ZX Time #04 17 ноября 2001

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Mail - a letter reading rooms: Nuts, DJ Hooligan, Igor Butyrlev.

Mail


                Surveyed Denis Tokarchuk


  Unfortunately, the last time on the Internet
Golden Max was three days ago, but not downloaded all the 
letters, unfortunately. Therefore, some letters were not 
included in this review: (. Never mind, they fall into the 
review of the 5th room:). After all, as I said, most of the 
letters is only through Internet. But also by regular mail it

two response. Okay, let's start ...


  One of the first three to respond to ZXTime Nuts:

Nuts: "Write a Nuts from the city of Dzerzhinsk (Nizhny 
Novgorod Region)." 


  Yesterday downloaded ZX-Time3, today it
read it and immediately was born a lot of thoughts,
you try to write:)

1) Appearance - Font I LIKE! This
gives a special style, if not to say -
chic. Brings only the letter "S".


  I think the use of only large
letters are very comfortable - to read 64 characters
so I feel better!


  A special moment I will note 6bit encoding
well that the crude through it once was in the annex. In short, 
in the viewer himself can shove it going, especially if there 
is no loading text. "


DWT: Nuts - the only one who liked shestibitovaya encoding. But
too late, because we have decided to use it
not only harmful to the eyes of readers, but also impractical 
because text of the newspaper has not exceed 67 kilobytes, and 
6bit encoding planned only as a way to save memory.


Nuts: "2) Management. The emulsion buggy
arrow keys. This bug occurs
with many prog on stealth, but if so
criticize - try to change the order of the survey, I recommend 
all of Claudia (8bayt) zababahivat to clipboard (times per 
interrupt) and work with him. "


DWT: Shestibitovaya encoding bent and
pulled for an entire old code. Now the code is completely 
rewritten. And a poll Claudia's changed - in particular, was 
hanged on interrupts.


Nuts: "3) TRIP! In the 3 rd issue of intra always loaded, but 
the viewer - for example from BestView only! Probably what 
vanity in printer buffer, and 128y Busick does not like - 
Actually, too often ubiquitous bug. " 

DWT: Maybe we could shoot this bug still in its infancy, but 
... We have instead 128 th BASIC sewn Gluk ... And he does not 
care that there rushes into the buffer printer ... 

Nuts: "4) Multi-tasking and running! Recommend to look at my 
Disk Trouble (is on Virtual TR-DOS) - as an option for 
consideration. 

5) Read the description here PTsshnyh utilities - and
I saw that there is a Vladimir
Zorev (Decruncher) from Nizhny Novgorod.
And I live 45 minutes from the train it,
but Spekovschikov in Nizhny not seen even once
(Outgoing), and the clubbers with a radio market (unsociable) 
did not see long time! So nice to read "my countryman

from the Lower ....). So, if not more difficult, throw it to me 
the address and / or my - Him to establish contact, stalobyt 
... " 

DWT: They cast the address we Nuts'u. I hope
they make contact ...

Nuts: "6) At the expense of music and graphics! We
people here have thrown out our old stock: the muse, and convert
graphics and articles. Nothing so far no one
used. So that I have something vozimel
the desire to throw you a sample of the above - can be useful 
... " 

DWT: Thank you, come in handy. The picture appears in the 
second room (on the 5th already scored:)). But the music is 
playing now. 


  The following letter came from Eugene Grigoriev. What 
city-country, unfortunately, is not known ... 

GG: "I read your newspaper I - Table of Contents
interesting, but the font encoding advise
change. From there the next ZXT
funny: she refuses to run from under DOS, though perfectly goes 
under the Real Commanderie. " 

DWT: encoding is changed from dos
already has to go ...

GG: "Now, at the expense of Guess the melody. This
you come up with cool, they decided to do
this game. I'm sorry I can not help you
graphics, codes, and music, as I know more than just BASIC. I 
will wait appearance of this game. "


DWT: Thank you even for such moral
support.


  The following letter came from Alexander
Pehimenko, all the way from Kazakhstan.

