Echo #07 31 октября 2000

Новости

News - Black Raven 2, MythOS and Awaken are closed, the new Commander Real Commander 2.0 and Turbo Commander, a new print newspaper Passage, forthcoming Demoniada.

(C) Pawel / RS


   Imperio / PHG officially announced in the echo of
the beginning of a new game, here is a quote
from his letter: Officially, (it then to
vpadlu was working to stop) announced
had begun work on writing (or rather,
over the conversion from PC) Gulko ANOTHER WORLD
(Part 1 FLASH BACK). From me and pret
enthusiasm and desire to make something beautiful and playable 
(well, the type of the same TWILIGHT), therefore the work of 
trying to start to move at full speed.



                   ***


   MMCM, author of the latest modified version of Pro 
Tracker'a, working on a new music editor - Minimal

Tracker, which is going to be released
in late October - early November this
year. The main differences from the existing
Editors: If you press and release notes
sound stops. The length of the pattern changes on the fly. Go 
to the editor of samples and ornaments can not interrupting the 
currently playing tune. And, while playing a pattern may be on 
the move to insert notes! And the most important mayhem! Music 
can be written directly into the samples! Author can write 
sa9e@euro.ru. 


                   ***


   Black Raven project finally collapsed in February. Author, 
Vyacheslav Mednonogov, settled work programmer Visual C + +, 
where According to him, he, with due diligence will receive a 
salary of four digits. Sources of the Black Raven 1 lie here:


ftp://ftp.ukrwest.net/BR1


   and here:

ftp://zx-museum.org.ru/Ns/ZX_Spectrum/BR1SRC


   Access - a free, volume 7Mb (as a bonus - the latest source
assembler for PC)


                   ***


   Project News Real Commander 2.0: How to
I wrote earlier, as work on RC
2.0 Progress has been slow, due to this
difficulties with the organization of the modular system, I 
decided to release another version of Series 1.9 which fixes 
are available deficiencies and known bugs. How could you

learn from the electronic media version of the RC
2.0 is planned with an open architecture and
modular system itself Commanderie will be absolutely "naked", 
no appendage type of doctor, player, viewer, formatter. All 
bells and whistles will be implemented in modules and loaded 
through the "Startup". The open architecture will allow 
connected to the driver Commanderie HDD, Player General Sound, 
etc. I still fear that the version 2.0 can not settle down such 
as the ZX-ASM 3.10, with its overlay system, especially 
PZU'shnoy version, simply click the button and enter the

Commanderie with all the twists, what else
wait for it to load a prescribed modules
(Although they can be load and RC
Ramdisk). Boot from flop (with the basic modules), it 
theoretically should not much longer than the younger version, 
as while loading the modules is only one recourse to the zero 
path, and then successively read all of the modules to best be 
rasspolozhit Commanderie at the beginning disc.



                   ***


   Cobra Software Group is developing a new file manager - 
Turbo Commander, which was originally conceived with an open

architecture and modular system. TC works with all known types 
of memory expansion, supports RamDisk standard RC. It seems 
that it will be a worthy rival Real Commander. In the coming

month should get the full version.


                   ***


   Interesting idea expressed Andrey
Elismont (ZX-Net, 500:152.5) ​​in ehokonferentsii ZXNET.SOFT, 
it was a MythOS: 

Artem O. Kazakov> In connection with the full otsutstAOK> 
condition at least a rudimentary interest in AOK> all this 
development work svernuAOK> you. And since this was the last 
AOK> project for the Spectrum in our group, AOK> nothing more 
is expected, although plaAOK> screened Graphic Station 2.0 for 
AOK> MythOS, RAD system for him though. If AOK> anyone 
interested I can give AOK> assembler source code, and the core 
of Myth AOK> OS version 0.4


Andrey Elismont> Stupidity is doing,
guys ... In terms of what snot, sorry, was dismissed: (Nobody 
needs, lack of interest and all of that sort ... I do not I 
know how someone thinks, but I believe that specs, anything 
written for himself, and then already in mass rushes, where 
every man will understand what he wanted, and what does not. 

I do not know what you expect from the people, or
recognition and triumph, or even any compensation from an 
ordinary user. In any case, you write the OS is not for myself: 
( That's why it died out.



   What do you think, why FT came out, and
CHV2 dead at maturity? Because when
writing a CV, Glory to assert itself, trying to write 
high-quality realtime on Speck. And in the first place (I 
think), he wrote it for himself (in the sense I can-I

it). But second, he had already decided to create
to thank all our customers (for us). A
who, as they say, excites private grief?
Naturally no one. Here is his desire burned, because he 
achieved his goals firing CV, and what people want, "continued 
banquet "(c), so it's their problem. and slowly, with small 
steps CHV2 to the world gone.



