Re: Nyan Cat
:-> http://www.dandoore.com/coupe/downloads/nyancat.zip Dan. On 10/11/2012 19:54, Aleš Keprt wrote: I didn't finish it last winter. Actually, I finished the Nyancat itself, I also finished the compression system (I use all RAM for frame buffers, but keep it in one small 32 KB file on disk) but I wanted to add some text scroller. I'm afraid I am not going to have more time to work on it until next winter. Aley -Původní zpráva- From: Simon Owen Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 7:53 PM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Nyan Cat On 12/05/2012 22:34, Aleš Keprt wrote: We have the program done, including graphics and music. I also added a tiny text scroller and now I need to write some text to put there. :-) Did you ever finish this? It'd be great to see how it compares to the Speccy version. Si
Re: Please somebody clean Sam web ring
On 13/06/2010 16:54, Aley Keprt wrote: Please can somebody clean Sam web ring of retro trader website? I can see they added themselves to our web ring, but - they didn't aded required navigation bar to previous and next sites in the ring - they don't have anything to do here (my opinion) Consider it cleaned - have suspended them and fired a mail to the admin of the site. Dan.
Re: unsubscribe
please can some one unsubscribe me. To subscribe to the sam-users miling list, send the following command in email to *sam-users-requ...@nvg.ntnu.no*: subscribe If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, send the following command in email to *sam-users-requ...@nvg.ntnu.no*: unsubscribe Or you can send mail to *majord...@nvg.ntnu.no* with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe sam-users y...@yourserver.com If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself) send email to *owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no*. Dan.
Re: unsubscribe
please can some one unsubscribe me. To subscribe to the sam-users miling list, send the following command in email to *sam-users-requ...@nvg.ntnu.no*: subscribe If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, send the following command in email to *sam-users-requ...@nvg.ntnu.no*: unsubscribe Or you can send mail to *majord...@nvg.ntnu.no* with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe sam-users y...@yourserver.com If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself) send email to *owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no*. Dan.
Re: ATT : Roger Jowett
Geoff Winkless wrote: Roger Jowett wrote: tasword+2 with tascon+d from format was much more my cup of tea im amazed no one has bothered to convert it for sam is it incredibly difficult to convert a 128k porgram I'm confused. I'm 99.9% sure I have Tasword for the Sam, no? http://www.worldofsam.org/node/298 Not sure if it's the 128K variant but it certainly had disc handling. D.
Re: In pursuit of Dead Wild Cat
Thomas Harte wrote: It's originally on Fred 50, but not really in the sense that you have to expand it to another floppy disk and then boot it off that. But, here, I'll save you the effort of all that: http://members.allegro.cc/ThomasHarte/temp/DWC.DSK This appears to be a blank disc image with SamDOS on it :-( You can download a copy from WoSam: http://www.worldofsam.org/node/617 Dan.
Re: Kaleidoscope questions
Thomas Harte wrote: I've recently acquired a Sam from eBay (correction to my earlier comments: not from Colin — that was a misunderstanding on my part of the actual seller's advert) and it was advertised as coming with a Kaleidoscope. My problem is that having identified which box must be the Kaleidoscope by deduction, the bundled software does absolutely nothing. So, questions: 1) should the Kaleidoscope be a box that contains four ICs (t74ls20b1, gd74ls374, gd74ls14, t74ls133b1), some resistors and capacitors and about half a board of empty space with gaps for other chips and stuff? I think there should be more stuff on it - have a look at the scans in here: http://www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk/download/HardwareDevKit.zip 2) should the Kaleidoscope function correctly across a composite video output drawn from the Sam's scart port? I think it needs the RGB, see http://www.worldofsam.org/node/302 Dan.
Re: Kaleidoscope questions
Colin Piggot wrote: Dan Doore wrote: I think there should be more stuff on it - have a look at the scans in here: http://www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk/download/HardwareDevKit.zip The full hardware dev kit has more parts in to give the user a couple of parallel ports that can be controlled. The standalone Kaleidoscope doesn't have those parts fitted. Photo of my standalone one is on the cover of SR15: http://www.samcoupe.com/revival/15.gif Well, you lean something new every day - I thought the Hardware Development Kit was the whole caboodle and the Kaleidoscope was the sample application (so to speak). Fancy updating the WoS node with you knowledge? D.
Re: Kaleidoscope questions
Colin Piggot wrote: Thomas Harte wrote: 1) should the Kaleidoscope be a box that contains four ICs (t74ls20b1, gd74ls374, gd74ls14, t74ls133b1), some resistors and capacitors and about half a board of empty space with gaps for other chips and stuff? Yes, that's the Kaleidoscope. It's a half built 'hardware development kit', but in the standard mgt/samco interface box instead of a bare PCB. 2) should the Kaleidoscope function correctly across a composite video output drawn from the Sam's scart port? Yes. The Kaleidoscope changes the red/green/blue voltage levels, which in turn feed the MC1377 Composite Video generator. The subtle changes the Kaleidoscope make will be seen no matter what video signal you use - RGB, Comp. Vid or UHF. Ooh, beaten to the punch and I was talking 50% bobbins - WoS has been updated with this snippet and a piccy. Dan.
Re: What is this?
Hi all, can somebody please tell me what the hell THIS is all about? http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.systems.sam-coupe I am absolutely furious that any e-mails I have sent to the SAM Group have been published on the net, I did not give permission for this! If the person who has published them gets this, then please remove them IMMEDIATELY. There's also http://www.mail-archive.com/sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no/ for at least the last 7 years. My take is that the sam-users list is not a private one, and has never been as such since anyone can join/leave/create AOL aliases that fool no-one (delete as applicable) at will. Dan.
Re: SAM Coupé - software request!
Ron Stirling wrote: I'm still trying to get a hold of my Review diskzines. I have only managed to obtain issue #2 so far, and I put out five issues, so here's hoping! When you do please feel free to upload them to WoSam: http://www.worldofsam.org/node/589 Also, pimp your personal entry: http://www.worldofsam.org/node/588 Also also, a statement from yourself (either as an appendix or an email to the list) confirming the status i.e. freely downloadable or not would be good as we need that to make them downloadable from WoSam. Cheers, Dan.
Re: SAM Coupé - software request!
Ron Stirling wrote: thanks for that. I should mention that I have tried - twice - to join the World of SAM website, with two different e-mail addresses, but to no avail! Can you help out? Not overly as it's Andrew's site - what problems did it chuck up and maybe Mr Collier can take a butchers. Dan.
Congratulations Mr MacDonald!
http://www.realtimeworlds.com/index.php?id=4pid=4nid=54 Dan.
Re: iChat/AIM users
Gavin Smith wrote: Perhaps you guys are all on Bebo or FaceBook or whatever today's fashionable social site is, but if any of you are on iChat or AIM and fancy a SAM chat now and then, feel free to add me - my address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: dandoore Also there's a Facebook group for Sam Users called, erm, Sam Users. Dan.
Re: Rotating gfx
Can anybody recommend a good way of rotating some Mode 4 graphics at different angles other than 90? There is a rotator program in the 'Bits 'n' Bobs' on Fred 26 that might do. Dan.
Re: WOS spam
Gavin Smith wrote: WOSam is currently getting spammed like crazy by a user called brianbaker. Andrew or Dan can you guys delete his account? Is there an easy way to delete all his comments? I don't have rights for that but I emailed Andrew yesterday about it. Dan.
