Adventurer #07 31 января 1998

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System - TEST CHAMBER: the operating system for Spectrum PINK FLOYD v3 (2.31)

     (C) Music: Cardinal / Accept Corp.



             TEST CHAMBER



     Somehow I was not going to open this
section in this issue, but it happens. It is caused by the 
appearance of my "Pink Floyd "(" licensed "version of the 
company "Scorpion"). Why is the word "license"

in quotes, you can find in the "interface".



           Pink Floyd 3 (2.31)


                 (C) Domen


     As has been repeatedly written and said "can not believe 
naslovo ads. In the correctness of this I once again convinced

on their own example. We begin analysis of the "new cool 
system, and let not I resent the authors, since I write,

as I've got ....


     Domen OS - a multitasking operating system with graphical 
interface Standard SAA / CUA, as well as full support for file 
systems MS-DOS, FAT, and TR-DOS. This is how it stands out

iS-DOS. Throughout the world, people move to
graphical interface and our old
SPECCY not far behind fashion. Interface
"Pink Floyd" is a mixture of
Windows and MAC OS and supports both
Kempston Mouse, and the joystick. Understand the management of 
"Pink Floyd" is not is easy, but that's properly configured 
system without reading the documentation problematic. What can 
the "PF"? For version that I have is not so

too little and below you see the results of a test study. For
testing machine used class
Pentagon to 128K and 512K memory. In the first
all I want to say about the number of applications open at 
once, they (applications) to open eight. "Why not More? "- you 
ask. Because "PF" did in Scorpio, and there are known only 256K 
of memory. When trying to open the ninth application "PF" died. 
Frankly, the "PF" still so many glitches and error, it looks 
like one big glitch. Well, parsing errors postponed until 
later, but better describe the first work with the system. All 
work with the system passes in windows, since each application 
opens window, which you can do anything you want. Change the 
location, size, generally close the application. When selecting 
the application in "Application Manager" it does not start 
immediately, as in Windows, but first puts an icon in the lower

part of the screen (this part is never blocked applications and 
always available). In principle, the application can run, and 
so (without placing an icon on the tools bar) by clicking on 
the clave, the letter R (un) or middle button on the mouse. 
Moving between applications is the same As in Windows, so is, 
if you take the cursor outside the active window and click 
mouse, it becomes the active application in the within which 
the cursor is located. Easy enough to organize the operation 
with files (I especially liked the ease of copying from MS-DOS 
disk). Browser HTML files - is also quite steep thing. True PC 
'shnye files it will likely to correctly handle

(I tried). Generally speaking,
system is fairly crude, but promising. What are the glitches 
that version, which is I (2.3h): not handled overflow memory 
the opening of a large number of applications; sometimes occurs 
when the system samosbros loading, often spoil the window under 
the window open when closing the window. This happens probably 
because we close the window restores screen at each other, but 
not the one who was in the opening of the window, and one that 
is specified as a background (background) in the filers 
(generally when working with files) sometimes the system Bumble 
drives and attempts to address Q: drive, there are no funds for

create a group (generally no) to create a folder (directory), 
it is created by any drive. But it is not always up to the

folder (directory) goes smoothly, sometimes
system instead of file name, and wrote some political garbage 
can hang; incomplete description of the system, some of the 
important things says little or nothing is said. Thus,

There is nothing about setting up on different types of
computers. Upper memory driver does not correctly determine the 
type of machine (addressing memory is almost correct, but the 
type ...:-(), so at Pentagon 's 128 and 512, he stubbornly

gave that we Scorpion or KAY;
when playing external music
File buggy hand, in the description is not so
same list of system calls (there are
Two examples and all). In my opinion, this is quite a big 
mistake to hide from the people this information (especially 
from people owning a legal copy). Thus DOMEN may repeat the 
fate of iSKRASOFT. 

     Now a few words about the setting
system. If you are the owner 128K car
is below the given information for you
extremely useful if you have more powerful
wheelbarrow, it is still read.

      Example file for STARTUP.TXT 128K
machines.


