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SAM Coupé

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SUNDAY

SAM Coupé

: “The marvellous thing about a singing horse is not that it sings well but that it can sing at all. …

: ZX Spectrum PlusD (clone) disk interface. The last of the parts arrived today so I blew the EPROM …

: Tell you what, going back to 1206 SMT components after working with 0805 scale devices is like …

: Well. Time to learn how to blow a GAL. 👨🏻‍🏭

: I thought something was wrong with my PlusD disk interface so I took it apart for inspection… and …

: I quite often replay the original Tomb Raider around Christmas time, but I really associate it with …

: Well it might be the twelfth night but it’s not too late to post about my ADVANCED CHRISTMAS JUMPER …

: Moley Christmas, dudes. Cowabunga.

: ZX Spectrum Next

: It’s important to stay organised in the hectic modern world of Information Technology.

: Sunday: upgrading an already-modified (but still with with notoriously bad and unbalanced sound) ZX …

: Saturday: time to install a Word Processor onto Hard Disc Drive. (Not to mention the 70,000 word …

: Midnight hackers club. Who wants to write a text scrolly? #ZXSpectrum #specasm #z80

: Piña colada / collida detecta (if you’ll indulge me one last #fomo toot xx) #Z80 #ASM

: As cool as it’s possible to be in this heat. #SAMCoupé #ZXSpectrum #poolside

: Keep cool at the pool. 😎 📚 ⛱️ #zxspectrum #asm #z80

: I’m travelling for work today so I’ve brought the laptop, an Amstrad NC100. For on-the-go …

: This week I’ve been wrestling with SAM networking again! SAVEing works perfectly (Net and Tape …

: Hmm. This feels like homework.

: I suppose it’s quite nice sometimes maybe to switch the computer off and go outside for a bit. We …

: Goin’ surfin’ 😎 🏄 #amstrad #nc100

: SAM Coupé fun with images I experimented a bit more with creating an image to deliberately exploit the effect that a 50Hz …

: Denise #KeepingUp #Commodore

: I had some success removing the yellowing from my SAM with “vapour brite” (works just like …

: Sam Coupé MIDI and Serial Networking Tonight I’m mostly using @shieladixon’s wonderful MIDI interface for RC2014 to take a …

: This week I’ve been getting to grips with SAM’s VMPR (Video Memory Page Register) and using it for …

: I truly love paper magazines but is using OCR for code listings…cheating? (Asking for a friend). …

: Now playing: SAM Coupé Shanghai by Fuxoft/Franxoft for Pete Prodge’s Covertape wars (YS vs SU - Dec …

: …and in with the…Old! I replaced the 1984 Z80 with one produced in 2018 but it caused some weird …

: Out with the old! My desoldering gun is still not Quite Right so this was mostly done the old …

: Well it looks like we have a busted M1 signal. It’s not used internally so the Spectrum itself …

: This evening I’ve been fixing a ZX Spectrum+ for a friend. Two bad RAM ICs and a 3rd (previously …

: I ordered some circuit boards from PCBWay using MerlinKV’s PlusD Clone design (CC BY NC SA). Now …

: “Oh”, they said, “so that’s what you wanted a serial protocol mouse for!” #SAMCoupé #Lemmings

: MGT SamBus repair Update! Thanks to Colin from Quazar for clearing up my disinformation and abject nonsense. I removed …

: Yum! This is the special sugar-frosted MGT SamBus. (a.k.a. The SAM Card Cage). It adds extra …

: Good news, everyone. It’s mousin’ time!

: Oh no! I’ve been working on a fun little ZX Spectrum project using Microdrives and serial …

: Come out to the coast… we’ll get together, have a few laughs.

: I was playing the SAM version of Prince of Persia for about 20 minutes before realising I was …

: Low voltage 🔋🧲 disassembled electric motor motor end cap and brushes

: High voltage ⚠️

: I noticed my SAM was prone to tape-loading errors, and particularly when the cable gets jostled. …

: I’d been hesitant to take a soldering iron to my SAM Coupé, despite its display output suffering …

: “Cobbled together” from some “spare¹ parts”—here’s my new ZX Spectrum +3 with a custom² Perspex™ …

: It’s not Retr0brite, it’s SAMbathing.

: Meanwhile, in the laboratory: floppy head alignment issues, some Olympic-level desoldering, a disk …

: 📚 Computer Projects for Railway Modellers by Roger Amos and Martin Cock, with program listings for …

: Beta BASIC 4.0 (128K only) spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/795… #zxspectrum

: I’m very happy to say my redesign of the Spectrum Computing logo to celebrate the Spectrum’s 40th …

: I’ve got some time to kill while my new Xbox game is Smart Delivering, so I’m just going to upgrade …

: Moc-moc-a-moc-me-do!

: Death’s Door is really good!

: I think I might head into town. There’s an article about TELETEXT in the latest MagPi magazine! …

: Lemmings! On a ZX Spectrum!! With a mouse!!! (It’s absolutely fine on keyboard, but this is the way …

: And speaking of Text Adventuring, here’s the CRASH Annual 2022 exclusive* game Saboteur: Deep Cover. …

: I’m currently reading: Twilight Inventory by Gareth Pitchford 📚 A collection of 1990s …

: Merry Specmas! …

: Playing Sable this morning has rekindled the awe and wonder I’ve not experienced in a game since I …

: Huh? Oh. Argh!

