Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-07 Thread the_wub !
wubbi matee ^^ long time no seee o m g!!! Rlyeh?! :O It's great to see you here! I can't believe it, what are the chances? Are you working on FSam by any chance? ;) I will send you an email to catch up with you properly,

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread Thomas Harte
Didn't the entirety of Take That, with Robbie, once play Bomberman on a single Amiga on Gamesmaster? That must have been at least three on the keyboard, assuming I didn't make it up. Ant Attack would actually work really well on the Sam. I've never seen the original code, but by my reckoning it's

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread Roger Jowett
http://www.zxspectrum.it/ mb-02+ rom here for real spectrum emulator only was doom on the disc? the version of elite i cant work out if it is faster than the sam version or not cant see much benefit for a dma with vectors - spell checker mebbe 2009/8/6 Roger Jowett rogerjow...@gmail.com tasonc

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread Adrian Brown
I did have an isometric system running on sam many many years ago, i may still have the notes somewhere, i think it was a similar system to ant attack, well, i wrote it afte rplaying utopia i think it was :) Ill see if i can find the details over the weekend. Adrian

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread Roger Jowett
theres an email missing here this is rediculous 2009/8/6 Roger Jowett rogerjow...@gmail.com http://www.zxspectrum.it/ mb-02+ rom here for real spectrum emulator only was doom on the disc? the version of elite i cant work out if it is faster than the sam version or not cant see much

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread Roger Jowett
i know lets send it again http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html http://www.zxspectrum.it/ http://kolmck.net/apps/EmuZWin_Eng.htm http://www.emulatronia.com/emusdaqui/spec256/ http://www.zxspin.co.uk/ http://www.chuntey.com/ http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ replays teh

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread LCD
In ZX Spectrum DMA modification of Elite the DMA is used only to copy the buffer to screen area, not for the vector calculations. I never saw SAM Elite, but I think, it is using Mode 1, right? In this mode SAM is much slower. The game would work much better in Mode 2 or Mode 4 (with

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread Roger Jowett
*.*sure*,* eh what characters easier to read eh! but wasnt teh sam emulating only48 or 16k spectrum supposed to be 20% faster? so you mean they havent used the dma at the 17kb per frame block copy search speed to do anything much really other than copy the data the z80 has already created to the

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread the_wub !
           Didn't the entirety of Take That, with Robbie, once play            Bomberman on            a single Amiga on Gamesmaster? That must have been at            least three on            the keyboard, assuming I didn't make it up. heh, I must admit I don't remember that episode at

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread Thomas Harte
Could the block drawing routine use bitmap data?  I was imagining itty bitty brick and stone wall effects and different textured floors. Yep, yep, should be fine. Having quickly searched, I wrote a forward ray casting for Ant Attack thingy in C with Allegro a few years ago, that just loaded an

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread the_wub !
crikey, that's very cool Thomas! maybe it's time for me to go find a disassembly howto..

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread Thomas Harte
That's just the method I made up, I've no idea if it's how Ant Attack does it and it might well not fit with the Spectrum code at all. You have been warned! On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:44 PM, the_wub !the...@gmail.com wrote: crikey, that's very cool Thomas!  maybe it's time for me to go find a

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-06 Thread david
Quoting LCD retr...@gmail.com: In ZX Spectrum DMA modification of Elite the DMA is used only to copy the buffer to screen area, not for the vector calculations. I never saw SAM Elite, but I think, it is using Mode 1, right? In this mode SAM is much slower. The game would work much better in

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread Chris Pile
Blimey, this list's getting busier!! THE_WUB WROTE: 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 system I've come up with for arranging my data, maybe with a view to someone more experienced pointing

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread Roger Jowett
you havent managed to squeez a three player verison out of the sams screen have you the blocks are only attribute squares after all pity no one put letters on teh blocks so that as a line or more is wiped off you get a kind of scabble letter game to play for a bonus - and a bit of a wrest from

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread the_wub !
Thanks for the encouragement guys, it really helps to read your comments! you havent managed to squeez a three player verison out of the sams screen have you the blocks are only attribute squares after all Funny you should ask this! Although I haven't actually tried it, 4 players would fit!

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread Roger Jowett
ant attack! classic havent seen it on the 81! pity no one used the fdd3000 second processor have you seen zx spin runing rzx files ony 7mhz processor is plenty nuf wouldnt an attribute square be easier and faster to program yeah joystick splitter i have one think velesoft has chunted a joystick

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread the_wub !
Spent so long reading about Ant Attack that I almost forgot what I was supposed to be doing, http://img269.imageshack.us/i/wubtrissnap.png/ the piece on the far left carries on falling through the floor in the next frame, so still a bug or 2 to iron out :) I do have a coding question but I will

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread Roger Jowett
great virus website niceone! On 04/08/2009, the_wub ! the...@gmail.com wrote: Spent so long reading about Ant Attack that I almost forgot what I was supposed to be doing, http://img269.imageshack.us/i/wubtrissnap.png/ the piece on the far left carries on falling through the floor in the

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread the_wub !
Thanks Adrian :) @Roger, really? I thought imageshack was quite safe? *concerned*

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread Roger Jowett
dunno are you a gambling man? im owed 50kso im off the betting these days On 04/08/2009, the_wub ! the...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Adrian :) @Roger, really? I thought imageshack was quite safe? *concerned*

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread Adrian Brown
imageshack isnt a virus website From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Roger Jowett Sent: 04 August 2009 22:16 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hello to the Sam community! great virus website niceone! On 04/08/2009, the_wub

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread Roger Jowett
...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Roger Jowett Sent: 04 August 2009 22:16 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hello to the Sam community! great virus website niceone! On 04/08/2009, the_wub ! the...@gmail.com wrote: Spent so long reading about Ant

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread the_wub !
heheh I guess I've trained myself to ignore them but I can see where you're coming from entirely :)

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread Roger Jowett
http://www.emagsoftware.it/spectrum/ ablo italiano prego rigatso or thers alwez... http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=enie=UTF-8sl=ittl=enu=http://www.emagsoftware.it/spectrum/ On 04/08/2009, Roger Jowett rogerjow...@gmail.com wrote: you havent managed to squeez a three player

Re: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-04 Thread Roger Jowett
wat lester awregina mouse keeps wandering off the window nvidia nview desktop manager - bit of an oxy moron there seeing as the machine is stalled with wincoder winproducer so badly hung i cant even task manager the git On 04/08/2009, the_wub ! the...@gmail.com wrote: heheh I guess I've

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
: Hello to the Sam community! 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

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
2009 19:00 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Hello to the Sam community! 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

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: 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: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
this sodding bug in the http protocol to fix :) Watch this space on other things :D -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 22:01 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hello to the Sam community

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of the_wub ! Sent: 03 August 2009 21:01 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hello to the Sam community! Hi Chris, Thank you for the warm welcome :) I'm registered with World of Sam with the user name, wub. You

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
to the Sam community! 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

RE: Hello to the Sam community!

2009-08-03 Thread Adrian Brown
Sent: 03 August 2009 22:31 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Hello to the Sam community! 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

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: 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
[mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of the_wub ! Sent: 03 August 2009 23:00 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Hello to the Sam community! 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