ZX Pilot #39 11 октября 2000

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Our Guest - the memoirs of Vladimir spektrumista - Astral.

           H A R T S T O L I



   Yes, we have long sought to Spektrumistov
the land of Vladimir ... Eventually they
found us!

   In fairness it should be noted that
Aleksandrov Spektrumisty, represented Astral'a (ex-Clive), 
first came to the D-Man'a / EI, but have not found sufficient 
support. This was followed by contact with the editors 
ZXPilot'a. 

   Having time to exchange a few with us
Inscribed, he did not think twice, the first
as a suitable case came to look at
life Kovrov Spektrumistov ... A "dependent"
it is even more than planned, but unfortunately we could not 
get around all those wanted to visit because second day 
Astral'a in Kovrov fell on Monday: (But it does not matter, 
because Sergei is going to come more than once ...:) 

   [... Yes, is not going to, and already came
one more time! And this time, Sergey was delayed for one day 
more than planned and he already had to miss one worker

day! At this time, Astral brought Vel'u (I
ie :) Just a priceless gift - a zero
B / W monitor! A lot of time was spent in my apartment, copying 
the best various soft. It has also been successfully tested by 
silencing of vodka "chpok" who drove from St. Petersburg Kooll 
(details about this and many other in the next issue). On the 
day of departure to visit Astral'a rolled Sergius (he had just 
picked habit to go under Vel'u at the hut at

Mountain Bike! ;) In a word all
a very good time ... ]

   It seems that Sergei was pleased with the trip. Back in with 
a bunch of softa Alexandrov, Samsung drive to 1.2Mb and a few 
other useful features done ... 

   The story you just read,
was brought into the carpet Astral'om personally.


(C) ASTRAL


                  Start scribbling 08/06/2000

                  especially for editorial

                  ZX-Pilot of Astral'a

                  "The Story of ..."



                  History

              (Full version)

From author:


   Of course, this story will be very
much uzhato reasonable article, but
can and generally is not taken into account. But
Yet the story still contains the actual events and memories of 
a time when Speccy still just gaining momentum in our USSR and

Many people represented the object
increased attention, Kojima and remains
this day. But only a depreciating and otherwise "lowered" in 
the faces of not respecting apparatus, which gave strength of 
mind to many. 

How it was ...


   I remember back in the 3 rd class attention to
computers are my classmates were significantly higher than that 
of present-day adolescents. Of course, because earlier there 
was no IBM PC, which now constitute the bulk of users, and in 
schools were BC-0010 and nothing much I could not expect that 
one day and my home computer will appear. That is what happened 
... 

   My father (to his parents' divorce)
had very good relations with a man who traded in Mitino, in 
fact it was his friend, with whom my father worked -

was then, in the late 80's, he brought his friend Speccy 48 to 
our home, but still monitor (b / w "bell"). Just at that

time and his father was very interested in it, later on, wanted 
to collect myself the same. After successfully connecting my 
joy was not limit - just think, in my home was

computer, which did not dream, or rather just thinking about it 
and my classmates. Then they ran at recess on the third floor 
of the school, just to see how played high school, which then

the lessons of computer science.

   I had a bunch of tapes with games
kempston and everything else, but then suffered a
bummer: my father remembered the explanations friend
only user load, but forgot about the quotes. I was upset and 
went to bed without knowing what the morning would be one of 
the happiest in my life and gave me the spirit of programmer 
(like now call me at work). 

   Father of the night sitting at the monitor,
trying different combinations of teams and only
under the same morning he obtained.

   I woke up, going to school, as his father entered the room 
and said: "Come see what the kitchen ..." Yes! It was the 
Spectrum 48 with a game loaded COS (Curse Of

Sherwood). Folder showed me his
Skill scored for 1-2 hours, I
ran around and screamed, wresting his arm, - "Well, let me 
play!" 

   ... Kill the guards of the bridge, took a new
weapons, wandered and stumbled on his grandfather, throw rocks, 
but ... He had to go on lessons.


   Then all the time sitting at a desk, I
recalled the graphics and really wanted to hurry
return home because the house was a computer
and did not have to start salivating, standing at the monitor, 
no one will say: "My turn" - and does not take place behind the 
decks. 

   We are parents of a very long time
conducted for downloading games, there were Nesferatu, 
Sabrewolf, Chess and many others who have "no value", 
especially after many sessions I played in Green Beret and COS 
- it were my best games on the Spectrum.


   Once asked his father: - "And when thou hast him Uncle 
Misha?", And knew that soon, I felt very sad, because soon

I lose my my favorite toys. Desire
mine was one - that the same was with me
constantly. Misha left me the joy of this unit, who gave then a 
very many interesting things.


   As time passed, folder gathered his Spectrum at work (with 
the help of his friend), and finally brought him home.


First step of programming:


                     Ignorance - there is a force

                      motive to learn.


                                   Astral.


