The value is unchanged at £79.99, leaksoff.com or £89.98 including the elective BOOT ROM which permits the SAM to load in the mass storage on startup from a memory chip on the Trinity to save lots of having to load it in from floppy disk at startup. Upgrade Module I've not forgotten about you all who've the earlier V1.0 and V1.1 revisions, I've made an upgrade module is accessible to upgrade these to the new v1.2 hardware to get the SD card pace enhance! It's easy to fit, the upgrade module replaces the socketed microcontroller on the Trinity board. Just lever the outdated chip out of its socket and plug the upgrade in. The speedup is handled within the hardware so there is not any software program modifications on the SAM whatsoever. The upgrade module is priced as a "commerce in" at £16.99 + return of the previous chip. This avoids digital waste and keeps the fee down with the outdated chip being returned. As regular to order, please send a message via my Contact Quazar page. Retrocomputing Shows... The following retrocomputing present I'll be at is the Retro Computer Festival 2023 on the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th November. For more info and tickets see the occasions page on the centre's web site. I used to be additionally at the latest Legendary Gathering at the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester a number of weeks ago in September. I had an ideal time exhibiting what I do for the SAM Coupe and other platforms and had my prototype Mayhem Accelerator arrange within the again of my SAM dashing it as much as 20MHz. As mentioned in the previous news replace I used to be holding some charity auctions to profit RCM and thus far over £50 has been raised and donated. New Quazar Surround sound cards... The Quazar Surround was my first piece of hardware for the SAM Coupé, a sound card offering multi-channel digital sound with surround sound outputs, actually pushing what an 8-bit computer could do sonically! As introduced beforehand, I'm making a restricted edition run of "Anniversary Edition" soundcards, built into the take a look at molds of the MGT/SAMCo interface cases. These have all been pre-ordered and paid for, but it has been wonderful to see the interest in them far exceeding the number I'm was in a position to make. So it solely is sensible with the large interest I'm now committed to creating a brand new "standard version" which I should have out in November. These wont be cased, but will be in the same type of my recent interfaces which are a "PCB Sandwich" model (such as ZX-ECUTOR and VIC-20 Cartridge Interfaces). Pricing is at present pencilled in at £79.99 with an SD card (for Trinity) of introductory software program, or £89.99 with the software on a stack of floppy disks. If you are concerned about preordering one from the primary batch please let me know.. Game Remasters... Ive never stopped selling the video games Ive coded myself, nonetheless I'm now in the final phases of releasing updated versions the place Ive taken a recent look at them so as to add some nice little tweaks and touches here and there. Test prints of the field inlays are above! Im also nearing completion with the re-releases of a few of the video games Ive been in a position to obtain the rights and theyre getting the same remaster therapy! Pre-orders for these games being taken now, aiming to ship in October/November. Each sport will probably be accessible as a Trinity SD Card edition (£15.99) or multiple Floppy Disk version (£19.99). To preorder please send a message by my Contact Quazar page. First two of my own titles... Stratosphere The Cyberspace Battle Has Begun! Zoom around the 3D Cyberspace world in your customised Cybercraft. Destroy the numerous types of enemy cybercraft and gather all the flags to progress onto the following and extra dangerous degree. Stratosphere features MODE four line vector graphics on the SAM, released in 1997 to rave critiques in the magazines of the time - Blitz 97%, Crashed 5/5, SAM Community 98%. Stratosphere showed what the SAM was able to! Money Bags 2 The SAMs reply to Jet Set Willy is my Money Bags Trilogy of video games! That is the huge sequel that was originally released back in 1997, with a number of hundred rooms and its now been remastered with brand new sampled soundtracks! (You could have seen the original on concern 9 of SAM Revival, the middle instalment Money Bags 1½ on SAM Revival difficulty 17. Both again issues are available for £6.99 each + postage). And subsequent are two titles that at the moment are within the Quazar portfolio. I had nice fun working with these teams back in the 90s serving to them out with including soundcard support and the odd piece of code. Good occasions! IMPostors Ever been to the IMP Circus? Its the greatest present on Earth! But theyre having issues. Its the evening of the massive performance tonight and the circus has been stolen by the Imps arch enemy, Captain Y-Fronts! From the twisted thoughts of Mungus Software, IMPostors is an arcade puzzler where you control five Imps every with their own particular capability, battling via several zones to get again to the circus, with the grand finale culminating in a range of mini games to beat the Captain. For these programmers involved, this exhibits what GamesMaster can be used for! (Mungus Softwares first business launch was Blokker which has already been re-released on the coverdisk with SAM Revival concern 26 - available for £9.99 + postage. Several different Mungus Software games additionally feature on Soundbyte). Amalthea Amalthea was the first game released to help the Quazar Surround soundcard. Featuring high down and aspect on ranges Amalthea was SAMs reply to Alien Breed! This was the largest game so far to use SCADS (The SAM Coupe Arcade Development System video games creation package). (Various Jupiter Software titles have already been re-released on the coverdisks with SAM Revival, resembling Booty and Burglar Bob. A number of different titles and exclusive games + demos also characteristic on the Soundbyte disks.) And the final presently scheduled re-release is an enormous compliation, specifically for SAM users with the Quazar Surround soundcard. Audio Euphoria So much early hardware failed on the SAM Coupe as a result of lack of software support. Once i launched the Quazar Surround in 1995 I made it my promise that there can be lots of software support for the soundcard, with my first pledge being to produce a diskzine particularly for it! Soundbyte spanned 76 issues from 1995 to 2004 with games, demos, utilities and music all tailor-made for the Quazar Surround - thats so much SAM Coupe software! "Audio Euphoria" will be a compilation containing all 76 points. I'll also be including my full price Quazar Surround only recreation Super Byke Championship as a bonus as there have been many enlargement sport zones for that on Soundbyte. And to make it the ultimate compilation of software for the Quazar Surround soundcard I'm additionally including in the full standalone utilities: Quazar Studio, Quazar Video Construction Kit and Quazar Sequencer Pro. This mammoth compilation will only be on a SD card to be used with the Trinity Ethernet Interface and Quazar Surround, priced at £39.99. Ive plans for some new problems with Soundbyte to observe the release of the new revision soundcards, maybe combined with future SAM Revival cover disks!) SAM Revival magazine... The software program for the forthcoming points are in the final phases. Ive been playtesting, and helping with a machine code routine, the close to remaining construct of The Lower Caverns. Also checking with the writer of Treasure Island Dizzy that is in remaining testing and that i hope to give that a go myself in the coming days. These are scheduled to be on points 27 and 28 together with some other games. Including UK delivery the issues could be pre-ordered now for £12.Forty nine every including UK delivery, £14.99 with European delivery, or £16.99 with worldwide transport. Lastly, one thing for the ZX Spectrum... 2 Way ZX Bus Expansion card Following a question asking if I made a right angled expansion for the ZX Spectrum on Twitter this simply occurred to roll off my work bench! This allows you to plug two peripherals into the edge connector on the ZX Spectrum, one horizontally, one vertically. These at the moment are available for £16.Ninety nine + postage. As traditional please pop me a message via Contact Quazar web page to order, and that i even have them listed on eBay.

