 
 
 

Re: Mayhem Accelerator - Prototype Complete

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--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 More information will be in the forthcoming issue of
 Sam Revival covering
 the last month of development as well as the pricing
 of the Mayhem
 Acclerator and preordering information.  (SR issue
 15 - out later this
 month, see www.samcoupe.com to preorder this issue
 or to subscribe to the
 magazine)
 
--- Paul Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
 Whats the price of the mayhem accelerator?
  __
 Do You Yahoo!?
 Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
 protection around 
 http://mail.yahoo.com 

Re: Mayhem Accelerator - Prototype Complete

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--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 looking forward to see what
 new things programmers can do with the extra speed!

Funnily enough I have an odd idea or two on that front
I'll email you about Colin ... :)
 
 Colin
 =
 Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for
 the Sam Coupe
 April 1995-2006 - Celebrating 11 Years of developing
 for the Sam Coupe
 Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/
 
 

Re: ROM Versions

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--- Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I just have one side note/question:
 Why is Mr. Wright always mentioned as Dr.? Is it
 his first name, or an 
 academic title? If it's a title, I don't understand

I think he holds several Doctorates, including in
heart related sciences?

Re: Latest Quazar News (April 2006)

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-- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 --- David Ledbury wrote:
  Certainly got my interest again! :)
 
 Just a shame there isn't room inside your Sam In A
 Can for it to fit, it'll
 have to connect on the euroconnector at the back!
 
 Colin

That's why I asked for the euro connector.. as I was
sure something tasty like this would come along :)

RE: Latest Quazar News (April 2006)

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--- Adrian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Nah, its still great today.  I cant wait for it, ive
 got some nice ideas for what it can do.
 
 Adrian

Certainly got my interest again! :)

RE: [OT] Outlet

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--- Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Stuart Brady wrote:
  Apparently, you can buy back-issues... although I
 can't 
  imagine very many people doing so.
 
 I contacted them about back-issues of the SAM
 version around this time last
 year, to fill the few holes in my collection.  I got
 this back:
 
  Back issues of the Spectrum version of Outlet is
 now only
  available on Disciple/+D disk and not at all for
 the Sam Coupe.
  I've passed a copy of your email to my partner to
 see if we
  still have a Spectrum index we can send you.
 
  Brian Cavers
  for Fidcal
 
 I didn't hear anything back after that though.
 
 Si
 
 
Does anyone actually have any copies as dsk or
whatever?

Re: SAM Coupe Keyboard Relay for Linux

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It is clever... I don't think I'd use it myself, but
it is an interesting idea :)


--- Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 OMG, why would anyone like to use it this way?
 
 
 - Original Message - 
 From: Stuart Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
 Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:22 AM
 Subject: SAM Coupe Keyboard Relay for Linux
 
 
  Hi all,
  
  I've written a few programs and a Linux kernel
 module that allow a SAM
  Coupe to be used as a keyboard under Linux.
  
  To use this, you'll need the SAM Comms interface
 and its driver disk,
  and a serial cable.
  
  For the programs, and information on how to use
 them, see:
 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wholehog/stuart/samkbd/index.html
  
  It's very slow at the moment (but good enough for
 me to write this
  email).  I will try to write a faster version in
 machine code.
  
  BTW, it uses the standard PC layout.  If you want
 to use the SAM's
  layout, it's best to create a new keymap and load
 it with loadkeys.
  
  Questions and feedback are welcome!
  
  Cheers,
  -- 
  Stuart Brady
  
  
  
 
 

Re: SAM Coupe Keyboard Relay for Linux

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Hmmm - imagine a Spectrum emulator working with a
Spectrum acting as a keyboard? :)

samcoupe.org

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Has the site been hacked?

Re: samcoupe.org

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I've been busy over the last week repairing several
hacked sites by some Brazillian hacking team... they
have no reason - they just did it for fun :(

--- Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Who would be interested in hacking it?
 
 - Original Message - 
 From: DAVID LEDBURY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
 Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:37 PM
 Subject: samcoupe.org
 
 
  Has the site been hacked?
  
  
  
 
 

Fwd: Re: samcoupe.org

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--- Steve Parry-Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:15:23 +0100 (GMT Daylight
 Time)
 From: Steve Parry-Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
 Subject: Re: samcoupe.org
 
 
 
 It does'nt look like it, just abandoned. Has any one
 had any contact with
 Gavin Smith?

Last contact I had, was when I offered to help set the
site up and host it... other than that, no.

Re: What has happened to Samcoupe.org ?

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Don't know sorry :(

(Gavin - if you're out there ... my offer is still open for an easy to maintain site for you)[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


any one got any news about what is happening with samcoupe.org ?


regards Steve(spt)


steve @ samcoupe-pro-dos_co_uk

Re: Experimental compact flash interface on ebay

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I would have placed a bid - but I don't use paypal :(

Good luck to anyone else.. you've some great kit there.Edwin Blink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,The experimental compact flash interface auction will end in about 12 hours.If any of you have interrest in it or other auctions please bid before youforget it.This is a one time change only and any unsold items will not be relisted.Edwin

RE: Anyway to get WAV output from SAA32?

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Very useful program indeed Total recorder

Re: Atom and other SAM stuff on ebay

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Will you take payment by cheque?
--- Edwin Blink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 To all monitoring my auctions and waiting for the
 final moments of the
 auctions.
 You don't have to wait till Sunday. The Auctions
 will close two days earlier
 on Friday.
 
 Nice to see so much interrest in the Atom ;-)
 
 Edwin
 
 
 
 
 
 

Change of contact details

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Hi Stewart

Hope you're well.

I'd recommend www.3dpixelnet.com - they're not free, but they are piss cheap ... and if you ever do anything needing a mysql database in the future - the standard package (about 17 quid a year) comes with a database as well as a decent amount of space :)

Regards
davidStewart Skardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone!Just in case any body wants to contact me at all, I'm now using[EMAIL PROTECTED] to post as my Freeserve account is due to beterminated very soon due to house moves.Will be moving to blueyonder asap, in the mean time if anyone can suggest afree web space provider to movesam-coupe.co.uk to then please can you let me know.Thanks!Regards,Stewart

Re: Change of contact details

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Actually was meant to send it as a private email - but the suggestion still holds :)DAVID LEDBURY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi Stewart

Hope you're well.

