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SAM Coupé

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Overview

Introduced in 1989 by Miles Gordon Technology, the SAM Coupé was a computer system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Zilog Z80B running at 6 MHz with support for banked ROMs and hardware sprites.
  • Memory: 256 KB of RAM on board (expandable to 512 KB and beyond) plus 48 KB ROM for the OS.
  • Display: Custom Video Display Generator offering 256×192 resolution, 256 colors from a 4096 palette, and sprite-based zoom/scroll support.
  • Sound: General Instrument AY-3-8912 PSG with three tone channels and noise, routed through stereo outputs.

Supported ROM extensions

cpm, dsk, sad, mgt, sdf, td0, sbt, zip

Emulators

  • samcoupe (samcoupe) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_SIMCOUPE

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml