Inferno #07 31 мая 2005

Интервью

Interview - Questions Konstantin Sviridov (Conan) on the site zxnext.narod.ru.

                  Konstantin Sviridov (Conan)

                   Questions are asked by Alone Coder


    Newart drew my attention to an interesting site:

                        zxnext.narod.ru,
on the history of ZX. He sent me pages from the site, I had them
read - and scribbled, among other things, review the following:


              1 st letter (sent via the MIC / VVG)

Very interesting (for example, finally found the name of the 
author ROM - was looking for), but it does not satisfy the lack 
of reference in the most interesting places.




     1 st response Konstantin Sviridov (transmitted through the 
MIC / VVG) 

                Grammar in the letters to correct.

You are the first who suggested the idea. Links to primary 
sources is in most parts of the conversion, as regards the 
text, it is Yet not a collection of translations, and 
chronology. Often the same events set out in the top ten 
sources, with varying degrees of detail. Can you imagine what 
will become the text, if after each proposal to publish the 
list. 

In addition, there is evidence (eg, the ULA), unpublished
nowhere else. This is the same and there is work - dig up the 
facts and build them together. I do not set myself the goal to 
prove something. Those who are really interested in history, it 
is easy to find and other materials described the events 
(starting with WOS). In this one of my goals - people 
interested in studying history Speccy.




   After a while Shiru Otaku sent me a new page
from this site. I read them, entered into a puzzled
one of the subjects discussed there and, having decided to 
clarify sent to the author Site mail with questions, to read:



                           2 nd letter

Where is this information? Why not refer to the sources?

/ === Begin Windows Clipboard === /
"Phantom of the iceberg" was much confused. Since
mid-seventies, Maxwell actively in contact with
Soviet leaders of the highest rank. He published in
UK in English translation of the book Brezhnev:
"State Farm", "Rebirth," "Minor earth," and others. Later, he
published a book of Andropov and Chernenko. Of course, these 
"masterpieces" are not demand by the public, and settled down 
in cellars and attics Soviet embassies. And it is obvious that 
their publication paid for from Moscow. In 1978, Maxwell 
visited the Soviet Union, where he meets with heads of state 
and security forces. In particular, fastened his personal 
relationship with Vladimir Kryuchkov, who later headed the KGB. 
This cooperation lasted until the collapse of the Soviet Union. 
The same period (5 October 1991) Robert Maxwell dies at

mysterious circumstances. In the calm, near the Canary
Islands, he disappears with his exclusive yacht, then it
found drowned in the sea. Until now, the story remains
unsolved. In some versions, Maxwell was a double or
even a triple agent, and brought with him scores of the Israeli 
Mossad. On the other, he knew too much about the gold of the 
CPSU, "and it was removed, when Maxwell decided to warm their 
hands on it. / === End Windows Clipboard === /


/ === Begin Windows Clipboard === /
Another mystery brings us back to his homeland Maxwell - in
Czechoslovakia, which in 1987 began to produce computers
Didactik Gama. In these machines is nearly the same
circuitry, ZX Spectrum, but the most interesting thing is that 
they used branded ULA.

/ === End Windows Clipboard === /

/ === Begin Windows Clipboard === /
In the summer of 1985, Czechoslovakia began to import another
interesting computer from an unknown producer from anyone
Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. Computer called DELTA
and had a striking resemblance to the ZX Spectrum +. Upon closer
considering the similarities even more worse: getting
remove traces of the character "rainbow" to the right of the 
keyboard, and on the lower side of the case under the sticker, 
was detected inscription "Made in UK". Inside, as expected, was 
installed branded motherboard ZX Spectrum version six. Packing 
machine was done in haste, and no instructions are not 
included. But despite the mysterious origins, the computers used

wildly popular and were quickly sold out the Czechs.
Further deliveries of computers DELTA was not, and the 
mysterious Yugoslav companies no longer unheard of.