I'd recommend www.3dpixelnet.com - they're not free, but they are piss cheap ... and if you ever do anything needing a mysql database in the future - the standard package (about 17 quid a year) comes with a database as well as a decent amount of space :)

Regards
davidStewart Skardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone!Just in case any body wants to contact me at all, I'm now using[EMAIL PROTECTED] to post as my Freeserve account is due to beterminated very soon due to house moves.Will be moving to blueyonder asap, in the mean time if anyone can suggest afree web space provider to movesam-coupe.co.uk to then please can you let me know.Thanks!Regards,Stewart

Re: 10th Anniversary!

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 --- Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Really?
 
 Ehm, I bought Sam in july 1991. In the ad  prices
 sheet there was also Quazar Surround. It was
 advertised like Prince of Persia years before it
 actually came out, or what was it???

I'm pretty sure that Colins Soundcard came out after Prince.

Re: 10th Anniversary!

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--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Aley Keprt wrote:
  Really?
  Ehm, I bought Sam in july 1991. In the ad  prices
 sheet there
  was also Quazar Surround. It was advertised like
 Prince of
  Persia years before it actually came out, or what
 was it???
 
 Nope!
 
 The Quazar Surround was first mentioned on the
 sam-users list in late 1994
 when I was designing it, and then first demonstrated
 in April '95 at the
 Gloucester show. It was not advertised until that
 April once it was nearing
 release.

Was that the show with the t-shirts? :)
 
 In 1991, the only sound interface that was around
 was the Blue Alpha
 Sampler, which was on sale at the time for around 50
 quid.

Yep - I had one :)

Glad I bought yours!

 Colin
 =
 Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for
 the Sam Coupe
 April 1995-2005 - Celebrating 10 Years of developing
 for the Sam Coupe
 Website:  http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ and
 http://www.samcoupe.com/
 
 

Re: 10th Anniversary!

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--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 If I remember rightly there's been a couple people
 interested in doing a
 conversion of AWM over the last few years, but no
 other news about it yet
 but hopefully the projects will resurface! A 128k
 hack of AWM did appear on
 an issue of Blitz back in the 90's.

Monty Is Innocent would at least look decent on SAM -
compared to the original :)

RE: hello (again)

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 --- Geoff Winkless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Geoff Winkless wrote:
  I -thought- it had all gone a bit quiet... my NTL
 account is no more,
  and they've finally stopped forwarding the email
 :(
  
  Anyway, hello, have I missed anything?
 
 Apparently not :)
 
 Geoff

Last few days Colin posted a very generous offer for
free issues of his great mag... I'm sure someone will
repost the details - as I can't just at the mo :(

Re: OT: Contact for Balor Knight

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 --- Howard Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Hello everyone, quick question
 
 Has anyone got an email address/contact detail for
 Balor Knight?  I've 
 formed a band and named it after him (it's a great
 name!), and need to 
 apologise/congratulate him.  Thanks!

So long as it's not like the Baron Knights :)

 
 Tobermory=Howard
 - Now sadly hibernating from SAM but it's still only
 10 feet away from me

Mines a few miles away - but home soon!

RE: Sam on Ebay

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My SAM has a lovely Cherry Keyboard  Logitec Mouse :)


 --- Dan Doore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
  I'm jealous - my Sam used to be that nice white
 colour, many 
  years ago ;-)
 
 Heh heh heh.
 
 Mine's still that colour - how they laughed when I
 used to cover it with a
 duster when not in use, but who's laughing now!
 
 Bwa ha ha ha looks around ha ha h..
 
 Oh, just me then.
 
 Dan.
 
  

RE: Sam on Ebay

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Of course I am :)

My SAM is a bit of a 2-of-a-kind variation - as
visitors to last years NORSAM may recall :)

Speaking of which looking forward to this years -
so long as they turn the heating on this time! :)


 --- Versteeg, Benjamin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Yes, good question.
 I have not found any schematic for a PC keyboard and
 PC mouse interface on
 the net...
 
 I might add it into my Sam Multi Interface (when I
 ever start the
 development) when I find them.
 
 Ben
 
  -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
  Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Frans
 van Egmond
  Verzonden: vrijdag 24 september 2004 21:05
  Aan: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
  Onderwerp: Re: Sam on Ebay
  
  
  DAVID LEDBURY wrote:
  
  My SAM has a lovely Cherry Keyboard  Logitec
 Mouse
  
  
  Are you using one of Colins' gadgets to hook up
 that keyboard?
  
  Frans
  
 
 
 
 
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Re: One more time (was: Short Film Stuff)

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What sort of thing do you need for music?

David




 --- Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Here we go... :)
  
 Si
  
 ==
  
 Hi folks,
 I just thought I'd throw a few pictures your
 direction from the short film
 I've been working on.
  
 (I produced it (as well as some 2nd-unit camera
 work) and am editing,
 compositing and color timing it... other friends of
 mine wrote, directed,
 acted and so on).
  
 It's looking good. I'm not a huge fan of the script
 - I don't think it
 translates well - but at least it's something
 finished.
  
 Well, nearly finished... still editing it and about
 to get the musical score
 on it.
  
 Anyway... have a look:
  

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs1.jpg

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs2.jpg

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs3.jpg

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs4.jpg

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs5.jpg
  
 Gotta love 2 - I love sfx shots :)
  
 Si
  
  

Re: Short film stuff...

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Why didnt I get the original post?


 --- Frans van Egmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 What are you shooting it on?
 And how are you editing it? Avid ?
 Curious,
 
 Frans
 
 
 Frode Tenneboe wrote:
 
 On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:17:53 +0200
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 
 Hi folks,
 I just thought I'd throw a few pictures your
 direction from the short film
 I've been working on.
  
