Optron #03 07 ноября 1997

Демопати

Farewell Enlight - The reasons for the failure Enlight'97.
Modem - the modem.
Lit. Page - Night Watch (continued).
Lvivski jokes - Futbolnue jokes (at ukroinskom language).
Contest - The competition is dedicated to graphics.
Advertising - Advertisements and announcements ...

                 8.11.97

(C) Iron Falcons


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            In today's issue:



            Farewell, Enlight?!

        Modems: quick facts

               Night shift

            Lvivski jokes

           Attention! Contest!

                 Advertisement



            Farewell, Enlight!?



  I think that now it is no secret
Enlight'97 that was officially failed.
The following two snippet ehokonferentsii
ZX.SPECTRUM, belonging to the "pen" Vladimir Bulchukeya - 
coordinator of the Moscow ZxNet, should finally clarify the 
root cause of this failure, and also tells you about its 
consequences. 


                            Hacker rasp.

 ZX.SPECTRUM (2:5020 / 689.100)
 Msg: 4 of 5
 From: Wladimir Bulchukey (095/462)
 To: All
 Subj: Organization Enlight'a


Hello!
This Wlodek Black, Vladimir Bulchukey.

Start quote Imperio:

 IM> What else was good in that day:

  
 IM> I was dragged, in the toilet with some
 IM> guys izrisoval wall paint

  
 IM> diligently foul up the whole floor goby
 IM> (at the end of Day 1 Inlayta all 4-th
 IM> floor was pelted with empty and broken
 IM> bottles of beer, cola, fanta,
 IM> packages of potato chips and other dick IM> it)

(End quote, damn ...)

After reading in the 21 th issue of the newspaper "Lprint" 
schizophrenic delusions of some Imperio (weakly Subscribe 
today, huh?), I, and the whole of Moscow was just shocked and 
outraged. Than in fact, boasts Imperio? That

tore Enlight'97?! Because we all know,
that the painted wall in the toilet was
that last straw that broke
patient administration and the Organizing Committee.
Imperio admires the behavior of their pals, a word can not pick 
up - as thrown on the floor leftovers sausage, as

drunk and beaten with beer bottles as gadili
cigarette butts everywhere ... Is he a fool? Or he
for it and drove to St. Pete? And after that he lacks the nerve 
to call themselves author of some works, donated them to the

Contest! He - not the author of the work. He - the author
Crime, yes, yes, the crimes for
disruption caused to people colossal Festival
material and moral damage. And now,
after it was actually the official recognition of his guilt 
(which he at fault is not believes, and flaunts his balloon with

paint, not even as a small, but just
like a fool), we all have the right to bring
his account in full. This idiot did not think he has everything 
else and the whole Belarus substitutes, and the sight of 
pisishnikov - and all spektrumistov? Now those maliciously 
(and, maybe, not maliciously, but just right!) will say: "What 
we're talking about? Here it is, a person spektrumistov! As 
we've been warned.. "And there will be absolutely right. A if 
there is still some wise guy who thinks of kopnet deeper and 
hold parallel to the Belarus-Russia?? Known as

difficult to sum Union fraternal peoples. And some "Moskovsky 
Komsomolets" raznyuhav about this story, immediately make 
"global conclusions, says:" Here, said we, Belarusians can not 
be trusted! ". Well, okay, it's already out of the area 
fantasy, but for zapodlo that arranged that bastard from 
Belarus, it would be necessary something to come up with. It is 
clear that neither he nor his sidekick in Moscow did not set 
foot on FunTop98. Need to determine the composition of his 
"creative" team and publish them so that all the road on any of 
the contest was closed. In short, the persona non grata. One 
thing I ask: let us at least we spektrumisty not tear

on the rabid. We will not let us condemn the whole of Belarus. 
Cattle are everywhere, and us plenty of them. Stisnem teeth and 
extend our promotion, Moscow, Festival. Let the guests come and 
participants from Belarus. Evil must be punished, but

will not be vengeful. Welcome
all honest parties to Festival! And yet.
I would like to publicly welcome clarification
from the newspaper "Lprint": as _takoy_
material such as paper (c) Imperio, could get into print? After 
all, like "Lprint" - a solid, entertaining newspaper that is 
pleasant and interesting read ... In general, the question 
Seriously ... 

