Mailbox - letters from readers.

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  Well, ladies and gentlemen. Summer is ended, and ended 
ENLiGHT'96, cold and wet autumn. Excellent weather for the 
backlog of correspondence over the summer. And as work with 
almost We had not put the best

way: (, then piled it
preizryadno ...

So, a letter from our readers
Oleg Tsybenko Sebastopol:

Oleg>

            Hi!
I received your magazine only
mid-February 1996, which, of course, disappointed, because your 
magazine on head and shoulders above "Spectrofon'a" without

petty petty squabbles on "hacker",
"Fair trade", etc. What
fair trade, when there is no way to defend against
pirates! Buy software with
the right to market, and within a day or have it
pirates. And no protection was not
saves.

ZF> There is such a tool, and all
he already knows ... (See ZF'4)

About> As for hackers, so it
just black ingratitude.
It is because of hackers have grown, programmers, hackers have 
brought it us the opportunity to (real) save-ZX-.

 Now the glory Mednonogove. NIZY BOW TO HIM! NLO_1 Superbest 
all time! Judging by the latest Izvestia (ZF-1), he heeded the 
voice of people did, finally,

opportunity to be honest flunk
UFO. Honor and praise! There's little idea
for him! if you dare to do
NLO_3, you can create a paste
(Such as the capture of the base) in the style of DOOM. 
Personally, I believe that this is possible      possible.

 And about the competition. Again, same advice
our programmers to create not
next DIZZY, and DOOM ', DUNE',
The last battle ', Mortal kombat'-like game. People with 
hysteria disperse "The last battle ", require such and the same 
thing but what we can offer them?

P.S. Another idea: download
books of the corporation "FASA" - "Battle
Tech "-" Battle Bots ". Huge
material to create a strategy and 3D-games, there are still 
unsolved topic: "Transformers" (that is - Filth), 
"Terminator-1, 2, pile of books, asking for a game

"Fantasy", "Technofantasy" etc.
Only from the "Terminator" to make
3D, DOOM-like game with elements of martial arts, racing
shooting. A 4.5 parts of "ROBOCOP"?
They were not created! People, especially for
steep sea games, leave "infinit"-s novice, create his own!

ZF> Perhaps we can agree with
Oleg - the game just for the sea, but it should be noted that
our domestic programmers something very much in the throws
extremes - tetris'y, color lines'y, dozens of Dizzy - shaped
Games clones Heritage ... And best of our knowledge - 4-D 
Dune-2, 2-a WarCraft'a, the third Mortal Kombat'a,

and much more all. (... Yeah
Here Spectrum, skunk, icons
Spur ...) Of course, this
great - ousted top box, pc'yuki and process controllers ... and 
there, and for us join video ... This is especially

will be good if remain
good old Spectrum'ovskaya
tradition - to take quality and not
only the quantity.

Interesting to note a few questions we asked our local readers 
Chuprin Alexander. Give excerpt letters with comments:


A.Ch.> Hello, edited by
"ZX-FORMAT" ah!

Wrote you a representative of the most
large category knopkonazhimateley - "stupid user". It would be 
very entertaining to learn the fate of the ongoing (at that 
survive to I was rumored) negotiation firm to

the present moment is the owner of production rights
GIRLFRIEND, I mean, AMIGA, with some now in Petrograd
"How to do that all was well" (production AMIG'I y
us). Following questions:
1. Do negotiate a place
be?

2.If so, at what stage they
are and when will be known
their results?

ZF> Let's say, on the initiative
one known to all the Petrograd
sinkleristam human being
negotiations with the management of the plant
"Lenpoligraphmash", to show them all the benefits from such
undertakings. Since this product is very close to the profile 
of the enterprise, it is possible that production yet to begin.

There is evidence that many ordinary employees of the company 
were simply amazed to see opportunities amigovskogo software 
for printing. It is possible that state of affairs would be to 
find out at the planned autumn event on Amiga (planned some 
kind of presentation, which will be attended by well-known

St. Petersburg amizhniki)

A.Ch.> 3.What is meant
model and the estimated price and
marketing scheme?

ZF> The youngest model, which generally can be produced,
an Amiga 1200. About
Marketing Schemes yet to say anything
can not, however, prices will be significantly lower than in 
komisionnkah and offices involved in "brokering deytelnostyu.


A.Ch.> 4.Budet whether to continue heading "AMIGA-CLUB"?

ZF> look somewhere at the bottom of menus;)

A.Ch.> 5.Namechayutsya whether further
changes in the shell of the journal?