April News Update... 16th April 2023

Quite a busy information update, with particulars of my two new SAM Coupe hardware releases up to now this yr and a few charity auctions that at the moment are live. It's odd to suppose that it's now 30 years since I purchased my first SAM Coupe, which I began to learn and program for straight away, with my first sport published 3 weeks later - The Towers Of Hanoi, on situation 33 of Fred disk magazine. While I still primarily focus on the SAM Coupe with a lot hardware, software program and magazines available and so many new projects on the go I do also have subsites for hardware I make for different programs. 2014.samcoupe.com - Hardware modules (SID Soundchip Interface, Graphic OLED Interface) for RC2014 methods and compatibles - which also can work on the SAM Coupe and ZX Spectrum via the Bus Interfaces I make. 8580.samcoupe.com - A module to use the 8580 SID sound chip in circuits designed for the 6581. (MOS 6581 & 8580 = Commodore sixty four Sound chips) I don't yet have a devoted subsite for the ZX Spectrum hardware I make, however you'll be able to see in earlier news entries under information about my ZX/SAM Rom Cartridge and several other ZX interfaces. New SAM Coupe hardware releases... VIC-20 Cartridge Interface As shown as a prototype in news updates last yr and likewise demonstrated when I was at varied exhibits throughout the nation, I had designed an interface to read VIC-20 Cartridges on the SAM Coupe so they are often run with the improbable VIC-20 emulator created a few years ago by Simon Owen (VIC-20 emu web page / source code). While it was initially just a personal folly there was some interest in it (as effectively because it being described as witchcraft by individuals at exhibits!) I've now produced a completed model of the interface which I've released as a limited version piece. There are at the moment 12 games that'll work with it, with a few more getting close. As I patch/tweak the emulator to help games I will be feeding again the modifications I make to Simon to put the modified supply code on his GitHub. Supported video games: All 5 of the Scott Adams adventures: Adventure Land, Voodoo Castle, The Count, Pirates Cove, Mission Impossible. Arcade Games: Radar Rat Race, Raid on Fort Knox, Rally X, Frogger, Q*Bert, Menagerie, Slot. While this interface is a restricted edition there are still some available at time of writing priced at £79.Ninety nine + transport. Interested? Please send me an e mail through Contact Quazar page to order. Parallel Port Interface There's not been a printer interface out there for the SAM Coupe since early 1999 so following a request I've designed a brand new interface to offer your SAM Coupe a parallel printer port. My new design is totally compatible to the unique MGT specifications for the parallel port, in addition to fixing two slight flaws that had been present with the original interfaces. Because the SAM can help two printer interfaces there is a change on the interface to pick if it acts as port 1 (the default port - used by LPRINT, LLIST and probably all software that does printing) or as port 2. I'm additionally together with a brand new centronics printer cable (approx length 90cm) with the interface, nonetheless when you wish to have a longer cable then I can make it to your necessities. The Parallel Port Interface + 90cm cable is accessible now as a bundle priced at £59.99 + shipping. Charity Auctions, benefitting the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester... I've listed a "particular" version of my ZX/SAM ROM CART on eBay with 100% of the proceeds being donated by way of "eBay For Charity" to the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester, where I was four times last year and once thus far this yr. As a little bit of background to this itemizing, I've been designing hardware for home computers now since 1995 once i started Quazar, primarily for the SAM Coupe pc but lately I've branched out to cover different another programs including the ZX Spectrum (which was my first laptop again in 1983!) and the RC2014 Z80 based kits and compatible systems. In all my years of producing hardware final year one thing occurred for the very first time - somebody tried to scam me with a dodgy return. Via eBay they bought one in all my ZX/SAM ROM Cartridges, instantly stated it was useless on arrival and returned it. Unsurprisingly (and never unexpected by varied inform tale indicators, I even recorded the whole unboxing of the returned parcel) they returned a cartridge they'd beforehand bought over a yr earlier which had been consumer damaged. How may I inform it was the older cartridge that was returned? A easy change within the size of the toggle of the switches I had fitted to the newest batch. In the event you follow me on Twitter you may have seen this debacle talked about a few instances. Thankfully eBay sided with me relating to the refund for the return and I was not charged but disappointingly eBay refunded the purchaser themselves which does nothing to stamp out such abuse of the return system.(And the cart might have been simply repaired for a couple of quid!) I've since repaired the cartridge - it had 3 bent pins on the PLCC socket that holds the flash memory chip so I've fitted a model new socket and reflashed the reminiscence chip with the standard video games that I've permission to incorporate with it (Mag The Magician and Dead Space) and i've also had made slightly "Returned by a Scammer" PCB plate which now adorns it to make it a one of a form "particular version" cart! As I was not out of pocket for the return I've listed it on eBay with 100% of the proceeds being donated to the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester - an awesome place to visit, run by a terrific bunch of individuals! Here's Andy the Museum's chairman holding the cartridge, from when I used to be visiting there at the start of the month - it wasn't certainly one of their legendary gatherings however I used to be there repairing and upgrading their SAM Coupes and had a superb day! The cartridge can be utilized with the ZX Spectrum in case you have a Sinclair Interface 2 or my ZX ROM SLOT Interface to provide the cartridge port. On the SAM Coupe the cartridge can function with my ZX-ECUTOR Interface. For extra info about the flash cart please click here or scroll all the way down to the 22nd April 2020 information article. The link to the eBay public sale for the ROM cart, with 100% of proceeds going to the RCM, is: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115772109612 (7 day itemizing, ending at approx 9pm BST, Sunday 23rd April.) More Charity Items... I'm additionally listing fifteen or so other 'purchase it now' items with a 10% donation of every going to the RCM. These things include a number of my SAM Coupe, ZX Spectrum and RC2014 hardware and a few SAM Revival magazines. These listings are energetic now, operating for per week till the principle charity auction above ends on the twenty third April. For every thing I have on eBay please see: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-salesThe listings with a charity donation have CHARITY of their title and you'll see the eBay For Charity info within the listings themselves.