 (I produced it (as well as some 2nd-unit camera
 work) and am editing,
 compositing and color timing it... other friends
 of mine wrote, directed,
 acted and so on).
 
 
 
 Timinghow many T-states per scan line?
 
   
 
 It's looking good. I'm not a huge fan of the
 script - I don't think it
 translates well - but at least it's something
 finished.
 
 
 
 You mean it's scripted in C64 BASIC and it's tough
 to get it
 translated into SAM BASIC?
 
   
 
  
 Well, nearly finished... still editing it and
 about to get the musical score
 on it.
 
 
 
 SAA1099?
 
 
   
 
 Anyway... have a look:
  

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs1.jpg

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs2.jpg

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs3.jpg

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs4.jpg

http://www.popcornfilms.com/projects/tgs/frames/tgs5.jpg
  
 Gotta love 2 - I love sfx shots :)
 
 
 
 Please tell me that it has not been retouched. Is
 that _the_ nudity
 scene (scene 17)? There's probably more nudity in a
 weather forecast
 on radio.
 
  -Frode
 
   
 
  

Re: Terminal Question,CF update, Bunnik

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 --- Wolfgang Haller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Hi Edwin.
 
 I´ll be there and as far as I know Roelof Koning and
 Johan Koelman too. 
 I think, it will be the usual  people.
 Sounds interesting. :-)
 
 Till 11.
 Wolfgang

Damn! Short notice - I was hoping to go to the next
one :(

Is there anything coming up later in the year, at
least 6 weeks notice needed for me :(

Re: Shows... Driver abilities

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 --- Calvin Allett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Good luck with the shows :)
  
 Can anybody tell me if Driver could run two programs
 at once, both two progs onscreen at once, running..
 and also, with one task able to be not drawn but
 running..
  
 NIce to see all the old names, and that people are
 still doing stuff.
  
 Cal *_+

I dont think it could, but it wouldnt surprise me if
the planned Driver2 could do it how far did that
ever get?

(Remembers Steve Taylor chatting about it with a load
of us SAM owners on a train from a show the one
with the Entropy T-Shirt fun IIR :))

Re: Shows... Driver abilities

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I think he started work on it - but due to various
reasons decided not to go further.

I could be wrong however. 

David


 --- Calvin Allett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 I don`t know, hadn`t even heard of Driver version
 two `til Colin mentioned it to me...
  
 What`s Steve up to now?\
  
 I kinda left the SAM scene in `94, but been actively
 loving SimCoupe for 3 yeas or so :)
 
 DAVID LEDBURY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 --- Calvin Allett wrote: 
  Good luck with the shows :)
  
  Can anybody tell me if Driver could run two
 programs
  at once, both two progs onscreen at once,
 running..
  and also, with one task able to be not drawn but
  running..
  
  NIce to see all the old names, and that people are
  still doing stuff.
  
  Cal *_+
 
 I dont think it could, but it wouldnt surprise me if
 the planned Driver2 could do it how far did that
 ever get?
 
 (Remembers Steve Taylor chatting about it with a
 load
 of us SAM owners on a train from a show the one
 with the Entropy T-Shirt fun IIR :))
 
 
   
 -
  ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even
 more fun!   

RE: Help

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 --- Versteeg, Benjamin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 


 I only have one, with no floppy drive, and I've
 never loaded any software on
 it :)
 Just one more week and my move is over...


You need to speak to Colin Pigott on that one - he
does drive units as well: www.quazar.clara.net

Fwd: ORSAM 2004 (Norwich Sinclair and Clones Show)

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Tarquins having problems sending this to the list - so
has asked me to forward it on.

Can someone check his bouncing mail thingy out?

Thanks :)


--- Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:58:35 +0100
 From: Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 Hi,
 
 Thank you for attending our ORSAM 2003 (Spectrum and
 SAM) show and helping
 to make it a success.  As  the show is in its second
 year, and there is 
 going to be a Quanta workshop as well (with Z88 and
 ZX81 supported 
 officially now also), there will be more stalls and
 more visitors. The 
 show will be advertised in Retro Gamer, and a
 representative from the 
 magazine will be present at the show. 
 
 I hope you can join us on Sat, 6th November, 2004
 and would like you to 
 book again; everything is free as before. I would
 appreciate it if you 
 could let me know in advance of anything that needs
 publicising. i.e. 
 special offers, or items you want to buy. Tell me
 what you want, give
 me feed back of your experiences from last year. 
 Can you give a talk, 
 or know anyone else who can?
 
 Please could you pass on through your channels news
 of this show, so 
 that the attendance will be good. There will be an
 official dinner 
 after the show, attendance is optional, venue not
 yet decided.  
 Looking forward to hearing from you. 
 
 -- 
Tarquin Mills
 Norwich Sinclair and Clones Show (ORSAM 2004)
 http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/orsam/
 http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Sinclair/petition.html
 (Bring Back YS)
  

Re: Re[2]: Sam Lives - Maybe

[DAVID LEDBURY]

 --- Andy Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 
 Don't get me worried - I've just bought some Corsair
 XMS memory and so
 far it's fantastically stable and ridiculously fast
 (and no, I don't
 work for them!)
 

Corsair's very nice stuff - and that's not just as
they gave me a nice t-shirt :)

Re: Sam Lives - Maybe

[DAVID LEDBURY]

 --- Ian Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote: 
 Just a test as I haven't had anything from the list
 since the 16th July.. Sams in hibernation,
 everyones on the beach
 Ian
  

Working on my next piece for SR at the moment - in
between a few site updates... and a few too long days
at work :(

Re: Sam Lives - Maybe

[DAVID LEDBURY]

 --- Howard Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 I think so!  I'm just working on my PC at the
 moment.  Oh for the 
 simplicity of memory you can trust   :)
 Howard

Working on my PC while my SAM gets a bit more of a
tweak :) - it's back home under the tft very soon I
hope! :)

still looking....

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Still trying to locate Roger Hartley

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks

Re: Sam Coupe diagrams

[DAVID LEDBURY]

I dont think we had any notification of this show on the mailing list this time - and I actually was possibly going to be able to make it.