ZF> We provide a complete and exhaustive

     Answer:
Maybe.

A.Ch.> 6.Nayden whether a new Chief,
he is the only editor and
how it will affect the overall concept of the magazine, if any
available.

ZF> Also yes. And I will say in secret, in his charge and is
This rubrika.A as my presence
impact on the overall concept
Journal - will have readers judge. I can only assume
that the materials for "Glyukodroma"
will be taken directly from the previous issue ... maybe. Well
When selecting music deals
angry metalworker ...

The following letter came to us from
City of Great Luke, from Kuranova
Sergei.

C> ... We bought a "Inforkome"
ZF'3. The only thing that is not very
liked it then, that the application is almost alone "trial".
ZF> There are objective reasons for this - some things are not 
yet ready, and many physically occupy the whole disk.  Not one 
game with the protection of one half-empty disk, but simply a 
program, the volume of 1 - 2 MB in nekompressovanom form. By 
the way, for this is not necessary to boil, waiting for a long 
decrunching in the dunes ;). The second aspect - all

Presenting the program is a commercial project and we
hardly ever - or can afford to buy all rights to
spread the word of the product
scale, such as "Black
Raven "and let the program in an insecure application.
C> Why do not you follow
eg "Inforkoma" and do not execute orders on the discs by mail 
and then to tape (That's a form of

"Logros" advertising everywhere about it,
and the address is given only a trade) ...
After Murmansk, for example, are cheaper in St. Petersburg to 
order. ZF> We are trying to ...

C> The same studio "Create Soft" -
of mice for $ 10. Where to send
money? On the tray 11a?
ZF> (see ad) mice for sale
by e-mail company (C) Nemo.
C> Contests may be extended.
For example, "The best description of ...
(New game). "Or" I have an idea "-
rough script to create the game, and then show the best 
examples, or listen to - take a look "at the beautiful and 
little music. demo. ZF> But this issue, we believe

necessary to stipulate. Best
description - is, of course, well
but the competition for the idea - just
very doubtful. The fact is
that now, at least in
We in St. Petersburg, but we can assume that not only us
just a huge number of people
quietly, "did not tell anyone", and rivet their proektiki
proektischi. And if someone sends a proposal to write a game
already scheduled, then
consequences can be very
bleak - from sponges harassed sent by "idea"
to complete closure of the project, To avoid friction. 
Incidentally already had a place to be a precedent with

popular among the people playing in
point. "People still are assessing the algorithms of machine" 
brains ", and here receive a letter of type - is

original idea ... want to be in the credits was my name. #$%!

Quite interesting thought conjures up our magazine at Naumova
Alex from Dnipropetrovsk:
A> I do not know anyone as a person
I have after your log is alarmingly vague impression. And the 
feeling that you you people are ready to read

to the fact that one of the following
Room appears "Speccy
died. "dispose of their computers, because you're a boring
constancy is reminding all the pages of your magazine.
ZF> Well, for goodness spasibochki
word. Quite strange associative chains that have occurred
your mind, we do not follow
able. And why not think
as follows: We prepare all the world to ensure
that last message that
see all the users internet, when all of them at once pc'yuki
bent, will be "Spectrum back to
life! "?

A> ... What is iS-DOS? Yes,
it's not a bad OS with user-friendly interface, etc. and so on, 
but I iS-DOS first see a sad parody Nortona the platform pc, 
with all its conveniences and disadvantages. And do not go far 
- you do write, convince proves that pc -

this is not the best option that is
and other, better, but although
would be the same Amiga, which would not make the OS like it 
BIOS? After no secret that the Speccy by their

"Spiritual" as close to
Amiga, so what he (Speccy)
behind her ears to attract PC? With your (or a cap. "Nemo") 
arguments you like people who say "do not step on rake, at the 
same time stepping on them.


ZF> Here Alex rights, but
He ignores the fact that the journal publishes material of 
people, often radically opposing views. Just in case, let us 
recall once more: "Opinion Editorial does not always coincide 
with those of the authors published

articles. "Regarding the" spiritual
states "seen true, but in its physical state Speccy is the 
nearest relative of the family ibm pc. But

what it do such
wonders, due to it
structural differences. It is possible,
Of course, "pull the ears" to the
Speccy OS UNIX, but that he
does not become "a little Amiga.
For such a transformation requires a fundamental change in the 
entire the internal structure of the machine.


