Following on from Sam forsale

[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 Technology 1990 >   The SAM was designed to be - effectively - the Spectrum +4, with a far higher graphics resolution and sound >as good as the Atari ST, from the company which had previously made add-ons for the ZX Spectrum, such as >the fondly remembered +D disk drive. >    Although Miles Gordon Technology soon closed, the SAM Coupe lived on as the company resurrected under >a different name.  In fact, this pattern continued up until a couple of years ago, when somebody finally noticed.  >A new version of the Coupe called the Elite was released during this time, and was targetted towards third >world countries. >    Interestingly, the first 50 original SAM Coupes made that were sent out to journalists and developers had a >gold-plated chip inside them.  Find one of these, and your Coupe is worth well over £1,000.   The price in the bubble next to the picture is £180, and the introduction to the article explains that the price reflects a machine in absolute mint condition with all mint packaging.   Anyone got a gold chip jobbie?   Cheers,                 Steve   [EMAIL PROTECTED]