Intevryu - the author of the monitor debugger STS - Stalker.

<b>Intevryu</b> - the author of the monitor debugger STS - Stalker.

ZF> Tell me how you take up
programming.
Stalker> The very beginning I have been on the calculator, type
B3-34, MK-52 (so far lies in
me home.) Then we have to
Kharkov first set Yamaha
in the Pedagogical Institute, where he teaches
my father, and of course I went to look at it. Miracle
liked it. But in addition to toys
I was interested in another, and programming. BASIC seemed to me
somewhat daunting, after a simple and understandable language 
calculators, but nevertheless I he has mastered. Like all 
beginners painted there any circle and

etc., in one word - tortured schedule. Then I walked away from 
msx, because he had somewhere ride, and the influx of students -

users has been great. One
cooperative, then grew up in a fairly large trade
company, organized in neskolko BK'shnyh class. Slightly
I sat on BK'shkah even
almost wrote a toy
(Though also in Basic). And it is on BK'shke I became engaged,
in fact, the assembler. I
always wanted to, because
I even tried Yamaha
inquired, what language
written all of these beautiful, flying, shooting toys, and that
is an assembler - it's just a quick BASIC I
then thought, or something else.
But unfortunately, I'm no one if not explained. At BK'shke,
bought a little book (it seems
"Focal mini and micro computers"), which was an application 
that I first learned that such assembler. True some of the 
words were incomprehensible, such as there "latch", "trap", 
"transition," "Registers" and so forth, but, in principle, 
after some time figured out. Even wrote a kind of mikrovirus, 
which consisted of one team that propagate themselves

the entire memory. And then I saw a ZX-Spectrum, wanted, of 
course, himself. And if I'm not mistaken 89-90 year I persuaded 
my father to buy a miracle. We went to the market, it chose 
"Krasnodar" 48 th, without drive, without any

bloat. I must say that
then generally in the nature of the scheme there was 4-D. And 
they produced some plants. We have a former military factory 
made computers "Arizona." But at that

moment, I chose this computer.
Tape - this is certainly a little, but
on tape I was trying to write something. My first toy was 
hacked SFCobra, because it seemed to me very exciting and 
interesting. Long agonized over it, about a month,

but in the end, with the help and MONS'a
filecopy (copy-copy), it was
obessmerchena successfully. Then he produced some of his cluster
version, but in the end successfully expanded its "Krasnodar" to
128k, put the drive and the first
case wrote a good disk
version of the F-16, it seems it was called the F-16 new. There 
was my first scathing eyes an attribute scroll. But, basically, 
I put a bit of his soul in

This loader, in the changes. Voobshe why I picked
just for her - to me at the time
started like toys - simulators. Ie "Tomahawk",
"F.bomber" and the like. But
it was a very long time. Then I
picked up his sound, well, this configuration is still working. 
Ie I write a 128-second car, with a separate field of memory in 
which the brake-screen page. And then, as I said, I was 
attracted to all sorts of simulators, and when there was

"Battle Command" from behind a hill
(By the way, he came across Peter -
from scrap - to Max from him -
to me) I picked up his disketirovanie. There I tried to 
implement the idea, which all seemed impossible to Spectrum'e. 
Well then, there were first Amig'i and all were on the ears, 
especially Max Iwamoto and RST7.


  ZF> In short - kvazimnogozadachnost, in the form of loading in
runtime.
Stalker> Yes, the download time with the program. Time
showed that it is very affordable. By the way, after some
time it was done in the "INSULT". At the time, wrote RST7
my TASM, and even began to write
your debugger. But since a RST
often had problems with the damage to the disc, and sometimes 
even forgetting them at parties, all of use have been lost. A 
re-sit for his work RST not wanted. By this I decided to write 
my monitor. And somewhere in a year was ready the first 
version, which I proposed Inforkom. And to me it was very 
convenient because I went to their relatives through Moscow and 
on the road there I sent them this program,

and on the back - got a small reward and recommendations for 
future areas of work. The first version was virtually the 
demonstration and almost does not apply. Then

I wrote the second, third, to
the moment - 4.4.

   As I said earlier, I was attracted by the fact that all 
considered impossible. And of course,

as while all were dragged from
DOOM'a (or Wolf'a) I wanted to do something like that. And 
within a year I'm working on it issue of work. At present,

day written walking on 3D maze of arbitrary complexity.
Ie the walls are closed under any
angle, the complexity of the labyrinth is not
effect on speed. Now you can
play quite smoothly and quite quickly - the speed change -
7.4 Interrupt. So far, no opponents, but as they say, many
authors, "my toy is similar to
DOOM ", and unlike many of my
actually looks like. Because
that when the rotation is
only 90 degrees out of 360, yes
yet all this is done sprites,
rather than scaling and texture mapping schtitayu I can not 
talk about the similarities with the "DOOM". It is more likely 
to be a program similar to the Might and Magic, Lans

of Lore ...

  ZF> The game will look like, so
the same as "doom demo"?
Stalker> Yes, all that was in
This unfinished piece OVER
THE TOP will be in the game. Screen
will remain the same size, but
will be weapons, turns, opening the door. I think the add
all sorts of pleasant things such as
buttons, levers, scrolling the wall ... Naturally be
opponents will be all sorts of things. Rather, it is not purely
ACTION, and ACTION / ADVENTURE, because
Spectrum people, judging by
all very fond of playing Thinking.

  ZF> When will the end?
Stalker> It depends on many
reasons. Without knowing the amount of work I
planned output for the autumn of last year. Since in addition
Spectrum'ovskih Affairs, I am also
I study at the Institute ... I am now
moved to the fourth year
Kharkov Polytechnical
University. It seems all the heavy already behind us, but we 
have to pay attention and study. Specific

time I do not want to call.

   Well, another significant
time for a programmer - I do not
succumbed to the universal fashion passion
pure art in the form demostroeniya.

  ZF> work for the market?
Stalker> Yes, and my principles are: it should not be done
As for me, it is desirable that all
felt it was impossible and that
should be to help people.