November News Update... 25th November 2022

2022 Computer Shows... Earlier within the month, I was on the Retro Computer Festival for two days on the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge and had a SAM Coupe arrange with the prototype Symbiote co-processor plus a small Z80 based mostly RC2014 Mini laptop, together with quite a lot of merchandise available to buy on the day. What an absolutely implausible time I had there, with a great number of SAM Coupe homeowners visiting for a natter and all the opposite retro visitors I used to be speaking to. A lot interest to see what I do for the SAM as well a lot optimistic feedback on my future tasks equivalent to Pandemonium! The following present I'm planning to attend is the Christmas 'Legendary Gathering' at the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester on Saturday third December. I hope to confirm this in the coming days - I'll replace right here as well as put out a message on Twitter (www.twitter.com/QuazarSamCoupe) where you may additionally find all my newest SAM/retro ramblings! *Update* I can be on the present on the third! :)

October News Update... Twenty seventh October 2022

Updated - Good news!Despite prepare strikes and other problem, I'm now pleased say that I'm now all set for Cambridge so I will be attending each days of... Saturday 5th/Sunday 6th NovemberIt's time for the Retro Computer Festival 2022 at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge that's going down on the primary weekend of November. I'll be there exhibiting the big selection of SAM Coupe merchandise I make, as properly because the few bits and items I make for different methods (ZX Spectrum and RC2014) and soundchip related equipment. I'll have inventory of hardware and SAM Revival magazine with me. www.computinghistory.org.uk Show's that have now previous... Saturday 24th September - I was at the third Legendary Gathering of the 12 months at the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester. Met just a few SAM customers on the show and i had the prototype Symbiote eZ80 co-processor with me! Keep up to date with the shows I'll be attending and my latest information by following me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/QuazarSamCoupe SAM Revival 26 suggestions... Because of all who took the time to share your suggestions on subject 26 of SAM Revival magazine which launched in June. It's all been tremendously optimistic! See the news section immediately below to order your copy and to preorder points 27 and 28.

SAM Revival problem 26 out now! 18th June 2022

I'm down at RetCon 2022 Retro Gaming Festival today, but a quick replace to say SAM Revival 26 - Out now! An enormous seventy two page "soft relaunch" subject, full colour professionally printed magazine, stuffed with SAM Coupe goodness, with a cover disk full of software program. If you've an old subscription or pre-order for SAM Revival situation 26 I'll be contacting you over the approaching days to affirm the delivery address I've bought for you is updated for shipping the magazine out. Features of difficulty 26 embrace: SAM News - New hardware, software program, etc... Developer Diary - Cybernaut, Pang, Invasion III Demoscene - Quick assessment of two recent demos plus an interview with a demo coder SAM Comment - A look at isometric, pico-eight inspiration, Amalthea Megapreviews - Treasure Island Dizzy and The Lower Caverns Accompanying the journal is a cowl disk filled with SAM Coupe software program. Games: Flappy Bird - a SAM model of the traditional hit, by Howard Price of Cooking Circle BattleZone - 3D vector tank recreation, port of arcade machine basic, by Digital Reality Wubtris (special edition) - Updated version of Wubtris from Rob Evans of Wubsoft Blokker - re-release of the primary recreation from Mungus Software Mega Blast - re-launch of an early Jupiter Software sport Plus 2 utilties: ARMSID Config Utility - change ARMSID settings if using this chip with SID Interface Trinity BootBlock Update - up to date bootblock for Trinity + AutoBOOT ROM customers. SAM Revival issue 26 prices £9.99 + delivery. Please note for countries apart from the UK there may be customs/dealing with fees. For customers within the EU the magazine will be sent as DDU (Delivered Duties Unpaid) so you will be charged VAT and a possible admin charge by your local postal operator when the parcel enters the country. To order with the EU VAT robotically added please buy through my eBay store. SAM Revival subject 26 SR26 with UK delivery £12.49 GBP SR26 with Europe delivery £14.99 GBP SR26 with World transport £16.99 GBP

Seeking to order a number of items, including SAM Revival 26? Please send me a message (click on right here) via my contact me kind for a total with mixed delivery costs.

Preordering the subsequent issues... The subsequent two points' characteristic applications are previewed in 26! As you may read in SAM Revival 26, there's two massive video games in the works for the SAM Coupe. Treasure Island Dizzy and The Lower Caverns are preliminary scheduled for the cover disks with issue 27 and 28. Again, please be aware for international locations other than the UK there could also be customs/dealing with fees. For patrons within the EU the magazines will probably be despatched out upon launch as DDU (Delivered Duties Unpaid) so you'll be charged VAT and a potential admin price by your native postal operator when the parcel enters the country. You might wish to wait until launch to purchase through eBay and prepay the EU VAT there. PREORDER: SAM Revival problem 27 SR27 with UK shipping £12.Forty nine GBP SR27 with Europe transport £14.99 GBP SR27 with World transport £16.Ninety nine GBP

PREORDER: SAM Revival problem 28 SR28 with UK shipping £12.49 GBP SR28 with Europe delivery £14.Ninety nine GBP SR28 with World shipping £16.99 GBP

New Interface revealed at RCM Show... Ninth May 2022

RCM in Leicester on seventh May Shoutout to everyone I met at the Legendary Gathering on the Retro Computer Museum... Saturday (seventh May) saw the second Legendary Gathering of 2022 on the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester. I had an important day, brilliant to meet and chat with so many fellow retro builders and fanatics there! As hinted over the previous couple of weeks on Twitter, I'd been making a new prototype interface. Something different, something for fun, my own little folly. Saturday's present was prime time to show it off... An interface to read VIC-20 cartridges! We've had a VIC-20 emulator on SAM for numerous years (brilliantly coded by Simon Owen back in 2008), but with my "8 bit gene splicing" antics of getting other computer stuff engaged on the SAM (akin to my SID Interface first launched in 2003, to make use of the Commodore 64 SID soundchip, then ZX-ECUTOR in 2019 to make use of ZX Spectrum ROM Carts on SAM) I've had a nigling thought for a while to attempt something with VIC-20 cartridges to learn them in and use on the emulator. Just a few limitations and hurdles, I've had to change the emulator to allow 8K cartridge dumps to reside in memory (with the present way the emulator is written I won't presently be capable of deal with 16K/32K cartridges - though my interface can learn all 4 of the 8K ROM areas from the cartridge.) and a few tweaks and patches to the emulator for different character set deal with handling, specific colours changes (due to SAM's graphic MODE2 limitations and the way some games mix foreground/background colours) and a few different tweaks, I had Radar Rat Race cartridge being read in and operating on the emulator. Followed the following day with Q*Bert! Also had the present I had my ZX Spectrum Next dev board set up, using my ZX-RC Bus Interface to drive my RC2014 SID Soundchip Interface... Keep up to date with future shows I'll be attending and latest news by protecting an eye fixed on my Twitter: www.twitter.com/QuazarSamCoupe

General Update... 14th March 2022

Retro Computer Museum Legendary Gathering / And thanks for the point out in the newest Pixel Fix Podcast... On the 19th February I was a guest at the Retro Computer Museum's Legendary Gathering. Great to fulfill the people behind the museum in Leicester and there certainly was loads of holiday makers - howdy once more to the SAM homeowners I met there, nice to see individuals again at reveals after the lengthy lockdowns and put faces to names of folk I've received to know over time. My thanks to Dean, Andy and Rob at the RCM for the point out and type words in their most latest Pixel Fix Podcast. "He's supported the SAM Coupe for decades now... properly, with out him,I do not assume the SAM Coupe would exist..." What you guys say certainly echoes the sentiments I've received from others over the years! I really get pleasure from what I do for the SAM Coupe and that i've plenty more goodies for the system to come back! Anyway, click the picture beneath to leap to the YouTube video of the podcast to listen to it all...

