Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)

[Colin Piggot]

Excellent :) That's what I like to hear Ian!

For those of you after the magazine I've got a pile of them sitting here 
ready to post out. SAM Revival issue 25 costs £4.99 with UK Postage, £7.99 
with EU postage, or £8.99 for anywhere outside of the EU. 56 pages, 2 disks, 
etc... etc... :) You can order with PayPal (or via PayPal with debit/credit 
card) on my website at: www.samcoupe.com


All the best,

Colin
=
Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the SAM Coupé
1995-2015 - Celebrating 21 Years of developing for the SAM Coupé
Website: www.samcoupe.comTwitter: @QuazarSamCoupe


- Original Message - 
From: "Ian Spencer" <i...@spencerweb.net>

To: <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)



Hi Colin,

thanks obviously a lot of work and a really great issue. Enjoyed reading 
it from beginning to end.


Best wishes,
Ian (Spencer)

Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)

[Colin Piggot]

(Oops! I somehow hit send by accident when typing my reply. I'll try again!)

Yes, quite a maniac. Thanks for the compliment Gavin! I'm glad you enjoyed 
the issue!


Regarding the new Robin Evans artwork I had commissioned, I've now listed 
one of the signed prints he produced on eBay. Details can be found on the 
auction at:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111802619444

Colin
=
Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the SAM Coupé
1995-2015 - Celebrating 21 Years of developing for the SAM Coupé
Website: www.samcoupe.comTwitter: @QuazarSamCoupe



- Original Message - 
From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsm...@me.com>

To: <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)


My copy arrived yesterday. I’ve missed a couple of issues lately but this is 
definitely the best SAM Revival issue that I’ve ever seen. It’s so packed 
with stuff that you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the early 90s again :) 
Love the original Robin Evans artwork too, can’t believe you tracked him 
down to get new SAM robot doodles. Colin, you’re a maniac.


Thanks for a fantastic read!
Gavin



On Oct 11, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Ian Spencer <i...@spencerweb.net> wrote:

Hi Colin,

thanks obviously a lot of work and a really great issue. Enjoyed reading 
it from beginning to end.


Best wishes,
Ian (Spencer)

Am 11.10.2015 um 12:31 schrieb Colin Piggot:

Hi Folks,

It's finally out! SAM Revival issue 25!

56 pages packed with SAM goodies for the 25th Anniversary of the 
computer.


What's in the magazine? Well, let's take a look at the cover first. I 
commissioned a new drawing by Robin Evans - the original artist for the 
SAM robot, you'll be familiar with all his doodles in the SAM Coupe User 
Guide and the early MGT adverts from 1989/1990. Well he dusted off his 
memory of drawing the robot and has came up trumps with the drawing for 
the cover. As part of the commission I've also got a couple of prints of 
the cover artwork which Robin has hand signed - the first of which will 
be auctioned on eBay on 20th October 2015 - I'll post up some photos over 
the next few days on my website and twitter and a link to the auction 
once it's started. Although I paid for the comission of the artwork from 
my own pocket all proceeds from the auction will be used towards my 
ongoing work developing new products for the SAM Coupe. Stay tuned for 
more details of that nearer the time...


Inside the magazine, a mammoth news section kicks off after the 
editorial, covering news from around the SAM scene, with all the details 
of new hardware, software and demos for the SAM Coupe as well as previews 
of projects that are being worked on.


Feature articles shows off all the work undertaken by Phil Wilson with 
the customising of his SAM, plus shorter articles about several other 
customisation projects. The Developer Diary section looks at the new game 
that's Warren Lee is preparing, and a quick look at TRINload from Simon 
Owen which is a utility to transfer data from a PC to the SAM via the 
Trinity Ethernet Interface.


Smaller articles look at patching some demos to make them compatible on 
mass storage devices. I also take a look at some of the rarer and more 
unique items I've collected over the years for the SAM Coupe.


Throw in the usual SAM Snippets, SAM Correspondence and SAM Comment 
sections and that wraps up this gigantic 56 page issue of the magazine.


