ZX Time #09 21 июля 2002

Железо

New Spectrum - Development of a new clone of the Spectrum is almost complete.

                         The new Spectrum.

Sly


    Editor's Note: From Sly came two messages. One - before 
another - later ... Since the newspaper came out with a large 
late - publish both messages. 


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  At the moment testing was completed in 95%, it remains to 
find a couple of mikruh for DMA. City we have quite a small 
radio market and one on 8 cities and even there - 3 cripples 
two of the plague. However, things are moving. 


  Incidentally, the issue with the software. Now
Scorpion'om tracker written by DMA, virtually everything is 
ready, it remains to write function Save to Disk. Tracker 
supports high memory above 512K (as in all of us on the meter 
cord). The quality of play - at the highest level. Term output 
in question (work, Slavutich Hmilne, girls, Unreal), but if 
podshevelitsya, then the official release Boards manage.



  Another such proposal. Included with
board can supplied diskette (two
or more) with software that supports this piece of iron. And 
preobrevshim pays well and authors softiny good progress

their creations. Already it is known that there
will Skorpionovsky tracker for the DMA. We will be glad to 
consider any offers. 


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    Pilot board is ready. BUT ...
something more wires are connected: (A
the last time I was at it AXLR'a
I gave this ... In general, a guy tired of messing with the 
board and was about to break her on his knee Aug. -[]!!!!



    In short, guys, keep him kaknibud - there, dash off a 
letter of as we all need to work!



              His e-mail:

         mailto: pobox@ukr.net

  and his name is Kormishinym Alexander.


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    From the Editor: People! Do you
spit on the Spectrum? Do not you want the appearance of a new 
railway hopes better computer? Write to the author! He also

need support!


    ... In about a new company has come
very interesting letter from our regular reader of Alexander 
Pehimenko who presented requiring, in our opinion, Discussion 
thoughts: 


    AP :"... As for the new card. I have this
project support. But I want to recommend these guys did not 
create yourself unnecessary problems. Fee includes

a lot of improvements - this is a big plus, but
Here is her size (I again repeat, and about
This I wrote in the 8th issue) - is a big minus.


    ... To the Spectrum could compete pisyuku, it must
be, firstly, as a cheap,
secondly, if it is not very steep characteristics provide 
maximum comfort and opportunities for user Third, supported by 
software, and fourthly, someone he should produce a complete in 
form and repair, and fifthly, it is

All should support advertising. Spectrum
should be, as before, the cheapest and most convenient home 
computer. So Let us rise to the cause of all the Spectrum

do to the mind.


    Suppose a board with the modifications we've released, 
there were people bought themselves soldered chip, running 
cost. Well They even bought miditauer and stuck

all this in him. But such people are not much
be. I propose to improve the process of introducing new fees to 
the masses. Firstly, fee still the best in at least a minimum 
of them ready and running, plug in all connectors. In this 
case, solderless user sticks it in the body, connects all the 
connectors and ... already can run. Secondly, for some reason 
would not make a payment block. Under some lotion on the 
motherboard to install the connectors. These lotions done on 
individual boards. Know it raises a number of drawbacks, but 
then the pros there on this subject can podiskutirovat. All 
charges ultimately will take less place, the question will be 
solved with the initial package bundle, repair block design 
easier, you can adjust the fee a cheaper, standard housing.



    Enumerating mandatory, in my opinion, the requirements for 
new hardware Spectrum, to compete with the PC: mandatory 
turbirovanie processor and the SH, the presence of CACHE, no 
less than a meter of RAM, a full-fledged printer port, IBM-like 
keyboard, hard disk controller and CD-ROM, chtoto type 
ultra-DMA-sound cards, advanced video modes, Hayes modem, and a 
full OS with support for multitasking. Others are much less 
gadgets significant.



    Now the idea about the pay
authors. Under the current system can be
only releasing the software as sharevare or
try to give good publicity in the media
indication of the most easy way to pay for users ... "


    DWT: I hope the authors will express card
their views on these proposals at
pages ZXTime.


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