Re: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!

2014-08-31 Thread Marcos Cruz
En/Je/On 2014-08-28 23:10, Simone Voltolini escribió / skribis / wrote : Last year I start to preserve All of My Speccy, Ql and Now Sam material Nice to see you here, Simone! I didn't know you are interested also in the SAM Coupé. For the list: Simone contacted me some months ago, because he

Re: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!

2014-08-31 Thread Simone Voltolini
Yes Marcos and I didn't know that you are ALSO a Sam user too :-) I'm searching All Kind of original stuff for Sam so If you can Help me I will appreciate ^_^ Best Regards Kora Sistemi Informatici S.r.l. Il giorno 31/ago/2014, alle ore 14:33, Marcos Cruz

Re: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!

2014-08-29 Thread the wub
Hi and welcome to the Sam scene! :) You made a great choice, the Sam has some excellent software and is the nicest way to play spectrum games on real hardware too! Have fun! Rob.

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-19 Thread Roger Jowett
but surely the code can be fed into the samc compiler no - sam vision erm it looks close?! are you sure that as teh filled in cube rotates it wouldnt be easier to drop to mode1 couldnt you fill 64 pixels of colour witha single byte attribute square only need to work out how many you could get away

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-19 Thread Roger Jowett
Subject: Re: Hi - just checking They're in some format or another that I don't recall offhand, but is lined up so that a full circle is a nice round binary number for the obvious range fixing optimisation. But it's not just a quick sin/cos table lookup unless you're rotating around one axis only

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-19 Thread Roger Jowett
as far as possible, so it's all going to come down to your use cases. -Original Message- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Thomas Harte Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:13 PM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking

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2009-08-19 Thread David Sanders
Subject: Re: Hi - just checking They're in some format or another that I don't recall offhand, but is lined up so that a full circle is a nice round binary number for the obvious range fixing optimisation. But it's not just a quick sin/cos table lookup unless you're rotating around one axis only

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-19 Thread Roger Jowett
-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Thomas Harte Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:13 PM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking They're in some format or another that I don't recall offhand, but is lined up so that a full circle is a nice

RE: Hi - just checking

2009-08-07 Thread Simon Cooke
Harte Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:13 PM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking They're in some format or another that I don't recall offhand, but is lined up so that a full circle is a nice round binary number for the obvious range fixing optimisation. But it's not just

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-05 Thread Thomas Harte
with the gimble lock, euler's fine. -Original Message- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Thomas Harte Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 10:05 AM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking Am I replying to the correct thread

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2009-08-05 Thread Roger Jowett
, 2009 10:05 AM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking Am I replying to the correct thread? I don't know. But I've had the opposite experience to a bunch of people here, having become substantially more busy in my work than I was even just a few months ago, squeezing

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-05 Thread Thomas Harte
...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Thomas Harte Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 10:05 AM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking Am I replying to the correct thread? I don't know. But I've had the opposite experience to a bunch of people here

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-05 Thread Thomas Harte
04, 2009 10:05 AM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking Am I replying to the correct thread? I don't know. But I've had the opposite experience to a bunch of people here, having become substantially more busy in my work than I was even just a few months ago

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-05 Thread Thomas Harte
- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Thomas Harte Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 10:05 AM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking Am I replying to the correct thread? I don't know. But I've had the opposite experience

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-05 Thread Roger Jowett
@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking Am I replying to the correct thread? I don't know. But I've had the opposite experience to a bunch of people here, having become substantially more busy in my work than I was even just a few months ago, squeezing the SAM temporarily out

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2009-08-05 Thread Simon Cooke
, August 05, 2009 5:14 AM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking That's not entirely true. Matrices are numerically unstable, so the cost of ensuring they remain orthonormal when applying consecutive local transforms in a game such as Elite is substantially greater than the cost

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-05 Thread Thomas Harte
GamerTag: Spec Tec -Original Message- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Thomas Harte Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:14 AM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking That's not entirely true. Matrices are numerically

