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Inviato: domenica 31 agosto 2014 00:32
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
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Cool. And if you have any of the games on there already, it might be
interesting to do a differential comparison
02048930206
skype: ranma_simon
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di Thomas Harte
Inviato: domenica 31 agosto 2014 00:32
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Re: R: R: R: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!
Cool. And if you have any of the games
1855999 - P. IVA 02048930206
skype: ranma_simon
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conto di Thomas Harte
Inviato: venerdì 29 agosto 2014 16:46
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Re: R: R: Hi All Sam Users From Italy
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
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
-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Re: R: R: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!
I think I had 4 back in the day; couldn't comment on earlier versions. If you
have the manual, does it comment on the file format? It's bound to be something
it would be easy to convert .SNA to.
I think I also had Sam
skype: ranma_simon
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Inviato: venerdì 29 agosto 2014 16:46
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Re: R: R: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!
I think I had 4 back
02048930206
skype: ranma_simon
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di Thomas Harte
Inviato: venerdì 29 agosto 2014 16:46
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Re: R: R: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!
I think I had 4 back in the day
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.
voip: 0376 1855999 - P. IVA 02048930206
skype: ranma_simon
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di the wub
Inviato: venerdì 29 agosto 2014 15:49
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Oggetto: Re: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!
Hi and welcome
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Inviato: venerdì 29 agosto 2014 15:49
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Re: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!
Hi and welcome to the Sam scene! :)
You made a great choice, the Sam
. IVA 02048930206
skype: ranma_simon
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di Thomas Harte
Inviato: venerdì 29 agosto 2014 16:08
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Re: R: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!
This list is strictly legal so
...@nvg.ntnu.no] Per
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Inviato: venerdì 29 agosto 2014 16:08
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Re: R: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!
This list is strictly legal so nothing can be redistributed unless the
original authors have given permission.
I've got some Samtape snaps
originale-
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di Thomas Harte
Inviato: venerdì 29 agosto 2014 16:46
A: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Oggetto: Re: R: R: Hi All Sam Users From Italy!
I think I had 4 back in the day; couldn't comment on earlier versions. If you
Hi Guys!
I'm Simon and I Was a Speccy user since December 1983 and I Was very active
until 1993 in Speccy scene creating Many Disciple conversion with our Group
Outsoftware and My friend Squonk.
Last year I start to preserve All of My Speccy, Ql and Now Sam material (i've
found One on eBay
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
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
support hi deff despite the manual claiming
the tv encoder can encode mpeg with 600mhz proces...@1024x768 - dont
seem too hi deff to me!
also ati x1950 power colour this had a component input cable with an
arrow pointing towards teh machine but guess what
also msi digital tv tuner - still only composite
support hi deff despite the manual claiming
the tv encoder can encode mpeg with 600mhz proces...@1024x768 - dont
seem too hi deff to me!
also ati x1950 power colour this had a component input cable with an
arrow pointing towards teh machine but guess what
also msi digital tv tuner - still only
to use the tv encoder chip on the vga card - msi
mx440 vtd 8x agp /ti4200 vtd 128 / fx5900 zt vtd 128 all msi all Video
input video output - none support hi deff despite the manual claiming
the tv encoder can encode mpeg with 600mhz proces...@1024x768 - dont
seem too hi deff to me!
also ati
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
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
, 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
...@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
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
-
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
@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
, 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
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
out there.
Ian
- Original Message -
From: Ian Spencer
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 4:10 PM
Subject: Hi - just checking
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
be interested in using tascon +d to convert tasword +2 for
the sam at all?!
2009/7/31 nev young pasiphae1...@yahoo.co.uk:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
--- 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
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
--- 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
for a couple of weeks... great latest issue Colin!
--- Calvin Allett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just wanted to hi to you guys (pity I can`t say
and
gals, hehe)
Lost my internet connection few months ago so
normally
I`d have to say hope I ain`t missed anything, but
in
a
scene
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
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
PROTECTED] wrote:
Just wanted to hi to you guys (pity I can`t say and
gals, hehe)
Lost my internet connection few months ago so
normally
I`d have to say hope I ain`t missed anything, but in
a
scene as small as ours (or yours seen as I`m not a
ragular) I hope I`ve missed loads.
from my
Just wanted to hi to you guys (pity I can`t say and
gals, hehe)
Lost my internet connection few months ago so normally
I`d have to say hope I ain`t missed anything, but in a
scene as small as ours (or yours seen as I`m not a
ragular) I hope I`ve missed loads.
from my quick lookabout (and on pay
Just wanted to say hi to you guys (pity I can`t say
and gals, hehe)
Lost my internet connection few months ago so normally
I`d have to say hope I ain`t missed anything, but in a
scene as small as ours (or yours seen as I`m not a
regular) I hope I`ve missed loads.
from my quick lookabout
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
Hi all,
Just joined the list at the start of the week, been
busy having a look at what you're upto...
It's been some time since I used my Sam, probably
eight years or so. It's sat in the attic with a load of Sam stuff in my
parents' attic. The closest thing I got to it was running the Sam
- 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
Dobrý den,
15. března 2003, 18:37:08, napsal jste:
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.
Marcel VAsak Falcen99
Prague..
MK I
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
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
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
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. :-)
I have upload some source files (C, ZEUS, EDIPRO, SAM VISION) at
www.tutok.sk/fastgl/Sam/
First off all I'm dont know English.
I'm new to this list. I have got one piece of SamCoupe
in years 1993-1995, but my machine fired out completely.
After this drama I'm buyed the PC. But I'm remember
to my old good SAM with patience. On now I'm found
on the NET some SAM's emulators, download
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 !
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
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
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
- 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
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 :)
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
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
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
[ 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
: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
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
Title: RE: Hi ho
So how does Chris White explain the disaster that was PS1 Speedball?
Zing! Hahaha!
Graham
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
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 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
Title: Hi ho
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 owners
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
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
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
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
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
And remember, not every one is doing stuff for Sam for a financial gain.
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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
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
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
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,
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
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
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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*
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Graham
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.
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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 :
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 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
Title: RE: Hi ho
thank
you, ill take that as a compliment :D
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[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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