Optron #29 20 июля 1999

ZX-waggons - Overview of electronic media: KrNews 9, ProFi-BBS, ZX-Hard 1, Polesie n6, Born Dead 9, ZX-News 48, Plutonium 1912, Fantastic 11.

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  Kr.News | 9, 05/19/1999

  The amount of text - 99K (to avoid misunderstandings: this is 
text, and, approximately, but not the newspaper in general!) 


  Nonresident readers in this issue, the
I think that might be interested in the following
Materials:


  Profi - BBS
{} A. Budanok, 2.8K


  The story of the Krasnodar network KrNet.


  Platform (continued)
{} Maxx, 3.4K


  About yuzanii "computer Amiga.


  Hardware
{} KrAlex, 5.1K


  Finally found a means for
once and for all prove that this is not your
beloved Speccy interfere watch TV!

  In the article in detail (even too much!) On
this, please.

  Material adjacent to the reprinting of
Journal Radio. " Regarding this I want to note that there does 
not need an explanation like "I dug dany material gathered and 
presented it to you." Enough to specify not only the {} and []. 


  Protection issues and hacking programs
{} ALS, 2.8K


  The story about the basic methods to protect software from
hacking and copying, complete with a pair of
councils. To be continued.


  Well, those who are missing have been published elsewhere, 
certainly be interested in information (40.2K) of games: 

  - Monsterland, Quadrax, Boovie2 (reviews);

  - "Homer Simpson in Russia" (review and advice on the 
passage); 

  - "12 Secret Book" (short story).



  ZX-HARD | 1, 05/07/1999

  Krasnodar

  Estimated range of issue papers -
1-1.5 months

  Editor - V. Roschupko (VTS)

  Publisher - Fast Group

  The amount of text - 68K


  In addition to increasing the volume of the newspapers, I note
another interesting trend of modern
gazetostroeniya: not having to oredelitsya
"Face" and the regularity of its publication,
the authors take up something else realties. An example of this 
- not only to Krasnodar, but as at least two more cities.


  As for the actual ZX-HARD, then I think its theme is 
interested in many, many spektrumistov CIS.



  From the Editor

  7.2K


  Proposed to establish a standard shell, which, having 
sufficient flexibility, could provide greater freedom of design 
and high speed production of electronic media - in order for 
gazetostroenie undertook not coders, and users who are not 
versed in coding, but know the subject about which they write. 
Expressed number of requests with respect to the shell.



  Mail Bag

  11K


  Letters from readers, mostly about topics
newspapers - repair and maintenance of iron
ZX-platform.


  Correspondence: Nemo 'VTS

  15.1K


  The problems of e-mail
Computer KAY1024.

  (Letters published literally).


  COM-port 'timer
{} VIC, Mr.Brain, 9.3K


  Described: Revised to allow the computer to connect to any 
external device, calculated to the serial port; implementation 
of the interruption, the frequency of which You can change the 
software. Shows the schematic diagrams. 


  "Iron" logic!
{} KLIM, 9.5K


  Educational program on the topic of logic circuits.

  Information on how to solder and herbs
PCBs, or that such a resistor, and
IC, - the VTS, - plenty of
in the books. But on the digital circuitry, it turns out, no 
such information? 


  Fast Memory Access

  3.1K


  Propose a method for working with arrays of image information 
for increasing productivity hardware components on the Z80.



  C-bus

  4.2K


  On connecting peripherals via Centronics
interface.


  OSP v.0.1

  8.1K


  About devaysa, which would become an alternative to General 
Sound'u. Planned deliver the simplicity and cheapness of higher 
quality - so that the price was two times lower than that of 
GS. Lists ideas included in the project.




  Polesie | 6, 20/05/1999


  Here we can note the article:

  - Festival of Chaos Construction'999:
View from Gomel;

  - The impact of computer on the human psyche.



  Born Dead | 9 32.05.99


  News. Overview of software


  Among the standard set of news and review new games and 
magazines interesting post on the establishment of the Internet 
news site, where everyone spektrumist be able to accommodate 
whatever he wants. 


