As I no longer own a SAM, I feel it's time to quit the e-group.
I was among the first batch of SAM owners all those years ago and it gave me
great deal of satisfaction and pleasure. It was an excellent computer, being
well-designed and easy to use.
One of the best things about SAM was the
I'm now SAM-less, after selling both of mine some months back, but HAPPY NEW
YEAR to everyone all the same!
Phil Glover
About a month ago I told everyone that I had a new, unwrapped SAM keyboard
for sale, at the original price of £10.
Unfortunately, due to a corrupt file, I've lost most of my e-mails from the
end of February and cannot recover them. This means that I don't have a list
of those people who
I've no wish to spoil the interest in new keyboard membranes, as it's a great
idea which I hope comes to fruition, but I have a spare keyboard unit going
for £10.
I bought the unit at a Gloucester for a tenner, and it's still sealed and
wrapped, as I've never needed to use it. As well as the
In case nobody has yet confirmed: DATON games were indeed written by Dave
Tonks of Sam Supplement games. Games included SLIDER, PATIENCE, STRIP POKER
(I think!) and dozens of others. Probably collectors items now.
He often sold the games at Gloucester SAM fairs and would often discuss them
and
Happy New Year to all SAM users.
I admit I don't understand the arguments about when the millennium starts, or
started, but I remember reading a letter in the Independent last January from
someone who said he was already starting to worry about the 'Pedantic
Millennium Bug' (If there isn't
Dear Fellow SAM Users,
(Note, I still own a SAM, although negotiations are underway!)
Ages ago, when I joined the SAM users group, I added a few AOL users to my
'buddy' list, which is a form of Instant Messaging. One such address was
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
After months of inactivity, I've noticed
Quick note:
Although I've noticed that [EMAIL PROTECTED] seems to have been resurrected,
I haven't noticed that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is present. Mind you, AOL members
(for our sins) can have several screen identities, not that I'm implying that
Brenchley and Ritman are one of the same for so much
Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy New Year!
(This beats the postal service, eh?!)
Phil Glover.
Much as I love my dear old SAM, I rarely use it now, and would rather it go
to a good home. I've had years of pleasure from SAM and the whole SAM world,
but now it gathers dust, and rarely has its old power supply warmed-up.
Unfortunately, the deal comprises of quite a lot of stuff, so I don't
I've always struggled with any form of computer programming, whether Spectrum
or SAM basic or trying to use an adventure writing utility.
However, I've succeeded in creating some websites using HoTMetaL Pro 4.0,
which is a superb utility. I bought it a couple of years back, and find it
very
I've just bought a new PC and was about to sign up with ICQ, but maybe I
won't after all
Happy New Year to all SAM users!
I presume all our PCs are functioning OK today?
Phil Glover
Sorry to hear about Dave Laundon's video problem.
I was delighted to find that my trusty old 8-bit Amstrad Notepad is
displaying Jan. 1st. 2000 when switched on...
I hope others are as lucky with old equipment, but I'm almost looking forward
to going back to work to see what some of our old
Dear All,
I'd just like to wish all SAM users a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
before some disappear temporarily like Justin!
Regards,
Phil Glover.
In a message dated 01/12/99 12:42:55 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Mind you, looking at that map... am I the only one worried about the fact
that this Bomb was found so close to my apartment? I mean, what if they
work out it was me?... :)
Did this bomb have a Gloucester
In a message dated 01/12/99 16:26:31 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I don't think he really cares about the Sam logos. IMHO they just provided
a convenient something to complain about
Why not simply use the SAM logos and say that you'll remove them if asked to
by Format's
Who's this Bob bloke everyone's on about? Not Sambob Ritman by any chance?
While we're on, or near, the subject, is Format still going?
- Phil Glover
Hi everyone, it`s me Martijn Groen.
Welcome to Sam users, Martijn. I still rate your SAM conversion of Gilsoft's
Professional Adventure Writer (PAW) utility as one of the most useful bits of
SAM software I have. It's great for converting my old Spectrum 128k PAW
adventures from tape to
Bob Wilkinson... I seem to recall a Bob Wilkinson being the genius behind
Outwrite 1 and 2, unless my memory fails me. Are you the same person?
If you are, I'd like to thank you for one of the best pieces of SAM software
ever written. I've used Outwrite for hundreds of letters and dozens of
Just a quick message to say I have several Enigma Games, and very good they
are too.
The programmers deserve a lot of credit for having faith in SAM in the early
days, when most companies virtually ignored it.
Phil Glover.
I believe there was a Sam screen converter in an old issue of SAM Supplement.
The program formatted a SAM disk to a sort-of PC format, which allowed you
to save about a dozen SAM screenshots to it in a PC format (.BMP or .JPG?) I
can't remember which issue it was, or how it worked, but I
SAM - the years ahead, Hmmm - I'm not too optimistic about SAM's future, but
if you're after SAM spares, disk drives, etc. I'd suggest browsing the pages
of MICRO COMPUTER MART, with its pages of classified ads. Occasionally you
find someone selling a SAM at a knockdown price, usually with a
It's good to hear that Ian Dalziel is currently trying to scan in the SAM
manual, given the time, inclination and motivation. (I could scan in some
bits from my manual, but I don't want to damage it.)
