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Olimex<p>Retro Computing Nostalgia meet Open Source Software and Hardware with AgonLight and Neo6502, the incredible evolution of modern Retro computer projects <a href="https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/retro-computing-nostalgia-meet-open-source-software-and-hardware/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">olimex.wordpress.com/2025/07/2</span><span class="invisible">3/retro-computing-nostalgia-meet-open-source-software-and-hardware/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/w65c02" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>w65c02</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pascal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cpm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cpm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cc65" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cc65</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Coleco Adam: A Commodore 64 Competitor, Almost - For a brief, buzzing moment in 1983, the Coleco Adam looked like it might out-64 t... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/coleco-adam-a-commodore-64-competitor-almost/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/07/21/coleco</span><span class="invisible">-adam-a-commodore-64-competitor-almost/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computerhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/colecoadams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colecoadams</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/modular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modular</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/coleco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coleco</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a></p>
IT News<p>SymbOS Is a Funhouse mirror look at a future that never was - The Z80 might be decades obsolete and a few years out of production, but it’s abso... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/symbos-is-a-funhouse-mirror-look-at-a-future-that-never-was/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/07/19/symbos</span><span class="invisible">-is-a-funhouse-mirror-look-at-a-future-that-never-was/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sinclairspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sinclairspectrum</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/amstradcpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amstradcpc</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/msx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msx</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a></p>
RC2014<p>The lesson for today is that when you are bringing up a new design that you should check basic things like the clock frequency early on in the process.</p><p>Also learned that a 10MHz <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> clocked at 30MHz is unstable. 🤷</p>
Paul Houle<p>Cidco MailStation as a Z80 Development Platform</p><p><a href="https://jcs.org/2019/05/03/mailstation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jcs.org/2019/05/03/mailstation</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/makers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>makers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
Quazar<p>It's 5 years since I released my first peripherals for the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RC2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014</span></a> ecosystem, so have £5 off each of my first releases from June/July 2020! </p><p>🟢 SID Soundchip Interface<br>- Use the legendary Commodore 64 soundchip in your setup (or modern replacement SwinSID or ARMSID). Also incorporates 50/60/100Hz Interrupt Controller (useful too when using other soundchips for timing playback code.)</p><p>🟢 Graphic OLED Interface<br>- Add an easy to use 128x32 pixel graphic display to your setup.</p><p>All the info / order / see what else I've released: <a href="https://2014.samcoupe.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">2014.samcoupe.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Other RC2014 peripherals...</p><p>- *New for June 2025* SAA1099P Soundchip Interface.<br>- ZX True Tone (ZXTT), add-on module for Ed Brindley's YM/AY soundcard so it's clocked at the exact same frequency of the 128K ZX Spectrum so speccy tunes are pitch perfect.<br>- ZX-RC Bus Interface, to use RC2014 I/O peripherals with the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zxspectrum</span></a><br>- SAM-RC Bus Interface, as above but on the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SAMCoupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SAMCoupe</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiptune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a></p>
Inari :acefox:<p>I don't know what the hell is going on with SDCC ... but for some reason its shitting itself and eating both <br>\n and \0 characters in my strings at random.</p><p>A compiler should never optimize constants.</p><p><a href="https://squeaky.social/tags/sdcc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdcc</span></a> <a href="https://squeaky.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://squeaky.social/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a></p>
Quazar<p>🚨 New Page Live: <a href="https://zx.samcoupe.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zx.samcoupe.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>It's not just the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SAMCoupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SAMCoupe</span></a> I develop for, with several hardware releases for the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> in recent years too! I've now launched a dedicated page specifically for them with info/pics/videos and to easily purchase.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indiedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RC2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014</span></a></p>
Quazar<p>Soak testing new SAA1099P cards for RC2014 via a SAM-RC Bus Interface on my SAM Coupe computer.</p><p>With four cards, plus the SAA built into the SAM, that gives a total of 30 SAA sound channels... Hmmm...! 🤪 </p><p><a href="https://2014.samcoupe.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">2014.samcoupe.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>for all the hardware I've designed for use with the RC2014 ecosystem and compatibles (inc. ZX Spectrum via a ZX-RC Bus Interface!)<br>- SID Soundchip Interface<br>- Graphic OLED<br>- SAA1099P Soundchip Interface<br>- ZX True Tone (for YM/AY soundcard)<br>- Bus Interfaces to use RC2014 peripherals with several home computers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/samcoupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samcoupe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiptune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/synth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/soundchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soundchip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a></p>
Nils M Holm<p>The Mini <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommonLISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonLISP</span></a> I have been working on now runs on CP/M with 2416 free cons cells. Enough to load Ken Kahn's tiny PROLOG and run a few simple queries.<br>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgonLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgonLight</span></a> (18MHz eZ80) loads the LISP part of the code (236 lines) in 11 seconds. Simple programs run at acceptable speed, but slightly more complex PROLOG queries take *minutes*. :) <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LISP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PROLOG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PROLOG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a></p>
