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Quazar
@samcoupe.com
Website: www.samcoupe.com
32yrs+ Developing for the British 8-bit SAM Coupé computer, doing what I can to keep this fantastic system alive with new hardware, software, repairs and 'SAM Revival' magazine!
(Also makes some peripherals for other systems.)
And I've also the little Commodore style PCB available as a pin badge! (Plus SAM Coupe and 16K/48K ZX Spectrum badges, and SAM Coupe keyrings too!)

Easy ordering with UK postage ->
www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
December 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I'll have my Website / Tindie / eBay updated with the new version soon. In the meantime to order the v1.3 revision please send a chat msg here or message through my 2014.samcoupe.com website.

I've a limited number of the earlier version available with a slight discount, again please DM / email.
December 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
computer show that April. An earlier failed attempt 4 months prior was with the 'SAM Coupe Machine Code Course' pack, which I found to be a ZX Spectrum course with extra paragraphs copied near verbatim from the SAM Technical Manual, with ZX emulator on disk and Speccy Assembler on cassette. Junk!)
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
(As an aside, I actually learned 6502 asm in school in 1990/91. As a kid with a #ZXSpectrum from 1983 I always feared that #Z80 asm would be impossibly complex to learn. I eventually started and taught myself Z80 very quickly in 1994 on the #SAMCoupe after buying an assembler half price at a...
December 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Please note the prices on the quickshop page includes UK postage only which is clearly displayed in each of the buy buttons. As per the text at the top of the page please contact me if you want a quote for international shipping.
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The two other styles of PCB pin badges: #Commodore and #SAMCoupe, plus the two styles of gold plated SAM Coupe PCB keyrings!

www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Graph / Squared paper was great fun as a kid drawing graphics for my #ZXSpectrum!
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
On the ZX Spectrum the AY sits directly on the data bus, no latches or flip flops. For a Z80 bus, it's generally fine for at least 8MHz.

Other CPU buses then timings may be unsuitable, like how I had to latch data and have a slow trigger pulse for my SID Interfaces on Z80 systems.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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I love your dedication to the platform. I'm sure for some enthusiasts out there, you're a godsend.
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Thanks for the mention! The hardware I make for #RC2014 and compatibles is a mere fraction of the #retrocomputing stuff I do. My main work is for the #SAMCoupe computer (British Z80 based #8bit micro released in December 1989). 32+ years developing hardware, software and magazines.
www.samcoupe.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Thanks for the mention! The hardware I make for #RC2014 and compatibles is a mere fraction of the #retrocomputing stuff I do. My main work is for the #SAMCoupe computer (British Z80 based #8bit micro released in December 1989). 32+ years developing hardware, software and magazines.
www.samcoupe.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Season 20 and 21 were where I started with Doctor Who as a young kid, Earthshock in 20 made the Cybermen my favourite monster! Resurrection of the Daleks in 21 was one of the first things taped off telly after getting a video recorder.
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Pssst... if you want more pages of SAM Coupe stuff to read, take a look at 'SAM Revival' magazine! Issue 9 onwards feature coverdisks of SAM software too! (Audio CD with issue 11 instead as it's a 'Sound on SAM' special).

www.samcoupe.com
www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM