ZX-News #50 30 декабря 1999

From the Editor - Happy New Year! Memories of the good old days.

              From the Editor



   ZX-News No50 December 31, 1999


              Welcome!


   First, we want to congratulate all the New
Year! And with the new century / millennium / era -
Of course, we know that cl. millennium
will only be in the year 2001, but most people believe 
otherwise, and in fact thought as has been proved by modern 
science, material, so in the coming year will be reign 
atmosphere, so to speak, a virtual century. :) What 
congratulations! ;-) And again so it turned out to be so 
unusual, then it necessarily perform all your

heartfelt dreams - hence the conclusion: develop
imagination! It is our wish to you
dear readers. :)


   And now ... "That's fiftieth Room
out "- these words, as surely remember the old readers, Newskah
met you for a very long time. :) Since then a lot has flowed
times, the newspaper has survived and prosperity, and long-term 
hibernation and rebirth. By the way, with Since its revival has 
been almost and a half years - and during this period came just

nine rooms ... Well, we can say
that over the years the legendary newspaper
just woke up (well, long and well:))
Looking at the situation at the Spectrum, and remaining a 
bystander, not exerting any appreciable influence

on society. Over the past period, receiving
letters from readers, leading an active correspondence and 
conversations with authors, we have of the state of the 
platform. Having examined all the information received 
(Fortunately, due to numerous technical overlap time for 
reflection was full:)), we were able to determine the direction 
and position, which will adhere to ZX-News - read about it in 
the category "ZX-Party".



   In connection with the release of 50-th number on us,
As always happens when anniversaries, memories came flooding of 
the good old days ZX-News, when the first editions Newskah just 
started to make its way through the thorns to the stars. ;-) We 
shall give the floor to one of the fathers newspapers, which 
only lasted from the entire editorial from first to last Room, 
Alexander Mayorov / MAS 'y: 


   "Well, to start, probably have a distance ... While studying 
in Bonchev, somewhere in the 3-m course met * KSV * (true,

He did not know yet that he * KSV * ;-))).
How it all started, I really do not remember, though, we had 
somehow got to talking to cafe (a lecture or something, miss? 
")), and touched the Spectrum ... That's, like,

and can be described as the most-the very beginning of our
history.


   Once Seregina mother needed utility for some accounting 
matters. In principle, the primitive, but tedious work (posting 
amounts to the accounts, net / debit / credit), I did not point 
by point, I'm all "coded", but stage of debugging a problem: in 
accounting I understand as a pig in oranges, and "customer" 
just versed in programming. A programmuto to debug! In short, 
the problem has been solved very simply: I went to

Earrings, it is to me ...

   And once it was decided that "so
You can not live! ";). Here, through an acquaintance at the 
radio market, I've got a scheme vikommki and soft to her. 


   Visitors, and collected, tested ... O
a miracle! It works! But not without one
deficiency. * KSV * at the time expressed
(In Newskah, it seems) is very simple: "Problems
fewer - if the file got into a hundred
sectors, it did not have to carry him through the city ...". 
poor and the limited availability of terminalok (Modem 3, Modem 
3.5) irritated, therefore it was decided decision to do better.



   After vykovyrivaniya available terminalok routines work with 
the modem (this is long, and, in some places, fun story:))

was created terminalochka MMD v1.0.


   Well, as always, the first attempt came out lumpy. No, the 
appearance and basic functions were standard (meaning have not 
changed much until now:)), but since I decided to "go another 
way", then created his own file transfer protocol. And it is 
here that all rose - it is buggy, like a dog! Yes, and a window 
with a catalog was only one, not two, as of now.


   By the way! Here's where it came shaped as letters "X"
the window with the accepted directory - the first traces of
version, where there was one window, and it was
discern what is the directory: my or adopted.

   In short, I looked at it all,
spat, wiped off the disk and start all over again.


   To begin to disassemble routines transfer files, I realized 
how they work, and took as a basis. "Shoveled"

appearance, etc.

   By this time about MMD'yu knew three of them:
I, * KSV * and KIR. Sat, not bothering anyone ... I have 
something on the sly for himself kodil. 


   One day an acquaintance of my friend the seller (not in 
skazanul something ;-)) zakonnektil "me with EY Buderom. 
Fortunately, he does not live very far away from me. Once

Buderu to call a Arnault. Reply to
his question (it seems to software) had
me. Well, I sent him ... No, not there
where you thought, but on his home phone. When I got home - 
Arnaud already nazvanivaet me. In short, the midnight phone was 
busy: flew back and forth all sorts of programs, Mouzon

and texts ...