Kroc Camen<p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> question for experts even though I have a lot of experience with it: the Zilog manual says that the IX/IY offset is relative (signed) but I have _never once_ seen negative offsets used in the wild, e.g. `ld A, [IX-$20]`, I'm not sure all assemblers even support "-" instead of "+" in IX/IY instruction, mine doesn't yet and I'd prefer to confirm this with others first.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrodev</span></a></p>
Prophyt<p>Messing around with Z80 assembly on the Spectrum, inspired by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://furries.club/@dinosaurgerms" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dinosaurgerms</span></a></span> !</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Tuxel<p>I got reminded by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gts.apicrim.es/@lynx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lynx</span></a></span> to feed my <a href="https://meow.social/tags/Protobean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protobean</span></a> so i did! Some crunchy Z80s and other neat chips :)</p><p><a href="https://meow.social/tags/Protodile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protodile</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/Protogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protogen</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/Zilog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zilog</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a></p>
Quazar<p>🟢 In Stock<br>ZX True Tone (ZXTT) [First released September 2021]</p><p>A freshly soldered up batch of ZXTT modules for use with Ed Brindley's YM/AY <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RC2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014</span></a> soundcard to generate the exact 1.7734MHz frequency as used by the AY-3-8910 in the 128K <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> so tones/envelopes are pitch perfect for whatever funky ZX Spectrum music you choose to play! </p><p>My main site for my peripherals for RC2014 and compatibles:<br><a href="https://2014.samcoupe.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">2014.samcoupe.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Also on Tindie at: <br><a href="https://www.tindie.com/stores/quazar/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">tindie.com/stores/quazar/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiptune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/synth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>Some <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> goodness arrived at my desk today ...</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/z80kits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80kits</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/minstrel4th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minstrel4th</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrrocomputing</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forth</span></a></p>
RC2014<p>Now that I am pretty much all moved in to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RC2014Towers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014Towers</span></a> I have spent some time this evening doing some of the more aesthetic stuff. Most of the assembled <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RC2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014</span></a> computers are now on display and the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> artwork I picked up last weekend has been hung.</p><p>(A detailed description of most of those machines can be found here <a href="https://rc2014.co.uk/limited-edition-and-custom-rc2014/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rc2014.co.uk/limited-edition-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-custom-rc2014/</span></a>)</p>
µP<p>My Osborne-1 now has its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> disks back and I can play <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WizardOfOz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WizardOfOz</span></a> (a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> game), Munchkin (a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PacMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacMan</span></a> clone) and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> with it. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CP</span></a>/M <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a></p>
Dean<p>Is emulating an old processor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> enough? What if it's an old processor doing the emulation? Developing a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> emulator on my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eZ80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eZ80</span></a> CPU. Its Zilog all the way down!<br><a href="https://www.dinoboards.com.au/2025/06/08/green-and-gold.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dinoboards.com.au/2025/06/08/g</span><span class="invisible">reen-and-gold.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RC2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCBus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCBus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSX</span></a></p>
Marc Riese<p>EDIT: Buch ist vergeben. Danke an alle fürs Teilen.</p><p>---</p><p>Hat hier jemand Verwendung für dieses Buch?</p><p>"Programmierung des Z80" von Rodnay Zaks. Es handelt sich um die 6. Auflage von 1984, erschienen im Sybex-Verlag.</p><p>Würde es gegen Porto verschicken.</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/fediGive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediGive</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a></p>
Quazar<p>🚨 Revamped back issue of SAM Revival issue 9 Out Now!</p><p>Following the interest with the back issue of SAM Revival [Magazine for the SAM Coupe computer] I revamped last year for the Synthesized show at the Centre for Computing History, the next issue to get the same treatment is issue 9. </p><p>First published as black/white in 2004, this issue of SAM Revival was the first issue to also include a cover disk of software. This featured one of my own games, Money Bags, and also with permission the full SAM Coupe version of Manic Miner - the definitive <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> version with 60 caverns! (A disk image can also be provided for emulator users when bought.)</p><p>The magazine itself has been updated with full colour layouts, professionally printed, and features extra pages of updates and new content. Articles include interviews with 2 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SAMCoupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SAMCoupe</span></a> developers from the 90s - Matt Round (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/@mattround" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mattround</span></a></span>) and Ken Jarvis. I take a look an undocumented <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> instruction.</p><p>Purchase at: <a href="https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>