Would love to have the spare cash for a backup SAM. :-D
From what I've seen on ebay, £225 is very very cheap for what SAM's
normally go for.
Quoting Balor Price toberm...@cookingcircle.co.uk:
Hello sorry for spamming
I can't remember who was after a real SAM but one's being sold on
eBay
It's very cool to see scrolling that quick and smooth. :-) We just
need someone to use it in a game now!!
Quoting David Sanders dsuzukisand...@gmail.com:
On 15 May 2012 11:32, Thomas Harte tomh.retros...@gmail.com wrote:
Or, more likely, the sad realisation that I can't scale the thing to
-published books for my local writing group. It'd be
pretty cool if perhaps a year from now, we could all have our own copy
of a nice image-filled hardback about the SAM Coupe. :-)
Warren
Quoting Thomas Harte tomh.retros...@gmail.com:
I've transcribed by hand (aside: is there an official
it working, once the pseudo 3D engine of that was running, why not
create the SAM's own first FPS? (Like Colin was planning with Chrome)
No need to use the existing Wolfenstein graphics and such, when we can
create our own for the SAM, and our own level designs, story,
creatures, etc?
Warren
*Watches as stuff flies over my head* Oooh, purdy colours!!! :-D
I could do graphics and level design for it lol! Very cool to hear how
you'd go about it... Wouldn't it be a wonderful big finger to all the
naysayers who always said the SAM couldn't compete? ;-)
Warren
Quoting Thomas Harte
I was just going to say the same thing as David. :-) I can even
honestly say it's one of the few magazines I find myself reading
everything in. If you're a SAM fan, it's fascinating stuff, whether
it's talking about new projects (hardware and software) or old games
that never made it, and
trick, if anyone has a look. He also left the
file editable, so if you load up GamesMaster, you can check out the
graphics properly.
Warren
Quoting James R Curry 8...@itdoesntsuck.com:
Correct -
Sam Tetris used a version of the Nemesis the Warlock music. I
believe this may be mentioned
make a couple of sorta-new small SAM games, without tons of
effort... ;-) thinking about doing it around the end of May, when I've
got a nice chunk of time to myself to work on projects.
Warren
Quoting Balor Price toberm...@cookingcircle.co.uk:
On 21/04/2012 21:14, war...@wdlee.co.uk wrote
That's very cool! :-D
God knows how long it'll take before they start shipping RPs to
general customers though, after all the promo stuff with schools and
such... how'd you get hold of one this early? :-D
Quoting Simon Owen simon.o...@simcoupe.org:
Seems like a promising start:
hardware with modern additions)
Not being much of a tech person I'm not sure about the feasibility,
but it seems like a wasted opportunity in todays market where
retro-gaming has had somewhat of a resurgence?
Warren
to
enthusiasts with little-to-no knowledge of hardware and electronics.
Graeme, it would be very cool to see where you get with that!
Definitely something you should get working. ;-)
Warren
Quoting Andrew Gillen a...@joua.net:
Hi Warren
This idea reminds me of the ZX Spectrum
Just bookmarked the blog! ;-) I'll keep track of that. Keep plugging,
I say!! :-D
Warren
Quoting Andrew Gillen a...@joua.net:
Hi Graeme
When you get round to doing it please feel free to publish a guide
so we (royal we perhaps) may follow suit ! :)
And while I'm at it to save spamming
conspiracy theory books
lol!
SimCoupe running on a 'sortof ZX Spectrum' would just be... well,
surreal... ;-
Warren
Quoting Simon Owen simon.o...@simcoupe.org:
Bonus points if you then run SimCoupe on it, to see if it still feels wrong!
I created a quick SimCoupe binary for the Raspberry Pi
.
Warren
Quoting Adrian Brown adr...@apbcomputerservices.co.uk:
Welcome
Head over to www.samcoupe.com as well. Colin Piggot has some bits and
bobs to look at, when work doesn't get in the way ill hopefully
completely finish the tcp/ip stack for the trinity interface. You can
now use flash
games.