Obviously, those who organize such smuggling and
relabelling, was a man of enterprising and experienced. Although
Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia formally belonged
to the socialist camp, it was most open to Western countries. C
On the other hand, strong economic ties with Czechoslovakia
facilitate the settlement and allow unrestricted
make deliveries.
/ === End Windows Clipboard === /



                2-second response Konstantin Sviridov

Using google, type:
"Robert Maxwell KGB USSR"
and get hundreds of links to articles describing his life. In
Some more detailed discussion about the cooperation with the 
Mossad, in some of the KGB.


Pictures of computers Delta, a description of acquisition and 
other as described on the Internet website of the Czech (Slovak)

spektrumistov. With one of them I have corresponded, to clarify
some historical details.

Pictures of computers Didactik Gama (their boards, closeup
ULA Ferranti and other details) is also published on the Web at
Internet, as well as many descriptions of their history. In 
addition, I corresponded with people who worked on Didactik.


P.S. We all know each other? I do not really like the tone of 
your questions, which says that you have not spent

own time to find the information you need. One
of the tasks zxnext.narod.ru (links to which I why it is not
I saw in your letter) - it's people interested in history
Speccy, but it is certainly beyond the scope of this 
presentation. 



   To close some gaps in the current picture, I
wrote the author of this site is another letter:


                           3rd letter

Forgive my persistence, but the situation with your site
if you look at it from the side, is as follows:
1. Out of nowhere appears a completely unknown person.
2. It seems the first native chronicler of the Spectrum,
referring to an article written by him in 1992 (forgetting 
about the article at the beginning Books Larchenko and Rodionov 
"ZX Spectrum for the users and programmers, Peter, 1991).

3. Loudly claims that his site re-creates the true story
Speccy, and thus incorrectly wrote the name of the computer
Didaktik Gama.
4. Despite the revisionism in each line, linking does not.

It's very suspicious, does not it?

> Using google, type:
> "Robert Maxwell KGB USSR"
> And get hundreds of links to articles describing his life. In
> Some more detailed discussion about the cooperation with
> Mossad, in some of the KGB.
1. I fidoshnik that was clearly visible to my address. 
Therefore, requirement to get into google and check hundreds of 
options considering as a mockery. You would still have sent me 
to the library British Museum.

2. Information on the Internet is, to put it mildly, a different
quality. So who is the source of the information published?

> Photos Computer Delta, a description of acquisition and
> Stuff as described on the Internet website of the Czech
> (Slovak) spektrumistov. With one of them I have corresponded 
to > Clarify some historical details.

1. The views of one man is not enough. He may be wrong.
2. I can find out the name and address of the person to 
personally ask again?


> Photos computers Didactik Gama (their boards, closeup
> ULA Ferranti and other details) as published on the Web at
> Internet
Can be an example page? Its not offered, because
photo can be falsified.
> As well as many descriptions of their history. In addition, I
> Corresponded with people who worked on Didactik.
And do not Didaktik?
Price list SINTECH:
 / === Begin Windows Clipboard === /

                            PRICE LIST

                    (Prices in Euro 10.2002)

New:

PC-PSU with supply for two floppies and MB02 36.00
MB02 - Printerlead 13.00
Spectrum +2 a, new and original packede complete 220.00
 Diskinterface D80 + Floppy for Didaktik

  or Spectrum 111.00 KS
B-Laufwerk for D80 60.00 KS
/ === End Windows Clipboard === /

Format Description tzx:
/ === Begin Windows Clipboard === /
Hardware Type Hardware ID
-------------------------------------------------- 
------------- 00 - Computers 00 - ZX Spectrum 16k 

                            2001 - ZX Spectrum 48k, Plus

                            2002 - ZX Spectrum 48k ISSUE 1

                            2003 - ZX Spectrum 128k (Sinclair)

                            2004 - ZX Spectrum 128k +2 (Grey 
case) 