  Sherwood


  Something like the game story.

  (A detailed description of the actual game is
in ZX News | 48).


  Chronicle of the transition to another platform


  History of the Computer COMMODORE and its relationship with 
the editor of "BD". 

  Interestingly, the editor writes about here
in the third person - well, just like Julius
Caesar in "Notes on the Gallic War."


  Coding


  A new version of the interruptions of digital
samples.


  A voice from the grave


  Briefly about the old magazine "Sinclair User".


  World of Amiga


  End of description "Amiga" software.



  ZX-News | 48, 10/06/1999


  From the Editor


  After repeated attempts at
Weekly edition edition, finally,
was convinced that to maintain the image of the classic 
Spectrum publications become the property of not only the 
"local networkers," but all the other spektrumistov, week-long 
interval is not enough. 

  Of course, the release schedule - private affair
newspapers, but as soon as we the readers try to find general 
patterns gazetostroeniya, this fact deserves mention. 


  Software News

  6.2K


  In addition to the aforementioned "Sherwood'a," reported the 
new version of dial-up chess Gambit v2.2. A review of new 
products of the system Software.


  We note one feature of "Newskah" - about
a number of innovations reported in several rooms in a row.


  Awaken
{} Mythos, Arny, 11K


  Announcement of the new game.

  Story writers on their projects under the heading 
"Presentation" - this, we can say "Specialty" Newskah (and very 
tasty!) 


  The poll results on GS
{} O. Sazonov, 3.2K


  Provides answers to a questionnaire placed in the previous 
issue. 

  Enviable efficiency!


  Chip Player by Mike Blum
{} O. Sazonov, 1,5 K


  A story about a new program for the GS.

  That's only the language of this story very much
typical mnogoh technical articles in
ZX-press:

  "Chip Player for GS - sharewar'naya program for playing 
chip-modules using plugins (plugins) - is something like the 
overlay driver to MMD / EMS. "


  In short, Kulnev rulez!

  Koitus per oris, it really is hard to write
commonly understood language?


  Letters

  4.4K


  Artur Ishmurzin, ZX-editor of the newspaper
Wallpaper (see "Optron" | 27), tells
about the network TashZXNet.

  It is noteworthy that Artur has assumed
labor types used to collect statistics
Tashkent Spectrum: an example worthy of
imitation!


  "Mirror": a successful project?

  2.9K


  Can the software maker to make a profit for their program?

  This question is answered in the interview
Project Manager Tim Kelly.


  Hit-parade
{} MIS, 2.4K


  Examined the five most popular
St. Petersburg games.



G Mystery Uralkih Mountains


         Mysteries of the spread


  We continue to gazetostroenii.

  When the next "This wagon has already been prepared
hit the road, to the editor "Optron"
Two publications came out of Yekaterinburg and the message that 
there is Yeshe and the third - humorous. These newspapers have 
come almost simultaneously, but their date of release differed 
from each other as much as two months. 

  "This wagon was" always trying to give information
on the ZX-newspapers, appearing on Lviv
BBS, but here is what kind of laws are
is the appearance - this is a great mystery there. Odni numbers 
come on the day of its release, others - almost from the 
two-month delay and, in addition, from the fifth to the tenth. 
" About the third is known only that they exist, but do not get 
to Lviv. Perhaps Other newspapers in general are not designed to

distribution of ZXNet, and their time there
from time to time fill up some well-wishers? About
This can only guess.

  So do not hold a grudge against "waggons" for what
that he was late to inform you -
Editorial guilt is not! Of course, sometimes,
not found on a newspaper at least one
good word, prefers silence about it, but it has happened only a 
couple of times - no more.


  All this I mean that the spread -
is another important issue gazetostroeniya.


