Sam Coupé

The Sam Coupé is an 8-bit home computer originally released in 1989. Intended as a logical upgrade from the ZX Spectrum it has an RGB output making it potentially ideal for use with the XRGB or OSSC upscalers.

Models

There was only a single revision board produced

Important Notes

The SCART socket on the back of the SAM Coupé has a non-standard pin-out as it also has +5V and +12V inputs, TTL level ouput and a lightpen connection.

PIN	SIGNAL	PIN	SIGNAL
1	AUDIO OUT RH	2	SPEN
3	AUDIO OUT LH	4	AUDIO EARTH
5	BLUE EARTH	6	BLUE TTL OUT
7	BLUE LIN. OUT	8	RED TTL OUT
9	GREEN EARTH	10	GREEN TTL OUT
11	GREEN LIN. OUT	12	+5V POWER IN
13	RED EARTH	14	CSYNC EARTH
15	RED LIN. OUT	16	CSYNC
17	C VID EARTH	18	+12V POWER IN
19	C VID OUT	20	BRIGHT TTL OUT
21	GND.

XRGB-3 Specific settings

Not tested.

XRGB-Mini Specific settings

Not tested.

OSSC Specific settings

No changes from default settings.

External Links

[1] World of SAM software archive and community forum