New Year Update... Sixth January 2022

Happy 2022 everybody. Three information updates to kick off the new year... ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface New hardware release for the ZX Spectrum! My first launch of 2022! This new "ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface" gives 2 growth slots so as to add peripherals for the RC2014 Z80 primarily based techniques to your ZX Spectrum. The interface is compatible with all fashions of ZX Spectrum: 16K, 48K, +, 128K, +2, +3, +2A/B and the brand new ZX Spectrum Next. In the video above I've used each my trusty ZX Spectrum+ and the ZX Spectrum Next (dev board). The interfaces I've demonstrated it with include the RC2014 Digital I/O card, the YM/AY Soundcard for the RC2014 by Ed Brindley, as well as the two RC2014 peripherals I've designed and released myself: Graphic OLED Interface and SID Soundchip Interface. While the ZX Spectrum assigns all even I/O addresses to it's ULA chip, most RC2014 peripherals (such as the four talked about above and within the demonstration video) do allow you to vary the base I/O address so an address not utilized by the ZX Spectrum itself can be chosen, however finest to examine the specs of some other RC2014 playing cards you potentially need to connect with your Spectrum through this interface. As well as two RC2014 interface slots this board additionally features a reset button (nonetheless helpful for 16k/48k rubber keyed Spectrums) and an external power input (micro-USB) as different energy provide for the plugged in playing cards rather than taxing the Spectrum's 7805 power regulator if you are using energy hungry playing cards. The ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface can be fitted with an optionally available ZX Spectrum Edge Connector to can help you plug in a normal ZX Spectrum interface vertically, in addition to two RC2014 playing cards. This is extremely useful if you employ a mass storage interface on your ZX Spectrum to avoid wasting having to LOAD and SAVE to cassette and so forth. Within the demonstration video I exploit the via port to plug in a DIVMMC Future interface to make use of SD playing cards for mass storage with my ZX Spectrum+. If you will be utilizing the interface with the ZX Spectrum Next you will most likely not must plug in a ZX Spectrum interface so can save a couple pounds by not having it fitted.ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface with ZX via port edge connector fitted.

ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface without by way of port. Ordering Both versions of the ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface are available now. The version with the ZX by way of port prices £29.Ninety nine And the version without the via port prices £26.99. To order please ship me a message (click here) by way of my contact me kind and that i can send through a PayPal invoice for the overall amount of the items plus shipping. Alternatively, I have both interfaces listed on each eBay (seperate listings for with and with out the ZX by port edge connector) and on Tindie (select with/with out through port on the listing). If buying on eBay and you're within the EU then eBay will mechanically add on EU VAT as per new laws, in any other case by shopping for direct or by way of Tindie you will be charged by way of your country's customs when the parcel enters your country. Do not forget, if you're a SAM Coupe consumer I've already released RC2014 Bus Interface cards to plug RC peripherals into the SAM - in both 2 and 4 slot versions. And that i've also launched two devoted RC2014 peripherals - SID Soundchip Interface and Graphic OLED Interface. Mechanical Keyboard feedback Thanks for the suggestions about the new keyboards! I have been blown away by the demand and feedback for the mechanical keyboards I released for the SAM Coupe in October. Scroll all the way down to the previous news update for all the information about both the standard Edition and Limited 'Prototype Tribute' edition. @SamsterDave on twitter snapped up a Limited Edition keyboard...

And feedback on the usual edition, which you transplant your original keycaps over to... "Absolutely improbable, nicely worth ever penny. Joy to make use of, one of the best gadgetsI have bought for my SAMs for a very long time." "The keyboard is lovely to type on. such a lovely expertise." "Awesome Keyboard for the Sam Coupe neglect the membranes... Fantastic Job By Quazar." Both forms of keyboard are actually listed on eBay, or alternatively to order send me a message (click on here) by way of my contact me kind. SN76489 Soundchip tinkering on the SAM Coupe Continuing my sonic adventures on the SAM! A little bit of fun, wiring up one other sound chip to the SAM Coupe, this time the SN76489 as used by a variety of early computer systems and consoles such as the BBC micro and the Sega Master System. If there's interest I can design a launch version of the interface and enhance the playback software program. Send me a message (click here) if interested!

*NEW Products* Mechanical Keyboards... 4th October 2021

I'm proud to be able to announce my latest products for the SAM Coupe! It's taken some work, but I'm comfortable to reveal at the moment that I'm releasing Mechanical Keyboards for the SAM! If you've got problems together with your existing keyboard or membrane here is a dependable answer, constructing on the quality inherent with mechanical keyboards. Two different variations, each out there now: a typical edition and a restricted version. Here are all the small print... Standard Edition Mechanical Keyboard The usual edition of the Mechanical Keyboard replaces the entire keyboard assembly that sits in the highest lid of the SAM Coupe case. The keycaps from your unique keyboard can be simply moved over to the Mechanical Keyboard, with the stabilisers too for the Shift and Return keys. The Mechanical Keyboard sits completely throughout the keyboard shelf on the lid of the SAM, secured in place through the prevailing four mounting holes. Connectors poke by the cutout utilized by the membrane tails, to which two ribbon cables then attach. On the ends of the ribbon cables are two thin PCB connectors that plug directly into the keyboard connectors on the SAM motherboard. No soldering required, the one device needed is a posidrive screwdriver for opening the SAM Coupe case and to swap over the keyboard assemblies. Throughout the designing and testing I've tried out many different types of mechanical change and have chosen two types to keep in inventory and supply. A linear model switch (60g stress, a really comfortable typing change that I'm now using myself) and a clicky model swap (55g strain). The clicky style have a tactile/audible click on when pressed and are a firm favourite of mechanical keyboard followers! You'll be able to select the type of change you would like when ordering. The usual edition Mechanical Keyboards are available now for £99.Ninety nine + transport. Limited Edition "Prototype Tribute" Mechanical Keyboard Now this is something special! Inspired by the prototype SAM units, five of which were built in 1989 earlier than the SAM went into full manufacture. Using smooth mouldings of the SAM case, early PCB revisions, they were fitted with hand build keyboards using small tactile switches and clear keycaps. These 'SAMP' (SAM Prototype) machines had been the final checks of the system and given to some of the principle developers and testers at the time. Here's photographs of two of the SAMP units... I've paid consideration and kept as close as doable to the original items, working from photographs I've been capable of faithfully recreate a tribute mechanical keyboard as close as attainable to the originals. I'm producing a limited edition run of 9 of these Mechanical Keyboards, obtainable now for £199.Ninety nine + delivery. Again, you'll be able to choose to have both linear or clicky switches fitted. Ordering Both versions can be found now. To order please ship me a message (click here) via my contact me type and that i can ship via a PayPal invoice for the full amount of the items plus transport. Please additionally advise the kind of swap to be fitted - linear or clicky too. Any questions or queries, send them by means of too and I'll answer as quickly as attainable. For availability of the Limited Edition Prototype Tribute Keyboard, please additionally ship me a message. Alternatively, the standard version Mechanical Keyboard is accessible via my eBay store, which is especially useful for patrons in EU nations as eBay will robotically add on EU VAT as per new laws and I'll have the ability to log that on the transport info to save an extra handling cost being applied by the delivering postal service in your nation.Click right here for my eBay retailer.

