Re: Advice requested

2018-01-30 Thread Stephen Longhurst
Out of interest, did that HDMl converter work in the end? I have tried several over the years and none have been able to lock onto a SAM SCART output. They were less sophisticated models by the looks of it though. I still use an old TV, but I think it's on it's way out! Regards, Steve On

Re: Raising the price benchmark??

2014-03-13 Thread Stephen Longhurst
Ace is another machine that fetches serious money on eBay. On 12/03/2014 10:25, Stephen Longhurst wrote: The guy who constantly puts a Sam up for sale at £699 has upped his price to £799 now, http://lngs.tv/1nKs7OB, probably off the back of the referenced sale going for £442. Although I

Re: Raising the price benchmark??

2014-03-12 Thread Stephen Longhurst
The guy who constantly puts a Sam up for sale at £699 has upped his price to £799 now, http://lngs.tv/1nKs7OB, probably off the back of the referenced sale going for £442. Although I don't agree with the greed of attempting to sell a Sam at that price, (presumably to an uneducated buyer), I do

Re: Game Beetle Mania

2013-08-30 Thread Stephen Longhurst
I hadn't heard of that game before, it looks like a good old Sokoban clone, but isn't in my collection, sorry. Steve On 29 August 2013 21:39, Solaris104 solaris...@post.cz wrote: Hi. I can't find the game Beetle Mania anywhere. This game is reviewed in Your Sinclair 79

Re: Time has come to part with my Sam Coupé

2013-05-01 Thread Stephen Longhurst
Indeed, nice looking Sam too. Mine is way more yellowed, but I prefer to think of it as much loved! Steve On 30 April 2013 18:38, Stefan Drissen stefan.dris...@gmail.com wrote: Wow, that sold in a flash! Op 30 apr. 2013 om 15:49 heeft Nathan L. Reynolds (yibble) yib...@yibble.org het

Sam scart to PC Monitor converter

2011-07-13 Thread Stephen Longhurst
, then comes on again, etc. I was hoping to be able to display my Sam on my PC monitor which has VGA, DisplayPort, DVI and HDMI. I do have a proper Sam compatible scart cable. Cheers, Steve -- Stephen Longhurst steve at longsteve.com

Re: Atom Poll

2004-04-02 Thread Stephen Longhurst
Hi Edwin, In reply to your poll: How many of you : -Do have a Atom ? Yes, 1 If you have a atom -What do you hook up to it ? It's internally mounted with a 230MB 2.5in Samsung HDD. Hope this is useful, Steve -- Stephen Longhurst steve at longsteve.com

Re: Atom Poll

2004-04-02 Thread Stephen Longhurst
In reply to your poll: Whoops, sorry! I swear I double checked that reply was going off-list, I must have been too busy actually notice the email address in the to field though! Steve -- Stephen Longhurst steve at longsteve.com

Re: Dust cover

2003-04-07 Thread Stephen Longhurst
nicely. Cheers, Steve -- Stephen Longhurst steve at longsteve.com

Re: Wanted (Still!)...

2003-01-20 Thread Stephen Longhurst
From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] I dont even care if its an evil black footed - or a blue footed - one! Why does the foot colour make a different to the Sam? I didn't even know there were black footed ones, only ever having seen blue ones. Cheers, Steve

Re: Wanted (Still!)...

2003-01-20 Thread Stephen Longhurst
I dont even care if its an evil black footed - or a blue footed - one! Why does the foot colour make a different to the Sam? I didn't even know there were black footed ones, only ever having seen blue ones. Ignore me, it's too early in the morning. I can't even use the right words to ask a

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: Elite port

2003-01-13 Thread Stephen Longhurst
From: Frode Tenneboe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Elite port Incidentally, does anybody have the SAM version? Seeing that Ian Bell has published the other versions, the SAM version can't be that much different copyright-wise? Or does anybody object? I have a boxed copy at home somewhere, but

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

2003-01-08 Thread Stephen Longhurst
of Starwars figures I think. It was mode 3 and all :-) I've just been told by my office collegues that I have to bring my Sam into work one day so they can all see it. Cheers, Steve Stephen Longhurst

Erm, How do I switch my email address?

2002-08-27 Thread Stephen Longhurst
be around much longer. I've still got my Sam under a dust cover sitting on my desk here between an Archimedes A3000, and Amiga A600 and my aging PC. It doesn't get used much but it's good to read the mails that fly around this group from time to time. Thanks for any help, Steve Stephen

Re: Erm, How do I switch my email address?

2002-08-27 Thread Stephen Longhurst
From: Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Erm, How do I switch my email address? What do I need to send to where to change the email address that this sam-users group uses? [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the email address to send unsubscribe / subscribe emails to. Send an email from your

Re: Extended Usenet archive

2001-12-11 Thread Stephen Longhurst
From: Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Extended Usenet archive Is anyone else trawling through old posts now that Google have restored the Usenet archive back to 1981? 5 bonus points to the person finding the oldest SAM-related post... Oh, and be prepared to cringe if you were posting

Re: Mystery advert - Classic Gaming Scene

2001-12-10 Thread Stephen Longhurst
for Spectrum games though, and not other 8 bit versions. I wonder what they're up to, handheld Speccy al-la TVBoy? Cheers, Steve (first email to Sam Users since I can remember, still got my Sam sitting next to my PC though :-) Stephen Longhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SAM on eBay

2000-12-04 Thread Stephen Longhurst
You've got to admit that it looks like an impressive machine though. Very good condition (assuming the photos are genuine), and is that a Messenger Speccy Interface? Does anyone know if there's a method of removing the yellowing of ages from a once shiny white Sam? Cheers, Steve

Following on from Sam forsale

2000-03-29 Thread Stephen Longhurst
Hi, The latest issue of Arcade has the second part of their Antiques Roadshow article, this one detailing old computers wheras the first one went on about old video game consoles. As well as all your other old favourites they have the following to say about the Sam: Sam Coupe Miles Gordon

Scart connection to a monitor

2000-03-19 Thread Stephen Longhurst
Hi, I have an old Acorn AKF12 monitor which has a scart input at the back but it doesn't like my Sam very much! When I use a straight through scart lead from my Sam the picture rolls, but if I pull the scart plug out of the Sam slightly so most of the pins on the right (as looking at it