ZX Pilot #39 11 октября 2000

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about different - a review of existing portal: EWS 1.0, GLUK RESET SERVICE 5.3K, REAL CAMMANDER 1.95, NEOS, MADROM, QUICK COMMANDER 2.6. Scheme 16Kb Kesha.

           O R W A N O M I I I



(C) KOOLL



                WHAT TO DO?


   Hello, kiddies in skirts and pants.

   In recent years, appeared quite
bolshoe Number of piercings, which replace the 128-th basits. 
And today I want to talk about the firmware and tell you what 
they look like. 


                  EWS 1.0


   And I'll start with the EWS 1.0. Honestly - it
I do not really like it, so what, what
graphical interface, it is not an ounce of her not
colors. Two columns to the left and right, and on
middle, bunch of useless options. Of course
Yet, there are some good features, such as
screen saver - that's what is truly very best.
You surely ask what it is, and I
answer: - Yes you ECH, in general, such a thing does not
I saw it when these little bugs, spiders devour the Spectrum 
screen, if you do not notice them in time, then no problems can 
lose nearly or partly video memory. But not so terrible as I 
describe. For In order to restore the video memory, you need to 
do followingManufacture: 

   1) turn off the computer;

   2) turn on the computer.

   As you can see, everything is fine, except for lost overlays 
(ha ha). It would be well, if time vklyuchniya Savery was set 
in the firmware itself, so you see, free menus appear. 

   All the horrors are not over yet. You ahead of waiting for 
the launch file "double click": ( 

   EWS would be better if the creator made the game "who
faster - you or your computer (would look
I'm on a creature). A better - test to determine that the 
stronger: your fist or keyboard. With the mouse, of course, 
much harder. In the first case flies one button, here you can 
nechaenno mouse rape.


   Make a double click I've learned about
2 hours of hard matsaniya keyboard. Now run the program 29 of 
the 30 (can posorevnovatsya, eh?). Proceedings were not in 
vain. 

   Turbo-loaders is a good thing, unless
use them to drive A and B. But
with C and D have to apply common
spouts, and then somehow not good at it: with the HDD-disk so 
with RAM-drive belt leaves.


   At times, gets a plate, departing
after changing the disk (it would be better if it
just a start). And then somehow in the brain presses: "MORE, 
MORE ..." 

   Another glucan showed up while she's
I sat in the ROM. Do not run magick
(The soup is not the case). More precisely,
runs, but only 48 th, but the 128-th Magik ship she does not 
want, as I did not ask. 

   Too long to initialize, a sense of
such that all in the ass hanging. Yes bargain
foul out in the sts, and not to kotrorogo
immediately dodumaeshsya that push you need to
in the menu to get into.

   To experience all its delights, you need at least 256 
kilograms of brain, 2 drive and mouse ... yes, almost forgot

most importantly - otkazatsya from joystick'a (in
I mean, if you have one buggy implemented
Type in PENTAGON'e 3 or KAY-1024 (others I have not seen)), 
otherwise you will only see initial menu. And basically, what 
we still must, above all, to make it! This is at least

to use the station.

   I saw people who set themselves
EWS and bend the fingers and shouting: - "And we have all the 
steeper. You should have seen, on which they sit: without a 
mouse brain yes to boot a floppy drive. Here is a laugh to 
watch how they suffer, drag the arrow on the screen and shoved 
a floppy disk when copying. I do not understand them, they 
might like to insert and remove disks? Poor things, all in 
sweat, delirium, even sorry for them becomes.


   And to put it just because of one Savery
and friends should not be surprising if it can be
from the disc to load.

   On a workstation a little understood, and with peace of mind 
you can go to the next chapter.



         GLUK RESET SERVICE 5.3K


   This is what it says. When reset
computer crawls at the bottom of the first GLUK
screen :-)

   Contrary to what was intended, the program has
pakast annoying and what not say. Okay, okay, now tell, of 
course, if you're not that he noticed an unpleasant

operation of companies :-( spoils the picture after
reset. If you're not lamer, the matter remedied. To do this we 
need the STS and very prog. All cases are in the beginning,

after you install the stack and fill attributes
blue or violet in color (do not remember exactly) all remove 
(install command stack reserve) to the commands LD HL, 180.