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-04 Thread Ian Spencer
Wow, I just sent the checking mail to see whether something was wrong with my subscription to the group and it seems it was like poking a stick into a hornets nest (in a positive sort of way) - over 40 mails in the last few days on the group. It's just great to see everyone is alive and kicking

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2009-08-04 Thread Steve Parry-Thomas
I guess when the clocks go back in October SAM users will hibernate over the winter until next August! From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Ian Spencer Sent: 04 August 2009 08:04 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking Wow

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2009-08-04 Thread Thomas Harte
August 2009 08:04 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking Wow, I just sent the checking mail to see whether something was wrong with my subscription to the group and it seems it was like poking a stick into a hornets nest (in a positive sort of way) - over 40 mails

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2009-08-04 Thread Simon Cooke
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi - just checking Am I replying to the correct thread? I don't know. But I've had the opposite experience to a bunch of people here, having become substantially more busy in my work than I was even just a few months ago, squeezing the SAM temporarily out

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2009-08-03 Thread nev young
Ian Spencer wrote: Not heard anything on the group for quite a while so just thought I would send a 'test' to check it's not me that's got a problem and say hi to everyone. While looking for something else I came across this page and as a result have wasted most of the morning reading old

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-03 Thread Andrew Collier
On 31 Jul 2009, at 18:46, LCD wrote: maybe everyone is busy with their next SAM Mega hit game? ;-). Actually, it's funny you should mention that Andrew -- http://www.intensity.org.uk/

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-02 Thread Colin Piggot
Ian wrote: Not heard anything on the group for quite a while so just thought I would send a 'test' to check it's not me that's got a problem and say hi to everyone. I know you've all taken your Sam's to the beach and so no activity on the group. I've been a bit quiet, but still been getting

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-08-01 Thread Roger Jowett
just tried to use the 80 column text editor for cpm fo rthe sam its absolute rubbish! the cursor keys on the pc keyboard dont even work and the screen refresh takes ½ an hour to keep up! dont we know anyone who managed to pull off a 128k conversion for teh sam they wouldnt need to bother with

Re: hi found the wee git

2009-08-01 Thread Roger Jowett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DfDEU_Ifrw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGH5JIPWQ2I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DfDEU_Ifrw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX3blkwNjLUfeature=related 2009/8/1 Roger Jowett rogerjow...@gmail.com: just tried the 80 column text editor in cpm on sam it doesnt

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2009-08-01 Thread nev young
Hi Roger, Could I ask that you don't sent your posts direct to me *and* the list. I'm on the list so I'm seeing it all twice. It all appears to be about cp/m, of which I know nothing, so I have to ignore it twice ;-) Thankx Nev

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2009-07-31 Thread Steve Parry-Thomas
Yep it's been very quite. I'm still after any some Pro-Dos CP/M games if anyone can help? Steve(spt) From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Ian Spencer Sent: 31 July 2009 15:11 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Hi - just checking Not heard

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-07-31 Thread LCD
Ian Spencer schrieb: Not heard anything on the group for quite a while so just thought I would send a 'test' to check it's not me that's got a problem and say hi to everyone. I know you've all taken your Sam's to the beach and so no activity on the group. Ian True, maybe everyone is

Re: Hi - just checking

2009-07-31 Thread nev young
Ian Spencer wrote: Not heard anything on the group for quite a while so just thought I would send a 'test' to check it's not me that's got a problem and say hi to everyone. I know you've all taken your Sam's to the beach and so no activity on the group. Dunno about the beach. I was

Re: Hi Dudes *_+ Full message

2005-11-12 Thread Calvin Allett
--- Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Calvin Allett wrote: from my quick lookabout (and on pay per minute so very quick) I`d like to say nice one to Colin, jeez you do a lot for the scene, the new games are looking cool, especially Harlequin which I somehow missed out on on

Re: Hi Dudes *_+ Full message

2005-11-12 Thread Colin Piggot
Calvin Allett wrote: Have you had any articles in past SAM Revival`s regarding any tools/environments you use when developing games? For instance do you have a generic mapper Erm... i've mentioned briefly some of my tools in the magazine over the last year or two, such as the mapper I used for

