#Z80 #01 07 мая 1998

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Resources - ZX-Spectrum: Resources on the Internet ...

         ZX Spectrum Resources on the Internet.



   (C) DiVER / FDM


   If you have already experienced net surfer, then this topic
unlikely you will find very interesting, since
it is designed more for beginners online than
for the pros. The point here will focus on web and ftp sites
on Speccy. Material for this column
I intend to read as follows:

   1. Overview of link pages already known sites
(So ​​you can gather information about already
less well-known websites)

   2. Search the Web with various search
machines, such as: HotBot'a, MetaCrawler'a or Russian
Rambler'a. (So ​​you can find
poregistrennye searchable pages, in which
the search text, and using ftpsearch
(Http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no) can posharit and
registrennym ftp-sites, though, that's a shame -
Spectrum, many of our sites are not familiar with this
search machine:))

   As a result of the search, I'll have a whole bunch of
addresses. The best what can be done
Given the infrequency of our publication, and the good
sites are updated almost every day, will
not review new products sites, just an overview
the sites themselves, the nature of their work: how often they
updated that there are interesting things about the software,
how full page of links a site if it
there generally is. All this information will be useful
you if you visit on the Internet is not
too often and cherish their network time.
If you see yourself in the network every day, then you
more interested with the address list. And if
Online you can only dream of or you do it
sneeze, then all information will be purely
familiarization. NDA-ah, something has tightened
I join, get down to business. First of all, let us
with web monsters.



              World of Spectrum (WOS)

       (Http://www.void.demon.nl/spectrum.html)


   That's really really monstrovy site. By
design / volume of information and its quality, he
privoshodit all existing. Number
visitors to this site has already exceeded
100.000!

   On this site you can find:

   Games (5000), among them, though there are
repetition (but in different formats), demos (453)
adventyury (659), utilities (897), educational
prog (83), and any other stuff (210). Basically
all the software in the tap and z80 formats. Good
source branded versions of games.

   Also: three-dimensional sections on
emulators, PC Utilities to deal with spekovskimi
files, various documents and more
another. And of course the sea of ​​links to Western
sites. This site has an interesting little thing -
Search Machine specializes in finding
software for the Speccy (though only for a few
Western sites).

   WOS is updated almost every day, there
ability to automatically send pages
what's new in html format via e-mail.

   If you're used to downloading software via ftp, then
look at ftp://ftp.gns.getronics.nl/pub/os/
- Here are stored all files WOS.

   In fact, there are many
foreign websites dedicated to ZX Spectrum.
Through them all in a row I'm not going to (possibly
I'll do this in future reviews). If you do so
interesting for him crawl, then use
page usage options WOS.


   Now we go to our native sites. Such
web monsters, like World of Spectrum and the Planet
Sinclair we have of course not, but there is something
more interesting (I mean content). Our
and western sites, as it were divided: the West sites
primarily focus on virtuals sitting
to a variety of emulators, and our sites more
will suit those who are sitting on real Spectrum and
uses BetaDisk (read TrDos). In short,
All spekovskie bend our sites - in a format
hobeta / trd / fdi / ... Well, sometimes td0 (teledisk -
such a universal thing, for copying
all sorts of protected discs, not all of course:)).



                 Fatality Archive

           (Http://i-connect.ru/ ~ fatality)

                  (Http://ftl.da.ru)


   The most interesting of the Russian language. Though
still unfinished, but still links page here
The most complete, and begin the journey to
hobeta-archives is, perhaps, it is here.
In addition, here you can find almost anything
Releases Fatality. Update: Fatality links,
updated quickly, but that it is refreshed
you can only learn fully reviewing this
page, as the last update date
site on the main page for some reason always
lags behind the actual date when the last
changes :))).


   Now about the ftp sites. The most interesting in
the availability of new software, of course, are
our sites, so for them and will be discussed today.



                    Acid Nature

    (Ftp://ftp.ogre2vsk.edu.lv/acid-nature/speccy)


   Very, very interesting ftp-site.
FTP-server is located in the town of Ogre, which is not far
from Riga. Website created Raver'om. Here you can find
Bulk demos, Gift, releases, games, utilities and so on.
Can be attributed to the uniqueness of the collection
photographs of famous personalities Spectrum
scene.

   Now a little about the shortcomings: killed old
file whatsnew.txt ... (Just blossomed Raver:)).
One would be easy - look at all the catalogs
and dates of files to quickly determine that
new and what's not, but ... link to this site from
Permian, and from Yaroslavl - and generally no
therefore a site for me, for example, generally available
: (And I still have not seen any pictures or
some interesting releases. But this seems to be
because of the quality of my connection, and so knowledgeable
People say that Acid-Nature dvuhmegabitny
channel, so go ahead:)



             (Ftp://bbs.ogo.ru/spectrum)


   Vobschem something is not Spectrum bbs-ka, but one
subdirectory to the Speccy has a direct relationship
- Then quickly come fresh issues
newspapers, and sometimes some other things like
infoshek different - usually every two to three days.
Relationship with her is not bad, is always at your service
info file, although I do simply: take CuteFTP,
I go to this site, sort files by date
entry to the site - the newest on top. That is, if
and there is something new, it is immediately obvious. Thus,
out to make sure that nothing new here
No, it takes me 30 seconds.



               Ascendancy FTP site

       (Ftp://ftp.telecom.grodno.by/zxspectrum)


   FTP-site of Ascendancy. Nothing
notable is the same, a good selection of not
A very old software. If you've never been, then
sure you check out. At one time I found here
several new demos and almost immediately after the
downloaded Condommed and PSC 1.03. Yes, and now constantly
go there, although the site is updated too
often.



                ZX-Museum FTP site

              (Ftp://zx-museum.org.ru)


   There is also a self-titled web-site, but ftp,
In my opinion, more interesting is the fact that it collected
reflection of several tens of ftp-sites
on Speccy! / The reflection of the site - read,
copy of the site, made in a particular
time. Including bbs.ogo.ru, and WOS, and
Ascendancy ftp and so on., Though there is no reflection
Acid-Nature: (. How often updated these
reflection, I do not know exactly, but we
hope that the one who creates them, will desert it is not
a very useful thing - for communications with many
prototypes reflections ten times worse than
reflections (at least for me:)).

   In addition to reflections on this site is very
directory is, it's called SoftStar. Judging
the number of files in it in the format
td0 (for teledisk'a) - is a complete disc collection
SoftStar'a.


   On this long round out. Until the next issue.


                                             DiVER