Re: source of a music track
Andrew Collier wrote: Hi all, The music on Fred 34, E-Tunes, 4th track (Andy Monk - Untitled) ... does anybody know if that's an original composition, or based off something else? Sounds like Faithless - Drifting Away (Paradiso Mix) to me which is used a lot on the telly. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SOS4MgiTQswmode=relatedsearch= Dan.
Re: New Stuff
It's a pretty good idea but I'm not sure there's *that* much going on. It would seem to make sense if people just talked a little more about their projects on the list and that way people could contribute if required. Agreed, the list is the place for it. If Web-Heads want a but more visibility rather than just email they can subscribe to the RSS feed at http://www.mail-archive.com/sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no/maillist.xml But maybe World of SAM could keep a page of current projects? Something like this do? http://www.worldofsam.org/node/575 Dan.
Re: New Stuff
Cool. My only problem with WoSAM is the lack of visibility of certain sections. I realise there's the RSS feed but I'm thinking of people who stumble across the site for the first time. How would they find the above page if it hasn't been updated for a while? I think the front page could be better used to link to more sections than it currently does. I agree, I've often had thoughts as to what should be there in the 'Quick Links' and whether there should be a manual set of entries to current or popular pages. My thought has been that the tabs at the top for 'Products' 'People' etc could link to a subpage which can be editied to have a 'section heading' where said link enties could be placed above the list of matching nodes rather then just a full node list. However, The front page is (rightly) restricted so only Andrew can edit it. Dan.
Re: Acadia Disk Mag
Calvin Allett wrote: http://www.4shared.com/file/16014910/5a4803f8/ARCADIA_6.html Verified and pushed to incoming/ on NVG Can`t find issue 4 at the mo, but I`m sure I had it, so will see if there`s any disks I forgot to rip... also noticed that I couldn`t find any issue`s of SCPDU on nvg, so have upped issue 5 to :- http://www.4shared.com/file/16014949/5ee34f19/SCPDU5.html Ooh, not good this one - it's one of Cookies Maxidos+ disks with the extra tracks so DSK format won't do the do. Si - does SamDisk write EDSK's yet - I had a looksey at http://simonowen.com/sam/samdisk/ but it's not changed :-( Also, sorry Dan, as I think it was you whom I said I`d mail them too AGES ago :) Probably, but being old and addled I've forgotton :-) Dan.
Re: That RGB demo...
Gavin Smith wrote: ...the one from Fred, many years ago (naturally). The one that didn't work first time and needed a patch. Was it just me or did the patch not work either? My memory might be completely wrong, but I don't think I ever did see the demo and I don't see it up at World of SAM. From what I remember (although this could be rubbish) I think the fault was caused by the disc duplication and the patch was an attempt to re-write the demo back in a way that this wasn't an issue, or something like that. But no, for me the patch didn't work either - I had to grab it off NVG to see it much later. Oh, and... http://www.worldofsam.org/node/573 Dan.
Re: That RGB demo...
Stefan Drissen wrote: Oh, and... http://www.worldofsam.org/node/573#comment-490 Please try again... ;-) Eh? It's the right one - I just pulled RGBDemo.zip down to check.. Dan.
Re: That RGB demo...
Gavin Smith wrote: ...the one from Fred, many years ago (naturally). The one that didn't work first time and needed a patch. Was it just me or did the patch not work either? My memory might be completely wrong, but I don't think I ever did see the demo and I don't see it up at World of SAM. From what I remember (although this could be rubbish) I think the fault was caused by the disc duplication and the patch was an attempt to re-write the demo back in a way that this wasn't an issue, or something like that. But no, for me the patch didn't work either - I had to grab it off NVG to see it much later. Oh, and... http://www.worldofsam.org/node/573 Dan.
From WoS: Sam Coupe for sale
This was posted onto World Of Sam (http://www.worldofsam.org) but it really belongs on the list (http://www.worldofsam.org/node/184) : I have a original Sam Coupe for sale. It was my first computer, and i love it for many year... i don't want to throw it away, because i know there are many out there who love Sam like me... tell me if anyone interested (photos by request) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Portugal Dan.
Worldofsam.org is Down
Worldofsam.org and www.intensity.org.uk has been down for a few days and I've just had a bounce from Andrew's mail address so I thought I'd post here as well in case anyone has any other contact details for him. Dan.
Re: MULTIROM
DAVID LED BURY wrote: From what I recall it would allow 256 banks of 32K ROM space.. by allowing a register to control each bank used... and Simon had been working on getting TurboMon running from this as well I believe. Have a look at the draft specs: http://www.worldofsam.org/node/431 Dan.
SCPDSA
All, What do you know about the SCPDSA (http://www.worldofsam.org/node/507) does anyone have any of the demo disks and a bit of a potted history? Dan.
WorldOfSam.org - 500 nodes and counting
http://www.worldofsam.org has just hit 500 nodes. That's 500 items, products and people connected with the Sam Coupé. Recent highlights: * SimCoupé running on a Sony PSP: http://www.worldofsam.org/node/23 * The Games of NoName: http://www.worldofsam.org/node/470 * Sam Coupé Adventure Club: http://www.worldofsam.org/node/361 BTW: http://www.worldofsam.org/node/500 is Nick Roberts of Crash fame. Dan.
Steve Pick's SamDisk
Has anyone got copies of SamDisk magazine lurking in their disc boxes? There are no copies on NVG, none from GoodSamC or anything. Dan.
Re: ROM Versions
Aley Keprt wrote: I just have one side note/question: Why is Mr. Wright always mentioned as Dr.? Is it his first name, or an academic title? If it's a title, I don't understand why it is so much emphasized, because titles aren't widely used in the UK in public informal places (like this, as far as I know - argue if you have different experience). Especially if we look around, I am sure that many people in Sam community have some academic title, and nobody ever use it here. I personally use my title only in stuff related to my job at the university, which is pretty obvious, but nowhere else. So what is Dr. Andy Wright different in? ;-) That has also puzzled me - I think it's just because it's used predominantly in reference and thus deemed more polite. Also if you look on the SamDOS disc his demo's are referred to as 'Dr Wright's Graphics' rather than 'Mr. Andrew J. A. Wright's' or any other construction so it may have just stuck in the collective conscience. Dan.
Re: ROM Versions
Simon Owen wrote: Though I don't have answers to those, I aquired a selection of extra ROM versions from Simon N Goodwin a while back. I thought I also uploaded them to NVG but I can't see them anywhere. There are nestling under /pub/sam-coupe/emulation/roms (dunno who put them there :-p) - I have added them to the WOSam page along with the info from Edwin. btw Dan, great work on the immense amount of content you've added to WoS. By the number of updates coming through on the RSS, it seems like you're working on it almost full time! :-) :-) Cheers - I am literally brain dumping and adding in bits that crop up - initially I wanted to put all the Fred discs (http://www.worldofsam.org/node/150) up and sort out the indexes but I have found myself at the mercy of the hyperlink so only issues 1-5 of Fred have been fully catalogued and 300 extra nodes of other stuff have been added since then! My memory get's a bit iffy but since people can go into the Wiki and change it I'm more bothered about getting it up and out there and people can correct if required. People might want to look at the Missing in Action page (http://www.worldofsam.org/node/162) as there are no disc images for any of these and the primary aim of WOSam is to get these imaged and preserved. Speaking of which, how is SAMDISK with the EDSK support for imaging the custom formatted discs coming along? Dan.