Three New Products... 10th September 2021

Over the past two weeks I've launched three new pieces of hardware! All can be found now. To order please ship me a message (click right here) via my contact me kind and i can ship via a PayPal bill for the total quantity of the gadgets plus the delivery. Any questions or queries, ship them by way of too and I'll reply as quickly as potential. Alternatively, most of my items might be bought through my eBay store, which is especially helpful for patrons in EU nations as eBay will routinely add on EU VAT as per new laws and I'll be able to log that on the delivery data to avoid wasting a further handling cost being applied by the delivering postal service in your country.Click right here for my eBay retailer. Three Way Expansion Card... Released at the beginning of September 2021 based on a customer request, that is an expanded model of my two means expansion card that I have been producing for many years. So if you must plug in up to three peripherals to the main euroconnector expansion socket on the again of the SAM Coupe then that is the expansion card you want! Giving two vertical growth sockets and one horizontal on the rear. There's also two optional spacers included which may be screwed into the card to offer it support underneath. Available now, priced £33.Ninety nine + shipping. 4 Slot RC2014 Bus Interface... Another expanded version of an earlier interface, this expanded Bus Interface card allows you to plug in 4 periperhals designed for the RC2014 DIY Z80 laptop into the SAM Coupe. Designed to make use of I/O primarily based peripherals please make sure the interfaces you hook up with don't clash with the I/O house of the SAM Coupe itself (Ports &Ex, &Fx) or if used with other Quazar hardware (&Dx). Available now for £28.Ninety nine + delivery. Don't forget I now additionally produce a pair RC2014 peripherals, which all work on the SAM Coupe by way of the Bus Interfaces - see my subpage at: 2014.samcoupe.com ZX True Tone (ZXTT)... I've a really long background in computer audio and this release harks back to the hours and hours I spent listening to the unbelievable AY music on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum within the early 90's! The ZX True Tone (or ZXTT for short) is an add-on module for Ed Brindley's YM / AY soundcard for the RC2014 DIY computer (and compatibles, plus it can be used on the SAM Coupe with either of my 2 slot or 4 slot RC2014 Bus Interface cards) and its goal is to provide it the exact clock frequency to the soundchip to have the correct pitch matching the AY in the ZX Spectrum 128K onwards. The tone of the YM and AY soundchips are all derived from the clock signal it receives. The ZX Spectrum's AY soundchip was fed with a 1.7734MHz clock which this module matches. There isn't a lot control of the clock on Ed's soundcard, as his circuit can present a clock from both the primary system clock divided by 2 or divided by 4, or on the Rev 6.1 card a separate oscillator module. If you're utilizing the card to play ZX Spectrum tunes and the AY is fed a clock pace lower then the pitch of the tones will probably be decrease, likewise if clocked larger then the pitch of the tone will probably be greater, so the tunes won't sound precisely proper. My ZXTT module replaces one of many chips on the YM/AY interface and feeds the soundchip the precise 1.7734MHz clock pace so the tunes will likely be the exact same pitch as the ZX Spectrum. Essential for any serious demotune fans out there! This module will match each the Revision 5 of the YM/AY Soundcard boards (the version at the moment sold as a package by RFC2795 Ltd on Tindie or z80kits.com) and Revision 6.1 boards (gerbers/schematics for both 5 and 6.1 can be found from Ed himself on Github -> electrified/rc2014-ym2149) The ZXTT prices £14.Ninety nine + shipping, and is out now! Here's a video of it in action, fitted to a Rev 5 YM/AY Soundcard, plugged right into a 4 Slot RC2014 Bus Interface in the again of my SAM Coupe. I'm using code to play ZX Spectrum Soundtracker recordsdata (with a one byte patch to level to the I/O tackle of the soundcard). I will be trying at the participant routines and what to POKE totally different to drive this card in a future difficulty of SAM Revival magazine.

Update... Thirtieth July 2021

Some fast updates... Symbiote... Work continues on Symbiote - my eZ80 co-processor and advanced sound board, mixed with a number of different hardware magic methods. With the prototype nearly totally full having had some extra tweaks and enhancements, this is slightly taster of it is superior sound capabilities that I first showed on Twitter. 48KHz ADPCM 8:1 compressed 16-bit pattern playback, primarily based on some of my authentic code for the Quazar Surround soundcard, but as this is on the eZ80 it's at a a lot increased sampling charge. If you are not already following me on Twitter, please do as I put up most days there about my SAM developments -> @QuazarSamCoupe SAM Revival 26... Confirming the total software program line up for the coverdisk with SAM Revival 26: Blokker - Full game, by Mungus Software Mega Blast - Full game, by Jupiter Software. Wubtris Special Edition - New recreation by Rob Evans. Flappy Bird - New recreation for 2021 by Howard Price. Battlezone - New recreation for 2021 by Chris Pile. Trinity Update - Updated bootblock code for Trinity customers with the non-obligatory BOOT ROM. ARMSID Config - Configure the chip mode and filter settings if you're utilizing an ARMSID with the SID Soundchip Interface. To preorder issue 26 of SAM Revival journal, or for back issues, please see this page. Developing in future points there will be more basic re-releases of games from Jupiter, Mungus and Hydrasoft which I have the rights to so fairly a number of titles to return, plus some extra new video games and demos already lined up. Limited Edition Hardware... The 9 Quazar Surround twenty fifth Anniversary Edition soundcards that I have already announced are on track to be out there in September. Although pricing will not be confirmed but, if you have an interest in one please drop me a message and I'll add you to the record of who I will be contacting after they can be found to ship. I will be announcing the following limited version hardware release in SAM Revival 26... Trinity Ethernet Interface... Alas, the batch of Trinity Ethernet Interfaces that were produced with purple PCBs are bought out. For the new batch I've gone with funky red! Trinity provides Ethernet and mass storage through SD / SDHC playing cards. Available for £79.99 + transport.