Re: Hi Dudes *_+ Full message

2005-11-08 Thread Calvin Allett
--- Dan Dooré [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: Hi Dudes *_+

2005-11-08 Thread Calvin Allett
Sorry to hear you`ve been ill... must say that I`m looking forward to the site, even though the SAM scene is as much a niche as you you can get there`s still a lot of people (lot meaning some, :), hehe ) ask about SAM in variuous places (even in 1 or 2 obscure Amiga forums)... It`s such a

Re: Hi Dudes *_+

2005-11-08 Thread Colin Piggot
David wrote: BTW - while i'm at it - as i've not posted on the list for a couple of weeks... great latest issue Colin! Glad you liked it! Issue 13 of Sam Revival is pencilled in for release around the second week in December, and will be featuring the full game 'Marbles Deluxe' by Steve Pick

Re: Hi Dudes *_+ Full message

2005-11-06 Thread Dan Dooré
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

Re: Hi Dudes *_+

2005-11-05 Thread david
Just to let everyone know - i've not forgotten about the site, just been very ill recently - and am mid-moving, so havent really been able to do much. But - I haven't forgotten about the site... it will be sorted soon (perhaps not as polished as i'd like - but it'll be able to be updated by

RE: Hi

2004-11-20 Thread Geoff Winkless
Kevin Cooper wrote: Just joined the list at the start of the week, been busy having a look at what you're upto... Hello! Am starting to get all nostalgic now, thinking about those many hours I spent with Sam back in the early nineties. I miss it... that real sort of big community feel

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-21 Thread Aley Keprt
- Original Message - From: Simon Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcel Vasak wrote: Zhani plne zdrojaky tech programu abych je mohl upravit na Atom HDD interface pripadne na H-DOS interface.Prominte ze pisu Cesky ale jsem cech a Anglictin stezi ctu nato v ni pisi. Taky se omlouvam za

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-16 Thread Simon Owen
Marcel Vasak wrote: Zhani plne zdrojaky tech programu abych je mohl upravit na Atom HDD interface pripadne na H-DOS interface.Prominte ze pisu Cesky ale jsem cech a Anglictin stezi ctu nato v ni pisi. Taky se omlouvam za pravopis. Can anyone translate? (Aley?) Si

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-16 Thread Marian Krivos
He wrote: I can get full sources of these progs, because I can modify one for Atom HDD or H-DOS ... I'm sorry but I don't know English. Answer: These sources are the only one that I have. :-((( Marian Can anyone translate? (Aley?) Si

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-15 Thread Aley Keprt
r of Sam Basic". :-) -- Aley Keprt - Original Message - From: Marian Krivos To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:25 PM Subject: Re: Hi all! Graham Goring wrote: RUMSOFT Rumsoft?! Name is very familiar but my memory is a blank

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-15 Thread Marian Krivos
And finally, I've never seen Zeus Assembler or Small C. Although I tried to get it, I've never been successful :-(. (I teach C Language and Assembler at Technical University of Ostrava and Palacky University of Olomouc respectively, so I'm really not impressed with power of Sam Basic. :-)

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-15 Thread Marian Krivos
I have upload some source files (C, ZEUS, EDIPRO, SAM VISION) at www.tutok.sk/fastgl/Sam/

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-14 Thread Colin Piggot
Hi, Welcome to the list :) Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Four of Sam Revival Magazine Out Now !

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-14 Thread Gavin Smith
Marian Krivos wrote: First off all I'm dont know English. Me neither! I'm new to this list. I have got one piece of SamCoupe Welcome to the list! RUMSOFT Rumsoft?! Name is very familiar but my memory is a blank this morning and I can't think why... PS: I there anyone that have/use my

RE: Hi all!