   Now I no longer had to run to
office computer and stare at abounded there - all the 
capabilities needed me at that time was already on my personal

table.

   Bunch of bans, tears, and things like that cost me if 
interested Speccy. How? Give your child will, so he

general study will not and will sit at a computer, 
intentionally to rest playing. But nevertheless, my father 
supported my desire, noticing me for the gasket and

unknown to him.

   ... Incidentally it so happened that I entered
3 print <enter> and this label did not want to get out from the 
screen, contrary to my wishes. Later I was found some pattern 
of occurrence of various inscriptions on the screen, the 
essence of which could not imagine even my father. And after a 
while came to my mind that If print and quoted what to write -

it is the will appear on the screen ...

   And so slowly and surely I have been studied
basic, zatyrkan recently purchased a tape recorder and spent 
God knows how many nerves. 

Upgrade:


   Broken tape recorder, I wanted to play
into something new, and the folder was about
go to Moscow on the market for details. Self-invited him, I 
waited a long time since trip.


   Arriving in the capital city was not for me
amazing how many struck the abundance of computers on the 
market (the road for him to I still remember). The screens 
dancing silhouette of Lyra (or similar demos, but in my opinion

It was the Lyra), played a beautiful
music, which I have not heard from the speaker
a Speccy, pile tapes on the shelves -
so wanted to relax in Robocop. The market as Spectrum also said 
the program loaded very quickly - how can that be?


   The answer was: - "This is another computer, not like us" - 
and I chippy staring at the screen and leaving, he looked at

side of your monitor with dancing to some good
music silhouette.

   The book "Your Spectrum", a new tape
and a great weariness with which we have returned to their 
village - how could I forget, but arrived, I picked up a new 
connection device. Father resolder the plug and ... was 
launched a slew of new tape. 

My dream:


   I grew up and studied his favorite computer
drawn attention to some games, friends said: - "You're lucky, 
you have a computer at home is" - and we sometimes have to play 
it with your friends. Then we talked for hours, marveling at 
the passage of several screens. In short, the children and they 
have kids. Each dreamed zaimet yourself the same computer. 

   Meanwhile, the father engaged in commissioning
Spectrum 48 with the drive. Traveled together to
market, buying tapes, spare parts for the new
computer. Since then, the computer with a floppy drive became 
my unrealistic at the time dream.




   A bunch of guys we went into town (which I moved in 17 
years) to play computer room on the CD. There and upload

faster and more games were different, but still
would quickly zaimet "fast" machine.

   Do not forget my conversation with my mom
aunt, who sat behind the main console:

   - And we have a computer at home.

   - So what is he here ezdet?

   - Yes, he had another with a tape recorder - records for a 
long time, and here at once ... 

   - Well! It is clear then what's the matter!

   And drugan my one bought a "Star", which is compatible with 
my - I got companion.


   I knew more than he had long tried to
teach him to copy, and he carried the new
tapes of guys from a nearby porch, and
I am from a friend of his father.

   Appeared more people with ZX in our village and the town 
appeared on the market a peasant who sells soft'om, but soon he 
has disappeared. And then left me to envy FDD. I bought a 
couple of tapes, but some city guy immediately took a pack of 
discs. 

   Our communication on the ground ZX continued.

Concurent:


   Abundant advertising was on TV
yet unknown to me gaming machine,
koim was prefix Dendy. All work to a new, or rather not all, 
but then yet only some of whom have not been reported

bother with the boards, recorders, drives,
anyone want to just say "Plug and
Play ".

   Many people have changed their views
on the Speccy and their preference for this
eared elephant.

   I bought the console a little later, when
have all the friends she already was. Speccy, to
time, lay "dead" on the shelf, where I
transcribed it in a separate place with
all the tapes. I lived the dream that was once the time comes 
and it will repair or father will finish second, but he "pulled 
the cat for tail. "


   It so happened that most of his life
I managed to hold for Dendy, and long I
I was searching for her game, as the Speccy, but
alas ...

   Saying his father was clearly a determining when he repaired 
Dendy my second cousin (we have it was not yet): "You know, 
Serega! I even got sick to fly to you it's crap. It is "snot" 
and filled them hold on! "


   Later, I lost interest in all kinds
consoles, even so exalted Sony,
while making it much better,
than its predecessors and colleagues.

   But this experience was not lost on the consoles
gift, there is a tendency to make
to create a more perfect Pentagon'e
products, which it does now, without success giants ZX scene. 
Even better than on other platforms - that I realized after 
playing a few demos today ZX games. 

Pause mode:


   Until I grew up and moved to the city
Aleksandrov, to repair severely Speccy I
I could, because experience in radioelektronnike was
still very small, although by accident repaired
Spectrum 1948 first completely gave tolchek to
new step.

   From that moment began in vrubanie ZX
architecture, but not quite right, because
that the 2-3 years that way I stuck without a Speccy.