Update! Magazines, Hardware, More... Twelfth November 2020

SAM Revival challenge 26... Hello and welcome if you are studying this having been pointed in my route by the that includes of 'SAM Revival' magazine in David Crookes' retro article in the newest (and sadly final) concern of Computer Shopper magazine. I began SAM Revival magazine back within the summer season of 2002 and since then it is expanded from a black and white printed fanzine right into a professionally printed magazine with software coverdisks. All back problems with SAM Revival are available, for all the details on previous issues and to order please click right here. (Just to appropriate the article barely, 'Soundbyte' the disk I produced with games, utilities and music particularly for my Quazar Surround soundcard for the SAM Coupe, didn't evolve into SAM Revival - it's a seperate diskzine. I continued producing Soundbyte up till 2004 with a total of 76 issues. However with the new Quazar Surround 25th Anniversary Edition out later this year, plus the backwards compatibility in my forthcoming eZ80 co-processor, 'Symbiote', I have the urge to supply just a few new points! See the news later in this replace regarding these new pieces of hardware...) Issue 26 is now coming collectively and aiming to be on the printers at the tip of the month, to be then sent out during early December. The unbelievable cowl was drawn by Warren Lee, to accompany his second Developer Diary entry for the sport he's engaged on: 'Invasion III'. The cowl disk with difficulty 26 features a number of games and utilities, including Blokker (1995, Mungus Softare). Their first launch way again in 1995, that includes sound effects for the Quazar Surround soundcard (and suitable with the forthcoming 'Symbiote' eZ80 co-processor which is Quazar Surround suitable in 'Legacy' mode). The second re-release on the cover disk is MegaBlast (1994, Jupiter Software). Heavily inspired by 'Bomberman' type video games, it options each a single player sport and a multiplayer game for up to four gamers. One of many utlities on the issue 26 cover disk lets you configure the 'ARMSID' for those who happen to be using one with your SID Soundchip Interface in your SAM Coupe.

New Release: ZX ROM SLOT Interface... Introduction Presenting my second hardware release of 2020 and also my first piece of devoted hardware for the ZX Spectrum. While I've targeted purely on developing for the SAM Coupe since 1993 my first laptop was a 48k ZX Spectrum again in 1983, adopted by the +2 in 1986. The ZX ROM Cartridge Slot offers your ZX Spectrum an Interface 2 fashion cartridge slot to allow you to use the ROM cartridges. Initially there were just 10 cartridges launched again in 1983/4 but there's been a couple third occasion ones since, together with my very own 'ZX/SAM ROM CART' which you can see in my other listings. System Requirements The ZX ROM Cartridge Slot is compatible with all fashions of ZX Spectrum. There is a small switch on the interface to select the type of computer, which could be set as: - 16K / 48K / 128K / +2 (this mode additionally for the new ZX Spectrum Next) or +2A/+2B/+three The later models had totally different management signals on the sting connector so to make sure right operation on these later fashions my design also incorporates several diodes to ensure the signals operate accurately and let the internal system ROMs function correctly when there's no cartridge plugged in. There's also a reset button too, useful for 16K/48K ZX Spectrum users. I've also examined this interface on the new ZX Spectrum Next. Works perfectly, set the change to '16K/48K/128K/+2' and then use the ROM possibility in the following's predominant menu. Ordering The ZX ROM Slot Interface costs £16.Ninety nine + postage. Any questions please ask. If you are also after an Interface 2 sort cartridge to make use of on the ZX Spectrum, see the 'ZX/SAM ROM CART' under which has two free video games included.

New Releases: Interfaces for the RC2014 and compatibles.. Something totally different, I've designed and released a couple interfaces to be used with the RC2014 DIY Z80 Computer system (and compatibles that share the same bus). First is a SID Soundchip Interface, which is derived from my authentic SAM Coupe SID Interface, and also a Graphic OLED Interface. However, using my RC2014 Bus Interface card launched last 12 months (scroll down!) these can even work on the SAM Coupe! In reality, the SID Interface is absolutely appropriate with the prevailing SID software on the SAM! For all the small print and ordering for these two interfaces, please see my devoted web site at: 2014.samcoupe.com

Coming Soon: Quazar Surround 25th Anniversary Edition... 25 years in the past, within the summer of 1995 I posted out the first Quazar Surround soundcards for the SAM Coupe. In celebration, I'm producing a particular, restricted version model of my soundcard. The Quazar Surround was my first piece of hardware for the SAM, giving it multichannel, digital sound with encompass sound outputs. Through the years I produced 76 issues of 'Soundbyte' diskzine to present the Quazar Surround plenty of software program support, and there are other full games and software program that help the soundcard. My original Quazar Surround soundcards were in an off the shelf aluminium case. The brand new anniversary restricted edition are built into the black check mouldings produced for MGT's interface boxes before the full run in white again in 1989, making them additional particular incorporating a part of MGT's history. As such, there'll only be a single batch of nine items obtainable. For extra information and if you have an interest in a single, please ship me a message through my Contact Me Form. More info will even be in SAM Revival subject 26.

In Development: Symbiote... I've been in a position to spend a fair bit of time working on the prototype (proven above in it is current kind!) and software program for Symbiote, my forthcoming eZ80 co-processor for the SAM. One closing part of hardware to finish building and test earlier than I start to put it collectively into the manufacturing version subsequent 12 months. To keep updated with the tinkerings on this, and every thing else I do, please comply with me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/QuazarSamCoupe

And at last... The last twelve months have been considerably busy for hardware releases, with more coming before the year is out. I'm already planning software program releases for early next yr along with issue 27 of SAM Revival magazine, which should have a very 'eggciting' recreation on the coverdisk! Should you want to order a number of of my merchandise; hardware, software program, magazines, please drop me a message so I calculate a single shipping charge for the order. Please use the Contact Me Form. Always blissful to listen to from you in case you have questions and queries too!