Next is LDIR, which throws
packed block in memory. But not everything is easy as it might 
seem. Such a procedure is the same, and crosses it in the 
block, but farther you are free to protrasit program

and remove the analog procedure. Further, all
zapachit and flash the ROM.

   Continue.

   The program supports kempston mouse,
check for its presence is slightly glyuchnovato but ponazhimat 
sacred RESET button - The position has stabilized. Now, when

An arrow appears, you can torture a mouse, and
no clave.

   25 sukund as assures MR.GLUK,
fly an asterisk. And no cheating.

   Somewhat understandable to me option gets my attention: 
ABOUT ME - an eerie sight. It seems to me quite enough, and 
bottom line. 

   X-COPY - actually it is not necessary, but if you have a 
TR-DOS 5.12, can come in handy. In my observation, all put in 
Kovrov TR-DOS 5.13. When the stitch so, this

option is not needed here. Instead, it is better
make cleaning of memory - more useful
thing.

   For programmers and hackers, it would be a powerful tool, 
because has a menu Output in the STS and ASM (in himself and 
also his scrap).


   Comrade GLUK'a there is also a track keeper - a useful thing.

   Cleaning CASH-memory in and out it will be useful to someone 
a. 

   Formatting a RAM-disk thing very best,
if there is at least 512kb.

   And of course, most importantly, PERFECT
COMMANDER. As for all the memory and specially made for the 
RAM-disk. 

   On this can be completed on the bugs and move to the next.

   Yes, I almost forgot, there's still supported CMOS clock.

   And I did not like what he swears, and I, too, I had called.


            REAL CAMMANDER 1.95


   What about him to say? Conver'ovsky interface that many, 
certainly, tortured.


   Lack of support for the mouse, but there is support for her 
watch, which is not many. 

   Ponazhimat on the button will take you to a disk doctor (I 
think everybody knows how to use).


   If you bothered to climb into the doctor and vice versa,
press ENTER on any file (except BASIC)
and if he goes on rsshireniyu, head
drive slightly dernetsya (all depends on the
length, and sometimes quite zayuzat disc), and you
see the text (it can even read).

   Listalka not boast the convenience and quality. Of course, 
for it can not pay attention, given that it is a

you instead of 128 BASIC and does not need to download a 
viewer, to read a letter or text.


   Listen to music in the format of PT 3.4, there is a 
frequency analyzer, poke the key P and working with music. 
Suspended it is only during disk access that

makes its horrible when you copy a heap
small files. If you use only
Buffer music disappears :-(

   This is all very well, but there are unpleasant, or rather 
horrible things. For example, hear a sound like a woodworking 
machine - this is an error the disk. Instead, it needs something

invent instead bipernoy treschalki.

   Give recommendations for installing SETUP'a:

   1) turn the clock, in the future they may poyavitya;

   2) use all the memory;

   3) to include only the BASIC files;

   4) avtodetekt drive in any case not
switch, otherwise you listen bipernuyu
trill that out of it, strongly affect the
your health;

   5) Fail podgruzku can turn off,
not be needed.

   The first time will be slightly inconvenient. You understand 
that aklimatizirovatsya necessary if you've used other 
Commanderie. For example, after Perfect. Quickly get used to 
it. 

   That I still liked it, so it's viewing screens, text and 
play music in the order of marking. 

   It can poformatirovat discs than
I've never used it.


                   NEOS


   Black spot. I saw him only on the emulator in March Cat'a. A 
little scary, in the corner of the screen crawls sprite that

you are in NeOS'e. This is followed by
the command line where you have to enter a command.

  Strongly reminiscent of CPM and generally we have come
to the conclusion that it sucks.


                  MADROM


   Basically, this firmware is oriented
the holders of the CMOS-clock and at zhelatalno
still have plenty of memory.

   More I can not say because going to put him just yet.


            QUICK COMMANDER 2.6


   This Commanderie immediately caught my hear
their views. First and foremost I would like to
say about the support kempston mouse.

   Beautiful text listalka-reader
to 64 characters, plus the support
multiple character sets. Manage text
viewer can be a mouse or a hot klashisham, which are marked in 
large letters in bottom of the screen.


   Proigruvaet music PT 3.4 and no matter how well
say more precisely, not as we would like.
Make no mistake: while playing, in addition
how to listen, to do anything. And how
wanted to listen to music and read some text. Is it hard to hang
Mouzon to interrupts.

