Born Dead #06 17 февраля 1999

Новости

News - Video drive to the Spectrum - The Gate. Walker, GfxCon, Worms.

                           NEWS


(C) UnBEL! EVER ^ SPEED co. ^ XTM

For the last period occurred a sufficient number of events
which, unfortunately, partly held by a party to me, as
First was a session, then the flu, and then three weeks
journey neobyatnym expanses of our country. However, to me,
as an old TV reporters, does not cost anything to restore all of
individual facts, rumors, legends and myths.

A SHAITAN (ex-OHG) visited on their geographical homeland,
ie Rostov-na-Donu. Obviously met and took him there
well, since he came back exhausted and unwilling to
more drink. Apparently "Under the influence of Max wrote at 
home page a new local newspaper, Don NEWS about the situation 
in Samara. Of course, I would kill for such nonsense would be 
in place, but for the first times forgivable. Upon returning to 
Samara SHAITAN completed the its insane utility to convert 
graphics to text and now goes pleased and proud. Modem, it 
still could not connect, so that SamNet continues to consist of 
a single man Oleg Prytula aka POWer.


But the other Samarets - MAXSOFT - raped a modem and went to
FIDO, which promised everything to make a "gruel." With the 
help of his own recorded a new version of our CD-ROM devoted to

ZX-SPECTRUM'u.

ALK / Sok, with my direct participation to finish the coolest
video disk for the Spectrum. The reason for this was the video 
disk from Kemerovo, entitled THE GATE, which is sent together 
with the DEJA VU # 7 (see next article). Deciding to support 
the initiative, we developed the idea of ​​video disk'a 
prikinuv and what's what, we decided to "Outdo" BD'shnikov on 
the number of frames. Our video consists of 778-mi frame'ov and 
is known to the conversion of pC multiplier. mpg'a called 
LOCOMOTION. Sorry only that our anim is in complete silence - 
very boring. However, show this for the unprecedented Spectrum 
- more than 2 minutes natural video. The disk is published 
simultaneously with this edition of the newspaper.


ALIEN FACTORY in the face of Eureka and Roma forced a number of
interesting programs. Small but funny New Year
gift'ets specifically HOBETA'u comfortable (a good gift for all
modemschikov), beta-version of the image to ASCII converter and 
finally something breathtaking: "smotrelku. jpg'ov at Speccy. 
Themselves understand - this is power! However, since 
"smotrelka will to support several different image formats, have

easy to use interface, to use .... shorter, it is not yet
Released! Negotiations are under way to place the full version
program in an application to the next number BORN DEAD'a.

A couple of times in recent months called me PHANTOM LORD / 
ACCEPT CORP from Armavir. Not so long ago he had a broken PC, 
and instead to fix this calculator, he decided to return to 
SPECCY. True spektrumist! Well, in Armavir is not so bad ...

Instead of prematurely departed from us magazine ODDISEY, in 
light of published 3 or 4 issues of the newspaper with the same 
name. So, finally, completed card game box and a utility for 
working with graphics. And the most recent work is the latest 
demo ACCEPT! Himself have not seen since she only recently came 
out, but one fact that the authors decided to continue the 
occupation HAPPY128 demomacking'om just happy!


And finally the latest news and cool'aya City:


  For permanent residence in Samara came .... Guess who?

No, not SHAITAN, he is already here all bored and goes like a 
local! No, not MAX IWAMOTO, no RST # 7 and even on EXPLODER. 
Kto said KAN0? I certainly understand that many would like to 
send him to fuck personally, but have to go for it in Moscow, 
as Andrew to we is not going to .... Well, I will not torment 
you, and will make the great secret - a well-known musician DJ 
DENS / SURDAKAR, music which can be enjoyed by reading the 
early numbers ADVENTURER'a or see a demo IMAGINATION. Denis 
moved to us from his native Rybinsk with yet unidentified 
targets. Interested in whether its Spectrum? Will it be 
something in it to do? The answers to these and many other 
questions are looking for in the next issue of the newspaper 
where I plan to put the interview with this well-known in his 
time a man whose career Spectrum mercilessly interrupted the 
service in ranks of the Russian Army.


                                               Amen!
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When the news was written, RRA / AF presented the editorial 
material razyasnyayuschy current status of the project group. He

Keyword:

(C) RRA ^ AF


     ... Maybe I'll start all the same with advertising our 
(unfortunately still not finished) projects. While burden are:



    1) WALKER - despite all the difficulties, is moving in a 
better side. Is optimization engine. Yura, I mean, Jerri, 
increasing their professionalism, injects new technologies.

Will explain who is making: Jerri - GFX output 'disk
routines, optimizing, packing, and any slops is not the topic.
>> RRA>> - discipline (although the wino), GFX 'music 
conversion, hack, logic routines, as well as brains paryu new 
"global" projects. If it is not conceived from a deep hangover, 
it's usually begins to move slowly, sometimes even in one's 
snout. More by WALKER'u can say that the graphics konverchena, 
logic thought, wait for the full version! To leave the ferry 
project is not going.



    2) GfxCon - that I will complete this project successfully, 
doubts have I do not. I guess it will be in Adobe Photoshop

miniature (if not a photoshop, then at least sishka (SEA) or 
pivishka (PV)). I mean, show me all known graphics formats

(BMP, PCX, GIF, ILBM, TGA, JPEG), as well as the opportunity and
distorting the picture. JPEG I have already written and the most
optimized (by 60% from the previous version, which is seen in
the work of only one person), though, you never know, maybe
More hasten. Prog will be a single shell
overlay'yami converters and effects. Dithering (Floyd-Steinberg 
- diffusion), Scaling, Brightness, Contrast, Convert to chuncks,

Black-White, Patterns, and the ability to look at pikchury
Profi in the resolution 512x480 (CP / M interlaced) and lotions
expand graphics to 512x192 (still do not have to complete it
information!). All vysheopisanye jokes have to be introduced in
converter. Info for coding a converter will be supplied
together. Can write the sea overlays various formats and
effects. Copyright converter, try not to touch. Issue
normal working version is expected in March or April! Expect 
from your help on formats Progressive JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and also 
to animation formats FLI, FLC, MOV, AVI, MPEG. Widely regarded 
as one word rad any information on the format. Later the 
expected analogue of this program, only purpose it will 
decompress LZX, LHA, RAR, etc. Although not I promise. Go to a 
packer in me since childhood dislike. 


    3) WORMS - so, for 3 days to write unpackers files
the original Worms, MONTH full of start of the original and 2
week for the conversion of graphics and search for qualified 
personnel This geymmeykerstva (already scheduled, if not sent 
to ...). Time to think about the rest follows from the 
"competence" and enthusiasm. In general, for the start of the 
project has solid ground. About failure not think so! I'm an 
optimist! From odnofreymovoy Worms refuse to advance, not 
because of lamerstva, but from what I believe it is simply 
unrealistic. I am sure that the version of Worms SB, except on 
odnofreymovy scroll and teleportation, more memory not enough! 
Our version would be to adhere to the framework of two frames. 
I think so she will not suffer! 

All specific proposals, impact, issues greets'y, fuck'i you
can send to:


  443105 Samara per.Tashkentstky house and 78-sq. 4

         Ryabov, Roman A.

         >> RRA>> / ALIEN FACTORY GROUP


  either on the FIDO-mail:


  2:5057 / 10.42 Oleg Pritula aka POWer / WDG