Miscellaneous - about computer problems: PROS and Scorpio, IBM ...

<b>Miscellaneous</b> - about computer problems: PROS and Scorpio, IBM ...

> (C) 1997 Sergey Lyapin
Music by Phantom Lord



   Here come the New Year. Want
congratulate all Happy holiday
wish them health, happiness and good luck in deeds
and welfare.
 On this day, want to talk about sore: about computer problems. 
Let same in the coming year, manufacturers and

developers of hardware and software
software will take into account the wishes of the ordinary
Users who cares about the further
the fate of ZX-Spectrum.


  At the moment there are a large number of the 
Spectrum-compatible computers, on which I want to 
pogovorit.Izuchaya various computer periodicals of different

directions more than once I ran into
very original papers persist in trying to convince the vast 
army of users that their computer platform is the most best and 
that all other computers in the candle them unsuitable. The 
same problem does not bypassed, and our modest machine.

Gorgeous and very interesting magazine
"ZX-Revue", a fan is
your humble servant, not just published
Articles of this type, which faced "foreheads" PROS and 
Scorpio, IBM, and AMIGA, etc. etc. Lord, where is our

ethic and sense of ordinary human stroke? How are we going to 
deal with comparing that cleaner is better than a bicycle, but 
the plane is faster than Scooter? Why compare, generalize, 
then, that in itself is a whole world,

computer world with his characteristic
advantages and amenities, handicapped
and problems. It seems to me this way
Advertising is unacceptable, one sided, incorrect
and of little use for an ordinary ordinary
Users who "rushes" in the choice of
between computer platforms, as it
One article persuaded to buy a
computer, saying at best that
one another, too, like not bad but not so
cool, not so fast, not as effective and
etc., and at worst - forgetting the rules of ethics
just pour "dirty" opponents in
Another article - on the contrary, and as a result
in the head is complete mess, but at heart
desperate confusion faced with the choice. Seems
already enough to oppose one kind of
computer to another. Need to do communication
Human-Computer interesting, fun, useful and constructive. Much 
better to tell in the article on the technical data specific 
computer ( whether SCORPIO, TRAC, ATM or any

the other) about the original schematics (but not the type of 
what they say here we have it's so good and nice, but those and

those here as ugly, stupid, etc. ) On
software on the machine, its features, and the prospect of
development in the future, about the creative plans for the 
creators of the machine, and much, much another, which may help 
to understand and orient the user, not a polemic, derogatory 
skirmish, and in constructive, interesting and useful 
conversation. I respect all the producers and creators of 
various Spectrum-compatible systems and would be very

would that it were more correct
and attentive to the needs and requests of users. In this 
article I would like to raise Some in my opinion the immediate 
problems and inform Coy any interesting, I hope

information. In recent issues of "ZX-Review"
often began to appear on such information in general is not bad
computer as "profiles. It stubbornly prove that he is bigger 
and" Scorpio "and any other machine, and not by a description 
of its capabilities in the environment of the Spectrum, and 
strenuously advertising its ability to CP / M. Although it is 
not clear where then this mode. Having at its disposal

PROFI 3 + "and enjoy working in
It was about a year, I nevertheless do not
would be as forceful praise
him. Yes, it is a good fault-tolerant
machine (for the year of enhanced service or
Single unauthorized dumping is not the
that the refusal), a very well-functioning,
in TR-DOS, and in the CP / M and the IS-DOS,
has a turbo mode (I 11Mgts). Work with your printer and other 
peripherals without problems videocontroller above all praise. 
But not all go as smoothly as hoped be. One of the nice 
advantages of this PC is the presence on board

Controller IDE "screw". Plug "screw"
and forth with the song ... seemingly all
fine, but this advantage immediately
turns into a disadvantage. "Screw" will be
work only under CP / M. Why then was
does not ensure its work in TR-DOS and
IS-DOS, thus extending the capabilities
computer, giving the user the right to decide what kind of 
environment to use the "screw"? Why producers and programmers 
company Condor-KRAMIS "did not care about their

child, resting on their laurels and ghostly relying on chance. 
What knowledge is missing? Hardly, I can hardly believe that 
such intelligent people do not know TR-DOS and I do not believe 
in sophomoric Kirill Gromov, saying that

if they provided information on
IS-DOS, then, maybe, likely, etc. etc. such a driver would have 
been written and is under the IS-DOS. So it is especially proud 
of here is nothing. Because of this relationship here, because 
of such, I may say, "little things" and drops the prestige of 
your computer and that have not talked or wrote, but the fact 
remains suffer a user from lack of software for

"PROS" (a lot of him in the TR-DOS and IS-DOS
? ), Suffers and the creator and producer, the prevalence of 
"PROS" compared even with the same "Scorpio" and "Pentagon", at 
least in our city negligible. It remains to hope that software 
developers are under it, if not yet extinct fill this gap. 


  In recent years, strongly rumored
the revival of such a computer, such as, "Amigo." "Amigo", 
little known in our province, but even for those sketchy and

contradictory information about her, creating
impression that the computer is very interesting and promising. 
But in my opinion the question of its wide distribution in

mass is very problematic and controversial. In
a small town sometimes difficult to get the most simple and 
primitive things, not to mention the software and

necessary technical and repair information for the "Amigo", and 
its value plus packaging and shipment will be I think

biting. Besides, what would a computer
worthily, you must have existed
technical service centers with a powerful
maintenance base (I think no one would
argue that even the most reliable computers have a habit to 
break), the abundance of the most diverse literature with a low 
price barrier, and finally a lot of quality time and not too 
expensive software. So that too early to put a dot over the i, 
and although I have some interesting information on this type 
computers. Recently, a German firm announced the launch of the 
1997 year, the computer A / box, designed to embody the idea of 
re-Platform AMIGA. The heart of this machine is a systemic

controller of the new formation, allowing
achieve unprecedented performance and efficiency of the model.
System memory will allow both
store a variety of data types:
programs, video, audio, etc. It will
have 128-bit bus and 100 MHz, allowing the rate of
exchange of data will be The outstanding: approximately
two GB / s! As the processor going to use one of the best - 
PowerPC. 24 hrazryadny channel for video output and a 
16-irazryadny for audio - will provide excellent picture and 
sound. Among the other features of this computer - parallel 
processing of multimedia and 3D-data, freeing the main 
processor, PCI interface for expansion cards and

SCSI-2 controller. This computer is also planned to install 
AMIGA-"compatible" operating system. Expected price for the 
minimum configuration of 16 MB of memory, hard drive and 1 GB

CD-ROM drive will be about $ 2000. So that, as seen at AMIGI yet
all is lost, but the price barrier for this
type of computers is very high and its wide dissemination to 
say until necessary. Hopefully, the new

1997, the year will bring us more good and
successful and will help to solve urgent problems. On this 
optimistic note I finish my article about the problems with the 
provincial point of view.  P.S. Who can solve the problem with 
the support of the hard drive for "PROFILES" under IS-DOS and 
TR-DOS please write to: 


     352903

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     Krasnodar Region

     Oktyabrskaya N 141,

     Lyapin SA



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