Nicron #88 07 мая 1998

ZXNet

Information - network activity goes down.

        Fateful decision
          tinkling coins


(C) Wladimir Bulchukey (500:95 / 462),
ZXNet (095) Coordinator

Illustration of a joke
(C) Alexey Antipov (Goblin)



  One can not but pay tribute to the vitality ZX-SHADOW. 
However, EMS, as they say, by itself, but in a speech Ilya 
Ivanov sounded and disturbing chord, which may respond pain in 
my heart any spektrumista. Yes, the activity of network drops. 
EA-SOFT, for example, studied the statistics of visits of the 
server for March and April, found that his MUSIC BBS for this 
time worked in 1931 different users. Picking up a pile of 
printouts "History" of my RABBIT BBS, I counted 65 people in 
the same period. Let me remind you that for the first year 
RABBIT BBS on it was visited by 145 different users, and it is 
true that there was difficult to get through. But so it really 
does now, "all started? Let's look at what is now download the 
"users". Previously continued popularity enjoyed the game, but 
now the emphasis has shifted to information. Permanent success 
enjoyed newspapers, which are now represented a wide range of 
periodicals from all over the Spectrum Russian-speaking world, 
both the quantity and quality of papers has increased 
considerably. Creativity, Motor majority of our comrades, was 
reflected even in the names of some of Moscow BBS - see: HARD, 
MUSIC. People invent a "piece of iron," write "bend" and the 
music is increasingly talking in ehokonferentsiyah and 
newsgroups. By the way, the traffic of these "places of 
communication" is steadily growing, and interest interlocutors 
have long ceased to be limited to Spectrum and computer topics, 
in ZXNet (095) widely distributed, for example, Christian and 
poetic Ehi. The number of users, subscribers, subscribers, etc. 
into quality, and those who are "dumped" without regret, did it 
only if he wishes, but not because the network is bad. In this 
issue NICRON-and published a great article-interview Dmitry 
Grigoryev (Oldman-ohm), and it so happened that touched on here 
is intertwined with the theme of his story, which, in turn, 
history and modernity are inseparable. 

  Now about "freeloading". Yes, when was the current 
Constitution, acted and click on non-forwarding through the 
network of commercial software. Now the composition of the 
participants ZXNet (095) and user independent BBS is that we 
can fully speak of absolute mutual trust, and I, as coordinator 
ZXNet (095) ready to confirm before the whole world that the 
notorious fact that Moscow liberties with copyrighted software 
has sunk into oblivion. Of course, it is possible to adopt a 
new charter, but no "paper" will never replace human 
understanding, and on "independent" the Charter does not apply. 
But understanding it has come, and the first serious evidence 
of his creativity was related to Vyacheslav Mednonogova - doit 
"Black Crow" in the network does not, though I held in my hands 
floppy disk. But I returned the disk of its "owner", and I know 
that because as did the rest, I do not here an example. That is 
now the second serious test - EMS. ZX-SHADOW began promotion of 
this project in Moscow, initially building on the principles of 
civilized relations "by software - distributors - users. And 
the results are there. 

  What next? The network operates and will operate until Moscow 
is alive at least one CDOS-modem. These are the words of Alex, 
but to join them and most sisopov, and all the creative users 
and I, too, of course. Commissioning of the EMS - this is a new 
qualitative rise in the network and the lives of the Spectrum, 
and is unlikely at this background appropriate to talk about 
"slow pogibanii. I look forward with optimism, despite the fact 
that he was among the laggards of the rapid rhythm of events (I 
think, if I say I have a lot of routine work in the current 
network, I believe ;-)) Around the EMS.


  We should not think that one day all will turn, and you want 
- you do not want, buy EMS. Those users who did not want or can 
not (for example, I have one registered with the 48K-point 
machine) go to the EMS, retain the ability to work on the CDOS, 
the more so in the old Charter was proclaimed a full free 
network services. RABBIT BBS will run on CDOS alternately with 
EMS; some of the other sysops too reported that no bids 
farewell to CDOS. Well, those who are willing to pay for new 
features, speed, convenience (just had not added the habit ... 
and comfort ";-)) - go to sisopnik convened by the Committee of 
Omega, as called him a ZX-SHADOW . I had already prepared a 12 
rubles to buy a server version. Adding the number of users who 
called in recently to my BBS, the number does not ring but 
preserve the attachment to the Spectrum and listed in the list 
of users ph_v113, I received a number of 94. In April, the 
network includes two new users who have purchased and put on 
your Speccy CDOS-up modems. Soon we'll know the results of a 
survey conducted by questionnaire of "Scorpion" - if Moscow 
number of respondents to the questionnaire will be 
considerable, it is possible will talk about some statistics: 
who kind of computer, how much memory in it and more. All this 
taken together suggests that the rumors of our demise is very 
premature :-), but therefore, we will live, work and create. 
Good luck to all! 

Yours -
Vladimir Bulchukey aka Wlodek Black.
ZXNet: 500:95 / 462
E-mail: wlblack@ns.91.ru



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