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The Sam was all I dreamed about. I would see it in Sinclair magazine and it seemed magical

I started off the same way following its development and release, and the many pitfalls along the way, in the likes of Your Sinclair and Crash magazines. It wasn't until 1993 I was able to afford to buy one - ideal use of my student grant at the time! (SAM was on sale right up to the start of

1999). I immediately jumped into programming on it, with my first BASIC game appearing on a disk magazine a few weeks later. A few more programs followed then in 1995 my first hardware release - the Quazar Surround soundcard. The rest is history and here I am still developing for it!

Here's a link to an article I wrote many, many years ago and republished on a Forum, covering SAM's history and the some of my early development for the platform. eab.abime.net/showpost.php... (I'll have to put it up properly on my own site sometime! www.samcoupe.com)

In the works... issue 27 of SAM Revival, plus my huge project for a new SAM using the original custom ASIC chips I have. I'm occasionally asked about supporting what I do. I don't do Kofi or the likes, but perhaps try an issue of SAM Revival or grab a SAM keyring? 😜 www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm

I am really looking forward to 27 particularly if there's any interesting goodies on the cover disc big smile

I've just bought a white spectrum keyring to go with my little collection I really must fish out my original Sam badge to go with them from Samco