Polesse #16 24 февраля 2000

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Zhelezyachny Front - The new hard drive controller with random access of TR-DOS.

       NEWS ZHELEZYACHNOGO FRONT


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   Kyiv group ENTIRE, is finalizing the creation of a radically 
new controller hard drive, random access of the TR-DOS. If all 
goes according to plan, a dream come true in the summer 
thousands spektrumistov to have a full hard drive. If who did 
not understand what was going on, I explain: you will have a 
screw job with that, nothing no different from an ordinary drive

but at the same time the huge size. Do not need any alterations 
software, will earn all turboloadery will not be any more 
virtual disks and forever inhibitory Is-DOS. Life becomes Dazed 
:)... 

   Price? Did it matter to the
so rulezom? I am ready to pay even $ 30 for this thing, 
although the cost will be certainly much lower. As information 
becomes available, we'll be deja readers in the course of 
events. 


   Gomel zhelezyachniki ELSSLAND intend to engage seriously in 
upgrading their old controller PC-clave. New version will be an 
order of magnitude more power to maintain an active PC-mouse, 
and based on programmable logic array, "ALTERA", which would 
reduce the size of board almost doubled. Already available 
separately mouse controller on FPGA for the price $ 7 with the 
connection. The mouse has three buttons, and emulates the 
Kempston joystick. Possible deportation stitched cards in the 
mail - the price - $ 5. The very same integrated controller 
will cost no more than $ 15, but the purchase in bulk, the 
price will sootvetststvenno reduced. 

   Please send orders to the address "Polesie" ...