Is there any other shows being held in Germany or the Netherlands in the near future?Wolfgang Haller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
!!! I saw this:
Worldwide news! Did you know Wolfgang can't solder ??? He's learning at the moment of this picture :)Erm who do yout think has brought this fine short circuit to the Quazar by soldering?Maybe it was me ;-Give me enough tin and I solder everything :-)And yes - I learned a lot these two days at Urmond which means, that such meetings are very important to me (and other ones)WolfgangEdwin Blink wrote:
From: "Simon Owen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

  
I've just spotted the Urmond pics - some nice SAM shots in there :-)

Yes and some very interesting ones too :-). 

Edwin


  

Re: Sam Coupe diagrams

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Edwin Blink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

If that doesn't work you can always get the Russian Kuazar right. ?I'm looking forward to that article in your magazine :-)Edwin
Which reminds me - 2 subscriptions I have to pay for Wolfgangs magazine - and Sam Revival :)

Re: BMP2SCR EXP 2.11

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Excellent!LCD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay, I will check the discs and hope to find a working version again...:-)))LCDHoward Price wrote: Bummer! I think you underestimate how well a utility like that would  go down though, a Vib Ribbon ripoff on the SAM looks possible (at a  reduced framerate) and would be really fun to develop! -howard At 12:08 12-04-04, you wrote: Hi Howard, This question was asked many times, but sorry, no, the development  disc was in the SAM drive as I switched my him off... A big mistake! This means, it is gone, maybe I still  can find a earlier copy, if so, I will release it on my home page. I still have over 200 discs full of my stuff to  check. And I do not remember that I ever started to develop that !
 much in
 the 90's. But the VAnimator was very simple. You was able to draw points and  lines with mouse, and the previous anim frame was always displayed in blue "under" the current frame, a  simple Light-table kind of thing, and it took forever to make these animations, but it was a great fun. I made also calculated Blitz$ animations for some demos and games,  check "Heavier than Metal" on my home page, in games section. Anyway, I think Bmp2scr EXP is much more useful for games development  than VAnimator ever was :-). LCD Howard Price wrote: Hello LCD, This looks interesting - are you going to put your VAnimator up for  download? Those compiled Blitz$ animations were really cool! -Tob At 08:42 !
 12-04-04,
 you wrote: Hi guys, Another "milestone release" of BMP2SCR EXP, the version 2.11a is  now available for download from my webpage (http://lcd-one.da.ru). I added many  new SAM conversion modes, like colour error diffusion and Mode4 interlace,  but there are even more improvements, check it out and tell me your opinion. Greetings and happy eastern LCD

RE: Announcement - Sam Revival 8 out now!

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Look forward to it Adrian!

RegardsAdrian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cool - cant wait :) - Must apologise to Colin and everyone else for the lack of S.R. support fromme over the last months, its been a very very busy period, but hopefully Illget things moving again :)Adrian -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OnBehalf Of Colin PigggotSent: 13 April 2004 09:54To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.noSubject: Announcement - Sam Revival 8 out now!Issue 8 of Sam Revival is out now, and subscribers issues were postedearlier so they should turn up in the next day or two.This issue kicks off with the usual Quazar News, and the Sam Scene Rounduplisting news and events from around the Sam world. The first feature articlein this issue is 'The Forgotten Artifacts of Sam", which looks back at someof the hardware and software that has been
 released for the Sam over theyears but was never well known about - in this issue we take a look at theVoicebox from Blue Alpha Electronics which was briefly on sale from 1990 to1991.Other articles include the last part of David Ledbury's walkthrough of ManicMiner, taking a look at the last four levels in each section, as well hisclosing words with some more anecdotes from the time the game was developed.And lastly Wolfgang Haller finishes off his History of B-DOS series, lookingat the more modern versions of the hard drive DOS.This issue of Sam Revival costs £2 (or 3.75 euros for international readers,including airmail postage). And my usual offer still applies, if you haven'ttried Sam Revival yet then you can get the latest issue at the discountedprice of £1.50 (3 euros for international readers). I still have copied leftof the sample issue of Sam Revival I put together, which has a handful ofpages from issues 1-6.
 This is available totally free of charge - for a copyjust email me directly with your postal address.On the website you will also find a segment from this issue's editorial,outlining the expansion of Sam Revival which starts with issue 9 - which isdue to be released at the end of MayAll the best,ColinQuazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam CoupeWebsite: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/Issue Eight of "Sam Revival" Magazine Out Now !

RE: Unsubbs...

[DAVID LEDBURY]

And as you've just reminded me of another Entropy member who's vanished...

Has anyone got any contact details for "Dr H" Roger Hartley at all?

BTW - anyone checked out Steven "Pickasso" Picks sites at all?Howard Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey hey! I'm still here but under different email addresses. [EMAIL PROTECTED] won't let me on any more.-howardAt 16:44 09-04-04, you wrote:
good to see you! :)Howard was on not so long ago as wellStewart Skardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

But I'm still here :o(
Please don't un-sub me!
Regards,
Stewart 

Re: Happy Easter.

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Likewise here :)
Wolfgang Haller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Happy Easter days to all on the list.Wolfgang

RE: Unsubbs...

