Polesse #09 14 июля 1999

A Tangled Web - Schedule the city server.

                          A Tangled Web


(C) KVAZAR



   Almost completely restored my computer, I once again return 
to the ranks of sisopov. KVAZAR BBS - On-Line!, This official 
statement, so that call, you are welcome, the more that server 
is now three drives and, consequently, software will lie much 
more. 

   Our networks are strange things happen. Unknown
creature (obviously not from Gomel) calls on the BBS-ki, at any 
time days of the modem, and flatly refusing to call themselves. 
If while running the server, it tries to steal a directory, at

any attempt to communicate voice unceremoniously decouples.
There are strong suspicions that this is nothing like a ghost 
network. Unlike a network virus, it does not ring tunes for 
night (at least, not yet tried it) and does not contaminate the 
log. If you encounter or have encountered this unique kind of 
"network cockroach, please do not panic, keep calm and take 
appropriate action (" dichlorvos "in this case is not 
effective), a firm hand, removing the phone cord. If you did 
everything absolutely right, quiet night is guaranteed :-). 

   But that's not all. Here is a wonderful example of how long 
cooling effect on the psyche of individual users. 

   In our network there is a very unique personality. She
(We will not call this friend to spare feelings others), 
invented a new way of sadomasochistic self-gratification - the 
so-called "boycott" of my BBS-ki. Think about the meaning of 
this definition. People and only those engaged in all night, 
that is trying to "boycott" the station, which for him is up 
and running. The most interesting thing that this happens only 
at night. In the afternoon, this esteemed friend, calls me on 
the phone and starts a heart-rending cry that I did not shoot 
it on the server and "clamp" Download it! This is the logic? In 
my clinical situation ;-) 

   And here's another funny incident from my sysop life.
To begin with, that once I hung everywhere about our ads
Spectrum Network, modems and other nonsense. How then, one day,
the bell rings on my BBS, the number is displayed and I send
subscriber welcome macro. Time passes, but on the other end
line, nothing happens. Trying to merge its catalog - Oblomov
go errory. Well, I think, there is no connection and would have 
lozhit pipe, as of the pipe flew wild cries ... HAYES-modem. 
Vauuuu! Pisyushniki already ringing! Shoot up there and start 
yelling. Wow, have responded very young boy - pisishnik. It 
turns out, he called on my ad to connect to our network and was 
interested in what version of WINDOWS you can connect with us. 
Had a good laugh (to myself), I explained to him popular that 
we are working on the Spectrum (there are some computers), y We 
completely different modems, and that by his pisyuka he did 
with us skonnektitsya. The guy seems to be doper, hung up, but 
a minute later called again, asking simply killer question: 
"Where can I buy your modem?". At this time I whinnying even 
longer. I had to explain in detail the difference between the 
Speccy and the PC, it is very different machines and they have 
different operating systems. He listened attentively to me, but 
apparently, so did not understand ... 

   Well, a good laugh? Now it's time to do business. As I have
mentioned earlier, in Gomel again there are two servers. We 
invite all users of the city and other towns often go to visit 
us. By the way, as once suggested that ONE MAN, You can 
establish a regular exchange of mail and software between Gomel 
and Minsk and other cities of the republic. It's up to you ...




             Timetable for the urban stations BBS


 SERVER PHONE TIME TOPICS sysop

 KVAZAR (0232) 22.00-07.00 obschesoftovaya Seleznev

          49-83-71 except Sat, Sun hardware, Alexander


  EASY (0232) 22.00-07.00 games Kostroma

          45-28-80 Daily Mail Dmitry music



   July 18, the second citywide pointovka GomelNet.
On the occasion of unexpected bad weather (heavy rain) on the 
old venue in the park, it's only 8 people. In addition to the 
old Guards, arrived KRAWA with two pals: Vasya and bones. In 
EASY, just had a birthday, so we tamed the crowd to this

date, where all its harmony and congratulated. But most 
interesting was the fact that our tusnyu got SAM from Mozyr. In 
addition to these were MONARCH, FLY, THINKER and KVAZAR. Here 
are just a small excerpt from soundtrack of this momentous 
event. 


   THINKER> Introduce yourself and tell me about yourself.


   SAM> Savenok Alexander, the city of Mozyr, nickname
SAM, or Sam, as you wish. That's trying to do something with us 
in Mozyr, but still nothing happens ...



   THINKER> A you do like here?


   SAM> I did something for the software arrived and are here 
purely by accident. 


   THINKER> A state of affairs with Spectrum in Mozyr?


   SAM> Yes there is, as KVAZAR said a couple of people with 
modems, the rest by themselves and one can not collect.



   THINKER> Tell me how you came Speccy?


   SAM> I bought a pure accident, "Byte" in 1992, nothing about 
it did not know at all, wanted to buy a guitar, but have not 
bought a guitar, I bought computer and drove ...



