Re: who

Me too... > On 26 Nov 2017, at 09:38, David Sanders wrote: > > Me, for one. > > On 25 Nov 2017 22:49, "Frode Tennebø" wrote: > who >

Re: Interlaced video

2008/5/23 Frode Tenneboe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/SinclairUser/Issue099/Tape/SUIssue99-Megatape27.tzx.zip ..or more easily accessible: ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/disks/demos/SimonGoodwin-512x384Interlace.zip Thanks Frode. Brings back

Re: Interlaced video

2008/5/26 Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On a SAM RGB Scart cable the composite video output from the SAM (pin 19) is not connected. At the TV end, Pin 19 connects to Pin 16 via a 470ohm resistor - the diagram in the SAM manual of a RGB Scart lead just has a wire link between 16 and 19 but

Interlaced video

2008/5/21 Thomas Harte [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Also, one further question: am I right to think that the Sam has no means of producing interlaced video? It's funny you should mention that... I recently got a new LCD TV (a nice Samsung 32, unfortunately not Full HD though...) and just the other day

Re: Interlaced video

2008/5/22 Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Now the question is, depending how the TV is interlacing the frames, and how many frames there's been since the SAM was powered up - when the 'Interlaced Pictures' from FRED are loaded the frames might show with the intended 'interlacing', or be

Re: Interlaced video

2008/5/22 Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes, it was Simon Goodwin's routine on a Crash cover tape in 1990 or so. On the frame interrupt it toggled between two screens with different palettes, which looked absolutely horrid though on the TV's I'd tried it on. Other routines in the issue did

RE: Z80 Timings

Simon Owen wrote: Frame, Line and MIDI Out interrupts all last 128 tstates (MIDI In is likely to be the same, but untested). Both frame and line interrupts begin at the start of the right border area. Actually, the MIDI Out interrupt is different (shorter). I don't remember the exact

RE: Z80 Timings

Simon Owen wrote: There was 32 tstate rounding, and further offsetting by 16 tstates, or something like that. Those timings are still a mystery to me - any ideas? Heh, it was just trial and error. :-) The 32 tstates rounding must be the resolution that the MIDI hardware can operate. I don't

RE: RE: Preferred plain text editor

Gavin Smith wrote: And interestingly, in relation to an earlier email of mine, it's written in SAM C - cool. Do you have the source? Can we have it? :) Did you do a later version that the one on Fred 60? OK here's that later version of proType (from 1999):

RE: RE: Preferred plain text editor

Gavin Smith wrote: Like it craps out on you if you decide not to load or save a file etc. Speaking of which, it seems to look for a .p extension when loading files - can this be got round? Still, assuming it does indeed save plain text, that's my text editor of choice now :) Oh, I don't

RE: Preferred plain text editor

Gavin Smith wrote: Simple question - I need a decent plain text editor on the SAM. Lean and neat, but nice to use (i.e. not vi ;) Is there one out there? Will it keep up with my typing? (120wpm...) Gavin May I humbly suggest ProType from Fred 60? It's crap in some (most) ways, but I'm

RE: a thought (was RE: Moment of truth)

Geoff Winkless wrote: It occurred to me that one of the reasons I'm less likely to develop something for the sam is that, although comet is absolutely superb considering the hardware, it's not so easy as a nice (eg) windoze app would be. I've used something called Assembly Studio 8X

RE: a thought (was RE: Moment of truth)

Geoff Winkless wrote: *doh* I've also decided to make the source code available under the GNU General Public License. It will compile under Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 (service pack 2 or higher). I'll take a look, it might be pretty perfect. Cool :-) I missed that when I had a quick peek at

RE: Moment of truth

help develop something, yes. Probably only with programming though. 10) Do you think that all the work put in to keep the sam alive is a waste of time? 11) if yes to 10 then why? Most likely, but that doesn't mean I would want it to end. :-) Dave Laundon.

RE: So long 2002, here comes 2003....

As I'm in an emailing mood... Geoff Winkless wrote: Perhaps there's a localised group of Sam owners here in Leicestershire Another Leicester-based Sam owner here! :-) Dave.