Out of curiosity... Has anyone (other than myself, obviously) ever
completed Invasion II? ;-)
Warren
Quoting Tommo H tomh.retros...@gmail.com:
I know it's going to make me sound tediously predictable but I still
think David Gommeren's Tetris is the quintessential Sam game, despite
Nicely done! :-D Look forward to seeing how it progresses!
Quoting Andrew Gillen a...@joua.net:
Hi all
Just thought I'd share with you a peek at the new work in progress
for the SAM
http://www.blackjet.co.uk/images/uploads/ani0005.gif
Not much to say on the project yet other than to say
, for those of us who never got the chance to go
to the shows, and just know people by name, rather than faces. ;-)
superb!
Warren
Quoting Dave whitmor...@gmail.com:
Here's a fun clip from the first show at Gloucester. So long ago I
don't remember what year it was, but it must've been something like
On a related but slightly different note... Sometime in the near
future, I want to get back into a fairly major SAM gaming project I
was working on. I'm going to give JAM a go (Just quickly tested it on
my machine running Windows 7, and seemks to work fine!). :-) I made
the mistake of
Andrew/Balor/thomas those links and info are great! Thanks very much!
(Finding a place with all the fred stuff is great... I've got a lot of
them, but they're all hidden in a box somewhere lol!) Think I've got
an 'original' copy of the tech manual that I got from FRED back in the
old days,
levels/screens are there?
Warren
Quoting Andrew Gillen a...@joua.net:
Hi folks
I've finished writing my first game for the SAM. In fact it is
pretty much the first game I've ever programmed in assembler
(certainly on the SAM anyway) . I've tinkered with various high
level languages over
Hi!
Thanks very much for the effort to get all that sorted. It's much
appreciated, and great that you've gone to the effort of trying to
find the problem and fix it. :-) I'll look forward to it (no rush),
and fingers crossed! ;-)
Warren
Quoting Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk:
Hi
Meant to say, before I got sidetracked... ahem... ;-)
Thanks for the reply and offer of replacements. It's good customer
service that keeps people coming back for future purchases! :-)
Warren
Quoting Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk:
Hi Warren,
If we can sort out the problem, then yes
...@wdlee.co.uk war...@wdlee.co.uk wrote:
Meant to say, before I got sidetracked... ahem... ;-)
Thanks for the reply and offer of replacements. It's good customer
service that keeps people coming back for future purchases! :-)
Warren
Quoting Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk:
Hi Warren,
If we can
good customer
service that keeps people coming back for future purchases! :-)
Warren
Quoting Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk:
Hi Warren,
If we can sort out the problem, then yes, I intend sending out
replacements free of charge to those who have bought them and not
returned them for a refund
be able to
help.
As for the mouse interface, the SAM used ST compatible mice with the
MGT mouse interface. So if you can pick up or have an old one of
those, it should work.
Warren
Quoting Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk:
I just need to pick your brains if you don't mind (and maybe your
Here's something interesting...
An Atari ST mouse to usb mouse connector. In theory, this should also
work with the SAM mouse interface, should it not? So we could use a
modern usb mouse with the old MGT mouse interface?
Hi!
2nd hand SAMs are usually very popular, so I doubt you'll have too
many problems in that respect. :-) (Wish I had the spare cash myself!)
If you're still into retro computing and the SAM, and the RAM issue
has frustrated you from getting back into it on the SAM, I think Colin
still
that not only handles SD card storage, but has
ethernet support, and is nearing completion for software that will get
the SAM online. ;-)
Can't beat a good bit of old retro computing lol!
Warren
Quoting Dicky Moore dickymo...@gmail.com:
Thanks for the reply, Warren.
It's glad to know
the problem, I've no doubt that you could be on
to a winner, as many people have had problems with their original
keyboard membranes and eventually more will, no doubt. A successful
solution would be very welcome!!
Please keep us updated, and thanks for the heads-up!
Warren
Quoting Rich
rogerjow...@gmail.com:
are you sure if you work for voda phone you can send a letter asking
for £200 for cancellation of contract after all 85kbps is exactly the
same as the advertised 28.8mbps connection
refund anyone?
On 06/06/2011, Rich Mellor r...@rwapservices.co.uk wrote:
Hi Warren,
If we
Just as a side issue, with regards to Sim Coupe... (sorry for the
quick change of topic!)
