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Catching up with things after nearly 2 weeks of radio silence... real life getting in the way. Quite a Tindie debacle I see, I've toggled on 'Vacation Mode' there as with so much uncertainty and no seller disbursement I feel it's too risky to sell there at the moment.
The products I had listed on Tindie (mainly the peripherals I produce for RC2014 and compatible systems with RCbus style expansion ports) are available direct via my dedicated website:
and also on eBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
Current stock ready to ship out:
2 x SID Soundchip Interface
1 x Graphic OLED Interface
3 x SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
6 x ZXTT
3 x 8580 SID Chip Adapter
1 x ZX-RC Bus Interface (to use RC peripherals on ZX Spectrum)#electronics #tindie #chiptune #synth #retrocomputing #hardware #zxspectrum #samcoupe #rc2014 #8bit
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Some of my hardware releases have come about from requests, such as this 2-way ZX Spectrum Bus Expansion to let you connect two interfaces to your ZX Spectrum's edge connector. I've got a few made up in stock ready to ship.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117126582070
For all the other hardware I produce:
SAM Coupe (magazines and software too!)
https://www.samcoupe.comPeripherals for RC2014 and compatibles:
https://2014.samcoupe.com#electronics #zxspectrum #samcoupe #rc2014 #retrocomputing #retrogaming
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The first part of my 'Money Bags' trilogy for the #SAMCoupe is re-released on the coverdisk with issue 9 of SAM Revival magazine.
Often overshadowed on the coverdisk by the re-release of the massive SAM Coupe version of Manic Miner, Money Bags was my own trilogy of platformer games in the style of Jet Set Willy. Originally written back in 1996 it was designed and coded over one week when I should have been studying for university finals!
Money Bags 1.5, the middle installment but the last to be written, is also re-released on the coverdisk with issue 17 of SAM Revival.
[Magazine coverdisks can also be supplied digitally for use with emulators]
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
The huge sequel, Money Bags 2, will be re-released again as a standalone title in the very near future, as floppy disk and Trinity SD card editions.
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🚨 Use code DONTBEAFOOL to save 15% on the hardware on my Tindie store today! https://www.tindie.com/stores/quazar/
Peripherals for #RC2014 and compatibles...
- SID (#C64) Sound Chip Interface
- SAA1099P (#SAMCoupe) Sound Chip Interface
- Graphic OLED Interface
- #ZXSpectrum <-> RC Bus Adapter
- ZX True Tone (ZXTT)
- 8580 SID Adapter#hardware #electronics #retrocomputing #soundchip #chiptune #retrogaming #Z80
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The expanding range of #computer PCB Pin Badges and PCB Keyrings I make.
Buy individually at www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm with UK postage included. For combined shipping for a bundle or international shipping please send a message via the site.
#samcoupe #zxspectrum #commodore #c64 #dragon32 #retrogaming #retrocomputing
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@samster/116093908713088888
(1/2) Thanks for the mention Samster. My journey with SID and the Z80 started way, way back in 2002, working out how to get it to play happily when connected to a fast Zilog Z80 bus on the SAM Coupe, rather than the MOS6510 it was designed for.
2003 saw the first commercial version of my SID Interface for the SAM Coupe. It's had a few tweaks in the years since and is still available.
In 2020 I was asked if the interface would work on the RC2014 (Thanks Shiela!). Replied no, but then a few weeks later, yes!, having redesigned the interface in a version specifically for the RC2014 bus and integrating an interrupt controller for 50/60/100Hz - ideal for use with other soundchips too! This version has also had a few tweaks over the last six years since release, currently on v1.3.
Can't add photos due to the 'quote' so will add a reply to this post with photos... (Nice to see this now implemented in Mastodon!)
#samcoupe #commodore #c64 #soundchip #chiptune #demoscene #rc2014 #zxspectrum
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More community links added to showcase some of the fab projects people have been working on that use some of the interfaces and modules that I've released for #RC2014 & compatible systems.
#retrocomputing #z80 #soundchip #chiptune #zxspectrum #samcoupe
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Manic Miner – The Lower Caverns (2025) for Sam Coupé (and soon #SpectrumNext via compatibility) #ManicMiner #SamCoupe #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #RetroGames #ZXNext 👉 www.worldofsam.org/products/low...
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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 first microchip I'd bought, exciting times!
The chip is the 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 to resolder the wires and the push button switch has been replaced once.
(For more soundchip tinkerings see the soundchip interfaces I've designed and released for #RC2014 and compatible systems in recent times: 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! https://2014.samcoupe.com [End of plug! 😜 ])
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📌 #Introduction
Developer of 33 years for #SAMCoupe #computer - #hardware, #software and magazines. Plus #Retrocomputing hardware for #RC2014, #ZXSpectrum, #Soundchip.Recent releases: (⭐ newest!)
➡️ SAM Coupe 🌐 https://www.samcoupe.com
⭐ Quazar Surround Soundcard - new editions.
⭐ VIC-20 Cartridge Interface (new batch available)
⭐ SAM Revival 9 revamp (with Manic Miner!)
🔹 SAM Revival 11 revamp
🔹 SAM Revival issue 26
🔹 Mechanical Keyboard
🔹 Trinity Ethernet Interface v1.2 (with SD / SDHC card mass storage)➡️ RC2014 & Compatibles / Microbeast / SC / Other... 🌐 https://2014.samcoupe.com
⭐ SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
⭐ SID Soundchip Interface V1.3
🔹 ZX True Tone (ZXTT)
🔹 Graphic OLED Interface➡️ ZX Spectrum 🌐 https://zx.samcoupe.com
⭐ ZX 2 Way Expansion Interface
🔹 ZX-RC2014 Bus Interface
🔹 ROM Slot + Flash CartFull links, eBay, Tindie etc... 🌐 https://linktr.ee/quazarsamcoupe
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Not been about for a bit so let's start catching up! A video of my SAA1099P Soundchip Interface for RC2014 / RCbus systems being used on a ZX Spectrum, connected via my ZX-RC Bus Interface. The SAA1099P gives six sound channels, with stereo volume registers for each channel. The SAA1099P was made popular for chiptunes by its use in the SAM Coupe computer - the system I've been developing on over the last 32 years!
