Optron #24 22 февраля 1999

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ZX-waggons - Overview of electronic media: ZX-News in 1942, Don News 1, Nicron 106, ZX-Pilot 30.

{} Tertius Gaudens


            Evil I did not get news;

           Why did not I know - that, no!


      AK Tolstoy. Death of Ivan the Terrible



  ZX-News

  St. Petersburg

  Founding editor - Alexei Mikhailov

  The new editor - Yuri Buravtsov

  The average amount of text - 40K


  Compared with all en route to
"Wagon train" newspapers ZX-News was the most "academic". On 
its merit, the breadth of the range, the chart could say: "Here 
- a true "local color"! After all -

St. Petersburg! "The formation of the image of the newspaper
invested considerable effort and its current editor.
But after Enlight'97 force the newspaper dried up, and its 
release for a long time has stopped. 

  Was drooping banner of St. Petersburg ZX-press picked up the 
newspaper Aspect. But she went to "other through "and niche 
that held the ZX-News, remained unfilled ...


  And it is clear there was joy at the sight of "cover" with 
the inscription: 


                   # 42

           The flight lasts!


  Alas! Almost all the newspapers was
engaged in worthless reprint.


       We are flying, hobbling out of sight,

       We are flying with one wing ... -

it was not to recall a song from the repertoire of 
unforgettable Leonid Utesova! 

  "Picks up speed newspaper began with the following numbers.



  | 43, 27/11/1998


  From the Editor

  2.4K


  The purpose of publishing - to prove that it is possible
produce an interesting newsletter each week
just like old times (nu-nu!)

  Editorial Board intends to:

  - Coverage of events around the Spectrum;

  - To review and ehokonferentsy SPbZXNet
publish a list of her (and independent) BBS;

  - Survey the new software.


  News ZX-ON

  4.9K


  Welcome firm offers a new series of copyright games (list 
privodtsya). 

  Gambit, chess network from Discovery
Group, will soon be presented to everyone -
application to Aspect'u | 10. (Recently, these
Chess showed up in Ukraine - but without any Aspect'a.) Newest 
Aspect'om will | 11. You will then begin production of a new 
newspaper - Stonehenge, - devoted to UFO, magic, SF,

X-files etc.

  Advertised and other working and playing
program.


  My your understand!

  3.5K


  Digest of events in SPbZXNet (such
engaged and Aspect). Let there be blessings
flame - an eternal source of material for this
column! Blame if wording that
very much these very simple, "communications
in the network?


  Song of the Bard: The price of wine

  (C) JEDI Provocative, 13.9K


  Satirical short story by playing "The Bard's
Tale ".


  | 44. 7.12.98


  From the Editor

  3K


  The story about the past and present SPbZXNet.

  Message about "graphics" problems of the newspaper. (Oh, is 
not alone "Newskah" in it! Here "Optron" too - tossed the cry 
of the artist, and The result?)



  News ZX-ON

  5.7K


  For information about upcoming adventyurah and
Authors:

  - "Star Dust roads" (GalaxySoft,
Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region.)

  - "Lights Salamanders" (Profsouse Group,
St. Petersburg, at the base - the legend of King Arthur and
Giant salamanders);

  - Black Raven-II (Vyacheslav Mednonogov;
ready animations, and went deme CV-II v0.00);

  - Adventyura new generation of Homer
Simpson at Russia (Mr.Gluk 'Company).

  Mentioned e-mail editor DME with functions UUE-coding 
(Diamond Code Group, St. Petersburg).


  Announced magazines ZX-Format | 9 and Spectrum Progress | 4.


  Colour Of Magic: search for adventure

  2.8K


  The story of "apparently adventyure", inspired by the more fun
books by Terry Pratchett The Colour of Magic "
which is written in the genre of fantasy and parody is a 
classic in this direction. 


  NeOS: a new operating system

  4K


  Interview with Roman Petrov (Yoshkar-Ola)
- One of the authors of the new OS, designed to develop a 
complex system software and to mitigate the problems of 
incompatibility different models of the Spectrum.


