Retro Computer Club is back! 🖥️ Come along for a relaxed, friendly chat with fellow retro computing fans, led by our volunteer Will. 🕙 Sun Feb 8, from 11am 📍 80s Classroom Bring something to show, enjoy a surprise machine & grab a cuppa ☕️ 🎟 Museum entry £12 #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retrotech

The stars have aligned and I'll be in Cambridgeshire for other reasons at the weekend so I'll be able to come along to this. I've not been able to attend any shows for nearly a year so it'll be good to natter! Any requests for what I should bring to show?

🚨 Back In Stock! 16 Bank Flash Cartridge for #ZXSpectrum (Yellow) Interface 2 compatible cart, store 16 different ROM images in the flash memory. Pre-flashed with 2 games and AGD. [Chip reprogrammable in EPROM programmer to add your own ROM images.] zx.samcoupe.com www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117014376822

The stars have aligned and I'll be in Cambridgeshire for other reasons at the weekend so I'll be able to come along to this. I've not been able to attend any shows for nearly a year so it'll be good to natter! Any requests for what I should bring to show?

🚨 SAM REVIVAL magazine for SAM Coupe Replenishing back issue stock of the full colour, professionally printed issue 26 [disk: 5 games + 2 utils] and the revamped issue 9 [disk: Manic Miner + Money Bags] www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm www.samcoupe.com/samrevival.htm #samcoupe #retrogaming #gaming

🧵 Despite owning a pile of the BASIC type in adventure books from Usborne in the 80's for my #ZXSpectrum I really was not into text adventures at all as a kid. That all changed when being introduced to an online MUD in 1992 when starting university, first playing, then coding... #TextAdventure

🧵 Despite owning a pile of the BASIC type in adventure books from Usborne in the 80's for my #ZXSpectrum I really was not into text adventures at all as a kid. That all changed when being introduced to an online MUD in 1992 when starting university, first playing, then coding... #TextAdventure

🚨 In stock! #ZXSpectrum 2 Way Expansion Allows two peripherals to connect to the edge connector. Info/Purchase: zx.samcoupe.com eBay: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117005402329 See the website for other ZX hardware I produce inc. ROM carts, or the ZX-RC Bus Adapter to use #RC2014 I/O peripherals on Speccy.

That's a very elegant mounting solution @fuzzweed.co.uk has for the SID and SAA1099P soundchip interfaces on his custom computer board! (Anyone after some fun #chiptune #soundchip stuff for #RC2014 and #Z80 compatibles, or their own 6502 based computer in this instance, see 2014.samcoupe.com)

That's a very elegant mounting solution @fuzzweed.co.uk has for the SID and SAA1099P soundchip interfaces on his custom computer board! (Anyone after some fun #chiptune #soundchip stuff for #RC2014 and #Z80 compatibles, or their own 6502 based computer in this instance, see 2014.samcoupe.com)

If you were computing in the 1980s then these books were a must! Still have my originals from back in the 80's when I started with a #ZXSpectrum. I'm still developing for 8-bits. Hardware / software / magazine for the #SAMCoupe (www.samcoupe.com) plus some Speccy hardware too (zx.samcoupe.com)

Finally!

I wish I picked up their book about machine code for beginners as I always had the impression as a kid that it would be impossibly hard to learn. (Later found out it wasn't! 😆) It's great that Usborne have made all these books available online for free... usborne.com/gb/books/com...

If you were computing in the 1980s then these books were a must! Still have my originals from back in the 80's when I started with a #ZXSpectrum. I'm still developing for 8-bits. Hardware / software / magazine for the #SAMCoupe (www.samcoupe.com) plus some Speccy hardware too (zx.samcoupe.com)

🚨 Back In Stock ZXTT (ZX True Tone) for Ed Brindley's YM/AY Soundcard for #RC2014 and compatibles. Clock the soundchip with the exact frequency used in 128K #ZXSpectrum for accurate #chiptune playback. All info/comparison vid/purchase: 🌐 2014.samcoupe.com #retrocomputing #z80 #synth #retrogaming