Yours -
Bulchukey Vladimir (Vladimir Bulchukey)
ZXNet (095) Coordinator.
Chairman of the Organizing Committee FunTop98.
ZXNet: 095/462

P.S. On Friday, it will be Nicron-e.


 ZX.SPECTRUM (2:5020 / 689.100)
 Msg: 5 of 5
 From: Wladimir Bulchukey (095/462)
 To: All
 Subj: FunTop98



     Hello, All!


   This Wlodek Black, Vladimir Bulchukey.

So I finally got to ehokonferentsii,
that he himself said of the coming into
Moscow Festival spektrumistov. I do not have
direct access to Fido, I share information through the gateway 
from Alexey Ivanov, so I can not respond to questions, 
opinions, suggestions, and for that I apologize. Firstly, I 
want to say a huge thanks to all Muscovites who have supported

subja idea and started a long time and much
embody it in life with me. This,
Of course, Alexey Ivanov, Sergey Novikov it is very, very many 
people from ZXNet (095). Yes, and thank you for simply 
supported, the same Alex Letaevu, for example. 

I have accumulated and continue to collect "clippings" ("Cut") 
of each day ehokonferentsii, but the quota specified each 
question and answer it I just can not physically. Therefore, 
try to generally, but most informative answer all at once. The 
first gunshot, "Aurora" :-) with the word "FunTop" sounded from 
the pages of Nicron-51. But since not everyone can read it (not 
dovsyudu comes newspaper), I remind you what it was all about.


And it said, more precisely, there _tsitirovalsya_ _dokument_ 
signed and _skreplenny pechatyu_, advising of intent to

in August 1998 spektrumistov festival at Moscow's School 91. 
And also the fact that full responsibility for maintaining 
order, safety of property and the purity of myself to myself. 
Therefore, logically, perhaps, explain here for those who do 
not know me, who I am. I work in the 91-th school for 15 years 
on days (24 th) will celebrate its 34 anniversary

(I will not refuse to accept congratulations :-)).
So what you're dealing with an adult, also with great 
pedagogical experience. In his student years, I organized 
discos; working in the school - Bicycle Tours with students, 
etc. Here in Moscow - solid team of associates, in contrast to 
Peter, where for every platform, said only one person. Study 
the mistakes of others, we started with the first days on his 
return from Petrograd, and was silent in ehah just because they 
do not say ho, until jump.


Skipped. Notified. And hope you
understanding and your support. The work goes on, and
job seriously.

Technology has absolutely everything, and it is not
fail.

Looking at previous demos, where the authors have conveyed 
their regards himself Festival ("Enlight'97 - Sensation of the 
year! "Etc.), and considering that the authors work, it makes 
sense to start now (remember how bright star was late for E'97 
- Ecstatic Dub, Rage, The Cube!), I consider it necessary to 
close the question about the name of the festival. 

FunTop98 proclaimed. Title fits into 8 characters (an obvious 
requirement for naming files, folders, archives and

etc. on any platform), it is easy to pronounce in English: 
[fan-top, no "Y"! ], It is declining: FT98 or even

F98.


Yours -
Bulchukey Vladimir (Vladimir Bulchukey)
ZXNet (095) Coordinator.
Chairman of the Organizing Committee FunTop98.
ZXNet: 095/462



        Modems: quick facts



(C) Sergey Filimonov


  Hello dear readers of the newspaper
"Optron!