Re: ROM Versions
Edwin Blink wrote: The orgiginal had plc in lower case another one had PLC in uppercase Then there was the one that had disk with 'c' Cheers, I have added that into the node http://www.worldofsam.org/node/430 I also made three different 'BOOTROM's that booted directly from floppydrive By simulating a F9 key press when there was no DOS loaded. The different version Were to cope with the different BOOT word combinations and sector sizes that where Used by some games. If they were ever out in the wild and you have the images can they be added to a 'Edwin's Boot ROM' page for posterity? There are also two versions of the HDBOOTROM by me the first one uses a IDE hardware reset To reset the harddisk and displays HDBROM 256/512K in the copyright message. The 2nd Version uses a IDE software reset and displays HDBROM 2.0 as copyright message. The image we have on WOSam (http://www.worldofsam.org/node/235) and on NVG says HD BOOTROM so is that the older one - can you upload the newer to WOSam? Dan.
Are you in the who's who?
There are about 60 people listed on the hallowed pages of http://www.worldofsam.org/ with more being added all the time. Unfortunately a lot of say: 'Coder.' which although perfectly true it doesn't exactly set the world on fire. Check it out your entry at http://www.worldofsam.org/People Not in it yet? Log in and add yourself in - any references will automagically point to you. Know some snippet of juicy information on someone else? Log in and change it - it's a Wiki. Dan.
Re: FTP
Ok, so is it just me then ? Possibly :-D Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Danftp ftp.nvg.ntnu.no Connected to romeo-klive.nvg.ntnu.no. 220 ProFTPD 1.2.9 Server (ProFTPD) [romeo-klive.nvg.ntnu.no] User (romeo-klive.nvg.ntnu.no:(none)): anonymous 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password. Password: 230- Welcome to ftp.nvg.ntnu.no, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that all actions are logged. If you don't like it, you might want to log out. You have connection number 52 of 100 possible. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. ftp cd /pub/sam-coupe 250- disks/ - Coupe software in DSK format docs/- Documentation emulation/ - Emulator files for other platforms including SimCoupe incoming/- Uploads - please upload disks in DSK format only magazines/ - Paper-based magazines missing/ - Files from the original NVG archive that cannot be converted pics/- Pictures from the Sam World sources/ - Source files tapes/ - Coupe software in tape format tools/ - PC/Unix tools zx_spectrum/ - Conversions of ZX Spectrum software 250 CWD command successful. Dan.
Golden ASIC's
Who received these fabled items the only one I know of getting one was Stefan. Feel free to update the World of Sam node (http://www.worldofsam.org/node/336) or post here. Dan.
Re: (no subject)
Darren Sparrow wrote: How do I unsubscribe from this list? http://www.podboy.demon.co.uk/coupe/maillist.htm
Re: Wanna some FREE games?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some photos can be found on http://hvge.sk/foto/forever7/thumb.html Woo Hoo! http://hvge.sk/foto/forever7/original/IMG_5270.html I wrote that! Fame at last in big pixels - well 9 years late at least :-) Dan.
Re: erm hello
Nev Young wrote: Have I missed much? Well, there's http://www.worldofsam.org/ and the attached Google Earth link :- Dan. Gloucester Hall - SAM Coupe show.kmz Description: application/vnd.google-earth.kmz
Re: Google Earth Placemark: Gloucester Hall - SAM Coupe show.kmz
Stefan Drissen wrote: Note: dont miss 'The Basketmaster' (?) to the north-east of the hall. The Weavers Arms! Bristol Road, GL2 6PE On B4008 Tel. Gloucester (01452) 720124 BANKS'S Mild (E) BANKS'S Bitter (E) MARSTON'S Pedigree (H) Large two bar pub built in 1986 using bricks and timber from demolished Gloucester infirmary (built 1760). No food Sunday evening. Located on the edge of a supermarket complex. Although re-christened 'The Wicker Man' after thoughts turned mercifully from Edward Woodward to Britt Eckland's Buttocks. Dan.
Re: Sophistry
Simon Owen wrote: One problem is that it creates images in EDSK format, which the current SimCoupe releases can't read. Both Woo! and D'oh! in the same mail :) Is this EDSK as in http://andercheran.aiind.upv.es/%7Eamstrad/docs/extdsk.html or a new SDF-ish format? Dan.
Re: Missing Disks?
Calvin Allett wrote: What are the most important disks which you remember which are missing? I think most stuff is now up on NVG apart from these: These are the files that could not be unpacked as part of the achive re-org project. There are stored here as DSK files with the offending code inside, if you have a copy of these then please upload a DSK version to /pub/sam-coupe/incoming. , Dan Doore 04/01/05 Files and original locations in the tree ./adult/net_23.TDO - cannot read TDO file ./disks/misc/treaty - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/modules/MikeAJTrackerModules 1 and 2 - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/etrackerdemo - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/old/lib30a - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/lib30b - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/Prntfx - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/TIFF LCB - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/terminal-emulation/commix - cannot unpack There was a stack of stuff by Daton that isn't up but I can't remember a lot else. There seems to be some disk magazines missing, plus there was some Australian software for SAM distributed over here in 93-95 that seems to be not preserved, ColonySoft? I can only say that someone from Scotland who`s name I forget (Derek something ?) seemewd to be organising it as Shareware... Derek Morgan - Sam PD? SCPSDU etc, ... Justin Ash? Dan.
Re: What be classed as the standard nowadays?
Ian Spencer wrote: Never got anywhere with Bdos, but interested... Yes, it is possible to get B-Dos to work with Masterbasic I use it all the time. Ian D'oh - should have scrolled up to see the rest of the new messages :( Dan.
Re: Hi Dudes *_+ Full message
Calvin Allett wrote: The version I have is early but will upload it hopefully in next few days... also, who did the hack to allow Mouse control? It was the copy on the disc that came with the Sam Mouse so I think it was someone within or at least for SamCo at the time - Colin MacD may know something about that because I think he was working at SamCo at the time - mind you, it was a while ago so I may be talking complete bobbins. also, I been checking and seem to have some Arcadia Disk Mags which are missing and some other stuff. Who would it be best to send these to? Sent them to me and I'll furtle them and push them up to NVG - if the muchkin gives me enough time of an evening to do it :-) Dan.
Re: Anyway to get WAV output from SAA32?
actually running an audio cable between the SAM and the PC. Ooh, I fried my SAA in 1996 trying to do just that - then again I might have plugged the Sam Line out into the PC's Line Out :-( Is it possible to somehow pipe the audio to a WAV or RAW file perhaps? I've got an Audigy in my Doze box and it has a 'what you hear' output option so you can kind of loop back the mixer output into the line in - I've used that to write into a WAV file with GoldWave and then MP3-ify that. Failing that could you loop the line out from your sound card into the line in and record from that - or will that cause a smell of burning :-P Dan.
Re: Hotline up to end of Jan 1990
johnna wrote: Was wondering about the brochure though - I used to have one of these and remember they made the machine look great. Any chance we could get a pdf of this done - anybody have one anymore? I have a brochure - A5, colour and about 8 pages long, text by Nick Roberts - is this the one? Dan.
Re: Hotline up to end of Jan 1990
Edwin Blink wrote: Could you scan your brochure Dan ? No need - it's the one that Si has scanned. Dan.
Re: Hotline up to end of Jan 1990
Edwin Blink wrote: Thanks for telling. Does yours also have a address sticker at the rear page 8 ? Dunno *looks* No sticker, but at the bottom is the address of Sam Computers Ltd obliterated with black magic marker. Dan.
