RUSH #02 30 ноября 1999

Группы

Pulse scenes - Overview of the stage-event: Alliance, Antares, Brokimsoft, Bytex, CodeBusters, Concern Chaos, Digital Reality, Energy Minds, ETC / Scene, Excess, Fatality, IMP, Ivan Mak, K3L, X-Trade, Xterminator, XL-Design, Unbelievers, Talisman, Softland, Smash, Sergey Frunze, Red Limited, Ramsoft, Rage, Phantasy, OHG, Omega, Myth, Mafia.

 If you want to see a report on your
group, send text to the address of the publisher.
Our location you can find in
"Contact with the editorial board."


8BC
---
 Ceska 8BC company plans to release in
light of the new ULA-chip, which can be easily
put in an ordinary firm Spectrum, with
by which is possible
additional color mode a la
Hardware multicolor. Anything
specifically for this project
should be known by the end of the year.


Alliance
-------
 Artist CrazyDMC sold its A630
Employer'u then Upgrade to
A1260. Employer now though and sits on the
Amiga, but Spectrum is not going to throw.
Soon to be expected from the ALC
Several new projects for ZX -
Firstly, it is a converter, which
interface write Razzlerz from Novgorod,
Second, it promised from the beginning of the year
MegaBoom, as well as new superzabubennaya
demo with a terrific source of ideas which
live in my head Employera.


Antares
------
 In my opinion, this summer Antares
showed what they are worth! (Although
give it to them hard, which caused
headache from EA - the moment when
it was necessary to collect demo on CC'99, y
Konex'a covered himself with the power supply in
result, the work came only at the Kazan
Cafe). FIL, according to EA, knocked on pisyuk
and Artstudiyu rides under the emulator, have the same EA
on the Spectrum is BBS, where daily
call a few points.


AmigaLine
--------
 Continues to fully support the Amiga,
often said by the Muscovites,
totally disinterested. On the Internet at their
the site opened a special office where
You can send any questions / inquiries
on the Amiga, and then wait for the promised
answer ;-)


Brokimsoft / RUSH
------------------
 Continue to participate in the creation of
our general journal - "RU (s) H",
providing music and materials. (True,
According to Panda, his magazine well, absolutely
not satisfied. In particular, this concerns
materials and appearance. He even
We predicted the swift destruction! ;-)
Information from Slider'a:

 Pandu was nearly drafted into the army, but
saved him (second time) it
complexion - dries it with us, you know,
do not eat, and as a consequence, it is not enough
desired weight. So said, so far
deferred for one year, and then, after the third
times, should give full and
"Song for saying good."

Grunge: let me make a comment:
Panda, being on SSG'99, told me about
the fact that when the gap
time during which the call lasts
the ranks of the army, he goes to tea
lemon. As a result, he gets
underweight and, as a consequence,
delay. By law, if our dear
Panda and the third time will not be able to gain weight
thanks tea with lemon, it is no longer
will have to stomp their boots ... So
wind conditions on, gentlemen sceners! (Only
Do many of you have the patience for it,
to abandon the usual goodies?
;)

 Blizzard, Steeler who turns his
exams, given at weekly computer
some kind of sidekick, in connection with what we now
temporarily cut off from fido. It's a shame, yes ...

 Ticklish works, sometimes falls into a Down
(Especially since we temporarily (hopefully) with
These pokonfliktovali), catches
the remaining bugs in Santa Claus is waiting
parcels from quasars, which must be
detailed inventory thereof, detected
Belarusian beta testers of our game.
Initially, Klaus decided to start
distribute near the end of summer, as
low season, but in the end, I
seems to play hardly come to the end of 1999
year :-(

 I do what I do - a little bit mullet
from time to time some releases. Listen
quietly happy and strashnyuchy
black-metal and Dawn try not to fall out
no matter what ...


Bytex
----
 The project is a graphical editor Artwork
declared obscheotkrytym: everyone
can take part in its creation. In
later assumed the full release
Free version. The group
changed.

 Also in conjunction with Andrew Savichevs
busy writing an HTML viewer
Spectrum.


