On-Line #32 14 апреля 1996

Железо     Cheats

Mosaic - Reflections on the heading "Service & Support." Cheat in the game, "UFO - Enemy Unknown." On connecting to a video processor Dendy Speccy.

                 MOSAIC


(C) NIKO SOFT


   Read the 1931 edition of the newspaper and noticed a letter 
from MMM on the From "Service & Support." So, if you give a 
review of each film at a rate of at least 5 lines, the review 
will be twice as much largest BBS NEWS. Yes, and it is 
physically impossible to give their assessment of each movie 
(each week goes up to 40 pirated tapes and 10-15 litsenzionok 
with so little information flow who is right).


                    MDM 282-2956; 11.00/22.30
14.04.96 NIKO SOFT



(C) OLDMAN


   Yes ... CHEAT'ov while since I did not throw up. You 
probably already and play something in nothing interesting 
(just kidding). Since in most expected soon, "UFO-2" 
(undoubtedly the best toy on the SPECTRUM'e of all time), it 
makes sense to play again in the the first game, but in order 
not to suffer especially: 


   "UFO: Enemy Unknown" - many probably know this lotion,
and yet: last key hotkey before the fight should be "R". Ie 
press "R", and then use only cursor. In this case, you should 
not have any weapons and equipment. After landing, click on the 
icon with a question mark - battle won! Continue to play as 
usual, with full arms, but when you once again "prizhmut" use 
"question mark". 

               ° ° ° °


   Well, as you "PRINCE ..."? In my opinion, if you hold a 
competition for very buggy GAMEMAKER'a then NICODIM will be out 
of competition! Such a number of glitches is not even in his 
own "PIRATES". 

               ° ° ° °


   Guys! Note that the advertising controller Winchester
to SPECTRUM in the relevant section! How long have you been 
waiting for! 

                        Dmitry (OLDMAN)
                    MDM 496-8508; 12:00 / 21:00
                     ZXNet: 095:1641684 .. 4968508



(C) THE BIRD


   Hi, netizens. That is, hello. Long time I waited for this
ONLINE'a (30). Finally, in our favorite newspaper wrote in 
another city, not only - from another country! No, actually, it 
would be very interested to read the letters not only to 
Muscovites. It is not Moscow on a light there, where they live 
SINCLAIR USERS. In general, I thought, 30 th edition of the 
newspaper was very informative, but what is most interesting is 
the fact that the information was really new! (Meaning - new 
topics). Well, now turn to some of the issues proposed for 
discussion our esteemed OLDMAN'om.



   About the GPU: I also think that the connection
this unit to SPECCY - this is nonsense. I certainly do not want 
to offend the authors, or rather the author of the 
'improvements', but if so at that matter, it is best to buy and 
use theirs Profakami screen. Several arguments are not in favor 
of the GPU: 


   1. Not everyone has DENDY, but its availability, at least
"Motherboard", necessarily. Purchase of the latter will cost a 
minimum of 100 thousand rubles. 


   2. The complexity of the connection. When I looked at the 
wiring diagram, so I just did not become ill, not everyone can 
connect board to SPECCY, it will cost you more in 50 rubles.



   3. Yes, 48 ​​colors - cool. Now count up: 48 colors - 5 bits
Roughly speaking, 1 byte. Resolution 256x256 pixels. Now think 
what it would take a computer time service of such a screen. 
For comparison: SPECCY - Screen - 1 byte = 8 points. The author 
of the article wrote that the creation of games like DIZZY and 
other becomes very easy. Yes, that is, not only the author 
writes with How fast will run these games.



   4. This is not SPECCY.


   5. The driver must be written in code DENDY, which has just
three (!) of the main register - A analogs, HL, IX there is 
still SP, PC. The author proposes to write an assembler for 
DENDY. Someone wants? If it comes to that, then it is better to 
change seats on DENDY and do not connect it to SPECCY.



