SAM Coupe
Restoring a rare 1989 SAM Coupe: first power up, floppy drive belts and capacitors, a keyboard full of bugs and an HDMI upgrade.
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The SAM Coupé’s RF output is a shimmering mess. I fit a SAM HDMI unit, track down a no-signal fault and compare RF and HDMI side by side.
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Half the keys on this SAM Coupé had stopped working. A full strip down, a deep clean and a new membrane bring it back, with some tiny dead bugs along the way.
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How I fixed my SAM Coupé drive with new belt and caps
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A rare MGT SAM Coupé arrives on the bench. I check the repurposed Amstrad MP2 power supply, get it booting, open it up and find dead drive belts and a leaky capacitor.
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After years of chasing one, a boxed SAM Coupe with two drives, mystery expansions and original 1989 paperwork arrives. The first look before the restoration series.