Emulation is the only way forward at this moment, unless Bob makes a full
U-turn and starts promoting and selling the Sam with full and honest
enthousiasm.
It really annoys me to think of the stockpiles of ASICs just rotting
in a corner somewhere. It'd be perfectly possible to put together a
Van: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Onderwerp: Re: SAM Downloads
Datum: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 12:55
Sorry folks, but its open season now. Either come up with some
attractive ways of remarketing games that most SAM owners
already have,
On 16 Aug 99, at 16:25, David Ledbury wrote:
On 15 Aug 99, at 22:24, Martin Wilson wrote:
The last time this one was mentioned someone went on to say that
they shouldn't be uploaded because of various copyright reasons.
=20
=20
I think before u even think of doing this -
The BP6 board and the two chips cost me =A3205 inc VAT, which is pretty
incredible bang for buck - who needs to save up? ;-) How much are Athlo=
ns?
only 195 + the dreaded v word !
It really annoys me to think of the stockpiles of ASICs just rotting
in a corner somewhere. It'd be perfectly possible to put together a
decent SBC with SAM BASIC for the electronics enthusiast market for
20 or 30 quid, but no Full-blown SAMs would never sell now, it's
not like the Atari ST or
From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There's nothing stopping people from putting the files up there now
- stick them on an ftp in another country, Russia for example, and
you'd have a nightmare trying to bring a copyright suit against
them. However, the whole thing is much better done in
electronics magazines. It's an excellent platform for electronics
experiments It's the one reason why I got my SAM out of the attic
a couple of years ago.
It's the only thing I use my SAM for, and very convenient it is too.
A real wated opportunity, if you ask me. Tweak the BASIC ROM to
Iv'e sent Outwrite! and a Morse code tutor to David Ledbury to place on the
Persona site.
Anybody else got something...
Bob Wilkinson.
Damn! I knew I should keep a few DS/DD disks handy, here, at work
Thanks. :)
Justin.
-Original Message-
From: Robert Wilkinson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 6:03 PM
To: Sam Usergroup
Subject: Downloads.
Iv'e sent Outwrite! and a Morse code
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Nick Humphries wrote:
[god i love stirring it up!]
Well, these things have to be said.
Said to whom?
As I understand it Colin MacDonald sold all the FRED copyrights;
the Brenchley doesn't appear to be subscribed at the moment; and David L
seems not to be involved with
On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 10:21:00AM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote:
As I understand it Colin MacDonald sold all the FRED copyrights;
To whom?
the Brenchley doesn't appear to be subscribed at the moment; and David L
seems not to be involved with Persona any more.
So who *is* involved with
I mentioned to Bob ages ago that he should advertise the SAM in
electronics magazines. It's an excellent platform for electronics
experiments It's the one reason why I got my SAM out of the attic
a couple of years ago.
But, No! he said...
Justin.
To add to that :)
A while (OK a very
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Ian Collier wrote:
On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 10:21:00AM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote:
As I understand it Colin MacDonald sold all the FRED copyrights;
To whom?
IIRC Darren Wileman. Who did nothing until selling it to someone else. I
think it all may eventually have got as
Andrew Collier wrote:
For some time I've been wanting to buy Chris Pile's Defender game. But
I've been too nervous about Persona's current stalemate to dare send a
cheque - who knows if I'd ever see it again?
Back in April I was asking about buying software from Persona and Dave Ledbury
said I
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From: Si Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hopefully Persona will be back up and running at some point so I can
re-order
the items (including Defender :-)), but I've been waiting for a message
from
David before I do anything. It's a shame that so many items are stuck
until
From Chris Pile:
So far he's been rather
vague
about the whole thing, which is not his fault as I think he's as 'in the
dark' as the
rest of us.
This is true.. He still hasn't been given permission to release the
latest in the Blitz disk-mag series...
Justin.
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Chris Pile wrote:
No written contract was ever drawn up with Persona regarding the rights to
Defender, so technically I still own all rights to it... However, the game
was
written to be marketed by Persona and a sort of 'verbal agreement' was made
between myself and
Andrew Collier wrote:
But I agree with Si - Defender is still quite new and I don't think it has
had a chance to sell to its entire market yet. Has it ever been for sale
at a Gloucester show, for example?
I'm up for buying it from anyone that's offering (legally)! I can't remember
what else I
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From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But I agree with Si - Defender is still quite new and I don't think it has
had a chance to sell to its entire market yet. Has it ever been for sale
at a Gloucester show, for example?
I'm not sure. I think it was demoed at the
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Si Owen wrote:
I can't remember
what else I was interested in buying now tho. I'll have to have a look around
for some reviews - I'm open to suggestions too...
Don't forget that Astroball and Dyzonium are also bundled with Defender...
both superb games too, IMHO (they
On 20 Aug 99, at 10:21, Andrew Collier wrote:
It's difficult to contact anyone who owns anything anymore - and that's
assuming you can even work out who owns what. The only person I'm
convinced is familiar with enough of the details to be sure about the
situation is Bob who, frankly, I
On 19 Aug 99, at 22:53, Robert van der Veeke wrote:
Even in the very unlikely case that there are people who are willing to
buy a Sam overhere in the Netherlands, there is no way that they gonna pay
another 100 to a 150 quid for a decent collection of software. And i don't
blame them (mind
-Original Message-
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don't forget that Astroball and Dyzonium are also bundled with Defender...
both superb games too, IMHO (they each got Game Of The Month! in Second
Opinion - see http://mnemotech.ucam.org/zodiac.html for reviews).
Check out the
Anybody who wants some SAM software, I'm selling the rest of
mine...
All magazines £1 each
FRED 1-75
SAM Supp 1-24
SCAC 1-12 (although you can downloads these anyway from
somewhere)
Newsdisk 1-5
Various others (enceladus, primus etc.)
Make an offer for the games (some have got the original
On 20 Aug 99, at 16:47, Andrew Collier wrote:
Don't forget that Astroball and Dyzonium are also bundled with Defender...
both superb games too, IMHO (they each got Game Of The Month! in Second
Opinion - see http://mnemotech.ucam.org/zodiac.html for reviews).
From what I remember, The
[snip]
situation is Bob who, frankly, I certainly wouldn't trust to give a
straight answer were he ever asked.
Which just about puts the tin lid on the whole thing, unfortunately.
Why? Do it anyway, and see what Bob does. Unlikely to be anything now, given
that the Sam is effectively dead
Famous Five, Witchin Hour, Lemmings, Ore Warz 2 (NEVER
RELEASED!), Labyrinth, Bombs Away, Invaders, Muncher, PoP,
Quizball, Defenders, bulgulators, dyzonium (which are shareware
anyway iirc), batz n ballz, manic miner, eftpotrm, klax,
Anybody know which of these I could use with SIM
I could do with at least one copy of all those titles.
What's a fair - and not forgetting I'm no millionare - price for them all
(software wise!)?
- Original Message -
From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 6:26 PM
Subject: SAM Stuff
Smashing!
- Original Message -
From: Chris Pile [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: SAM Downloads
-Original Message-
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don't forget that Astroball and Dyzonium are also bundled
Oh - and Malcolm managed to sort out owner ship on just about all of these
(exc3eept the jupiter stuff (excluding Booty!)!)
- Original Message -
From: David L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: SAM Stuff for sale
Famous Five,
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