CodeBusters
----------
 RST # 7 was admitted to hospital! I do not know what
and why, but I can guess that in all
mixed green serpent. Tis here, as you have
you understand until Dimych will be there
dally, we will not see new version
CBSpeccy. Or, perhaps, will
miracle and Maxi write something on my own
? :-) By the way, the sad news for all
spektrumistov - it seems that the RTS-Schnick already
will not kodit at Speke, he gave it
understand myself during my visit to the Midi
Kharkov, answering something like: 'A x # @ $ on
Spectrum has done and nafig need this? ".
8-(


Concern Chaos
------------
 In late 1999, CC, together with other
sceners plan to CC999'999 -
virtual a party, which aims - to identify
the best in the history of the Spectrum,
Anyone can vote and send
results to the address Arty / DR. We have deliberately
do not publish conditions predstvoyaschego a party,
as aware that they will appear soon as
at least a dozen regional network
newspapers, and we will again be announced in the publication
anyone unnecessary-material. :-( Results
This event promises to provide after
January 17, 2000. In the summer of
St Petersburg by Chaos
Construction'000. At the moment
available right-wing parties, as well as declared
Competition for the best dentro.


Copper Feet
----------
 Vyacheslav Mednonogov promises that it
A new game must be completed in
as soon as possible at the moment is its
testing. However, the network has already crept
Rumors that there was no 'CV-II' does not and
will ...


Crystal Dream
------------
 Group leader SOI completely gone on the PC.
Spectrum is now involved in all
several people, the light went out already
eighth issue of the journal Depth. (By the way, and
who have seen though, would be the second number? ") Magazine
send by e-mail they mneotkazalis Recalling
that the snail-mail swapping them for
left in the distant past, and throw in a
fidoshnuyu conference see it, if not,
mk, he takes a drive is not packed.
Insanity! Why vypuskattogda journal
if more of his city, he does not disagree
! Sux some ... More CD'shniki said
what is written on the Spectrum toy Foo
Fighters, ready to demo. At pisyuk they
planning to write a demo, according to the SOI
'It will be steeper than anything that flew in
DEMO.DESIGN.UUE over the past 2 years!


Digital Reality
--------------
 'Work continues on DOOM! " Such
Here's a sensational announcement forced a
Artie. Also continuing assembly
Scenergy # 2. By the way, as correctly noted
MMA in his Born dead, it's really
the only one worth magazine, which appeared in
recently. Here's what I and leblyu DR
and is willing to wait Doom'a them for another three years
;-)


E-MAGE
-----
 KVA relocated to Minsk, where
Now he is studying. The network no longer a
was seen fidoshnogo new software from it,
so realschiki begin to negotiate
how to put him a box of beer for
new version of the mailer Lara Croft.
By the way, the Spectrum is also not spared the problem of
2000 - Lara Croft V4.4, after 29
February 2000 start date
counted wrong!


Elite Federation
---------------
In early 1999 the team was assembled
continue to develop the game Frontier
on the Amiga. Unfortunately, the project stalled - not
was found encoder, capable of writing
a decent engine. :-(


Energy Minds
-----------
 K sostavu group joined D-LOVE,
Formerly known by the set is not particularly
outstanding releases, as well as its
adventyurnoy toy. Priest has written a new
version of the program fidoshnoy Lara Croft, where
showing of the writers. Also
together with the SMASH scheduled to be released
converter IFF / ILBM files on the Spectrum and
demo.


Entire
-----
According to information from Viator'a, the entire composition
group, except Dreamer'a, writing oceans
pop on the Amiga, and ACE, dealing
Winchester project for ZX, mired in
leyme.


ETC / Scene
--------
           from Wolf ^ eTc / Scene


   At the moment our group (SceNe)
consists mainly of the following:
active participants:


   Virtual (Samara / RU) - gfx maker (different
styles and trends).

   KenoTron (Cherkassy / UA) - Music maker,
add coder, fixer '...

   Devil (Cherkassy / UA) - Coder, gfx
maker ...

   Wolf (Cherkassy / UA) - zx 'pc coder,
demo designer ...