[Full load (standard)]
ABORT.COM
FLAGFLIC.COM
RAMCONFG.COM
SETTINGS.COM
VIRMEM.COM
CLOCK.COM
APPMAN.COM / drives: AaFD 5'25 BbFD 3'5 *
TOOLS.COM / listfile = tools.INI

[Working with MS-DOS]
ABORT.COM
RAMCONFG.COM
VIRMEM.COM
APPMAN.COM
FILEMAN.COM
FILEMAN.COM
TOOLS.COM

[First download]
ABORT.COM
RAMCONFG.COM; these lines I added
SETTINGS.COM; without them, this is not sesiya
VIRMEM.COM; efficient.
APPMAN.COM
HTMLBRAU.COM / appsguid.HT


     If the your friend's memory is more
than 128K, then all calls VIRMEM.COM should be deleted.


     Example file system.INI


[COLOR]

vsbd3 = 5,0
vsbd4 = 0,5
lbox = 7,0
ibox = 4,0
awin = 5,0
menu = 5,0
dbox = 5,0
butnbox = 7,0

border = 0

[KEYBOARD]

repdel = 3, it is also my job
repper = 12, initially there DEFAULT
ruskbr = DEFAULT

[FONT]

systemfont = font2.FNT

[Wallpaper]

wallpaper_color = 0,7
wallpaper_image = oboi.C; file oboi I

                       ; Put himself in

                       ; Native place.



     SETUP caused by pressing keys
CAPS SHIFT + S immediately after the RUN.
CAPS SHIFT + P to press does not make sense
as in this case loads the bare application manager and nothing 
more. There shall be no memory, no memory expanders, nothing. 
And, accordingly, except for the menezhdera nothing works. 

     ... It took a little time and to us
hit version DOMEN OS, which distributes Welcome corp. 
Immediately noticeable differences. So, having the same serial 
number, that version of the company's "Scorpion", version

Welcome from the different icons for applications, processing 
errors, a memory and the human load. STARTUP file in this 
version is as follows: [Full load (standard)]

INSTINFO.COM; Call Information

              ; System installation
RAMCONFG.COM
VIRMEM.COM; virtual memory
SETTINGS.COM
APPMAN.COM
TOOLS.COM
HTMLBRAU.COM / appsguidHTM
[Working with MS-DOS]
ABORT.COM
FLAGFLIC.COM
SETTINGS.COM
RAMCONFG.COM
APPMAN.COM
FILEMAN.COM
FILEMAN.COM
TOOLS.COM


     In the session, "Full load" also attended the installation 
of the emulator mouse. However, it should be noted that here 
closing "filers" when he is not the last, in the tools bar in 
90 cases out of a hundred resets the computer. Likewise there 
are no tools for creating groups and when calling sysinfo 
section "resident" Posts crawl over the edge of the window (and

not at all clear how to resize
small windows). In the version of the Welcome files are missing 
and TVIEWER.COM IMFGEN.COM available in the version of 
"Scorpion'a" (though they did not work there, rather worked but 
that did not resemble even the demo version). 

     In both versions of the PF is not made a
a very useful thing, namely, at work
in TRDOS could make expansion
files of up to three characters long (no matter the application 
loaded on a fixed addresses (even if it is not - still

could be done)). This would greatly
make life easier for users. Lack of funds to seal the disc. In
principle of MS-DOS does not need them, and for
TR-DOS disk, you can use and
command MOVE (just is not very convenient, reset the system, 
tighten, and then back). As already mentioned,

not happy about the lack of description system
calls. And without such a description and in connection
with the above (a glitch), the revisions,
that we have, we can assume the demo
versions of the system. Since when is a basic disk, then it 
clearly is not half funds needed for work with the system.


     In conclusion, we can say that the PF
should be pursued, since it is quite
promising system. However, in the form in
what it is now (or rather spread), it is necessary only to the 
authors (Or trader 's). You should not hide from

nation system specifications. I'm sorry
that was such antireklamma, but judge for yourself, I paid the 
money and want to get a normal thing (especially as promised 
Technical Support). For Sale such crude things discredits the 
whole system of distribution of copyright software what exists 
now. Correct me if it is not.