@samcoupe.com Apart from the minor detail of the font orientation😉

🚨Out Now! V1.3 of my SID Soundchip Interface for #RC2014 and compatibles. Updated PCB design, now sporting a mini #C64 PCB to showcase the computer the soundchip is from! Info/Buy: 2014.samcoupe.com #retrocomputing #synth #chiptune #retro #hardware #demoscene #Z80

V2 is in da house🤩🤩🤩

HAPPY FRI-YAY! Some cool people that have helped or inspired or just entertained their way into this project. Obvs everyone else is cool too but I got OCD with the text layout, so limited space y'all. Go check em out if you're not already 👇👇👇 #FF

🙂 I've released a handful of interfaces for the #RC2014 and compatibles since 2019, mainly soundchip related, but also adapters so you can use RC peripherals on the #ZXSpectrum and #SAMCoupe! With other Z80 projects also offering RC style expansions port the ecosystem expands. 🌐 2014.samcoupe.com

🚨 Back In Stock OLED Interface for #RC2014 and compatibles - add a 128x32 bitmap OLED display to your setup. Main website with info/images/video links/purchase: 🌐 2014.samcoupe.com Also available on Tindie: 🌐 www.tindie.com/stores/quazar/ #retrocomputing #z80 #hardware #electronics

🚨Out Now! V1.3 of my SID Soundchip Interface for #RC2014 and compatibles. Updated PCB design, now sporting a mini #C64 PCB to showcase the computer the soundchip is from! Info/Buy: 2014.samcoupe.com #retrocomputing #synth #chiptune #retro #hardware #demoscene #Z80

🧵... And here's the first look at the updated v1.3 version of my SID Soundchip Interface for RC2014 and compatibles (inc. #SAMCoupe and #ZXSpectrum via RC Bus Interfaces!) Just cosmetic change so it has a little PCB of a #C64 on the interface, to match the style of my SAA1099P Soundchip Interface!

🧵... And here's the first look at the updated v1.3 version of my SID Soundchip Interface for RC2014 and compatibles (inc. #SAMCoupe and #ZXSpectrum via RC Bus Interfaces!) Just cosmetic change so it has a little PCB of a #C64 on the interface, to match the style of my SAA1099P Soundchip Interface!

Catching up with things... this first post is to say this is great to see! @fuzzweed.co.uk getting the SID Interface I produced for RC2014 and compatibles operational on his own 6502 based system! Brilliant! (2014.samcoupe.com for the interfaces I've released for RC2014 & compatibles)

And in this episode we successfully* interface the @samcoupe.com SAA1099 sound chip via a slightly butchered RC2014 interface. *OK, so it's not *that* successful because those aren't the notes I'm playing, but I think thats pointing to a software issue rather than a hardware problem like the AY had

Now this is really, really fun! @fuzzweed.co.uk's homebrew 6502 system with some crafty interfacing to drive the 6 channel SAA1099P soundchip interface I released for #Z80 / #RC2014! (SAA card, and other RC peripherals -> 2014.samcoupe.com) #retrocomputing #soundchip #chiptune #synth

Godfrikindamnit. That's been busting my balls. Commenting out one line at a time to get it from 'definitely should work but doesn't' to 'ah, cool works great, but I don't know why'. Anyhoo, tuning table needs a tweak, but that's full real-time 6 note polyphony.

Back in stock! 16K/48K ZX Spectrum style printed circuit board pin badges! All helps put a couple quid in the development kitty for new #retrocomputing stuff! www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm (Badges also available in SAM Coupe and Commodore 64/16/VIC-20 styles too!) #zxspectrum #samcoupe #commodore

Back in stock! 16K/48K ZX Spectrum style printed circuit board pin badges! All helps put a couple quid in the development kitty for new #retrocomputing stuff! www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm (Badges also available in SAM Coupe and Commodore 64/16/VIC-20 styles too!) #zxspectrum #samcoupe #commodore

I love your dedication to the platform. I'm sure for some enthusiasts out there, you're a godsend.

