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<b>Mailbox</b> - Discussion: how to choose a home computer.

How to choose a home computer.

(Observations from the seller and the 10-year experience.)
music by DNK
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Comments made Rzhavelschik


     A small introduction.


  More and more of our citizens think about the fact that the 
house needed a computer. Somebody wants to give it to her

Chad, who is something for ourselves (for rest, work or simply 
- as fashion).


  Before them a wide choice: from
Dandy and Segui
P> !!!!! to find who first called it a computer ...

to the PC and all sorts of Spectrum.

  Relative case by videopristavok the author clearly a 
backlash. Pity if not his child, then at least

my purse!

  Sad spectacle is
child day overflight "freaking"
cartoon enemies. Poverty theme games (mostly - fight)
pale complexion, and increased
irritability of the child, not
let alone forever tainted
vision - that's what you'll
give their blood.

  Only, perhaps, the "plus"
in this choice - you can
move away from the child. (As
indeed, it is up to you). The reason
to have a conversation with him will only
buy another cartridge.
If you are comfortable with - more
You can not read.

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  With respect to different pc and
compatible with them.

  Now there is a process of rapid
aging fleet of these vehicles. It is quite possible to meet 
286-e computers at very affordable prices. But! Please note 
that some of their already emissions - figuratively speaking.

P> why figuratively? More
just exactly the car that
you have noticed someone and threw it away.

I hope you are not interested in the goods
second freshness.
P> "Freshness is only the first, it is also the only one. If
salmon second freshness, it
means that it is rotten! "- Words Woland from" The Master and 
Margarita "by Bulgakov. 

Machine class AT386 also no longer
is a prestigious, though now affordable and not so
old. As for reliability - it is as lucky ...
The fact that you can buy
as a real AT386 collected
for the firm, and artisanal crafts. And this, as they say in 
Odessa, two big differences. Recently

there have appeared a "clan"
sborshikov ibm  of 
something horrible. So in terms: a white car assembly (Europe) 
yellow (China) was added a new - Red assembly (simply "scoop") 
This theme can be developed and further, but it's not my

problem. At last tip: if
you chose to pc -
Think what you will with it
do through the year 2-3 and are
problem solved with its help, and
then read the next section
This opus, which is dedicated to

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Class HOME COMPUTER.

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  Some history: in 1982
Sir Clive Sinclair released on
Market your home computer
"ZX-Spectrum". Since then, many
tried to develop this theme ...
Survived one. In Russia, caught on the machine based on the 
Spectrum 48/128. For this many thanks

obscure artisans' first years
adjustment. "
$ P> From the programmers especially ...
For the fact that the number of standards we have surpassed all 
nations combined. 


  Here in St. Pete is seriously working on this issue the 
company in March, Composite, Elecon, well over

Mr Zonov - the developer version of Leningrad and the founding 
father of "Scorpio". 

  At the moment all these Komad except Scorpion'a, for various
reasons, left the home market
computers. Came to the stage the next generation of the 
Spectrum-compatible machines: With the memory 128/256 CBT, disk 
drives, 3- channel audio coprocessor.

P> One detail, for those
who do not know: Structurally
easier and more profitable to implement
128K of memory on the IC type RU7,
as no need to increase
the amount of payment or time-consuming
soldering operations over the memory
old. But RU7 have a configuration of 256 kilobits, ie 8 chips 
have a volume of 256 kilobytes, not 128. 


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    About them and talk by themselves.

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At the moment in Peter happily coexist two models
computers with 256K memory. They are:
Scorpion 256 turbo (development
Sergei Zonova) and KAY-256 turbo -
author Vyacheslav NEMO.

  They both have roughly the same features and some
equal to the price.
Main (important?) Difference - it
presence Scorp'e Shadow Monitor - a program that allows
"Kurochit" protected floppy disk.
Thing is, no doubt, useful for
man, educated in Soviet times. Remember - enter
the back door, etc..
P> I hasten to break off potential
hatskerov that have not yet heard
Scor'povom of shadow businesses: Now this contraption consists 
of a collection of various service functions, such as disk 
formatting, shipping or screen printing, configuration ... and

among this luxury nestled
rather strange klopodav (debugger, sorry MOA), established
based on the powerful for their
time monitor of the laser package
genius, long and hopelessly outdated. The monitor itself can 
also nothing but the interface ... For some reason, there is a 
perception that buying a Scorp person automatically becomes

coolest hacker. Well -
a big mistake. All disk
protection, or simply defenseless program by local authors
shadow businesses are being killed. In addition to
This advanced technology
quick schedule work so that
no protection from the shadow businesses do not
required - by clicking on the Magic
everything just dies.

By other indicators, the consumer probably will not feel the 
difference. Now - what can this machine

class.

  Of course, they can play.
There are more than 3000 games and a variety - from the 
intellectual (chess, checkers, backgammon, On maps, various 
adventure and role-playing) to rakish simulators anything (from 
the airplane to the submarine)

P> submarine setpyah in Ukraine, died in an unequal air battle 
...;) And just do something must of something to say that on pc

began to produce remixes of Spectrum games.

And you can play alone,
alone, with friends. Unlike preslovuryh consoles
cost to play in order, and then
and two, smaller, and the game itself
You can stop, save, copy, exchange information with other, 
finally ... P> All of the above, except

stop and save, refers
to the 3000-5000 Games, which
have long been at freeware'nymi
Through our close neighbors.
In fairness it should be noted that the price of a new 
authoring of a 3-4-D times lower than that of the cartridge. 

In addition you will be able to learn
any object from a school course, thanks to training programs, 
study computer science, typing, foreign languages. And finally 
(thanks to the programmers Company Iskrasoft) can maintain their

household tasks, computation. Ibid
developed a software package for
Small Business (buh. accounting, finance). A computer can 
obschatsya with pc-level texts.

And of course they can learn practical programming
on all existing languages.
Company Iskrasoft help equip your computer hard drive and
operating system, similar to ms-dos.
You are able to compose music,
balgodarya presence of a sound soprotserssora. It is only those 
features that are visible from the first vzglyada.Dalshe all 
depends on the your imagination.


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Now let's sum up.

What to choose:

  Two options - Scorpion or
KAY-256.
P> Not complaining, dear
readers, in this case
talking about the Peter the market.

And do not be persuaded that is already
have machines with 512K or more memory - to fill this memory
will not be soon.
P> Fill out that easy, but should I? Although well-constructed
sistemki usually understand any
memory. And the latest toys
while in this sense "become smarter".

If you're going Activities
burglary of foreign programs, the better
take the Scorpion, with his shadow businesses.
P> this has already been said. Shadow businesses
useful when debugging your program - you can click on the button
and see where hung. And for
burglary protection still need to
use a knife, soldering iron
and a coil of wire ... (In the sense plowed fee, do not think
anything else)

If you buy a car for
daily work and entertainment, then stay at KAY, with
its open architecture and scalable. Beauty
KAY consists in the fact that
even being on guarantees
Computer You can install the proprietary extensions.
P> in the end, you have nobody makes the press on that same 
button ...