  (2Slava: If I'm wrong, then forgive me and
  the right of me)

So, first determine who primarily need your project. If you need
sit down and build upon, to do so that
it was convenient to you so that you can it with radastyu 
juzat. Well, so then, if you want, then you can throw to the 
masses, then and the indifference of the people you would not 
worry, do not have them well, and please you then its for your 
convenience in writing, just decided to share. That is when the 
project will live and not only will be modified and prosper. 
There will be people who interested in this. But if you sit down

for ACM's thoughts "need-whether it is to whom?", then
better not to start. Believe me, anything sensible with it will 
not work. Law of human Soul Better yourself, but for my uncle, 
and so will come down. " 

2all appeal to you! IF YOU DECIDE
Write anything, write for yourself! FORGET
At this point for us!

After all, how many projects thrown away, because
fact that the author thinks "need-if anyone is it?"
or when the author finishes to think of themselves
and begins to think of all, after which
All and all lozhit :((((

Think about it.

--- End quote -

   Authors MythOS all still managed to convince
they are even needed in the system, promised to
will soon release a new version -
Myth OS Millenium Edition.


                   ***


   In the town of Vologda, the forces of Perspective
Group, created a new print edition
dedicated to the Speccy - "Passage." First number
for promotional purposes has been sent to different
CIS cities, has received a copy and I
Brest. While the newspapers and make at home
conditions, but neither is inferior to the design of 
professional publications. The volume of the first number is 4 
sheets in A4, printed on both sides. First number

50% consists of materials taken from
electronic publications. It certainly does not have
well, but for the first issue is quite acceptable, but in 
future there will be newspaper writers supplying exclusive 
materials. Now the main support writers in their endeavor. 
Since the second number will 100% you can transfer money 
directly for two numbers. For residents of Russia, the value

one number is 10 rubles, for
residents of other CIS countries - 15 rubles. Home address:


   160035, Russia, Vologda, PO Box 136,

     Shushkova Alexander Dmitrievich


   In the section for written statements specify what numbers 
you need, or simply write "Current Issue."

e-mail: axor@mail.ru
tel.: (8172) 25-28-71


                   ***


   Recently, users do not Speccy
too spoiled with quality games.
Many encoders for various reasons do not
want to take on something serious and unpretentious rivet logic 
games. Salespeople Software can not offer anything new except 
for gamers magazines, and his Majesty Gamers tired of reading 
and the promise of cool Game buys a PC. I spent many years

software distribution in the city of Brest and
with my own eyes saw an outflow of customers with a platform 
ZX-Spectrum, if two years ago I sold about 10 copies of 
copyright Monsterland'a, now, in this sense Brest is dead. 
There remained only a few coders continue in force of habit, 
writing for the Speccy. 


                   ***


   And here is the information from Peter provided NewArt / 
N-DISCOVERY (Slavka Kalinin, 2:5030 / 885.50), which is 
slightly brighten gloomy previous paragraph.


 SK> At the moment our group wrote
 SK> three game project, one of them will SK> children 
completed yet for sure.  PK> A possible detail about the 
latter, as  PK> the name, genre, especially

 PK> approximate release dates?


   Our group is now making 5 projects
it DIZZY # B with cool yumoristichekim
plot and original ideas, as does text adventyura with a steep 
interface and fantasy yumoristichekim story Assumption of the 
book 'Where to nothing' (if I'm not mistaken), well and plus 
I'll do rulnuyu igruhu but while talking about her

early, so as not yet crossed the boundary at
in its creation, when we can say that
be-whether it is completed (but the game is uniquely
will cause a sensation!), yet written two system
Aon is a bend and a player that will play music samples and 
Wave files. All perechislinye game started fairly recently so 
before the new year doubt if that comes out demos because the 
same probably will not, because as they were so

Spectrum is not enough.


   By the way even in St. Petersburg is a turn-based strategy 
game with gorgeous graphics and superb music and sound effects, 
the timing can not speak so as it is written in two Chela, 
Demonik - Gfx, Coder and Avatar - music, sound fx, script

and all sorts of stuff. In principle, there is ready to almost 
everything, but since both were burned components the timing is 
uncertain, but perhaps the new year will finish. A name game - 
"Demoniada. 


                   ***


   But the letter caught in ehokonferentsii ZXNET.SOFT by 
Sergey Apetionok under the heading "do not pass by" concerning 
Project Awaken: 


         Zdorovyushka you, All!

   I really do not know whether it will reach the soap on 
purpose, but the essence is this. Can someone and remembers, 
there was a once-deme gems, AWAKEN called, but the full version 
did not come out in connection with the marriage of the encoder 
shorter than he scored in this case booolshoy bolt, which is a 
pity: (. So there was me thought, what if there are coders who

will be able to finish it, and it freaks Mythos
after the release of demos Nemer. Globally was
modified space station (something vindoobraznoe) and had the 
following Deme attend a planet (ie landing on

planet and, accordingly, if there is
Skimmer, then we can and to war on it). The source of all this 
I have and it works quite quickly. The script itself, I almost 
finished it off, we are testing it, and so Almost all 3D 
objects for games drawn (Except for buildings on the planet). 
If there are wish, we can and continue to work on

project. more Old that of a
was to represent AWAKEN send if
Of course there are interested parties.
Hopefully someone will respond yes.


        Minsk, Sergey / ARNY /

                            (017) 268-1929

                            (017) 242-8716
__________________________________________

                       Pawel / RS 27.11.2000