----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Bloggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > why would anyone want to charge for software relating to a > dead computer?
I spend a lot of time and money doing new stuff for the Sam (probably far too much in both counts) and all this bickering out there does no good at all. There are still a lot of people out there who appreciate new software and hardware for the Sam and I really, really enjoy doing it. I still get quite a few emails every so often with little snide comments about prices. I don't appreciate comments saying 'that's too expensive' when they clearly have no idea whatsoever what has gone into developing then and making them. Development costs of designing and building prototypes, PCB costs etc... it's not cheap producing new hardware on a very small scale for the Sam world, yet I continue to do it and getting slagged for it is certainly not what I like to read in my inbox. One example was the disk drive systems I launched last May... I charge 48 quid for replacement disk drive and interface board, more expensive than I intended but thats really due to having to the costs of getting my hands on the obsolete WD1772 controller, but still cheaper than the original 80 quid SamCo disk drive systems, and it works out about the same as the PC disk drive system that West Coast / Format offered several years ago. Yet I get one or two emails a month to me saying it is 'rather expensive'.... Thankfully the people who do buy products from me, appreciate the work and effort that goes into them - and I also hasten to add, that I have never had any complaints from people who actually buy the product and see for themselves the amount of work I put into it all. A big round of applause to them, it gives me the encouragement to continue working on new things - my website shows all the new hardware and software releases from myself over the last year - disk drives, 2-way cards, memory expansions to name a few .... and now the brand new mouse interface I launched on Monday, as well as continuing to release software regularly and another big game that is still in development (although not been worked on recently due to lack of time, but it's still my aim to finish it) Colin ==== Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam For all the recent Quazar news, see the new look website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
