Deja Vu #06 30 сентября 1998

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Topic - An Interview with Vladimir. Balchukeem before Fun Top-98.

SoundTrack: Nik-O: EPILOGUE "Slumber song"
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(C) Dan!! L / PGC / BD
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     Interview with Vladimir Balchukeem

             before FunTop'98


B: Standing in the computer lab is dead, I want to appeal to 
all members 

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in general, the main irreducible probability * C, what is worth 
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             attention to all. Very dangerous
and bad precedent. Today, we are with him
handled, held the wire in the house next door,
hooked everything checked out. All of our work and hope that 
tomorrow will also be work, not worse, than it is today.


Q: Now, when a few hours remain

   before the opening of the festival, at heart you
something is going on?

B: At my heart that tomorrow I'm here is

   all speak for a microphone in front of the
room.

W: So now you are relieved

   when all the fears behind and still
there is some tension?

B: Well, particularly the stress state is now

   No, because the rehearsal went well. The last link, which 
could save us work. We were saved, and bailed out. Let's hope 
that tomorrow will be fine. On our side, ready

everything ready long ago, for this I am calm. But
Of course there is excitement for the safety of this
line of action which any third
persons. But I hope everything goes well
and celebration, despite everything, will turn out.

A: Thank you!

B: Please meet in a day!

A: Even less ...
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MMA: ... The situation is this: Microsoft-it com
     pany, which "throws" the entire world. And,
when I said that, one local comrade
Sanya Abramov, a very famous former spektrumist (now the iron 
is selling at pC), said the following sentence: "Moreover, 
people know that they are "throwing" and they still get there! 
"This is terrible! Because that when it's buggy, hell would be 
with him! Messed up Word, "has died," Your master's thesis - 
Okay, you write it again. But when you run an atomic bomb on 
the error, Windows - then we will must die!



People: The exhibition Comtek showed: "Program
      We are all working perfectly - "crooked" is working your 
zhelezo.Esli you had branded hardware, then everything would 
Rulez! " 


People: Lazha! It is they who suffer persecution! For anyone!

MMA: Sanya heard somewhere is the fact that in

     America issued a specific decree, which prohibits the use 
of public facilities of Windows 95. People start understand 
them brought to justice, accused of monopoly - more or less the 
case begins. In Samara, I saw people such as Max Vasilyev, and 
generally a lot of people pC'shnikov known, so they say: "We

hate Gates, as a person, but we both respect him! "Because a 
person who "threw" the whole world and still behind

is not the answer - it's genius! ". And the most interesting is 
that his paws, they have lasted up to such things as the 
Macintosh, which was sober until recently. They're Releases 
their Word'y, their Exell'i ... The only remaining two 
platforms: one is already dead - - Is Spectrum, the second is 
dying - it is Amiga. There are no more platforms, where there 
would be Microsoft.


People: There is a legend that between

      Microsoft and Intel have some kind of contract that 
Microsoft released buggy and brake program, and Intel produces 
processors ... 

MMA: It's not. Some make the buggy

     program, because people pay a lot of "beans" because they 
compile to C, they are written in C. In short, some produce

buggy programs, while others do no less un buggy hardware and 
all is profitable. 

People: Do you want funny? The "PC World" was one hundred
      art. where written that will do for Amig'u Intel'e!

People:?? ! :)))))))

MMA: Shura once bought at the store about
     core processor, he said it was Z80. He
bought it because it was written
the word Intel. I came home, it was
KR580, well, or Intel 88. But the most cool is different: these 
chips, the rotten Firm leaked even the Spectrum! After

Scorpion, the last Scorpion, make chips based on Altera. And 
Altera - a subsidiary of Intel. They are everywhere, these 
stupid technology!

----------------------------------------- Q: Tell me about 
CD-ROM. 

MMA: What to tell? CD-ROM as CD-ROM!

Q: What does it eat?

MMA: CD-ROM, released in May this year.

     The principal author Nikolai Zabolotsky, but
he had it all stolen and unreleased, adding
all sorts of boxes, anything - scored
its software and unreleased. We took him
the best 200 meters of the Spectrum. As
said Sergei Novikov - a copy of the internet site "Geositez." 
There is Z80, any SNA ... The rather large collection.