  Here, he decided to "sbatsat" a small little article
for this edition. First of all I would like
say that the very appearance of Lviv
e-newspaper is of great importance
Speccy for all users in our region, perhaps even beyond.
Thanks to "Optocouplers" we are all somehow a little bit
"Approached": learn more about each other
(Albeit in absentia), who is doing what, who has what our plans 
for the Spectrum and not only what mnogoemnogoe news and more. 

  As many of you, dear readers, are waiting with impatience the 
appearance of CDOS-modems on the market in Lviv, and I, as the 
manufacturer of this product, too much "stopping" this process, 
so let me explain to you and tell you briefly about modems in 
general and the CDOS-modems in particular. Perhaps my story 
will open some people eyes to the concept of "modem" and its 
real capacity and speed.




             The modem at all



  You probably already know, dear readers, that suschestvut 
"crazy" speed Modem (expensive, of course), for example,

48 kbps (yes, yes, kbit / s, and not
baud, as this is not the same thing, but on
below). Phone as a channel can pass through a frequency of 300 
Hz to 3.4 kHz. (I do not know how to Zaporozhye

disseminators of their modems are their
generally to sell, if they claim that
telephone channel transmits the frequency to 5
kHz :-)).

  Subjectively, this speed as it turns out: that is, take the 
file length in N B or N * 8 bits, send it to the telephone 
channel via a modem, note the time of transmission, divide the 
length of the file in bits per transmission time in seconds and 
get approximately the speed at which it is written in the 
instructions to the modem (if not lied), usually less, but no 
more. 

  So how does this happen?

  Firstly due to compression of information
secondly, due to signal modulation such
a way that one baud can be
"Shove" two, four, eight bits, and even more, and thirdly, the 
use of multi-channel modems. I'll tell you about all of order, 
but first you need to explain what all the same different "bit 
/ s' from 'baud'. 

  The notion of 'BPS' I think everything is clear:
modem transmits a file of length N bits in M ​​seconds, its 
speed, we first N / M bit / sec. 

  The term "baud" means the amount of change logic states modem 
for a second. That is, for one baud or in one logical state of 
the modem can not transmit only one bit, but more (but not

smaller, ie can not be BPS 
hanks oiled tow. - You do
pumps and hoses to pump water, and
Guns and hoses. Unwind
they must be careful and not less carefully descend. Those who 
will work with Guns, warn specifically: Be extremely careful 
and attentive be careful to not get under the stream

none of the people, otherwise it will have to take into
ludshe case to the hospital.

  - Did anyone just maim - in a low voice began to moan 
Viskonski. - Here look.


  - And you guys - Warwick showed a different crowd, which was 
also a Hall Viskonski. - You will now head

commands. Divide into pairs. At each
couple - one electric trolley in
which you will remove something that does not suck pump. Is 
there anyone who can not use of trolleys?


  Nobody raised his hands, though from prolonged
operation of trucks has fallen off nearly
everything that could fall off, except
the basic necessities - including car seats
workers. Warwick went on:

  - All the basement should be
thoroughly cleaned by Thursday. In the extreme
case not later than Friday. Does anyone have any questions?

  Issues has not been all this time Hall
peered into the face boss and he has somehow emerged a sense 
that in soon with Warwick necessarily

should anything happen. And not
just something, but very bad.
This idea is like Hall. Warwick he
to put it mildly, did not like.

  - Well, well - finished at this
Warwick. - Then let us begin.



  2 am Tuesday.

  Hall quickly tired of the never ending chatter Viskonski, and 
most of all - from its intolerable whining. "Partner" was 
completely incorrigible. He would not help, perhaps even a good 
spanking - it would be just another excuse for that in

once again had a good pohnykat.