   Now, more!


   Today, namely, the work is 11/22/1999
over our demos titled ARTe demo.
It must now "sticks together" KenoTron
(Wish him luck). Also there is a process
writing articles for our magazine for
demostroeniya lovers. I note that
He does not designed for young demomeykerov
(As expressed in Unbeliver BornDead), and
for more or less prepared. We are talking about
Journal Demo or Die # 3, if someone does not
guessed. Here is a small amount of
Section demostroenie:

 - Fast texture mapping
 - Spline interpolation
 - Matrix operation
 - Radial mapping
 - Fractals
 - Iso polygones
 - Camera
 - Raytracing / casting

 Was also created our website in html format
but still not laid out in
Internet. This problem is related to
due to lack of time, and also because
outdated system of our Cherkassky
Engineering Institute of Technology.


        And now a little about each:

 Kenotron deals with the fact that he wrote
music on the right and
left, ie someone asks. So if
you suddenly needed Mouzon to your demo
or else for something, then feel free to write to
him a letter.
 In addition to writing as "Mouzon" in AY, he
also sometimes writes XM'y. By the way wrote their
on the still quite high, although
there are problems with diversity and
selection tools.
 Recently begun to synchronize and
glued to our ARTe demo. So
practice coding as always is in full
swing. Even iron is spoiled.

 Devil collects his pc (almost
collected), articles to the journal Demo or Die # 3
encodes at Speccy. Naturally begins
ponemnogo develop and pisyuk.
 Besides all this has a passion for
drawing, although recently it
passion cooled down a bit. But I think
this is the calm before the storm for a grand
of a project.

 Virtual as always draws Kulnev
Pictures of the demo, to magazines and everything
Why only my mother taught. This year is very
many took all sorts of places on almost every
party held in Russia.

 Wolf naturally encodes for Speccy 'PC,
although in recent times no joke
appetite was played on a PC. Also deals
writing articles for the magazine Demo or Die
# 3, appends a little 3d engine on the pc,
which should then move to a global
optimization. Wrote all sorts of plug-ins. A
also some small proektiki,
which are not subject to disclosure. He also
argues that writing Scene Photoshop,
ViewCode - frozen, and for a long time.
Since he is still engaged and web design'om
for Scene Home site.

 Oh and lastly, on behalf of the entire group
I want to say hello to all our friends at
Speccy / PC / Amiga.

 you rulez!!!


Excess
-----

   Also sent us a report, so that
Enjoy :-)


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        another name of quality


   Latest News (Spring leto'99)

 - S! V BLadER - after an excellent protection
diploma has lost interest in the trial stage and
left the place of the organizer of the group. Now
mastering the C language on PCs;)

 - Lion - after a great degree of protection
landed in the Russian Armed Forces, (

 - Pasha - joined the band in
As ... organizer;)

 - Vitaly - joined the band in
As the encoder

 - Casio - changed his handle to VIPe

 - A group of completely re-organized,
result - 4 branches (Amiga, PC, ZX
Spectrum, BC)

 - Group is the organizer demopati in Kazan called "Computer
Art Festival 1999 ". The first time in history
ex-CCCP demo scene party is targeted at 4
platform - Amiga, PC, ZX Spectrum and BC.

 - Today the group:
 1. pasha (organizer, coder, asciian, web

    master)
 2. Hacker GRI (cracker, swaper)
 3. Lasoft (coder, musician)
 4. Lion (coder, graphician)
 5. Panther (coder, musician)
 6. S! V BLadER (coder)
 7. VIPe (coder, musician)
 8. Vitaly (coder)
 9. Vodoley (musician, graphician)
10. ZK System (coder, graphician,

    hardwarer)
11. xPasha (swaper, writer)

 - Contacts with the group:

   excess_team@mail.ru
 - Details and the latest releases:

   http://excess_taem.da.ru


Fatality
-------
Comments Dmitry Semenov and comments

            most ARS'a / FTL:


  Pussy - ocherednoy masterpiece from the Fatality!


