Optron #20 25 октября 1998

Будущее Спектрума

Opinion - And in iron have a soul.

         And in iron have a soul ...

SunLion, 1998


         What is Spectrum? This - the sea,

         The sea that rages in our souls,

         The sea that beckons to their

                       endless expanses

         Urging us to leave the land.


  Much water has flowed since the first appearance of the 
Spectrum, a lot has been said about him. There were kind words 
addressed to him, but there were evil. I can not stop myself to 
ask a question: "What does it mean Speccy for others, and

that - for you? ".

  Evil tongues long ago predicting the death of Speccy,
but he was still alive and will live, because it
love.

  You can say: "The computer - not people, it can not be love" 
- ​​and I agree with you, if it comes about, say, a PC, but not 
only on the Speccy. For many, it is not just a Computer 
literacy and the world, where you can practice creativity and 
work, every time perfecting. Speccy at anyone available 
tvorchestovo, and the MS average citizen can only play games 
all day, because to make it something sensible very, very 
difficult, and without solid investment in this will not do 
(and where get it?)


  Here, in confirmation of my thoughts,
would be appropriate to give you a couple of quotes.

  Dmitry Grigoryev:

  "Pisyuk" - is a tool, nothing more. I
I can not talk about any feelings for him - this is ridiculous. 
A Spectrum ... coding for It brought a real pleasure! "

(NICRON, number 88).

  Andrew Savichev:

  "Spektrumistskaya freemen - a thorn in the
eye at the gates of the computer business and
a haven of freedom-loving "(NICRON,
number 90).

  Speccy largely forgotten in his homeland
in England, and only "three fraternal peoples"
(Ukraine, Belarus, Russia) were able to fully understand its 
essence. (From redktsii: judging at least, the festival 
FunTop'98, Speccy distributed more widely, as can be

also read in recent issues of newspapers
RIP and Nicron).

  At Spectrum whole generation grew up,
which I am sure, could boldly say:

  "Thank you, Speccy, for our happy childhood!"

  One is forced to come to the conclusion that if
Spectrum draws to itself so, it means that he has a soul. This 
formed the soul of our own, it has absorbed all of our best 
features, and let no repeats: Spectrum - it's just piece of 
iron, it no soul. "After all, he-man - just

only "four buckets of water and a pinch of salt -
no more!



       An excerpt from the unfinished ...

S. Filimonov, 1998


  Spectrum ... He acquired another third
course. Made it all the necessary calculations, kursaki, 
graduation project. By the time he graduated from Polytech, all 
plants that produce in Lviv radioelectronic products have 
remained in a coma. So He had to hang up his diploma in a frame 
on the wall and move in business. 

  - And where's your "Pentium"? - The first thing I asked one 
day by visiting his office. 

  - Why? - He was genuinely surprised. - Co
me - my trusty old Speccy, I'm on
it all their paperwork, all the bookkeeping for this resource 
to me in the Spectrum like enough! .. - And he pointed to as:

say, "above his head." - A throw "bucks" to demonstrate their 
idiotic "slope" - why on earth? Would you believe that every 
just laugh to colic, when I go into some "kramnitsu" and I see 
there a couple of "Pentium", operating in the mode of cash

apparatus, and then, sometimes, and a calculator! ..