AP: "Hello, Dear Editors ZXTIME. I downloaded the third issue 
of the magazine. The first thing I want to thank: Well done - 
quickly and radically so. Steep curb effects, cool music. "


DWT: While reading these lines, VNN
as much kinder :-).

AP: "Now the small glitches. Newspaper in
emulsion is run once, the second time
only through usr0. On a real Spectrum
curb-saver was not in sight, at once went to a picture with 
Yenakievo. Spreads to the Spectrum with AMD. And so want to 
really look! May had to dig the archive - but there is no

extra time. "

DWT: The fact that the intra-to curb
effects is designed only for temporary
characteristics of the Pentagon: (. And to the owners of other 
Spectrum was not observed in their colorful rubbish has been 
made a "bypass".


AP: "As for the cries for help from the" Guess
melody. "I do not figure where to draw the screen saver. A draw 
from memory - dreary affair. If who ever anything should 
something like that threw the soap, I would perekonvertil and 
(or) to finish. " 

DWT: In my opinion, selling chewing gum "Guess the melody". If 
we find - scan and send.


AP: "Now about the music in the newspaper. I,
For example, in Leningrad is Kovoks.
Do you have a desire to stick something
to him? "

DWT: The desire is there. Maybe in the intro to
the next number will be something like that. There are ideas.

AP: "On a multitasking operating system. I believe that
Spectrum is very, very necessary to the normal
-Tasking system. The question arises: for whom and for what 
configuration computer do it? In the first place

OS needs to be done for real
Spectrum, and not for the emulator. Emulator
- He even an emulator to emulate. Now sit on the Spectrum or 
the fans (well, koi dragged a little in the gland, in the codes 
and have a less powerful machine), or "green" (which may

have completely different machines, except
BASIC and the game is unlikely for something to reflect, and 
will compare this with the OS Windows, in what the OS is 
naturally lose because of the weaker power Spectrum). Minimum 
configuration: Spectrum-128, drive 5.25 ", AY, may

be Kovoks. The most advanced configuration: RAM - 4MB Cache - 
32kb, Turbo mode, extended screen mode multikolor, 3.5 "drive, 
hard drive, CMOSchasy, mouse, some kind of music. Map, and term 
CDROM. Maximum configuration to collect real benefit schemes 
missing, but rather long and complicated. Therefore will have 
to stop at a certain medium variant: RAM - 512kb, advanced 
screen, CMOS-clock, AY, cache - 16KB, turbo mode. "


DWT: OS must first be flexible
and universal. Universality of its
should be just as possible
its reconfiguration for any requirements - ranging from 
hardware requirements, ending with specific tastes user.


AP: "A great memory is desirable that different
applications do not load every time.
Part of the OS (block initialization, the initial
download, install) should be in ROM
instead of 4-th of unused pages
the bulk to be loaded after
reading units, respectively, to either a floppy or a hard 
drive. Advanced screen required - must go to the standard 80 
characters in line - the cache and turbo mode desirable

various sound effects in the OS is capable of
implement and AY, and let muz.kartami involved application or 
overlays. For comfortable working with the OS need a mouse, but

without it you can do. Also for multi-tasking may Spectrum
will have to remake the system interrupts.
If we take as a basis for a minimum
configuration (although maybe it most), then something powerful 
and comfortable we are unlikely to create. We must move

forward and not stagnate on the spot. A
let's do a poll on what
kofiguratsii computer running the people.

DWT: OS should be, I repeat, universal. If the most competent 
naveshena a lot of improvements, then they will deal with

appropriate driver. However, of course, be necessary to 
determine a minimum. Assume they will machine the following 
configuration: memory above 128 KB mode, the turbo cache at 
least 2k. Already on the machine of this configuration

can be used for transactions,
necessary for more or less quick work as the OS, and 
multitasking in it - that is, high speed information exchange, 
increase speed of other procedures. And this minimum, assure, 
will be enough ... At a time ... Short ... So as time goes on 
and the progress fortunately, is inevitable.


AP: That all for now. If anyone knows how
turbocharged Leningrad - soap (well, not
plowing my scheme, but why not vedu).
Mylte on palex@langoo.com Pehimenko
Alexander.

DWT: Help spektrumistu!