  Hall knew that he was just a little
play pranks nerves and tried to cheer
the thought of how he would otstegal Viskonski strap on his fat 
ass naked. Such a terrible whipping him, probably,

simply would have killed. Despite the fact that the picture 
painted by the imagination of the Hall turned out pretty funny, 
she did not call him a weak smile, even from the very strong 
and unpleasant smell, prevailing around - foul-smelling mixture 
of smells of stagnant water and rotting, mold, nauseating 
reeking of industrial wastes and even God knows what. At the 
beginning of corridor, in they were in ran into the Hall

eyes fantastically huge colony of pale grebes, growing straight 
out of the collapsing of time and damp concrete. 

  Accidentally slipping off the rust with zaevshey one gear 
trolley, which Hall wanted to crank out his hand for a moment 
touched by dense thickets of these fungi. They showed him ... 
warm and soft. Their touch was like the touch of a person 
suffering from edema skin.


  Then place the basement, which contained
Now Hall and Viskonski, had a very high ceiling and was flooded 
with a huge old out of service machines, which gave him a 
resemblance to some ancient graveyard of ships. Corps of 
long-dead machines, like rotten boards old ships were covered 
with patches of yellow-green moss. Impression is reinforced 
more drifting from somewhere far away noise of the water with 
great speed taking off of Guns.


  Here, finally, in the field of view appeared
rats. They were incredibly huge,
just huge! .. Normal rats - such as the top - would have seemed 
like just dwarfed by those monsters!

Nearly motionless, they watched as streams of water washes away 
their homes - boxes, boxes, large tin cases, piles

paper and paperboard. Their eyes were huge,
bulging, and almost nothing to the blind because they have 
lived all my life in darkness. 

  - Let's stop and a smoke - a trembling voice suggested 
Viskonski, quite having lost the breath of fear.


  Smoke was really handy. Hall
leaned against a trolley and pulled out his cigarette, holding 
out a trembling fear Viskonski.


  - If you like to know before that we are here waiting, I 
never would have given Warwick persuade me to such madness - 
convulsive inhaling, moaned Viskonski. - This

rebota not for man! But he ran into
I like crazy just at the moment,
when I decided a few minutes to take a nap,
yet there was no work. He was just mad
and I thought he just will beat me.

  Hall listened to this talk in silence, but also
thinking of Warwick. About Warwick ... and rats.
Thought about them a sort of horribly intertwined in his mind, 
forming an indivisible whole. 

  Apparently, rats saw the people first. They seemed to treat 
their appearance perfectly calm. Suddenly one of the They stood 
on their hind legs like a squirrel, and, ready to attack, 
suddenly rushed toward the Hall. Acute she fixed her teeth into 
a thick, fortunately, and rough skin of his left work boot. In

some negligible fraction of a second-Hall
finally realized that these monsters are not
hundreds or even thousands, and many more.
He remembered, and what terrible disease
carried by these creatures. In the following
moment, without thinking too much, he
sudden and severe blow right foot, threw a loud rat 
vzvizgnuvshuyu far darkness.


  On the scene wide open
Viskonski eyes again began to whimper trembling
from the fear of voice:

  - I need de-e-ngi! .. But by golly,
buddy, this work is not for man! What creepy critters! ..

  All the while he continued to look fearfully around, tugging 
at every second head:


  - I think they understand things are not
worse than we are with you ... and imagine that
it would be if we were little, and
They, on the contrary, large ...

  - Shut up! - Cut him off sharply shouting
Hall.

  Viskonski priumolk at the time and alarm
looking at his running mate said
only:

  - Well, sorry, pal. I just ...

  A few seconds passed in almost complete
silence. Suddenly a shrill hysterical screams Viskonski finally 
emerged from the equilibrium: 

  - Lord, what is there to stink! I can not
so! This work is not for man!

  Closing his eyes, he frantically shook truck, grabbing it 
with both hands. 

  Hall very much going to weigh him a good slap in the face, 
but suddenly out on the trolley hand Viskonski crawled a huge 
black spider. Immediately stopping to yell, poor Harry froze 
and stared at the spider is widely open eyes in horror. A few 
seconds passed before he realized that the spider be reset. 
Hairy monster fell to the rail with a sudden loud thud than 
plunged an already frightened to death Viskonski in profound 
shock, by which he finally stopped.

