Insanity #10 30 ноября 2001

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ASCii'2oo1 Interviews - Interviews taken during ASCii'2001: DJ MAX, Discipline group, Alexander Smets, Slick, Di, Lasoft, ZK System, Moonlight, Stigma, Sleeping Man, VAD, Noviset, Screamer, Steep, Owl.

     ... Interviews taken during ASCii'2001 ...



   * The role of Insanity correspondents were:


   - Himik's ZXZ;

   - Psychotron;

   - Survivor;

   - Stingrey;

   - Screamer.


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    [.. 01.] DJ MAX (Neftekamsk)

DJ MAX> Now I write mostly house, even before he wrote all
row. He arrived here in Izhevsk, to the party for the first 
time, but In fact, I am often in Izhevsk. Judging by the 
impressions people came here knowing competitors, I hope, 
worthy. I hope show yourself, others see it. The main thing is 
not winning, but participation. 

Ps> Are there any plans for the future?

DJ> Plans for the future ... I have Muzychka of three parts, 
here are really want out of it to make one big, and somehow it

software issue. And then we'll see.

Ps> And from what had come to the party?

DJ> to the party brought a couple of muzonchikov the 
competition, and so those who wants to hear - I have a drive of 
their muzonchikov different. 


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    [.. O2.] Discipline group (Izhevsk):

            Denis Morzhov "Fractal", Sinus-ZX.

Ps> What are you doing?

Fractal> Paint.

Ps> A further plans are?

F> Yes, the game by Discipline, but I do not know what it is.

Ps> D-aaa??

F> It's not I have to ask.

Sinus-ZX> This is an absolute secret, and suddenly will not 
work! 

Ps> But some initiatives already exist?

S> Yes there is, but we do not want to disclose it yet. Let it
will be a surprise.

St> Well, apparently it's going to be a hit!

S> Yeah, as if ... :)

Ps> And by what date the plan to end the game?

S> By the beginning of next year.

Ps> Well, good luck to you!

St> What is the secret group ...


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    [.. O3] Igor "Slider" (Izhevsk)

Slider> On the Spectrum, I'm just a half years. Latest
six months doing coding. Now I want to develop a player,
to be with an equalizer, changing channels and other
twists. Probably will only be supported
ProTracker'ovsky format. I recently wrote a boot with music for
SoundDrive. Thanks Himik'u this boot will throw in a FIDO, and
if someone wants, he can not download it. Also, draw more
graphics (I have somewhere 26 screenshots), but so-so ...

Ps> And at this party you participate?

S> Yes, from my picture will be here.

St> Now you said that only a half years at the Spectrum. This
very unusual, as it is now quite common is
the view that the Speccy left alone "old" and "sceners, and
influx of newcomers is not at all. If you can, then tell me 
more detail How do you know about this computer, how to come to 
our platform.


S> Previously, I went over to the fig-top boxes, but all those 
games I have bored. And I was drawn to computers. Voobshe 
something I still was formerly cassette Companion 48K, but I 
did not know what to do with them to do. And I think that will 
go to the HRC. But then he met Stinga, listen AY'shnye Mouzon 
... They have amazed me! And I changed my solution. Then he 
bought a floppy drive ... And now I have Profi (Which served as 
a component of the machine. - Ed.) With the mouse, SoundDrive. 
Bad that I have no phone, but it would still Modem hooked. Now, 
mainly engaged in digital-music. 

St> In that case - what do you think of General Sound?

S> I really would like to buy it, but it scares me for money.


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    [.. O4.] Smets, Alexander "Alex" (Izhevsk)

St> And here is the youngest of those present at the event,
spektrumist. If I'm not mistaken, you only 13 years old?

Alex> Yeah.

St> And how do you generally met with Spectrum, will he long 
ago? 

A> long time, since childhood, somewhere in the age of five.

St> As far as I know you have a house there is a PC, but you 
still Spectrum'om doing. What keeps you on it? After

Many, having bought his PC put Spectrum's long shelf ...

A> I have the Spectrum will always be alive ...

St> Do you do something specific, or both - all little by 
little? 

A> little bit of everything.

St> That is, any projects you have no?

A> Not yet. A voobshe - participate in the work of our Spectrum
the club's "Stations of young technicians.

St> I think readers will be interested to know about your club. 
Not Could you tell about it?


A> Well, actually I'm in the history of the club not 
particularly delved. Doing this for about 4 years.


St> And what is the direction of your club? What do you
here do: play, programming?