[DAVID LEDBURY]

good to see you! :)

Howard was on not so long ago as wellStewart Skardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But I'm still here :o(Please don't un-sub me!Regards,Stewart-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Behalf Of Frode TennneboeSent: 08 April 2004 12:41To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.noSubject: Unsubbs...FYI:The following mail addresses will shortly be forcefullyunsubscribed due to failed delivery. In addition two more arepending.Unsubbed now:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]Pending:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]Regards,-Frode--^ Frode Tennebø | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^| Ericsson AS | Isebakkeveien 49 || N-1788 Halden | Phone: +47 45 24 99 39 || with Standard.Disclaimer; use
 Standard.Disclaimer; |

Re: Atom Poll

[DAVID LEDBURY]

I think I had one of the first - and I did have the same problem...

although I actually like that whine as I at least knew the drive was working then -as it was soo quiet! :)

(No noise with Compact Flash!) :)Howard Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've got almost exactly the same setup as Andy here. I have occasional problems with the connections so my SAM comes apart quite a lot at the moment, and something must be badly earthed, because 'hard disk whine' comes through the monitor quite badly. Maybe it's cos (I think) I've got the first Atom interface made. can anyone else make this claim?-Howard aka Tobermory, still quietly listening though not posting much.At 19:27 02-04-04, you wrote:I might as well post on list as well:  -Do have a Atom ?Yes - a real one and one on Sim Coupe ;-)  -What do you hook up to it ?A 42Mb Seagate Connor 2.5inch Laptop drive, fittedinternally in drive bay 2.I've an old 220Mb one to fit instead, but don't thinkI'll bother now - not managed to fill the 42
 yet!Cheers,Andy Chandler --- Edwin Blink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:  Howmany of you :   -Do have a Atom ?  -Don't have a atom ?  If you have a atom  -What do you hook up to it ?   Please let me know off-list.   Thanks   Edwin 

Re: Re[2]: Atom Poll

[DAVID LEDBURY]

That sounds quite likely - the Amstrad PSUs never had a lot of juice.Dan Doore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I have heard the drive spin down for no apparent reason and I have to power-cycle the SAM to spin it back up again.I had this problem with mine, although it tended to happen most on startup -I fixed it by replacing the Sam PSU with a PC one and running a seperatepower feed to the HD so that it had enough juice.Dan.

Re: Atom Poll

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Justin Skists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Edwin Blink wrote:How many of you :-Don't have a atom ? That would be me... :(Juzza.

Re: Atom Poll

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Since everyone else is posting this to the list (even though Edwin said not! :))

Yes I do 

128Mb CF Cards

Cant remember which BDOS version - but I know the latest didnt like CF cards :(

BTW - has anyone modded any software to use the Atom for saving etc?

Simon - what about a "Virtual SAM" and "Virtual Atom"?Edwin Blink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How many of you :-Do have a Atom ?-Don't have a atom ?If you have a atom-What do you hook up to it ?Please let me know off-list.ThanksEdwin

Re: Atom Poll

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Oh yes - i've one on Sim Coupe as well... but I dont know how to set it up!

Has anyone managed to get a real sam talking to sim coupe yet midi - serial - something must be possible? :([EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I might as well post on list as well: -Do have a Atom ?Yes - a real one and one on Sim Coupe ;-) -What do you hook up to it ?A 42Mb Seagate Connor 2.5inch Laptop drive, fittedinternally in drive bay 2.I've an old 220Mb one to fit instead, but don't thinkI'll bother now - not managed to fill the 42 yet!Cheers,Andy Chandler--- Edwin Blink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:  Howmany of you :  -Do have a Atom ? -Don't have a atom ? If you have a atom -What do you hook up to it ?  Please let me know off-list.  Thanks  Edwin 

Re: Atom Poll

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Edwin - as you are the clever person who designed the Atom in the first place (when you originally released the design via Malcolm Mackenzie) - we are all ready to listen to any great ideas you have!
Edwin Blink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please let me know off-list.Why - everybody may know.Well I didn't want to flood the list with poll result. But it turns outinterresting though.If almost every one has a atom and uses CF with it already. There will benot muchuse for another 'atom-less' dual CF interface or CF/PCMCIA to IDE adapterwould there(other then me having fun with it) ?Edwin

Re: Matt Round

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Aye - I spotted this a while ago - quite a decent site indeed :)Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was pasted a link today: http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/tribute/Very funny but then I delved a bit deeper and realised the site was done by Matt Round (Malevolent) of much SAM goodness fame. He's even employed the "notes on top of notes" type of design on the front page of his site, that he used in Derf!His company site is (guess!) www.malevolent.comI must email him and tell him I still worship him. (Remember One Man And His Frog? Genius!)Gavin

Re: SAM Web Browser

[DAVID LEDBURY]

In theory - possible - as a lot of work has been done in the past by Cookie and others in pracise? Converting a project like this would take a lot of work - and tbh - it would probably need a few Spectrum people starting a conversion to help speed things up..Jorge Meireles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,I found this site http://www.dunkels.com/adam/contiki/ and I'm wonder when aweb browser and tcp/ip stack I the old SAM ;)It seems that Commodore 64 already have one :(Regards,Meireles

RE: /XMEM

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Well you did do a lot of fiddling around with it for the Ryan ;)Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IIRC, the XMEM line goes low when the external memory area is addressed(upper 32k of the memory map, with external memory turned on in HMEM).The external memory addressing is controlled by two latches at ports 128 and129 (XMEML and XMEMH), which decide which 16k page of the external memory ispaged into the section between 32768 and 49151 (XMEML), and 49152 to 65535(XMEMH).And yes, I wish I could ditch that info from my brain to make room for otherstuff - like maybe recipes for interesting kinds of jello.-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OnBehalf Of Edwin BlinkSent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:51 PMTo: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.noSubject: /XMEMThanks for trying. Nev,GeoffI was looking for info about the /XMEM signal as the manal is not
 veryinformative.Does anybody know the implementation of it? or has a schematic of the 1Megexpansion or original Soft Rom board in which this signal is also used ?Edwin

Re: Re: Port discriptions at the rear

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Probably changed on a second production run

Re: English

[DAVID LEDBURY]

LCD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

The eight Doctor? Is there still only a movie or did they have created a new TVseries with that version of the Doctor? Or is there another Doctor?
It's a little vague at the moment - but it looks like there is going to be a 9th doctor on the new series (he's going to run out of regenerations soon! although he's still possibly got to be Merlin or the Valeyard!) ... and yes, there is a new series underway - for next year sometime.
I think the 8th Doctor may make an appearance in a new movie that is apparently being worked on.
For more details - see www.gallifreyone.com - and the choice of Rusell T Davies as TV series producer is an interesting - and I think good one.

