RE: FA: SAM Coupe, lots of software and extras
Colin Piggot wrote: I know Simon has been adding Atom and CF routines for SimCoupe, but it would be very nice to see a stand alone utility for reading and writing a Sam formatted CF. BDOS-formatted CF cards and hard disks shouldn't be too bad, since each record is just a floppy image. The existing samdisk.c code that's been around for a while should just need some offset tweaks for the most part. Depends if everyone's happy with a command-line version, or whether a GUI version is needed? Working with real cards/disks does need platform-specific code to get at the raw device though. I've already done the NT/W2K/XP and Linux versions for SimCoupé, and Win9x shouldn't be too difficult to add (I don't have it installed to try at the moment). SimCoupé also supports HDF hard disk images, which would also be nice to have in the stand-alone utility. Si
RE: #samusers
David wrote: Is there enough interest for a SAM Irc channel? I've been lurking on the Speccy channels on Astrolink recently, so I'd welcome a SAM addition. I've looked in on the old SAM channel over the last few weeks, but there's never anyone about. I know Gavin used to admin one on the Undernet network - but with the advent of MSN taking over ... perhaps that may be a better idea? I'd much prefer IRC to MSN - I'd guess most of the non-Windows users might too? Si
SAM CF etc...
- Original Message - From: Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 10:03 PM BDOS-formatted CF cards and hard disks shouldn't be too bad, since each record is just a floppy image. The existing samdisk.c code that's been around for a while should just need some offset tweaks for the most part. Depends if everyone's happy with a command-line version, or whether a GUI version is needed? - Well a gui's a pretty thing - but we're used to using SAM - so are used to controlling a computer the real way :) CLI would be fine for me :) -- Working with real cards/disks does need platform-specific code to get at the raw device though. I've already done the NT/W2K/XP and Linux versions for SimCoupé, and Win9x shouldn't be too difficult to add (I don't have it installed to try at the moment). SimCoupé also supports HDF hard disk images, which would also be nice to have in the stand-alone utility. -- Does it? How are they used? I'm an XP user - so am one of the lucky ones already! Hmmm - this could be one of mose useful pieces of recent software since...errr... SimCoupe and... the SID C64 Music player software :) (Not forgeting to mention all of Colins incredible hardware and software of course - before he hits me! :)
Re: #samusers
- Original Message - From: Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 10:11 PM Subject: RE: #samusers David wrote: Is there enough interest for a SAM Irc channel? I've been lurking on the Speccy channels on Astrolink recently, so I'd welcome a SAM addition. I've looked in on the old SAM channel over the last few weeks, but there's never anyone about. - I've given up with #speccy etc as they all seem to be talking about something called linux all the time? Very little talk about Spectrums or related stuff - not even talk about crisps! :( Perhaps its time to set up a new channel either on astrolink or quakenet - as they are the 2 biggest networks? --- I know Gavin used to admin one on the Undernet network - but with the advent of MSN taking over ... perhaps that may be a better idea? I'd much prefer IRC to MSN - I'd guess most of the non-Windows users might too? Thats a fair point Si
Re: #samusers
- Original Message - From: Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 11:26 PM Subject: RE: #samusers David wrote: I've given up with #speccy etc as they all seem to be talking about something called linux all the time? The #zx topic mentions a Linux ban, so that might be better! Unfortunately I've managed to get myself banned on both... (I think setting up #c64 upset a few ;) Perhaps its time to set up a new channel either on astrolink or quakenet - as they are the 2 biggest networks? I'm in #samusers on astrolink.org, which I'll be in whenever I'm on IRC. Feel free to come join :-) Si Dig out the cans - companies coming ;)
RE: #samusers
David wrote: I've given up with #speccy etc as they all seem to be talking about something called linux all the time? The #zx topic mentions a Linux ban, so that might be better! Perhaps its time to set up a new channel either on astrolink or quakenet - as they are the 2 biggest networks? I'm in #samusers on astrolink.org, which I'll be in whenever I'm on IRC. Feel free to come join :-) Si
Looking for some feedback...