This is probably a daft question, as I think I've read about the issue
elsewhere, so forgive me... but is there no way to read/write to
external USB floppy drives? Just thinking of my own case, and
Thanks for the fast reply! :-)
I suppose in theory, an internal-type drive in an enclosure would be
plausible, but by the time you get to that, and the rarity probably of
even enclosures for something like that and the added drivers, it
defeats the purpose. Oh well... Worth finding out!
Thanks for that, Simon!
It certainly would be nice to be able to use the external floppy
drives these days, since, as you said, the normal internal kind seem
to be dying out. Though as you said, easier now with cards...
Just to show my ignorance... from what you're implying, can a Trinity
the job! When I get the chance to test it, I'll post back
and let you know how it worked. :-)
Thanks for all the help!
Quoting Simon Owen simon.o...@simcoupe.org:
Hi Warren,
The enclosure would still only work if the laptop motherboard had a
regular floppy controller chip, and I'd
Ouch! That's a real shame! Thanks for the heads-up Colin! I was
finally going to test mine this weekend, but was in two minds due to
the extra stress it would put on the old one again... makes you wonder
if the guy making 'em even tested one on a SAM, or just saw an extra
market, got the
No worries! ;-) I'd have probably seen them on ebay anyway, and tried
one, given the problems I've had in the past with my membrane.
Pity the guy making them, didn't produce a test one first and at least
contact somebody with a SAM to try it.
Quoting Colin Piggot qua...@clara.net:
Warren
let everyone know how
mine goes, when I try it.
Warren
Quoting Steve st...@samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk:
Hi,
I'm sorry to hear that you have some problems with them.
I've held back on getting two, hoping to hear how good they are.
I'm keep on using Colin's PC Keyboard interface
http
Well, that's a big part of it, work! SAM stuff doesn't pay the bills
... unless someone wants to offer me a full time wage to work on SAM
stuff ;)
If I win the lottery tonight... :-D
I've just a couple pages to finish writing for 24 and it'll be out.
Coming up in the issue...
* The
Thanks for the offer, David!! I'll have to take you up on that some
time soon! ;-) I'm working in GamesMaster still, so I doubt I'll have
in-game music, due to the speed issues, but I'll be after something
for a main title, and perhaps an intro and finale, and a couple of
short things for
'fraid I can't help, as my knowledge isn't much better. ;-) Except
that I have read quite a bit about pro-tracker being faster/better.
Of course, the other option is also to make it compatible with the
Quazar Surround module, which would be a cool addition. :-)
It's good to hear of another
I think Colin's probably been bogged down with that dreaded virus many
of us suffer with... WORK!! lol! ;-) I'm sure we'll see it soon
enough. He's also got a few other things up his sleeve by the sounds
of it, so we'll probably go from zero to ninety with cool SAM stuff
once things get
, let me know! It's all useful lol!
;-)
Thanks All!
Warren
negligible speed consequences? If so, any
ideas how to do that in GamesMaster?
Thanks for any help or suggestions! ;-)
Warren
Either way, it's great to be able to have a go at GamesMaster again,
and know what's what lol! Thanks! I can get started on my new Top
Secret project now... ;-) (Okay, it's nothing fancy!) But hopefully
it'll be fun. :-)
Quoting nev young pasiphae1...@yahoo.co.uk:
The bad news is I've
Hey all just wanted to say, it's really great to see all the work
going into a possible Dizzy game for Sam. Used to love playing them,
so can't wait! On another note, I know there's people handling the
graphics and so forth, but if there's an overflow at some point, and
you need
with GamesMaster. It was pretty versatile. There was also my own
Invasion II on issue 10 of SAM Revival, if you've played it. :-)
(Cheap plug lol!)
Warren
Quoting Andrew Park alp...@ntlworld.com:
I've seen a few demos made with games master and it seems ok, I also think
it's a good medium to do
into SAM related fun! ;-) Hope
everyone's doing well!
Warren Lee
is bursting at the seams with information from Simon about
all three of his new emulators, and there's also the first screenshots of
ISAAC - the port of Rebelstar that's being developed by Stuart Brady and
Warren Lee.
This issue also sees the start of a new programming column. I've looking
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