   THINKER> A what do you see the future of the Spectrum: in 
hardware, software or than any other?



   SAM> I think the most likely software. Since then, that 
there is of new developments - it is on the Spectrum does not 
seem at all (megabytes of memory, GE sound, there are different 
expansion graphs and so on ...)



   FLY> No, the graphics need to expand ...


   SAM> This is not the Spectrum at all.


   THINKER> So you think that the schedule has expanded
sense? And what about memory?


   SAM> Why it makes sense, but it will be quite different.


   FLY> I mean, if we do not extend the schedule, we did not 
get anywhere. You're out of the charts all you can squeeze ... 
We should do at least that was the coloring of each pixel to 
four colors on familiarity. We have a figachili ... 


   KVAZAR> I do not see much point in expanding the graphics on 
the Spectrum, at least in the ways in which it is currently 
practiced. Production of various graphics cards out there, like 
GMX, on consoles and video controllers, etc. does not solve the 
problem, as Spectrum has a lot of hardware limitations, not 
allowing dramatically improve the graphics capabilities. Still, 
image quality, as SONY does not make us, and all those bells 
and whistles bring your computer for the price of the most 
expensive video deck. Now think what will give preference to 
the user when almost equal value?



   Rain intensified and gathered begin to look for some
shelter. In this search, we wandered into a coffee shop, where 
armed with vodka, beer and hot dogs began to celebrate EASY 
birth and Advanced Diploma KVAZAR'a. 

   Tells KRAWA:


   KRAWA> So in the end, I KRAWA - Sergey Kravtsov. Doing Speccy
very long ago, somewhere in 1989, but the first computer in 
1991 zaimel year. Because sezdiv once in St. Petersburg, for 
allegedly Circuits, I saw these Spectrum, felt that you can 
try, it's not RC, not anything else that was then, maybe more. 
Took, brought back, hooked up - gone. Liked it. Started. Along 
the way, contacted tovrischami of the GLS: Vassily Bobrov and 
Ryzhkov, Dmitry (Red and Bober), worked with them very 
strongly, but I did not like only one thing - computers do 
poorly, poor quality. Gone, nothing more was not engaged. My 
computer I had about seven years and will be until it stops, 
until I run "Pentagon-128, which I drove. Already trehdyuymovik 
is on B-disk, everything works fine. The biggest triudnost - no 
active speakers. Sound is - the speaker, but still speakers - 
better. 

   Trying to pay attention to all. Here I have been a reproach,
that perform poorly in the network. Try. Beat is exactly twice
going ;-)...


   THINKER> main area of ​​your interest?


   KRAWA> I'm more interested in are not toys, and the 
newspaper, the system iron, the development of the Spectrum. 
Toys - not so. Else - I parallel. Here I need now to deal with 
the memory expansion ports to somehow be organized. Indeed, 
many "Scorpio", the other "pros" - looking for a standard. I 
have also been interested in the screw. Since floppies are very 
difficult to work. A lack of existing hard drive - no solid 
space, only virtual disk. Interested in connecting 
PC-keyboards, mice, HAYES-modem, so you can connect to Fido, 
work, socialize. Well, the biggest development of this whole 
affair - it CD-ROM. Because I heard that sidyukah for Speccy 
already goes soft, it was under the Spectrum and not under an 
emulator ... 


   Meanwhile, while talking with THINKER KRAW'oy, we talked 
with MONARCH'om. 


   KVAZAR> Here is my CC'99 asked all the time, as
Monarh'u can draw such pictures ...


   MONARCH> tail, I confess I skonvertil ... (It's about a 
picture "Savannah: After a hearty lunch, there still resting on 
the lion tree). Just tell me what is a program envelope to me

Future knew :-))).


   KVAZAR> There was a big joke on CC'99, when some people
stated that the tail of a lioness - skonverchenny. And this 
figure, made entirely by hand, ART STUDIO ... Moreover, calling

such programs on a PC for the conversion of screenshots, which 
Monarch not even heard of. :-)))



   MONARCH> All handles drawn.


   KVAZAR> Yeah, ball ... ;-)


   MONARCH> And here is a mouse, could not ...


   KVAZAR> By the way, FLY, tell us about the origin of their
alias.


   FLY> Well, what is, in principle, to tell? When I was still 
in school, often pinned on me, because the name Makukha,

consonant with the fly. Fly - is Whack. Whack - is FLY. From 
here everything has gone and when I think what should I call 
it, I realized why I wrestle and called FLY ... 


   Rain, as luck would have all rained and it rained 
incessantly. Therefore, because of a small number of those 
present agreed the formal part of pointovki moved into the 
house KVAZAR'a, where EASY on the occasion of brewing were 
awarded symbolic mylar cat with red bow, the book Golovacheva, 
unfinished Gift and brought universal congratulations. SAM'u 
was recorded soft and he had gone, if not happy, then very 
pleased last tusney. Other participants meeting had dispersed 
to their homes.