Miscellaneous - the results of an opinion poll Spektrumistov.

<b>Miscellaneous</b> - the results of an opinion poll Spektrumistov.

5mD SITUATION DELX-Project, 1998 It's no secret that every 
modern zhurnalna Spectrum is committed to conduct a survey of 
public opinion on this or inoytematike and to publish the 
results for all to see. Well, tell any astute the reader, here 
is where you're driving - with a stripped of other publications 
section, and download ... Takznay same reader: the idea 
anketirovaniyavoznikla we still have before poyavilashotya 
least one of the computer magazines, but due to certain 
circumstances (the delay of the third issue, the collection of 
questionnaires, etc.) could "see the light" just now. But, as 
the saying goes, "better late than nikog, yes, moreover, 
without false modesty, for questioning over above all 
izvestnyenam similar events. ;), Namely: to Lo filled 103 
questionnaires, and if someone does not ve-rit, come to Kiev 
and we will prove you are - they all exist in the 
"Printing-agency" form. And while that may poveritnam on the 
floor and start neposredstvennok study results ... Total filled 
- 103 questionnaires City Name Survey Schedule 01. Kharkov 
..... 48 (46%) 02. Chelyabinsk ... 10 (09%) 03. Lions ....... 
10 (09%) 04. Chernihiv .... 08 (07%) 05. Kirov ....... 07 (06%) 
05. Scrip ........ 05 (04%) 07. Sevastopol. 03 (02%) 08. Perm 
....... 03 (02%) 09. Petersburg ... 02 (01%) 10. Donetsk ...... 
02 (01%) 11. Taganrog .... 02 (01%) 12. Moscow ...... 01 (00%) 
13. Minsk ....... 01 (00%) 14. Cherkasy .... 01 (00%) As seen 
from the graph, arbitrary questioning vodilos mainly among 
Kharkiv, although the number of people interviewed from 
drugihgorodov a total of more than 50% ... 1. Your age? 
Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. 16 years 14 (13%) 02. 
16-18 years 37 (36%) 03. 19-20 years 22 (21%) 04. 21-25 years 
25 (24%) 05. 26-40 years 03 (02%) 06. over 40 01 (00%) Yes, the 
Spectrum, of course, a young computer-ter - after 25 years of 
sharply spadinteresa to him, arrive at the peak of popularity 
reduces by about the age of 16-18.2 years that way. How old is 
your Spectrum? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. less than 
one year 03 (02%) 02. 1-2 years 11 (10%) 03. 3-4 years 31 (30%) 
04. 5 or more 58 (50%) where the reverse process - 
bolshinstvopolzovateley Speccy have at least 5 let.Ya doing 
away sad conclusion: the volume in sales of Spectrum noticeably 
dropped, not visible because the new "novice" users ... Well, 
of course, if CIS as a whole situa-uation is different, but in 
any sluchaeproblema "churn" of people from the platform 
ZXzasluzhivaet serious vnimaniya.3. What is your type of 
computer? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. Pentagon .... 
48 (46%) 02. Profi ....... 12 (11%) 03. Leningrad ... 09 (08%) 
04. Scorpion .... 06 (05%) 05. ATM ......... 01 (00%) 06. 
Moscow ...... 00 (00%) 07. Krasnodar ... 00 (00%) 08. Something 
else .. 18 (17%) 09. Emulator .... 03 (02%) 10. I do not know 
..... 06 (05%) are dominated by the Pentagon because onbolshe 
most common in Kharkov (EU-Would the survey was conducted in 
St. Petersburg, there byloby most scorpions). But kromeetih two 
models, no such option is not mozhetpohvastatsya prevalence, as 
almost every village svoyvariant Spectrum (on some 
nazvaniyvolosy can stand on end ...:)). It is interesting that 
some do not even know ka-kai their model (pozor!). :)) 4. How 
much memory your computer has? Possible answers Interest 
Schedule 01. 48 kB ....... 07 (06%) 02. 128 KB ...... 45 (43%) 
03. 256 KB ...... 10 (09%) 04. 512 KB ...... 33 (32%) 05. 1024 
KB ..... 06 (05%) 06. less than 48 KB. 00 (00%) 07. more than 
1024 .. 02 (01%) 08. I do not know ..... 00 (00%) Glory (not 
Mednonogov:)) God, even knowing the amount of memory your 
computer! Etoobyasnyaetsya probably the fact that this 
in-formation necessary for the user, when acquiring new 
software (well, not going to 48Kb Country Myths ...). :) Almost 
half uzheimeet 512 KB, and yet it can not yet assume the 
standard, because making the program a "purely 252nd or 512th" 
you "chops off" half of its true potential buyers fields (it's 
me at the FT 2) ... ;) 5. How much do you drive? Possible 
answers Interest Schedule 01. a ........ 58 (56%) 02. two 
......... 34 (33%) 03. three ......... 04 (03%) 04. four ...... 
