Adventurer #03 30 апреля 1996

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           SPRAY SOMEONE'S MIND!



                  With respect and reverence

                    dear reader

                             from

                        AntiHacker'a

                     April 18, 1996



    Good morning, sitting here (in front of your TV or 
monitor), and reading this opus. Now divorced huge amount of 
artefacts that are for some reason called the country by foreign

the word "Magazine", although, in my opinion, "store" would 
have sounded cooler. But it is, to mot. This little article 
thesis is a study in the field of electronic journals 
raspostranivshihsya recent extremely well in the ZX-Spectrum 
and feverishly covering nearly all

Sections of this remarkable machine. Old and young alike rushed 
to typeset, print and sell so-called

"Handicrafts" (a SPECCY
truly a people's computer). And so,
raking piles of letters, which swamped
ADVENTURER (though I have nothing
against, ah! Well, that's right on the head hitting)
We understand that:
 1.Libo our people are irresponsible;
 2.Libo already got what he has already received and

   I (ie the head).

   In particular, SPECCY already been applied several warning 
strikes something around 25% was spent on "Dendy", "Kengu"

and so on, but there were only the most hardened
Spectrum fans. Have gone into oblivion was once formidable 
names that humble admirers might say, with ill-concealed awe. 
And then, when the almighty tax inspection under the guise of 
the law "On Copyright", caused Last Vsesokrushayuschaya blow to 
the bastions SPECCY, then they collapsed. But only wise and 
cunning old SPECTROFON guessed it. And then, when the wreckage 
of the Empire fell, but remained SPECTROFON'u pick up what has 
fallen apart, namely - group of people who remained in full

information blockade, when the month
did not appear any new programs,
no fresh news. And what we have
at the moment? Around SPECTROFON'a
united group, would not say the best,
(Although the province still has nemalo brilliant programmers, 
hackers, who, um, ... well the uptake), and have a bunch of 
people from all over the country, that fans of the native 
SPECTROFON'a and which there is no longer impossible to 
scratch, we have RosPosylTorg in the face "Inforkom" a, etc., 
etc. 

     SPECTROFON, as such, and still
remains the major means of communication
among programmers, but, as we have
already in the country of market relations, the same
market conditions change. Now there are more and more magazines 
similar to SPECTROFON on common tasks, but at the same time 
technically solved in a new, more original form, although 
SPECTROFON is still the standard, a pillar of Russian 
programmers (Unless, perhaps, I leaned a little bit;

The fact that the gods are not fired pots).
But at the same time he is hopelessly out of date
morally, and people (active) wanted
myself to try something that way, specific and kinky. And now, 
having to through the eyes of all these masterpieces ... (I 
mean the only ones I could get in the last 1.5 months), I'm 
doing a disappointing conclusion that I write more like oh 
long! And it pleases, as one Russian politician.


     Presenting you some e-journals, I postaryayus with
in terms of a simple user to submit the hell it all you have to 
(unfortunately, is often heard.) There are several points of 
view (all I came up with, so that just kick me):



     1.C scientific point of view, the data
works are a means to throw out the share of emotions, which is 
charged individual is sitting for hours on end

the screen on the monitor (TV), straining
his diseased imagination in search of meaning
life (eternal, of course) in the next
buggy game popavschey to us from the hands of
brotherly nations (Poland, etc.). So
say, from our your ...


     2.C psychological side of things
much easier. Imagine: you are young,
full of strength and composure Hacker
(With a capital letter, mind you), and somewhere
bottom of the unattainable to you (note:
again with a capital letter) crawling in the mud
uneducated (and would like to add
grunting) user. You are logged in the role? Well
Now imagine that you will do ...
Of course, disdainfully wrinkling his nose, you will be
will teach this (hryukayuschego!) user'a,
trying to attach it to the heights of civilization (well, 
that's dohryukalis to CIVILIZATION already got), which 
successfully makes the whole fraternity coefficient (Well, 
again I I hear blood-curdling voice ADVENTURER'istov,

brandishing scissors and censorship
Resolutions on the link to my eternal
Yakutia).


