Unbeliever^Speed Co. (Muchkaev Maxim)
Samara, Russia
Paper letters as sender or recipient · 38
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Sector to Unbeliever: PROGRESS demo & FunTop'98
Sector from Serious Speccy Group writes to Maksim (Unbeliever / Speed Co), offering to stay in touch, exchange software, and contribute music tracks for his magazine. He sends promotional materials (REKL.TXT and REKL.GFX) alongside a disk with software, reviews the recipient's demo, and shares updates on Serious Speccy Group's work on PROGRESS megademo, an upcoming magazine, and a FunTop'98 demo. Sector also notes the scarcity of Speccy users in his PC-dominated city and inquires about OBERON v5
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Feedback on OBERON#4, Newspaper Loss, and PRO GRAF Demo
MAXWELL (M.B. Mineev) from Ulyanovsk thanks Max from Samara for a joint photograph, the OBERON#4 magazine, and the RGB#1 disk, noting a miscaptioned photo of LOVELY instead of MR.JOHN. He sends available issues of his ZX Spectrum electronic newspaper, describing disk failures that wiped out issues 10–12 and the ALASM-based shell. He also encloses programs from the WANTED! list along with the PRO GRAF demo, proposes visiting Samara between January 5 and 9, and inquires about FunTop98
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Introduction to THE HOT HEADS and Cheboksary Scene
Dr. Crash from THE HOT HEADS (Cheboksary) responds to UnBeliever's advert in Oberon #4 magazine. He introduces the 8-member group roster and their release list, including Demn-17 and Egg Head 1&2, while announcing the upcoming joke magazine Hot FIVE #1 and the puzzle game Tower. Describing the local ZX Spectrum scene, he mentions active groups, widespread use of 3.5" drives, COVOX, and Kempston mice, as well as an ongoing search for Vicomm or X-Trade modem schematics to set up ZX-Net
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PCB news, CC trophies, and Kovrov ZX scene
DMan sends a CD containing PCB's wild compo entry, ZX software, and Amiga demos. He details hardware troubles in Kovrov, SaiR00S's work on the final release of the LF demo, and tests of Perfect Commander by Jeez. DMan urges Unbeliever not to abandon the ZX Spectrum for the Amiga, suggests custom trophies for Chaos Constructions winners, and shares news about beginners Virtual Masters who are attempting to revive the Darkwing Duck game project
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Invitation of Maksim Muchkaev to Chaos Construction'999
Chaos Construction'999 organizers Vsevolod Potapov and Aleksandr Monastyrenko invite Maksim Muchkaev (Samarian Division of Extreme) to the demoparty in Saint Petersburg on July 3–4, 1999. If he submits a demo or intro compo entry, free two-day passes are guaranteed for him and two group members. The organizers hope for a release matching last year's quality, direct attendees to their website for rules, and note they cannot cover travel costs.
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Born Dead Diploma, Scene Debates, and CC TAP Rules
Demiurge Ash sends Unbeliever a first-place diploma, praising the Born Dead magazine and urging him to publish it more often. He clarifies details about entering the Eddy work at the Forever party and laughs at an article in #z80 aiming to make peace between him and opponents like Arty and Diver. He also inquires about conflict with Goblin from XTM and criticizes Random's requirement to provide CC demo entries in TAP format due to memory issues.
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Oberon Ad and Voxon & Raider Comeback
Lyokha (Fikus / Flash Inc.) from Novosibirsk writes a reply to Max and sends disks with various software. He mentions that the disk containing the catalog includes his GFX advertisement and asks to include it in the Oberon electronic magazine. In scene news, Fikus shares that demosceners Voxon and Raider intend to return to the ZX Spectrum and amaze the community with their new releases.
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Izhevsk Scene, IMAGE Group, and Soft Trading
Dragon (Dmitry Zamyatin) of Atlantic/IMAGE (Izhevsk) replies to questions from Maksim (M.M.A) from Samara. He explains how he organizes his software catalog, describes the formation of the IMAGE alliance with Excess and Virtual Code, promises to retrieve held-up disks from Kirill Nikitin, and provides a list of trading contacts and group hardware setups (Profi, PC). Dragon offers music tracks by Punker, Predator, and Striker for Oberon magazine and requests games and mags like Doom, Warcraft, and Dune-2.
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Organizing the ZX Spectrum Party Di:Halt:99 in Dzerzhinsk
ORGANISM / #F0FF, on behalf of the organizing committee (FACEOFF ASSOCIATION, POWER PROJECT, MASTER HOME COMPUTERS GROUP) from Dzerzhinsk, informs Unbeliever about the preparations for the pure ZX Spectrum party Di:Halt:99. He highlights the secured venue, ready competition rules, an upcoming invitation demo, affordable ticket prices, and a convenient location. Seeking support from Samara sceners, he notes that groups PROXIMA and ETERNITY INDUSTRY from Kovrov have already committed to attending.
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CD Exchange and Soviet Computer Emulators
Leonid (Vampire) acknowledged receipt of Maksim's CD, sent his own CD (v2.1) in return, and discussed CD distribution options and the availability of version 2.4.