From: Justin Skists [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Robert van der Veeke [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grin he finally made it. Stond je zolang op de tram te wachten ^_^
I'm guessing that doesn't mean:-
Stand here along up the tram they're watching
Nope - it means Pass the dootchie on the left hand side
Well.. if anyone wants a hand with the UI, I'd be more than happy to do it
(after all, it's what I do best :))
Simon
--
Clairvoyeurism - the supernatural ability to predict what someone will look
like naked.
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent:
From: Dave Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was on YS, I'm almost positive. I have the tape. That much I know for
definite. If I could just find it. (and I think I know roughly where to
look)
Sorry guys :) It was on Crash :)
Simon
Take a bow, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - yes David L, that's you.
Whatever you just did, take it back again. Not funny, not clever.
Andrew
I just faked an unsub message from my account as Sparticus999 to try and
remove him. we'll see if it works.
Simon
I'm unsubbing... this is crazy!
Someone email me when it's back to normal.
David wrote:
[re: GPL virus]
Yes. Unless the author of the original progam accepts that the new version
no longer complies with the original GPL agreements and revokes his own
GPL
licence. (Is that right?)
Ummm... actually, no; a GPL'd program can call whatever it likes, without
the libs it
From: Ian Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 04:05:37PM -0700, Simon Cooke wrote:
Ummm... actually, no; a GPL'd program can call whatever it likes,
without
the libs it uses having to be GPL'd too. It's a purist thing to have
them
all as GPL'd libraries, and not explicitly
The way I see it, what you'll find on the web and usenet represents a
fairly accurate cross-section of the world at large - warts 'n all - and
that parents should take at least as much responsibility over what their
children access as they would over letting them watch 18-rated films, or
From: Ian Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 05:59:33PM -0700, Simon Cooke wrote:
However, there's no
restriction on GPL'd programs relying on other libraries which are not
GPL'd - it's just a matter of taste.
Permission
Although Southpark is funny, I think it should be prohibited.
There are too many bad threads, especially for children (children
like every cartoons, especially when they consist of many words
like sh*t, f*ck, b**ch etc.)
And there is to much rasism, anti-semitism, nationalism,
and all other
From: Justin Skists [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I dunno...
I was thinking of patenting (and copyrighting and whatever) the following
sequence of mnemonics (and resulting machine code) and sueing everyone who
uses/used it for a thousand quid each:-
POP HL
RET
Do you think it will work?
You'd
By the way... does anyone have any documentation on the SAD format?
I've been looking through Aley's site, but haven't found any so far...
Thanks,
Simon
This is simle, isn't it. SAAemu don't have DLL itself. THe whole code is
in the LIB file. The SAAsound.dll is only support file, in the fact
it isn't part of the SAAemu. SAAemu just calls some functions of that DLL.
Are you all beginners or what? You should understand this, when you
programm
50Hz speed is not possible. The Win32 API is too slow.
It is obvious, that we do some mixing every 1/50th of a second, but the
problem is how to put these data to the soundcard, when the API is so
slow.
I'm sure this can be sloved, but currently it isn't.
Ummm... then why not use
From: Si Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Si Cooke wrote:
Have you tried out the Auf Wiedeshen Monty/SCPDU 6 demo from the
Entropy
Experience disk yet? Because all the source code to the border scrolly
on
that is available... :) (that, and I'd love to see a screen-shot of it
;))
I transferred the
Dave Hooper wrote:
What I can't seem to understand is where Aley's code is - how can other
software interface with it? Aley has supplied a header file for his
library,
and the import library file saaemu.lib. He has also supplied a copy of my
SAASound.dll (this contains only my SAA-1099
Comments and/or corrections on any of the above would be greatly
appreciated!