     3. And the latest version, that all this
started with a very helpful (because, as he wrote magazine 
SPECTROFON, Hacker are people too) and noble aims - to 
communicate with his like a kind of e-mail,

which allows you to feel not
very lonely in this vast country,
as ours. In addition, "when a person grows out of the sliders, 
he puts on his pants" (or something like that, I do not 
remember). That programmers, growing out of BASIC, assembly 
language tend to do something memorable and transmitted 
globally by this from generation to generation. I hope

this is the correct version of the presented
previously, and all our brethren, it is to this
seeks to (roughly speaking, to communism). I
I hope ...


     Well, closer to the body, as the
Ostap Bender unforgettable Ibrahimovic. On
Currently there are (and selling) the following electronic 
publications: 


  Magazine "ZX-Format" (St. Petersburg)

  Magazine "SPECTROFON" (Moscow)

  Magazine "ZX-Magazine" (Moscow)

  Newspaper "ON-LINE" (Moscow)

  Magazine "FAULTLESS" (Kharkov),

  Magazine "SPECCY" (Chelyabinsk)

  Magazine "ELDORADO" (Yaroslavl)

  Magazine "ADVENTURER" (Rybinsk)

  Magazine "DUNE" (Rybinsk).


     Let's start with the smallest, but in my opinion
the most promising area of ​​e-journalism, with the power of 
the newspaper in Moscow called the ON-LINE, which literally 
shocked me with its immediacy and novelty. This newspaper is 
distributed among users of dial-up network of Moscow, which 
began work in the capital in late 1995. Newspaper is a weekly, 
and does not differ special shine to the plot. But in the

the matter is that this newspaper oriented; on
Instant business use rather than
Candy is a brilliant package. She
represents a schedule of work stations
modem connection, is the latest news, free classified ads. That 
is it is purely a working source of information, Kojima, and 
should be any such publication, unless, of course, the main

Editor's no fool. Tragically,
This newspaper is hardly anything

useful for the people of Yaroslavl region because of its purely 
orentirovannosti in Moscow.



     The next product is
have a magazine but a magazine that is not so far from us, or 
rather, even very similar: in our Rybinsk. Makes it known

their developments ("COLOR LINES",
"PITON" etc.) Group SURDAKAR. Being
very nice on the chart, DUNE is
almost the minimum of information, but at the
same time is quite an elegant product, which may suggest, and 
show something useful to you. On Indeed, this magazine is the 
first Rybinsk publication for ZX Spestrum. It was created, so 
to speak, at the dawn of civilization, even when the streets of 
Moscow were running wild user'y and not less than the wild by 
hackers, when only awakened the consciousness of the dark mass 
of fans Spectrum. This 

magazine was, is and will be a bright star in the
horizon of Rybinsk. Did it already
enlightenment programmers, such as Ryabtsev Denis (DJ-DENS, by 
the way it was with him in N2 "ADVENTURER" and was printed in a 
very interesting interview. Read - do not regret it, very 
interesting), his neighbor, Ivan (I do not know him personally, 
but on schedule, looks like he's a big dock) and Zhenya Ivanov

(JOHN IVANOV, first split the MICROPROTECTOR).



     I hope everyone knows SPECTROFON
no need to submit. As an example
for publications of this kind, it remains to
its nature, a conservative publication with
old traditions and graphics. Although the last number (18) 
killed me mentally, when the word "designer" they missed the 
"r" (middle). Killed morally and screen saver, which was drawn

a monk with an unknown (poorly painted) miracle-Udoma. Yes, it 
seems SPECTROFON became strongly to take, although side useful 
information, it is still the first. Yet already heard some 
grumblings senile and grumbling at young people (for example, 
that silly debate about "Hacker'y are people too," in which 
SPECTROFON "hit" on a young journalist (read: programmer) from 
newspaper "ON-LINE", which is a long time afterwards argued 
that it is not a camel). Last time SPECTOROFON behaves far

exemplary. Although, many thanks to him for
provided in the N18 game genre RPG
"Bards Tales" ("Tales of Bard"). If
you do not, then it means you are much missed in this life. 
However, you can still rectify the situation by buying N18 this 
journal. 


