Thread by @QuazarSamCoupe

Another year just about gone, here's a quick hardware roundup of what I released during 2021!

In August I released 'ZX True Tone' (ZXTT) to generate the correct frequency to match the #ZXSpectrum's AY soundchip for Ed Brindley's #RC2014 YM/AY Soundcard.

ebay.co.uk/itm/1149516644…

While the AY/YM chips can use a clock up to 2MHz, the #ZXSpectrum used 1.7734MHz. So if listening to Spec music at a higher freq it'll be pitched higher, likewise lower pitch with lower freq. So I created ZXTT to let me listen to ZXSpectrum music at the exactly the correct pitch.

The end of August and start of September saw the release of two general expansion cards for the #SAMCoupe, larger versions of previous cards.

3 Way Expansion Card
ebay.co.uk/itm/1149672961…

4 Way SAM-RC2014 Bus Interface
ebay.co.uk/itm/1149635738…
(Use #RC2014 peripherals on SAM!)

October saw my biggest release:
Mechanical Keyboards for the SAM Coupe!

SAM had been crying out for a reliable keyboard replacement, rather than be crippled by troublesome membranes!

The standard edition, to use original keyboard keycaps:
ebay.co.uk/itm/1151304643…

#SAMcoupe

Plus a Limited Edition "Prototype Tribute" mechanical keyboard, matching as closely as possible the hand made keyboards used on the five prototype SAM Coupes. Some are still available.

ebay.co.uk/itm/1151304643…

For the keyboards the feedback received has been tremendous! Thanks!

Thank you all for the support for what I do for the SAM Coupe and a few other systems. For latest news please follow and see my website at: samcoupe.com

So much to come in 2022!
(Maybe tomorrow...?! 😆)

#SAMcoupe #RC2014 #ZXSpectrum #Retrocomputing #IndieDev #8bit