A> ... And More is said about what
Speccy conservative scheme and its
must be replaced! I have a computer
91 years. In the beginning there was the 48K
cassettes, and now - 512K + TURBO + SOUND DRIVE (FLASH) + COVOX 
+ SHADOW MEMORY (32K) + (ibid.) Monitor +2 FFD - and this is 
not the limit, so about what conservatism is

speech?

ZF> Well ... Commendable enthusiasm. But where an ordinary
you can buy everything
these freaks? Simply buy and
plug into the board to immediately work? As a mouse controller 
in KAY? Most likely - anywhere. You can buy / get shemku and

a handful of these in her IC, for
samostoyatelnoy assembly. Typically in such shemkah not 
indicated that you have to stock up kilometer-other beloved

Wire MGTF (the unverified
information - product discontinued), a bucket capacitors and 
preferably an oscilloscope. Incidentally, this Mulk, with rare

exception, will have to do
disconnectable. Assembling such lotions are often just too much 
for the user. What makes user if he wants to, but not

can produce the upgrade? Is
to his friend / neighbor / friend,
who can. If none
there - upgrade cover.
But this is only one side. In
absence of OS programs use the hardware itself,
which makes them tied to
specific shemke because in the absence of standards to provide 
absolutely all options connect peripherals (screw

for example, or a laser printer, or hayes - modem) just
impossible.
And another aspect - say
Dnipropetrovsk hackers, all without
exceptions, have set themselves the wheelbarrow
such a configuration. So what
Next? Write to each other demos
all the resources, I'm sorry, with
digitized mate? Worthy
occupation, but there is also
users for whom, and works as a programmer. Where a simple
user, especially in the other
the city would be getting a similar
wheelbarrow, that would see her a "heaped" products? A
because if the user can not
consume, then disappears and the meaning
produce.

Just a few questions sent
our readers from Volgograd Rubanov Alexander:
RA> 1. Do you publish a free ad?

ZF> Yes, the ads are published
free.


R.A> What you need to
DEMO-version of the author's program
became a part of your application?

ZF> Just send it to us. If you live in St. Petersburg,
you can pass through "Logros". If you live far away - then
by mail at any convenient
for you as a preferable -
registered letter. You can send and
at 5'25 and 3'5 diskettes.

RA> Do you buy the right to
then to include the full version
someone else's design of the
your application?

ZF> XL-Design, as always, ready
help in spreading your
developments in the country. But if you
offers something for the not too
fantastic price, we are ready to buy all rights to spread the 
word. 

The following letter was sent
us by its author to ENLiGHT'e.
Give it in full, without comment.


 Pavel Fedin>
 Hello, Dear Editors, Pavel Fedin wrote to you from
Moscow. I want to talk about
prospects for the Spectrum,
associated with the building of the OS. Especially because you 
have already touched on this theme in the pages, sorry, the 
sectors of your magazine. :-) I want to tell

on one of his project, developed in conjunction with Yefim 
Shuvikovym of SCORPION CLUBa. This project - the new operating 
system that supports all the hardware resources of any 
computer. Basic concept: from discarded ROM BASIC 128 and 
replace it with flashing AUTONOMOUS BIOS, which has the same 
entry point, and the body itself on different types of machines 
are different, that ensure full compatibility with the 
observance of the rules writing programs for it. The rules are: 
Do not apply directly to the devices having different ports on 
different machines and use ROM TR-DOS and BASIC

48 in the sub-region, working with the system variables,
because the memory card is
another. For those who will use the specific characteristics of 
one type of computer (Such as an extended screen machines 
PROFI) in the ROM will be provided for a special identification 
bytes, for which we can will determine the type of computer,

after which it will be possible to work without the help of 
BIOS. Here are just a One drawback is traced

in all this: for each type of
computers need their own version
BIOS. But any program
will be no problem to work with
Winchester, clocks, mouse, etc.
n. Regardless of the type
device. If your
the device still does not work
then this case will be the option of installing
own driver. And
for the system will be used all the available memory and 
filling it will go ot higher to the lower pages. Thus available

Users will always be the maximum amount of memory. You think 
that I have not heard of IS-DOS? No, I know it from 
programmer's perspective, and it I really like. Yet in

It has its drawbacks. Chief of
them - it only supports 48K
Memory (RAM disk does not count).
Because of this, it is simply impossible to write a large 
program without podgruzok that

leads to the inevitable deceleration.
Of course, if it moved to
ROM, then freed another 16K of memory, but still, 32K - this
small, and the pages I do not have
the right to climb, as there is available RAM disk. Dear 
developers of IS-DOS! For God's sake, do not offended! I do not 
want you, sorry, crap, and I want to tell you how to make the 
system better and more convenient. If you overtake my OS, I 
will not be offended, and I will be glad that there is a

us sober people who
understand that the TR-DOS is outdated and
does not meet modern requirements, and direct use of its
ROM eliminates the possibility of improvement. I hope you 
understand me correctly. If you suddenly want to contact me, 
then You can send a letter to our

network through the INTERNET. Address in INTERNET - 
zxnet@mastak.msk.su, My address in the ZX-NET - 095/301.