              Great Beginning


  While ZX-edition newspapers have struggled to establish a 
satisfactory schedule registration, panting from a shortage of 
material and arguing about the admissibility of restatement of 
foreign articles, not to mention the reprinting them in 
Yekaterinburg found a way by which one person easily can 
release of 3 (tri!) different (!) newspapers week.


  The essence of fashion: keep publishing their own materials 
to a minimum, and the volume to fill all sorts of borrowings.

Of course, the practice of borrowing and all
always, but the novelty lies in the fact
to reprint occupied "the lion's share."

  Let's look at the results of
this method:


  Plutonium | 12. 15.04.99

  Ekaterinburg

  Editor - V. Nikolaev (Lynx)


  Last year it was released eleven
numbers for the newspaper. The editors sought
comply with the weekly schedule. Each of the
rooms contain many materials of their own (see "Optron" | | 21, 
23). Result: The materials quickly exceed that led to a 
prolonged delay in the release. But now!



  News

  It's - own stuff: o ekaterinburzhskoy network RealNet.


  But everything else - honestly acknowledged herself edition - 
borrowed from ehokonferentsii SPBZXNET.GAMES. Well, wrong in 
this is nothing: not connected to ZXNet reader gets a portion 
of useful information and makes sure the benefits of the 
network. But: 


  1) Problems Elite 2 - it was already in
Pilot'e | 29;

  2) Help in passage of "Sherwood" - is
it was a ZX-News | 48;

  3) How do I get Last hero {} A. Podtyolkov -
the same was in Don News | 7, albeit with a slight difference: 
in the "DN" indicates that this - {} Uncle Misha, what is?


  4) the same words as in the Born Dead
| 9 reported that work on the game, "Black Crow - 2" suspended. 
(Six months Various newspapers reported excitedly: "CHV2"

is about to be ready! ", so I dare
suppose: now something for sure, "CHV2"
soon to be published!)


  Go four (4) duplicated material - is too much. But to avoid 
this would be very easy for elementary respect for copyrights,

asking for permission to publish in a newspaper
the author of the material placed in ZXNet, and
gently to link to.



  Fantastic | 11. 12.06.99

  Newspaper for the fans and the entire
mysterious

  Ekaterinburg

  Editor - V. Nikolaev (Lynx)

  The amount of text - 36.7K


  Hell's raid, or operation "Holy Grail"
(Continued)
{} Henry Preston, 6.7K


  SF novel type of "quest". Judging by the language
presentation and the volume (the thing is broken into small 
pieces that can be published was to stretch the numbers to 
ten), it's - own material. If you do not pay

attention to details like "Drakkar manipulating the steering 
wheel, then we can read. 


  Interview with Cyrus Bulychev (continued)
{} S. Kazantsev, 8.4K


  Borrowing, but for it only remains to thank the Editor: 
material - such that I was advised to read to anyone who even 
slightly interested in science fiction. I can not deny himself 
the pleasure of quoting a couple of sentences master: 


  At one time I read "Land of Crimson
clouds "and realized that it was - my writers, and
how many years I shall live I will always
look for their books. And all my life I'm looking for a 
similar. And while I can not find. 


  I am opposed to literature, which describes
life is "good" gangster. If the bandit -
our means, it is good, therefore, he
has the right to kill "bad" bandits, not
ours. Following this logic, "our" may
killing in Chechnya, and the Americans bombed Serbia ...


  As for the rest (15.4K) - solid drawing on anomalous or 
curious phenomena. Something like "We do interesting. And you? 
"(The name of the column Lviv newspaper "High Castle"). When

However, only about one material is said
whence he was - from "Komsomolkoy truth" (!)
But here is whether to combine under one roof "fiction and" 
anomalous phenomena "? Maybe it would be better to publish 
another newspaper? It's so easy! 

  In Plutonium'e written that "Fantastic"
will compete with the newspaper "Fanzine". Not at all! That and 
other newspapers - two large difference "." Fantastic ", 
rather, can be compared with" Stonehenge "(see ZxNews | 43; 
however, further planning to deal with this newspaper, like, 
have not moved).