Have you tried out the Auf Wiedeshen Monty/SCPDU 6 demo from the Entropy
Experience disk yet? Because all the source code to the border scrolly on
that is available... :) (that, and I'd love to see a screen-shot of it
subscribe carry-on-sam-users
SIDJAMESBa-hahahahahahahahah/SIDJAMES
Simon
Back in March, Si Cooke wrote:
Well, the assembler is proceeding apace... features so far include:
surnip
Was it ever finished? If not, is it still being worked on at all?
Currently, no - I'm trying to write some software for MSNBC so that I can
pay the rent on the 1st of October.. my visa
Aren't we all fed up with tdo files by now? I can't remember the last
time I successfully got teledisk to give me an uncorrupted SAM
disk...(and besides, I work mostly on a Mac now). It might also be a
little off putting to newbies to find different file formats in NVG. How
about someone
Question: Does SimCoupe currently use those values for the instruction
time?
What other ports should I try, which might not involve the added ASIC
delay?
Any below E0, I believe...
Si
[Prince of Persia]
It worked for me. It was the first game i bought for the Sam
Robert van der Veeke aka RJV Graphics
Hmmm... I don't remember buying *any* games for the SAM... I *did* buy
Etracker, but that's about it...
... mind you, I was given lots of games and things for free ;)
From: Si Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
note: Win32 version with HQ driver (high quality) is not
ready for public, because the author Dave Hooper
don't want to release HQ driver.
I was in touch with Dave yesterday, and I certainly won't be releasing
anything of his without prior permission. I
From: Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David L wrote:
Ahh thats right :)... Ahh.. the remeniscing :) Them were the
days... (etc. etc.)... Who'd have thought it'd still be affecting my
vocabulary today.. No wonder people give me weird looks sometimes
when
i say it.
Otherwise games bore me to bits. ( most probably cos I cant program
them)..
Anybody prepared to teach me how to program a game. I have some Ideas but
no
Idea where to start. Z80 code please.
Mmm... how about: try writing a shoot-em-up, where all of the sprites and
game logic sit in the top 8k
Btw. where did the whole fnar fnar thing come from? In my head its a
peculiarly 'Sam' thing (probably Fred, i can't imagine it being Format
:o)...
It's from Your Sinclair ;)
Simon
Simon Cooke wrote:
Can we add a fileinfo.txt file to every folder? I want to write a
quite
utility which will go through the site, and grab this info from each
one,
building an index on my web pages...
snippity snip
This way, we'd be able to have an online directory of sorts, that I
Ack! Damn! It was meant to go directly to him! Erk!
:)
Simon
- Original Message -
From: Frode Tenneboe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: BOUNCE sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no: Message too long (4 chars)
Sure!
Here you
From: David Laundon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrew Collier wrote:
Internal, in this context, refers to whether or not it is the ASIC
itself
which handles these ports. Eg, it handles the MIDI interactions so that
is
internal, but there is a seperate sound chip so those ports are classed
Can we add a fileinfo.txt file to every folder? I want to write a quite
utility which will go through the site, and grab this info from each one,
building an index on my web pages...
The format would be something like this:
8--8-8
FLDR - currentfoldernamegoeshere
Though MasterDOS doesn't seem to be available for download in an assembled
form, I noticed that Andy Wright has made the source available. I've never
had
/ used / tried MasterDOS, but I thought I might so I am wondering - should
an
assembled version be available somewhere I haven't looked, or
I'm putting a whole chunk of source code online...
Questions:
Anyone object to the following going up?
PRODOS 1st May 1992 source code
E-COPY 3 source code
E-COPY 1.0 source code
Parallax boot sector and DOS source code
MasterDOS v2.3 source code (on SAM archive)
SAM ROM v3.0 source code (on
The source is now up...
http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/samcoupe/infobase/index.html
Enjoy :)
Si
Wot no Statues Of Ice?
I'll get me coat...
DIE HEINOUS SCUM OF THE UNIVERSE!!!
I have no idea what came over me there.. I do apologize :)
All the bits of Statues of Ice that I wrote are in a disk box somewhere in
England.. and one disk is in the possession of Jonathan Nash :)
Simon
... Dan Doore asked me for a SAM Coupe logo that'd look good on black.