01 (00%) 05. other option. 01 (00%) 06. not at all .. 05 (04%) 
What can I say? I would put the of monuments to the heroes who 
still can use an as magnetic nositelyakassety ... :) 6. And 
what drives you? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. 5.25 
........ 92 (76%) 02. 3.5 ......... 22 (18%) 03. something else 
.. 01 (00%) 04. no 05 (04%) 05. I do not know ..... 01 (00%) 
Rims 5.25. - It's good, but only votchto bad: they already 
produce less imenshe ... :-O And that's what was on the 
"nechtoinoe" someone from the surveyed, I'm afraid 
dazhepredstavit - neuzhto CD-ROM? :)) 7. The presence of 
musical accompaniment? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. 
only beeper. 06 (04%) 02. AY .......... 88 (61%) 03. Covox 
....... 35 (14%) 04. Gen. Sound .. 04 (02%) 05. Soundrive ... 
04 (02%) 06. something else .. 03 (02%) 07. nothing .. 01 (00%) 
08. I do not know ..... 03 (02%) What there is not trumpeted 
about General Sound, ADO his "standardization" is still very 
far away, the same old kind AY is almost everyone, takchto 
would not hurt for all programs is oriented so far on nego.8. 
What is your monitor (TV)? Possible answers Interest Schedule 
01. black and white. 37 (35%) 02. color ..... 66 (64%) 03. the 
other ...... 02 (01%) No, nay, that Spectrum vosemtsvetov, so 
even some of the two missing! For people who are crucified, 
tricolor pi-clown? But you try to Stalker early b / w monitor, 
play ... - [9. How do you feel about the new 
apparatnymrazrabotkam? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. 
well ...... 83 (80%) 02. bad ....... 06 (05%) 03. on a drum! 14 
(13%) here, I think everything is clear, but in general, the 
machine-nye design - a separate issue dlyarazgovora.10. Your 
attitude to other computers? Possible answers Interest Schedule 
01. I want to buy. 52 (51%) 02. Speccy and OK! 33 (32%) 03. 
already have .... 16 (15%) But this is interesting ... Is not 
istinnoeotnoshenie to my computer? Most half of the program 
"fans" Spectrum "sitting" nanem only because not enough money 
nabolee "coolest cars - predominantly pisyuk. But at least one 
pleases - nekotoryeuzhe having another machine, still 
zabyliSpekki! 11. Your forecast of the future of Spectrum? 
Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. soon "skiff" 07 (06%) 
02. to live and live! 43 (41%) 03. I do not know ..... 53 (51%) 
No comment ... 12. Why you need your Spectrum? Possible answers 
Interest Schedule 01. to work ... 37 (21%) 02. entertainment .. 
51 (29%) 03. creativity ... 74 (43%) 04. I do not know ...... 
02 (01%) 05. dusting 03 (01%) 06. something different ... 05 
(02%) and another confirmation that chtoSpektrum like no other 
platform that is ideal for creative work. Why? But spend a 
similar survey among Vlad dealers on other platforms, and 
compare the results ... ;)) 13. Which software you are most 
interested in? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. games 
........ 21 (16%) 02. "Sistemki .. 1916 (12%) 03. magazines 
..... 18 (13%) 04. demos ....... 16 (12%) 05. everything .. 60 
(45%) Yes, people love to play at the interesting m-algebra, 
because "What is life?" Game! " Ito happy that many are 
interested and kompyuternyezhurnaly, not in vain, it turns out 
we staraemsya.14. How often do you get the software? Possible 
answers Interest 01. as soon as it goes ... 27 (14%) 02. if you 
need something ........ 25 (22%) 03. when there is money 
........ 16 (14%) 04. when you can take a gift .. 35 (31%) 05. 