  Judging by the demo, Mast 'Freeman again
make a game that will no doubt
become a classic in its genre
(Arcade-puzzle). So many
high-quality graphics, music and animation
can boast of very few
program Speccy, especially when both the one and
another and the third goes so well with
atmosphere of the game, as it can be seen in
recent projects Fatality.


  The regularity and rapidity with which
Freeman 'Co releasing new games, against the background
pile of frozen (or inhibited)
projects by other authors simply
striking. Currently Fatality

ARS: Can be done in two months
faster if it were not for subjective reasons
*)

is one of the few teams whose
statements about the ongoing work on
any program virtually
raise doubts that it will
released, and most importantly, will be one of
best of its kind. This allows
hope we finally see on the
Speccy game Fantastic Dizzy from the platform
Amiga (and PC?), Referred to in the intro
to Pussy-demo.


  It seems that shortly Fatality
receive the same recognition in the public and
known as the Glory Mednonogov or
Legendary Step.

ARS: Work on the FD really is
started. There is a small outline of the code.
Written almost half Mouzon - I
throw a few to compare with the original;)
To provide any decent demo FD
on any immediate party (that we
incautiously promised at the beginning of the year:)) does not
succeed. As you can see and poprisutsvovatsya
on them. : (However, I've been honored to be
same commercial party with the rich
sponsors:) - if they take to put down
ticket from Minsk - pouchastvuem - not
question:) Well I dreamed this, we return to
our Dizzy. Conversion was originally
assumed to Amiga. Unfortunately there
that the local gentlemen-amizhniki not
able to assist in this endeavor feasible
assistance. Mast'u same on poluglyuchnoy A600 1Mb
normally work very hard. Of course
I poyuzat UAE or Fellow or search
pc-shnuyu version (can someone tell url?).
Generally, if someone from amizhnikov undertakes
poskidyvat graphics and help with
conversion - against the will not.
Naturally promise for such assistance is something
More than 'thank you' we can not, because
As can be seen even in the Pussy much interest
to its acquisition does not arise. General
speaking, the project may be hampered by FD
commercial reasons - in the sense not of
what we normally do not get
with Pussy, but what will pay, but
others;) By the way, if there is a Spectrum
artists who know how well and quickly
draw sprites and want a little
earn extra money, let their desire and
send me samples of their sprite
graphics (someone on the move - say 8 or
16 phases of the format say 16x16). Can
for example, to draw characters for Kolobok
Zoom III: Judgement Day, and suddenly make
:))

ps / I take this opportunity to announce that
Werewolves (known from our previous
works Margo, RIP. Marazm, etc;)) 8
June became a father. Daughter named Zhenya.


FFC Computers
------------
 At the moment, preparing a new version
BestView - 3.0 Ivan Roshchin wrote it from scratch.
More information about this program chitayet in this
issue of our magazine.


Iron Falcons
-----------
 In fact, nothing particularly sensational in
the ranks of the group did not happen, still
main objective is to produce newspapers,
through which the group tries
educate the local user.


Imp / DMS / RUSH
-----------
 Do not think that if we re talking about
Impe, it means that he has returned -
far, all the old, he still
works as the chief of the newspaper, just
add that his authority is
just one person. Prior to that, to me personally
For some reason it seemed that very well Impa
solid post. Heh, still know UTI
is not love Gopnik - as
drunk, so broke their search and
edit their noses. So to see a drunk
Impa - better go Party: suddenly
you look like Gopnik? =)


Ivan Mak
-------
 Continues to develop the Sprinter-II.
(Read more in the 'development
platforms'). Unfortunately, the draft ISA-ZX
frozen, maybe, do not get enough
number of people willing to buy such
gland.


K3L
-
 Long time did not leave anything from them
at the Spectrum - however, it is not
surprising, because now they are busy
writing commercial toys for the PC.
But as they said 'if we
do something on the Spectrum, this will be
really cool! "


Laser Dream Technology
---------------------
 The group disbanded and no longer exists.
Its former leader - Doomstar - is in
Currently one of the members of the new
Dnepropetrovsk Spectrum Group under
called MYTH. Read more below.