News Update... 22nd April 2020

New Release: ZX/SAM ROM CART - 16 financial institution flash memory card... Introduction Presenting my first hardware release of 2020 and in addition my first piece of hardware that is also appropriate with the ZX Spectrum as nicely because the SAM Coupe. While I've focused purely on developing for the SAM Coupe since 1993 my first laptop was a 48k ZX Spectrum again in 1983, adopted by the +2 in 1986. The ZX/SAM ROM CART allows you to retailer sixteen ROM cartridge photographs (16K ZX Spectrum cartridge ROMs, with an expanded 32K mode for the SAM Coupe) on a single cartridge and choose them by the use of the rotary management within the nook of the cartridge. So you probably have a ZX Spectrum (with an Interface 2, RAM Turbo interface, Kempston Pro Joystick interface or other interface to provide it a cartridge port) or you've got a SAM Coupe with the ZX-ECUTOR interface that I launched in December then this cartridge is for you! Preloaded Software + Free Games! The cartridge is provided with a couple of pieces of take a look at code loaded. After all it can't be provided with any copyrighted code preloaded into it. But on-line you will find a couple of cartridge video games to obtain and set up, as well as different ZX Spectrum system ROMs akin to Geoff Wearmouth's GW03 and looking out Glass ROMs, a prototype ZX Spectrum ROM made accessible by the Centre for Computing History etc. By flashing a ZX System ROM you can have your SAM Coupe activate into a ZX Spectrum emulating mode. A lot of the sixteen reminiscence banks will probably be pre-loaded with just a small animation program to indicate that bank is empty. Interestingly, despite beginning with the ZX Spectrum, that is my first machine code program for the ZX Spectrum. The ZX/SAM ROM CART can also be preloaded with two free games, due to the courtesy of Radastan (@Bytemaniacos on Twitter if you wish to say thanks!). 'Mag the Magician' and 'Dead Space' have been two video games released as ZX ROM cartridges in 2017 and 2018. Cheers Radastan! Lastly, I have written software to put in writing to the reminiscence of the cartridge which is included in one of the banks on the cartridge. This software is for the SAM Coupe only and could be put in onto a floppy disk. Writing to the Cartridge There are two methods to put in writing ROMs into the sixteen banks on the cartridge. Firstly, software program for the SAM Coupe is included on the cartridge which makes it simple to put in writing to the reminiscence. Alternatively, e.g. if you're a ZX Spectrum owner, you may pop out the flash memory chip and use an EEPROM programmer to jot down to the chip. (Your programmer must help the SST39SF family of reminiscence chips). Ordering The ZX/SAM ROM CART costs £19.Ninety nine + postage. Full directions are included. Any questions please ask. If you are looking to purchase the cartridge, together with other hardware/software/magazines then I can work out the overall price and transport for you. Please use the Contact Me Form.

News Update... Thirteenth February 2020

Two hardware releases from the end of 2019... In November and December 2019 I launched two new pieces of SAM hardware. ZX-ECUTOR A new release for December 2019, this interface lets you employ ZX ROM Cartridges for the ZX Spectrum instantly on the SAM Coupe. Supporting the original 10 ROM cartridges released again in 1983 by Sinclair to be used with their Interface 2 with some basic titles resembling Hungry Horace and Jetpac, the ZX-ECUTOR additionally helps new cartridge games akin to Dead Space and other third party cartridges that I've been able to check it with. Options let you copy the 16K ROM to RAM so it could actually run at the same speed because the ZX Spectrum, or run instantly from the cartridge at uncontended ROM speeds so some video games play approach faster than the Spectrum due to the SAM's uncontended 6MHz entry pace of ROM tackle space. Running immediately from the cartridge helps third social gathering ROM carts which use paging to get greater than 16K of memory on them. However, please word that third social gathering cartridges which are designed to load in snapshots will not work, they'll still be anticipating to be on an actual ZX Spectrum with it's own inner ROM. Any questions, please ask, and see my twitter for some videos of the ZX-ECUTOR in motion. Available now for £39.Ninety nine + postage.RC2014 Bus Interface Card New for November 2019, this interface enables you to connect RC2014 peripherals to the SAM Coupe, with two slots to allow two interfaces to connect at a time. Designed to use I/O based mostly peripherals please ensure the interfaces you hook up with do not clash with the I/O house of the SAM Coupe itself (Ports &Ex, &Fx) or if used with other Quazar hardware (&Dx). Available now for £19.Ninety nine + postage. Mungus Software A crowd of oddball characters be a part of Quazar! Having purchased the rights to Mungus Software's principal catalogue of SAM Coupe video games I'm seeking to update them for re-launch / characteristic on SAM Revival journal coverdisks. Mungus Software had small games featured on Soundbyte and Fred disk magazines again in the 90s, along with two full standalone releases - Blokker and IMPostors. There's also the scope for potential sequels, early work was began on IMPostors 2 years ago. Please see issue 2 of SAM Revival journal with Stephen from Mungus Software for an interview regarding IMPostors 2 again in 2002. More news soon...