2003-03-14 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Hi all! RUMSOFT Rumsoft?! Name is very familiar but my memory is a blank this morning and I can't think why... RUMSOFT/SAPOSOFT file packer. That's where you probably remember it from. T'was ace. Graham

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-14 Thread Dan . Doore
Best regards, RUMSOFT I prostrate mysef at the feet of the author of the Imploder, probably the most useful Sam utility I have ever used. PS: I there anyone that have/use my SamCoupe EDIPRO text editor??? Is it up on NVG? (ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/) Dan. Direct Line Group

Re: Hi all!

2003-03-14 Thread David
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:52 AM Subject: Re: Hi all! Best regards, RUMSOFT I prostrate mysef at the feet of the author of the Imploder, probably the most useful Sam utility I have ever used. Hear - hear

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-07 Thread f-k-nose
Original Message - From: Geoff Winkless [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:47 AM Subject: RE: Hi ho So how does Chris White explain the disaster that was PS1 Speedball? :) Geoff learning curve :)

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-07 Thread Chris White
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of f-k-nose Sent: 06 January 2003 23:03 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi ho Original Message - From: Geoff Winkless [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:47 AM Subject: RE: Hi ho So how

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2003-01-07 Thread Geoff Winkless
Chris White wrote: I must have missed this, and I left 6months from end, just a mixture of things really lol Id put it down to experience as well *chuckles* Actually it wasn't all that bad, I was just disappointed that the gameplay didn't seem as good as the amiga version :( What do I

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-07 Thread Chris White
there's no need to point it out :) -- Sig Off -- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Winkless Sent: 07 January 2003 09:52 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Hi ho Chris White wrote: I must have missed this, and I left 6months from

OffTopic: PS1 Speedball (was Re Hi ho)

2003-01-07 Thread Geoff Winkless
[ about me writing: ] Actually it wasn't all that bad, I was just disappointed that the gameplay didn't seem as good as the amiga version :( Chris White wrote: Well game play should be identical , as it's the Amiga AI under the skin, converted from 68000 to C Ahh. I thought I might not

RE: OffTopic: PS1 Speedball (was Re Hi ho)

2003-01-07 Thread Chris White
:26 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: OffTopic: PS1 Speedball (was Re Hi ho) [ about me writing: ] Actually it wasn't all that bad, I was just disappointed that the gameplay didn't seem as good as the amiga version :( Chris White wrote: Well game play should be identical , as it's the Amiga

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-06 Thread Geoff Winkless
Cookie wrote: However. Let's be clear here; there are those who had the good fortune to grow up doing SAM stuff (or any earlier machine), and those who didn't. The ones who did? Well, they make games like Quantum Redshift, where everything runs at 60fps, and there's nary any slowdown or

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-06 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Hi ho So how does Chris White explain the disaster that was PS1 Speedball? Zing! Hahaha! Graham

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2003-01-05 Thread Simon Cooke
Hi hoFrom: Graham Goring Blimey, I was looking around for old Sam Coupé sites and I suddenly remembered the mailing list. So I just thought I'd drop in and see how/what everyone was doing? Obviously me and James Curry are still in contact but I've not heard hide nor hair from most ex Spam Soufflé

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-05 Thread Simon Cooke
Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: I'd rather concentrate on the game design part of it myself, for me that's the interesting bit about making games. :) Well, that has to be the main part but on the other hand, saving a few t-states isn't important when you have some 2GHz +

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-05 Thread Simon Cooke
RE: Hi hoPart of the problem with SAM games programming was it had about 1/4 the power it really needed to do the system justice -- unless you wanted to use Mode 2. Unfortunately, by that time, everyone wanted to have a Spectrum/AtariST crossover (the Atari was yet another machine which didn't

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-05 Thread f-k-nose
- Original Message - From: Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 2:46 AM Subject: Re: Hi ho I mean if you look at most of the SAM Coupé's software it was generally not that great with only a few standout games that showed signs

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-05 Thread f-k-nose
- Original Message - From: Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 2:46 AM Subject: Re: Hi ho I mean if you look at most of the SAM Coupé's software it was generally not that great with only a few standout games that showed signs

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-05 Thread Nev Young
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 18:43:35 -0800, Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I were a lad... it were all different. All green fields! And we only programmed using 0's - we couldn't afford 1's. Many true things said in jest. :-) There are (were) some brands of eprom/prom/rom where you did