Re: Where can I get latest SimCoupe?
Simon Owen wrote: I can't reproduce either of these here - can anyone else? Nope - I too often run with sync turned off and it always remembers (which often gives me a shock if I load up something with music in it). Incidentally, when DirectDraw is enabled the screen is all anti-aliased - is this a feature of my GPU driver or is it set in SimCoupe as I'd like to have it look the same as the software-emulated mode but run at the speed it does in DirectDraw mode as the fuzzyness twists my melon after a while. Also whilst I'm doing the wish list thing is it possible to have a selectable speed (or just a 100%/200%/400% choice) so that I can a) Code at 200% which is surprisingly nice and b) Play Lemmings at high speed - but not that fast :-) Dan.
Re: Text conversion
Aley Keprt wrote: I have plenty of disk images, and simply don't have time to do anything with them. In the past, many times somebody said he will look at it, unpack and sort the software, and upload it to NVG, but actually nobody ever did anything (except getting the stuff from me)... :-( Like the NVG and GoodSamC trawls before them I'll give it a shot - it'll hopefully be good input into the collections at NVG and samcoupe.org. If there's a lot then it might be best to email me a URL off-list and I'll pick them up from there or we can arrange something else. Dan.
Re: Text conversion
Andy Chandler wrote: KEYIN - That was the little devil I was thinking of ;-) KEYIN was a corker of a command, when I think back to the amount of times I crashed by blue footed friend with that one I go all misty-eyed and the missus has to poke me with a stick to bring me back. I have converted the text BASIC file that was in ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-users/missing/bcdsk10.bas using the most excellent PCSUITE and it works a treat, It will be uploaded to NVG as part of my weekly update. Speaking of which, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, does anyone have copies of these files in ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/missing net_23.TDO treaty MikeAJTrackerModules 1 and 2 etrackerdemo lib30a lib30b Prntfx TIFF LCB commix Also, please take a look at the stuff on NVG as there is an awful lot more on there than there ever was before and if you have stuff that is missing or just not there then either: a) If it is in DSK format, has DOS and an AUTO file ZIP it and upload to ./incoming/ b) If you can't be bothered to tinker with the format then email me the files in any compessed format you have them (although ZIP for preference) and I will sort them out. NOTE: Please check NVG *BEFORE* sending me stuff but anything is welcome, apart from non-converted emulator snapshots of course. Dan.
Re: Sam`s Spreadsheet Mauanls as pdf.
Has anyone got a copy of the Campion spreadsheet? They actually forwarded this to Persona for release -but the disks where scrambled I've not seen it in the NVG DSKification/GoodSAMC trawl but I would guess that Steve has a copy given that he's been taking screenshots from it :-P Dan.
Re: NVG/samcoupe.org Accessability Project
Andrew Collier wrote: ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/disks/demos/MNEMOtech/ MnemotechMnemotextDemo.zip I don't particularly object to it being up there, but I'd be interested to know where it came from? It was never exactly released... It was in GoodSAMC IIRC which means that it probably came from Chris White's disc box. Good to see someone still had a copy of this, though: ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/disks/demos/MNEMOtech/ AndrewCollierIllusionPD.zip That was from my personal collection :-) Dan.
Re: unsubscribe
Scott Macdonald wrote: unsubscribe http://www.podboy.demon.co.uk/coupe/maillist.htm Dan.
Re: Where can I get latest SimCoupe?
Simon Owen wrote: Dan Dooré wrote: I have just noticed something similar with some options like the 'auto boot on startup screen' which if you set them, exit and then go back in they stay but if you exit and then launch a .DSK file that fires up the EXE the option is lost. I can't reproduce this, using with the Win32 EXE installer version (as I'm guessing you're using that one for the file associations?). Aha- PEBCAK. I got the zip and unpacked it into the existing directory - now that I have got the EXE instead that seems to have done the trick - sorry, my bad :- Dan.
Re: Where can I get latest SimCoupe?
Ian Spencer wrote: Might just be me but with the new version 2005/01/25 if I select for ex. atomhd.hdf as an atom drive in drive 2 Simcoupe forgets my selection every time I exit the program or return to the options menu ? I have just noticed something similar with some options like the 'auto boot on startup screen' which if you set them, exit and then go back in they stay but if you exit and then launch a .DSK file that fires up the EXE the option is lost. Dan.
Re: Where can I get latest SimCoupe?
Aley Keprt wrote: Where can I get latest SimCoupe, or some other utility that could create empty SAD image? SimCoupe 0.9 Beta 10 - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.owen/sam/simcoupe/ Although Si said he might be putting up a new beta witht the format fix for ProDos this weekend. A cynic would say If SimCoupe existed, it would be the best sam coupe emulator, but it actually doesn't [exist]. Easy tiger, it is officially in still in beta! Dan.
Re: Christmas Present
Dan Dooré wrote: Simon Cooke wrote: OK; it's currently in Incoming (probably belongs in the demos section under Entropy) called Gameboytetris.zip What is it? Oh, just part of Statues of Ice. \o/ Roger Hartley converted the music from an Amiga MOD tune that goes along with this. (I think it's an old C64 tune that was ported to the Amiga). Ooh - I know that tune as well - a bit too sozzled to go and find it now though :-) Hah! http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/E/echoing.mod I knew I'd remember it eventually :- Dan.
Geoff Winkless Scrolly Bars and Bouncy Balls Bemo
I was browsing Andrew's site and saw this demo with a link to NVG that I didn't remember seeing when I did the DSKification - http://www.intensity.org.uk/image.php?i=samcoupe/db/gwdemo.GIFn=1max=1 This is linked as ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/demos/misc/balls.zip which although now broken after the NVG re-org, a look in ./OLD/ points to balls.zip which is actually a PAK file containg this: ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/disks/demos/BallsDemoByGP.zip which is a different beast altogether. Does anyone have a copy of this demo and if so can they bung me a copy in DSK format. Dan.
NVG/samcoupe.org Accessability Project
Gents, I have now completed trolling through GoodSAMC, my collection and various others from those who have helped me in this endeavour. I have not included any of the WAREZ elements, well - at least the ones I know are hacks/cracks/copies for the reasons mentioned in previous posts i.e. they are not the originals and it is those we wish to preserve. Also I felt a touch uncomfortable with some of the stuff in GoodSAMC, mainly because the collection seems to be the contents of Chris White's disk box and has personal letters discs from Stefan, Cookie and others and even police statements and documents on others. For this reason I have left much of Chris' stuff out from the tree at the moment, but it can go back should it be decided that it can go up. This gives a grand total of 747 DSK disk images, all that have been checked and in many cases made bootable added AUTO files as per the aims of the NVG project, mainly that the key term is accessibility to the code from both emulators and real machines alike. The plan is to upload a complete copy to NVG and samcoupe.org in the next few days - would people also please take a look in ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/missing and try and fill in the blanks which are: ./disks/games/colaris.lcb - cannot unpack ./adult/net_23.TDO - cannot read TDO file ./disks/misc/treaty - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/modules/MikeAJTrackerModules 1 and 2 - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/etrackerdemo - cannot unpack ./disks/music/samples/qltheme - cannot unpack/determine pack type ./disks/utils/disk/old/lib30a - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/lib30b - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/bcdsk10.bas - text file of BASIC program ./disks/utils/Prntfx - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/SAM81-ZX81Emulator - BASIC Broken in file ./disks/utils/TIFF LCB - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/terminal-emulation/commix - cannot unpack Disk magazine copyright issues - what's the deal with these items: Outlet - Was brought-out by Fred around fred issue 30 IIRC so does that mean it's publishable along with the rest of Fred? Blitz - it's Persona so I presume a no-no. Sam Supplement Sam Prime Sam Quartet My thanks to Edwin and Frode for their help with this project. Frode - can you provide me with a new LS-ltR (IIRC) of the NVG tree and I will bring anything added into the tree before uploading as before. Dan.