  Discussed its advantages over the TR-DOS
and iS-DOS: a complete disk system rather than simply replacing 
the tape features disc, what program will be adapted to NeOS, 
and how it will distributed.



  Interviews

  15.8K


  Talks about the history of the emergence of well-known Speccy 
spektrumistov - DA Lomov, I. Makarchenko etc. 


  Well, things!

  All the objects we are bombed to the ground! ..

  On parole and on one wing! -

on this optimistic note, and could be
complete a review of a resurgent "Newskah"
but ... Too protracted pause before
exit ZX-News | 44 (and even Aspect'a | 10).
Likewise, forcing myself to wait and "weekly" RIP, C-Net-Week, 
Plutonium, Born Dead. Well, let's hope that this

- Just a "hibernation" until the final line


  And back to the base plane!

from all of the same songs - still far off.



  Don News | 1. 11.01.99

  ZX-monthly newspaper (with attachment)

  Rostov-na-Donu

  Editor and author of materials -
Dm.Kozhevnikov (Dimon)

  Publisher - Omega Hakers group

  The amount of text - 27.7K


  In the ZX-News | 44, among others, reported on a project 
Omega Hackers Group. Not reproach another, from a once 
spektrumisty twinning with Lviv city did not make wait long 
promised. Born on a new regional ZX-Newspaper! (In "Newskah" 
was promised by the magazine. But let's not petty.) 

  The main purpose of publishing - join 
Rostovites-spektrumistov and report on the status of the 
Spectrum in other cities. 


  Local News

  2.5K


  Story about the Spectrum Group of Rostov-Nadon.


  Over the hill

  2.7K


  Information about last year's ZX-party. Noteworthy is 
reported in the past England NSSS-Nothern Sam Coupe and Spectrum

Show - ZX-other newspapers did not write about it.


  Nove

  10.2K


  A brief description of some ZX-magazines, games and software 
programs. 


  Iron

  2.3K


  Tips for use in muzprotsessora
Pentagon computers and Taganrog.


  Appendix

  Demo muzredaktora Ultra Sonic.


  Well, what else to say about "novorzhdennoy?
It contains lots of what has already been covered
in the ZX-News | 44, or simply outdated. But
for | 1, this is completely forgivable. And if
dalneshem Don News will increase its efficiency, it can be 
safely be recommended to Lviv to the reader, as another source 
of information about the ZX-news. 



  ZX-Pilot | 30. 30.12.98

  Jubilee Issue


  NEWS
{} VEL, 2.8K


  Pilot'u turned 2 years of existence
in Speccy-world. Join in the congratulations!

   Also reported on the news Speccy-life in Kovrov.


  Our guest
{} SOBOS, 6.7K


  A story about a group of AREAsoft from Novosibirsk, her 
newspaper ZX-Light and the Siberian Union softproizvoditeley 
Sibirian Aliance, for a group of Novosibirsk, Iskitim 
Novosibirsk region, Tomska. At the same time peredyutsya 
greetings (ooh, love this thing Pilot'e!)



  We will understand
{} DIV, 3.8K


  Game description Kliatba Noci (Slovakia).


  AMIGA
{} SECTOR (Kaliningrad), 6.9K


  The story about the possibilities of the model Amiga 600
with the hard drive on 60M, which was founded on personal 
experience. 


  Refinement Pentagon'a
{} VEL, 2.2K


  Description of a small miracle refinement, allows a new hear 
music in games and demos.



  Connection CGA-Monitor
{} AV Apollo (Arzamas), 3.9K


  It describes the problems encountered when connecting to the 
ZS-256-T + CGA-Monitor. A scheme that provides playback all the 
15 Spectrum colors. Indicated Wiring connectors CGA (9-pin). 
For advice for connecting to the Pentagon-128 and use of EGA 
monitors. 


  Complex Compo

  Translation - Wlodek Black, 5.6K


  Official information about the correspondence at a virtual 
festival of computer art in the Poland "Complex Compo" with the 
presentation of material prizes. 

  Nominations: graphics, music, demos.