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

This was an utter corker of a cover tape! #zxspectrum

I started with BASIC on the #ZXSpectrum 48K in May 1983, upgraded to a + case when the membrane failed. Then a +2 at launch in 1986. Moved to the #SAMCoupe in 1993, fab micro with a brilliant BASIC built in. And there I've stayed, still developing for it. Everything I do: www.samcoupe.com

SAM City... 1 page of SAM Coupe news + reviews, plus 4 pages of SAMCo adverts/news. A nice read. SU also drops two mentions of Lemmings for SAM, it was one of the worst kept secrets but wasn't officially announced for another 18 months or so. We got both Lemmings and Oh No More Lemmings. #samcoupe

I started with BASIC on the #ZXSpectrum 48K in May 1983, upgraded to a + case when the membrane failed. Then a +2 at launch in 1986. Moved to the #SAMCoupe in 1993, fab micro with a brilliant BASIC built in. And there I've stayed, still developing for it. Everything I do: www.samcoupe.com

More community links to people's fab projects have been added to my site for the interfaces (below) that I make for #RC2014 & compatible systems. 2014.samcoupe.com - ZX True Tone (ZXTT) - SAA1099P Soundchip Interface - ZX-RC and SAM-RC Bus Interfaces - SID Soundchip Interface - Graphic OLED

I've some more PCB Pin Badges available (SAM Coupe, Commie 64/16/VIC and new Rubber Keyed Speccy) available: www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm They all help add a few extra quid to the development kitty towards the ongoing projects I've got underway for #SAMCoupe, #ZXSpectrum, #RC2014, #Retrocomputing

Who else stared longingly at Programmers Wanted adverts in magazines or on cassette inlays in the 1980s? Always a dream back then to code games. As a kid with a ZX Spectrum I only tinkered with BASIC and game maker utilities, fearing that machine code would be impossible to learn. #gamedev #indiedev

Bad press in SU for the Sinclair Interface 2 upon launch, but in recent times I became very interested in the ROM cartridge format and produced a cartridge that can hold 16 ROM images, which comes preflashed with two games and the ROM version of AGD. My #zxspectrum hardware -> zx.samcoupe.com

The SAM Coupe has a great keyboard, 72 keys including function/number pad. As membranes fail I released full mechanical keyboards to give the ultimate replacement with a choice of keyswitch types. I also produced a 'Prototype Tribute' keyboard to give your #SAMCoupe a unique look. www.samcoupe.com

(1/2) A crap week or two has taken me away from the fun of #retrodev. I wasn't about to give any Black Friday offers so today & tomorrow (30th/1st) just drop me a message if you're after any of my products and I'll look to perhaps do free postage, throw in a freebie or knock a couple quid off. ...

(1/2) A crap week or two has taken me away from the fun of #retrodev. I wasn't about to give any Black Friday offers so today & tomorrow (30th/1st) just drop me a message if you're after any of my products and I'll look to perhaps do free postage, throw in a freebie or knock a couple quid off. ...

Computers... 1983 ZX Spectrum 48K 1986 ZX Spectrum +2 1993 SAM Coupe (which I still develop for, my site: www.samcoupe.com) Consoles... 2002 Gamecube 2003 XBox 2005 DS 2005 XBox 360 2008 Wii 2011 3DS 2015 XBox One

My Money Bags trilogy of games on the SAM came from my love of the Jet Set Willy games. I remember my tenth birthday fondly as with the money I received that day I ran to John Menzies to buy Jet Set Willy 2 and the Your Spectrum magazine which had the full map and all the POKEs!

Just pulled out my folder of these old graph paper doodles. With the figures on the left I've also just found a scrap of paper with the info on the LaserBasic sprites file I made with them on my Speccy and I'd dated when last edited it - 9th September 1989! #ZXSpectrum #SAMCoupe #GameDev

Just pulled out my folder of these old graph paper doodles. With the figures on the left I've also just found a scrap of paper with the info on the LaserBasic sprites file I made with them on my Speccy and I'd dated when last edited it - 9th September 1989! #ZXSpectrum #SAMCoupe #GameDev

That's the octaves fixed. One extra AND and two jp z <> jp nz SAA meets MPK

Computers... 1983 ZX Spectrum 48K 1986 ZX Spectrum +2 1993 SAM Coupe (which I still develop for, my site: www.samcoupe.com) Consoles... 2002 Gamecube 2003 XBox 2005 DS 2005 XBox 360 2008 Wii 2011 3DS 2015 XBox One