More info / Purchase the interfaces: https://2014.samcoupe.com
The music playing on the ZX Spectrum was created for the SAA soundchip using E-Tracker music software on the SAM Coupe, the tune being a rendition of the C64 game music from Thing On A Spring, with this version composed for the SAA soundchip by David Sanders.
The E-Tracker player code itself has not required any modification, but I coded a simple IM2 interrupt wrapper for it to play on the Spectrum.
#RC2014 #ZXSpectrum #Chiptune #Demoscene #SAMCoupe #Soundchip #Retrocomputing #Retrogaming
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Soak testing new SAA1099P cards for RC2014 via a SAM-RC Bus Interface on my SAM Coupe computer.
With four cards, plus the SAA built into the SAM, that gives a total of 30 SAA sound channels... Hmmm...! 🤪
https://2014.samcoupe.com
for all the hardware I've designed for use with the RC2014 ecosystem and compatibles (inc. ZX Spectrum via a ZX-RC Bus Interface!)
- SID Soundchip Interface
- Graphic OLED
- SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
- ZX True Tone (for YM/AY soundcard)
- Bus Interfaces to use RC2014 peripherals with several home computers.#rc2014 #samcoupe #chiptune #z80 #synth #electronics #hardware #soundchip #8bit
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Quick update to my sub site with the peripherals I've designed and released for use with RC2014 systems and compatibles with the RC style expansion connector.
- Added the option to include 'SAM Revival 11' with the new SAA1099P Soundchip Interface. If you're curious about sound on the SAM Coupe computer, which uses the SAA1099P, this back issue of SAM Revival magazine focuses on sound on SAM and includes a 19 track audio CD.
- Added more community links.
#Soundchip #Chiptune #Synthesizer #Retrocomputing #8bit #Z80 #RC2014 #SAMCoupe
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🚨 New Release - SAA1099P Soundchip Interface for RC2014 and compatibles.
The SAM Coupe has been my computer of choice for the last 32 years so bringing its sound chip, the Philips SAA1099P, over to the RC2014 and compatible ecosystem is a no brainer, especially following a request asking if it was possible, so here it is!
The SAA1099P can considered to be similar to using two AY sound chips: It provides 6 sound generators (31Hz to 7.81KHz). 2 noise generators and 2 envelope controllers. Separate volume for left and right volumes of each channel. On the interface the I/O port used can be selected with jumpers to avoid clashes with other hardware you have, as well as for using multiple cards in the same system.
More information / purchase:
https://2014.samcoupe.comIn the video the music playing is from the 'Lyra 3' megademo on the SAM Coupe, by the legendary chiptune musician Ziutek from the E.S.I. demogroup.
#soundchip #chiptune #rc2014 #synth #electronics #indiedev #samcoupe
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@quazarsamcoupe @loke I think what really could’ve turned the table was if #Sinclair had just stretched a little bit with the #QL and had graphic modes closer to the #SAMCoupe and done something innovative with sound.
Oh and also if they had not been so fixated on the idea of it as a ‘business machine’. But just a great all purpose Quantum Leap.
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This morning I've added more products to my new "quickshop" page to make ordering in the UK easier and a lot more convenient.
https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
Buy It Now buttons added for the range of hardware I've designed and released for use with #RC2014 and compatibles (such as #ZXSpectrum and #SAMCoupe via my bus interfaces, MicroBeast, Minstrel 4D, systems with RC2014 / RCbus expansion ports)
Released in June 2020:
SID SOUNDCHIP Interface
- Use the famous #C64 soundchip with your #Z80 system. Also works with ARMSID and SwinSID. Includes 50/60/100Hz interrupt generator.Released in July 2020:
GRAPHIC OLED Interface
- Add a 128 x 32 OLED module to your project.Released in September 2021:
ZX TRUE TONE (ZXTT)
- 1.7734MHz Clock oscillator for use with Ed Brindley's YM/AY Soundcard.Also available on my Tindie and eBay stores - see profile. Plus much more information on: https://2014.samcoupe.com
#retrocomputing #hardware #indiedev #soundchip #graphics #electronics
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There are two great demoparties this week-end. Do not miss them!
Buxton Bytes - UK Atari ST party - with an already cult Fantasy Cracktros Challenge -
https://www.phfhq.org/bb/Forever 8-bit Jurassic Party - slovakia - for Atari 800 - ZX Spectrum - C64 - SAM Coupé - CPC - MSX - To7 enthousiasts
https://forever.zeroteam.sk/#demoscene #atari #atarist #atari8bit #zxspectrum #c64 #amstradcpc #SamCoupé #msx #to7
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📌 3 days left of my Retrocomputing Spring Sale! (Last day: 1st April)
Save on range of selected #SAMCoupe hardware + SAM Revival magazines, #ZXSpectrum hardware, #RC2014 peripherals, #Chiptune hardware.
🌐 eBay features selected offers: https://ebay.co.uk/usr/quazar-sam-coupe-sales
🌐 Tindie 10-30% off: https://tindie.com/stores/quazar/
#retrogaming #vintagecomputing #gaming #hardware #computing #8bit #Z80 #soundchip