SAM Revival issue 25 comes with not just one, but two cover disks. On the 
first is the classic SAM Coupe game 'Vegetable Vacation' from 
Fissionsoft, which was originally released in 1992 by Revelation/SAMCO. 
Next up is 'MobyDX' from Black Jet - a new release especially for SAM's 
anniversary - thanks guys!


The first coverdisk also features plenty of software for the Trinity 
Ethernet Interface - starting off with a new version of B-DOS. This 
version (1.5t beta 6) allows the Trinity to use SD/SDHC cards up to a 
whopping 64GB in size. An installer is also included on the disk to store 
the new DOS on the Trinity Ethernet Interface's EEPROM if you use the 
optional BOOT ROM. Plus, there are the first few TCP/IP demo programs for 
the Trinity Ethernet Interface. The first demo downloads a screen/music 
from the internet, the second demo downloads the full game 'XOR' from the 
net directly to your SAM. This all really shows what's on the horizon for 
the SAM now it's connected to the internet. My thanks to all those 
involved with pushing the Trinity forward - Adrian Brown, Simon Owen, 
Chris Pile, and content for the downloadable demos from Warren Lee, David 
Sanders and Howard Price.


The second coverdisk is dedicated entirely to mind blowing megademo from 
MNEMOtech's Andrew Collier - 'Stars and Sprites'. Andrew has done some 
really impressive coding for the fantastic graphical effects and great 
music! Plus one of the scrollers does mention so

Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)

[Colin Piggot]

Yes, quite a maniac. Thanks for the compliment!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111802619444
Colin

- Original Message - 
From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsm...@me.com>

To: <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)


My copy arrived yesterday. I’ve missed a couple of issues lately but this is 
definitely the best SAM Revival issue that I’ve ever seen. It’s so packed 
with stuff that you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the early 90s again :) 
Love the original Robin Evans artwork too, can’t believe you tracked him 
down to get new SAM robot doodles. Colin, you’re a maniac.


Thanks for a fantastic read!
Gavin



On Oct 11, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Ian Spencer <i...@spencerweb.net> wrote:

Hi Colin,

thanks obviously a lot of work and a really great issue. Enjoyed reading 
it from beginning to end.


Best wishes,
Ian (Spencer)

Am 11.10.2015 um 12:31 schrieb Colin Piggot:

Hi Folks,

It's finally out! SAM Revival issue 25!

56 pages packed with SAM goodies for the 25th Anniversary of the 
computer.


What's in the magazine? Well, let's take a look at the cover first. I 
commissioned a new drawing by Robin Evans - the original artist for the 
SAM robot, you'll be familiar with all his doodles in the SAM Coupe User 
Guide and the early MGT adverts from 1989/1990. Well he dusted off his 
memory of drawing the robot and has came up trumps with the drawing for 
the cover. As part of the commission I've also got a couple of prints of 
the cover artwork which Robin has hand signed - the first of which will 
be auctioned on eBay on 20th October 2015 - I'll post up some photos over 
the next few days on my website and twitter and a link to the auction 
once it's started. Although I paid for the comission of the artwork from 
my own pocket all proceeds from the auction will be used towards my 
ongoing work developing new products for the SAM Coupe. Stay tuned for 
more details of that nearer the time...


Inside the magazine, a mammoth news section kicks off after the 
editorial, covering news from around the SAM scene, with all the details 
of new hardware, software and demos for the SAM Coupe as well as previews 
of projects that are being worked on.


Feature articles shows off all the work undertaken by Phil Wilson with 
the customising of his SAM, plus shorter articles about several other 
customisation projects. The Developer Diary section looks at the new game 
that's Warren Lee is preparing, and a quick look at TRINload from Simon 
Owen which is a utility to transfer data from a PC to the SAM via the 
Trinity Ethernet Interface.


Smaller articles look at patching some demos to make them compatible on 
mass storage devices. I also take a look at some of the rarer and more 
unique items I've collected over the years for the SAM Coupe.


Throw in the usual SAM Snippets, SAM Correspondence and SAM Comment 
sections and that wraps up this gigantic 56 page issue of the magazine.


SAM Revival issue 25 comes with not just one, but two cover disks. On the 
first is the classic SAM Coupe game 'Vegetable Vacation' from 
Fissionsoft, which was originally released in 1992 by Revelation/SAMCO. 
Next up is 'MobyDX' from Black Jet - a new release especially for SAM's 
anniversary - thanks guys!