Information is most valuable, I'm just amazed! For example, you 
can actually find things like the demo version of Space 
Crusade! Great! It is loaded from a real TZX stripes! 
TZX-format is proprietary, ie, if you take the Sound Blaster, 
pripoyaesh to his posting and you can throw on the tape branded 
version, and then sit back and beat it with pleasure! Max 
Vasilyev - known Samara Hacker then CDROM'a was just a "draft"! 
He saw all what he wanted! These Speedlock'i,

Alkatraz'y, Ocean Protection System. He
says: "Here I sit and imagine myself
in the 91st, 92nd with Turbo 90. Will I then
a break? And realize that the difficulty would be! ".
This part of the compact is very interesting! Plus
It was also a part of us. It is about 100
"Meters" trd'shnikov made on the basis of
- One game is one trd'shnik. Suppose, Space
Crusade - there are six or seven versions of
this program.

Q: What caused the choice of this format?

MMA: This is because if you zapishesh

     regular collection, which has already been done in Samara 
(large private Collections), then you'll see the following 
items. Drive 200 with the title: copy 1, copy 2, copy 3 ... and 
so on two hundred, and the directory in a text vide.Na each 
disc can be recorded all anything! On a single disk can meet

adventyura of Level 9, shooter Ocean
and Dizzy, for example.

Q: But why, then, trd-format, it's not

   udobno.Odnoy game to devote the whole disk!

MMA: The fact that we keep bagged

     disc ...

Q: I understand! But then, say, a person

   will need to transfer it on real
machine. Him in any way to write the whole disk ...

MMA: Exactly, exactly trd he could moved
     Tea is real, and given the Spectrum-Navigator latest 
version, without problems put together a good drive. Trd - it 
ideal! Another thing that needed of course, Z80 and SNA.


D: So a person sits down, takes the right for
   packed, drives and ...

MMA: ... and they specifically wrote. All very

     Easy! But at the same time, the need and branded drives. 
Here TZX - the best format I've seen in my life. Stored there 
samplov pilot tone and you can write-protected version! These 
specialties are protected toys that are not plagued Bill 
Gilbert:). Therefore, the CD consists of two parts: self ROM 
emulator (best software) plus appended to the remainder of the 
disk utility: archiver player'y music, video and audio. Music - 
It's all sorts of mod'y Amiga dem and mod'y 
spektrumsovmestimye, ie that were once flown to Spectrum. There

video, while only three animation about Bill
Gates (he was hit in the face of cake). Will
other interesting video content! For example, I wrote him a 
unique stuff! This survey E'96, which was shown on TV! I think 
that no one this is not! .. Approximate price of a compact

60 rubles. The fact is that originally it
not intended to be a commercial project,
but to gather it and leave yourself is a must
die! It still did not share with any
whom a copy of the "Ocular pain" CB, as it was
half a year after the Enlight ...

A: By the way, where she got to you?

MMA: "Ocular pain" was sent to Fido,

     when finally RST Iwamoto and decided it was time to send 
it! 

A: Well, the CD-ROM sorted out. How do you

   is the case with the magazine?

MMA: With the magazine we have shitty! Last

     room awaits you after the FT, with all
so that I can remember. Case that
magazine to do very hard! Nobody wants to
work ... All I can promise you - this is
that Oberon 5 will be fierce in terms of application. Walker'a 
will demo the new. I will present it today at FunTop'e if

have time. There will be a new compressor that was you in the 
magazine, the new version ... And if we talk about compressors, 
I think Hrum and Hrust brilliant! 

Q: But MS-Pack shows the best percentage

   compression on the text! By the way, we will use for his 
magazine was his. 

MMA: Regarding the text I want to say the following:
     following. What would be cool magazines in the world
have not been issued, whichever scrolling framing is not
was better Oberon'a technology inside
no one will ever write! Picture this,
inside Oberon'a "live" RAM-disk which
almost automatically be filled in and
that's why the magazine supports theoretically any memory. 
While we can not test it on all machines, but we

confident that he is "train" works! Absolutely, "train" to 
arrange an article for her have a buffer 30Kb. 30Kb can take: 
music, packed, images, sprites, and himself text. The text is 
packed own compressor, which makes it for special text 
principle ... 

A: All clear! Listalka when the post
   Urgent?

MMA: Never!

A: Absolutely?

MMA: 48-I listalka will not improve, there is no

     sense!

