> >Can someone else in the know, give me a lowdown on what has been happening on > >the Sam hardware/software(not games!!!:) scene in the last 6 months? I only > >got > >on the list here a bit before christmas and have heard strangenesses of the > >HD > >and 16bit (sound card??) sound! > > Ask Cookie - he's in the know. He can give more information than I can.
Thanks Luke... Okay... in the last 6 months, Martin Rookyard and I have come up with lots of different widgets -- now all we need is software. We've got an IDE HD interface, a 512k System ROM and lots of other little projects that we're working on... I'm currently working on Terminal software (and this is being written on my SAM at the moment, through to a UNIX box and out onto the net)... Other than that... Bob is working on stuff too. Over to Brian for that methinks... > > >AND.......Can anyone tell me what use my KALEIDASCOPE is please??? > > Absolutely nothing - I suppose you could use it as a doorstop, or maybe a > bookend, how about standing on it to get to those high reach places that you > can't normally get to. > > Lord Blackadder > Yep... The Kaleidoscope, as it were, is best used by reading old issues of the SAM Newsdisk, working out which bits you need to add to the board to make it into a fully working Hardware Kit, and then removing the Kaleidoscope bit, because it's complete and utter tosh. Simon