                            2005 - ZX Spectrum 128k +2 A, +3

                            06 - Timex Sinclair TC-2048

                            07 - Timex Sinclair TS-2068

                            2008 - Pentagon 128

                            09 - Sam Coupe

                            0A - Didaktik M

                            0B - Didaktik Gama

                           0C - ZX-81 or TS-1000 with 1k RAM
/ === End Windows Clipboard === /

> P.S. We all know each other?
I do not know you, but you make me, I think, you know. I, in 
particular, author list AY / YM composers (at the root of the 
archive Bulba) the list of artists on the 6912 (flown in 
ZX.SPECTRUM) and address a list of contact spektrumistov from 
1999 to date (ACN # 39). In addition, I wrote several articles 
against Fomenko companions (Fantadrom # 4, ACN # 37). In 
addition, I am the author of "Heaps small "(handbook) 
ehokonferentsii SU.HISTORY {1}. In addition, I have my own 
publication entitled Info Guide. > I do not really like the 
tone of your questions, Over any of my letter is not tones - 
even the accents are not apart:) And yourself questions you 
would probably have asked myself if would see a similar story 
to the third person. I feel good knows what it takes 
information without references. I doubt that I the first one to 
ask such questions. 

> That says that you have not spent their own
> Time finding the information you need.
I went to a single link in the text - on your
address. I believe this is the most effective waste of time for
recognition, where legs grow the information published. I'm 
reading Not only is your site, but also a lot of other 
literature. I am writing are entirely different topics.


> One of the problems zxnext.narod.ru (references to which I 
for some reason > I saw in your letter) - it's people 
interested in history > Speccy, but it is certainly beyond the 
scope of this presentation. Because the answer to my two 
questions are received, I repeat them: 1. Where is this 
information? (Drive 3 fragment.) 2. Why not refer to the 
sources? (Add: will they?) 



                Third response Konstantin Sviridov

First, I want to remind you of the simple rules of 
communication: 1. I'm not familiar with you personally, and not 
a boy at age {2}, so the "you" will not pass.

2. You personally, I do not owe anything, including those 
responsible for such letters, so if you something from me, then 
kindly show respect. Deal?


Otherwise, communication will not be.

You must be young enough and are not caught during the late 
80's - beginning of the 90 {3} on the Speccy. Perhaps that is 
why the name of the ZX-Next and my name you said nothing, 
although I'm from that do not feel undervalued.


With regard to article Larchenko and Rodionov and words on my 
website there is clearly stated: "It just so happened that I 
was the first, and Unfortunately, practically the only 
chronicler spektrumostroeniya in the USSR and the CIS. "Where 
do you see specified in your article, a story about 
spektrumostroenii in the USSR and the CIS? {4} Or you read 
carelessly or deliberately distort the meaning of said. If you 
like (this is what I call bad form) again, your questions 
remain unanswered. 

About typos in the title PC Didaktik Gama -
thanks, I will correct it. What does this have to authenticate
History Speccy, I really do not quite understand. Or you'll 
never wrong spelling? {5} Photos and descriptions can

see, for example, here:
http://electronics.mysteria.cz/gama192cz/index.htm

As for "revisionism", it's just ridiculous, there is
question, and you, apart from books Larchenko and Rodionov, 
something on Speccy stories read? If yes, then what? Although I 
do not insist might suspect everyone and everything that you 
think new and incomprehensible. Didactic tone and the attacks: 
"So who's the source of published information? "are not caused 
by a desire to help the person but as I hope you realize 
something else. You are not an investigator, and I am not under 
investigation. 

It's good that you are logged in, because I really have not 
heard about you and your accomplishments {6}, probably because 
they are not Subscriber FIDO, and your return address is not 
studied. 

By the way, the question arises, if you do not use the 
Internet, then How do you cite the information? On the pages of 
my site enough options (for all {7} translated materials) and 
Fragments scanned pages. You are the first (not counting

link to you a man with zx.pk.ru) of many tens of
people who accuses me of fraud and lack of options.