Hey guys, If you're bored, I was wondering if I might get some feedback from you. I'm trying to set up a film company these days (www.popcornfilms.com), and we're slowly putting together the funding etc. for our first short film. I was wondering if you guys might like to critique the screenplay? Please don't pass this around -- it'll be up for the next couple of days, then I'm taking it down. Let me know! http://www.popcornfilms.com/private/unsealed0x29384.pdf Cheers, Simon
RE: #samusers
Am Sa, 2003-09-20 um 23.11 schrieb Simon Owen: David wrote: Is there enough interest for a SAM Irc channel? I've been lurking on the Speccy channels on Astrolink recently, so I'd welcome a SAM addition. I've looked in on the old SAM channel over the last few weeks, but there's never anyone about. There was SAM channel? Never heard of it so I know why you never saw somebody! ;) I know Gavin used to admin one on the Undernet network - but with the advent of MSN taking over ... perhaps that may be a better idea? I'd much prefer IRC to MSN - I'd guess most of the non-Windows users might too? I will and cannot connect to any MSN net. So I prefer an IRC channel too. -- Stephan Haller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Want to add Quazar support
Hey guys, Has somebody a good comet snippet how to access a Quazar for playing digitized sound. I would like to support the Quazar in my soon-completed application which will be capable of playing digitized music (aka samples ;) . I do not own a Quazar and Simcoupe does currently not support the Quazar add-on (Simon?). But I should easily add Quazar support if somebody (perhaps Colin?) would send me a small Comet file. Thanx Stephan Haller
Re: Want to add Quazar Surround support
I do not own a Quazar and Simcoupe does currently not support the Quazar add-on (Simon?). But I should easily add Quazar support if somebody (perhaps Colin?) would send me a small Comet file. I'll drop you an email shortly... Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Six of Sam Revival Magazine Out in 7 Days!
Re: #samusers
- Original Message - From: Stephan Haller To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: RE: #samusers There was SAM channel? Never heard of it so I know why you never saw somebody! ;) It used to be very busy in the past - but... these things get dull after a while i suppose :( I will and cannot connect to any MSN net. So I prefer an IRC channel too. Looks like Undernet #samusers - is partly established then! :) We where chatting till 3 last night - anything from Sams - to an interesting screenplay from a major Sam celebrety :) Anyone interested - lets set up a regular time and date - so we can make sure someones there! :)
Re: Want to add Quazar support
Has somebody a good comet snippet how to access a Quazar for playing digitized sound. I would like to support the Quazar in my soon-completed application which will be capable of playing digitized music (aka samples ;) . Great! An new piece of software is always welcomed! BTW - any one know how to subscribe to the WoMo mag? And is much of it in English? I do not own a Quazar and Simcoupe does currently not support the Quazar add-on (Simon?). But I should easily add Quazar support if somebody (perhaps Colin?) would send me a small Comet file. Colins a helpful chap - I'm sure he'll help you!
Re: #samusers
Looks like Undernet #samusers - is partly established then! :) We where chatting till 3 last night - anything from Sams - to an interesting screenplay from a major Sam celebrety :) It was Astrolink we were on last night... Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Six of Sam Revival Magazine Out in 7 Days!
RE: #samusers
If there is can someone post a working IRC server :) Thanks Adrian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 21 September 2003 12:13 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: #samusers Looks like Undernet #samusers - is partly established then! :) We where chatting till 3 last night - anything from Sams - to an interesting screenplay from a major Sam celebrety :) It was Astrolink we were on last night... Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Six of Sam Revival Magazine Out in 7 Days!
Re: #samusers
If there is can someone post a working IRC server :) Thanks warwickshire.uk.eu.astrolink.org Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Six of Sam Revival Magazine Out in 7 Days!
RE: Want to add Quazar support
Stephan Haller wrote: I do not own a Quazar and Simcoupe does currently not support the Quazar add-on (Simon?). But I should easily add Quazar support if somebody (perhaps Colin?) would send me a small Comet file. Colin requested that SimCoupé not emulate the Quazar Surround, so it won't be in future versions either. You'll be wanting a real interface for your SAM I'm sure, and can still do the rest of the development on SimCoupé if you want - as I did with the SID player :-) Si
Bunnik reaults