People: So Oberon # 05 will be from the same

      listalkoy?

MMA: From the same. But we will release it for

     month, and easy! After I do
whatever you want!

Q: Does your word that you're gone

   the scene?

MMA: No, I'm not leaving. I do not know how you have to
     stand with this case, may you all
happy to write some articles. We
(Oberon # 04) Miloon "beaten with sticks," which would
He gave his articles! In general, nobody wants to work, why 
Oberon dies ... 

Q: And that there is no hope?

MMA: In Samara there people who would occupy
     malis in the case.

A: A desire to eat?

MMA: Wish I have! But when I did not

     known in the country, I have absolutely no interest!
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A: Introduce yourself.

E: ELF / AURIN / CPU ...

A: They took something?

E: They brought Adventurer # 08 (made for two

   days prior to the FT), graphics and music. Demo, to
Sorry, did not have time to finish, although it is
was promised long ago.


Q: How did you get to the stage in Rybinsk Speccy?

E: OK! Tusovka there!

Q: Do you have any projects?

E: A couple is. This is two games ...
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A: Introduce yourself.

C: Criminal / Die Krupps ...

Q: What do you bring to the FT?

C: Demo, graphics and music.

Q: What is the demo?

C: TV-X evrodemo.


Q: What are your plans, what is the place you want to borrow?

C: It is desirable, of course, the first one! But is this
   depends on the other dem. Plan to take
prize.

D: So get into the top three?

C: Well, yes ... At least try!
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                   NEMO

          Demonstration KAY-1024



   Money can be spent on a variety of purposes, and this 
machine will work. By technical reasons, I demonstrate

machine can not work, but, frankly,
apparently you do not find differences from the Spectrum.
Ie it is traditionally Spectrum Machine
and in a sense I think it's justified. I guess it's time to pay 
attention to technical characteristics machine. Still, there 
are certain standards in architecture and hardware, which 
violate, appears to be otherwise cease to be a Spectrum 
Spectrum. 

   Telestandart. Everything is based on the Spectrum 
architecture. As for images, only TV standard Spectrum. I want 
to draw attention it is very important. If it begins to 
disperse, eroding and Spectrum. And what I I also want to say 
... At last Enligth unexpectedly arrived demo literally from 
Hungary or Czechoslovakia. It converted instantly! There's 
another operating system, there is a completely different 
computer, but there the same screen. Our programmers

sat down and rebuilt, and she took part in
competition. In the company of Spectrum Quarter
machine, a quarter of the cost, a quarter of the area of ​​the 
machine - an interface interfacing with TV. All Spectrum 
architecture is subject to the TV. In this case, Spectrum is 
optimal. If it is abolished, then machine loses integrity, 
loses its meaning. Then there are very many other architectures 
that are different, are equal in dignity and not compatible 
with each other. This is very important! Besides, you are risen 
specifications used in terms of, say, in the space M3, ie: 
megablock, Megabytes, Megapixels. In fact, there are other 
considerations. In particular this is due to the fact that 
powerful architecture requires expensive software

software. And in a sense, volume
software depends on the number of users. The number of users at 
the moment I estimate a St. Petersburg - 1000, as a whole

Russia where some 10-30 thousand people. Ie, he
criterion for determining who is the user - enough liquid. But 
the number of it is. In fact, price of the machine

determined not only by what you pay for
for the computer. Formed the so-called
the relationship. What it means. You
all the time you pay. Pay for
Consumables for the program, for literature, for an extension 
for repairs, etc. The same applies to the network, and other 
things. Spectrum is also unique in the fact that this sum is 
minimal. In my estimation, it is somewhere 30-50 rubles per 
month. IBM has more to the denomination, I'm too lazy right now 
translated into U.S. dollars, this price is 200 rubles a month 
on average. Therefore, the powerful architecture, the more you 
will pay. And I advise you to ponder on this

theme. Now back to KAY, there is made of a new ...

