ZX Ferrum #03 27 февраля 2005

История

IS-DOS - "Elikon" back? (Company rasprotronitel components for Spectrum)

   Perhaps the information is outdated, but still ...



(C) 2004 E. Ilyasov / iS-DOS support team


                       "Elikon" back?

                   (Food for Thought)



   Those users Sinclair-compatible computers, who are "on
part-time "and still enjoys ham, probably
know about the Odessa special design bureau Elikon. This
CSC in the period from 1989 to 1999, through its Moscow office 
sends a prepaid radiokonstruktorov wide range of self-assembly 
hams - in including for the assembly of the various nodes to 
the Sinclair-compatible Technology. "Elikonovskaya" ads 
regularly published in well-known amateur magazine "Radio" in 
1992-1997, along with advertising firms (c) MicroArt and (c) 
Scorpion. 

   During 1999, "Elikon" their activities turned - on
At least ads that SDB in mass amateur periodicals are no longer 
met. Reasons for, like, should be understood. But, much to our 
surprise, the metropolitan of "Elikon" resumed its work, not so 
long ago by sending acting in the course of 2004 catalog / 
price list on request email sent to Moscow for the "old" 
elikonovskomu at all Last spring, 2003.


   Range "Elikon" decently wide: about seven dozen sets for the 
assembly of digital measuring devices, generators signals, 
sound amplifiers, signal processing devices and lighting 
effects. As for the designer to build peripheral devices to a 
Sinclair-compatible machines, the directory is elikonovskom - 
Membrane keyboard and casing type candy bar, power supply, 5 / 
12, floppy controller and printer, sets of logic integrated 
circuits, "Stitched" ROM "Basic / TR-DOS", a set of imported m 
/ RAM, ROM, programmers, comfortable joysticks, game sets and 
software programs. There are even kits for assembly of the 
computer that is compatible with Sinclair ZX-Spectrum.


   But! Most of these kits - it is the development of the early 
90 years, with the appropriate amendments to the level of 
requirements for home computers of the time. For example, as a 
result of Build radiokonstruktora loudly called "Personal 
computer amateur ZX-Proffy-PC" The result should 48-I model 
with a tape interface. Gathered from other Designer Programmer 
ROMs connect to his Sinclair without using a soldering iron 
does not work, as opposed to product companies (c) MicroArt and 
(c) Nemo, which is simply inserted into the slots of computers 
ATM-turbo/TURBO 2 + and KAY-256/1024 respectively. And in sets 
of programs on floppy disks 5.25''and cassettes (!) the newest 
"softiny" dates from the first half of the 90-ies. But, say, 
the excellent "Muridae" joystick "Space Master" brand 
production with success might come in handy now. 

   One way or another, but "Elikon" resumed his work. Does
is that things are on the amateur front in general and in 
sinklerovskom particular, are beginning to slowly but surely 
straighten out? None. And now why.


   For those who do not know, we should clarify that "Elikon" 
used the same mechanism works, and that the company (c) Nemo. 
That is, - a preliminary fundraising (prepaid orders) and 
embedding them in business after the pooling. That is, the 
money in this If, as it were "re-identified: it is not obvious 
that particular order was carried out at the expense of the 
customer. In terms of "wild" capitalism (mad inflation, 
defaults), this was virtually the only way to keep your 
availability for the structure of trading in small-scale 
production in the mail. After collecting money from incoming 
orders can be purchased once a large number of radio components 
and raw materials. This allows you to save on travel costs and 
in many cases obtained from the manufacturers a substantial 
discount from normal wholesale price. Of course, the lead times

greatly increased and was at that time 2 months and more -
almost identical with the company (c) Nemo. And just as in the 
firm (C) Nemo for the impatient variant was provided

"Express": urgent completion of the order, provided additional
payment of 45% off the regular price, because no economy in this
the case was not. "Urgent" - it means "a period of not more 
than 3 working days. "And in order to ensure strict compliance

Express orders, "Elikon" was created by a sufficiently large 
stock of all manufactured set-radioknstruktorov. 

   As already mentioned, during 1999, "Elikon" its work
stop (the last price list was dated May 1999).
But in the same economic conditions, company (c) Nemo continued 
his work, go to the gradual increase in lead times - as I think 
the least painful way to preserve its efficiency, - held out in 
such a way to the end of 2003, until it became clear that 
"sinklerovskomu community" does not need new machines. But 
then, as regarded the resumption of work "Elikon, so even with 
virtually instantaneous execution of orders - for a few days 
after receipt of money?


   There are only two parameters that the manufacturer may even
somehow vary in their activity: the price and terms. Sharp
price reduction almost always means that the manufacturer
Roll the business, selling off everything in the hope to return 
at least something from your investment. Much the same can be 
said about the timing: if there are no production plans for the 
future and there is no need to save, then easier to quickly 
dispatch that is, from stocks to revenue less affected by

inflation. I would like to be mistaken in his suspicions - it 
would mean that our sinklerovskie things better than I thought. 

   Thus, there are substantial grounds for believing that the 
money invested in orders for "Elikon" will not go to poderzhkoy 
Platform Sinclair. Grounds will be even worse if one considers 
that "Elikon" - it was not originally sinklerovskaya structure. 
A sverhskorost "order processing means, most likely, the usual 
sell stocks radionaborov harvested for express service. 

   On the other hand, bezrybe and cancer - the sausage. Office, 
where You can honestly get a quality product staffed

(Even if self-assembly) for Sinclair-compatible
machines - this is too rare nowadays, not to
pay attention to it. Still, a reasonable approach, it can 
benefit. To get a more complete picture of that what might be 
useful "Elikon" and make on the subject call their own opinion, 
you can try mail order catalog / price list SKB "Elikon" 
(which, it should be noted, is sustained solely samohvalebnyh 
tones). For this we need only send inscribed and marked 
according to the tariff mailing envelope to the address: 
103055, Moscow, POBox 200, - as we did. Before sending the 
envelope better fold it in half, and on the outer envelope, 
write: "The directory-RK".