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-05 Thread f-k-nose
- Original Message - From: Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:39 AM Subject: Re: Hi ho f-k-nose [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: - Original Message - From: Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Frans v. Egmond
Welcome back! Colin has launched a new paper Sam Coupe magazine, you could check that out, as well as several interesting new hardware bits... Have you looked at his site yet? Frans Graham Goring wrote: Hi ho Blimey, I was looking around for old Sam Coup sites and I

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Hi ho I've not, but I did hear that Colin was still producing hardware for the SAM. Are there many active users still? The only time I look at SAM stuff is via emulation. I'm thinking of compiling a disc of all the best e-tunes in one lump... What's his website addy then? Graham

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2003-01-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Title: RE: Hi ho His site can be found at http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ If you have an actual Sam its worth digging it out and supporting it :) Adrian -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Graham GoringSent: 03 January 2003 16

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2003-01-03 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Hi ho Ta'. I think my actual SAM is in Stratford Upon Avon at the moment (I'm in Manchester) and I'm not even sure if it works any more. Certainly the disc drive made odd whining sounds last time I tried using it... I'm surprised that Colin's working on a FPS game for the SAM

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2003-01-03 Thread Colin Piggot
Ta'. I think my actual SAM is in Stratford Upon Avon at the moment (I'm in Manchester) and I'm not even sure if it works any more. Certainly the disc drive made odd whining sounds last time I tried using it... Well disk drives can be easily replaced I'm surprised that Colin's working on

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Adrian Brown
And remember, not every one is doing stuff for Sam for a financial gain. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 03 January 2003 16:50 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi ho Ta'. I think my actual SAM is in Stratford Upon

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2003-01-03 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Hi ho Well disk drives can be easily replaced I'll stick with my PC for now I think... Far more fun writing games on the PC than the SAM (I don't have to worry about optimising ;) ). Oh don't sound so pessemistic :) There is still life in the Sam world! In fact, over

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2003-01-03 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Hi ho And remember, not every one is doing stuff for Sam for a financial gain. Well, I never did anything for FRED for money, it was all for the love of the machine on the SAM. Same thing with PC games, I only write 'em for fun and to remake Speccy classics. Graham

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2003-01-03 Thread Colin Piggot
I'll stick with my PC for now I think... Far more fun writing games on the PC than the SAM (I don't have to worry about optimising ;) ). Optimisation is the fun part! Getting down to the nitty gritty in assembler is a great way to spend the night ;) Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software,

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2003-01-03 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Hi ho Optimisation is the fun part! Getting down to the nitty gritty in assembler is a great way to spend the night ;) I'd rather concentrate on the game design part of it myself, for me that's the interesting bit about making games. :) Graham

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Title: RE: Hi ho Dont have to worry about optimising... Now where is the fun in not optimising, the best bit of programming is watching little coloured timer bars flicker on the screen, and counting t states :D -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Title: RE: Hi ho Thats the problem with PC games these days though- most dont have any design :) when you dont have the power you have to have better design to compensate. *Start Flame War* -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Graham

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Title: RE: Hi ho But lets not get into the PC game war on the sam mailing list :D - I stillspend a good few hours playing stratosphere, bugs me that i cant get very far, it just keeps calling me back, to try and get a little further :D A. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Colin Piggot
I'd rather concentrate on the game design part of it myself, for me that's the interesting bit about making games. :) Well, that has to be the main part but on the other hand, saving a few t-states isn't important when you have some 2GHz + monster to work with! Colin Quazar :

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2003-01-03 Thread Colin Piggot
Right, you're clearly ALL mad. ;) Ah, is it really that obvious? :) Colin Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ Issue Three of Sam Revival Magazine Out Now !

