Nicron #114 06 ноября 1999

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Spectrum - Vladivostok: Club 8 bit "

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            Vladivostok:
            Club 8 bit "

(C) Stanislav Yudin
ZXNet: 500:4232 / 1



   This is the first article, which opened pybriky. Further, 
all the articles went under pybrikoy "rest room 8 bits. Of 
course, the article has several inaccuracies, preyvelicheny. 
For example, "Raven Black 2" is still not ready bydet cost more 
money Sprinter ykazana only for maternal fees, etc. Of course, 
you will notice srazy them all, but man, Far from Spektryma, no.


      Newspaper "News" (Poland) 18.06.1999
        Rest room 66 MHz / Feedback


   Not so easy in this world. It turns out that in our city
People polzyyutsya computer not only on the platform of IBM PC 
or Macintosh. Remember these computers as ZX-Spectrum? Yes, yes,

namely the one that finally arrived was covered with a thick 
layer of dust on the farthest shelf. So. It turns out, y 
syschestvyyut us not only fans of this single platform, even 
the rest room syschestvyet "8 bits" from Chairman of the rest 
room in which the 66 MHz it is an interesting suggestion - open 
novyyu pybriky - which we ydovolstviem accept. We can only hope 
that this letter pyblikatsiey all will not end. Bydem forward 
to continuing ... 

                    Kibitzer
                    [Kibitzer@iname.com]


   Hello club66mhz,


   ... I'm very unpleasant to hear the right and left only a PC 
platform, and only occasionally in some places about leaks 
Macs, and even then most often in the form of advertising iMac. 
What is it in Nature does not syschestvyet drygih computing 
platforms? Today abbreviatyra PC for many has become synonymous 
with the word "computer". A Moreover, apart from the PC and Mac 
in the world, and y our country, specifically, zhivyt and 
develop representatives drygih computer families. For example, 
Amiga. Many of computers in this class have never have not 
heard, and those who have heard, are divided into two group ': 
those who consider Amigy powerful graphical workstations (100% 
authentic info: "Babylon-5 was made using the Amigo) and those

who thinks Amigy igryshkoy type Spektryma (here finally arrived 
hurt and for Amigy, and for himself Spektrym). Wrong Neither 
drygie. Amiga - It is the same computer as everyone else, he 
can do All the same, and that PC, as Macs, it's just another 
computer. On This I zakonchy temy alternative computer 
platforms and vplotnyyu pereydy k Spektrymy.



   Many, very many people know the ZX-Spectrum. This radyet. 
But the memory of those who still remember, Speccy and stayed 
with igryshkoy 48 kilobytes of RAM and a tape recorder as an 
external drive. But even in such konfigyratsii it was a dream 
for many more any nibyd five years ago. Then Spektrym sold 
everywhere where possible, and programs on tapes to be sold 
nemy chyt whether not prodyktovyh stores. They enjoyed it 
ydovletvoryal many. But here came to gaming, then the PC has 
become more or less dostypen costs (have to write off computers 
based on the i80386, i80486). Spektrym been forgotten. But, 
fortunately, not all. He nikyda not going away, all the while 
he lived and grew. Yes, yes, it is developed. Developed as the 
computer itself (I mean vidy in hardware) and yroven 
programming. If you look at what is written under Spektrym 
today, we just do not believe that it is physically possible to 
Spektryme. I once showed svoemy drygy, last spektrymisty, video 
Spektryme. On what he told me that if emy earlier said that it

possible to Spektryme, he would have been willing to bet $ 200,
it is not possible, and would have lost. Today Spektrym got
everything you need: hard drive, extra memory, a modem
etc. Although, in my opinion, this Spektrym - a 128K + FDD +
myz.soprotsessor (possibly + modem). This is konfigyratsiya 
under kotoryyu written (not written, namely written today, 
right now!) software on the Speccy. It is a pity that now, when 
the dollar is so skaknyl and PC = PC (for many, see above) 
became nedostypen bolshinstvy people postypayut sledyyuschim 
follows: 1) remain in their dreams, and 2) pokypayut b / y 486, 
386 and so on; 3) pokypayut Sony PS, SEGA, SNES, NES (aka 
Dandy), etc. Part people from the first category (which nyzhen 
computer rather than a slot machine) can help Spektrym: 
programming, drawing, myzitsirovanie, typing, games, etc. etc. 
Many still mahnyt pykoy Spektrym on, say it is still igryshka. 
And I do not soglashys. Maybe for someone and igryshka, but not 
for me and my minded. It may seem that I lagged behind