   Having repaired once the 48th and in the kerf
unappreciated by me in the "early years" Elite, I
play it. Without addressing the issue at the Gluck
screen, changed the Spectrum, and through a long
time nostalgia torment. Yes! Yes!

Wow! Speccy! Alive again!


   I studied at the "Law" in our technicians and worked in the 
steep shop in our city - Central Department Store. 

   Yes! Place of work I obospechila my
affectedness after demonstrating his
skill games and acumen in the game
ShadowRun I was provided with a light and
unobstructed corridor in the gaming world
prinisyaschy income. I worked as a salesman in
Department of Dendy and during their work to me
to sazhaleniyu could not be found among
Spektrumistov them. Anyway, I spent
small ads vparivaya descriptions Games
Speccy for analogs available at the Dendy and
Sega (Dizzy's). Opyt Spectrum enabled
I compare many of the products display.

   Thought: "It may be on the Spectrum
no worse! "

   Among fellow students there was one guy
who had a few Speccy 128 and all
they were "taken to repair the" other kid. Through his 
classmate I had meet Muhailom - I tried it

vparit FDD and unfinished Pentagon 48
VG93, but in vain, he searched for the 128th. So we
skoreshilis ...

   While Bear launched its assembly 128th
- I changed his electric Speccy
128 + monitor to it, and while carrying it home
just a happy soul.

   Connect, launched (the first time I saw the 128th and ofigel 
menu), whistled at Muhana FDD, launched with the pusher, "and 
so I managed to make its first disk

collection. And yet connected a PC to the monitor by accident, 
by seeking it, pricked basement, heard the hiss 6glaza 
zaslezilis, before the offensive that has not waited days and 
became connect'it night the whole thing. But the Monitor

replaced the tv, who was killed by me in six months. Later, I 
took a new monitor, debug, and now such vparivayu. 

"No more tears": new Speccy life:


   The main problem was to connect the ay and
first the case did fly, then this
form was installed and I with glyuknutogo ATM'a.

   Me and Teddy Bear - then, perhaps, the major
Spektrumisty our city. Largely by
Pentagon'u I ponabralsya it, and even
far exceeded what he himself admits
and therefore tries to drag me to the PC,
but in vain.

   Mena, constant research innovations
stories on new, unseen by us in the eye
devices zapolomili ZX circles close to us in the city.

   I changed the Spectrum as gloves until
dastan itself Pentagon 128 and GRM, lived
relatively short, but gave a lot of knowledge in music. After 
all, I used it, being a member of his rock band. Special 
effects of the Instrumen v4. 01 replaced us some tools and 
general Speccy greatly assisted with the training.


   Anyway Speccy to nearly all
areas of life in our group, but she soon
collapsed, although there were good preconditions
a big and serious work. I took up
studying music editor, and occasionally
hacking programs available in my arsenal, and do not say it was 
easy. 

   First, I believe, a normal product of my ZX activity was 
Russification Antiriad - decided to recall his childhood, so to 
speak. 

   The second I was going to do intruhu
game - the pre-history in the style of wide-
m / f, but the files and blank anim'y were spoiled when 
debugging new glyuknuvshego com - so I was again broken off.


New "Friend":


   Many of my friends went to the PC,
like a fly, which is now in the words of
Vel'a was "stupid users", but not all prefer Intel, there is 
also Intel Outsde ...


   A friend of one of the city
Companies, once said that at work, where
He worked at that time, one man asked him about computers and 
whether he has acquaintances in the city. I knew my only drugan

one - at that guy was something unknown to us Amiga, and 
something else. Well, he said to him: the type is such a rabid 
fanatic kompyuterschiny. Through it, ie, my

drugana, we scored the arrow after work and ...

   ... I learned a lot and the conversation was
a very long walk in the city, and my
drugan walked with us and "stuck" without kerf in the bazaar 
had taken place. 

   I've heard a lot of scroller'ov Max'a
Iwamoto for Ammy, but never imagined that
do it? He recorded demos with me
Enlight'97 - this I did not imagine
could have a couple of old magazines, which found
sea ​​of ​​old, but new to me information
started, and rolled ...

   This was followed by contact with the D-Man'om,
breaking my GRM'a and pause, the obtaining of
New Pentagon'a 128 and scuffling with the schemes.
Post and failed telephone acquaintance with Vel'om ...

Epilogue:


   Much remains to what happened in my
ZX-biography, but it's garbage or solid
or just contact with harmful people with
which do not develop a normal relationship with
all desire. Speccy they are not valued and have stopped it even 
included. 

   And someone is looking for an emulator for communication as
on the PC level, and with us, but creative
gusts, as it turns out, does not possess.

   Sam is now trying to resurrect a Speccy
our town that is slowly and I can not
very glad.


                                   Astral.



   For communication and contacts with Astral'om, here
its coordinates:


   601655,

   Vladimir region.,

   Aleksandrov,

   st. Tereshkova, 8-28,

   Chukanov Sergey.


   +8/09244/66928, Sergei.