Power #02 29 сентября 1996

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Thoughts on - demostroenie promotes technologies Programming ZX.

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(C) ANTON

Hi everyone! I am very glad that in Tomsk, a new newspaper.
I'm here, I want about something pobazarit (newspaper - not a 
demo, where you can chase every wash!).

Recently ZX-REVIEW (not only) has been actively discussed
demostroenie. I totally agree with ALEX'om RAIDER'om that 
demostroenie promotes technology programming ZX. Glory 
Mednonogov said that MD as a car-class F1 - no sense from it, 
and ordinary engineers can learn from nego new ideas for their 
designs. He also thanked the RST # 7 IWAMOTO for their method 
of derivation of sprites. And of their works, I know only 2 
megademy (disc versions of the game - do not count!). So that 
no whether they (and only) dem, many would play a little 
retarded, or had been, would be released later than done, but 
it would never saw them light!

Besides it, unless you do not hunt after a hard day or when you 
have nothing to do kerf favorite demo and enjoy its video and 
audio effects. And if it has a steep DIGITAL-Mouzon, so it all 
class! Personally, I prefer Mouzon on your favorite ZX, than at 
the infamous IBM. Although the PC-shke some Mouzon and steep, 
but still caresses the ear rodnenky AY (COVOX, SOUND DRIVE 
...). ALEX RAIDER invited to ob'ektnikam attribute the source 
(I put it right?). I agree with that. It's a good idea. BUT! 
This will contribute to some increase in the size of the 
finished demos. And dumb copying others' procedures in its 
program to nothing lead (good).

That's my opinion. I have it you do not impose. Therefore, you 
want - write source code, you want - do not write.

Tip: If you can not come up with a cool effect, do nekrutoy, 
but add a couple of Mouzon (preferably cool). If not Mouzon - 
think. If you can not come up - you can borrow from someone. 
Well, if at all tight, and you can not do neither one nor the 
other, then do as you wish. Incidentally, I have a suggestion. 
Demos can be divided into three classes: 

  1) demos with cool effects

  2) demos with cool music, but not necessarily

     with cool effects

  3) demos, which include the one and the other
Demo of the first class could write any more or less 
experienced coder loner. Demo of the second class let write 
good musicians. But third grade available experimental groups 
having in its composition a good musician and artist. Anybody 
may see the idea - "And if you take the code of the demos, 
graphics - other music - the third, all collected in one 'new' 
cool demo" So, of course, though, we can proceed, but only to 
those who makes first steps in DEMOMAKING'e. Experienced the 
same coders shameful rip procedure, which you can write 
yourself. The age-old dispute between the code length and speed 
of its implementation must decide in favor of speed. So, as a 
demo on his idea should be fast - otherwise, what is this demo? 
And the council, which gives everything and all (but it somehow 
did not really observe): compresses ALL their programs (INTRO, 
DEMO, DISK VERSION, CRACK VERSION ...) After all, who wants to 
waste their disk space (unless newcomers who do not have a clue 
about compression)? I've seen programs that take X sector, and 
after the compression - 0.4X, and sometimes less!

All I'm tired of writing this text. Bye!

                                      09/24/1996 ANTON