Re: English

[DAVID LEDBURY]

And from the same person who's behind the new Doctor Who as well :)Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We're all friends here...Realization: U.S. English.Realisation: U.K. English.Some U.S. spellings are actually old English spellings, and the languageseparated over time.So the correct spelling depends on the country you're in. Typically, ifyou see "z" being used for "s" in words, it's American.www.onelook.com can be very useful for this kind of thing, btw...Simonps. They just started showing the American version of Touching Evilhere... my god... finally, an American port of a British show thatdoesn't *suck*.- Original Message - From: "Aley Keprt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Sam Users" Sent: Saturdday, March 13, 2004 7:01 AMSubject: English I have a question for native Englishmen: 'realization' or 'realisation'? What version
 is correct, or "more correct". Is 'eralisation' somewhatolder or old-fashioned term? Please answer off the list, this is not sam-related. Sorry. :-) -- Mgr.(MSc.) Ale¹ Keprt (also known as Aley) [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** www.keprt.cz *** ICQ: 82357182 Dept. of Computer Science, V©B Technical University Ostrava, CZ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.cs.vsb.cz --

Looking for a Dr?

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Well - actually I'm trying to locate Roger Hartley - aka Dr Hartley.

Has anyone got any contact details for him at all?

Many thanks in advance!

David

RE: AJ Incorporates Demodisks

[DAVID LEDBURY]

AJ Incorperates 4 - the one I put together for Mike - doesn't use this however :)Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah... Ye olde MaxiDOS disks. It loads a screen image from the higher tracks,and then loads the dos from the same area, using a customized version of theboot sector. You won't be missing too much if you don't have it - butMaxiDOS was an old experiment of mine that pretty much *only* AJ got copiesof, so it's worth saving for posterity's sake (if you care :-)).Alternatively, you can just load the DOS from another disk and then boot theAJ disks to get them to run.Simon-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OnBehalf Of Simon OwenSent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:00 AMTo: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.noSubject: AJ Incorporates DemodisksDoes anyone still have the AJ Incorporates Demodisks?Disks 1, 7 and 8 are on NVG in .td0 format, but only disk 8 appears to
 work.Disks 1 and 7 use a custom boot loader (written by Simon Cooke?), whichattempt to read sector 1 from track 80 after the Press A Key prompt.Unfortunately, the images only contain tracks 0 to 79 so they fail with aloading error :-/I'd like to see them re-imaged, with the missing disks added - can anyonehelp?Si

Re: SimCoupe 0.90 beta 10

[DAVID LEDBURY]

Justin Skists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Simon Owen wrote:I won't be touching C# or .NET unless I can help it! ;-) good call!
I'm sure someone on the list had something to do with C#?

Re: Anyone using CP/M

[David Ledbury]

Well Chris Pile may be around here somewhere... and I can think of no-one
better to speak up on this :)

David
-
Quote of the day: All parts should go together without forcing. You must
remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you.
Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By
all means, do not use a hammer. (1925 IBM Maintenence Manual)
-


- Original Message -
From: Andy Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 10:15 PM
Subject: Anyone using CP/M


 Hi all,

 I'm writing an article on CP/M for the next issue of my Sinclair mag.
 AlchNews and wondered if there was anyone out there who'd used or is still
 using CP/M on the SAM?

 Thanks

 Andy

Re: özür dileriz

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: özür dileriz


  Look guys, some of us just can't be arsed to read html.
  Can I make a plea for plain text.
  Nev

 Don't worry - that email was foreign spam anyway :)

 Colin
 
 Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam
 Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
 Issue One of Sam Revival Out Now !

Whatever happened to plain text spam :(

-
Quote of the day: All parts should go together without forcing. You must
remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you.
Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By
all means, do not use a hammer. (1925 IBM Maintenence Manual)
-

Re: Games

[David Ledbury]

Available to purchase from SAM Community.

Money of which going to charity.

NOT available for download!

David

Re: Games

[David Ledbury]

Well tell Gavin to pull his finger out.

He was granted permission around 8 - 12 months ago...

David

Re: Games

[David Ledbury]

www.samcommunity.org - i think



- Original Message - 
From: Fred Bloggs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: Games


 Who's Gavin? I don't mind telling him.
 
 
 From: David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reply-To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
 Subject: Re: Games
 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 21:51:42 -
 
 Well tell Gavin to pull his finger out.
 
 He was granted permission around 8 - 12 months ago...
 
 David
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 _
 Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. 
 http://www.hotmail.com
 

Re: 6.HCC's Megaman Cup

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: 6.HCC's Megaman Cup


  From: Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   And finally, I don't know Exodus or Stratosphere, so I can't say
 anything to
   them. Please, can somebody send them to me by e-mail?
 
  Thats a bit of a stupid question to ask, Aley...
 
  Seeing as
 
  STRATOSPHERE IS STILL BEING SOLD !
 
  (By ME incase you didn't know)
 
  It's not very nice to see people asking for them to be sent
  copyrighted software.
 

 I thought piracy was illegal?

In fact - as most of Persona's titles are being sold as Charityware - any
Persona titles given away will be absoluttely frowned on.

The titles are/will be available from Gavin - or other sources - for a very
nominal fee!

Thanks

David

Re: 6.HCC's Megaman Cup

[David Ledbury]

 From: Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  And finally, I don't know Exodus or Stratosphere, so I can't say 
anything to
  them. Please, can somebody send them to me by e-mail?
 
 Thats a bit of a stupid question to ask, Aley...
 
 Seeing as 
 
 STRATOSPHERE IS STILL BEING SOLD !
 
 (By ME incase you didn't know)
 
 It's not very nice to see people asking for them to be sent
 copyrighted software. 
 

I thought piracy was illegal?


-- 

Re: 6.HCC's Megaman Cup

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sam Users sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 5:27 AM
Subject: 6.HCC's Megaman Cup


 You are invited!
 6.HCC's Megaman Cup is starting right now. It's a traditional
multiplatofmr
 on-line game tournament.

 This year we play also Pipe Mania on Sam Coupe, and it is very probably
also
 the last time we use Sam Coupe (because of the lack of any good games for
 Sam). So come and play with us.