Re: Spectrum on Sam games at NVG
Gavin Smith wrote: This is probably a good time to ask people's opinions on including Speccy games that have been made to run on a SAM, on samcoupe.org - my opinion is that they are still Speccy games and they should initially be left out. What do others think? I think that any game/demos that has been worked on and converted to run half-way natively on the Sam (for example, Edwin's Ironman conversion) should stay in as they are kind of sam-specific. Other collections of snapshots (i.e. unmodified source that runs under emulation) should be excluded as they are covered by WoS. Dan.
Re: Uploaded stuff at NVG
Aley Keprt wrote: I uploaded this stuff to NVG. Please let somebody (Frode?) move it from incoming to the right places. /pub/sam-coupe/tapes/games/ and /pub/sam-coupe/tapes/demos/ would be favorite I think :-) Dan.
Re: Spectrum on Sam games at NVG
Aley Keprt wrote: But I think that 128k, AY and tape-disk converted games should stay. They have always been a part of the SAM scene, so it does feel like they belong in the archive. I'd still be tempted to keep them in a different category from native SAM software, to make sure people are aware they're still conversions. Definitely. There should be spectrum directory, which would say it all. There is already ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/disks/games/ZXSpectrum/ or do you mean seperate from the top down like ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/ZXSpectrumConversions/games/ ? Dan.
Re: Suspisious files at NVG
Aley Keprt wrote: I found some suspicious files at NVG. The directory missing contains some ZIP files marked as cannot unpack. I unpack these files without problems. So why are they marked cannot unpack? I assume that the man who did the so-called NVG dskification process used some old PkUnzip version. Please get the latest version and try again! :-) That man who did all the so-called work is me. There is nothing wrong with the ZIP files - it is the PAK files on the DSK files that do not unpack using UNPAK on the Sam, they report a BAD CRC error. Dan.
Re: Suspisious files at NVG
Dan Dooré wrote: Aley Keprt wrote: I found some suspicious files at NVG. The directory missing contains some ZIP files marked as cannot unpack. I unpack these files without problems. So why are they marked cannot unpack? I assume that the man who did the so-called NVG dskification process used some old PkUnzip version. Please get the latest version and try again! :-) That man who did all the so-called work is me. There is nothing wrong with the ZIP files - it is the PAK files on the DSK files that do not unpack using UNPAK on the Sam, they report a BAD CRC error. Dan. In fact, it says that in the README: These are the files that could not be unpacked as part of the achive re-org project. There are stored here as DSK files with the offending code inside, if you have a copy of these then please upload a DSK version to /pub/sam-coupe/incoming. , Dan Doore 04/01/05 Files and original locations in the tree ./disks/games/colaris.lcb - cannot unpack ./adult/net_23.TDO - cannot read TDO file ./disks/misc/treaty - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/modules/MikeAJTrackerModules 1 and 2 - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/etrackerdemo - cannot unpack ./disks/music/samples/qltheme - cannot unpack/determine pack type ./disks/utils/disk/old/lib30a - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/lib30b - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/bcdsk10.bas - text file of BASIC program ./disks/utils/Prntfx - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/SAM81-ZX81Emulator - BASIC Broken in file ./disks/utils/TIFF LCB - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/terminal-emulation/commix - cannot unpack
SimCoupe formatting query
With MasterDOS loaded under SimCoupe I have been trying to format a drive with more than 80 file allocations e.g. FORMAT d2,6 and the disk formats but only reports 80 files free. Am I doing something daft -I even checked Steve's scan of the Mdos manual and the command looks fine. Dan.
Re: SimCoupe formatting query
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ha... this works fine on my copy ! Format d2:, 6 I get 770 kb free with 118 slots. my exe Sim Coupe exe is version 0.90 Beta 14 which I used the test Pro-Dos bits with. I see, looks like I'm part of the SimCoupe underclass with my 0.9 Beta 10 then :-) Dan.
Re: Let's discuss ZX Spectrum games
Stuart Brady wrote: You're absolutely right. Also, I doubt that much of the software in GoodSAMC has been verified to see if the dumps are actually good! (IIRC, disks use a 16-bit CCITT checksum, which isn't brilliant.) You had better believe it - I took a fair amount of the stuff from NVG that couldn't be unpacked or was borked from GoodSAMC and the amount of disks with no DOS, no autos or just plain broken were astonishing. Every single disk of the NVG conversion was checked to make sure that it booted (where appropriate), loaded and did stuff, this kind of attention seems not been given to GoodSAMC. My current project is taking the usable, non-warez bits of GoodSAMC and incorporating them into the tree for samcoupe.org, which, unsuprisingly, is the same structure as NVG. This one may take a bit of time to complete though as I've not got the full 789 GoodSAMC files yet which I want before I start extracting them into the tree. GoodSAMC is for ROMS collectors as far as I am concerned and is heaving full of copyright material ripped and packed so not much use when we want the archive to be images of the actual discs we aim to preseve. And as for archiving software, I would vote for a file-based format, like TAP or something silimar. I agree. I think TAP might be fine as-is (but I expect that a lot of Speccy related software won't like SAM header blocks.) The only problem is that most of the stuff on discs was only ever in that format and sequential format like TAP is kind of no-sensical - what happens when you want to write the high score table back to disc? Update a file? We already have a file-based archive format - it's Rumsoft's ARCHIV (aka PAK) although as are documented on the list my experience with some of the files from NVG have been less than joyous, I read somewhere about a problem with the file header contents changing (can't find it now, curses) causing bad CRC errors in PAK files so maybe these problems are sumountable. Another thing, 90% of NVG was already in whole disc format which has always been the preferred method for storage, especially since SimCoupe and having all the files in one image is no great hardship when you can just copy them over from one DSK to another in SimCoupe or Edwin's Disk manager. Dan.
Re: Another example why I dislike .DSK format
Aley Keprt wrote: And of course, .SAM means sample, it's used for years for sound samples. :-) And AMIPro Word docs and a myriad of others :-) Don't we have SDF or something, which is a generic Sam disk format? From what I understand SDF is a discontinued format and this spawned the discussion on a generic format for representing all sam disk geometrys with headers for containing information and such like. The reason for persevering with the DSK format is for simplicity but as I have said in the NVG re-org mails but as soon as a format is available they will all get moved into this format and hopefully the complications of dealing with the mish-mash of DSK/TD0/SADv1/SADv2/MGT/PAK/LIB/SBT formats will be over. Dan.
Re: Another example why I dislike .DSK format
Andrew Collier wrote: But the new über-format could inherit the name .SDF it that helps. Indeed - IIRC there's only two SDF files in the wild anyway Lemmings and PoP. Sam Disk Format does have a nice ring to it to boot :-) Dan.
MasterDOS
Quickie - how many versions of MasterDOS were made, I purchased it at version 2.3 but I keep finding disk images with MDOS31 and MDOS41 as the filename which suggests much later versions. Dan.
