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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 10h

(3/3) For more soundchip tinkering see the interfaces I've released for #RC2014 and compatible systems: SID from the #C64, SAA1099P from the #SAMCoupe, plus my ZXTT module to clock your AY/YM at the exact frequency of the 128K #ZXSpectrum! 2014.samcoupe.com (End of plug!😛)

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 10h

(2/3) first microchip I'd bought - UM3482A - which has 12 tunes built in and 3 instrument waveforms. Sadly, I don't have the packaging or datasheet any more, but this is still my original bit of stripboard from back then. It's had the odd running repair over the years. ...

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 10h

(1/3) Another old soundchip or rather melody chip in this case, that I picked up in Tandy in 1989 and soldered up in a circuit once I had an iron and had been taught to solder during a couple days of work experience at an electronic company during high school. This was the...

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 5d

They really did do a cracking job of the Your Sinclair issue with that issue of Retro Gamer. Great to get a mention in it for SAM Revival magazine - the mag I produce for the #SAMCoupe and it's still available!
www.samcoupe.com/samrevival.htm
(www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm for easy UK ordering!)

Issues of 'SAM Revival' magazine for the SAM Coupe.

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

I'll be updating the PCB of my SID Soundchip Interface for #RC2014 & compatibles to match the style of my new SAA interface so it includes a little PCB computer of the #C64 where the SID is from! I've 3 of the original boards left so I'm offering £10 off them (Please message to...

#chiptune

Current version of my SID Soundchip Interface for the RC2014 and compatibles

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

order so I can sort out the discount.)

Like the little #SAMCoupe PCBs on the SAA1099P Interface, I've made the little C64 PCBs available as pin badges too! (Also apt for the systems with the same case... C16! VIC20! )

Badge: samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm

PCB Pin badge resembling a C64... or C16... or VIC-20!

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

I've been building up the next batch of my SAA1099P Soundchip Interfaces for #RC2014 and compatibles, so these are ready to ship! More information / ordering at my 2014.samcoupe.com website. I've updated the community links with more of the #chiptune videos/demos that have been appearing using ...

SAA1099P Soundchip Interface for RC2014 and compatibles (and other systems, e.g. ZX Spectrum via my ZX-RC Bus Adapter)

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

order so I can sort out the discount.)

Like the little #SAMCoupe PCBs on the SAA1099P Interface, I've made the little C64 PCBs available as pin badges too! (Also apt for the systems with the same case... C16! VIC20! )

Badge: samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

I'll be updating the PCB of my SID Soundchip Interface for #RC2014 & compatibles to match the style of my new SAA interface so it includes a little PCB computer of the #C64 where the SID is from! I've 3 of the original boards left so I'm offering £10 off them (Please message to...

#chiptune

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

it plus links to other resources for creating SAA1099P music.

For an example of what this interface is being used for... bsky.app/profile/flat...

Robert @flatduckrecords.co.uk · 14d

New toys! 🎶🔉

A quick demonstration of @samcoupe.com’s new SAA1099P sound interface card. You’re listening to Arcane Zone Part 2 by Yerzmyey.

(I’ve just hacked a BASIC wrapper around Bórik’s player routine; any jitters or stutters are my fault! As is the gonzo camera work).

#zxSpectrum #chipChoon

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

I've been building up the next batch of my SAA1099P Soundchip Interfaces for #RC2014 and compatibles, so these are ready to ship! More information / ordering at my 2014.samcoupe.com website. I've updated the community links with more of the #chiptune videos/demos that have been appearing using ...

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

Wholeheartedly agree. I still play so many #ZXSpectrum and #SAMCoupe games where originality shines through.

Just about all modern games (especially the franchises that repeat the same guff every 1-2 years) are of no interest to me.

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

the graphics. The TEA2000 isn't even part of SAM's design! (it's a composite video encoder chip, the SAM uses the MC1377 for that purpose). The graphics are all generated by the SAM's ASIC.

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

For the November 1989 issue (one month before the SAM Coupe launched) YS got a few bits wrong. The SAM's ASIC wasn't made by Fujitsu, MGT changed manufacturer to VLSI, which also allowed more gates/features. The palette had increased to 128 colours, not 64. And the TEA2000 chip didn't generate...

