RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Adrian Brown
Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: 2) Does it work? 3) Do you still use it? 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? 5) Do you still actively seek new sam bits and pieces? 6) Would you buy a new game for the sam coupe if

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread David
- Original Message - From: Adrian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 12:18 AM Subject: RE: Moment of truth Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Technically yes - but

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Adrian Brown
Thanks for the quick reply :D - whats wrong with your sam? Colin Piggot does repairs, i have a few spares as well. I hate to see a sam go to waste :D A. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Sent: 15 January 2003 00:31 To:

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread David
- Original Message - From: Adrian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 12:31 AM Subject: RE: Moment of truth Thanks for the quick reply :D - whats wrong with your sam? Colin Piggot does repairs, i have a few spares as well. I hate to see

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Adrian Brown
cant be that bad :) - the worst bit (other than the main chips) is the keyboard membrane - i use the keyboard interface to solve that problem :D But there are some good deals pop up now and then :) A. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Chris White
Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes 2 2) Does it work? Yes Both 3) Do you still use it? Nope 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? About 30 Titles 5) Do you still actively seek new sam bits and pieces? Nope 6) Would

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread David
From: Adrian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 12:43 AM Subject: RE: Moment of truth cant be that bad :) - the worst bit (other than the main chips) is the keyboard membrane - i use the keyboard interface to solve that problem :D But there

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Gaz Wilson
Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes 2) Does it work? Yes 3) Do you still use it? Occasionally, on retro evenings/parties 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? Loads, mainly PD though 5) Do you still

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Justin Skists
1) Yes. 2) I beleive so. 3) Not for a long time. 4) A few. Mostly Soundbyte, PD, and Pro-DOS stuff, though. 5) Nope. 6) Probably not, unless it's really something special. 7) Depends on the game 8) Lack of time with a few other out-of-work projects. 9) Depends on the project and personal time. 10)

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Wolfgang Haller
Hi Adrian. A very good idea this poll Adrian Brown schrieb: Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: 2 SAM Coupe (one for replacement parts), one Elite 2) Does it work? With harddisk(s) and CD-ROM better than any PC :-)

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Geoff Winkless
Adrian Brown wrote 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Not sure. (!!) If I could brave the ex-girlfriend's father, probably :) 2) Does it work? It did last time I saw it. That was about 7 years ago though :) 3) Do you still use it? No. Play with the emulator sometimes though. 4) How many

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Jorge Canelhas
Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: YES 2) Does it work? YES 3) Do you still use it? YES 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? 10 or so 5) Do you still actively seek new sam bits and pieces? YES 6) Would you buy a

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Moment of truth 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes. 2) Does it work? Yes. (though the DD whines) 3) Do you still use it? No! 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? Every single FRED, WATERWORKS 12, TNT, SAMPaint, LEMMINGS and some others. 5) Do you still actively seek

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Frans v. Egmond
Adrian Brown wrote: Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes 2 (with box), and 2 pcb's from which one is working 2) Does it work? Only one has no keyboard problems 3) Do you still use it? Its sitting right next to my

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Stephen Longhurst
- Original Message - From: Adrian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Moment of truth Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes 2) Does it work? Last time I powered it up it did 3) Do you still use it? No 4) How many

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Dan . Doore
1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Two of, one main one and a spare to raid for parts. 2) Does it work? They both do, although I think one of the PSU's is dead now. 3) Do you still use it? Not really - a lack of desk space has relegated it to the cupboard along with the Atari ST I found

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Andrew Collier
Adrian Brown wrote: Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes, three in fact. 2) Does it work? One of them died some time ago, in an unfortunate incident involving a 27V power supply line. It's sat in my parent's loft at the

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Tobermory
1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yep 2) Does it work? Yep! 3) Do you still use it? Yep - every day mate 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? About 30 5) Do you still actively seek new sam bits and pieces? Yes, though I can't afford em. 6) Would you buy a new game for the

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Gavin Smith
1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes, a couple. 2) Does it work? One does after a major repair job from Mr Piggot, the other is in need of a little attention, which it will get soon hopefully. 3) Do you still use it? Yes, it's on my desk and I recently bought a nice little telly for it. I

Re[2]: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread c0manch3
AB 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: yup AB 2) Does it work? yup AB 3) Do you still use it? sometimes AB 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? lots AB 5) Do you still actively seek new sam bits and pieces? yup AB 6) Would you buy a new game for the sam coupe if the price was

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Andrew Collier
On Wednesday 15 Jan 2003 2:03 pm, Andrew Collier wrote: my parent's loft Ahem. Sorry - parents' Before Ian says anything. Andrew -- ---Andrew Collier http://www.intensity.org.uk/ --- -- r2+ T4* cSEL dMS hEn/CBBL A4 S+*++

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Tobermory
On Wednesday 15 Jan 2003 2:03 pm, Andrew Collier wrote: my parent's loft Ahem. Sorry - parents' Before Ian says anything. Andrew Ouch! You'll never get into the Booker Prize shortlist! -H

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Geoff Winkless
Andrew C wrote: Before Ian says anything. Elder siblings, huh? Can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em. Geoff This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a

Re: Moment of truth -- Database?