NVG DSKification
Gents, The DSKification of NVG has been uploaded and awaits Frode's magical touch to move it into position. In the meantime here is the new structure, very similar to the old but with a few tweaks to separate native Sam stuff from PC/Emulation stuff. +---disks | +---adult | +---demos | | +---axoft | | +---entropy | | +---esi | | +---games | | +---lords | | +---metempsychosis | | | +---never_released | | | \---released | | +---mgt-samco | | +---mikeaj | | +---mnemotech | | \---thedvb | +---dos | +---games | | +---Commercial | | +---PublicDomain | | \---ZXSpectrum | | \---explosion | +---graphics | +---magazines | | +---fred | | +---Fredatives | | +---misc | | +---SAM-Paper | | +---sape | | \---scac | +---misc | +---music | | +---etracker | | | \---modules | | +---mod | | \---samples | +---prodos | \---utils | +---disk | | \---old | \---terminal-emulation +---docs +---emulation | +---ascd | +---ROMs | +---samemu | +---simcoupe | | +---CVS | | | \---SimCoupe | | | +---Allegro | | | | \---CVS | | | +---Base | | | | \---CVS | | | +---CVS | | | +---Extern | | | | \---CVS | | | +---SDL | | | | \---CVS | | | \---Win32 | | | +---Cursors | | | | \---CVS | | | +---CVS | | | \---Icons | | | \---CVS | | \---wincoupe | \---sound | \---songs +---incoming +---missing +---pics +---sources | \---HDOS-IDE \---tools +---pc +---rexx \---unix There have been no real additions to the archive since the idea was to make it more accessible for both real Sam and SimCoupe users and to have all the files in the same format for when they can be converted into the (hopefully) up and coming all-encompassing archive format. We are still missing a few items - thanks to Frode and Edwin for sorting me out with some from their collections - so when it's up please feel free to go into 'missing' and see if you have them: ./disks/games/colaris.lcb - cannot unpack ./adult/net_23.TDO - cannot read TDO file ./disks/misc/treaty - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/modules/MikeAJTrackerModules 1 and 2 - cannot unpack ./disks/music/etracker/etrackerdemo - cannot unpack ./disks/music/samples/qltheme - cannot unpack/determine pack type ./disks/utils/disk/old/lib30a - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/lib30b - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/disk/bcdsk10.bas - text file of BASIC program ./disks/utils/Prntfx - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/SAM81-ZX81Emulator - BASIC Broken in file ./disks/utils/TIFF LCB - cannot unpack ./disks/utils/terminal-emulation/commix - cannot unpack Dan.
Re: MasterDOS
hookares wrote: IIR the high numbers indictated it was combined with Masterbasic. Those seem to be files like SD+MBAS1x or MD+MBAS1x from what I've seen on the discs I've trawled through. Dan.
Re: NVG DSKification - complete...
Aley Keprt wrote: If you really N*E*E*D it, load TAP files into ASCD, and save them to a disk image. But do you? I formerly created all those TAP files by conversion from a DSK. So :-) Well, not now as I've found a copy of Craft which is the only TAP file :-) Dan.
Re: NVG DSKification - complete...
Aley Keprt wrote: If you really N*E*E*D it, load TAP files into ASCD, and save them to a disk image. But do you? I formerly created all those TAP files by conversion from a DSK. So :-) Well, not now as I've found a copy of Craft which is the only TAP file :-) Dan.
Re: ARC files on NVG
Simon Owen wrote: This is probably one for Si to look at really but as an example the PAK file in this DSK - http://www.landofpod.co.uk/swiss.zip - comes up with this error. That does indeed hit a HALT with interrupts disabled. At the point it enters the debugger the raster hasn't advanced far enough reveal a message printed to the bottom of the screen. If you press Esc to quit the debugger you'll see BAD CHECKSUM, after which the unpacker halts. I guess the file really is bad...? Hmm, this is then maybe one for Marian to look at and see if the PAK files really are corrupted? I have DSK'ed all of NVG apart from the Utils directory which is predominatly PAK and Library LCB files - I'm not having much joy with those either - is Salwek still here :-) Dan.
Re: ARC files on NVG
Simon Owen wrote: This is probably one for Si to look at really but as an example the PAK file in this DSK - http://www.landofpod.co.uk/swiss.zip - comes up with this error. That does indeed hit a HALT with interrupts disabled. At the point it enters the debugger the raster hasn't advanced far enough reveal a message printed to the bottom of the screen. If you press Esc to quit the debugger you'll see BAD CHECKSUM, after which the unpacker halts. I guess the file really is bad...? Hmm, this is then maybe one for Marian to look at and see if the PAK files really are corrupted? I have DSK'ed all of NVG apart from the Utils directory which is predominatly PAK and Library LCB files - I'm not having much joy with those either - is Salwek still here :-) Dan.
Re: Best emulator
Marian Krivos wrote: what is the best Sam Coupe emulator today? http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.owen/sam/simcoupe/ Dan.
NVG DSKification - complete...
... well, as much as I can do for the moment. The main problems are that of corrupt PAK archives and being unable to extract 'Library' LIB/LCB files due to an error in the decompression routine (Mat even mentions it in the README of the utilities disc that it is on!) There is a LIB30b file in the /utils/ directory which may or may not fix this, but it's stored as an LCB file itself so I can't actually unpack it to see :-) So, Stuff that is missing from NVG /pub/sam-coupe/ that I need copies of in preferably DSK format but SAD/TD0 will be fine: /demos/AJ inc/AJDISC1.zip - had to remove New Order loading screen to remove MaxiDOS /demos/AJ inc/AJDISC7.zip - had to remove slideshow screen to remove MaxiDOS /demos/misc/swiss.zip - cannot unpack /games/craft.tap - TAP format, cannot load /games/color.zip - cannot unpack with Library, file inside is COLORIS.LCB /graphics/slideshow/net_23.TDO - cannot read TDO file /misc/sam/treaty.arc - cannot unpack /music/e-tracker-modules/MAJMODS1.zip - cannot unpack /music/e-tracker-modules/MAJMODS2.zip - cannot unpack /music/etrackdem.zip - cannot unpack - could be Out Of Colour (which I have) as that was a demo for Etracker, or it could be a demo of the prog itself /music/samples/qltheme.zip - cannot unpack/determine pack type /utils/bcdsk10.bas - text file of BASIC program /utils/disk/old/lib30a.zip - cannot unpack with Library /utils/disk/lib30b.zip - cannot unpack with Library /utils/misc/commix.zip - cannot unpack with Library, but maybe the same as COMMIX20.TDO /utils/misc/Prntfx.zip - cannot unpack /utils/misc/SAM81.zip - ZX81Emulator - BASIC Broken in file /utils/misc/TIFF.zip - cannot unpack with Library So, if you have a disk that looks like any of these, fire up http://www.simonowen.com/sam/samdisk/ , dump it out and then let me know where I can grab it from or email me off-list and I'll arrange something rather than make people send me 20 copies of Craft via mail :-) If these are lost then it would be a shame but if it can't be helped then so be it, I'll give it a week to see what we can find and then I will release the 380-odd disc images. Personally I think they should go back to NVG to replace the PAK's (Mmm, nice 111Mb upload) so Frode do you want to contact me off-list about how we want to play this. Also I think they should go to samcoupe.org so Gavin can you also give me a shout off-list for the same reason. Best get back to the wife now - I think she's forgotton what I look like these past few days :-) Dan.