A> Pery year we learned BASIC, the "Companion". In the second 
year - MegaBASIC and other dialects. Then he moved on to 
Pascal. Well play, of course:) Now here I plan to 'C' study. 
True, when there appeared all the PCs only have to do, what to 
play - on the "grid".


St> Well, good luck! Do not throw Spectrum, read Insanity.

A> Spectrum rulez!

St> FOREVER! Thus here! Our present younger generation
chooses not only PEPSI, but Spectrum!!! And no "pisi"
This is not a hindrance.


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    [.. O5.] Slick, Di and others (Mr. Tchaikovsky)

Di> We have just starting team, so nothing
ambitious to expect from us is not worth it. Basically, until 
all alone themselves, but if there are any changes, you may 
join in group. Our main problem is the lack of

artist. And the rest, in principle, no problem.

St> How many years have you on the Spectrum?

Slick> I have a 90-year. The first Spectrum was still 48th. 
Then, a year later, there was - 128 th.


Di> I'm 91 th. Began immediately with the 128 th.

St> And now some companies are sitting?

Di> I have a Pentagon-128.

S> Me too.

Di> And Marat so far nothing. But he is today, here in Izhevsk,
expects to buy the Profi.

St> And in the future "agreydit" are not going? As if
Hardware evolves, it means that the platform is alive and she 
has prospects.


Di> Well, yes ... We understand this perfectly, but where can I 
get it. 

St> Actually, the iron still produce, but few are buying.

Di> Who produces? Is that the only Nemo ...

St> Well, for example, there is a CPG COMPEX. They make the 
periphery, in particular - General Sound'y.


Di> To be honest, I first heard about it.

St> But, on the General Sound, you may have heard before?

Di> I actually thought that they produce Nemo. And why are they
never advertised? Why not write a couple of Insanity
lines of the same CPG COMPEX or other firms?

St> All Spectrum media, we certainly can not
answer. As for the Insanity, we are working on this
direction.

Di> It would be luchsche if Insanity was printed edition.

St> can not rule out such a scenario, but it all depends
return to questions of this project. In the meantime, we will 
work the technology distribution of rooms in the mail, since 
not all have access to Internet'u. And I would like to 
establish at least some any periodicity.


Di> Again the problem with Freestuff software ... All of the 
rock Internet'a, but the authors did not support it. Still the 
same authors need some incentive. And the mud with this one

Normal people have to agree!

St> In Insanity I have already raised this issue, and will 
certainly be Continued ...


Di> If we want to further develop the Spectrum, then
First: we must, necessarily, printed edition of one (Abs @ tsa
little people;) - approx. ed.), and second: you need something 
to deal with software, ie that this was not a freebie, and 
third: you have to decide, again, with the hardware, because if 
the hardware remain at the same level, the farther we can not 
forge. 

St> Here for you is obvious! But there are a considerable 
number of spektrumistov, mostly among those who nazyaet 
themselves "sceners" (Arty, Unbeliever, Raver and others) who 
believe that Spectrum - this is purely stsenovaya "machine, and 
therefore all software should be Freestuff. Pentagon-128K - it 
"rulez" and seemingly as nothing more is needed. And such views 
rather common, many people are influenced by them. Of course,

it does great harm to the development platform ...

S> this is all wrong ...

St> One of their tasks, we see a similar change of opinion.

S> Of course, for the software you have to pay at least a 
little money. Even the "shareware" conditions.


Di> But of course, need to appoint a real price. Do not lift
price higher than what would pay ordinary "user."

St> All this is true, but you can not fall below a certain
sum (even if the sending software to "frivarnyh" conditions, ie
without a profit - at cost). Since there is a certain
the cost of the disk is payment of postal services (which,
Unfortunately, in recent years quite risen).

St> Still a problem: many regions are simply
impossible to find a new 5'25 "floppies. If we have them 
somewhere else You can buy it elsewhere at all dull.


Di> And here I am, in the Insanity read that the bourgeoisie is 
still their produce ...


St> And we then, and did not know:) And if you seriously, then
distribution of Insanity me already bought a batch of new disks
(Very good quality). In the future it will be possible to 
purchase and large wholesale (1000 pcs.).


Di> In any case, if people want to do this computer
then they should not be a big problem zakazt software,
diskettes, etc. They should do it, unless, of course, they
really want to ...

St> Well, here you see, again, all the old bonds collapsed, and
new - yet to be created. Large distribution centers
(Type Inforkoma / FormaKa) is now unavailable. And people just 
do not know where handle.