MAFIA
----
 Cleared up some details
on the main creators of
Spectrum MAFIA PC: Joker
really now Amiga, its Spectrum
sold and drunk. (By the way, and here he
planning to do business as
was on the Spectrum, but something he did not
good ...) The scene it is no longer interested.
Activator / RFG serving in Odessa
which meets regularly with the Energy Minds.
By the way, he has access to the ball
phone, once I asked him to ring up
all the scenery in order to publish news about
them here, but something he is not there
happened by and large - the phone
does not respond, was not at home ... In the middle
summer, the army also came and another
Kharkov sceners, which can be
put on one level with
Joker - Impetus Led. This companion
determined in part near Cherkassy on
attended the swearing-Brokimsoft.


MYTH
---
 So, recently formed in
Dnepropetrovsk group is expected to be
promising. Such a conclusion I did
looking at their upcoming developments
projects for the Speccy - demo
graphic magazine Graphic Station, where
now there are several options, not
implemented in any known to me
ready editor'e, or even in one of
newfangled demos, and comrades
working on an emulator programmed
MK calculator ... umm .. Ah,
sorry, forgot the code number. :) In any
case, it seems that it will be good
gift to all, begin with this machine.
Very soon you will see them the first number
electronic journal for a Speccy
name Vacuum, to which I, incidentally,
I draw some pictures. However, one
magazine are not limited to: well
will yield an electronic newspaper with
absolutely non-computer content.


Ned Wilson
---------
Will soon return from the army. Promises that
the first of January 2000 in light of their leaves
with SVV electronic edition for the Amiga.


OMEGA (Western Europe)
----------------------
In summer 1999, this group (although there are
such information, which is a separate
identity) with the not very original
name won first place at the
DOXYCON 99 with his demos under the name
EXEPTION. However, work is still not
was unreleased for vseibschego Ferris, TC
The authors wish something to correct it.
In fact, they admit they did not
ABA append demo, but winter in
Bohemia is cold and there nadezhada that he
would be nice to finish the demo in a warm
room. ;-) (In fact he has done nothing
since summer, but winter in Czech Republic
is cold and he will enjoy coding in warm
room ...)


Omega Hackerz Group
------------------
 I managed to talk to former leader
Groups - Jocker'om:

RUsH: A promised that with your diskmagom
on the Speccy?

Jocker: Due to financial problems I
had to sell his Speck. All ishodnyaki
and the materials I gave Dimon / OHG, which
produces DonNews, he is fully entitled to them
dispose of. And to finish on the emag
emulator - it mazahizm.

RUsH: Asked to describe the state
cases in OHG currently Jocker told
the following:

 And that, in general, talking. Snake
dopisyvaet viewer for music and graphics.
Dimon produces DonNews, going
arrange your party and the only ZX Macitoch
(RUsH: perhaps it is a Macintosh),
but still not as easy as he supposes,
everywhere need $ $ $ and support. Disabler
finished Ultra Sonic, and it seemed resolved
append Mario Islands. Klim continues
serve in the army on the Sakhalin Islands.
Reanimator, after the release of Replicona left in
family (a baby - it's not a joke)
although it is hoped that after all he let go
even something new. Screw all the 3d and
all on a PC, and mathematics. Mistik can
say in general moved away from the comp. I, ie
Jocker, wrote to the magazine obolchka Evil (PC).
Unfortunately promises Mad Brozer never
came to light.

RUsH: It turns out there still DonNews?

Jocker: Yes, it comes out, promises to release 7.5
be dedicated specifically Paradox99.


Perestroika
----------
 It turns out that DuneII still
Complete! More addition, according to
Crash'a, main coder (Roman Stolyarov)
abandoned the project, not very fresh (and
little glyukovatye) sources are stored in
group members that in the dark, what
to do with them ...


Phantasy (Ukrainian Section)
---------------------------
Information on Noise / PHT:

... Phantasy ... Scene Invaders (Raver)

Should also leave soon PHT philez # 2
which will include just
answers to those questions that you are looking for
answer (what's new, sites, memberstatus,
etc.)

