From: Martin Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Why did'nt MGT put the bl***y thing inside instead of a whacking great lump > > out the back. > > I recon things like this put other maybe Sam users off. > > > Yeah I agree totally. I've always said this. Personally I think not > having a standard printer interface of any kind parallel or serial made > the Coupe a rather eccentric design. I mean since the Spectrum 128 there > has been serial and from the plus 3 onwards there was parallel but the > Coupe made it an option yet fitted other less important connections. The > Coupe is probably the last home computer not to have serial/parallel > until the imac came along.
Wasn't it something like that the Sam was partially funded with a development grant, and the people who gave out the grant pushed for things like the Midi sockets to be included? That could be completely wrong, dodgy memory and all that. ....@/