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    [.. O6.] Excess Team (Kazan): Lasoft, ZK System

Surv> Will the continuation of EDP?

ZK System> The latest version will.

Surv> What do you think about the BGE? I'm here, until it all I 
draw. I did not like the acceleration of the shooter (I also 
paint pens, rather than mouse), constantly having to adjust the 
parameters of the cursor. A Here you have, in EDP, once 
everything is normal. Another would be cool background music in 
the EDP to insert as a version of Artstudio Progress.


ZK> Duc, I have 512 bytes of memory left.

Surv> And if you do support the expanded memory?

ZK> And I do not.

Surv> It should be plug-in which to do something. In general, 
the prospects of what?


Sc> And by the way, remember that in the previous version, if 
magnify8 you come and put all the point reset?


ZK> Well it is.

Sc> And if the grid supply, it is not reset.

ZK> This new version is there.

Surv> Well, what impressions of party?

ZK> Yes, nothing is normal. The room just is not enough and 
Monitors curves.



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    [.. O7.] Moonlight Software (Izhevsk)

Hi> Tell us, Mr MS, once we, PoS, received
some kind of floppy (or rather bought). There was a certain 
Sarapulsky program, remade by some MS'om from Izhevsk. Here it 
was boom! Everyone in the Izhevsk, seems to know a certain guy 
on klikuhe - MS, who had seen in FIG. Then he turned up! What 
did you do to Spectrum?


MS> What ...?

Hi> The crowd literally squeal from a few of your Mouzon!

MS> That they squeal?

Hi> Yes, it is they squeal.

MS> Well, I do not know ...

Hi> It has awesome projects! But he squeezed them. He wrote
organizer, all sorts of notebooks. Why just not done. But
does not give anyone. Is this true?

MS> Yes. Only it's written for himself.

Hi> That's how we lose a good product!

MS> These products should bring to mind yet.


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    [.. O7.] Artem Deryabin "Stigma" (Glazov)

Hi> You're an artist, right? Then tell me, when you began to 
draw on Spectrum?


Stigma> When "Dizzy" saw.

Hi> Now what do you do?

S> Yes, I do Linux'uyu. I now have the Spectrum "real" no,
so I sit in the emulator.

Hi> Emulyatorschiki rulez! This is what I've said many times. 
How do you treat this case?


S> Which is it?

Hi> In addition, all those who slander emulyatorschikov - goats!

S> ...

Hi> I understand that the emulator - a continuation of the 
"real" Spectrum. You support this opinion? If a person on

the emulator works, then it is put to the Spectrum.

St> This is when he is afraid of us say, and then live up to 
Glazov not will reach;)


S> What's the difference ... The emulator is an emulator.


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    [.. O8.] Sleeping Man / PoS-WT (Izhevsk)

Hi> Now listen to the host site Power of Sound - Web Team.
Tell us what you think about this project?

Sleeping Man> Himik, but can be a question for you?

Hi> You can.

SM> Where's my beer!! I'm hungry ...

Hi> Typical, typical programmer.

SM> And if you seriously, the site is now being prepared Gallery
images. With a heap of any fichey, such as: to vote, with
description. To be able to go and vote, insert
description of the picture.

    In general, if someone wants to, send their information
Himik'u. And we'll make a personal section on the site.

Hi> Yes, it can already confirm gentlemen Brutal'ovtsy.

SM> It's like a common portal. No payment, you are only
information.

Hi> And the ads you provided!

SM> The people have already run hither: 100 days we have 
already more than 3000 original visits.


Hi> In all, 17,000 had gone.

OWL> If you do, Himik, five times a day you come ... ;)

Hi> But is is only one! And then we had a dude -
Kristoph. I went in, and says: "What kind of site is? Is 14
visits a week - is it cool? "He had to explain that 14
visits - is 14 visits for today only, ie those who
dropped again in 1920 - no longer count. Well, Kristoph Che - in
Internet'e, to see a complete zero for now.

Surv> Yes, he does not appear now in Internet'e.

SM> Then another question. Himik, where is my beer? I want to 
eat! 

Hi> The voice of one crying in the wilderness ...


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    [.. O9.] VAD / Unlimited Land Group (Sarapul)

Hi> Representatives of the group "bespredelschik" Well tell that
something about yourself!

VAD> About Me ... We live in Sarapul.

Hi> What a more capacious? When did you start
Spectrum?