Lack of any good games!!!

Stratosphere!
errr...
Exodus
SAM Manic Miner (Of course... the best Manic Miner ever!)
errr...
help me folks!

Re: visit mid December.

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Frans van Egmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: visit mid December.


 Depending on your time of arrival a train would be cheaper.
 Taxi's are always present at Schiphol but extremely costly, a train runs
 from underneath Schiphol right into the centre of Amsterdam, you could
 take a taxi from the station to your hotel.

True, the Taxi's are expensive (90 Guilders from Schiphol to where we
stopped in Amsterdam!) but depends on if you have the patiencce to find the
right train :)

Re: who

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Nev Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: who


 On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 07:31:42 +, Ian Dalziel
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  At 08:23 21/11/2001 +0100, you wrote:
  who
 
  why?
 
 what ?

How!

(Waiting for someone to break into the rest of the lyrics for the PSB's Was
It Worth It) :)

Sorry ...! :)

Re: A few things.

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Stewart Skardon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: SAM Users sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 7:44 PM
Subject: A few things.


 Hi everyone. Long time no speak.

And thanks to this mail bounce ... u made up for it 3 times over :)

 I've received an email from a SAM owner who is looking to sell his setup.

Don't suppose u have the name at all? I'd be interested to hear if it was
one of my old customers?

 Is there anyone on the list who knows of anybody who may be interested in
 obtaining a 512k SAM with various items of software?
 If so, please let me know and I'll forward details on.

Interested - but mainly in the software  (hopefully!) magazines!

 While I'm here, can anyone tell me if they have heard any news about SAM
 community.

No idea - they're supposed to be re-releasing the Persona titles as
charity-ware and I've heard nowt about it :(

 I've not been to the web site for ages, and once again I was contemplating
 obtaining a copy of the newsletter for myself. Alas! The website has
 vanished. Any help would be appreciated.

I think it's moved - Gav's about... but not heard what's going on yet :(

 Thanks in advance for any help,

No probs!

 web   : http://www.sam-coupe.co.uk

And a jolly good site it is too!

[no subject]

[David Ledbury]

Repeating 4 times now?

What's going on oh-list master?

Re: Broken link

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: Broken link


   Yeah, that's the old site.  The new one is simply
www.samcommunity.org,
  but
   refuses me.  Ah well.
   -tob
 
  Likewise www.samcommunity.org.uk

 A few people have been emailing me asking about the url as my email
address
 is the only one that appears on the old page at the www.samcommunity.co.uk
 address as there is a small news bit (from last year!) linking to my site!

Anyone else recieving double copies of emails?

Re: Broken link

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Howard Price [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:51 AM
Subject: RE: Broken link


 Yeah, that's the old site.  The new one is simply www.samcommunity.org,
but
 refuses me.  Ah well.
 -tob

Likewise www.samcommunity.org.uk

Re: Defender Update!

[David Ledbury]

- 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...

[David Ledbury]

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...

[David Ledbury]

- 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: FLM dsk

[David Ledbury]

btw anyone in touch with david handley these days?
- Original Message - 
From: Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:17 AM
Subject: FLM dsk


 Would someone to me a favour and send me a disk image (dsk or sad) of 
 Football League Manager please? I have the disk (I can send you a webcam 
 image of it if you don't believe me!) but the only PC I have access to 
 is Win 2000 and Edwin's Disk Manager doesn't work with it - nor do 
 samdisk/samdsk.
 
 Oh and if you are going to send it, please send it to me, not the list ;)
 
 Gavin
 (Apologies if my time zone is messed up - I'm on a developer's build of 
 Mac OS X 10.1 and it might be like this for a week or so :/ )
 
 
 

Re: WOP GAMMA

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: WOP GAMMA


 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Never heard of WOP GAMMA, its one of the best if not the best SAM game
out
 I
  recon.  But the protection on the disc is iron clad!  I think Simon
Cookes
 was
  to blame for that??  Anyway theres a demo on one of the fred disks
FRED34
 I
  think.  Anyone got a converted version out there?

 Nope - that one wasn't me  :-) Although I do remember having a copy of
it -
 not an official one though - so either I or someone else I knew could
crack
 the protection.


Wasn't it Daniel Cannon?

Re: WOP GAMMA

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: WOP GAMMA


 From: David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Nope - that one wasn't me  :-) Although I do remember having a copy of
  it -
   not an official one though - so either I or someone else I knew could
  crack
   the protection.
  
 
  Wasn't it Daniel Cannon?

 Well... IIRC, that would mean that it was bad-track or missing-track
 protection. We muthas with hge egos used different tricks ;-)

I remembered upsetting Daniel by cracking his protection in 4 seconds on
E-Tracker

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 4:45 AM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?


 From: Paul Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Still working for a semiconductor company; I work in the bit making the
  drivers for the set top box hardware we make. It's okay, except when (as
  now) you have cells that are seriously screwed up.

 Oh cool  :)

  (UDMA and MWDMA that you effectively can't use! Woohoo!)
 
  How come you're at Sierra now, anyway? Last I saw a mail from you, you
 were
  at ... wherever you went after Microsoft.

 ... which was Sierra :) (well, Sierra Home... same difference for now...
 although officially we're VUIPNA - vivendi universal interactive
publishing
 north america)

Sounds more like something you can get treated by a cream at the doctors :)

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Mark Sturdy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?


 You know, the amount he gets talked about, anyone'd think Bob Brenchley
was
 the only interesting thing ever to happen on this lis-


I remember something about a computer once?

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Nev Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?


 On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:05:37 +0100, David Ledbury
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Any idea who Ken Elston is?
  Just wondering as he seemed to share an  email address with Samsboss?

 IIRC Mr R P Brenchley's father.

 Bob used the name as a pseudonym in format, he even published some of
 my stuff under that name, and later as an alias on here.

That explains the odd postings I found a while ago under

Ken Elston ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

 Bob and I fell out a few times over his use of multiple personas which
 I did, and still do, feel is wrong. I tried to treat it as a game but
 with hindsight I see that many here did not think it was a good game.