NVG DSKification - complete...
... well, as much as I can do for the moment. The main problems are that of corrupt PAK archives and being unable to extract 'Library' LIB/LCB files due to an error in the decompression routine (Mat even mentions it in the README of the utilities disc that it is on!) There is a LIB30b file in the /utils/ directory which may or may not fix this, but it's stored as an LCB file itself so I can't actually unpack it to see :-) So, Stuff that is missing from NVG /pub/sam-coupe/ that I need copies of in preferably DSK format but SAD/TD0 will be fine: /demos/AJ inc/AJDISC1.zip - had to remove New Order loading screen to remove MaxiDOS /demos/AJ inc/AJDISC7.zip - had to remove slideshow screen to remove MaxiDOS /demos/misc/swiss.zip - cannot unpack /games/craft.tap - TAP format, cannot load /games/color.zip - cannot unpack with Library, file inside is COLORIS.LCB /graphics/slideshow/net_23.TDO - cannot read TDO file /misc/sam/treaty.arc - cannot unpack /music/e-tracker-modules/MAJMODS1.zip - cannot unpack /music/e-tracker-modules/MAJMODS2.zip - cannot unpack /music/etrackdem.zip - cannot unpack - could be Out Of Colour (which I have) as that was a demo for Etracker, or it could be a demo of the prog itself /music/samples/qltheme.zip - cannot unpack/determine pack type /utils/bcdsk10.bas - text file of BASIC program /utils/disk/old/lib30a.zip - cannot unpack with Library /utils/disk/lib30b.zip - cannot unpack with Library /utils/misc/commix.zip - cannot unpack with Library, but maybe the same as COMMIX20.TDO /utils/misc/Prntfx.zip - cannot unpack /utils/misc/SAM81.zip - ZX81Emulator - BASIC Broken in file /utils/misc/TIFF.zip - cannot unpack with Library So, if you have a disk that looks like any of these, fire up http://www.simonowen.com/sam/samdisk/ , dump it out and then let me know where I can grab it from or email me off-list and I'll arrange something rather than make people send me 20 copies of Craft via mail :-) If these are lost then it would be a shame but if it can't be helped then so be it, I'll give it a week to see what we can find and then I will release the 380-odd disc images. Personally I think they should go back to NVG to replace the PAK's (Mmm, nice 111Mb upload) so Frode do you want to contact me off-list about how we want to play this. Also I think they should go to samcoupe.org so Gavin can you also give me a shout off-list for the same reason. Best get back to the wife now - I think she's forgotton what I look like these past few days :-) Dan.
ARC files on NVG
Any clue what format these ARC files are in: /pub/sam-coupe/demos/misc/d-nut.arc /pub/sam-coupe/graphics/slideshow/screen.arc There's also a couple of TAP files there, any clues how these were mand and how I can extract them? /pub/sam-coupe/games/craft.tap DSKification of NVG is going well, all demos, games, diskzines and graphics have been converted, just the music and utils stuff to go. Dan.
ARC files on NVG
Any clue what format these ARC files are in: /pub/sam-coupe/demos/misc/d-nut.arc /pub/sam-coupe/graphics/slideshow/screen.arc There's also a couple of TAP files there, any clues how these were mand and how I can extract them? /pub/sam-coupe/games/craft.tap DSKification of NVG is going well, all demos, games, diskzines and graphics have been converted, just the music and utils stuff to go. Dan.
Re: ARC files on NVG
Simon Owen wrote: They both seem to be PAK files, going by the RUMSOFT strings a short way into the file. Something like: load at 32000 and call 32000, then insert a formatted disk to write the contents to? I had tried that and they either reset or bring up an SimICE window in SimCoupe, it could just be that the PAK's are buggered as I remember a lot of problems a few years back. I'd try them on my real box but it's all stacked away whist I sort out the decorating :-( They'll be tape files, in the same TAP format used by Speccy emulators. SimCoupe doesn't have any tape support at the moment, but it's on the 0.91 ToDo list after a few requests. Cool - I wonder who made them in that format instead of TD0/DSK/SAD or, heaven forfend, PAK? Cool :-) SamDisk 2.1 is progressing fairly well, and will make disk image conversions much easier (almost any type to any type, so TD0 to DSK will be easy at last!). Curses, I've been doing the buggers manually and there's only a handfull left to do :-) Will version 2.1 have the replacement for SDF in it so that I can image my protected/MaxiDOS discs? Dan.
Re: ARC files on NVG
Simon Owen wrote: They both seem to be PAK files, going by the RUMSOFT strings a short way into the file. Something like: load at 32000 and call 32000, then insert a formatted disk to write the contents to? I had tried that and they either reset or bring up an SimICE window in SimCoupe, it could just be that the PAK's are buggered as I remember a lot of problems a few years back. I'd try them on my real box but it's all stacked away whist I sort out the decorating :-( They'll be tape files, in the same TAP format used by Speccy emulators. SimCoupe doesn't have any tape support at the moment, but it's on the 0.91 ToDo list after a few requests. Cool - I wonder who made them in that format instead of TD0/DSK/SAD or, heaven forfend, PAK? Cool :-) SamDisk 2.1 is progressing fairly well, and will make disk image conversions much easier (almost any type to any type, so TD0 to DSK will be easy at last!). Curses, I've been doing the buggers manually and there's only a handfull left to do :-) Will version 2.1 have the replacement for SDF in it so that I can image my protected/MaxiDOS discs? Dan.
Re: ARC files on NVG
Marian Krivos wrote: Dan Dooré napsal(a): Any clue what format these ARC files are in: /pub/sam-coupe/demos/misc/d-nut.arc /pub/sam-coupe/graphics/slideshow/screen.arc There's also a couple of TAP files there, any clues how these were mand and how I can extract them? /pub/sam-coupe/games/craft.tap DSKification of NVG is going well, all demos, games, diskzines and graphics have been converted, just the music and utils stuff to go. Dan. Any questions? I'm RUMSOFT :-) :- I've sorted this out now, I have to use the UNPAK utility to extract these as loading in at 32000 fails but I am still getting SimICE errors when trying to unpack some of these archives. This is probably one for Si to look at really but as an example the PAK file in this DSK - http://www.landofpod.co.uk/swiss.zip - comes up with this error. Dan.
Re: ARC files on NVG
Marian Krivos wrote: Dan Dooré napsal(a): Any clue what format these ARC files are in: /pub/sam-coupe/demos/misc/d-nut.arc /pub/sam-coupe/graphics/slideshow/screen.arc There's also a couple of TAP files there, any clues how these were mand and how I can extract them? /pub/sam-coupe/games/craft.tap DSKification of NVG is going well, all demos, games, diskzines and graphics have been converted, just the music and utils stuff to go. Dan. Any questions? I'm RUMSOFT :-) :- I've sorted this out now, I have to use the UNPAK utility to extract these as loading in at 32000 fails but I am still getting SimICE errors when trying to unpack some of these archives. This is probably one for Si to look at really but as an example the PAK file in this DSK - http://www.landofpod.co.uk/swiss.zip - comes up with this error. Dan.