So here you go :)
http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/samcoupe/blackbg.htm
BTW: My homepage is back... http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke... and
there will be a mirror soon on http://www.getwired.com/simon
(But not for
BTW: My homepage is back... http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke... and
Hurrah! The neon-effect logos look excellent, by the way!
Thanks :) Glad you like them... they may need more tweaking though ;)
Your Mnemotech link is hopelessly out of date though :)
Fixed - next time I upload my
Stefan couldn't decide on how to go about doing the conversion - a SAM
version would need to be built up from it's own graphics engine,
putting the game engine in afterwards. Unlike Sophistry in which I could
just change the graphics bits to cope with mode 4.
But then it was time for a job
Here's some stuff for you...
ORG 0
DUMP 1,0
start:DI
LD A,33 ; you've hardcoded your screen, so assume you're
putting your code at 32768
OUT (LMPR),A
JP jumpdown
jumpdown:
A bit to much C programming. I guess ???
You can tell, can't you? :) Though if we're being pedantic, those comment
styles are only valid for C++ ;)
Si
Don't forget that if you're considering doing a 28MHz CPU for the SAM, you
may want to consult with me and /or Martin Rookyard regarding the fiddly
details you'll have to worry about :)
We had a prototype that ran at 12MHz with an overclocked Z80... and
discovered that you'd need to have some
Simple solution: Try it and see ;)
And dont forget to see how it runs with Lemmings ;)
Yep... if you don't get snow on the screen, and the sound still works, and
it can still load from disk, you've cracked it :)
Thinking of which, you may need extra gubbins in there to check for a write
to
Jarek Adamski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
3. DMA - 0/3
7. 28MHz CPU- 0/0
And this concludes the votes from the Norwegian jury...
Can I jump in with the Norge nil points quip now? :)
Just be glad you don't get Terry Wogan on your Eurovision Song Contest
coverage.. yuck!
For those interested I have made the Defender source code available.
http://homepages.enterprise.net/pegasus/defender
Follow the link on the 'Downloads' page.
http://homepages.enterprise.net/pegasus/defender/source.htm
SOURCE CODE RELEASE, WHY?
At first I was reluctant to release the
Sony is insane now then? :)
http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/19696.html
-Frode
Dev platform only (and even then, possibly only in Japan) :) Chris knows
more about this kinda thing... Chris? yooh?
Simon
to get horribly drunk.
like Hotmail but faster and a lot better
Carol Vorderman, The Mirror, writing about http://www.funmail.co.uk
like Maggie Philbin but more annoying and a lot tartier
Simon Cooke, SAM Users, writing about Carol Vorderman
;)
By the way -- everyone? -- if you
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No, I'm pretty sure it really was a terrible game.
But I don't think it was Sam's worst ever game for my money, that
honor goes to... fx type=drumrollfx type=rips open envelope
Parallax.
/fx Controversial?
Ah... the only piece of SAM software
If anyone's in touch with Dave Ledbury, can you tell him that his mailserver
won't accept my emails for some weird and not entirely understood reason;
it's the received header which is screwing it up, so there may be a gateway
somewhere down the line getting in the way :(
Simon
From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anybody fancy writing some stuff for a cult tv magazine I'm putting
together? Sci-fi, soap opera etc. It's going up on the net and getting
distributed in caporial form aswell.
Mail me if you're intersted.
Bagsy the Prisoner :)
Simon
Ok... so what did you do to it that breaks SimCoupe? :)
Simon
The UART used for MIDI works also in network. But in multi point
network the first byte of frame (computer number) must be send
with checking of actual state of line. If you want low state,
but the state is high, this means other computer also started
transmission and its number is higher, so
From: Justin Skists [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had always had the impression that the network port was, in fact,
the MIDI port. You connect the SAMs up as a daisy chain and tell
the SAM about it.
