SAM Coupé

ROM

Firmware
Submitted by Dan Dooré on Friday, May 25, 2018 - 13:36.

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SamCoupeROMs.zip
SAM30-PLC.zip
samco_v3.0.rom_.zip
SAM31.zip
SAM35E.zip
sam_rom_v3-0_disasm_annotated.pdf
sam-coupe_rom_disasm.dsk

Release Year

1990

Copyrights

Copyrights Granted

Copyright Provenance

SAM Coupé ROM Images

Author

Andy Wright

Publisher

MGT

Description

Written by Andy Wright there were several ROM versions during the Sam’s lifecycle:

Version Source Details
ROM 0.1 MGT Original prototype 07-Nov-89
ROM 0.4 MGT Pre release version 04-Dec-89
ROM 1.0 MGT Original shipped ROM
ROM 1.1 MGT Pre release version
ROM 1.2 MGT Pre release version
ROM 1.3 MGT Pre release version
ROM 1.4 MGT Pre release version
ROM 1.8 MGT Pre release version
ROM 1.81 MGT Pre release version
ROM 2.0 MGT Amended ROM to fix bugs with disk bootstrap, shipped to users with an update for the MGT Utility Tapes
ROM 2.1 MGT Pre release version
ROM 2.4 MGT Pre release version
ROM 2.5 MGT Pre release version
ROM 3.0 MGT Last official release, source code on github.

See Rom bugs for more info.

Variants

Version Source Details
ROM 3.0 MGT There are 2 versions of MGT ROM 3.0 in the wild: The original had ‘plc’ in lower case on the Splash screen, another one had ‘PLC’ in uppercase.
ROM 3.0 SamCo Identical to version 3.0 but with Sam Computers Ltd 1991 on splash screen. Dumped by Robert Morrison.
ROM 3.1 MGT Identical to version 3.0 except for a single byte at 0x0F for version number (31/0x1F rather than 30/0x1E) and has ‘PLC’ rather than ‘plc’ but that (and the version number) is the only difference. Hosted by Davide Barlotti https://speccy4ever.speccy.org/_MG.htm
SC_Autoboot Steve Nutting Amended V3.0 with fast reset and ‘Instant F9’
ROM 3.5 West Coast Computers Used in the Sam élite, a V3.0 with a new copyright message and spelt ‘disk’ with ‘c’
Homing PROM Simon Cooke V3.0 with a custom-orderable copyright message.
HD Boot ROM Edwin Blink V3.0 with code to boot from ATOM Hard drive’s boot sector.
Trinity Boot ROM Colin Piggot V3.0 with code to boot from Trinity Ethernet Interface EEPROM.
ROM v4.0 Anton Javorček V3.0 with bug fixes, quality of life updates and ability to boot from mass storage.

Trivia

 

https://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-commits/2008-April/msg07874.html

Re: Sam Coupe ROM
From:
"Andrew Wright" <andrew ventoux freeserve co uk>
Date:
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:54:57 +0100
To:
"Hans de Goede" <j w r degoede hhs nl>

Hi Hans,

This sound like a good cause. So:

I hereby allow all my SAM Coupé titles (including ROMs) and associated manuals to be freely (re)distributed.

Andrew J. A. Wright, 16/04/2008

Tips

The current ROM version can be ascertained by typing PRINT PEEK 15 and dividing by 10 so 30 is ROM 3.0.

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