ZX Pilot #06 01 апреля 1997

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DUCK NEWS - IBM emulator for the Spectrum.

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   Hello, dear lovers of gossip and gossip!
Today I'll tell you a lot of interesting, but, as in the 
previous issues, the warning:


WARNING: FOR truthful information EDITORIAL NO
Is not responsible, sources do not
Disclosed, Editorial opinion may diverge with
According to the source, to information itself must be treated 
skeptically, NOT TAKING ANYTHING for granted. 


   First of all I want to tell you the news from Moscow
Sources: Several leading Moscow programmers-SMOKER,
BELL, RICK D.-joined forces and created an emulator IBM. This
program allows computer users with 256 KB and
play more games, designed for 286 and 386 IBM, such as
KING'S BOUNTY, PRINCE OF PERSIA, ALLADIN etc. For this
need to rewrite this toy on the disc with a TR
a copyist (MS-COPY, IBM-COPY) get himself
emulator to convert (graphics, IBM will
convert to a format graphics ZX, will compress
program codes of 16-bit CPU INTEL will be emulated
with 8-bit codes ZX, etc.) and then will IBM'igra
load and run similar to the usual ZX'igram. Work on
emulator was conducted over three years, and all this time
kept in strict confidence, because emulator was used
original algorithms and virtual intermalnoy graphics,
today is the area of ​​programming,
having the greatest potential. The emulator is very steep, 
although has a mass of flaws: the conversion of one 
medium-sized programs size (eg, PRINCE OF PERSIA) takes about 9 
hours. Because of the complexity of the IBM-code some of the 
converted program might not work properly or not at all 
rebotat. When conversion because of the high-resolution 
IBM-graphics (at compared with the Spectrum) graphics in the 
converted games much lower than the original, and often require 
special Editorial means LITEX'a. Sound is not converted, but 
simply discarded because of what you have to write your sound

track. The speed of the programs have converted much
slower than the IBM, but nothing can be done about the 
frequency of IBM'ovskogo processor is much higher! In a word, 
cons very much, but plus more! Authors of the emulator does not 
promise stop there and soon we may

see a new version of the emulator. For those interested in
report the address where you can contact the authors emulator
and agree on the acquisition:


   Moscow, Novy Arbat, 2, 19 liaison offices. FREEDMAN'u