ACNews #21

Diskmag (electronic paper)

24 Jul 2003 Download

The central feature of this issue is Alone Coder's detailed report on the ParaDigMus 2003 demoparty in Serpukhov, capturing the event's atmosphere and scene encounters. The technical highlights include Vitamin/CAIG's implementation of arithmetic coding on the ZX Spectrum, data compression history, and the XLPZ format. Analytical materials cover a reliability comparison between 5'25", 3'5" disks, and tapes, along with screen recovery techniques using hardware data interleaving. Additionally, the news section covers July 2003 releases, including Inferno#4 and new software and music.

Issue contents:

  1. News - Alone Coder broke his arm and leg.
  2. Thoughts - the number of discs 5'25 gradually decreases, there is nowhere to buy them.
  3. Report - Alone Coder'a report about the trip to ParaDigMus'2003.
  4. Docs - Vitamin / CAIG implemented the first option to Speccy Arithmetic coding.

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