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Colin Piggot
RE: Hi hoDont have to worry about optimising... Now where is the fun in not optimising, the best bit of programming is watching little coloured timer bars flicker on the screen, and counting t states :D Ah yes... changing the palette to see how many lines the routines use very psychadelic

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Title: RE: Hi ho thank you, ill take that as a compliment :D -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Graham GoringSent: 03 January 2003 17:05To: 'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no'Subject: RE: Hi ho Right, you're clearly ALL mad

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2003-01-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Yer, i miss that when im working on other platforms. So few machines you can still do that on :D A. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 03 January 2003 17:09 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hi ho RE: Hi hoDont have

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2003-01-03 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Hi ho When you don't have the power, you have to limit your options and while that sometimes leads to better design, it mostly leads to arse games. J I mean if you look at most of the SAM Coupé's software it was generally not that great with only a few standout games

Re: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Colin Piggot
However I'd argue that the problem with most PC games these days is that they're either all me too products or they're infuriatingly over-designed to the point that unless you're familiar with the genre, they're impenetrable. These days games are generally far better put together and designed

RE: Hi ho

2003-01-03 Thread Graham Goring
Title: RE: Hi ho Well, that's the thing innit? Pentium processors are bastard-fast so it's the last thing you think of. Obviously coding on the SAM is far more of an artform than anything I do on the PC because every T-state (or multiple of 4, anyway :) ) counts. The only assembler I did

Re: hi

2002-01-01 Thread Wolfgang Haller
Wayne Weedon schrieb: Hi. Looking here for purely nostalgic reasons... Still have a Sam but I doubt it's been powered since the mid 90's. How many here are actually still using the Sam? Hi Wayne (and all other readers here). Best for 2002 after a year full of trouble for me: To

Re: hi

2001-12-31 Thread Frans van Egmond
I've just moved, and I'm not using Sam at the moment, but through the glass of the cupboard doors I can see my 3 Sams from here ;-) I'll try and get at least one setup set-up this coming year. Call it a new-years resolution if you wish... Happy Newyear everyone (I just wanted to be one of the

Re: hi

2001-12-31 Thread PGLOVER43
I'm now SAM-less, after selling both of mine some months back, but HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone all the same! Phil Glover

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-10-02 Thread Paul Walker
Actually.. to make this kinda less than worthless as a message (well, ok, perhaps just worthless)... Where is the latest Win32 version? Does it have sound blah blah blah I mean, I can't live without my POW command. Actually, can I make a request for a sort of status snapshot of

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Justin Skists wrote: From: Martin Fitzpatrick [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Urmm.. welcome to the list Rik :)... A list where a half of people talk techy stuff I try to convince myself I understand, while the rest of us talk about Playstations... Heh.. Sorry.. :) No need to apologise :)..

RE: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-27 Thread Justin Skists
From: Martin Fitzpatrick [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Urmm.. welcome to the list Rik :)... A list where a half of people talk techy stuff I try to convince myself I understand, while the rest of us talk about Playstations... Heh.. Sorry.. :) justin

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-27 Thread Andrew Collier
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Richard Moore wrote: Never mind. I did try that Emulator, but I couldn't successfully copy my sam disks over, do many have this problem? What program were you trying to use? SamDisk or SamDsk? Or one of the SAD utilities which Aley supplies with the DOS version of

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-27 Thread Richard Moore
What program were you trying to use? SamDisk or SamDsk? Or one of the SAD utilities which Aley supplies with the DOS version of SimCoupe? Which version of SimCoupe did you try, and on what OS? Andrew To be honest I can't remember. It was a very simple program, and I can't remember which

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-25 Thread Gavin Smith
Richard Moore wrote: Hi Sam Dudes, I'm new to this list, I used to have a Sam Coupe back in those glory days, and wasn't it great, I was wondering if anyone knew the whereabouts of a certain Martin Fitzpatrick, he used to run Metropolis software, I used to write music for him. Cheers

Re: Hi Sam Dudes,

1999-09-25 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Gavin Smith wrote: Richard Moore wrote: Hi Sam Dudes, I'm new to this list, I used to have a Sam Coupe back in those glory days, and wasn't it great, I was wondering if anyone knew the whereabouts of a certain Martin Fitzpatrick, he used to run Metropolis software, I used to write