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30 сентября 1995 |
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Part 5 - Emulate letters.
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* PART 5 - EMULATE LETTERS *
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Thanks for the massive amount of letters
I have received praising the mag. I'm glad
you all liked it so much and I hope it
will continue to be an enjoyable and
entertaining read. Here's a few of the
letters I received about Issue 1.
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I downloaded it and read most of it. It's
surely one of the best Spectrum-related
things I've seen in many, many years.
I suggest everyone interested in Sinclair
Computers to download this little gem
ASAP. Besides, the section on Spectrum
news should warm any Sinclair user's
heart - there *are* news after all, and
important ones too.
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Paolo Perrotta (NANO744@COMUNE.BOLGNA.IT)
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The Spectrum scene is still very busy and
Emulate will continue to be produced while
there is still news to report - hopefully
a long time! Many people out there are
undertaking their own projects associated
with the Spectrum and this will always be
the place to read about them! ED.
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Emulate is excellent. I just thought I'd
say that. Where on earth did you find the
time to write that lot? Do you have some
kind of OCR or did you type it all out? It
really is brilliant, and a special thanks
for the Spectrum Games Database mention -
you're right, I do need as much help as
possible!
A great piece of writing. What better
tribute to the Spectrum?
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Stephen Smith (STEVO@JONLAN.DEMON.CO.UK)
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Always glad to help out a Speccy
supporter! The magazine is all typed out
by hand (I'm afraid OCR is a bit out of my
price range!) This is one of the reasons
why its nice to have contributions sent.
Don't forget that you don't need to know
much about the Spectrum, but simply be
able to produce an entertaining and
interesting Speccy article!
ED.
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"Emulate" is pretty good - IMHO. As pure
ASCII it can be viewed on each platform,
but did you thinked about some ANSI
graphic in it ? It should be still
compatible with almost all platforms
(except Speccy itself ;-)) only
disadvantage I can see are potential
difficulties in printing.
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Wojtek Wasilewski
(WWASIL@HVSAGO1.NS-NL.ATT.COM)
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ANSI graphics would certainly be an
interesting concept. It would, as you say,
improve the presentation of the magazine.
Unfortunately, it is not everyone who has
access to an ANSI viewer (me included!)
In the not-too-distant future, I will run
a small questionnaire for readers of the
mag and see how people think the magazine
could be improved.
ED.
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I've just found the first edition of
emulate magazine and it's great! There -
just thought I'd start out with the
complements! I've been looking for
something like this for a long time now
that all of the real spectrum mags have
closed - may you live long and prosper.
One small question I'd like to ask is :
Where can I get the latest version? I got
the September issue because someone
uploaded it to ftp.nvg.unit.no, but that
wasn't until the 1st of October! Where is
your initial upload site?
The list of pokes has proven very
helpful, as I'm in the middle of compiling
a list of all the multiface pokes I can
find. Your list has given me a few more
that I didn't have. I'll be sure to let
you know when I've completed and released
the document so that you can inform the
readership.
In the meantime - if I write anything
Speccy-esque I'll throw it your way.
Thanks for making an old-fashioned kinda
guy a bit happier!
(l.d.tonks@braO202.wins.icl.co.uk)
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Glad you enjoyed the mag! The magazine is
available on the first day of the calendar
month. (ie, the September Issue was
released on the 1st September) Subscribers
to the magazine will receive it directly,
one day earlier (ah..the benefits of being
a subscriber!)
Incidentally, I was that "someone" who
uploaded it to NVG! The Nvg Unit site will
be the only upload site (as it is the most
reliable) unless I get requests for other
placements. If you live in the UK, don't
forget that the magazine can also be
obtained from the FRAZZLE PROJECT BBS
(Phone number is at the beginning of the
magazine) If you liked the POKES, be sure
to check out the POKES list included in
the SNAPS section!
I also have compiled a complete set of
Your Sinclair POKEMANIA programs, which
you will soon be able to find on NVG UNIT.
See Playing Tips for more details!
ED.
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I've just had a quick flick-thru your new
magazine, and it's great! As I have never
owned a Spectrum physically (although I
own a copy of Z80), I always had fun
playing around on the emulator. Perhaps
the best thing about the machine is it's
huge collection of games available on the
net, beating all the other computers in
that respect! It's emulator is currently
the best of any micro. Anyway, your
articles are a great read, and the reviews
and that give a great example of how life
in the Speccy era was...
Anyway, I look forward to the October
issue!
Yours,
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Francis Byrne (F_BYRNE@UK.IBM.COM)
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...and still is hopefully! Those who
owned real Spectrums may look back fondly
now, but, in all honesty, emulators are
much more flexible than the real thing! I
was the owner of the infamous Spectrum +2A
and can remember the nightmares of the
Azimuth Alignment screwdriver, while
desperately trying to get Robocop to load!
The massive collections of games
available now certainly make it easier to
find just the game you want. It is for
these reasons that the Spectrum has had
this revival. And may the revival
continue!!
ED.
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If you did own a real Spectrum, You might
want to visit the excellent and very funny
Web Site, entitled "Are you a true
Spectrum User?" It certainly brought the
memories flooding back!! Take a look at :
HTTP://
And so ends the first Letters Page. If
you have any comments about the magazine,
or any suggestions, drop us a line here at
Emulate!
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THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE
- Described in laymens terms by Stephen
Smith (stevo@jonlan.demon.co.uk)
How many Spectrum games are there? And
how do I play them all? Those are just
some of the questions that I hope to
answer with the Spectrum Games Database.
Some games are actually quite complicated,
belying the Spectrums ill-deserved
reputation with the outside world as a
simple games machine. For example, who can
remember all the keys for Lords of
Midnight? If they are not included with
the snapshot you've just downloaded, then
you're basically buggered until someone on
the newsgroup tells you. So the Spectrum
Games Database swoops into action to save
your evening's entertainment from becoming
a key-finding session. What fun they
weren't!
The main reason I am creating this
database is because there is no single
place on the Internet, or anywhere, where
all this information is held in one place,
that is easily accessible. With each entry
for each game, I hope to include,
eventually, *everything* there is to know
about the game (within reason, of course),
from controls and instructions, to the
complete original inlay card text, to any
trivia on the game.
The one main obstacle that is in my way
is the sheer number of games that have
been written for the Spectrum. But I have
one weapon on my side - time. There is no
time limit by which this database needs to
be completed, so I, and everybody who has
been kind enough to help me (even Steve
Kelly of the Bitmap Bros!), will slowly
work our way through all the games until
they all have an entry. And then? We'll go
onto the educational stuff maybe. ;-)
The entries can be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclair/docs
/games-database/
and also a master list of Spectrum games
at
http://www.catalog.com/sjr/www/ss
/gamedbs.htm
They are organised in the same way as
most snapshot sites, with 26 directories
from a-z, etc... If you have any trouble
with this though, you can always email me
and ask me to post you an entry which I
would be glad to do.
And of course, I need as much help as
possible!
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