ZXVintage @zxvintage.bsky.social · 3d

ZX History - October 1989: YS gives an update on the progress of the SAM Coupe. Apparently the delays are caused by reliance on many contractors.

READ: (1/2) #zxspectrum #retrogaming

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

I never got too far in the game back in the 80s. But 'The Vat' was always my favourite level - jumping around in the disintegrating blocks was fun!

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 2d

Manic Miner is a true #retrogaming classic, I enjoyed it on the #ZXSpectrum, then in the 1990s on the #SAMCoupe which has to be the definitive #8bit version, with 60 caverns! I recently revamped the back issue of SAM Revival magazine (#9) which features the game on the coverdisk. www.samcoupe.com

SAM Revival issue 9, revamped into a full colour professionally printed issue earlier in the year, with updates and extras added,

Manic Miner on the SAM Coupe, featuring on the coverdisk (with permission of the SAM version's copyright holders). Featuring the original 20 caverns from the ZX Spectrum version, plus 40 new levels. (Disk image can also be supplied for emulator use.)

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 4d

🎶 Dugga Doo! Dugga Doo! Dugga Dugga Dugga Doo!

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 5d

But nothings beats my 1985 birthday, running to buying Jetset Willy II and the latest Your Spectrum with the full map and pages of POKEs! Good times indeed!

In terms of the other mags I rarely went near Sinclair User. Picked up the very occasional Crash if something on the covertape caught my eye.

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 5d

I remember the transition and still have the Rasputin demo covertape from YS1. The quality did diminish, but for me it was still an essential purchase over the years. It did decay so badly at the end, but the covertapes and one or two sections (mainly SAM+SpecTec) were what it was only bought for.

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 5d

The reducing page count of Your Sinclair was noticeable, but still a lot of interesting stuff. 2 page SAM Centre (although I didn't have a SAM yet!) and Spec Tec Jr pages were great for techy/coding (I didn't know Z80 asm, or Simon, yet!) All that changed in 93 after getting my first #SAMCoupe! 😀

ZXVintage @zxvintage.bsky.social · 5d

Your Sinclair Nov 1992: Spec Tec Adam Waring transmogrifies into Spec Tec Jr (Simon Cooke). YS down to 52 pages.

READ: https://archive.org/stream/Your_Sinclair_083/page/n00/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 5d

They really did do a cracking job of the Your Sinclair issue with that issue of Retro Gamer. Great to get a mention in it for SAM Revival magazine - the mag I produce for the #SAMCoupe and it's still available!
www.samcoupe.com/samrevival.htm
(www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm for easy UK ordering!)

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 6d

And always refer to the disks as 780K. The standard SAM format is 800K (20K for the directory, 780K for files) but you can technically use all the space and format extra tracks, as long as you have a sector of code (Track 4, Sector 1) with a routine for BOOT to load in to then do what you want.

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 6d

Odd that SAMCo don't mention the (MGT) ZX Spectrum emulator that's still included on the introductory disk, instead they mention using The Messenger interface (hardware to link a Speccy to the SAM) or SAM Tape 4 (a commercial speccy emulator) for running ZX Spectrum software on SAM.

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 6d

Thye SAM Coupe feature is 1 page of reviews/news, plus 4 pages of SAMCo advertising. Good to see the computer being promoted well in this issue of SU!

I've been developing for the #SAMCoupe for 32 years. Everything I do -> www.samcoupe.com

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Quazar @samcoupe.com · 6d

This was a good move by SAMCo. At launch, a 512K SAM Coupe with one drive would have worked out to be about £290. So, nearly a third off with a drive, full internal memory and the latest ROM was a good deal. This price held for quite a few years - that's what I paid in early 1993 for my first SAM.

ZXVintage @zxvintage.bsky.social · 8d

Your Sinclair Nov 1990: SAM Coupe gets a price cut - now a SAM with one disk drive costs £200. Final Fight and Mercs gets covered in Slots of Fun. YS Guide to driving games. Activision announces that, as a result (1/3) #zxspectrum #retrogaming

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