What's happening in the UA Section? Lot
need to talk ... First, the projects:
frozen Robbo makes it possible for the fact that the Envoy
began to make a text editor
support for the regime 512x192 pixels, ie he
will hold 80 characters per line. There
somewhere unbegun five projects, all
rests on a strong employment coders. But
Just recently defended Combinator
degree, ie, thrown off fairly
a big load, and will now be a little
better, hopefully. Cases member'ami UA
Section has lined more or less.
Ie determined contingent of people
who really want and will be something
do while their 4. I think that this
this number has not be changed. Raver
soon open a page in PHT www
Internet, which will contain
information on group members with photos
Well, a lot more interesting things.


Phantom Family
-------------
 Changes in the composition: Andrew Fer left
ranks of the group and plans to create its new
command.

Rage
--- Review Dmitiriya Semenov:

Awaken - Elite with a fill or something

                more?


   Another game, on which work
Ming programmers. To the many already
probably heard rumors that a new spell
Elite with a texture fill ships. In
demos submitted by the group Rage,
You are able to look at the graphics
engine Awaken. As 3.5MHz - it
Still quite a bit for the dynamic
textured 3D graphics,
urged to play in
Turbo, although it does not prevent
freezes when a large number
objects.

ARS / Fatality: First, Mythos
categorically prohibited, to Awaken
associated with the Elite. ;) On it looks like
only the actual simulator. The project itself
represents a symbiosis of ideas from Elite,
Academy + adventyurny plot type 3H. That
As for the originality of the engine - not deme
yields and can not give him a full
presentation - in fact, all abruptly
;)


   Hopefully, feature-rich 3D
engine will not become an end in itself for the authors, and
other aspects of the game, too, will not be deprived
attention. Hardly anyone now strongly
interested in another variation on a theme
Elite, if it does not bring into a masterpiece
the past decade, something of their own, fresh and
original.

   The authors believe that the gameplay
Awaken will be much more interesting.
All that was present in the Elite,
plans to significantly expand. Also
will be put into play more
"Adventyurnyh elements" and "global
storyline, which will undoubtedly be able to
Awaken to do even more attractive,
than the Elite.


   The only thing I would like to wish
creators Awaken, - so it is that the game
was well balanced and, preferably,
dynamic. You can make a huge number of
innovations in the overall concept, but if
they will not agree among themselves,
or the gameplay would be too tedious
the whole work will come to nothing.

   From this perspective, games are something
common with the demonstrations - how cool would not
had separate effects, quite a bit
perezatyanut during their show, and the total
seems to be no longer then, if, in addition
same, different parts are combined
among themselves, the demo can be considered
failed ...


Comments on the Awaken-demo:

 - The game stops Scorpion'e
respond to the keyboard, if the mode
choice of ships, skimmers too
quickly press the button.

 - In describing the many grammatical errors.
If the full version of the situation is not
changed, the game can not be called
a full commercial product;

 - No ability to work with TR-DOS
standard means (through # 3D13).

ARS / Fatality: Duc if you let the game
installed on a hdd - it is quite
frivara out:)


Ramsoft
------
 Recently I was searching through old disks
came across a demo of the ancient MEMBERS
Italy on RamSoft. The very special demo
experience did not leave because of
pohabnoperevedennoy on Speck porn, but
the fact that it is not written somewhere in the
England, on the shores of the Mediterranean,
Italy, could not surprise me.
Indeed, as was previously
distributed Speck! With a sigh, thinking
that now the Italians are probably too
and can not remember the words 'Speccy', I put a disc
on the shelf. Imagine my surprise
when a couple of days Valtorn / CFHG sent
dragged text internetovskoy
page of this group, dated 1
September 1999! So, news from
Legendary wop ;-)

Formed back in 1987 from
the number of people who are users
Zx-Spectrum since 1984, the group Ramsoft
never reduces the activity and not
ceased to support our favorite
Speccy. During these years they nakodirovali
intruh set for their release toys
for disk systems DISCiPLE / + D, did
Several utilities, though, as they
recognized, most of them were for
internal use, ie for members
group. By the way, interestingly enough, they themselves
think that none of their works have never
was presented at the International
Spectrum scene, but as I
said, but I've seen at least one
demo from them!