   There are many arguments for many, many against, for example,
independent control of sprites and the absence of vector 
graphics (ELITE), but, somehow, only one conclusion - it is not 
SPECCY. Everything. 

                           The Bird 1996
                      ZXnet 095:1641684 .. 3283166



(C) MAGIC SOFT


   We bring our deepest apologies to all our clients (whose 
TR-DOS version is not 5.04T), who bought the game "PRINCE OF 
PERSIA" y us radio market the 6 th and 7 th April. 
Unfortunately, the version of the game sold in those days, did 
not work on TR-DOS v5.03. On April 13 we released a normal 
version of the game, which works on all versions of the TR-DOS. 
So you can come to us on radio market (Place of O-12) and to 
exchange non-working version of the normal. 


   Well if you really want to play "PRINCE OF PERSIA",
we inform you how to run a dead version: "reset"
computer log-in TR-DOS directory and read any disk, and
not "dumping" your computer, insert a floppy disk with the 
"PRINCE OF PERSIA "and run it.


                    Sincerely, MAGIC SOFT.

                              Victor
                     MDM (095) 267-6976; any time
                     ZXNet: 095:4907044 .. 2676976



(C) GOOD BOY


   First of all let me introduce myself my name is Yura (can you
Remember me on analysis of several toys in the newspaper). For 
the first time SPECTRUM I got in 1988 before it was RC-86 and 
the primitive unit for TV, familiar to you on game VIDEO SPORTS.



   From that time there were only memories of missed
learned about the game such as EXOLON five of them. After all 
this was quite a long break after which I was again reminded of

SPECTRUME the yard was 1992 and my Moscow-48 old enough for
games that I have left on cassette (a collection by the way was 
a good idea, including toys on branded tape). 


   To my surprise, the market continued to sell toys
tapes and floppy disks, because the last I bought a floppy 
drive controller, and soon realized that behind the hill 
SPECTRUM not forgotten, and games still come out.



   Some time later I bought the AY-8910 and have not withheld - 
music in toys was quite steep (in those games where it was, but

may sound, it had to rip). Some time passed and I
I realized that 48k is not serious, so I got the Pentagon
128 (which was sold to one peasant in 1995 for 50 (!) Thousand.
A man long enough for me, then harassed by telephone: a
He wondered why no AYshki (I was the very first Pent), then
He did not publish the printer (I did not have ROM LPRINT). In 
the end, he left behind. 


   Then I got SCORPION-256 (I bought him a fee in
INFORKOME is a separate story, if you'll be interested). Until
So far this card is on my desk surrounded by a bunch of wires 
coming to completion and, ultimately, I have a complete 
original SP-128 (if anyone thinks of straddle SCORP. - Call a 
talk). With such a hardware environment I'm in 1996 and beg 
excuse me for such a long digression (if I am asked is I could 
publish his memoirs, the good of the tongue I hung well).



   From communicating with Inforkomom I knew only one thing 
that many users are still 48k and even the program for 
distribution sent on tape. Of course SOFT written in recent 
months not for them, but should think about this question: 
always Is the only way to create a cool effect prerequisite 
128k? Can take, for example, demo ABSTRACTION. It comes and at 
48k. I think this kind of problem for coders - is enough to 
make cool effects by working on one screen and 48k. In 
principle, I do not judge it because of something worthwhile, I 
still have not established, although shoveled a lot of programm 
under ZS-256. 


   Still, the main idea of ​​my article: Is justified the use 
of 128 treatment in one or another program? If there are other 
views of call - to discuss.                             (C) 
GOOD BOY                             187-7594 Jura



ZXNet
ALEX (Research)


   Gentlemen users receiving network addresses for the stations 
closed down! If you are interested in the postal service, the 
you must select a new station and get a different network 
number. Tip - Choose a sysop more serious and, preferably, the 
older (less likely that the station was closed due to another 
Army conscription or for any other reason). 

                 Sincerely,
                         ALEX (Research)
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