  Collection of works - up to 03/20/1999, the


  Turn me: the fate of the Speccy
{} POL (Nab.Chelny), 5.8K


  Discussion paper on the future of the Spectrum, deserves wide 
discussion. This issue has already raised NICRON (See | | 88, 
90, 92), but then the debate has not found a proper conclusion. 

  Having considered the application of the IBM PC and
Speccy, the author encourages the wider use
possibility of the latter.


  Voice in the wilderness?
{} UNCLE SAM, 8.8K


  Comment to the previous material.

  Thing to do, but do not yell, Dorval to newspapers and 
magazines - Calls author. And states that:


  - There is a huge number of users Speccy;

  - There is no market programs, nor their diversity for users 
Speccy; 

  - No information (but there are rumors);

  - Completely lacking in coordination
regions and groups.

  It is proposed:

  - Organize data banks by region
which would include the directories of all these groups
regions.

  - To protect its product by introducing
aligned incentives to sell their (and
buy others) programs and the boycott of thieves;

  - Instead of producing a huge pile of garbage called "demos 
and prerelease" shift the focus on the really useful for using 
the programs for home and LIFE.


  Individual treatment - to the ZX-press:

  - Nothing to write about his drinking bouts, sexual
complexes and other zamorochki, and that
that is useful for users;

  - A couple of magazines in several regions, which will print
very short stories, and for the year
award of the prize, and there, staring through
few years will be counted opuses
nurtured in these editions young writers.

  We have a lot, about 20-40 thousand - so ends his philippic 
author. Other parties account for less, but our resolve fate. 
And we'll keep stewing in own juice, inventing new demos and 
sending all and sundry, fuck'i, or will it do? Let's define the 
strategy and tactics to breakthrough Spectrum neophytes, to 
discuss it - at least for FunTop'99, membership of the 
Coordinating Council will hold Spectrum census of the 
population, to communicate across regions. Is there among us 
enthusiastic, energetic people who are capable stir up a 
stagnant swamp, and make a stead stream full-flowing river or 
even in the computer world? 


  DIY
{} VEL, 3.2K


  As in previous years, readers are invited to ready-to-print 
calendar 1999 Witty, after all, the guys in

This Pilot'e!


  Advertisement

  8.8K


  Here, attention is drawn to the geography of advertisers: In 
addition to Kovrova is Kaliningrad, Obolensk (Moscow reg.) 
Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Russia, Yoshkar-Ola. 



  Nicron | 106. 14.01.99


  New Year's edition. Roughly the same
as in "Optron" - but much more voluminous. There are New Year's 
greetings from W. Black 'and (4.6K) and A. Trofimov' and (2.1K).

Here the reader will find humorous
materials from kulich'ek and Fido:

  - Memo, "New Russian" (2.6K) - as
celebrate the New Year and stay at the same time in
living;

  - New Year's Eve at the Odessa Opera House (2.2K);

  - Chilling story about the consequences
excessive worries about computer security (10.2K);

  - Astrological advice - what to give to
New Year's Eve (1.9K);

  - Christmas jokes (3.4K) - very
unassuming, I must say;

  - Recipes (7.7K) - how different countries celebrate the New 
Year. 

  In the advertising section attention is drawn to the 
announcement: 


    Output the garbage from their apartments in the form ...
 computers, set-top boxes, etc. AON'ov


  Interesting undertaking!

  And yet it is interesting that, despite
official announcement of the irregularity
Released NICRON'a continue, on the cover of
continued proudly:


           Weekly Newspaper


  One material should be considered separately.


  Profile
{} Wlodek Black, 23K


  The survey was carried over the Internet. Responded to 51 out 
of 20 regions of Russia, Ukraine and Georgia. The most active 
were Moscow, Taganrog, Lviv. An attempt was made to assess the 
quality composition spektrumistov, find out what they

lived in the past year, look to the future.
Of course, the questionnaire suffers from the cumbersome and
the results does not reflect reality (in recognition of the
author). Comments on results - sometimes - by no means 
impartial (but most importantly - They are what distinguishes 
this form from many druih). Nevertheless, the material can be 
considered one of the most interesting in the current ZX-press.