Unbeliver^SPEED co. (Muchkaev Maxim)
Samara, Russia
Paper letters as sender or recipient · 26
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A 1997 AMIGA Computer Guide: From the A600 to a PowerPC Professional Workstation
Organizational matters of the EXTREME association: appointment of a regional representative for Samara, participation of the bands MAGIC SOFT, MEGACODE, and BEERMANS in the Enlight'97 festival, a proposal to distribute OBERON magazine under the EXTREME label. The main section is a detailed overview of the AMIGA computer line—from the basic A600 to the top-end configuration with a PowerPC processor and Blizzard accelerators—with pricing and application areas (from home use to professional rendering and video editing).
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A letter from Ulyanovsk to Samara: a ZX CD collection, a better viewer than X-COLOR, and restored newspaper issues
A damaged DEJA VU disc and a request to send it back are discussed, along with friends' reactions to the RGB AGRESSION demo and the idea of writing a more advanced viewer to replace X-COLOR. A PROGRAF demo sent to the ZX.SPECTRUM echo group is mentioned, along with a drive to gather demand for a ZX software collection on CD-ROM: there are several confirmed buyers, and prepayment, warranties, and a possible in-person meeting in Samara are discussed. Also discussed are a trip cancelled "on a whim," a request for a phone number (with instructions on how to contact a neighbor if they're away), information about recovered newspaper issues, and interest in SCENERGY magazine.
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Reflections on the swastika and the RNE movement
A letter about neo-Nazi groups and the RNE movement, the origins of the swastika and hammer and sickle as symbols, and scene-related matters: the development of the MWD 2.0 text editor, the sale and possible cracking of the game "12TK," the controversy surrounding the publication of other people's private letters in Buzz and Born Dead, the authorship of a boot screen, and a detailed discussion of the contents of a new pirated ZX/PC disc collection (emulators, drawings, games). It concludes with a handwritten "ex-libris" signature featuring a personal mark the author calls a "twisted cross."
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"Speccy Rulez!" — D-Man Writes to Samara After FT'98
The author congratulates them on 3rd place at FunTop'98, grumbles about his own demo's failure, asks for full party results, and recounts the Edge Of Sanity saga: SAT/XTM abandoned the project, assets were reused elsewhere, then it turned out the demo was allegedly finished. Part two covers SAT's contact info, material from DOXYCON'98, and the announcement of BUZZ-16 for both ZX and PC.
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Letter from D-Man in Kovrov: BUZZ, FunTop and a Wanted List for Samara
Topics include the BUZZ and OBERON diskzines, FunTop demoparty prep, group roster (ZX-Division and PC-Division), projects TRICK, "12 Secret Books", Siluet, replies to a Wanted software list, floppy disk shortage, a group photo, a cheat code for Raven, and a warning about a turbocharged disk interface.
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Letter from Sergius in Kovrov: Oberon Is Over, Waiting for a Reply from Samara
The author mourns the end of the Oberon magazine, thanks Maxim for software and disks, encloses a local newspaper with an FT'98 article, jokes about illegible handwriting, and asks for details on Speed Co. members and Spectrum users in Samara. Topics include floppy drives, disk quality, photos, a TR-DOS-capable emulator, and a copy of Magnetron.
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A ZX Spectrum scene letter: Born Dead, Scorpion, and a New Year greeting
A short note from Sergius Puzzler (SP), dated December 16, 1998, asking to save the source code of a new digitized-audio player for Vel and reporting a performance issue with MONSTR’s Born Dead disk magazine viewer on the Scorpion computer when music is enabled. The letter ends with a New Year greeting.
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Letter After FunTop from Sergius Puzzler to M.M.A.
A letter sent after the FunTop event, enclosing a promised photograph and apologizing for its poor quality. The author briefly introduces the PROXIMA team and their ZX-PILOT magazine, offering to send all available issues, including the upcoming Issue #28. He mentions hearing that the recipient avoids being photographed because of concerns about unauthorized publication, hopes it is only a joke, and closes by wishing the OBERON team success with future releases.
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I've drawn a picture of the “Romeo & Juliet” screen here
Paracels from Eternity Industry writes to Max, saying he hasn’t had a reason to write for a long time and is eagerly awaiting OBERON #5. He talks about his work *Romeo & Juliet*, with which he is generally satisfied, despite its flaws and the criticism it has received. He also shares his plans to create a new, more powerful piece of artwork following feedback from his critic friend Sgryz, and mentions a possible drawing on the theme of Titanic. The letter is devoted to creative exploration and work on artwork.
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Crap – ANAMNESIS, devoid of design and special effects, won over audiences with its ugly animation
Paracels sharply criticises the results of CC'999, believing that Digital Reality’s demo JAM was more deserving of victory than ANAMNESIS by Fake Masters. He condemns the overemphasis on animation at the expense of design, graphics and effects, disputes the views of the scene reviewers, and warns Max against adopting a similar approach in his new demo with ALK. He also asks for his work FIGHT THE FUTURE to be published on PARADOX'99, as it did not make it onto DOXYCON'99.