The first coverdisk also features plenty of software for the Trinity 
Ethernet Interface - starting off with a new version of B-DOS. This 
version (1.5t beta 6) allows the Trinity to use SD/SDHC cards up to a 
whopping 64GB in size. An installer is also included on the disk to store 
the new DOS on the Trinity Ethernet Interface's EEPROM if you use the 
optional BOOT ROM. Plus, there are the first few TCP/IP demo programs for 
the Trinity Ethernet Interface. The first demo downloads a screen/music 
from the internet, the second demo downloads the full game 'XOR' from the 
net directly to your SAM. This all really shows what's on the horizon for 
the SAM now it's connected to the internet. My thanks to all those 
involved with pushing the Trinity forward - Adrian Brown, Simon Owen, 
Chris Pile, and content for the downloadable demos from Warren Lee, David 
Sanders and Howard Price.


The second coverdisk is dedicated entirely to mind blowing megademo from 
MNEMOtech's Andrew Collier - 'Stars and Sprites'. Andrew has done some 
really impressive coding for the fantastic graphical effects and great 
music! Plus one of the scrollers does mention something about a hidden 
part... H!


SAM Revival 25 costs £4.99 with UK postage, £7.99 with EU Airmail postage 
and £8.99 with Airmail postage for the rest of the world.


To order by PayPal or debit/credit card please see my website at: 
www.samcoupe.com



Other recent releases from myself include:

** SID Soundchip Interface - 2014 Edition

Originally released back in 2003, my SID Interface allowed the SAM to use 
the soundchip from a Commodore 64. This all stemmed fr

Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)

[ellvis]

Hi Colin,

thank you for new issue, haven't read much of it yet (have it in my hands just 
for about 2 hours so far), but it is worth the waiting! Keep on good work, you 
have a lot of readers!