Apparently, a long time.

  - Come on - bring him out of his stupor Hall.
The faster the start, the faster finish.

  - Hope - mumbled barely listening to
Viskonski language. - I hope ...



  4 am Tuesday.

  Break for breakfast.

  Hall and Viskonski together with two or three other men with 
no appetite chew their sandwiches, keeping them from black

mail indelible dirty hands. It was impossible to wash off 
before the end even with the strong resources, which in plant 
was enough. Hall, eating, looking at the chief's desk, behind 
the glass which absorbs Warwick with an appetite for cold 
sandwiches, drank hot coffee. 

  - Ray Upson no longer wants to work and
went home - he heard the voice of Charlie
Broach.

  - Can not cope with the nausea? - Someone asked. - Me too, 
just not throwing first.


  - No. Before he vomited, his
greatly injures the rat. Just razterzala
him almost the entire right hand, until it was
nail.

  - Oh! - Surprise Hall, tearing eyes
of Warwick, who has rozglyadyval before.

  - Yes, - nodded Broach. - I was with
them in one pair, and what I saw was
one of the most horrible things I've ever seen in my life. Rat, 
this was perhaps even more than the cat. One

jump she tightly clutched in his hand
teeth and claws and furiously began to tear the meat so that 
only the pieces flew. Ray screamed like a woman, and I do not 
condemn him for it. Even there - he squeal like a pig, which is 
cut. And do you think the thing unhooked from it? No, guys!

I had three or four times its deal a blow
sound board, before they could tear her away from Ray. The guy 
just went crazy. He grabbed my board and beat it in the rat 
until until it turned into bloody shreds of wool. Warwick had 
bandaged his arm and sent home, telling right from morning to 
see a doctor. 

  - You bastard - he heard a voice.
Pretends to be pious.

  Warwick, as if he heard what was said, drank coffee, 
stretched, and walked out of the desk out.


  - It's time for work, guys.



  7 am Tuesday.

  Hall and climbed out viskonski
make. Looking at this fine mentality, fat,
Hall was surprised to find myself thinking about
that they are starting to become like
each other. Like a strange and
almost imperceptibly. Viskonski, sadly
taschivshiysya behind, was comically dirty. His
fat face was grubby - just like
boys who got in a good
a street brawl.

  People went dark silent crowd. Not
could be heard even normal for this time of coarse jokes like 
that, who warmed Today, Tony's wife while her husband 
faithfully procured dollars to the family budget. Nebylo heard 
nothing, except tired stamping dozen feet. From time

time someone spat in disgust
on, and without that, terribly dirty floor.

  - If you like, you tossed to the house? - Asked hesitantly 
Hall Viskonski. 

  - Thank you.

  For all the time, as they drove, they were not exchanged a 
single word. Just threw each other, "yet", when Hall went out of

machine.

  Hall immediately went home to shower, all
still thinking about Warwick and trying to understand
why the thought of this man pursue
it so obsessively, and even almost constantly.

  Hall was so exhausted that sleep
immediately, as soon as his head touched the pillow, but sleep 
was very bad and troublesome: he dreamed of rats. 


          To be continued ...



            Lvivski jokes



(C) Ranger


  Our grupa virishila vidkriti Tsey rozdil
is tiєyu metoyu, dwellers chitatchi nashoї gazeti
could Troshkov rozslabitis that posmiyatis.
Sche odniєyu metoyu tsiєї headings Bulo - poznayomiti chitacha 
is novimi (or nagadati nepogani stari) jokes yaki isnuyut on 
teritoriї Lvivschini. Tsey rozdil bude periodichno 
z'yavlyatisya on storinkah "OPTRON" pochinayuchi is the third 
issue. At tsomu I zakinchuyu Tsey Nevelichka introd i perehodzhu

bezposereno to prikoliv.