It's kind of similar; except the Network port was current-loop based, and
used differential drivers to
From: Thomas Harte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I noticed David L selling a SAM on comp.sys.sinclair, but was under the
impression he was currently in charge of Persona. So I went to
http://www.persona.clara.net/ to see if it was being closed or anything
only
to get everybodys favourite error : error
From: Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
just ignore itno big pictures of the sun in my eyes or anything
- just a might sensitive to light, so i get echos when going from light
to dark give it a few weeks... :o)
...a fair bit of it is probably psycho somatic anyway - if it had
From: Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yeh mine did... But that might have had something to do with me looking
directly at the sun (duh). Unintentional... but I was using them
glasses then my mate handed me a different (better) pair. So, still
staring at the sun I removed the first
From: Nick Humphries [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One important thing to remember is that we're after in-game screenshots,
NOT loading screens, nor front-ends.
Send your screenshots to name of emulator@the-den.clara.net
e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
For those who are following this, I just managed to take out ASP on the
Win2k box... I'm going to see if I can use the same hack to get more access
to the machine...
Confirmation? Sure! http://www.windows2000test.com comes up... the Guestbook
doesn't :)
Si
From: Paul Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Still in Seattle... which is cool. It's like Manchester, but with more
trees, hills and lakes :)
Isn't Seattle the one that rains a lot?
As I said... it's like Manchester, but with more trees, hills and lakes :)
Simon
(couldn't resist ! :))
From: Nick Humphries [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We're here together and happy. :) :)
Oh way cool! Congratulations!
Oh dear, Si's beginning to pick up Americanisms... does anyone know of a
way to
uncorrupt him, or is it too late?
Way too late... I was using phrases like oh, way cool! about 8
From: James R Curry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I didn't know you were in the US as well :)
The SAM Coupe project was actually a secret plot to remove all the
countries elite, one by one, and bring them to a better life across
the ocean.
*lols*
Seriously though, congratulations on your new job,
From: James R Curry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh dear, Si's beginning to pick up Americanisms... does anyone know of a
way to
uncorrupt him, or is it too late?
We'll soon have you all in our power!
Oh, and by the way folks, it's Americanizms :)
Si
... talk about Diaspora... the SAM Community seems
to be undergoing some strange mass exodus from the UK :)
Oh, and Congrats Allan!
Si
From: Jonathan Bristow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So are there any fixes out their?, or must i change my e-mail program?
(Which i really do not want to do, since i find it to be very well laid
out)
Yep... you can put sam-users in your address book as a contact, and in the
properties for that contact,
From: James R Curry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Myself, James Curry and Terri Huddleston have just married in
Morehead, Kentucky. This announcement is slightly delayed, as we
have been on the road driving over 1,000 miles to Manhattan, Kansas
and I've had to arrange email access once we arrived.
know how he's getting on with Sim32 or WinCoupe or
whatever
it's called? Got sound working? Same would go for Simon Cooke (is he still
reading sam-users?)
Yup, I'm still here :)
BTW: I've recently left Microsoft and am starting a new job at Sierra
software soon... but not in games; basically
From: Paul Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hell.. Why not use a tar + gzip combination? :)
And why use it, when there is ZIP?
'cause tar+gzip compresses better, as a general rule.
RAR, of course, has the same benefits. The reason tar + gzip compresses
better is because ZIP treats separate files
Well, if anyone can send me a Mode 3, Mode 1, Mode 2 and Mode 4 screenshot
as PC files, I'm sure I can come up with a converter program
Thanks,
Simon
Si, on the other hand, has modified the dsk format without telling
anyone (and I really hope he hasn't done anything else). All I have to
say is: get the basics working first, then add the extra functionality
*AFTER* you've released the source code. I really hoped Si wouldn't do
this, but it
The only thing is: does the BBC disc have 9 or 10 sectors per track?