Best regards,

ellvis

On Sun Oct 11 12:31:20 2015 GMT+0200, Colin Piggot wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> It's finally out! SAM Revival issue 25!
> 
> 56 pages packed with SAM goodies for the 25th Anniversary of the computer.
> 
> What's in the magazine? Well, let's take a look at the cover first. I 
> commissioned a new drawing by Robin Evans - the original artist for the SAM 
> robot, you'll be familiar with all his doodles in the SAM Coupe User Guide 
> and the early MGT adverts from 1989/1990. Well he dusted off his memory of 
> drawing the robot and has came up trumps with the drawing for the cover. As 
> part of the commission I've also got a couple of prints of the cover artwork 
> which Robin has hand signed - the first of which will be auctioned on eBay 
> on 20th October 2015 - I'll post up some photos over the next few days on my 
> website and twitter and a link to the auction once it's started. Although I 
> paid for the comission of the artwork from my own pocket all proceeds from 
> the auction will be used towards my ongoing work developing new products for 
> the SAM Coupe. Stay tuned for more details of that nearer the time...
> 
> Inside the magazine, a mammoth news section kicks off after the editorial, 
> covering news from around the SAM scene, with all the details of new 
> hardware, software and demos for the SAM Coupe as well as previews of 
> projects that are being worked on.
> 
> Feature articles shows off all the work undertaken by Phil Wilson with the 
> customising of his SAM, plus shorter articles about several other 
> customisation projects. The Developer Diary section looks at the new game 
> that's Warren Lee is preparing, and a quick look at TRINload from Simon Owen 
> which is a utility to transfer data from a PC to the SAM via the Trinity 
> Ethernet Interface.
> 
> Smaller articles look at patching some demos to make them compatible on mass 
> storage devices. I also take a look at some of the rarer and more unique 
> items I've collected over the years for the SAM Coupe.
> 
> Throw in the usual SAM Snippets, SAM Correspondence and SAM Comment sections 
> and that wraps up this gigantic 56 page issue of the magazine.
> 
> SAM Revival issue 25 comes with not just one, but two cover disks. On the 
> first is the classic SAM Coupe game 'Vegetable Vacation' from Fissionsoft, 
> which was originally released in 1992 by Revelation/SAMCO. Next up is 
> 'MobyDX' from Black Jet - a new release especially for SAM's anniversary - 
> thanks guys!
> 
> The first coverdisk also features plenty of software for the Trinity 
> Ethernet Interface - starting off with a new version of B-DOS. This version 
> (1.5t beta 6) allows the Trinity to use SD/SDHC cards up to a whopping 64GB 
> in size. An installer is also included on the disk to store the new DOS on 
> the Trinity Ethernet Interface's EEPROM if you use the optional BOOT ROM. 
> Plus, there are the first few TCP/IP demo programs for the Trinity Ethernet 
> Interface. The first demo downloads a screen/music from the internet, the 
> second demo downloads the full game 'XOR' from the net directly to your SAM. 
> This all really shows what's on the horizon for the SAM now it's connected 
> to the internet. My thanks to all those involved with pushing the Trinity 
> forward - Adrian Brown, Simon Owen, Chris Pile, and content for the 
> downloadable demos from Warren Lee, David Sanders and Howard Price.
> 
> The second coverdisk is dedicated entirely to mind blowing megademo from 
> MNEMOtech's Andrew Collier - 'Stars and Sprites'. Andrew has done some 
> really impressive coding for the fantastic graphical effects and great 
> music! Plus one of the scrollers does mention something about a hidden 
> part... H!
> 
> SAM Revival 25 costs £4.99 with UK postage, £7.99 with EU Airmail postage 
> and £8.99 with Airmail postage for the rest of the world.
> 
> To order by PayPal or debit/credit card please see my website at: 
> www.samcoupe.com
> 
> 
> Other recent releases from myself include:
> 
> ** SID Soundchip Interface - 2014 Edition
> 
> Originally released back in 2003, my SID Interface allowed the SAM to use 
> the soundchip from a Commodore 64. This all stemmed from my own small pet 
> project exploring old forms of computer sound - with it's unique sound the 
> SID soundchip remains very popular with computer audiophiles to this day. 
> The new 2014 edition features an onboard DC to DC convertor to generate the 
> supply voltage for the SID soundchip so an external PSU is no longer 
> required.
> 
> Bundled with the interface is a software disk, featuring Simon Owen's 
> marvellous .sid   playback code. Using a software emulator to run 6510 
> machine code (the Commodore 64's processor) the SAM is able to run .sid 
> music files in real 

Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)

[the wub]

Great work Colin!  As others have said it really is a particularly
good issue, amazing games and demos on the disks too.  Many thanks to
all who made this happen, here's to the next 25 years! :)

Rob.

Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)

[Gavin Smith]

My copy arrived yesterday. I’ve missed a couple of issues lately but this is 
definitely the best SAM Revival issue that I’ve ever seen. It’s so packed with 
stuff that you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the early 90s again :) Love 
the original Robin Evans artwork too, can’t believe you tracked him down to get 
new SAM robot doodles. Colin, you’re a maniac. 