   Already in the Arno, I met with Anton, and through him to 
the K-hacker'om. (These Two people in particular have helped to 
fine-tuning MMD'y to what is now. :)) Also, through

Arno appeared Igma (aka Igor Mayorov).
(I never thought I'd meet namesake. I remember in Spectrofon'e 
saw Advertising text: a soft, willing to share (something 
like), and with the name with the city. Gee, my name and my 
city. I long thought, I sent back an ad or

no ... :-))) And the first question was to Igor
is this: Your ads in Spectrofon'e? As
turned out to be - his. Small world, Mlyn. :-))

   In short, we became a man, 6-8, riveted
we have a modem (some people have even been "branded" usovskie 
vikommy:)). And slowly exchanging files themselves. 


   One fine day in the Arno arose
thought to automation, ie, BBS ...
I was the first who said it was not nafig
be impossible, and, in short, will not do that! :-))) (How I 
was wrong ...) Suddenly someone has mentioned about the 
"Eldorado", BBS on vikomme! 

   We went there with the Arno to find out what,
actually the case. Arno learned from voice telephone Usov, as 
agreed - I do not know and I will not lie. :-)


   But here's a fact: we stand in the summer at the school 
where the conditions for a meeting, waiting. Appeared Usov, 
went the conversation. 

   By the way, if anyone knows: while
was the practice - on vikommovskoy
Eldorado Usov registroval (lichno!)
Only those who bought from him (or an intermediary), "firm" 
usovsky modem, and proof needed to show "passport" with a 
number. Well, Arno - Arno is ... As he talked Usova - is 
unclear. The main emphasis was on writing MMD - terminalki 
steeper than the existing one. 


   Unbelievable but true: Usov us registered, and has allocated 
a lot of time - Arnaud gave about an hour and I already for two!

A couple of weeks into this school, we arrived
the whole crowd. Those who have been "branded"
vikommy decided to also join the ranks of eldoradtsev. And 
those who were "samopaly, somehow managed to also get there 
(well, we had a lot, and Usov one :-) 


   Eh, it was a good time ... Called, rushed to the letters in 
LAN, read ekhi ... Moreover, everyone knew the passwords to 
each other, but no problems. Sometimes, under false

Passwords came (when the time was not enough). But after a 
while began Usov become more and more bizarre. Said

that the phone is charged, and we must pay the cost of the 
subscription fee ... : ( 

   By the time we all learned about
Enlight'96, and decided the whole crowd there
go. Then we have "ustakanilos" the group's name, etc. ..


      This is, in fact, was the end of prehistory, so to speak,

                    donyusovoy era ... ;-)))


   E'96, is known to start at 10 am, but the Arno, as the most 
knowledgeable and advised to go there early, very early. In 
general, agreed to around 7:30 (!) meet on

a metro station that all together
move on. It was a very original show: early morning, arriving
train cars from different throws out ten men, and independently 
from each other, stomp on the venue. Counting each

other, realized that all the profits, with the same train. The 
question arose: what for and then had to go? :-))) 


   We got to the venue Inlayta,
and then closed - and nobody else! Time-somewhere
About nine in the morning! .. Well, not only
we are so clever - as it turned out, some one out there already 
was. ;-)) 

   Then there was the first day Enlight'a,
talking about it will not - and so all
known. On the morning of the second day we will, after
Spectrum view charts, decided to
wait for announcement of results at home. Well,
correct - we spektrumisty, we do not care
all there PC / Amiga. :-))


   By six in the evening returned - all lie on
grass, waiting for the results. Come on all sorts of
conversations, exchanges of addresses, etc. So,
twenty minutes before the results were announced, had an idea! 
But this does not create us an a newspaper? Fortunately, 
everyone has heard about OnLine ... 

   Who first blurted it - I do not remember, though,
There are three possibilities: either the Arno, or KIR,
or Serge. All were in favor, it remains only to know my 
opinion. :-))) (They just had time to talk to somebody, and 
decided that the idea is not bad, but there was no shell - you 
need an encoder.) And I? He said that he is still doing nothing 
to do, so let's! 

   Immediately solved all the questions: who slander code who 
schedule, who the music, and who text. I immediately took away 
notebook and fled to record addresses of people ...


   Incidentally, he recently found a notebook
at my desk. :)


   Then hung out, finally, the long-awaited results. Rushed to 
all leaves. Future editors Newskah headed by Arno easily made 
their way to the leaves and boldly rewrote everything. :)) (By 
the way, I misspoke - namely, "the editors" because it was 
decided that Newskah will produce it. But it turned

anyway ...)