With regard to search in google, then, sorry, it's your 
problem, I and so have spent enough time answering enough

strange questions. Internet is available, if desired, to each 
and Library of the British Museum (and many other museums), too.


P.S. To answer your questions, I might agree, if you
tell us what you like about this.



   More questions Konstantin Sviridov, I did not want to ask.


                          Notes


   {1}. Part of the heap are small, "published in ACN # 40 
(units of measurement line). "A lot continues to be 
supplemented. 


   {2}. Constantine, judging from the registration zx.pk.ru,
was born in 1969.


   {3}. I came to the Speccy in 1991 or 1992 (probably the first
than the second). Can not say that Sviridov nowhere was this 
bond nat: This information is published, particularly in the 
ZX-Pilot # 41. Preserved, among other things, one of my program 
in BASIC, written Nye in 1994, and one picture of 1993 (in 
collaboration). My programs and pictures in 1995 survived for 
many. Now fumbled and easily found a few of its disk

version, dated 1994. And how many of my BASIC programs,
inspired by the memory of "Microsha" left on the tape (before 
1993) ... That the Pentagon, which were written these "horse 
races" "Point" and so long ago dismantled, the keyboard from 
him (with a bad CCW pkoy F) I gave, and the CPU went to the 
next, the disk Penta Hong 48k (which is now in second life, 
became a megabyte and ISPO Chapaev box is used for writing 
obscene newspapers Last 128) ... Cassette with my program, I 
later for some reason took a bipernuyu music, then all tapes 
have given for experiments to a friend KSA-7G ... A 
nezastavanie my early 90's - is far advanced fantasy 
Constantine. 


   {4}. It turns out that Constantine did not read one of the 
main home books on ZX Spectrum. Because of spektrumostroenii

in the USSR there as a write once, let the authors have made a 
mistake in the date begin developing the first Soviet ZX (1984 
- see Optron # 6). Quote from the 2-second edition of this 
book, because 1-e me now not available (I gave the book Vova 
Makarova, which it soon learned assembler and almost wrote a 
support for the programmer ROM, and then disappeared in an 
unknown direction ... the source of this Programmer dust on my 
drive ...): 



   "But the story a little Speccy has not ended. Volna
his popularity that swept Eastern Europe, dos
 crucible, finally, the shores of the Union.

   As you know, the first computer at the hands of the Soviet
samodelschikov was Radio-86RK. Following the publication of his 
circuit and matobespecheniya in the magazine "Radio" thousands 
of radio rush buy unsold radio components, which have at least 
some relation of the "RKashke" (in this sense, the scheme has 
been developed wisely). However, the characteristics of this 
"masterpiece", the quantity and quality software for it soon 
ceased to satisfy the even the Soviet picky user. Then find what

lkovye people who dared to repeat it is not too well known
in the Union ZX Spectrum. There are at least two reasons for 
that was selected because of it, and not, say, Atari. This is, 
firstly, the simplicity performance of the original model and 
the possibility of its recurrence in the basis of Soviet 
components (accounting for smuggling remained only CPU Z80). 
And, secondly, the presence of large to lichestva high-quality 
brand-name programs in the absence of  our country is copyright 
to software products. 

   Anyway, the first copy of ZX Spectrum, collected, that is 
called It turns out "on his knees," has earned. When this 
happened, determine difficult, but from this moment scheme of 
the Soviet "Spectrum" ("Sink Leroy "," Z-X "- as soon as it is 
not known) were spread nyatsya speed sluhov.Pervye options 
schemes redraw sometimes in pencil on scraps of paper in a 
shaky car tram. However, they were revived, with some - thanks 
to knowledge, while others - thanks to the intuition, the other 
- thanks to the natural stubbornness (After trying all possible 
combinations of several compounds  dozens of chips).