Thanks for a fantastic read!
Gavin


> On Oct 11, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Ian Spencer  wrote:
> 
> Hi Colin,
> 
> thanks obviously a lot of work and a really great issue. Enjoyed reading it 
> from beginning to end.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Ian (Spencer)
> 
> Am 11.10.2015 um 12:31 schrieb Colin Piggot:
>> Hi Folks,
>> 
>> It's finally out! SAM Revival issue 25!
>> 
>> 56 pages packed with SAM goodies for the 25th Anniversary of the computer.
>> 
>> What's in the magazine? Well, let's take a look at the cover first. I 
>> commissioned a new drawing by Robin Evans - the original artist for the SAM 
>> robot, you'll be familiar with all his doodles in the SAM Coupe User Guide 
>> and the early MGT adverts from 1989/1990. Well he dusted off his memory of 
>> drawing the robot and has came up trumps with the drawing for the cover. As 
>> part of the commission I've also got a couple of prints of the cover artwork 
>> which Robin has hand signed - the first of which will be auctioned on eBay 
>> on 20th October 2015 - I'll post up some photos over the next few days on my 
>> website and twitter and a link to the auction once it's started. Although I 
>> paid for the comission of the artwork from my own pocket all proceeds from 
>> the auction will be used towards my ongoing work developing new products for 
>> the SAM Coupe. Stay tuned for more details of that nearer the time...
>> 
>> Inside the magazine, a mammoth news section kicks off after the editorial, 
>> covering news from around the SAM scene, with all the details of new 
>> hardware, software and demos for the SAM Coupe as well as previews of 
>> projects that are being worked on.
>> 
>> Feature articles shows off all the work undertaken by Phil Wilson with the 
>> customising of his SAM, plus shorter articles about several other 
>> customisation projects. The Developer Diary section looks at the new game 
>> that's Warren Lee is preparing, and a quick look at TRINload from Simon Owen 
>> which is a utility to transfer data from a PC to the SAM via the Trinity 
>> Ethernet Interface.
>> 
>> Smaller articles look at patching some demos to make them compatible on mass 
>> storage devices. I also take a look at some of the rarer and more unique 
>> items I've collected over the years for the SAM Coupe.
>> 
>> Throw in the usual SAM Snippets, SAM Correspondence and SAM Comment sections 
>> and that wraps up this gigantic 56 page issue of the magazine.
>> 
>> SAM Revival issue 25 comes with not just one, but two cover disks. On the 
>> first is the classic SAM Coupe game 'Vegetable Vacation' from Fissionsoft, 
>> which was originally released in 1992 by Revelation/SAMCO. Next up is 
>> 'MobyDX' from Black Jet - a new release especially for SAM's anniversary - 
>> thanks guys!
>> 
>> The first coverdisk also features plenty of software for the Trinity 
>> Ethernet Interface - starting off with a new version of B-DOS. This version 
>> (1.5t beta 6) allows the Trinity to use SD/SDHC cards up to a whopping 64GB 
>> in size. An installer is also included on the disk to store the new DOS on 
>> the Trinity Ethernet Interface's EEPROM if you use the optional BOOT ROM. 
>> Plus, there are the first few TCP/IP demo programs for the Trinity Ethernet 
>> Interface. The first demo downloads a screen/music from the internet, the 
>> second demo downloads the full game 'XOR' from the net directly to your SAM. 
>> This all really shows what's on the horizon for the SAM now it's connected 
>> to the internet. My thanks to all those involved with pushing the Trinity 
>> forward - Adrian Brown, Simon Owen, Chris Pile, and content for the 
>> downloadable demos from Warren Lee, David Sanders and Howard Price.
>> 
>> The second coverdisk is dedicated entirely to mind blowing megademo from 
>> MNEMOtech's Andrew Collier - 'Stars and Sprites'. Andrew has done some 
>> really impressive coding for the fantastic graphical effects and great 
>> music! Plus one of the scrollers does mention something about a hidden 
>> part... H!
>> 
>> SAM Revival 25 costs £4.99 with UK postage, £7.99 with EU Airmail postage 
>> and £8.99 with Airmail postage for the rest of the world.
>> 
>> To order by PayPal or debit/credit card please see my website at: 
>> www.samcoupe.com
>> 
>> 
>> Other recent releases from myself include:
>> 
>> ** SID Soundchip Interface - 2014 Edition
>> 
>> Originally released back in 2003, my SID Interface allowed the SAM to use 
>> the soundchip from a Commodore 64. This all stemmed from my own small pet 
>> project exploring old forms of computer sound - with it's unique sound the 
>> SID 

Re: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)

[Ian Spencer]

Hi Colin,

thanks obviously a lot of work and a really great issue. Enjoyed reading 
it from beginning to end.


Best wishes,
Ian (Spencer)

Am 11.10.2015 um 12:31 schrieb Colin Piggot:

Hi Folks,

It's finally out! SAM Revival issue 25!

56 pages packed with SAM goodies for the 25th Anniversary of the 
computer.


What's in the magazine? Well, let's take a look at the cover first. I 
commissioned a new drawing by Robin Evans - the original artist for 
the SAM robot, you'll be familiar with all his doodles in the SAM 
Coupe User Guide and the early MGT adverts from 1989/1990. Well he 
dusted off his memory of drawing the robot and has came up trumps with 
the drawing for the cover. As part of the commission I've also got a 
couple of prints of the cover artwork which Robin has hand signed - 
the first of which will be auctioned on eBay on 20th October 2015 - 
I'll post up some photos over the next few days on my website and 
twitter and a link to the auction once it's started. Although I paid 
for the comission of the artwork from my own pocket all proceeds from 
the auction will be used towards my ongoing work developing new 
products for the SAM Coupe. Stay tuned for more details of that nearer 
the time...