2003-01-15 Thread Tobermory
This sort of information is great for people who still want to do stuff community-wise on the SAM. Would SAM Community like to add it to its original database (I recall the questions were quite similar??) and publish on its website?

RE: SDCC - Freeware ANSI C

2003-01-15 Thread Luke Trevorrow
Yes please -Original Message- From: Tobermory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 January 2003 12:32 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: SDCC - Freeware ANSI C Interest anyone, this? Haven't had much of a chance to look at it yet. -Tob ...a Freeware , retargettable, optimizing ANSI - C

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Robert van der Veeke
- Original Message - From: Adrian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:18 AM Subject: RE: Moment of truth Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes, 2 of them and some

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Luke Trevorrow
Here we go -Original Message- From: Adrian Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 January 2003 00:18 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Moment of truth Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes 2) Does it

Re: Moment of truth -- Database?

2003-01-15 Thread Gavin Smith
This sort of information is great for people who still want to do stuff community-wise on the SAM. Would SAM Community like to add it to its original database (I recall the questions were quite similar??) and publish on its website? It's probably not much use as that was a good 2 or 3 years

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Stefan Drissen
1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yep. 2) Does it work? It did the last time I turned it on - over a year ago. 3) Do you still use it? See answer to question 2... 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? Most of it. 5) Do you still actively seek new sam bits and pieces? No. 6)

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Colin Piggot
Just had a read through the all the mail on the list after returning from work, and I guess it's my turn to answer some of Adrian's questions! 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes... Seven of the little blighters! (plus two extra duff mobos) 2) Does it work? All do... I have my main sam,

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Colin Piggot
Tobermory wrote: 6) Would you buy a new game for the sam coupe if the price was right? Yes, as many as come out. Marketing tip: I could buy 6 games at £5 but not one game at £25. It's because I buy on a whim, and £25 is big enough to save. Sorry Quasar. It's a good job then I don't

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Johnna Teare
Might as well join in... 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Not anymore :-( 2) Does it work? 3) Do you still use it? Very rarely, by emulator. 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? Loads - most of the commercial games, every fred and a load of other stuff (SAM Supp, SCAC etc)

Announcement 1 - Compact Flash Interface

2003-01-15 Thread Colin Piggot
I am pleased to announce my first new piece of hardware of 2003 - Compact Flash Interface. This small adaptor board allows you to use a Compact Flash card with the Atom hard drive interface. I had this idea when the hard drive I use in my 'Sam In A Can' developed a lot of surface errors and

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Stewart Skardon
Well, here's my answers incase anyone is interested! Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes - 4 to be precise. (2 in the loft and 2 in my room) 2) Does it work? Three function perfectly, and one has a dodgy TV

Announcement 2 - SID Interface

2003-01-15 Thread Colin Piggot
My second piece of hardware that I am releasing today goes back to my roots with computer audio - this 'SID Interface' started out just as a small pet project for myself exploring old forms of computer sound. The 'SID' is the 3 channel synth shound chip used in the Commodore 64. Because it was so

RE: Announcement 2 - SID Interface

2003-01-15 Thread Adrian Brown
Kewl, my order is on its way :) I knew i kept all those C64's for some reason, just didnt think it would be for spare parts for the Sam. Keep up the good work. Adrian. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 15 January 2003

Re: Announcement 2 - SID Interface

2003-01-15 Thread Colin Piggot
Kewl, my order is on its way :) You must be obsessed with computer music too then! I knew i kept all those C64's for some reason, just didnt think it would be for spare parts for the Sam. Finally a good use for a C64 :) (I can really remember the wars between speccy owners and c64

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Colin Macdonald
1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yup, a few - maybe two or three. 2) Does it work? Yes. 3) Do you still use it? Nope - use Sim coupe once in a while though. 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? Most of them I think. And I'll back up Mr Skardon's claim ;) 5) Do you still actively

RE: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Dave Laundon
Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes. 2) Does it work? Yes. 3) Do you still use it? Not really. Once or twice a year maybe. Simcoupe has made me lazy. 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? Several of the

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Tim P
1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: Yes 2) Does it work? Last time I tried - Yes. 3) Do you still use it? No 4) How many bits of sam software have you got? Half a dozen games, a couple of bits of utility, lots of Fred 5) Do you still actively seek new sam bits and pieces? No 6)

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

2003-01-15 Thread Dave Laundon
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: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread David
- Original Message - From: Stewart Skardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7:50 PM Subject: RE: Moment of truth 2) Does it work? Three function perfectly, and one has a dodgy TV output. Do you want to sell this one at all Pls?

Re: Moment of truth

2003-01-15 Thread Nev Young
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:18:26 -, Adrian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lets run a little poll. Can people fill in the following and reply 1) Do you have an actual Sam Coupe: I have 3 or 4 complete ones somewhere and loads of bits. 2) Does it work? Last time I looked they did. 3) Do you