     Then there is a log of Chelyabinsk.
It's called "SPECCY". Beautiful scan graphics, good music. 
Everything seems to be well in this magazine, but at the same 
while not missing something sort of. Is a fine specimen of a 
well-developed, deeply thought out, licked thoughts

programmer (and at the same time I want to add: stagnant, 
candied, overgrown with cobwebs). As already described above, 
This magazine is like candy to bright, decorated, but the cheap 
packaging. Forgive me, the guys from the magazine,

but in terms of a simple user
ZX-Spectrum (who I actually am a), a magazine that only for the 
sake of the collection. He does not carry any long-term 
information that could be needed every day and would be a


the most complete and comprehensive of all
variety of ambient информационногопространственного-time 
continuum (In both!'s What it means - the recently passed

exam in physics).


     The next stage is for the most
perspective of the entire magazine podborki.Ego
name "ZX Format", and he came to us
from the city of St. Petersburg, where, in my
opinion, are live and certainly comfortably vegetate the best 
programmers and zhelezyachniki our country. After all, there 
was developed by a still unsurpassed machine, as well SCORPION 
ZS 256 (I take this opportunity to convey

thanks to Sergei Zonov). Journal of just
stunning. Better read it on SCORPION'e because all the best 
effects of the journal best viewed name on it.

Why are only trying to reset the machine
through the MAGIC button or RESET. PC
goes into its own, so to speak, a "shadow
Monitor, where user can satisfy
volstviem associated with hysteria, drive an arrow by paragraph 
YES in the menu memory test, or marvel at the variety of 
expressions of this, like, concepts as output to the monitor. 
Finally, after that, like a tired reader wants to finally 
escape from this wretched, and download any game from the 
application, then it (the game) will want to turn off: not so 
fast, cunning creators devised to capture the RESET button at

Scorpion and just so you will not get away from them. Well I'm 
not going to talk about the abundance of information provided 
in this product is an electronic age. And I want only 
congratulate SCORPION'istov with an appearance on Indeed 
oriented; on this machine magazine.


     Specimen of medieval ... (Oh, bother
Central Russia) depths of the mind is this,
this ... but oh well, the magazine. Let the creators did not 
understand me wrong, but rezhu truth-womb (right now, and get 
ADVENTURER, later): first, as friends said hackers in the 
journal are not printed text line by line and page by page, 
that is on the whole picture, and secondly, I am dead,

who saw the savvy department letters
this journal (strain their brains
ability, gentlemen hackers guess
how many letters ?)... one letter (and then, I suppose, writing 
editor). Oh, and another track, I would like to ask the 
question: why average volume of articles in "El Dorado" is 3,5 
printed sheet? From the author "Prince of Persia" and the 
largest distributor of software in Yaroslavl, I do not 
expected, honestly. Although the magazine still has a a sort of 
something: to Yaroslavl is even personal, very faithful and 
useful idea. The magazine has an interface similar to 
SPECTROFONovskomu. Very good sound 

design magazine. There are nice
decorated articles and descriptions. However,
if the editorial staff will correct errors like spelling and 
the machine, it will be one of the most enjoyable books of the 
business. 


     Next, consider the magazine "FAULTLESS",
which is the product of a completely
another order, and higher.
He flew to us from far Ukraine,
Kharkov. So what can pobachit
relative of this magazine: the music is excellent, as 
everything that makes KSA Software and Wakson; material is also 
a specimen of an adequate level of quality. Especially can 
distinguish the original text output (not by page, and 
per-pixel scrolling text from bottom to top) that looks pretty 
nice. Made in style CODEBUSTERS. Is a classic

example of an electronic journal with regard
Local bloat and characteristics of the mind
Aborigines. In my opinion, the best magazine on the

Ukraine, however, others I have not seen it, sorry.