life and I do not know what a modern computer. Razocharyyu, 
slezhy for computer life closely (y me home but Spektryma, a PC 
350MHz c 64Mb, etc. with a color printer and scanner) and not 
only for yspehami MS. The second category of citizens mogy 
posochyvstvovat only if the owners of fast fours chyvstvyyut 
themselves not as yscherbnymi, holders of triples and the more 
pairs yzh accurately. They still use the programs past years 
and swallow slyuny, looking at modern software for the PC. Hy, 
and a third category of people is clearly wrong. Igrovyyu 
console computer at all desire can not be named.



   Now on our klybe. We're going to 6 years has finally 
arrived. Composition klyba over the years has changed, but I 
stand y the very beginning. We call a klybom, though going in 
the open air (so far, in this issue is the shift). Permanent 
members of not more than 20 people. Age and occupation were 
very different: 16-40 years, schoolchildren, stydenty-workers 
slyzhaschie. Almost all have only a ZX-Spectrum and This 
dovolstvyyutsya to 100%. Jobs klybe underway and is now We will 
advance in order to bring together all spektrymistov city of 
Vladivostok and Primorsky Krai ... People come to us with 
ydivleniem yznayut that Spektrym still alive and they do not 
recent users Spektryma what they were almost ybezhdeny 100%. In 
the near future klyba - the creation of urban network based on 
the ZX-Spectrum. Such a network has finally arrived 
syschestvyet in several cities in our country. Its members have 
no restrictions polzyyutsya FIDOnet and part (e-mail) - 
InterNet. By slovy say now parallel to the Czech Republic and 
Russia vedytsya work polnotsennomy vyvody Spektryma Internet - 
TCP / IP has finally arrived ready. And in Ukraine to Spektrymy 
Voodoo connect it too to slovy. 


   Here are the positive moments Spektryma in my opinion:

1. Spektrym - a full-fledged computer.

2. Spektrym dostypen all, even the most modern and feature-rich
Spektrym 1999 vypyska worth $ 90, for the sake of his privozhy
Features:

Processor. . . . . . . . . . . Z84C15
Clock frequency. . . . 21MHz/3.5MHz
RAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4096Kb
CACHE RAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Kb
Rom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Kb
Video RAM. . . . . . . . . 256Kb (512)
Disk controller. . . . . Kr1818VG93
Support 1.44Mb format. . 3.5 "drive
Disk drive controller card. . . . . IDE / AT
Klaviatyry controller. . . .101key/AT
Mouse controller. . . . . . . MS-Mouse
Two slots. . . . . . . Standard ISA-8
Iron emylyatsiya. . . . . . AY-3-8910
COVOX. . . . . . . . . .8 Bit, 4chanel
Video mode:. . . . Spectrum default
GRAF 320x256x256, 640x256x16, TXT 80x32
Video output to TV or CGA monitor, RGB

3. A large number of dostypnogo software.

   For example, a licensed copy of the game "Black Crow II", 
which will be released in a month and is written without a 
break has finally arrived nearly a year, bydet cost in 
Vladivostok, about 50 pybley. For information: game genre - 
real-time strategy, reminiscent of WarCraft on the PC. Quality 
of the writing is not berys compare with any program on the PC. 
Generally on Spektryme all written with great love and is 
calculated every byte and every clock cycle. There are many 
drygih license prodyktov on Spektrym thanks to our relations 
with all spektrymovskim world. 

4. Ease of deployment, dryzhestvennost etc. etc.

5. At Spektryme man odinochky can make something of themselves,
may realize.


   I could write a very, very much about Spektryme, but not
I know bydet it interesting to read not spektrymisty. Poetomy I
prervys skazhy and concluded that we were going every Sunday at 
12.00 for a cinema of "Iskra". 

                Best regards,
                Stanislav.
                stanislav@mail.primorye.ru

If komy interesting article dybliryyutsya online adresy:
http://www.novosti.vl.ru/club66mhz/

With yvazheniem, Stanislav