Hello SAMmers. As I told, yesterday was Bunnik meeting, and as I also commented, a new SAM interface was shown. To be honest: two. The first can be connected only between SAM and PC. The aim is to transfer programs from and to a PC harddisk. Thats the point, Nomad (Stephan) comes in. Stephan presented yesterday a 5 MB 16 colour reduced PC Mpg file running at the SAM from a harddisk (hey presto, a Record has 800K in size... ;-) The reason for Quazar access is now to get the most of the sound which was running with the video file. Stephan will also write the necessary transfer files and he hopes to have them ready to the SPC/Joyce meeting on October 4th, near Cologne. British readers will notice, that there are a lot of meetings on the "continental" side The other interface makes use of a one to one connection to the Spectrum bus. With it you can do the same as above, but you have to add the SpectrumPC interface described in a lot of the SPC Magazines (WoMo mag, yes its mine! Since 1990!). A fine side effect is, that you can use a Kempston Joystick interface at the bus which works fine, we have tested it yesterday while playing "Raid over Moscow". Also Currah Microspeech is in my imagination and has to be tested. It´s amazing Maybe good news too. Martijn Groen works (again) on a Windows orientatded desktop for the SAM and Robert van der Veeke will do the grafic. In one of Gavins first SAM Community mags I first have written about, but know it seems to keep on. To David: Yes, I come to Norwich meeting However, I will bring my main harddisk and the interfaces with me, but not my SAM or a Laptop (to be honest, I have not a Laptop...). So if I can use anybodies SAM and/or Laptop there I will show whats going on. A report of the Bunnik meeting with pictures of the IFs will be in the SPC magazin (off course) and if Colin wants also in SR. The "WoMo" mag is bi-lingual (german with english short description or vice versa), the SAM sides are always in english. If interest mail me for a free mag and all informations about SPC and price of the magazines: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, that s my plot (I am in hurry, so please excuse errors in english). Have a nice day Wolfgang (Leader Spectrum SAM Profi Club Cologne and Editor) David wrote: Has somebody a good comet snippet how to access a Quazar for playing digitized sound. I would like to support the Quazar in my soon-completed application which will be capable of playing digitized music (aka samples ;) . Great! An new piece of software is always welcomed! BTW - any one know how to subscribe to the WoMo mag? And is much of it in English? I do not own a Quazar and Simcoupe does currently not support the Quazar add-on (Simon?). But I should easily add Quazar support if somebody (perhaps Colin?) would send me a small Comet file. Colins a helpful chap - I'm sure he'll help you!
Re: Want to add Quazar support
- Original Message - From: Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: RE: Want to add Quazar support Colin requested that SimCoupé not emulate the Quazar Surround, so it won't be in future versions either. You'll be wanting a real interface for your SAM I'm sure, and can still do the rest of the development on SimCoupé if you want - as I did with the SID player :-) Definately a piece of software i'm going to play with a lot :)
Re: Bunnik reaults
- Original Message - From: Wolfgang Haller To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 1:20 PM Subject: Bunnik reaults Hello SAMmers.As I told, yesterday was Bunnik meeting, and as I also commented, a new SAM interface was shown. To be honest: two. The first can be connected only between SAM and PC. The aim is to transfer programs from and to a PC harddisk. Thats the point, Nomad (Stephan) comes in. Stephan presented yesterday a 5 MB 16 colour reduced PC Mpg file running at the SAM from a harddisk (hey presto, a Record has 800K in size... ;-) This is quite interesting in fact! Does this allow SAM to treat the PC as an external drive? What sort of transfer speed? Will it work with BDOS - and with an existing Atom powered drive (ie - a CF powered one?) Very importantly - as a SIAC owner... is the interface big? :) The reason for Quazar access is now to get the most of the sound which was running with the video file. Stephan will also write the necessary transfer files and he hopes to have them ready to the SPC/Joyce meeting on October 4th, near Cologne.British readers will notice, that there are a lot of meetings on the "continental" side Alan Miles always commented on how more seriously "the contintent" was for people who really pushed and where interested in their computing... I think of some of the great ideas i've never seen Edwin Blinks ideas on networking SAM and Acorn machines, The ESI sound interface, and others The other interface makes use of a one to one connection to the Spectrum bus. With it you can do the same as above, but you have to add the SpectrumPC interface described in a lot of the SPC Magazines (WoMo mag, yes its mine! Since 1990!). A fine side effect is, that you can use a Kempston Joystick interface at the bus which works fine, we have tested it yesterday while playing "Raid over Moscow". Also Currah Microspeech is in my imagination and has to be tested. It´s amazing This is certainly facsinating stuff!!! I wish I could make it "over there" some time :( Maybe good news too. Martijn Groen works (again) on a Windows orientatded desktop for the SAM and Robert van der Veeke will do the grafic. In one of Gavins first SAM Community mags I first have written about, but know it seems to keep on. These things take time to write... but Martijn Robert are both brilliant people - so I'm sure it'll be worth it! Going back to Samco - I remember many people looking at SAM Wimps... and Driver 2 - which never sadly appeared - was going to be an amazing one as well Does anyone recall this? Cookie? Anyone else? Steve Taylor was chatting about this at some length back from a Gloucester show... (I think the one where Entropy took the piss out of Bob! :) To David: Yes, I come to Norwich meeting However, I will bring my main harddisk and the interfaces with me, but not my SAM or a Laptop (to be honest, I have not a Laptop...). So if I can use anybodies SAM and/or Laptop there I will show whats going on. A report of the Bunnik meeting with pictures of the IFs will be in the SPC magazin (off course) and if Colin wants also in SR. The "WoMo" mag is bi-lingual (german with english short description or vice versa), the SAM sides are always in english. If interest mail me for a free mag and all informations about SPC and price of the magazines: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consider you mailed! :) I think Colin has at least one spare SAM he's taking to sell... perhaps he can assist? So, that s my plot (I am in hurry, so please excuse errors in english).Have a nice dayWolfgang(Leader Spectrum SAM Profi Club Cologne and Editor)