     Now look - Englight'96 was
31.08 and 01.09 (Saturday-Sunday), and
The first issue came out whether the 4 th, or 5-th
September. Quickly we all did ... Well, yes,
shell was not very successful, yes, there were
glitches, but still! WE DID IT!


   Arno with someone drove ZX-News in "Scorpio". In their 
reviews know that snapped nyusochku literally everything! 
Someone even Screw it down myself. :))) Over the weekend, went 
to the radio market - the same story. "Oh! Infa's "Inla"? 
Let's! "And, Information about him was not from anyone, it is

only then on each tray were nailed
slips of paper with the results. But in the first after
Enlight'96 weekend, we seem to have been the only ones who had 
some information, and not in words, but on a diskette! :-)))



   Here Eldorado BBS "ceased to exist. We had to look the other 
way electronic communication ... Again went to talk about

BBS for Spectrum. Arnaud even opened in their
"BBS", based on the MMD, it seems, version 2.10.
I saw this "BBS" - this is such a manuscript had been. :-))) 
All the messages of the system - macros. Type, call back, enter 
the username / password, sysop you looking for a notebook and 
allows the work. Besides, says: "You'll be with station to go - 
"bumkni, so I modem disabled ...". :-)))



   Somehow, by Arno soon learned telefonchik Boris Sokolov. I 
remember - we went there this evening ... Um, I now have

eyes closed, I will go to Boris, though with
"Elizarovskiy," although the "Lomonosov", and
I will go quickly. And if the way seemed very
long - on the bus, then pawns, then
search for homes ... :-)) However, it found. And now
so you can say, and originated in the gate
Fido. In principle, also some foundation network. True, this 
was still no one guessed. :-) 


   Once I planted shemku analyzer call and switching lines. 
Still I do not understand one thing: what I have with this thing

experiment, and collected a hair's breadth
(Well, almost:) the same scheme - DOES NOT WORK!
And somehow brought a "new" - Earn!

   And so, letting Newskah (correcting
shell, bringing it all together, etc.), I
at the same time quietly created BBS 3.00.
In the evenings we are actively testing its ...
The line I had then was stably
busy. :)


   In the meantime, already with the network was much
agreed with Newskah undecided. Arno wrote the lyrics and music, 
Denis - schedule. I reduced all together. And the rest 
(although I too) from time to time various pop tekstiki for 
publication. There were, and letters to the editor to come ... 
The first letter has caused a shock. :-)) Then

accustomed to. It is true that a joke was a constant: one of 
the readers lived near * KSV *, but decided to communicate very 
slyly - he wrote a letter to the editor, himself throw them 
into Seregin mailbox. And all civilized - in envelope, with the 
address. ;-) 

   A Newskah all output and, behold
come first anniversary - Number Ten.
We decided to make it original - well,
there, the animation in the picture, etc. :-)))


   Finally, by November all the software was written by
and debugged, and now held that, for what
was created by ZX-News - born SPbZXNet!
And it was funny - Newskah with the first issue
was declared setvoy newspaper and network more
did not exist. :-) That and I had to get out. :) But there was 
a network and ZX-News Network has become a real newspaper.



            It seems to have been the end of dosetevoy era.


   Next would especially like to talk and not
what: all more or less interesting is a
Newskah itself. Naturally, there was much grumbling on all 
sides: for example, calls Arnaud on Friday night, and says, 
they say, that today Newskah already! Its usual

response to this will not lead - still
Cut editor. :-))) By the way, Newskah come out every week - on 
Fridays, if not mistaken. Though there were great pause - we

all the while studying, and after session - this is such crap! 
.. :) 


   Just here to say that I "only from the entire editorial 
board has held since the first on the last number is invalid: a 
pair of numbers released without my participation - I was on 
vacation (Or a business trip? - For me it is now the same 
thing:)), and had to teach KIR'a impose Newskah. Although, the 
only problem was to select files, pack them and merge multiple 
files into one candy bar. Everything else - menus, generating a 
list of articles, etc. was done automatically during 
compilation. 


   Yes, by the way! I do not understand what it means "to
the last number?? What all - a greater number would not be?? "


   Do not worry you so ;-) there was in
mind that this number, ie, one that
you now see. :) Numbers will still be
a lot ... =)


   Finally I would like to thank
Some people, without whom this issue
ZX-News vyshelby not soon: Dennis Parinova, to restore the hard 
drive, and and Mikhail Zharov, and Dennis Kurlaeva for

help with the shipment of materials during the
problems with the modem.


P.S. In this issue, proofreader again was not able to handle 
the materials, so do not surprised ashipkam and ochepatkam 
redaktoragramoteya. ;-) 

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