Inside the magazine, a mammoth news section kicks off after the 
editorial, covering news from around the SAM scene, with all the 
details of new hardware, software and demos for the SAM Coupe as well 
as previews of projects that are being worked on.


Feature articles shows off all the work undertaken by Phil Wilson with 
the customising of his SAM, plus shorter articles about several other 
customisation projects. The Developer Diary section looks at the new 
game that's Warren Lee is preparing, and a quick look at TRINload from 
Simon Owen which is a utility to transfer data from a PC to the SAM 
via the Trinity Ethernet Interface.


Smaller articles look at patching some demos to make them compatible 
on mass storage devices. I also take a look at some of the rarer and 
more unique items I've collected over the years for the SAM Coupe.


Throw in the usual SAM Snippets, SAM Correspondence and SAM Comment 
sections and that wraps up this gigantic 56 page issue of the magazine.


SAM Revival issue 25 comes with not just one, but two cover disks. On 
the first is the classic SAM Coupe game 'Vegetable Vacation' from 
Fissionsoft, which was originally released in 1992 by 
Revelation/SAMCO. Next up is 'MobyDX' from Black Jet - a new release 
especially for SAM's anniversary - thanks guys!


The first coverdisk also features plenty of software for the Trinity 
Ethernet Interface - starting off with a new version of B-DOS. This 
version (1.5t beta 6) allows the Trinity to use SD/SDHC cards up to a 
whopping 64GB in size. An installer is also included on the disk to 
store the new DOS on the Trinity Ethernet Interface's EEPROM if you 
use the optional BOOT ROM. Plus, there are the first few TCP/IP demo 
programs for the Trinity Ethernet Interface. The first demo downloads 
a screen/music from the internet, the second demo downloads the full 
game 'XOR' from the net directly to your SAM. This all really shows 
what's on the horizon for the SAM now it's connected to the internet. 
My thanks to all those involved with pushing the Trinity forward - 
Adrian Brown, Simon Owen, Chris Pile, and content for the downloadable 
demos from Warren Lee, David Sanders and Howard Price.


The second coverdisk is dedicated entirely to mind blowing megademo 
from MNEMOtech's Andrew Collier - 'Stars and Sprites'. Andrew has done 
some really impressive coding for the fantastic graphical effects and 
great music! Plus one of the scrollers does mention something about a 
hidden part... H!


SAM Revival 25 costs £4.99 with UK postage, £7.99 with EU Airmail 
postage and £8.99 with Airmail postage for the rest of the world.


To order by PayPal or debit/credit card please see my website at: 
www.samcoupe.com



Other recent releases from myself include:

** SID Soundchip Interface - 2014 Edition

Originally released back in 2003, my SID Interface allowed the SAM to 
use the soundchip from a Commodore 64. This all stemmed from my own 
small pet project exploring old forms of computer sound - with it's 
unique sound the SID soundchip remains very popular with computer 
audiophiles to this day. The new 2014 edition features an onboard DC 
to DC convertor to generate the supply voltage for the SID soundchip 
so an external PSU is no longer required.


Bundled with the interface is a software disk, featuring Simon Owen's 
marvellous .sid   playback code. Using a software emulator to run 6510 
machine code (the Commodore 64's processor) the SAM is able to run 
.sid music files in real time (that's essentially partial C64 
emulation on the SAM!) so there's now the ability to listen to 
thousands of C64 music files. The new 2014 edition of the SID 
Soundchip Interface is priced at £44.99




** Trinity Mass Storage Interface

If 

R: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)

[Simone Voltolini]

Thanks ;)

Waiting for it.







Kora Sistemi Informatici
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Tel/Fax +39 0376 371059
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-Messaggio originale-
Da: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] Per
conto di Colin Piggot
Inviato: domenica 11 ottobre 2015 12:31
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: SAM Revival issue 25 now out! (And other recent releases!)