rarely .................... 07 (06%) Who would have thought 
that among sinkleris Tov as "freeloaders"! A lot of purchasing 
software exist only when necessary. :) 15. How do you prefer to 
buy novyeprogrammy? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. 
copyrights ... 08 (07%) 02. y "pirates." 07 (06%) 03. from 
friends .. 42 (41%) 04. anyway ... 17 (16%) 05. which is 
faster. 27 (26%) You would think that the "pirate" 
versiiprogramm nobody buys! But skopirovatu friends - about the 
same, if nehuzhe, because if the same "pirate" something, 
topoluchaet, he is interested in the acquisition SRI "new 
programs, and therefore the market of the Programme will 
somehow exist. If zhevse polls will overwrite each udruga 
program (meaning avtorskiysoft), the soon to rewrite something 
nechegobudet ... It should be noted also totfakt that many 
users do not osobennointeresuet, author or "pirate" ver-UIS he 
gets - only to pobystreedostat "nove", only a few purposeful, 
slowly waiting for the program will vzlomanai will be sold 
deshevle.16. What you choose to do napoprische ZX? Possible 
answers Interest Schedule 01. nothing ....... 08 (04%) 02. 
Basic .... 19 (10%) 03. Assembler. 47 (27%) 04. music ..... 12 
(06%) 05. utility .. 28 (16%) 06. hacking .. 45 (26%) 07. 
drawing .. 14 (08%) It's no secret that most 
vladeltsevSpektruma knows assembler and actively ha kerstvuet 
with an ax in one hand and STS'om suddenly, but who would have 
thought chtomuzykantov we have less than artists! May, the 
first is simply more productive, RA Botha, since the amount of 
musical product of the clearly exceeds the number of 
graphically rabot.17. Have you read the ZX-POWER? Possible 
answers Interest Schedule 01. never ...... 26 (25%) 02. saw a 
glimpse of 06 (05%) 03. one room ... 28 (27%) 04. Two issues 
... 41 (40%) Well, since the completion of oprosaproshlo 
already a lot of time, which is why, to be hoped that now 
vsevideli at least one issue of our magazine, since you're 
reading it. :) 18. Your attitude to the ZX-networks? Possible 
answers Interest Schedule 01. but what is it? .. 1910 (09%) 02. 
care. 09 (08%) 03. no modem .. 55 (54%) 04. excellent ..... 27 
(26%) 05. bad ....... 00 (00%) to the networks on the Spectrum 
majority otnositsyapolozhitelno, but does not have a phone or 
modem, or both of the two. : (19. Which modem would you like to 
videtZX network in your city? Possible answers Schedule 01 
Interest. Hayes ....... 43 (54%) 02. C-DOS ....... 16 ( 20%) 
03. XTR-modem ... 06 (07%) 04. ZSC-modem ... 03 (03%) 05. 
...... another 04 (05%) 06. on any. 07 (08%) No comment ... 
