RE: Advice requested

[stefan_schomburg]

True, the SAM SCART cable is a special one. Either you make one yourself or you 
order from Colin (http://www.samcoupe.com/). I once managed to reverse an 
original SAM cable and did not pay attention to the labels “TV” and “SAM”. This 
also lead to a black screen.


Regards,
Stefan

From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On 
Behalf Of Leszek Chmielewski
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2018 11:52 PM
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Subject: Re: Advice requested

You need a special Scart cable. The wiring is in the manual. Alternative is the 
Composite Video and Audio signal from the Power socket.

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 9:19 PM, Jason Thacker 
> wrote:
All the electronics have arrived, but when I connect it all up, there is no 
video signal.

My disk light flashes on power up and when I push the f9 key, but no video 
signal.

Is it possible I need a special SCART cable (I have seen one on eBay)?

I am running out of ideas as to what could be wrong.

Thanks,

Jason

From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no 
[mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On 
Behalf Of Simone Voltolini
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2017 10:43 AM
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Subject: R: Advice requested

That HDMI upscaler is PERFECT for Sam/Speccy/ZX81/QL 

I use it for all 4 machines 





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Da: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no 
[mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] Per conto di Jason Thacker
Inviato: martedì 26 dicembre 2017 16:34
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Advice requested

Thanks to some generous relatives, I have had my Sam shipped over from the UK 
to the USA (where I now live).

Voltage is not a concern, step up converters are cheap on Amazon. But I would 
like to be able to display the image from the Sam on my TV and unfortunately 
SCART sockets were never put on American TVs.

What would be the best option for converting the SCART to an HDMI connector? 
Would something like this be OK?

https://www.amazon.com/CiBest-Converter-Adapter-Support-Set-top/dp/B06Y43RVLH/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8=1514302351=8-3=scart+to+hdmi+converter

Any help/advice gratefully accepted.

Thanks,

Jason

Re: Raising the price benchmark??

[stefan_schomburg]

I'd never sell, although I could almost retire then. I have three SAMs here :-)

Sent from my iPhone

 On 11 Mar 2014, at 15:28, Balor Price toberm...@cookingcircle.co.uk wrote:
 
 Would you sell though?  My beloved SAM is pretty broken but I wouldn't dream 
 of flogging it.. 
 
 Howard 
 
 Chris Pile chris.p...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
 
 Well if the result of this (http://goo.gl/kbtMkZ) eBay sale is
 genuine then it surely raises the value of all of our genuine
 SAMS!  What a price - and for a 256k, single drive SAM too!

RE: Retro shows and Sam's 25th birthday

[stefan_schomburg]

I would join as well, if it does no collide with any work appointments. You can 
imagine how desperate I am for a such a meeting - the SAM is too exotic for 
most Germans, so I am a lone warrior over here... :)

From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On 
Behalf Of Thomas Harte
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:54 PM
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Subject: Re: Retro shows and Sam's 25th birthday

How much does it cost to book a venue anyway? We could just organise one 
ourselves.

On 24 Feb 2014, at 22:25, Mike Nicholas 
m...@euroasic.commailto:m...@euroasic.com wrote:


I too would be interested.
SAM was a huge part of my childhood and kept me out of mischief :-)

On 24 February 2014, Thomas Harte 
tomh.retros...@gmail.commailto:tomh.retros...@gmail.com wrote:
I've never been to one but would definitely try to make some effort if 
something like this were arranged. There's a 90% chance it'd be while I'm out 
of the country but it'd be a good excuse to write something.

On 24 Feb 2014, at 13:42, Andrew Collier 
and...@intensity.org.ukmailto:and...@intensity.org.uk wrote:
Hi,

I guess the Sam's 25th birthday is coming up this year.

I was wondering anybody regularly goes to any of the retro computer shows which 
happen from time to time, and whether there would be any interest from 
sam-users generally to meet up at one of them? If there's a good one towards 
the end of the year we could perhaps arrange a few Sam related stands, and 
'adopt' it as a Sam's 25th anniversary event?

Andrew