Hi Folks,

It's finally out! SAM Revival issue 25!

56 pages packed with SAM goodies for the 25th Anniversary of the computer.

What's in the magazine? Well, let's take a look at the cover first. I
commissioned a new drawing by Robin Evans - the original artist for the SAM
robot, you'll be familiar with all his doodles in the SAM Coupe User Guide
and the early MGT adverts from 1989/1990. Well he dusted off his memory of
drawing the robot and has came up trumps with the drawing for the cover. As
part of the commission I've also got a couple of prints of the cover artwork
which Robin has hand signed - the first of which will be auctioned on eBay
on 20th October 2015 - I'll post up some photos over the next few days on my
website and twitter and a link to the auction once it's started. Although I
paid for the comission of the artwork from my own pocket all proceeds from
the auction will be used towards my ongoing work developing new products for
the SAM Coupe. Stay tuned for more details of that nearer the time...

Inside the magazine, a mammoth news section kicks off after the editorial,
covering news from around the SAM scene, with all the details of new
hardware, software and demos for the SAM Coupe as well as previews of
projects that are being worked on.

Feature articles shows off all the work undertaken by Phil Wilson with the
customising of his SAM, plus shorter articles about several other
customisation projects. The Developer Diary section looks at the new game
that's Warren Lee is preparing, and a quick look at TRINload from Simon Owen
which is a utility to transfer data from a PC to the SAM via the Trinity
Ethernet Interface.

Smaller articles look at patching some demos to make them compatible on mass
storage devices. I also take a look at some of the rarer and more unique
items I've collected over the years for the SAM Coupe.

Throw in the usual SAM Snippets, SAM Correspondence and SAM Comment sections
and that wraps up this gigantic 56 page issue of the magazine.

SAM Revival issue 25 comes with not just one, but two cover disks. On the
first is the classic SAM Coupe game 'Vegetable Vacation' from Fissionsoft,
which was originally released in 1992 by Revelation/SAMCO. Next up is
'MobyDX' from Black Jet - a new release especially for SAM's anniversary -
thanks guys!

The first coverdisk also features plenty of software for the Trinity
Ethernet Interface - starting off with a new version of B-DOS. This version
(1.5t beta 6) allows the Trinity to use SD/SDHC cards up to a whopping 64GB
in size. An installer is also included on the disk to store the new DOS on
the Trinity Ethernet Interface's EEPROM if you use the optional BOOT ROM. 
Plus, there are the first few TCP/IP demo programs for the Trinity Ethernet
Interface. The first demo downloads a screen/music from the internet, the
second demo downloads the full game 'XOR' from the net directly to your SAM.

This all really shows what's on the horizon for the SAM now it's connected
to the internet. My thanks to all those involved with pushing the Trinity
forward - Adrian Brown, Simon Owen, Chris Pile, and content for the
downloadable demos from Warren Lee, David Sanders and Howard Price.

The second coverdisk is dedicated entirely to mind blowing megademo from
MNEMOtech's Andrew Collier - 'Stars and Sprites'. Andrew has done some
really impressive coding for the fantastic graphical effects and great
music! Plus one of the scrollers does mention something about a hidden
part... H!

SAM Revival 25 costs £4.99 with UK postage, £7.99 with EU Airmail postage
and £8.99 with Airmail postage for the rest of the world.

To order by PayPal or debit/credit card please see my website at: 
www.samcoupe.com


Other recent releases from myself include:

** SID Soundchip Interface - 2014 Edition

Originally released back in 2003, my SID Interface allowed the SAM to use
the soundchip from a Commodore 64. This all stemmed from my own small pet
project exploring old forms of computer sound - with it's unique sound the
SID soundchip remains very popular with computer audiophiles to this day. 
The new 2014 edition features an onboard DC to DC convertor to generate the
supply voltage for the SID soundchip so an external PSU is no longer
required.

Bundled with the interface is a software disk, featuring Simon Owen's 
marvellous .sid   playback code. Using a software emulator to run 6510 
machine code (the Commodore 64's processor) the SAM is able to run .sid
music files in real time (that's essentially partial C64 emulation on the
SAM!) so there's now