   A self-styled genius of electronics develop new and
new schemes. Their number today is impossible to calculate
possible. Just in front of our eyes has passed about two dozen
quite decent schemes, such as "Novosibirsk", "Zonovskaya"
"Krasnodar", "Pentagon", and mentions of various exotic
 FIR options in general uncountable.

   In the process, "sinklerizatsii" of the country except 
samodelschikov post gradually including the mass of latter-day 
business: cooperators joint employers and various NTTM-schikov. 
And in the village glacial time, attempts in this direction are 
doing well Dorval to freedom of state enterprises, but, as 
expected, their components puter is far from firm. Suffice it 
to say on the option Ming electric instrument-making plant 
them. Lenin - PC "Santaka" - a typical example of how to ruin a 
good idea. This machine Russified, replacing row decoder

chnye letters to the Russian capital. Thus, almost
all system and many game programs that use standard
LIMITED character generator, displays the "Santuck" 
Russian-Latin rubbish. But the bottomless our market is still 
absorbing all  that has a keyboard and screen, regardless of 
quality. 

   Today, Spectrum interested in all - and fans of video games, 
and professional programmers and, of course, teachers and

uchenikov.Otnositelno cheap, easy to use, with built-in
nym BASIC interpreter and excellent graphics opportunities
tyami Speccy - a real godsend for shkoly.Ulavlivaya conjuncture
the work involved and programmers - for the ZX Spectrum were 
the appearance lyatsya good educational programs in Russian 
language, automatically ized training systems and training 
local network. True, State Committee for Public Education gave 
the installation on the use of schools in the IBM-compatible 
machines, but do not know where to take this tool. It is hard 
to imagine that, say, a couple of years, in light of the 
implementation of this decision, school desks will be to break 
from the "pisishek. Moreover, even many foreign specialists 
lists consider the use of IBM-compatible technology in primary 
School uneconomical (it's at a level of development  Tia!).


   Although the ZX Spectrum has already started its triumphal 
march Soy Dhu, I think, his finest hour is yet to come. After 
some time should be shaken and start churning thousands of our 
Speccy of computer giants. They flood the market with cheap and 
recoverable zhno, high-quality machines that will forever 
supplant nobody necessary "Microsha", "BKashki" and "Corvette". 
" 



   In any case, I asked Nicolas Rodionov compliance
this quote a second edition, to which a reply was received:

Literally check, naturally, I was too lazy, but it looks so
 same. Perhaps only some typos corrected.
 DB> By the way, as you and Andrei Larchenko was then years 
from now? :) I was 20, Larchenko, if memory serves, a little 
more. 


   And for the safety net vyaschey I begged for a quote Deadie 
/ HS / CPU, who has this edition of this book. Judging by the 
Provide a Universe of passage, the difference between the 1 st 
and 2 nd editions here only However, in the word "Russified" 
(Deadie wrote it in two "c"). 


   {5}. Didactik instead Didaktik stood not only in letter but 
also on the site (currently it has to be corrected

tively). So it's not a misprint, namely error Sviridov.


   {6}. Remind: questions asked Alone Coder. In the title pi
sma Sviridov saw my name in your signature - my nickname. That 
is Mr chronicler is so well versed in the history of Russian 
ZX, that I really do not know who Alone Coder.



   {7}. It's a lie (among other things, compare it with the 1 
st letter). On the page "History of 1982 - Part 1", presented 
in frames 8 translated quotations (or texts, very like them).

For 4 of them (instruction, interviews at the show and both 
parts of the text "We buy ..." - Though the latter may belong 
entirely reap Peru Sviridov) references are not given. Scanned 
pages is given only for the single quote (not included in the 
number of these 4). 



   But it is a translation issue in another plane. For the 
question under rejects no text in frames, and text outside - 
that is avtors cue text Konstantin Sviridov, without 
references, it is very pungent and evil with respect to the 
creators of the ZX Spectrum and the people who had relations of 
its dissemination.