  The following letter came from DJ
Hooligan'a.

DJH: "Your newspaper only has a regular column on utilities and 
emulators for HRC. And about internet resources no one

wrote. I've been riveted article for SE # 4 as
times - "review of Russian Spektrumresursov" and with a similar 
system estimates for clearance, etc. But there was

about 20 sites. Given that it was written several months ago 
(eg WOS site during this time is 2 times changed the design:)), 
by the time SE # 4, all information is hopelessly outdated

and will be biased. "


  But from foreign resources, I would recommend www.raww.org - 
a news foreign ZX-resource, which except for news, you can 
learn about the latest updates to the Spectrum site. 


      As for your review:


  Small fonts on my site were
made of the fact that many climbed on
Internet at a resolution of 800x600 and
640x480 in our institute. But when I
was on leave in the normal network
ie from home, I realized that the standards in
This plan is much higher. In this regard,
very soon will be slightly redesigned
site in the direction of increasing the font;)

DWT: Golden Max is really more
correctly answered on the site Hooligan'a DJ and he admits it. 
Read the section PC and Spectrum. "


DJH: "What can I say about the archive: Even with the creation 
of my site its goal was to provide New titles Spectrum scene 
than I in 1999 and studied. Also, I thought it necessary to lay 
out the most needed programs, ie ArtStudio, etc.



  But there is a special service in the department
orders. Ie if anyone is looking for kakuyunibud prog / game / 
DeMouy but never could find, he can send me an order and there 
could be, I'll look for it in their inexhaustible HDD-archives 
and published on the website at discovery:) "


DWT: Just perfect. Thank you for your letter.


  The next response came from RGB/P7S, from
Vinnitsa. His letter was a "paper":).

RGB :"... In regard to your newspaper - see
that went to Manka some: universal at
these newspapers. All just slander, but
high-quality material they have little. As for your newspaper - 
well, some of which I even like it - article on selenite, UFOs, 
etc. Yes, funny little article about the poor Leh with chicken 
for x ... :-))). Conclusion - read this number (N2), I'm not 
wasting time, and hence the authors of the newspaper received a 
large thanks from me :-)), well and wishes to make it even 
better! Well done! " 

DWT: Thank you very much for the nice words
our address, it is nice.

RGB: "But there are different" informal "and they
like - cool me Kumar - a
just SUPER SHIT! And I'm very big pleasure to wipe floppies 
these pieces of music. This is my opinion, nothing better do not

to write than to write such crap! "

DWT: Well ... Opinions vary. I, too,
do not like to read all the small stuff such as
Informals. These papers are, to my
view, only to make a statement about yourself -
like "we are there!" And we the coolest!
You see how we can swear!. "Generally," the taste and color - 
no friend! " 


  The following letter came from Igor Butyrleva, the Zaporozhye 
region. Letter come by regular mail ...


YB: "writing to you, your reader. Call me
Igor (Ihor). Internet access is not
I have, so I refer you to drive (I hope
he comes).


  The first three numbers I've read - good
newspaper. I would like of course, that the text
chosen from the main menu, and then long
turn over to the right place, but it
still nothing. Struck one match.
4 months ago I did my paper "The White Raven." So, as soon as I 
began her to do, began to collect texts and you

do not believe it - the first text I had
about those astronauts who have been toli,
toli nebyli on the moon. It was packed with about
70%, but then decided to do a sense of humor, and
The text of the moon and remained unfinished. But that's not 
all, the second text that I would like to reprint, and the 
sheet was lying on my desk was as again about the Loch Ness 
monster, which you promised in 4 rooms. As seen your newspaper 
I wanted to do and zagadachnoy mysterious, but then decided 
against the background of humor, these articles are not much to 
look at. " 

DWT: There just are no coincidences.
Thank you for your letter.


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  On this and will the current review
letters. I'm very sorry, if someone does not
got here. Easy access to the Internet
gone long ago. Rather, Golden Max climbs the Internet, but 
because of the limited number of babasikov (hryvnia) does not 
had kidanut writing to disk: (. Well, yes nothing - in the next 
issue, as promised, unpublished letters will be published ...



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