At the moment they use:

Two Spectrum 128K (black), two
Spectrum 48K, a Spectrum 48K +

Two DISCiPLE with two drives. (By
Apparently, this kind of disk system)

Interface I + two mikrodrayva with about 10
Cartridges

InfraRed Kempston joystick
Music Machine (8 bit DAC + MIDI)
Seikosha GP 50S printer (not fully
worker)

If you wish to contact our
brothers-in-mind from Italy, you can
write them at:

RAMSOFT Speccy demogroup:
ramsoft@retroplay.com

Vache message will be automatically
mailed to all members Ramsoft.


Red Limited
----------
Information from the ARC:

Remember, however, perhaps a group of RED
Ltd? So, we are still alive, I think;) AND
can even something to share. At this
moment there is almost final version
our editor Digital Extreme's music
Tracer v2.10 (for any type fenichek
Covox) And I do not even dare to say that
this is the coolest digital music editor
for the ZX Spectrum, which I have seen 8)


Sergey Frunze
------------
Information from the captain / cc:


  Thus, the official info: film
inhibited. At the time of manufacture
Sergei Frunze was admitted to hospital (or rather in
three hospitals), where several lain
months. Firm "Scorpion" is a tired and
Sergei took charge editors,
which was issued to him for making
movie (though I understand them). Frunze
going to buy this card, for which they
was sold 128DIMM. It remains to get
about $ 50, and the work resumes.

 About the film - I've seen that done. I
say only one thing - _takogo_ yet
was. So far as I am critical
everything is doing what Frunze, but then -
really kewl.

 ps: all those who now starts to cry -
go to the garden is unique. SG has spent
making the film about $ 300, and this
obviously not pay off.


Smash
----
In the group on the Spectrum there are only two
something to make a man: Thrash as
encoder and Grunge as an artist. As it is
Sadly, the scene in the Crimea is dead!
However, there is a slim chance of
'Dug' our younger generation
Spektrumistov - in Sevastopol, we
nashliochen and a beginner musician,
as well as a man hiding under the
pseudonym MadMan, he wrote and adventyuru
soon plans to write
Spectrum alternative segovskoy
Comix Zone. If MadMan be
quite active, maybe we'll start
talks with him to engage in our
gang. By the way, we bought ourselves Thrash'em
on A1200, but this does not mean that we Speck
no longer interested. On the Amiga in the group
AVL are active only as a coder and Hidden Riot
(Amigator), always helping us with
news articles for the magazine. As
you can see, we have a lot of vacancies,
wanting to join - you are welcome!
:-)


Softland
-------
 Felix promised to finish the Pooh, although
and admitted that he was not sitting here for XAS'om
For over a year. As a trademark
Softland is now known in St. Petersburg
pisishnikov buying CD-ROMs to
radio market.


Syndicate
--------
 ZS + VEK cool Upgrade to the A1260.
By the way, they still have not lost
interest in the Speccy, and perhaps soon by
They come out of their boot-game 'Domino'.


Talisman
-------
 Few years, we were not aware
about the legendary German demomeykere to
Unfortunately, it turned out that recently he had
there were big problems with drugs, he
scored Speccy. However, according to the latest
information he overcame illness, now
runs on the PC, but nothing kodit
on the Speccy, only occasionally runs
emulator. A pity ...


Titus
---- Appends (almost finished) emulsion Dandy, to
Incidentally, the steepest on the Amiga and PC.
Posted MP2 player. Really
cool, but so far without IMG.


Unbelievers
----------
 I ask not to be confused with the well-known personality from 
the Samara! So, the next 'infidels' -

a German group, composed of
include:

MIC: Ideas, Coding, Grafix
ODIN: Coding
LEGEND: Grafix only
FBI: Musix, Coding

Currently, they are developing
multiple projects for Spectrum: a certain
toy, where you are traveling for
waterfalls, as if in a maze, as well as
two demos.