(Assuming we're talking 3.5 here) copying sector-by-sector is fine,
but the destination disc will need to be pre-formatted. The SAM
can format at 10 sectors per track, and I think there is a program
that will format at 9
From: James Gasson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CD-ROM though, now that's a clever one. I'm not even aware of a stand
alone program for Sam that does that. I remember a piece in an April
issue of Format (later revealed to be a joke) which mentioned using a
CD-ROM on Sam. I was in 2 minds as to whether or
Hey, Sim Coupe was distributed under the GPL license. If Si doesn't
want to surrender the modified source then he is breaking the law, and
many people within the GPL sphere are perfectly happy to help fight if
this is the case.
Interestingly, the GPL has never been proven in court.
Simon
Well folks, it's slow going but the z80 assembler is getting there inch by
inch. Just thought I'd let you know that I have an added incentive to get it
finished; it's probably going to be one of the sample apps for Visual Studio
7 :) [probably, that is... we don't know for sure yet. I do know
On Thu, 27 May 1999, Robert van der Veeke wrote:
That is why i use Opera :) If your page looks good on opera than you can
be
quite sure that both Netrape and Exploder will screw things up.
I really want a free browser, written by people who care about it's
quality, instead of staying one step
From: Robert van der Veeke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HTML was doing fairly well until Microsoft and Netscape screwed it up -
as soon as you get commercial interest, you get splits in the standard.
Netscape added some screwey frames support, and Microsoft added
scrolling text and fonts.
We also
From: Psycho Billy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And so three years on sam-users comes to an end. My time at uni is
up, I don't have internet access at home, and I'm going back into the
sam wilderness.
It's been fun, mostly, and we've had some interesting debates. Things
have gone a bit shit recently
From: Justin Skists [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm not anti-any-software-company-except-my-old-company-and-the-
competitors-to-my-new-company, I guess - I just distrust computer
systems in general. Is that why I became a shitty driver
programmer? :)
Ummm... actually, that wasn't a slur on driver
Hmmm... beginning to wonder if I should just do what 99% of people here
at
MS do -- ignore it all, and just don't get involved in online debates.
Hehe - if you work at Microsoft, say 'Hi' to the Mindcraft people for
me!
Yeah, right. Like I'd know them.
There's 30,000 people at Microsoft
Hmmm... beginning to wonder if I should just do what 99% of people here at
MS do -- ignore it all, and just don't get involved in online debates.
Sheesh.
So much bloody disinformation, FUD and crap out there Re: Microsoft that
it's frightening.
Simon Cooke
(The views of this poster are his
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Simon
Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Hmmm... beginning to wonder if I should just do what 99% of people here
at
MS do -- ignore it all, and just don't get involved in online debates.
Sheesh.
So much bloody disinformation, FUD and crap out there Re: Microsoft
seeing even a slight glitch - and when
I finally did it was because the SCSI card had worked loose), MS charging
for product support (which is rubbish)... etc etc etc.
Simon Cooke
(The views of this poster are his and his alone, and may or may not reflect
the views of the Microsoft Corporation).
Simon Cooke
(The views of this poster are his and his alone
Should have insisted on an office with a window - that way you could have
had real views instead of pictures!
Maria.
Actually, I like having a larger office than the guys with window views...
however, the problem
.
Simon Cooke
(The views of this poster are his and his alone, and may or may not reflect
the views of the Microsoft Corporation).
And Linux? I mean, however it is you decide to shove the data out of the
speakers... somewhere in the middle your code will be producing a sound
sample, will it?
Yup -- or rather, Dave's code will be. I'm just writing glue :)
... or sniffing it... or something...
Simon (NSFMSFT)
Aley said:
p.s. Copyright laws can be a bit different in some countries (e.g. Cuba,
China, Polland)
Sure, but most countries follow the Berne convention of 1967 (or something
like that). China, Russia and a few other places traditionally have not had
copyright; but Russia's picking it up.