     And here he Wakson a new journal
coming out in Moscow. It's called, no matter how
strange, "ZX-Magazine", which must surely mean that this 
magazine is something worth it. My hopes are partly justified -

this magazine has made some pure jet in
muddy waters of computerized journalism:
original interface, a choice of different pleasant music, good
material. Although the main tendency has got to
us (in Rybinsk) rates were megademy and
couple is not new games. Of course, this
only the beginning, and perhaps the magazine will
on the other, more qualitative level.

      So we got to the point. What I
can I say? Once you are chitete means
you have already made their choice in the field of electronic 
media in favor of magazine "ADVENTURER", finding its most

useful in a vast sea of ​​information and
Informatics, swept us in recent years the Golden Age Spectrum. 
It is possible that the past century, ever be called so. And I 
hope that the electronic Journal "ADVENTURER" will neposlednyuyu

contribution to this cause. What characterizes
the magazine at the moment? In my
opinion, this is an excellent choice of professionals and good 
people to do and help them (in terms of Koi I do not have honor 
included). I hope that the journal will still live happily ever 
after and before the beginning of 21 century further.


     So, with praise "ADVENTURERa"
finished, now we'll plow it
(As one friend said: "Under Tractor
him! "). grievance few, namely:

     1.Zhurnalny interface "at loggerheads" with the
SPECTROFONa (motivated by the fact that, you see, do not want 
to reinvent the wheel, and besides, users are accustomed to 
managing this type of publication, but as my teacher of 
mathematics: "Would cause and consequence naidetsya. "So

That's right, ladies and gentlemen of the group AYRIN.

     2.Prakticheski magazine has exactly the same themes and 
topics that most his fellows. Sorry, I would like to chegonibud 
original, so to speak, his from the heart, from the heart from 
the lungs, etc. and etc. And so the magazine makes an impression

not really, all of the same section on training
Poor stupid user'ov basic computer ogluplyaemosti (or rather, 
the assembler) The same section "Overview" with the same stupid

comments (soderzhatelnee necessary, gentlemen, pithy!) on a 
prototype of publications firm "Solon" (in the same section 
"Overview" with SPECTROFONa "pull off" the idea of ​​rating

Although this is the first thought of Rybinsk State 
Technological Avitsionnaya Academy - Frame / recommend /).


     And so, with pleasure can be hard to put the magazine five 
(5), but big minus (-).


     But still, the magazine is simply
better, despite the distortions and omissions,
which I hope will correct wording, and
"ADVENTURER" will honor the first place
among the means of communication for sinkleristov not
only our city but also in Yaroslavl
area.

     Thank you for your attention. I would be very
pleased to know that I wrote, invented,
fantasizing (as in rhyme, and I want to say: and posed) is not 
in vain, and the author lists the entire fee for this article 
"Fund for Homeless Hacker" P / N 240621 with a Bank "XXX-Invest"



        With regards nauluchshimi

                         Gushin Alexander.
PS: I hope that "ADVENTURER" - the most
democratic journal, and from about 435
text lines will remain at least half.
Editor in chief, he is a censor, who is also
Andrew Gladyshev - hello!


       Thank you for your attention! Bye!

From the Editor:


     Despite the strange fear of the author of the article 
about the strict censorship, his letter published in full (only 
corrected the grammar). We respect opinion of any of our 
correspondent, and censorship, which is so afraid of dear

Alexander, serves only to prevent
appearance in the magazine that
called "dirty", ie insults someone else, abuse, etc.



     We will not comment on the letter, because believe it is 
unfair to the reader (let him reflect on read) and author (see 
above). All expressed in this article are those of the author's 
statement of facts to which he refers also to his conscience. 


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