Re: Hi - just checking

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

Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread the_wub !
Hi all, I'm a new member to the mailing list and since there's been some activity over the last few days I thought now was a good time to stop lurking and say, hey! to everyone. My name is Rob, I'm 32 and live in the south of England. I'm currently working as a panel wirer/wire man for a

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Steve Parry-Thomas
Welcome, ;-) So it was you who out bib me! I was only after the disc for the missing cp/m games! Steve(spt) -Original Message- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of the_wub ! Sent: 03 August 2009 18:56 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject:

RE: SAM's 20th Birthday

2009-08-03 Thread Steve Parry-Thomas
I remember getting my SAM form a show in Blackpool, Miles bought it to the show. was it at The Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool seems to ring a bell. Just before Christmas I think it was. Steve(spt) -Original Message- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread the_wub !
Hi Steve, That wouldn't be a good way to ingratiate myself now would it?! I've just looked through my disks to check, no cp/m at all so, thankfully, must have been another auction ;) Rob.

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Good to see some new faces, always better to see people rather than them just lurking around. There are still bits and bobs going on with sam - head over to Colin Piggot's page at http://www.samcoupe.com to get familiar with Sam Revival mag along with some wicked hardware (I love my Trinity

RE: SAM's 20th Birthday

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
I remember selling my spectrum to part fund my sam and living without a computer for 5 months running up to the release of the sam before i could afford one :) Those were horrible days, but all worth it when i got the sam - even though it didnt have a disk drive, i could only aford the tape

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread the_wub !
Hi Chris, Thank you for the warm welcome :) I'm registered with World of Sam with the user name, wub. You are right, the site is extremely useful and has been a great help to me. As soon as I have a working version of my game I'd like to share it with people and then make frequent, small

Re: SAM's 20th Birthday

2009-08-03 Thread Andrew Collier
On 3 Aug 2009, at 20:23, Adrian Brown wrote: I remember selling my spectrum to part fund my sam and living without a computer for 5 months running up to the release of the sam before i could afford one :) Those were horrible days, but all worth it when i got the sam - even though it didnt

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread the_wub !
Hey Adrian, I'm sorry I lurked so long! I did buy a copy of Sam Revival from Colin through ebay (issue 21 I think) not long after I bought the Sam. Colin has a few nice upgrades that I think I need and the trinity looks amazing so I hope you find this bug too! It's astounding to think that the

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Colin Piggot
Rob wrote: I'd be happy to email disk images to anyone who is interested in following the development on a day to day basis. Hi Rob, welcome to the list! I'd certainly be very interested in following the progress - great to hear of new stuff in development! I'd also be happy to pop news

Re: SAM's 20th Birthday

2009-08-03 Thread Colin Piggot
Andrew wrote: I don't remember precisely when I got mine - probably towards the end of 1990 since it was definitely after Sam Computers Ltd started up when you could get the Sam with a disk drive included for under £200, which I did. I was a late starter... March 1993 for me, SAM 512K + 1

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
I love my trinity - it fits just nicely with my sam in a can - although i keep a normal sam jsut for having an untouched sam :). Sometimes i wish someone could pay me to develope stuff on sam as i never have enough time for all the things i want to do. I really didnt want UIP to take so long -

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Id be interested in taking a look - anything you want looking into give me a shout :) Always happy to see what others are doing. I must find time to finsih up the GB emulator i was sorting out for someone - fixed alot of htings with it- just need more time Adrian -Original Message-

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Colin Piggot
Rob wrote: I did buy a copy of Sam Revival from Colin through ebay (issue 21 I think) not long after I bought the Sam. Hope you enjoyed it! Colin has a few nice upgrades that I think I need and the trinity looks amazing so I hope you find this bug too! I'm really itching for Adrian's port

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Woot Colin and Adrian spam the list ;) How tempting is it to do some SD Card only demo stuff :D -Original Message- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 03 August 2009 22:31 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hello to

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Maybe im just a sad bloke sitting here waiting for someone else to post stuff about the sam, oh the lonely world of sam mailing lists ;) oh well back to tcp/ip stacks -Original Message- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Adrian Brown

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread the_wub !
Hey Colin, thanks for welcoming me so kindly! I'd be delighted and honoured to do all of that! Is the weekend too late for screenshots and the first demo? As for my coding antics, as a newbie I doubt there is much I can provide except for laughs :) But I can definitely write a little about the

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: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Colin Piggot
Rob wrote: I'd be delighted and honoured to do all of that! Is the weekend too late for screenshots and the first demo? Fantastic! The weekend isn't too late at all - issue 23 of SAM Revival won't be printed for about another fortnight or thereabouts so plenty of time yet for screenshots.

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread the_wub !
Hey again Adrian, I read the little blog by the guy that started the GB emulator, if I remember right the blog stops about where you take over. I loved the original black and white GB and would love to see AligatIor Pinball or Bubble Ghost running on the Sam. As for wubtris, as it shall be

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Hiya, Yer - I cant remember which Sam Revival had some images from the emulator after i took over. Having done some GB stuff before i had a good insight into the hardware which made it possible for me to fix several bugs that gave some nice looking screens working. I stopped where i

RE: SAM's 20th Birthday

2009-08-03 Thread david
Quoting Steve Parry-Thomas morriga...@aol.com: I remember getting my SAM form a show in Blackpool, Miles bought it to the show. was it at The Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool seems to ring a bell. Just before Christmas I think it was. Steve(spt) Alan Bruce demo'd the early SAM

Re: SAM's 20th Birthday

2009-08-03 Thread david
Quoting Andrew Collier and...@intensity.org.uk: Oddly enough, one of the first BASIC programs I wrote was a simple disk copier which used READ AT and WRITE AT to read half a disk at a time into memory and duplicate a disk in only two swaps. It wasn't fast, but it was way easier than SamCo's