ZX Pilot #39 11 октября 2000

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about different - how to search the internet Spectrum software and transfer it to the Spectrum.

            O R W A N O M I I



(C) SIR-X



   Welcome, gentlemen Spektrumisty!
Today I would like to tell "about the production methods of 
software from the Internet." In someone else this topic will 
smile, but nevertheless in the press, in my opinion, this 
question very little coverage, and people doing

first steps in this direction, my advice
might be useful (at least I hope so). Especially because 
precisely Due to the fact that this topic is not enough 
coverage where I filled quite a few cones before established 
process. 

   Let's start over again. First of all,
Find Freestuff access to the network;) found?
Very well, I am immensely happy for you. Second. It would be 
nice to have a 3.5 "diskozhuy. Otherwise, you know, hurt 
comfort exchange. We will assume that you have available

namely, "three". Next, format the drive
under MS-DOS to 720KB. You can do this and
on pisyuke, but better at home to less than poking around on 
this shit'ovodskoy car, yes and time-and no longer get it.


   Of addresses on the network I do not speak
I will, because this stuff in the press enough.
In my opinion, one of the best is
"Site of Chaos" by Random, though, as he
now called, I do not know, because According to the latest news 
of their nearly covered the police, the boys managed to slip 
away, but address them now changed. Apparently, they still

You can get one from the old address:
http://zx.da.ru

   Next. I hope that the transfer was successful. Now what to 
do about it? All that lies in the network to SPEECY, packed 
pisyukovskim ZIP'om. You have two options. 1) Unpack 
immediately on pisyuke. A if Time is running out, and best 
friend, who let you crawl in the network is already using heavy 
objects you trying to drive away its stump, for fear that at 
the end of the month will receive an incredible expense for 
you? :) Then 2) Look for the IS-DOS 2000. It is unpacking 
ZIP'ov. 

   So, unpacking failed.
What next? Most often, the files have the extension after 
decompressing. Trd,. Scl or so-called hobeta-fayly. Hobeta me

have not yet come across, but the other two, apparently, the 
most common. Trd is image of the entire disk (640KB), as a rule

it's magazines, as well. scl - a single file
SPECCY, sometimes, though several of them inside. Scl. Unique 
solvability of difference between them is that the first 
recorded information about the files that are inside 
(extension, address, start, etc.). There are more. Fdi (Full 
Disk Image), ie disk image with custom format tracks, but how 
they work I do not know. If someone has

infa on this issue, please share it in the newspaper. Also 
there are extensions. Tap and, if my memory does not changes,. 
z80, but with them I was not the case, as all Russia's new 
software comes with the above three extensions. 

   But back to our sheep. Convert (yes no sheep, and files;) 
can be using CONVERTER UTILITY v2.1

by ART 1999, which can also be found at
ChaoSite. This program allows you to work
with. scl,. trd and hobeta. Edinsvenoe that does not
made very clear, so the change drives (if two or more). Due to 
the fact that there is an optical illusion, because of which I

At first it seemed that change drives
impossible (ie, where TRDOS drive, and where MSDOS),
but otherwise the prog just RULEZ. On a PC
saw three distinct bend for these three
file types, of which only really worked
one, but at SPECCY "three in one" and everything works! Well, 
who wins then? But I a little distracted. Let's go further 
(slightly left, coming soon;)


   And if nothing at hand? Well here that
Any advice seriously, the only thing
I can offer, so that's how we did the first time. This applies 
only to files with the extension. scl. If the file is not

more than 192 sector and within it only
one file, you can do the following. Drag the file to the TR-DOS 
and the STS look the first 17 bytes of a file in a symbolic 
form, there, as in a disk doctor, you'll see

Currently Spectrum file name, start
and address. Write them down and continue to produce
upload a file from the STS without the first 17 bytes
extension of leave until C. Further, in any
disk doctor, substitute the values ​​of address and start and 
change the extension V. That is all. Try running

(Suddenly start working?;)

   At this my modest knowledge zakanchivyutsya, it remains only 
to add that the above described a method invented Lekhan 
(Lindsay Lohan;) Merkulov - his honor and glory for this modest 
achievement. 

   I hope that all this nonsense to somebody
help. Good luck!


                                    Sir-X.