SAM - the years ahead, Hmmm - I'm not too optimistic about SAM's future, but if you're after SAM spares, disk drives, etc. I'd suggest browsing the pages of MICRO COMPUTER MART, with its pages of classified ads. Occasionally you find someone selling a SAM at a knockdown price, usually with a load of software. Such a machine may be worth checking out, even if it's for cannibalised spares.
Most existing SAM enthusiasts will probably hold on to any SAM hardware, even if they don't use it. Pure nostalgia gives it a value, and it would be hard to replace, and that also goes for Spectrum hardware. (Here speaks someone with over 600 vinyl LPs, dating from the days when rock bands were GOOD! -drone, bore, whinge.) Phil Glover.
