mirrorbird (01:55:21)
you could get more powerful stuff with nicer graphics, but at that time, i think people just wanted to play with a computer

silencer (01:55:15)
I didn't know about Sam! I'm making notes, I'll read about it

mirrorbird (01:55:03)
yeah the Speccy was huge here, it was VERY cheap, so people who had heard about computers, "what are these things? will we have them in our homes?" -- it was a good choice.

mirrorbird (01:54:33)
(that was talking about Sam) -- now i see your question

mirrorbird (01:54:24)
actually cool and interesting machine, but it was very underpowered for its release time

silencer (01:54:19)
spectrum seems to have been really popular there, right?

mirrorbird (01:54:12)
if you don't know what a Sam Coupé is: it's a computer based on the Spectrum, that was released about 1989, and it got about 12 users total. (because the Atari ST was already better)

silencer (01:54:00)
yeah, I can't wait for it to get here. It came from the Uk!

mirrorbird (01:53:11)
NO GOOD MANNERS ON SPEC

mirrorbird (01:53:06)
this tune (Lyra III) is from the Sam Coupé. if you watch the ESI demo "Shock" on your Speccy (and you must), you will understand