Echo #04 31 января 1997

Опросы

Commanders - Questionnaire on shells, designed for all those who remained faithful to our Speccy.

(C) SkyWalker


               Preface.


   This form is intended for all those
who remained faithful to our Speccy. Profile
divided into two parts. The first part
contains standard questions. Your responses
questions of the second part will help me
write Commander, which I hope
able to surpass the existing ones on the number of available 
functions and quality of their implementation, and satisfy most 
requests of any user, whether hacker, programmer, artist, 
musician or ordinary user. Now there

a certain number of shells, but
Everyone has some drawbacks, because
which work with the program becomes
not convenient and efficient.

   Their responses to the questionnaire you can
send in any form: you can dial
answer in a text editor and send
floppy disk, and can regular mail -
get cheaper.

   Questionnaire sends the following address:
225140 Republic of Belarus

  Brest region., G.Pruzhany,

  ul.Vashkevicha, 4 / 42

  Panyutich Sergei

   or send soap Minsk BBS-ku Pro
Hackers Dynasty. File obzovite "ATLANTA"
(Any letters) and your answer will soon be mine.

Telephone: (01632) 2-13-90


                 Questionnaire.


                 Part 1.

             An Inside Look.

 1. Your Full Name: ..................

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 2. Date of Birth (day.month.year): .....

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 3. Home mailing address: .............

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 4. Phone (with area code): ........

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 5. Alias: ...........................

 6. Expertise: .......................

 7. Which group you are a member of: ..........

 8. What kind of computer you have: ...........

 9. Its configuration (processor, its maximum frequency, 
attitudes toward undocumented commands; memory; FDD; video; 
audio, mouse, etc. Peripherals ):.............. 

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10. Your platform views and preferences: 
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11. Do you produce any electronic edition, if so, what, date
its base: ...........................

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12. Some information about themselves and their
group (if you wish, write a brief
the story of its origin): ...............

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13. Have you participated in and Enlight'96
Enlight'97. If yes, in what category,
with any product, what took place: ...
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                 Part 2.

          Commander of your dreams.


   Note: in the future Commander
will be called the boot with the possibility of copying the 
files, there may be additional features that extend its 
capabilities. 

 1. What Cmdr you have or have had:

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 2. How do you use everyday Commander? Its name, the main 
characteristics, the type of interface, its advantages and 
Disadvantages: .............................. 

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 3. Does this fully meets your needs commander, if not, then 
what in the It is not enough. If you do not have what some 
functions, the more detail, describe how You are their own 
predstavlyate: ................. 

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 4. What type of interface you nabolee preferred (button, 
cursory, inverted row, something else). Enter the name of the 
program, in which he successfully just realized: 
........................ 

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 5. What type of menu you like (pulldown,
hot keys, STStype, ZFtype, ets.): ........

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 6. What size and format of the font you
most preferred (32, 42, 64, ets.;
Standard or reinforced): .............

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 7. What is the structure of the screen when working with
files you prefer most. Indicate whether you want to display 
directories at once two disks (as in Norton Commander). If

You want to offer something different, something not
Take the time to all the detail, but if you want and paint (if 
you're writing a letter, draw right there, if you want to send 
a letter on a diskette, then decorate the scheme and drawings 
in the form of standard screen ZXfaylov (6912 bytes). The 
easiest way for these purposes to use a graphical editor ART 
STUDIO): ......................... 

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 8. Whether to support the electronic
disk (with optional memory).
If yes, how many pages of memory (1 p.
= 16384 bytes) need your opinion
give a work buffer for operations,
requiring a buffer in memory (such as copying,
seal, etc.), ie, the rest of the memory
will be given by electronic disk: .......

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 9. Do you need reader of texts? If
so, what formats, from which the editors
and in what character set (if you're going
send a floppy disk, then possibly write and editors, whose 
texts would you like to read from the commander): 
................... 

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10. What View'ery need (except ZX-images and fonts with symbol 
size 8 * 8 pixels). Do you need to view any archives, such as 
ZIP,. pad from ART STUDIO 128k, archives sprite from Sprite

Generator v4.6 (`RealSoft), ets.): .......

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11. Do I need a music player, or
give this task to specialized
programs (such as Virtual Player): ....

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12. What are the functions of maintenance disks (format, check, 
restore), by You think we need a commander, and what

leave the share of special tools (such as
* FUT *): ..................................

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13. Do you need support for other formats diskettes, other than 
TR-DOS, (eg MS-DOS, CP / M). If yes, what (if any information 
in this format to describe in detail. Personally, I would 
appreciate anyone who will give me more information on MS-DOS 
and CP / M: by the will of fate I have not had anything to 
write under these formats :-(): ....................


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14. In support of a peripheral you need: 
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15. Do I need a commander in the built-in calculator to perform 
basic arithmetic operations: ..................... 

16. Do I need a commander in the Disk Editor
(Like ADM): ...............................

17. Which editor you use. Whether it satisfies all your needs 
and requirements. If not, what it lacks: 

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18. Do the possibility of disassembling code: 
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19. Do you need to view BASICprogramm: 
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20. Do I need an opportunity to display
contents of two disks: ...........

21. ... my brains crashed ... nothing more
I can not think of. Next can write
everything you want.


   On this I hasten to bow before you and
I wish you participate actively in the ongoing survey!

                   FIN


        (C) ATLANTA Hackers Group


                                  04.10.97