I like the idea of increasing the SAM library and I think as the SAM is 20 years old this year we should push ‘Retro Gamer’ into making a long awaited few page spread on our beloved SAM at least this would raise the profile of the SAM and get people wondering what it’s about and maybe get more people attempting to program it.
A competition would be a great idea and I would try and finish some of my projects off (Been busy with being a dad again) I still believe that people have missed the greatness of the SAM due to 16 bit machines becoming dominate at the time of it’s release. So to all of us who have got unfinished projects “Let’s get on with it” Andy (Taff) From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Calvin Allett Sent: 31 May 2009 03:56 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: SAM's 20th Birthday Hey guys :) sorry I've not been around lately with my useless thoughts but just been thinking again about how SAM's gonna be 20 this year and wondering if anyone has plans for what we should do to celebrate and also worrying that for projects we only really got 6 months or so... Personally I've wondered for a few years now if a coding/game competition might lure some of the Spectrum crew over and increase the SAM's library, even going so far in my mind ramblings of offering a first prize of a couple hundred quid or my Golden ASIC as incentives (I'm aware that monetary incentives can come across as vulgar, but there's a lot of people without jobs that perhaps this could intice that otherwise might not?, so thoughts on this would be welcome :) ) and would like to know if anyone thinks this might be a good idea, and also for your blessing or objections (if even one person doesn't think this would be a sensible idea then I wouldn't do it out of respect or someone with a working brain could perhaps run a competition?) . anyway, hope you are all well, and I realise that I've always been somewhat on the periphery of the SAM scene, so just take this as me drunk and wondering about stuff ;) Cal