From: Chris White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Only from ME :)
Chris
And that's because all my source disks are still back home in the UK, taking
up space in Martin Maria's loft..
Si
personal use. And that's the important bit.
Simon Cooke
(The views of this poster are his and his alone, and may or may not reflect
the views of the Microsoft Corporation).
From: Chris White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At then end of the day its Illegal to Speed but who sticks below or on the
limit? , from my experince noone (Especially me :) ) , and when they catch
me they prosicute me
And I know for a fact that it's very hard to catch Chris :)
Hey.. Chris? Maybe this is
From: Chris White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As a developer of software , which a present is costing over £250,000 to
write a product for 18months on PSX , and will have to sell over 80,000
copies to break even (Not taking into account the advertisment campain
which
usuall come in at another £500,000 ) ,
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems my code was reading the status register, and jumping for LINEint
correctly, but performing the wrong test for FRAMEints and jumping to the
FRAMEint handler iff the corresponding status register bit was high.
My guess is that on a real Sam, this
Parallax for Colin) so that it could
understand the Lemmings format (which was based on one I came up with --
though I can't remember if I told Chris about it, or if he came up with it
on his own).
:)
So, not so much cracked, as copied :) But it only took me 10 minutes or so
:)
Simon Cooke
(implicitly) agreeing with it. Next? :-)
Chris is right; the EULA is in the box, and the software is sealed IN
ANOTHER PACKAGE in the box, and it's this package that the EULA refers to.
Don't believe everything you read at /. -- namely because 99% of the posters
seem to be a pack of morons.
Simon Cooke
From: Si Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aley Keprt wrote:
Well, I have used another Z80 CPU emulator in my SAA1099 player.
It is not 100%, but it uses very efficient algo's for computing flags.
And it is platform independent. This may help.
Sounds good - I'd come across the look-up tables in
:)
Not at the moment anyway. I was asking the kernel team some questions...
seems it *MIGHT* be in NT5, but don't hold my breath.
Not that many people want to read/write at that low a level, it would
seem...
Simon Cooke
(The views of this poster are his and his alone, and may or may not reflect
demos?), but that'll have to be once
most
other things are done (and if I get a replacement PSU so I can play with
things on a real SAM). I'm not so worried about getting the timings right
or
performing proper stepped seeks (yet) - I think Simon Cooke is still
working
on a (Java) VL1772-02
doing, they
(a) wouldn't have spelled Outlook wrong in the source (it was spelled
Outilook when it was looking for the registry key), and (b) they would have
used the MAPI address book, instead of tying it to a single mail program -
for maximum coverage.
*sighs* Amateurs.
Simon Cooke
(The views
From: Si Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Can anyone point me to to any documentation for the Sam's clock I/O port?
(mouse information would be appreciated too!) I've got the 3.0 technical
manual, but there's no real mention of either! I've looked around the
various Sam web pages for it but
for MasterBASIC
currently is Dr. Andy Wright. Whereas the MasterDOS and SAM BASIC source are
up on the FTP site, I never received a copy of the MasterBASIC source code
:(
Simon Cooke
(The views of this poster are his and his alone, and may or may not reflect
the views of the Microsoft Corporation).
Does anyone have an archive of the last week's posts? Hotmail's been
acting funny...
(I'm moving to a new address soon too - [EMAIL PROTECTED])
I've tried the archive on ruby, but it only goes up to 1998?
Si
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Nyah nyah n-nya nyaah
I've just seen all 8 episodes of season 8 of Red Dwarf.
Ah Smug Mode On, Sir.
Simon
ps. I just had to do that, after originally thinking that I wouldn't see
it for months...
pps. Verdict: BRILLIANT. An astounding season, with (apart from a couple
of
Well, folks, the Assembler is moving onwards. The lexer is up and
running quite happily, and I'm in the middle of writing the parser. Then
it's the preprocessor and the support code wrapped around it.
Now, at the moment, the assembler itself is WFC-specific. However,
that's easily changed by
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