NVG DSKification
I have been going through all my disks and making copies of the ones with bad sectors that I couldn't before the most lovely SamDisk2.0 was born. I have also been going through NVG as I nicked an entire copy the other month and grabbing stuff that I haven't got locally and I realised that there are still a lot of TD0's, PAK and such others so I have decided to work my way through the NVG files and make them all DSK. Before I start in earnest I thought it would be wise to check to make sure that no-one else has done this already, as it would be a good bit of pre-processing work for samcoupe.org. With a nod towards the disk formats issue, I have decided unilaterally to go for DSK for several reasons: 1. It easy. 2. Most of the stuff on NVG is PD and not subject to odd formats. 3. DSK will hopefully be convertable to any future all-encompassing format (which I still strongly favour) Anything I find with MaxiDOS is invariable broken even under TD0 so I will make a note to go hunting for it later, anything else I'll make a note of and leave it. Dan.
NVG DSKification
I have been going through all my disks and making copies of the ones with bad sectors that I couldn't before the most lovely SamDisk2.0 was born. I have also been going through NVG as I nicked an entire copy the other month and grabbing stuff that I haven't got locally and I realised that there are still a lot of TD0's, PAK and such others so I have decided to work my way through the NVG files and make them all DSK. Before I start in earnest I thought it would be wise to check to make sure that no-one else has done this already, as it would be a good bit of pre-processing work for samcoupe.org. With a nod towards the disk formats issue, I have decided unilaterally to go for DSK for several reasons: 1. It easy. 2. Most of the stuff on NVG is PD and not subject to odd formats. 3. DSK will hopefully be convertable to any future all-encompassing format (which I still strongly favour) Anything I find with MaxiDOS is invariable broken even under TD0 so I will make a note to go hunting for it later, anything else I'll make a note of and leave it. Dan.
Re: NVG DSKification
Aley Keprt wrote: DSK has no header, so it is good as long as it has .dsk file extension... They have indeed. Well, and what is that MaxiDOS? Cookie's A-level Computer Studies project :-) It's a special format that uses extra tracks (81 and 82?) to store the DOS, leaving only 500-odd bytes as part of the real disc geometry used for DOS, thus allowing more space for your stuff. Dan.
Re: NVG DSKification
Aley Keprt wrote: DSK has no header, so it is good as long as it has .dsk file extension... They have indeed. Well, and what is that MaxiDOS? Cookie's A-level Computer Studies project :-) It's a special format that uses extra tracks (81 and 82?) to store the DOS, leaving only 500-odd bytes as part of the real disc geometry used for DOS, thus allowing more space for your stuff. Dan.
Re: samcoupe.org update
Stuart Brady wrote: I can't seem to log in anonymously. I'm in work and I can't FTP out the way - can someone confirm? Password is blank... Works for me, but not as anonymous it has to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the userid and the password is blank/anything you like: 220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (ProFTPD) [213.230.202.221] User (samcoupe.org:(none)): [EMAIL PROTECTED] 331 Password required for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Password: 230 User [EMAIL PROTECTED] logged in. ftp ls 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list incoming welcome.msg 226 Transfer complete. ftp: 23 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 23000.00Kbytes/sec. ftp Dan.
Re: samcoupe.org update
Stuart Brady wrote: I can't seem to log in anonymously. I'm in work and I can't FTP out the way - can someone confirm? Password is blank... Works for me, but not as anonymous it has to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the userid and the password is blank/anything you like: 220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (ProFTPD) [213.230.202.221] User (samcoupe.org:(none)): [EMAIL PROTECTED] 331 Password required for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Password: 230 User [EMAIL PROTECTED] logged in. ftp ls 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list incoming welcome.msg 226 Transfer complete. ftp: 23 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 23000.00Kbytes/sec. ftp Dan.
Re: Christmas Present
Simon Cooke wrote: OK; it's currently in Incoming (probably belongs in the demos section under Entropy) called Gameboytetris.zip What is it? Oh, just part of Statues of Ice. \o/ Roger Hartley converted the music from an Amiga MOD tune that goes along with this. (I think it's an old C64 tune that was ported to the Amiga). Ooh - I know that tune as well - a bit too sozzled to go and find it now though :-) Dan.
Re: Christmas Present
Simon Cooke wrote: OK; it's currently in Incoming (probably belongs in the demos section under Entropy) called Gameboytetris.zip What is it? Oh, just part of Statues of Ice. \o/ Roger Hartley converted the music from an Amiga MOD tune that goes along with this. (I think it's an old C64 tune that was ported to the Amiga). Ooh - I know that tune as well - a bit too sozzled to go and find it now though :-) Dan.
Re: SDI a nef diskimage format ?
Geoff Winkless wrote: On a side track (hah), has anyone else found that all their old Sam disks are completely unreadable? None comepletly unreadable, many with errors which ment I couldn't make a DSK of them at the time. Unless SamDisk2 can skip errors (I haven't got the URL to hand) they will have to stay in the old box for evermore :-( Dan.
Re: SDI a nef diskimage format ?
Simon Owen wrote: Does the archive need to be a single format for all disks? Or could the 95% of normal format disks be kept in a simple dumped image format, with only protected disks using a different format needed to describe them correctly? I think yes, the idea of tagging extra data into a header appeals but as Geoff pointed out we could have a standard header and then store the payload as a straight DSK or an SDF image (or SDF V1.1 with Freaky Cookie Malarky mode enabled). Dan.
Re: SDI a nef diskimage format ?
My two penneth of the disk format discussion: I like the idea of a new, all-encompassing disk format for the samcoupe.org archive (SCOA anyone?) as it will bring together many disparate formats DSK/SDF/SAD etc. into one, but it has to be able to hold the full geometry of the disk. After all, the idea is that the images in the archive should be true to the original format and IMHO there is no point implementing a new format if it cannot handle all disks, after all we might as well stick to DSK and SAD and the odd SDF for that. What we need to say is that this is the format for the archive and if anybody prefers to have it in DSK then they should be able to make it that way for their own needs, I am thinking of a parallel to getting a speccy .TAP file and converting it to a .Z80 because that's what you prefer to deal with but the .TAP file is the 'original format' that you take that from. Also, I think the idea of including data in the header of the format is vital - I have too may ARSE.DSK files knocking about and it will be a good method of preserving the information if authors, dates etc. in a standard and manageable way like it ID tags in MP3 files. In short: One site to store them all, One place to find them, One format to store them all and on the Internet bind them. :- Dan.
Webring (Was Re: Sam's 15th Birthday!)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Parry-Thomas www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk http://www.samcoupe-pro-dos.co.uk *blinks* My webring admin gland has just woken me up. http://v.webring.com/wrman?ring=samcoupeaddsite And that goes for anyone else too - go on, you know you want to. Dan.
RE: Sam Elite
As far as I recall, the Sam Elite was simply a 512k SAM with the new style disk drive fitted and it had a built-in printer port (quite where this appeared on the back I'm not sure. IIRC there was a ribbon cable coming out of the case above the expansion port with a 25-D dongle on the end. Nice :-) I think the second drive slot was used for the I/F too - bad news if you want an Atom... Dan. Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shirk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VVeb: http://www.podboy.demon.co.uk/ Deep sea skiver, seabed lurker; Neptune is my social worker. - Punilux
RE: new member
BTW Is Dan about? need to update/remove/edit my entry on the web ring? *blinks* Yep, still very much alive! You can amend your entry on www.webring.org or just send me the details and I'll do it from the admin screens. Dan. Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shirk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VVeb: http://www.podboy.demon.co.uk/ Deep sea skiver, seabed lurker; Neptune is my social worker. - Punilux
RE: Re[3]: Christmas Greetings, etc.
Ditto. Me too! :-) http://www.podboy.demon.co.uk/chrimbo/ D.