            Futbolni jokes



  - Podivitsya, yak strongly Kosovsky hitting his head at the 
bar. 

  - At matchi prisutni shist is half
glyadachiv.

  - Requires Booty Leonenko, dwellers is not vluchiti
tsiєї points on goal.

  - Planuєtsya zbilshiti nevdovzi gate
more uniquely pidrosli vorotari.

  - In another taymi cowards "Barcelona"
livoruch vid us is you.

  - So, chains, Roberto Baggio, Yogo hvist know in usomu about 
Ukraine. 

  - Yaky time vtrativ Rebrov, m'yach proyshov in lichenih 
meters vid Yogo feet. 

  - How long I do not bachiv in gri head Vovchuk.

  - Axis Zubov podaє ovsayd.

  - Yak roughly zbivayut Shevchenko! Arbitr pokazuє, scho Bulo 
all within the rules. Pokey scho vin conduct a match without 
pomilok. 

  Padaє dosch. Commentator: "Znovu zahisniki
soaked Joao Pintu.

  - Do not rozumiyu, chomu not zarahovano goal
Aje m'yach still peretnuv liniyu vorit,
torknuvshis hands Luzhny.

  - Kutovoi potribno vkinuti slit again.

  - M'yach potraplyaє to the podium. Not soon
vbolivalniki turn Yogo, Aje for 2
hvilini to zakinchennya match їhni ulyublentsi
vigrayut is perevagoyu one m'yach.

  - Impact - i m'yach potraplyaє in "dev'yatku"
"Carpathian". Ubolivalnikiv please do not lyakatisya: I mav on 
uvazi Makovey. 

  - For novimi rules vorotaryu zaboroneno take from svogo.

  - Znovu pidtverzhuєtsya "golden rule"
Football: Do not zabivayut tobi - zaby himself.



            Attention! Contest!



(C) Rasp


  The editors of the newspaper Optron "obyavlet the beginning 
of our first official contest. We decided to dedicate this 
competition schedule. Hearing from you spektrumovskie standard 
screens (6,912 bytes). Subjects images can be diversified. 
Pictures and brief information about yourself (name, 
coordinates) can leave radiobazare Sergei Filimonov. The prize 
for best picture will be a bottle of "Rasputin", and also, 
personally from me - the game "Super Laser Squad "(see" 
Advertising ") when suddenly the contest sponsors will appear, 
then the number of prizes may increase. Except The three best 
work may be able to FunTop get to 98, which will be held in

August next year in Moscow.

  Members of the group Iron Falcons participate in the 
competition do not accept. 



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  The smallest in size and most
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"Lviv" version of the computer
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  Is on sale for the connection fee
Printer (ZX Lprint III).


  Boards COVOX'a (8 -, 9 - and even 10-bit), which in addition 
supports More and opportunities ZX Lprint.



  As a continuation of empowerment
two prdyduschih boards designed board
Sound Drive, which supports and COVOX,
and ZX Lprint.


  There is a sale of the controllers drive
(Beta Disk Interface).


  Information for those who have a phone:


  On sale is ready, and cohesive
configured with an indicator board AONov
ALS318M, ROM with the latest version, the amplifier for the 
handset and instructions. 


  There is a small circuit board for tlefonnoy tube (to replace 
the "pop" carbon microphone, in-ANI

or simply to improve hearing).


  In the near future expected output
CDOS-modems for the Spectrum.


  Also on offer is the charge of "running lights" effect by 64 
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  All products are accompanied by instructions and
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  Come to the radio market on Wednesday and Saturday from 9 to 
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  Selling computer PENTIUM 486 SX and other
peripherals. Exclusively
manual assembly. During the telephone contact
editors.



                WARNING!


  If you want to place their ads in the newspaper Optron, you 
can contact with us, just as in the case of articles

- By Sergey Filimonov. Ads are FREE!

  For content and accuracy of advertising
responsibility of the advertiser.