VAD> year so in the 97th, maybe ...

Hi> What was your first project?

VAD> The first project ...? We have teamed up, when every
was already some about your project.

Hi> What do you do?

VAD> Together? Oh, just do not remember of course.

Hi> Kucha disk versions.

VAD> heap.

Hi> Tell us then, its steep pack'ere. (VadScreenPacker -
ca. ed.)

VAD> Cool?

Hi> Yes!

VAD> We have it here the other day, compared with the latest 
versions of other program - it was not so steep.


Hi> But when you wrote it, yet the same was not Pack'a Lazy?

VAD> At a time when I wrote it, was not the latest version
Lazy Pack'a or Laser Compact'a, and he was very steep. ASC he
overtaken long ago, but for the Laser Compact'om I have long 
pursued. 

Hi> Well, I think you have to modify its own version. And 
poraduesh us new product.


VAD> I have already finalized.


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    [.. 1O.] Igor Shakhov "Noviset" / Brutal Creators (Izhevsk)

Hi> Tell us a little about his work. I hear you
publish a newspaper?

N> So it is: to publish a newspaper.

Hi> When will the next issue?

N> Number of planned in the near term: somewhere in a month
another.

Hi> And if a secret, then it will contain? What is it subject 
you want to touch? It will be the topic of the past party? Or 
are you on about ASCII'2K1 release a special issue?


N> No, not specifically going to do. But questions concerning 
this party, it must be.


Hi> So - wait a month!?

N> to promise in advance will not.

Hi> But it sooner! And then people admired the first schedule
Released IzhNews, and now starts to cry a little ....


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    [.. 11.] Alexander Kolnogorov "Screamer" (Glazov)

Hi> O, Screamer, e-mine, long have not seen you! Tell
something about yourself.

Screamer> What to tell?

Hi> When did you take Spectrum?

S> I do not remember when - a long time! First appeared at the 
Spectrum I in 7 years, and now I'm already 14. First, nothing 
special I do not did, and now doing mostly coding.


Hi> What are your next projects will we see?

S> This started demomeykingom. Today, all saw
result.

Hi> Quarantine - it's your first job?

S> third.

Hi> Where the first two?

S> The first and second, I hope no one sees.


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    [.. 12.] Sergey "Steep" / X-TEAM (Izhevsk)

Hi> Oo-yoo! It's - Steep. Tell us about the work of your team.
What are you going to do? What do you want to do for the scene?
Plan to produce some demuhi, some lame-mustdie
or something?

Steep> Doing some demuhami is distorted. We still
magazine published from time to time - very rarely.

Hi> What is it?

S> ZX-rulez.

Hi> When is the next number?

S> After igruhi ... A igruha after demuhi ...

Hi> So you're going to do more and play?

S> Yes. She is almost ready.

Hi> Which genre is the game?

S> Prikal.

Hi> Prikal? This is how to understand?

S> this should be seen.

Hi> But it will be all the same game? Or another bunch of all 
sorts special effects?


S> Well ... about the effects ...

Screamer> in BASIC!

Hi> Here, Screamer here tells how in Basic nakodit
cool effects ...


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    [.. 13.] Paul "Owl" [ex-president of Profi Club] (Izhevsk)

Hi> Paul, you are quite a long time were the president
Computer Club. Tell us about this club: Your current
associations and memories, that was made this club, which
role he played in the life of Izhevsk spektrumistov?

Owl> As they say - all the results are there. For 4 years
the existence of the club, there were quite good people (in
sense - the programmers). They began to realize themselves no 
longer only in the demo, but also began to write specific, a 
good program. Subsequently, many have found good jobs in various

firms.

Hi> And could you list the members of this club? Who does what
doing?

Owl> Among programmers, coders these were: Andy Man, Himik,
Phantom (a major). Next - T-Rex (system programmer, but
also wrote and demos). Artists were: Jack, VVD. Had its
beta testers. Great help in testing has provided Balu,
although there were still other people.

Hi> What can be said about the projects, for example - play?

Owl> The first project was a game company 3S (which was part
our club) is - "Fuck the communists." Next were: 'Weaving', 
'gentry' (Unfinished). Of the game projects, I think, is all. 
Others were unfinished, and still remains a project. Although 
the "gentry" has been is almost ready and it could produce, but 
for some reason it all abandoned.



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    More information about the party looking at the site
http://pos.izhnet.ru. Report and results from the event are 
looking for of Insanity # 09 and other electronic publications.