January Update... 24th January 2019

Latest news, including a reasonably big, thrilling venture... (Additional update added twenty sixth January 2019) SAM Revival 26 Magazine SAM Revival is bouncing back. Its been quiet too lengthy with out a new concern, but Im now again engaged on ending issue 26. Despite the lack of a brand new problem not too long ago, SAM Revival has developed during the last couple of years into a professionally printed full color publication. Back problems with 24 and 25 are available in the new format and an important introduction to whats been happening within the SAM Coupe world over time, plus some great coverdisks of software. All earlier issues are also still accessible of their authentic laser printed format. But more importantly, whats going to be in challenge 26? Its mainly a catchup problem with a heck of lots of stories to catch up on what has been in the works because the last issue. Reviews of a new SAM recreation, plus previews of several extra, one among which goes to be very eggciting and should make you dizzy with anticipation! The Developer Diary is full of data on even more games in improvement. There's a brand new demoscene part, plus several more feature articles and all the usual common sections too. There'll even be a whole lot of protection of my subsequent SAM interface, Symbiote (extra on that below). The issue is looking to be over 64 pages in dimension, all wrapped up in full colour professionally printed journal with a gorgeous cowl drawn by Warren Lee. The coverdisk will probably be that includes one new game and one re-release, plus several different demos and utilities - including a brand new boot block to put in if you utilize the Trinity Ethernet Interface and the Auto BOOT ROM - this will allow you to robotically BOOT from a Record after B-DOS has been loaded in.Symbiote - eZ80 Co-Processor for the SAM Coupe Quick refresher of what Symbiote is. In 1995 my Quazar Surround soundcard gave SAM gorgeous digital surround sound. Its been crying out for an update for years so it was initially my intention just to supply a tweaked soundcard utilizing fashionable components and presumably broaden it with some external reminiscence. Despite mentioning exterior memory back in SAM Revival 25 and on my web site there actually wasn't any real curiosity in that, afterall external memory was launched by SAMCo again in 1992 for the SAM and apart from a few SAM programs which used it for RAMdisks it actually ignored, in order that concept was not one I lingered on. So for Symbiote I decided a recent, new method was required. To drastically improve on the previous capabilities with out hanging onto something that would be underutilised. Luckily, I already had a brand new design I could return to. Back in 2003-7 I had been developing and prototyping a concept I had for a brand new SAM. Yes, that's proper, I had plans for a new SAM means back then, into which I had single handedly put a whole lot of time, effort and cash and it had progressed relatively far. When you had been reading SAM Revival journal you'd have adopted just a few snippets of the work I had carried out via a number of of the projects I had revealed - such as the prototype Mayhem Accelerator to use a faster Z80, as well as some non-descript pictures in the 'SAM Spy' sections. Plus the Trinity Ethernet Interface stemmed from that work too when I used to be looking at mass storage choices - I did afterall need one thing to test out SD playing cards! But I had by no means revealed the bulk of the work which I had up and operating that might have formed the core the system. I've already had a number of chats with SAM programmers and the concepts individuals are having to make the most of the extra processing power of Symbiote are quite astonishing! Where does Symbiote at the moment stand? Prototyping and testing of all of the subsections is completed. The next stage is preparation of the final hardware, firstly with the design of a new eZ80 sub board with the ultimate memory configuration and DACs, basically all the surface mount parts on a four layer PCB. After that combining all the rest of the hardware into the main board and the development of an preliminary batch of interfaces for final testing, builders, full the 'SAM in a Can 2's and anybody keen enough to start tinkering with it!Pandemonium - a brand new SAM! It began with three tweets on my twitter account on 1st January... (1of3) 2019. It's now 26 years since I bought my first SAM Coupe and 24 years since I started Quazar and all my frantic growing for the system. It's a shame the SAM didn't thrive, but I typically imagine what I might do if I ever received my arms on a handful of SAM's ASIC chips. (2of3) The ASIC is the unique customized chip at the center of the SAM Coupe. What could I do if I had some? A new SAM drastically enhanced with my additional peripherals and a sooner Z80, plus an eZ80 co-processor? That may surely be some superior micro! It would be utter pandemonium! (3of3) I simply need those SAM Coupe ASIC chips... Oh wait... I have over 200 ?? Okay... Hmm... Pandemonium... Thats a funky codename for a brand new SAM! So, I fortunately announce 'Pandemonium'! I've a protracted approach to go however it is underway! Stay tuned... While initially sounding a bit cryptic, I did simply announce my next hardware undertaking that may observe on from Symbiote! Codenamed 'Pandemonium' for the time being, this will probably be a new SAM! Yes, you did read that proper, a brand new SAM! What makes this possible? Well, as lined in my new year tweets, I've bought my palms on a number of hundred of the ASIC chips - that's the customised VLSI logic array designed by Bruce Gordon, that gives all the principle system logic of the SAM Coupe - graphics era, reminiscence paging, interrupts, MIDI, keyboard reading etc, and many others. Why the name 'Pandemonium'? It's expanding on 'Mayhem' the name I used for my prototype SAM accelerator. While curiosity was very low over a decade ago it never absolutely progressed right into a released unit, nevertheless on the basis that I'll be capable of make a limited amount of spanking new SAMs it makes sense to add in whatever I can incorporate, so that does include making it sooner if possible. I've already updated my accelerator design, so couple that with most of my different hardware peripherals that I've designed and released over time, such as the Trinity Ethernet Interface and the forthcoming Symbiote, it'll be a moderately implausible laptop! With SAM Revival subject 26 being a catchup challenge, I'll go into extra depth of my plans in subject 27. In the meantime, when you have any comments or questions at all regarding Pandemonium, the opposite tasks I have on the go for the SAM, my other merchandise or actually, anything to do with the SAM at all please at all times be happy to get in touch.Canvas Art Prints To assist elevate funds for my ongoing projects, such as Symbiote and Pandemonium, I've produced a variety of canvas artwork prints. Ideal for jazzing up your computer room! Having been capable of get my palms on the ASIC chips, I've had one decapped. That's the technique of acid etching through the epoxy case of the chip to reveal the silicon core of the chip itself. Under high magnification components of the silicon had been then photographed and i've captured an ideal image of only a small nook of the ASIC which reveals VLSI's logo and the half quantity. (I'll go into more detail about all this in concern 27 of SAM Revival where extra of my work on Pandemonium can be revealed). These canvas prints of the ASIC can be found in two sizes: 40x30cm and 60x40cm. (Approx dimension: A3 panorama and A2 landscape respectively). For pricing and transport please contact me right here. I've additionally produced canvas artwork prints of custom chips from other classic residence computer systems, such as the ZX Spectrum ULA, Commodore sixty four 'SID' soundchip, Atari, Amiga 'Paula' Soundchip. For extra info and to order please ship me a message here.

Update... 11th February 2018

Time to catch up with some news! Crash 2018 Annual... If you happen to follow the ZX Spectrum and SAM scene closely you would have seen final yr a new issue of Crash journal was funded by way of Kickstarter. Well, it was more than a new issue, it was a massive arduous-backed annual which was released in December 2017. Going again to the 1990s you'll have seen the SAM pages within the pages of every subject. Crash actually supported the SAM back in the early years, and I used to be honoured to write an article for the annual. Spanning three pages I lined very briefly the historical past of the SAM scene for the reason that last situation of the journal in the early 90s, then focused on a few of the video games which might be in the works, after which the ultimate section gave the first information on some of my new initiatives that I have been engaged on - see under for the information on them. The Crash Annual 2018 continues to be out there from Fusion Retro Books.

Amalthea II... Early in 2017 I purchased the rights to Jupiter Software's outdated SAM work. It was a privilege to work with the Jupiter chaps during the late nineteen nineties and i wished to keep their legacy alive. They gave support for my Quazar Surround soundcard proper from the get go, with each some of their industrial releases supporting it in addition to special versions of a few of their older video games, new video games and demos appearing on my Soundbyte journal disk for the Quazar Surround. They'd initially deliberate a sequel to their hit game Amalthea (released in 1995 at the same time as the Quazar Surround) however the disks containing the early work have been damaged or destroyed over the years. With solely three growth screenshots remaining I'm planning a sequel from scratch to maintain the franchise going. I will be continuing to re-release older Jupiter games on the coverdisk with SAM Revival, so look out for them on forthcoming issues. However, close to the unique Amalthea... I'm presently within the means of putting together a particular version of it, updating the game code for newer SAM hardware (e.g. putting in onto the mass storage on Trinity). I'm aiming to have the game available in March, with both floppy disk (3 disks) or SD card variations (for use with the Trinity interfaces) accessible. News on both the re-release of Amalthea and a look at Jupiter's legacy and my plans for Amalthea II will likely be in SAM Revival 26.Symbiote... In 1995 my Quazar Surround soundcard gave SAM stunning digital surround sound. Its been crying out for an replace for years so it was initially my intention simply to supply a tweaked soundcard utilizing fashionable parts and probably broaden it with some external reminiscence. Despite mentioning external reminiscence again in SAM Revival 25 and on my website there actually wasn't any actual interest in that, afterall external reminiscence was launched by SAMCo again in 1992 for the SAM and apart from a few SAM programs which used it for RAMdisks it actually ignored, in order that concept was not one I lingered on. So for Symbiote I determined a fresh, new approach was required. To drastically improve on the previous capabilities with out hanging onto something that can be underutilised. Luckily, I already had a brand new design I might return to. Back in 2003-7 I had been growing and prototyping a concept I had for a new SAM. Yes, that's right, I had plans for a brand new SAM method back then, into which I had single handedly put loads of time, effort and money and it had progressed fairly far. In the event you had been studying SAM Revival journal you'll have followed a number of snippets of the work I had executed via a number of of the projects I had revealed - such as the prototype Mayhem Accelerator to make use of a quicker Z80, in addition to some non-descript pictures within the 'SAM Spy' sections. Plus the Trinity Ethernet Interface stemmed from that work too when I was taking a look at mass storage options - I did afterall want one thing to test out SD playing cards! But I had never revealed the majority of the work which I had up and running that may have formed the core the sy