Re: Bunnik reaults
- Original Message - From: Wolfgang Haller To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 2:20 PM Subject: Bunnik reaults To add mine as well, first of all Rijkswaterstaat (the department of public works) has a funny definition of The end of september, so they have already started working on the A12 in the Netherlands, instead of arriving at 10.30 (i was already late because i overslept) Martijn and i got there around 12.00. So for a change we where the last to arrived instead of being one of the first as usual. Indeed on display, the Sam-Spectrum-bus, weird to see a Spectrum Kempston interface working on a Sam, but even better was the PC-ZX interface working with that Sam-Spectrum-Bus. Again something usefull for PC to do, acting as a file-server for the Sam. And indeed we are working on a GUI for use with B-dos and a Atom, but don't hold your breath for it, we are hoping to show at least an Alpha version on the HCC-dagen wich are being held at last weekend of november in Utrecht (Note: Rijkswaterstaat will still be working on the A12, take alternative route). The HCC-dagen is another thing that take some time, since i am also one of those responsible in organising this on behalf of the HCC-Sinclair Users Group, i spend yesterday more time on it than i had actually planned, sorry for that, but i will make up for that once the HCC-dagen are there :) For more info on the HCC-dagen, http://www.hccdagen.nl/ -- Robert van der Veeke Currently listening to: Perfect Rouge - Samply Red Yukari: Crap! He's German! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.518 / Virus Database: 316 - Release Date: 11-9-2003
Re: Bunnik reaults
Indeed on display, the Sam-Spectrum-bus, weird to see a Spectrum Kempston interface working on a Sam, Sounds very much like what Alan Miles had mentioned years ago when the Sam was still in development - an adaptor to plug Spectrum hardware into the Sam. And we know Mike AJ had done the same way back in the early 1990's to use a Videoface Spectrum digitiser on the Sam. David let me know about that one for a Sam Snippet in issue 3 of SR. All quite interesting stuff. Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Six of Sam Revival Magazine Out in 7 Days!
Re: Bunnik reaults
A report of the Bunnik meeting with pictures of the IFs will be in the SPC magazin (off course) and if Colin wants also in SR. Please do pass it on to me Wolfgang :) Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Six of Sam Revival Magazine Out in 7 Days!
Re: Bunnik reaults
- Original Message - From: Robert van der Veeke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 3:17 PM Subject: Re: Bunnik reaults - Original Message - From: Wolfgang Haller To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 2:20 PM Subject: Bunnik reaults To add mine as well, first of all Rijkswaterstaat (the department of public works) has a funny definition of The end of september, so they have already started working on the A12 in the Netherlands, instead of arriving at 10.30 (i was already late because i overslept) Martijn and i got there around 12.00. So for a change we where the last to arrived instead of being one of the first as usual. The same thing has happened to me on more shows than I can remember! :) Indeed on display, the Sam-Spectrum-bus, weird to see a Spectrum Kempston interface working on a Sam, but even better was the PC-ZX interface working with that Sam-Spectrum-Bus. Again something usefull for PC to do, acting as a file-server for the Sam. Ah - I understand. The PC-ZX interface itself is a very clever Spectrum interface, which is remapped by use of the SAM-Spectrum Bus interface? Sounds like a good idea really... Does this work with other Spectrum hardware? Is the interface itself pretty big? And indeed we are working on a GUI for use with B-dos and a Atom, but don't hold your breath for it, we are hoping to show at least an Alpha version on the HCC-dagen wich are being held at last weekend of november in Utrecht (Note: Rijkswaterstaat will still be working on the A12, take alternative route). A good GUI is something I would buy ... the Driver was good (despite having its faults...) but I'm sure something could be done much better... specially if it was designed with a hard drive in mind :) The HCC-dagen is another thing that take some time, since i am also one of those responsible in organising this on behalf of the HCC-Sinclair Users Group, i spend yesterday more time on it than i had actually planned, sorry for that, but i will make up for that once the HCC-dagen are there :) For more info on the HCC-dagen, http://www.hccdagen.nl/ I'm afraid my language skills are rather crap :( But I'll try and follow that via Babelfish :) -- Robert van der Veeke Currently listening to: Perfect Rouge - Samply Red Excellent news - seems you and Martijn are rather busy! :) Regard David