 And yet - I would like to ask
All users Speccy: What
do you think about this? Their
Answers can send to the above address. If the editorial
magazine do not mind, can also
will place them in it. I will
very happy if someone will respond.
Bye everyone!
Pavel Fedin, Moscow.

...

And finally, we give a letter
on Amiga, from our readers Sergei from Novgorod. For comments 
MAD MAX'a (MM) 


Sergei>


        Zdravstvuyte.
Nadeyus letter popalo of Address,
ie in the "ZF". Well done rebyata!
Desired rabotu delaete. Not only
for the "ZX" but for "AMIGA".

  MM> Nobody poka takuyu rabotu
just delat, yes and materialov
malovato. Are all waiting and waiting on the DA
Mihaylova zamechatelny his translator who will translate 
everything.  C> I have user and fan "AMIGA", but the

not less than pleased chitayu
vash "Spectrum" zhurnal.

  MM> This is what we have something
write about the Amiga (I dumayu).
 C> B N4 prozvuchal question: "Do pisat about AMIGA?" Needed! 
Letters voprosami not prisylayut? So what, I'm sam 3 series 
number prochital and letters not pisal.

Predstavte, need to go buy
envelope, to devote time and napisat, go out and drop into a 
box. Kakovo? A not it be better to sit za PC?


  MM> Duc, stav modem, and sitting
za pisal computer-like. Address
is there seems to be.
 C> Nevertheless, I sobralsya with
silami and write. If interestno,
a little about yourself. I am user "AMIGA" 4 Year period. 
Nachinal, HOW many people, with "A500 +". Seychas have: A1200, 
blizzard1230/50 +4 mbFAST + 540HDD. In blizhayshee time 
planiruyu connect 4-speed CD-rom.


  MM> Pohvalno, but also 68,882
not pomeshaet and 16Mb.
 C> 1) I have a question naschet "Vis
corp ". According to my information" Vis
corp "not vykupala" AMIGA "at Escom, a simple vstupila in clone
"AMIGA", ie zanimaetsya interaktivnym TV nA baze
"AMIGA". And zakupila at Escom oborudovaniya nA $ 10 million $
That is, HOW can see, my informatsiya
Several otlichaetsya from vashey.
I would like to continue this topic in the next issue of the 
"ZF". 

  MM> VisCorp first kupila license nA production Amiga, y
Amiga Technologies. In another press obsuzhdaetsya Business 
Partners: Tianjin Family-Used Multimedia Co. ltd. Kotoraya will 
produce LOW-END models for Amiga kitayskogo rynka. (Dannye's 
press reliza Escom gbo@worldnet.net 1

June 1995.) Takov answer.
C> 2) "Power Amiga" - if possible, a little informatsii
(Processor, chip set, grafika,
sound, dizayn)
'& MM> Ha danny question is difficult
HOW tak reply to danny moment
about three kompany zanimayutsya
razrabotkoy platformy Power Amiga, and still nothing sluhah
Heard about the new spetsifikatsii.
C> 3) WorkBench 4.0 - this OS
for AGA or "Power".

  MM> The fact that the AGA is
all navsego arhitektura
kompyutera (Advanced Grafix Architecture). Power Amiga in
principle could easily available ispolzovat Architecture (by
sluham planiruetsya issue akselya
to 1200 nA PowerPC, in tandeme with
68030)
 C> 4) Davnenko not chital
"A.format" and "A.power" realno
Do publikovat in ZF informatsiyu
on new igram with these zhurnalov
or even by Ami-igram.

  MM> Realno, but just HOW naladitsya receipt of the above 
izdany, at regular intervals. Generally vitaet thought, in a 
short time, with dostatochnoy stabilizatsii Russian Amiga 
rynka, vypuskat own e-zhurnal

entirely dedicated to Amiga (and
Spectrum;).
 C> Spasibo za interview with D. Mihaylovym - with pleasure 
prochital, waiting to continue. Takzhe waiting for an interview 
with Amiga man N1 - Jay Mainerom.