   Made "meter" memory "DIPE" I decided
that changing technology does not make sense.
Now why everlasting. In fact, added 16 pin'ov and the price has 
not changed. If you put an additional extension to

SIMM'ah, these connectors will be split. T.
is, it should not do. I am accustomed to
that my machine to play football and they
should work! One more thing. Usually
public selling opportunities and "Metro". Here
here are not sold "meter" and quasidisc
e-mail. This is a typical zalet TR-DOS'a.
Because TR-DOS is not an operating system, we have to go there 
to hang a few drives. Here made dimensionless disk, ie it is 
not 3.5 and not 5.25. This disc sitting in the ROM, it is 
simply there is written. Cost of fees increased by 3%. Here

This "meter" is already covered by the consumer
value.

   As for the bus. Here on this bus released several devices to 
expand and sold! Ie this is real hardware, which

work. Moreover, it is certain structures, which under this 
work. They are cause and accompany, and advertise. I do not

I want to break away from their roots and do kakieto freaks! 
Need to clearly understand the situation and its possibilities! 
That there is still is interesting. In principle, the machine

You can do a demo, but the Pentagon does not
compatible. I decided that it makes sense to come in closer to 
telestandartu, but not to Pentagon. In Turbo mode, the machine 
works as quickly as possible. Both physically - 7Mgts,

really - 6.5Mgts.

   The total line-up fees next. Plastic casing of the Corvette. 
This controller is inserted into the drive and the possible 
expansion ... As for prices, it is 250 rubles + 10% of this 
amount. Postage is carried out after

obtaining money and will take about a month. Here
and all, in principle, I wanted to say ...

Q: Tell me whether your machine is compatible

        with something, say, the ports?
For example, KAY-256 is compatible with Scorpion'om and KAY-1024

N: Expandable memory up to "meter" made

   simultaneously through the high-order bit port
# 1FFD and a high bit port # 7FFD. There have been suggestions 
to make the expansion through # 7FFD. In fact, this can not be 
done, as demos will not go on some computers. Therefore, made 
significant bit ports # 7FFD and # 1FFD. everything else is 
compatible. I usually say that 97 per cent software 
compatibility, I try to let it keep ... If no more questions, 
then Thank you for your attention!

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     Interview with Vladimir Balchukeem

     (Second day, Izmailovo Park)


Q: When will be ready to collections, where they

   can be found?

B: Collections will be ready when George

   make the shell and pack everything, but not
in less than a week. To summarize,
give a complete alignment of not only the three
places, and to all who participated.

A: Probably still hard to deal with op
   zation activities of this level?

B: Well, not really, just very Davie
   la situation with electricity, which
fell suddenly, and perhaps half
moral strength has been expended to overcome this unpleasant 
situation! 

Q: What can we expect next year and can be
   but to hope?

B: Frankly, if the school will be out of debt

   for next year - I will not take, of course!

Q: Are you satisfied with the behavior of people in the

   festival?

B: Honestly, I expected the worst! Not for
   repetitions Enligth'a past, but cleaning
planned on a much larger scale! Thanks to all that sympathetic 
to the problems of the organizers! 

Q: And you thank you for your hard

   work! What is the size of the prize fund?

B: 3508 new rubles. First prize for the demo

   compo - 1053 rub. In my opinion, the second prize - 700 
rubles. and the third - about 400. Now just can not say, but I 
have and Shadow'a all recorded. We will publish all. 

Q: What about the music compo? Must somehow

   decide!

B: It is necessary to consult with the people! Proceed

   as well as in preparation for the FT: discuss
in ehah, network with people. I think we arrive at
to some common decision. For example, the question of voting - 
how to calculate points? Many do not like Enligth'ovskaya

system, because, say, the work gathered a lot of votes for 
second place could get the sum in the first place! But after

discussions in networks, almost 100% support for this is the 
system. So we and save it ...

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Q: Please introduce yourself.

MIC: MIC / VVG


A: Your impression of the FT?

MIC: In general, everything was well organized

     compared to E'97. The only thing -
music compo! Or should voobshe remove or
should be done to Mouzon lasted somewhere a
minute. Why listen to him until the end? And so
understandable, since repeated patterns. He listened a moment - 
let the next one! In the demo compo It should be noted that 
each year fewer good jobs, and effects. Nevertheless, it was 
dem-quality pieces 5. Next, note that Digital Reality and the 
Samara group of Stars of Keladan have not earned their place!

Firstly, because it came out on fun
about Bill Gates, and secondly, because all
deme consisted of high-quality animation.
I believe that the demonstration - this is the first
turn, the coding contest. Use pure animation - it lamerstvo:)! 
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