Once it's been converted to a nice big text file, it may allow people to
submit notes that
Reading the subject title reminded me of a song I've never heard, although I
wanted to
Years ago, the Barron Knights did many parodies of songs, and one album track
was based on a Peter, Paul and Mary song, but they called it Heaving on a
Jet Plane
Phil Glover.
Does anyone know the life expectancy of a SAM keyboard membrane? Old
Spectrums start malfunctioning if their membranes deteriorate, and I wondered
how SAM's compared with them.
Other than the membrane, what other part's failure would herald the end of
SAMs working life?
I've got one well-used
This isn't a very technical matter, but I'm sure many of us have numerous SAM
disks scattered around.
Until now, I've used those cheapo hinged boxes with clear plastic lids, which
hold 100 disks at a time.
Today after work, I was browsing in a BOOKSALE store in Birmingham's city
centre. Among
In a message dated 12/03/99 22:27:51 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There is an 8-bit show planned in September in Birmingham... may be worth
going to!
Careful, Darren.
The show is in Walsall, which is NOT Birmingham, more like the Black Country.
We get touchy over
I just noticed the reference to Where Time Stood Still
Did anyone ever manage to convert it to SAM? I'm not bothered about Simcoupe,
but I'd love to see WTSS running on SAM from a floppy disk. It was one of the
few games that tried to exploit the capabilities of the old Spectrum 128. (Not
to
Dear All,
I was very sorry to hear the unexpected news about the death of Malcolm
Mackenzie. I've talked to Malcolm many times on the telephone, and he always
came across as friendly and enthusiastic. Those phone calls could be quite
memorable, with sounds of his children in the background and
Hmmm, the idea of an 8-bit show in Walsall sounds good...
I'm not too far from Walsall, so I'll try and attend.
Also, Walsall is very close to Bloxwich, home of the illustrious Dave Tonks
and others. Could be a nice little gathering?
Phil Glover.
I'm not keen on name badges, but I'd recommend them for any meeting such as a
SAM one. Even though you may have written to, e-mailed or phoned someone, you
may not have a clue what they may look like. You may simply miss meeting
someone if badges aren't worn. Imagine being told the next day that
Although I ordered my first SAM as soon as orders were being taken, due to
admin. problems, it didn't arrive until well after the new year.
Oh what memories: Tape loads, no DOS and other fun things related to 8-bit
machines!
Nevertheless, once I'd got things like MasterDOS/BASIC, twin drives,
Apologies to Maria if I appeared sexist.
I wouldn't object to badges, ties, bras or panties, as long as we can chose
which option to go for, according to our preferences.
(the mind boggles!)
Phil.
I'm glad to hear that the games disk features the 'cheat' version of Dyzonium.
A cheque will be sent before too long (Don't worry, I remember how to
invoke the cheat routine!)
Besides buying the pre-release copy of Dyzonium, I also bought Astroball. Both
are cracking good games (as Wallace
Hi everyone,
As it's soon to be SAM's tenth birthday, would anyone be interested in a
special SAM lapel badge/tie or something similar?
If it had a neat design, using the SAM logo (with permission, of course!) it
could look quite good, and be worn with pride. There's always the chance that
Re: The Defenders game disk:
Does the disk's version of Dyzonium have the cheat mode in it? It's an
excellent game, but too hard for the likes of me.
I bought a pre-release version of Dyzonium which doesn't seem to have the
cheat routine, and I have failed miserably to get further than level 3.
Hi Everyone,
MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone in the user-group.
I'll try and make a new year's resolution to make a worthwhile contribution...
Best Wishes,
Phil Glover.
Hello David,
Welcome to SAM users. It's a bit quiet at the moment, but hopefully you'll see
many names of famous/infamous SAM enthusiasts appearing here.
I'm not sure if there's a Who's Who of the SAM world, but a good number of
SAM users seem to be on line.
Feel free to ask any SAM-related
I'm pleased to say I managed to track down a supplier of SAM printer cables
for a paltry £4, including post and packing. The cable arrived today in it's
original packaging and tied up, as it's in mint condition. A quoted price of
£7.95 doesn't sound so good after all
Unfortunately, my
Where can I buy a SAM printer cable, and at what price? (Other than
Gloucester).
I seem to have accumulated two or three old dot matrix printers, and I thought
I'd connect my second SAM up to one of them, as I've a spare COMMS interface.
At least it'd do for labels, etc. My next door neighbour
I bought PRODOS ages ago, and was very impressed with what I saw of it. The
initial potential for its use seemed considerable, but never fully realised.
It seemed very well suited to twi-drive SAMs, as you virtually had three
drives to use.
The main drawback to more popular appeal of PRODOS could
After the Spectrum and SAM versions of OUTLET, Brian and Ron Cavers went on to
produce a PC version, which could be worth a look. I've never seen it, but I
did see some adverts for it months back. If it was in the same league as the
SAM/Spec versions, it should have been good.
Harking back to the
Do other SAM users remember OUTLET disk magazine, published by Brian and Ron
Cavers of Leicester?
OUTLET was originally Spectrum-based, and soon catered for SAM in the early
days. Before long, Brian and Ron produced a SAM-specific version, and very
good it was too, even if a bit pricey. Some very
In a message dated 03/09/98 21:54:09 BST, David Ledbury wrote:
But Phil, a clock DOES exist for SAM! In fact there's several!
If you (or anyone else) would like more info - ring Malcolm on 0161 797
0651.
My apologies, David. I seem to have been confused by stories of clocks from a
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