KrNews #04 18 июня 1998

Будущее Спектрума

Futura - An analysis of development trends Speccy.

          IRON: thinking out loud.


(C) VTS'98

I decided a little pat of language and
analyze some of the discussed
direction of ZX.


   First of all processors. Very many
users still think that
except for the unfortunate Z80A (Z084004PSC,
4Mhz) firm Zilog does nothing, and we
hopelessly behind on everything and everyone. And in
ZX-Review he wanted razkochegarit as much as
15Mhz :-). Ibid Z80H (Z084008PSC, 8Mhz
) Has an address space of 512kb:
)! But this is just more
high-copy first!
So, dear, Zilog lives quite

   not bad, and he also has a rather
powerful chips. I will not repeat ZXFormat and ZX-Power, would 
not the bones analyze each chip. Let me just say that

There is no deadlock, but a big problem
are the users themselves, because
further conversations about the coolness Z380, etc.
they are not - on the table still
is 3. 5Mhz ... And although the park 7Mhz
machines are already big enough, software is also
can not see ...

   Now I'm a little touch on the issues
modernization, upgrades, etc.
A majority of remaining old wheelbarrows
(Extended from 48/magnitofon and with a bunch of
MGTF'a) is not transferred to the new
(256kb/7Mhz) for the following reasons:
- Lack of money ...
- Saving money to buy the periphery,
not mate. board. The entire periphery
clings to the same MGTF'om on already
mutilated Comp. Gradually, it is buggy
More and more, and sell it uzhe
impossible. Irritated Member
spits on all purchases and eventually
HRC ... The new boards have the same bus. And then
can grow as human beings.


   Now, another opinion: everyone
move, such as superkrutoy
Peters or something nd in this way. Not
We pay attention to the ISA-bus, MSDOS format, ETC, and think 
better about the reality of it all. This is another

ATM, ETC with its high screens
permission, cp / m, etc. Nothing more
bulk of it will not work. Future
now have only the components with the base
architecture, memory, and 256/512/1024
clock frequency of CPU 7Mhz (today) and
14Mhz (in the near future, when
begin more active juzat 7Mhz) AND
BUS!


   In general, about any urgent
empowering Spectrum speak
meaningless - they do not need! Another thing
- Calmly consider and agree on
promising directions of development
architecture, but it's not the point. A
the main thing - it itself is the platform that
Now slowly and steadily
bends ... What should I do? - You ask.
Nogo-point response to harvested
recipe I do not have and never will. However,
Some ideas do exist.

   Users need the air? No
Cool graphics and sound and not kilometers
Memory distraught processor! He
need to communicate first and foremost, a kind of
Spectrum information environment,
that it is not cooked in its own juice.
That is, the ZX-club, ZX-Net, etc. structures.
Previously, when mass movements can be
find a kindred spirit in his backyard,
School / geeks, etc. Now, I think
to try to help establish
contacts between users
through these same structures. More
addition, newspapers / magazines are already working in this
direction, but the activity of users -
near zero.

   Holy smoke, because you are all
done! Write about any of their
problems, ask questions, talk
to push - you need help!
Is it no one else is left?
Either you're lazy and decided vkray
roll with the flow? If you do not
will invest a piece of their efforts
the development of the Spectrum, and above all -
HIMSELF by Spectrum, the
to slide down the platform, and you
yourself ...

   There are also problems soputsvuyuschie
technical plan. This moral
ustarevaniesofta, problems
software distribution, braking writing
new prog. And also killed by the state
fleet of old cars in the absence of
Local production of new (ie,
leaving only the fans have collected
twice the necessary amount and
risked trust her post), which further
increasingly inhibits the expansion
platforms, etc. It is also quite
serious problems, but they are already
unfolding discussions and projects
ZX-Format'e, ZX-Club'e and other media. I
already tired of pounding the keyboard is, I
tomorrow exam on the transmitter (for
Mahmoud:)), and for 65-plus sekov
texts in one room of one only
Max I will be happy hysterical
about finding a place on the discs for the paper (
Max, in Barnaul collected nearly poldiska take a similar 
"leftism" - informational support [the project

"Authors 'drive'], so that let people
do not swear - it's just flowers: -)).


   P.S. Just ooogromny stream of letters to
about the prospects for the Spectrum in any
the direction I'm ready to accept and
parse them in Newsom. However snachala 3
times, ask yourself: "Is not it nonsense?"
and if you decide, do not be lazy to sit down
Claudia, a paper with a pen or something nd in
this sort (clay tablets take
only up to 1kg and only DS / DD 3'5!!! :-)
).



    26-06-98 20:39 msk use dos editer