RE: sam instruction timings

Geoff Winkless wrote: border scrolltext jerking around occasionally It can be difficult to synchronise an interrupt routine exactly when the CPU is busy in the foreground - when the interrupt occurs the CPU has to finish the current instruction first. Could this explain it in your case? It's

RE: sam instruction timings

Geoff Winkless wrote: OK, so my memory isn't too hot. Given that this code will probably execute in screen time, is it quicker to do: Ok, my first post here in ages, here goes... Simplistic rule of thumb for timings on SAM - an instruction's cycles is the official Z80 cycles rounded up to the

RE: WOP GAMMA

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

RE: ASCD 0.90 W.I.P. (and anyone interested in MIDI)

Aley Keprt wrote: Thanks. I tried it but can't manage to get it work in WinCoupe (I need to test i there). Whenever I start playback, the message press symbol to exit shortly appears and then it immediately closes (going back to main menu), like I presses symbol shift. But I don't press

RE: ASCD 0.90 W.I.P. (and anyone interested in MIDI)

release some CPU time to the foreground program. Dave Laundon.

RE: SimCoupé/Win32 updated to 0.81

Dave Whitmore wrote: Excellent - thank-you, thank-you, thank-you! :-) One question - sorry if this seems ungrateful - what happened to RESET? Um, in what way? If you mean the fast reset - the ROM is temporarily hacked to bypass the memory check, but this is an optional feature (Tools -

RE: Sam Bits ond Bobs

14, allegedly new, ASICs. 15, assembled, but faulty SAM Main boards. (with ASIC but no ROM or RAM) I could do with a SAA1099 if poss, please (or main board with one on if not)... Dave Laundon.

RE: Screen viewer 1.27

know! Dave Laundon.

RE: Screen viewer 1.27

on the CPU timing side of SimCoupe. Thanks. Dave Laundon.

RE: Diskimage manager

Edwin Blink wrote: Havn't had many responses yet for my SAM coupe screen viewer or ideas for a diskimage manager. Did any of you give it some thoughts ? I think a Diskimage Manager is a great idea. It would be handy to have multiple instances running allowing files to be dragged from one

RE: Diskimage manager

Edwin Blink wrote: I think a Diskimage Manager is a great idea. It would be handy to have multiple instances running allowing files to be dragged from one image to another. Good Idea. Havent sorted out exporting of files by drag and dropping. But thats sure handy. How about dragging a

RE: Diskimage manager

] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Laundon Sent: 10 May 2000 19:54 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Diskimage manager Edwin Blink wrote: I think a Diskimage Manager is a great idea. It would be handy to have multiple instances running allowing files to be dragged from one

RE: 256 or 512k?

Frans van Egmond wrote: I noticed two chips (both with a number 256 on them) assuming these are the RAM chips, I couldn't find other chips resembling RAM chips in my SAM, this would make 512K, right? However when switched on the SAM reports 256k... Is it faulty? Frans Each chip is 256K x

Eh up, what's goin' on 'ere then?

automated process have done this? Dave Laundon.

RE: Wincoupe

, though, that it relies on the MIDI out interrupt which occurs approx. 5.5 scan lines after the write to the MIDI port, also the MIDI status flags. The one-bit drivers on VMPR (IIRC) aren't required though (I doubt if anything uses those?) Si Dave Laundon.

RE: Wincoupe

on it! :) Dave Laundon.

RE: Wincoupe bug

. At this state maybe the routine in WinCoupe that passes the sound info to SAASound.dll is being performed part way through the eTracker code; maybe even between an OUT to a sound chip address port and its corresponding OUT to the data port. Dave Laundon.

RE: Wincoupe bug

, or just stupid?) Mmmm, should I answer that truthfully? :-) Anyway, the sound probably differs from machine to machine? Dave Laundon

RE: Wincoupe bug

Robert Wilkinson wrote: Wincoupe has a wierd effect on my Win 95 desktop. It keeps re-arranging my icons. Bob Wilkinson. While we're on the subject, I've got a couple of bugs/ideas I was going to mention too. First, I still can't seem to get the MOD Player to work. Was this supposed to

Testing

Sorry, I've just re-subscribed to Sam-Users with my new email address; just checking it's getting through ok. David Laundon.