  MM> Jay Mayner skonchalsya from
Heart pristupa in hospital
during krizisa Commodore: (
 C> Vash zhurnal have chitat
by his acquaintances as I
No "ZX", but HOW you znaete "AMIGA" without any problems 
emulating any "Spectrum", HOW, however,

and all ostalnoe. But sozhaleniyu
ZX emulator not podderzhivaet
"TR-DOS". Can we then pridumat about this?

  MM> Pridumano, ostalos only
realizovat a ZX0: devays.
Ha bourgeois variant in principle
rasschityvat do not have to
connection with reduced rasprostraneniem TR-DOS.
 C> Now I want to offer to share his soobrazheniyami
the fate of "AMIGA" in Russia.
You dali informatsiyu that Anglii
about 1.5 million users "AMIGA".
All true. "Amiga format", "Amiga user", "Amiga computing", 
"Amiga power", "Amiga actions", "Amiga shoper" ... I already 
dumayu dostatochno.


  MM> No, that's sdelayut kitayskuyu Amiga, and everything will 
be nas. Examples are those same Dendy and Sega, the thing in 
principle beshitrostnaya, but plenty stalkivaemaya in massy ..

 C> Krasochnye amizhnye zhurnaly,
izdayuschiesya in Anglii. Sea informatsii, reklama, service, 
etc. and etc. What also surprised that tam

Millions polzovateley "AMIGA".
Take Russia, 100 raz superior to razmeram Angliyu and
what we see? Polzovateley Amigi here in 100 raz less.

  MM> Zato 100 raz more than
everywhere polzovateley PC gamers and bezbashennyh nA 
razlichnyh ridiculous pristavkah, tipa Dendy and Sega.

 C> You ponimaete kuda I'm getting at?
You delaete the right thing. Zhurnaly,
book service today "AMIGA"
HOW need air.

  MM> And we can understand, so
nothing about PC staraemsya not pisat.Pustaya trata CAREERS and 
forces.  C> D. Mihaylovu Spasibo za book

and Russian programmy! It would be nice if nashlis entuziasty 
and stali would not rusifitsirovat

only serious programmy, but
game. After all, other nachinayut znakomstvo with "AMIGA" games 
with it. 

  MM> Nothing nastupyat vremena,
nA and the Amiga would rusifitsirovat
play date every student ...
 C> HOW nice if "Rabbit
Roger "boltal in Russian.

  MM> Well, it elementarno! You take a Sampler and screaming 
into the microphone, dalee on obstanovke ...  C> A in 
advntyurah, where everything is written in WARRANTY! Many of 
them of za will not pass - it is difficult

transfer.

  MM> And yet ostanetsya klass
games that will be impossible to translate. Or the transfer 
will be lost all meaning. Takoe been nA

Spectrum, takoe will nA Amiga. Ha Spectrum is bypassed very
just after povalnoy rusifikatsii, kogda everyone and everything 
has been rusifitsirovanno, narod nachal sam

pisat toys inogda dazhe nA
Russian ...

 C> Of course Commodore'vsky crisis has navredil "AMIGA". If he 
did not, then everything would be on different and lower 
prices. Yes and sama "AMIGA", no more razvivayas Year period, 
sumela survive! Nay, 1994 was a black year in the life Amigi.

Death Jay Maynera the crisis. But
we amizhniki, all survived and
ostalis loyal to his "girlfriend", not changing it every nA ... 
(omitted by the censor). 

  MM> Because that has not yet appeared kompyutera which could
worthy change Amiga, and predostavit more drastic 
possibilities, even bigger udobstva, and human cost. Maybe this 
will be ... AMIGA, but the next generation ...

 C> No PowerMac, or PC, with its CD-shnymi igrami, failed to
nas peremanit. Razve I
otkazatsya from "Workbench" and
"D.opus"! Dazhe in koshmarnom dream
do not want to see myself sitting za
"Windows" and "Norton commander".
 HOW you zametili za all the letter I
nor razu no mention of PC. Only
a little late, but rebyata - if there is takoy masterpiece HOW 
"AMIGA" zachem need all ostalnoe (uvazhaemyh ZX and C64 is not 
kasaetsya)  Rasskazyvayte people about "AMIGA". Success and 
protsvetaniya unto you! 

  MM> unto you the same, and yet nastoychivosti and patience. 
MAD MAX