It may have been intended that way - but it's a bit like creating people to
back you up ... a bit easy to abuse as it turned out ;(

 Now that so much time has passed I don't have any qualms about saying
 what I believe to be the truth, but as I said elsewhere, even I don't
 know the whole story.

 When I first started on-line Bob let me use the samsboss account on
 pipeline as the news feed from my own isp was crap, hence many people
 thought I was samsboss.

 I believe that he was also Bill Ritman but I never got him to admit
 that to me. Again IIRC Ritman is his uncle or some such aquaintance.

Figures.

 I never said any of that. You've not seen me, you never heard it from
 me. OK :-)

My lips are sealed

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?



 - Original Message -
 From: Nev Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
 Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 6:47 PM
 Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?


  On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:05:37 +0100, David Ledbury
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
   Any idea who Ken Elston is?
   Just wondering as he seemed to share an  email address with
Samsboss?
 
  IIRC Mr R P Brenchley's father.
 
  Bob used the name as a pseudonym in format, he even published some of
  my stuff under that name, and later as an alias on here.

 That explains the odd postings I found a while ago under

 Ken Elston ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Talking of who - just having great fun reading an old posting in CSS from
Bob et al ;)

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=ensafe=offth=8bbe51e3ca248673,100start
=0

Good bit of verbal action :)

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Paul Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?


 On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:04:00AM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:

  mean can you remember just how long all this crap went on for? I'm
  entitled to two sentences to say how I feel about him now.

 Actually, I'm with Mark on this; I'm surprised you feel anything about him
 now. It's a long time ago this happened; Bob, Format, the Sam, etc. aren't
 relevant to anything any longer. Let him go, forget him, otherwise you're
 just wasting energy thinking about him.

Slander I can't forgive.

Don't wish him harm - particularly if he's ill - but I cant forgive him
though.

Re: Tech Manual

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Chris White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 10:14 PM
Subject: RE: Tech Manual


 Not Mr J F , it was done by Martin if i remeber ,i have the tif images
here
 i just need to run them thought the ocr , i also got half way though
 scanning User manual , but been busy with work :(

 And if i remeber there was all sorts of legal stuff going about if it was
 scanned in etc :)

From a gentleman who's not exactly kept to the letter of the law in all
cases :(

No names mentioned!

Upload away

Re: Sam Prime

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Dave Whitmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: Sam Prime


 On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 20:58:58 +0100 Tue, 14 Aug 01 20:58:06 BST, David
 Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  *I* created the SAM Newsdisk - with Alan Miles
  *I* created PRIME when SAMCo went down... SAM Premier was the working
 name
  for the Newsdisk you see ;)
 
  BTW - I still own all copyright on SAM Prime - and ONLY SAM Community
has
  permission to distribute the issues! (For that matter, as SAMCo never
paid
  me for all the work on the Newsdisk - it could be argued that I still
own
  the SAM Newsdisk - and Brenchley owes me loads of royalties!!!)
 
 
 Sorry if I sound a bit arrogant ... but I was always proud of my work
with
 the Newsdisk and Prime ...

 Christ, I could almost hear strains of Sir Edward Elgar during that
 little rant!

Please elucidate?

Who's Ken Elston?

[David Ledbury]

Any idea who Ken Elston is?

Just wondering as he seemed to share an  email address with Samsboss?

David

Re: Sam Prime

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message - 
From: Dave Whitmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: Sam Prime


 On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:27:03 +0100 Tue, 14 Aug 01 23:58:02 BST, David
 Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
  Christ, I could almost hear strains of Sir Edward Elgar during that
  little rant!
 
 Please elucidate?
 
 Pomp and Circumstance. Or 'Land of Hope and Glory'.
 
 Clear enough? :-)

Wibble

Re: Tech Manual

[David Ledbury]

 
 
  Just a quick question: anyone know what the latest version of the 
Tech
  Manual released is? I have version 3.0 but isn't there a newer 
version?
 
  Gavin
 
 I'd like to know whether ROM disassembly and Tech Manual is avaialble

 somewhere on the net.
 I have Sam Newsdisks with ROM sources, but there's only ROM0. Is it 
possible
 to get ROM1?
 
 Aley

SAM Prime  Bitz featured up to towards the end of Rom 1 - if memory 
serves me right

-- 

Re: Sam Prime

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sam Users sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:33 PM
Subject: Sam Prime


 I have two questions.

 How many issues of Sam Prime exist?
 What has it to do with Sam News? The author(s) seem(s) to be the same.

IIR - 6 on disk - 2 on paper.

*I* created the SAM Newsdisk - with Alan Miles
*I* created PRIME when SAMCo went down... SAM Premier was the working name
for the Newsdisk you see ;)

BTW - I still own all copyright on SAM Prime - and ONLY SAM Community has
permission to distribute the issues! (For that matter, as SAMCo never paid
me for all the work on the Newsdisk - it could be argued that I still own
the SAM Newsdisk - and Brenchley owes me loads of royalties!!!)

Re: Sam Prime

[David Ledbury]

- Original Message -
From: David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: Sam Prime



 - Original Message -
 From: Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: Sam Users sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
 Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:33 PM
 Subject: Sam Prime


  I have two questions.
 
  How many issues of Sam Prime exist?
  What has it to do with Sam News? The author(s) seem(s) to be the same.

 IIR - 6 on disk - 2 on paper.

 *I* created the SAM Newsdisk - with Alan Miles
 *I* created PRIME when SAMCo went down... SAM Premier was the working
name
 for the Newsdisk you see ;)

 BTW - I still own all copyright on SAM Prime - and ONLY SAM Community has
 permission to distribute the issues! (For that matter, as SAMCo never paid
 me for all the work on the Newsdisk - it could be argued that I still own
 the SAM Newsdisk - and Brenchley owes me loads of royalties!!!)


Sorry if I sound a bit arrogant ... but I was always proud of my work with
the Newsdisk and Prime ...

:)