Recently, they organized a small
Spectrum shows. Because spektrumistov,
how do you know smai in Germany today,
to put it mildly, then attend
here could only twenty real
spektrumistov. At the party were shown
projects for new work group.

Among other things FBI is
well-known figure on the German
Spectrum scene, he told me
something about the situation with the ZX in this country:

Once upon a time in Germany was about 30 thousand
Spectrum users. Now it
number had dropped to almost 300
people. All these people are united in two
Club, one of them organized by FBI.
Most of spektrumistov -
virtualschiki, ie for which Spectrum -
it's just a pleasant memory of such things.
Writing of the people is almost gone. Still have
FBI has its own shop where he sells
hardware and proprietary software for the Spectrum.
Incidentally, he was interested in how
will be beneficial to arrange the sale of
branded games for the Spectrum in our former
USSR. According to him, in the Czech Republic, for example,
where people have never seen this
branded toys in boxes, with
instructions, etc., similar to the case even
makes some profit. so that
If you, dear reader, it is necessary
buy anything from branded warez
or are you going to become a dealer FBI,
write to the editor, we will give his address.

Yes! According to the FBI, he simply burns
desire to acquire the Pentagon - one in
Austria had already raped a miracle, he saw
Pentagon to them, and it wildly like it!
So if someone was going to uhoit
Spectrum does not know what to do with their
machine, write, drive it can udaststya
expensive those suckers!


Virtual Vision Group
-------------------
 Disbanded on the grounds of uncertainty in
orientation on the PC or Amiga. Amiga part
former VVG now engaged in release
electronic publication 'Power Amiga'.


XL-Design
--------
 Sparker stated that the 9 th ZX-Format
still will be. But it is likely that this
number will be the last, because magazine is not
pays off.


XPA
-
So, Dismaster, not thrown Speccy and had already
it inspires great hope! Denis
promises to release a new version terminalki
Melon, but only under normal
OSes, means his opinion is
still not fully completed yet NeOS. So
same with the Evil Genius, they plan to
release PivBar3. (Incidentally, why '3 '?
Yes, because the second part has already been
written, but then buried by the same
Austro. Deese also still thinks pub
odnioy of the coolest things from those that
He was speaking at Speke)


Xterminator
----------
 Another German demomeyker known
me on the old demos, and greetings in part with
dancing girl in Lira 2, it turns out
still engaged in Speccy. Last
his great work is dated 96-th year,
Last year he released a small
demo-story with nice graphics and music
true in German. Unfortunately,
Spectrum scene in Germany is actually
is dead, so Xtreminator'a
simply no incentive to write
anything now on the Spectrum.


X-Trade
------
Glory (Dangerous) has sold a license to
General Sound Captain Nemo. Henceforth GS'ki
will be stamped with Nemo, and it is unknown
how it will affect the price.


Zer0
---
Group leader - Zhenya left the scene.


ZX-fund
------
 Let me remind readers that in St. Petersburg
planned establishment of a fund Spectrum.
Recently on the Internet were laid out
Photos from the meeting participants of the Fund,
state of affairs at this time we told
Igor Maznitsa, one of the active participants
this project:

IM: I must say, the idea occurred to the fund
Andrew Savicheva. Money from the fund must
were going to release print edition
Fund, funding for research in
of the Spectrum and funding
creating software for the Spectrum ... Attempted
interested people, even
meeting-a meeting held with realschikami
(This is in the pictures), but the people realschiki
poor, and all the offices, which seem like
spektrumistskie (Scorpio, Peters) and
"Famous people Cpektruma (Nemo, X-Trade,
ZX-Format) sent us to three letters
Vyacheslav Mednonogov send did not, but
maintain the same ... The conference
ZX.Spectrum started hounding the fund, all
stomped, whistled and hoot, in general topic
Stock betrayed ban. Minimum
authorized capital stock is 100
minimum wages, equal to 8 thousand
peanuts ... Such expenses are beyond me
force, and no more money did not give (for
Peters hoped it), so we had free
close, that's still some pics: (

 Also, the information from Igor that
Andrew Savichev is no longer involved
Spectrum, as announced earlier they
development of a new machine is suspended.