The Sam Coupé Users' Manual


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The SAM Coupé was an 8-bit British home computer first released in late 1989. Designed to offer backwards compatibility with the ZX Spectrum, it was marketed as a logical upgrade for owners of the much-loved range of Sinclair machines. Originally manufactured by Miles Gordon Technology, the SAM Coupé promised a great deal. Sadly, however, it was not a financial success due to a lack of commercial software and tough competition from the faster 16-bit processors of its rivals. This 30th Anniversary Edition User's Guide features a new foreword from Mel Croucher, the original author. The manual is Illustrated throughout by Robin Evans, his memorable creation Sam the Robot always on hand to help users get the most out of their wonder machine. Offered as both a collector's piece and a valuable resource for lucky owners of a SAM Coupé today, we are excited to bring this slice of computing history back to life for the first time in thirty years.




Breaking - Issue 1


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AUK Studios are proud to present the first edition of our newsletter BREAKING, a quarterly preview of what exciting products we are working on, fantastic upcoming new releases, casting news and a great deal more. For our first newsletter we feature a range of our recent releases, including Screaming Queens, Venna’s Planet and The Virgin’s Embrace. You can also read about products due for release soon - such as Supermind starring Colin McFarlane (from the Batman films and more) and learn about people we’ve recently worked with such as Marvel’s Spiderman villain Doctor Octopus, aka Alfred Molina. With such a flurry of new content, we decided to create this newsletter to keep everyone updated with what’s happening in our corner of the creative media world. You can be sure to find out more about our team in coming issues; this is, of course, always the best place to find out about what’s on the horizon... so stay tuned to hear about all our AUK-based antics! Welcome to the first BREAKING newsletter.




Early Home Computers


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VINTROPEDIA - Vintage Computer and Retro Console Price Guide 2009


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Covering a time span of 1968 to 1998, and encompassing a spectrum of over 14,000 items across the history of the computer, console, accessories and software markets, the Vintropedia 2009 Price Guide is the definitive resource to a collector's needs.Included within are prices (in GBP), machine specifications, regions of origin, release dates, model names, publishing companies, old ads and more! Look no further than Vintropedia, a guide created by collectors, for collectors.