also performed a survey on the best three m-algebra, system 
software, computer of the journal, and demos. Without going 
into numbers, skazhulish result. The three best games: - UFO-2 
- Star Heritage - Elite Three best system software: - ART 
STUDIO - STS - TASM Three best demos: - Binary Love - Shit For 
Brain - Satisfaction top three online journals: - Spectrofon - 
ZX-Format - ZX-Power you ask me, why is it suddenly ZX-Po -wer 
was in the best three magazines? A yaotvechu you: yes because 
most of the op-Roshen - Kharkiv, and, of course, your dlyanih, 
a local magazine a much-cial act than, say, a Chelyabinsk-based 
or self-Mar ... High chance get in luchshuyutroyku games were 
also in "Mortal Kombat", "Ufo-1" and "Dizzy", but the variety 
lyubimyhpolzovatelyami games were so great that the first place 
only the most of the known projects. Oh, and let you 
neudivlyaet fact that on some issues, raw number of responses 
exceeds (or smaller) number 103. The fact that something 
kakievoprosy responded not all, but were among the 
op-rashivaemyh and some people who vybralibolshe one answer to 
the question, so parentheses protsentnoesootnoshenie all 
responding dannyyvopros. Now, "a snack", izobrazimsvoeobrazny 
"template", a kind of statistical srednesta-user platform ZX.:) 
This is a man 16-18 years old, priobrevshiysvoy computer for 
more than five years ago, and etamashina - 128th Pentagon + AY 
with a disco-vodom 5.25 'and a color monitor. He is positively 
related to new hardware once-processing, but is going to get 
drugoykompyuter (most likely, IBM PC). BuduscheeSpektruma for 
it looks very fog-but for now it mainly occupies, is on his 
computer art (vosnovnom dabbles in assembler and kerstvom ha) 
and asked all and sundry, including sofas, especially computer 
games and magazine-nalami, new software, he prefers 
rewritten-vat at a friend's, where you can sdelatbesplatno, the 
ZX-networks is a good yin to see them against the modem Hayes, 
however one-self to the process to join nemozhet for the lack 
of phone. Journal ZX-Po-wer he reads regularly, so see 
obanomera ... Here is such a somewhat average, nonaibolee 
popular (judging by the results-poll) "sample" 
sostavlyaetseychas most spectrum users-ma. Let's hope that by 
privedennogozdes survey had at least some benefit, ateper I 
want to offer you another anti-salmon, through which our 
magazine smozhetpodderzhivat more "hot" connection to the 
reader telyami. Of course, the answer to this anketuvy can, 
provided that at least read the na-ru issues of the journal. 
Questionnaire for the readers "ZX-POWER" 1. How many issues of 
the magazine you read? a) The number one b) two rooms), three 
nomera2. What is your overall opinion on the content of the 
magazine? a) very good b) normal c) a satisfactory r) 
neudovletvoritelnoe3. What is your overall opinion of of the 
Programme, published in the Log? a) very favorable b) normal c) 
Satisfactory d) leaves much to be luchshego4. What programs of 
the Annex to vyshed-PWM numbers magazine do you like? (If not 
found, not filled this space nyayte 
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
5. What programs of the application, you do not like? (If there 
are none, not filled this space nyayte 
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
6. Please list those headings which do you most like and which 
you want to import Teli like to see more. (If no topic you do 
not like, do not fill this space 
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
7. Please list those headings that you somehow did not like and 
which you want to import Teli like to see less. (If all the 
rub-metric you're satisfied, you do not fill this column 
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
8. List those items that you especially liked (if there are 
none, nor, what is not write 
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
9. Bring a list of articles that anything you do not like that 
you do not want to see on the pages of jour-la (in their 
absence, nothing in this column do not write 
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
10. What are e-journals, ahead-ing magazine ZX-Power quality 
con-Jania, you could put us in an example? 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________11. 
What are e-journals, ahead-ing magazine ZX-Power in terms of 
sprinkler-on and the interface you could call? 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. 
What computer magazines, exceed-dyaschie Journal ZX-Power on 
the quality of pub-likuemyh Appendix programs, you could call? 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13. 
How much do you have "branded" issues of the journal? (On these 
discs present trade label with the inscription "ZX PO-WER-96", 
"ZX POWER-97" and "ZX POWER-98", respectively ...) a) none b) 
one c) two d) three 14 . How much does a disc with the magazine 
ZX-Power in your town? (In terms of the American-American 
dollars ).__________________________________________ 15. Do you 
wish to purchase a new issue of the journal ZX-Power? a) yes b) 
no c) I do not care 16. Do you think ZX-Power magazine, ak-tual 
for your region? (Paragraph "g" please place your residence). 
a) absolutely in) Yes, mainly c) no d 
)_______________________________________ editorial staff is 
waiting for your answers in any battle-form convenient for you 
on these vrazdele "Authors" addresses. Attention! Desirable to 
send their answers DOvyhoda fourth issue of the magazine! 
Section was prepared and E. Nesterenko (Jam), with the 
participation Dr.Squizer 'a and X-ProjectAssociation, 1998. 
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