Impulse #02 31 декабря 1997

Amiga

AMIGA4EVER - On the Amiga scene.

                        AMIGA 4EVER?



   Bring to your attention, translated an article from a Polish 
magazine Commodore 'AMIGA. It tells the story of the Amiga

stage, but I think that this information is relevant for 
SPECTRUM'skoy scene. 


                 CODER

   Programmer who writes programs for
assembler. Coder job - is to write
demos, as well as temporary system program and on the VERY 
GOOD, an example which can serve as such programs as:

PROTRACKER (Amiga freelancers), SEKA
(Kefrens), MASTER SEKA (Spread Point),
ASM'ONE (Kefrens), TRASH'M'ONE (Silents),
IFF CONVERTER (Kefrens), DISK MASTER 3
(PARADOX), NOISE PACKER (Phenomena) and others.


                 HACKER

   Most often, a pirate, that is, a person who breaks the 
originals. 

   HACKER just do not make 'INTRUH' if
group is well organized so
since it can make CODER. HACKER all the same
Trainer makes ie menu with valid
CHEAT'ami to the game (and who does not want to play
with CHEAT'om?). Sometimes even that HACKER'y
involved in retracting bugs (from Amer. translation and 
definition. BUG-bug (we-glitch)).

Most-corrected version of the license,
who for some reason refuse to
work. Recycle them so that-be
they worked on other types of AMIG'i,
for example, used more memory, etc.


                 SUPPLIER

   Think how HACKER takes work
Hacking? Engaged in this lightning-SUPPLIER-supplier HACKER'u 
latest programs. This process is associated with a modem, and 
such a great competition that we should be the really fast, 
because the expectation for one day, may entail the release of 
this program itself by several groups. SUPPLIER'y are often 
employees of manufacturers SOFTWARE, thanks to what they have 
rapid access to New (happened more than once that breaks

version began to spread quickly
than the original !!!).


                 SWAPPER

   HACKER'y break, CODER'y code, but
they're not doing it for themselves. Someone
it must also make available, send
friends or other groups. This person
is none other than MAIL-SWAPPER.
What exactly is SWAPPING? This exchange of letters
with other groups from around the world, and is
exchange of the latest games. Good SWAPPER
has several dozen contacts. By
stage walks the phrase "better SWAPPER,
the shorter the letter, he wrote, "but in the western journal 
RA W, write that the most all groups are exchanged for, 
something to make new friends. But the function SWAPPER'a

located in the "dying" stage. Why? A
because for the best and most rapid
exchange, you must have a modem.


               GFX-ARTIST

   I guess you understand what the
this person? However, he does not paint a picture, although the 
demos anything can happen. The main tasks of the artist are 
making: fonts, texts and full-screen pictures (FULL SCREEN 
PICTURES), icons and animations. Among the artists accepted 
Law: Do not scan! Those people who takoy came to life, in any 
case not should be signed under the picture for

this sin, they will be punished by the whole scene.

   Some groups have released a demo
digitized images, not subscribing
beneath them, these demos were named:
SLIDESHOW, and they do not participate in
contests with the usual demos. Good (and
no doubt resistant) artists, released
Temporary demo-style SLIDESHOW, but
drawings made on the beloved Amiga.

   The most popular image editor
a DELUXE PAINT (4. 1).


                 MUSICAN

   The task of the musician is making the sound track to the 
demo (INTRO, MUSIC-DISK'u, SLIDESHOW). Writing a good piece 
with a computer without certainly requires talent, and above all

-Hearing. But despite this, their stage
pretty much. Is that the musicians
make sound effects for animated
demonstrations, but it happens rarely.

   It should also focus on music
demos - MUSIC DISK'ah (formerly SOUND
DISK'ah). This demo, aimed at music. Usually we have to select 
a few pieces that you can listen to select them. Number of 
pieces may be different from a few (TURMOIL)

and almost a hundred (HIS MASTER NOISE)!!

   As well as for artists to musicians is the standard program:
PROTRACKER (. 2 2 BETA).


               MODEM-TRADER

   Naipopulyarneyshaya function in the world. On
West, almost every house has Amizhnik modem. Due to this, all 
the most recent expenditure program in the world, literally

in one day! MODEM-TRADER is
person who is engaged UPLOAD'irovaniem latest products of their 
group on BBS'ki and DOWNLOAD'irovaniem latest

software for the neighbors. What is a BBS? About
this, you will learn after reading the next section
SysOp.


                   SysOp

   System Operator is also a function related
modems. However, the SysOp is a man more fit than MODEM-TRADER. 
What would understand who the SysOp, you have to snachala

know what the BBS. Earlier I mentioned
that MODEM-TRADER engaged DOWNLOAD'om and
UPLOAD'om with BBS'ki. What is it? 6

   BBS'ki these are the banks of programs. " Calling on the 
BBS, we have available a hard disk relative novya (ie,

you will not leave commercial programs). Of course screw size 
is not the same, it can range from 20 megabytes to 2.

4 gigabytes. With regard to speed, then
West set the standard modems with HST
rate of 14400 baud, but more and
more modems gain popularity
16800, as soon and 28800 baud. For not understanding a baud - 1 
bit / sec, ie, 8192 baud equals kilobytes per second. But this 
speed a very relative thing, because I do not

is taken into account the quality of the telephone network.


   Let's all get back to the topic Sysop.
Can not you guess what he does
function? SysOp is the master BBS'ki that
follows that-be there appeared not registered user. If you have
Modem HST, then you will certainly not common, but
then you will have an unpleasant conversation with
SysOp'om, which depends, your RATIO.


   SysOp also decides whom to admit as
user, and to whom to give a RATIO.
RATIO-(born proportion) is the ratio DOWNLOAD'nym to 
UPLOAD'nym. Because BBS users can not with impunity

DOWNLOAD'irovat everything, except that
SysOp can give him "DISABLED", ie,
right to unrestricted DOWNLOAD'irovany.
This right is usually belongs to an honorary
the user, for example sogruppovtsam or very
famous people.



   Translated from the magazine BY DELTA / PHG.

   Commodore and AMIGA,