ZX-News #23 04 марта 1997

Letters - Editorial Responses to readers' letters about the program MMD and its further development.

                 LETTERS



  In the last Newskah we published the first
email this reader. Here is a second ...



                             Yuri Buravtsov


  Hi, Alex. I have for you parathree proposals.


  First. Sorry I did not pay attention
on the keyboard MMD, because I immediately
after his appearance at his altered
layout to QWERTY (I had to get used to
her thanks to the keyboard from Robik, isdosu
home and PC at the institute). So, not bad
to do so in new versions of MMD
could customize the keyboard color, the font (I for one do not 
really like isdosovsky standard, but because in isdose

I have his). Of course, MMD will be bigger, but then you can 
make an installer, part of the settings would relegate it. 
Installer will be needed only in certain cases (for example, a 
user has died from a heart attack, and in its place sat a new, 
just recovered from chickenpox:), but because the installer 
will be kept on another drive. You can think of something else, 
putting is on the installer, field activities are extensively 
... 


  Second. Oh, very nice to see the MMD
in isdose. A letter (messagi) recruit without "caps" and 
oridzhina then run appropriate. com, which

do everything myself, getting some answers to queries (other 
than the date and default), but at the same time holding the 
"letter-" H "-ization". And then MMD would have sent a letter 
under the standard for SpbZxNet name. IMHO, the idea is good,

huh?


  Third - let's talk about the date. Not far off
when the graph "date" in the discharge yy
there are two zero. All the normal car
understand what occurred in 1900. You, I think, you know what 
that means. Here it is - APOCALYPSE! Although, I hope by that 
time and fidoshnye relkomovskie (rather in the first) BBC 
Maximus fitted the new millennium, so it's time to patch in the 
future all software SpbZxNet, while the network is expanded 
across the North-West and the reorganization of the network was

would be much more painful than it might
be now. With isdosom also have to agree ...


  By the way, here's what I think about exit
Vicomma in Relcom (Oh! suggest a headline in Newskah: "Vicomm - 
in Relcom"): this simply grandiose! Colossal! That there should 
be, huh? - I (or who are richer ...) went to South Africa

or some Laos and implemented there SARZxNet (South Africa 
Republic ZxNet) or more something ... That fact, reports in 
Newskah - across the equator and / or the Western Hemisphere! : 
D But I have not thought about how much will all this cost, but 
even without SARZxNet at first email will suffice - in! (Would 
show). 


  So, the field of ...


  That's all that I think about
prospects SpbZxNet (of course, at the moment, though ...). Tell 
me how something (or through Newskah, once you are:) what you 
think about all this. In the meantime - see you soon!




  My answer is right here in Newskah because
someone might be similar questions ...


  In the MMD from the earliest versions, you can customize the 
color of anything, from the windows, lines of tips, colors, 
symbols and messages in the terminal, and ending with flowers 
in the viewer. As for the future improvements Macro-Modem'a, 
Duc has no place even then, to 64 characters (in addition to 
42) do in the viewer - all memory is used to the maximum. In 
principle, we could do more, and remote setup in addition to 
the built, but all rests at the time (how can one

program mess!) and other projects
which now runs Omega group,
and, in particular, Comrade. MAS ...


  While version 2.20, I hope, still leaves
ever, and it and the "QWERTY" will be, but
as the auto speed computers
without any "brakes" ... Incidentally, all forgot to say that 
in the scheme of "brake" from ZXRevyu, with a reprint in 
Newskah (No 20), Oshibochka slipped past a little, so

better to use primary source ...


  MMD in the EC-Doce is not possible to determine
IP-dosa ... :) A registration of letters, many
do it in a used-Doce, using
do not. "com'y, and macros isdosnogo editor. In blizhaishih 
Newskah will be realized long ago conceived the idea of 
​​writing Articles about the work with the use of macros dosnymi

(References to this there is virtually no), and in particular, 
is an example of opportunities for macros

preparation and processing of letters in various
network. Now I can only say only that being an editor, I press 
a few buttons, and for a few seconds, my macro prepares 
response to messagu himself, using the system data used-dosa 
(for example, the current date), as well as data from the 
letters on which I am responsible. Macro ranges all the 
writing, and I only have to enter their comments and send it 
where you want.:) 


  What about the two thousandth year, I did not quite understand
what you mean by the words "... so it's time to close up for 
the future all Software SpbZxNet ...". What exactly from 
software do you propose to "close up"? It is clear that

in the column "date" will be two zeros, but problems on the 
Spectrum with a date does not exist - it's a headache 
pisishnikov and in our study, the board accepted a date range 
from 1980 to 2079, and if we use only the increase and decrease 
date (without editing it), then up to 2107 including ...



  By the way, I very much share your optimism about the spread 
SpbZxNet in the vast North-West, although most likely early or 
later, all existing network Spectrum merge into one big

network. In particular, ZX-Net and SpbZxNet fully able to 
compose the backbone of this network ... 


  About the Internet. Now preparing a series of
Articles in Newskah about this network, the provider
worth $ 1-2 per hour - in principle, a penny,
Considering that more than 10-15 minutes per day
the needs of the network will not be wasted ... Draw 
conclusions, gentlemen! 


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