   Highlighting files with different extensions, such as ZIP is 
highlighted in red color, text - green, there is something else

stands out in purple ... but now
can not remember exactly which file, and-ah
remembered - deleted! Brown - all the rest.

   There is no preview mode, or playing on the label.

   When you copy a file, creators QUICKa
something namudrili with drives, not all
well, from what to what to copy. There
two drives, one active, well and copy with him on the second 
drive is selected. 

   No support for her watch, and we ought to do.

   That I was very surprised, because the built
Team CHECK'a and RESTORE'a drive.

   If you're going to put yourself, then turn off FAST SAVE, 
otherwise torment BAD sector. 


   After using a Number
Commanderie, I can say that the same should
make a commander that he would have been more
convenient:

   1) support for the mouse;

   2) CMOS clock;

   3) reading of texts (as in quick'e);

   4) playing music in the Interrupt
(Frequency analyzer is not needed, but the author can be 
displayed on screen); 

   5) it is desirable to display both a
can be large files (as you can in quick'e);

   6) use port # eff7 (approximately
in GLUK'e menu);

   7) access to the STS in the 23rd and in the 84th
Page, starting with the installation of any page;

   8) menu, cleaning 128 memory;

   9) screen saver;

   10) survey disk (installation in setup'e);

   11) the basic functions that must comply with all Cmdr.

   I think all this must be
firmware. And basically you can flash
your favorite Commanderie only need to be
set system variables.

   Do not rush to finish reading ahead
More most intersnyh, and it was only
Preface.

   Prompted me to write this article greed;)

   I wanted to have around everything and more,
but at 16 pounds is not all climb. Steel
I have overcome the bitter doubts. Little
thought he remembered that there PENTAGON'a
free page, located with the 0-th
Aders ROM on # 3fff. It was then that my hands itch. Flash then 
I ask her, case remained over how to use it.


   Without surgical intervention
cost. Need a circuit of the 0th quarter. After 10 minutes, the 
scheme was ready. It was a terrible and awful, needed

completion of such a large Gluck. After 5
minutes of the scheme acquired new shapes that appeared on your 
screen: 

rom2 April 1

          '3' 6

           ■ ■ Oct. 13
/ Dosen May 2 '11' 8

                    12 ■ ■

                                9


                              S1

                              ° / °


                 1st leg

                          ROM °


   Products: 1533LA3 or 555LA3, the signal
/ Dosen taken from 11/D83 ROM2 with 8/D83.

   Cut the track, running at 1 foot
ROM instead sends a signal to the switch can be soldered 
mikruhu on D83. 

   For mugs explain: take mikruhu, turn down her legs all 
except 7 and 14, apply solder to each chip, which coincides on 
how many legs. 7-th leg to the 7-foot mikruhi on board, 14 to 
14 and connect the remaining legs, as shown: the signal / Dosen 
taken from the first leg ROM, but since we tear it will have to 
take it to rupture. ROM2 signal from the 27th foot-ROM ears. 
Postings from mikrika pripaevaem to the first leg All the same 
ROM. 

   For myself I chose, I think the best option - it GLUK and 
QUICK, perfectly combining some functions previously listed.


   Tell now, as in general look
ROM, just as it is located in the TR-DOS
and BASIC with two Commanderie:

# 0000 - # 3fff - 0th Quarter
# 4000 - # 7fff - TR DOS
# 8000 - # afff - 128 BASIC
# B000-# ffff - 48 BASIC


   That's what at the moment I have sewn:

# 0000 - # 3fff - Quick comander 2.6
# 4000 - # 7fff - TR DOS 5.13
# 8000 - # afff - GLUK reset service
# B000-# ffff - Basic TURBO 1990


   At this point I will finish my story.

   Neeeet, wait a minute, I was immediately asked to draw a 
diagram turbo drive: 


STEP 1 14/D93 14

         S TM2 KP11 1912

       2

         D 13/D93 13 to 24

       3 foot

         C 1 VG'shki
DRQ 4 ■ 15

         R 6
WE / DE


       +5 V


   Mikruhi: 155/555/1533 TM2 and KP11.

   Signal / STEP is taken from 6/D94 or with
plume, the 20th in a row.

   DRQ with 38/D90 (SH).

   WE / DE 33/D90 (SH).

   KP11 chip can be soldered to the D93, but
TM2 on the D94. After you understand what
silence.