MSD #04 26 июня 1999

Будущее Спектрума

Thoughts - "Speccy and the future."

  (C) CAV Inc. / Auryn / C.P.U. Speccy and the future ....


     Currently, many publications have appeared 
pissimisticheskie article on "The Spectrum is dead." Among 
users of all more people selling Speccy and dumps on other 
platforms. No s no secret that the Speccy obsolete back in 1990.

But! There is always one thing. While Speccy is the most 
accessible computer of all. (If the Amiga was going the same 
way as Speccy, then everyone would have long stood on the Amiga 
and pC all would not care). What caused the rise in popularity 
Speccy 90-94-ies? That's right, ease of assembly and the large 
number of toys. Not what you there creepy translators into 
high-level languages ​​and other such Labuda. How many remember 
the Soviet computers of the time. Where are they now? Probably 
not many users will be able to SPECCY to say what happened to 
other platforms, the same RC-86, Orion, Vectors, BC. Although 
there is information about BC. In this moment BC is still alive 
and evolving, while in Samara it drag demos from Spectrum! 

  So, go to the main issue of our paper, how to extend
life is our favorite. Extend the life of our platform can 
attract new users. And do not seek to teen Revenue from sales 
of software. Yes, the authors have to pay, yes, of course not 
many people willing to work for this (heavy, however, time). 
But, fellow writers, you yourself in the first place do not 
want and do not buy software from other authors. At best you 
are exchanging it for something his own, (in fact the normal 
way of cooperation) in worst, simply use the pirated copy is 
why, comrades of the author if you want to have a lot of money, 
you can blame on MS and popytatsya there to earn (if smart 
enough). Who can I call people before the well-known in the 
Speccy, but now also widely known in the PC? I can not 
(although maybe I'm just about them have not heard anything). 
Many had gone to SPECCY on a different platform just a lamer. 
Think about it. You that hunting is becoming lamer (or, at 
best, users)? What do you do for pC? Game? Juzat for yuzaniya? 
Try to make money? Let me ask, how? Klepaya accounting 
software? Why accounting? Because if you're a programmer, you 
are there do nothing more. If you are a musician or a graph 
(especially the latter), you may find and use their talents, 
although here, too many complicated and controversial. And the 
programmer to do nothing. Rather space for activities is very 
wide, it's operating systems, games, text editors, and 
generally a lot of things. I misspoke, just not enough for pC 
(or rather is, but terrible pen). Our GAMEDESIGNER'y been 
punched in the world market. (See GAME.EXE) Those firms which 
something kodyat (buh. program) will not do it. They have no 
faith in the undertaking, for them to have everything done, all 
invented, but the fact that almost all the works of MicroSoft 
skew .. Well, so is our destiny, because another did not. 
Therefore, no, that nearly everyone thinks so, and tend to go 
under kryluschko to one of the well-known western companies. 
Nobody wants to disturb his peace and to fight. Therefore, we 
get out once known Specrum'ista mediocre rC'ishnika. Yes, of 
course, that would make pC to do something, (your desired) will 
have more poizvraschatsya than the Speccy, but ovchinka worth 
the candle, I believe that the people behind him who was the 
school Spectrum'a, will be able to turn the history of 
computers with the path was laid out by Bill Gates. But the 
training of programmers is one thing, (To be honest in our 
business is not as important a programmer, a developer because 
the programmer can learn in two weeks, and be the developer is 
you do not have two fingers about .. Th, important training 
users, users, because we are nothing without the user, so 
sostayaschaya a handful of people in a particular clan. A man 
needs a past School Speccy and properly looking at the issue of 
convenience and beauty work. You may not believe me, you can 
challenge my words, but I know what I mean. As has been once 
written in Adventurer'e, I worked on UKNC, SPECCY and PC and I 
can compare, where convenient to operate.


  So, we got to the most important thing, before the hold
user and possibly find new ones. The first thing we must 
understand is the fact that the vast majority of the word 
computer is associated with pC. Therefore, you should convey to 
the people, that there are other, not like on a PC machine. So 
after one such action in the Rybinsk to editorial ADEVENTURER'a 
joined by several people, and appeared on the market several 
new customers. Many simply did not know that Spectrum esche 
alive! On the day of my departure from Rybinsk, the market came 
people who wanted to buy a Spectrum or repair the long-standing 
mashiiny! Therefore, we should frequently vyhodt the people, 
giving more information in the newspapers, to try to break into 
the local television (oh, we it was not possible). True to the 
arguments will be difficult, because the former argument, the 
cheapness gradually eroding. If the new Scorp stand a little 
more lemon, and 286 have less (even with the monitor), it is 
very difficult to convince the unsuspecting user in the that he 
needed it SPECCY. Although there is a strong argument, namely 
the program. Now find something to "kopeck piece" not just 
(can, of course), and upgrade "kopeck piece" ;-). You can 
popytatsya balk at what Speccy is his world and he is richer 
than the World pC as Speccy - this iconic car. And this is 
confirmed PC'shniki that run under the emulator our programs 
and playing in our games. Because only here and there 
Amizhnikov cult. That a cult? The cult of the computer, not 
all, of any one platform. This is love for his car to his 
community. No will not like changing a bunch of iron, sometimes 
does not fit between them. Life pisishnika is a solid upgrade. 
No, of course, the upgrade is a good thing, but not at the same 
pace and with such same price!


  Ask a petition for a distancing from the subject article, but 
it needed. So, the question still remains, what to do with the 
Speccy. What he leaves the scene no doubt, but in our able to 
try it to be as late as possible. Think that can be used to 
extend the life of Speccy. First, we need a new video processor 
(map) because the development of new machines This is good, but 
not quite, because not everyone can shell out even half a lemon 
for mood board (or lemon to the new model). Inexpensive (around 
200 tons) easy to connect video blaster really would have 
helped to extend the life of Speccy. Second, you need as soon 
as possible make better use of the terminology and ideas from 
other platforms. For example, the problem of a shortage of disk 
5'25 DD can be solved with the help of HD 3'5 drives. 
Treshechnye disks lying around everywhere, and the drive is 3'5 
is a little over one hundred thousand (from $ 18 and above). 
What else to adapt, think for yourself. In general, the easiest 
is to sit down idly by and do nothing. But this path is not for 
us. Once we Speccy can keep afloat and kick ass microsoft, not

only need to not lose faith in yourself and have a purpose in 
life. 

                   Written 26/11/1997, at 1:42 local time
P.S.
Editorial DEJA VU: I, as well as my colleagues join
CAV'om abandoned call. Fellowship! Do not throw SPECCY! If
Since you bought a "cool" a stump or Ammy, think again
before selling it is a miracle! Many of the sales you can not 
bail out and lose immeasurably more ... 

                             With hope for the future ... / Ze 
Pagan / 

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