: The Gaelic for “you forgot to bring the AV adaptor” is: dhìochuimhnich thu an adapter AV a thoirt …

: I’m getting a hard time because we’re going on holiday in 10 minutes and I haven’t packed any …

: Oh my! ✨🦄🌈😎🌈🦄✨ #zxspectrum

: Oh my oh my! 😍 #zxspectrum

: Relaxing to some #classical music.

: I love Saturday mornings.

: ZX Spectrum +3 Disk B The ZX Spectrum +3 (and Amstrad CPC) “Disk B” expansion port is the same form factor as a 34-pin …

: Seall! Tha mo bhean air an telebhisean!

: An Easter treat! It’s time for payback… COSMIC PAYBACK!

: My stepper motor is giving me grief. This looks like a job for… DISK DOCTOR! 💾🩺🦸🏽‍♀️

: How it stared/ how it’s going/ etc. #zxspectrum #fixerupper #16k

: Been fixing this, a Dixons branded cassette recorder from ‘83. Very slightly older than I am, and …

: I’m taking a break from Microdrive refurbishment to catch up with latest news from January 1988. …

: Friday night re-felting my carts. #FF #FeltingFriday #zxspectrum #microdrive #microlife

: Networkin’ like it’s 1983! Well sort of. But I finally found a legitimate use for the telly’s …

: Ah, okay… now it’s #Christmas.

: New High Score: 24,180 ☃️

: Competition is heating up in round two of the Spectrum Computing Christmas High Score Challenge! …

: Merry Crashmas! 🌈 🤖 👻 🐢

: Tonight’s silly project: replacing a tired old ZX Spectrum cassette with a freshly-recorded new one! …

: Oidhche Shamhna 👻 #spooky

: Wayhey, it’s new game Saturday: Millie & Molly on Commodore 64!

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: Resistance is… ~futile~ approximately 18KΩ

: New project time! It’s a recreated Romantic Robot Multiface 128. (Or rather it soon will be, …

: Pakket overhandigd door de verzender aan de Pickup parcelshop! 🚚 🌈 📦 #zxspectrum #bytedelight

: I’ve removed, tested, replaced or bodged almost everything and it’s still not working! Time to give …

: Last night’s re-cap seems to have been a success. The -5v line in particular was really noisy, but …

: Uh oh! #zxspectrum #repair

: Jetpack Jock by @_gazmarshall is so super hardcore difficult* you really ought to set your Cruiser …

: Making some progress! This will be much faster in machine code (and probably easier to traverse the …

: Tonight I’m trying to stuff the display file into the print buffer 32 bytes at a time, in the right …

: I am on my holidays. #retro #zxspectrum

: Aye, but does your gaming rig support hi-definition graphics and stereo sound? #zxspectrum 🌈 👾

: Postie has been. Time to print all the things! (No, it’s not bog-roll, it’s till-roll!) 🧻 🦖 🌈

: Restoring some eBay junk this evening. What a beauty though. #hench #badlad #whsmith #cpd8300

: I’ve had a new power converter sent over from Tosche Station. Now my toastrack is much cooler. …

: 👀 DualShock 4 paired to a @RetroBitGaming MegaDrive Bluetooth receiver, hooked up to a …

: Really good interview on the latest @TheDCJunkyard podcast—Stefan Holmqvist, who was producer on the …

: The old tape recorder was making awful crackling noises so (after ruling out PKE interference) I …

: 🧔🏼 Rraa-ta-taa! 🤜🔥

: Mud

: When yon AMSTRAD BBS gets a bit existential 🤔. Are any of us really here?! 👾

: Beep beep beep, doot doot de doot! It’s actually working now. #zxspectrum #rs232 #raspberrypi

: Added a stereo-to-mono hack to my audio-out mod. It’s how MacGyver loaded up Bad Dudes vs. …

: ¡patatas bravas! 🥵 🌶 😋

: Oh no!! What have I done?! #Skynet #ZXSpectrum 🤖 🌈

: Upgrade time! Needed an external cassette player for my ZX Spectrum (the inbuilt one can be fussy …

: D’awww! Look how cute it is! #C64 😻

: Tha dongle ùr agam! ’S e SD2IEC+ airson Commodore 64 a th’ann, bho @futurewas8bit

: Well as it’s Thursday night I’d usually be out at the discotheque cutting rug and throwing shapes; …

: Splice, splice, baby.

: Uh oh

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: I think this means we’re getting somewhere. 3.3v TTY to +12v RS232. Networkin’ like it’s 1983.

: A Fatal Case of Tinsellitis / Taynuilt Medical Practice / Saint Conan’s Kirk Christmas Tree Festival …

: Successfully execute a Perfect Dodge to activate Witch Time. 💃

: Death Stranding / PlayStation 4 / SIEE / 2019

: The Pokey Hat 🍦

: #DogsAtPollingStations

: #SUNDAY

: A real fixer-upper opportunity 👻

: See ‘aitch eye pea ess 🍟

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: Love, uh… finds a way. 🌹

: Life, uh… finds a way🦕

: Brrr.

: Raise the roof for Auld Lang Syne 🐶💤

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: Christmas Eve Santa-watch lookout patrol

: Merry Christmas

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: Driving home for Christmas