News - ATM Turbo 2 video modes, 2D animation, Linguistic Forum, Orthology.

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 yu Alone Coder                         
                                                                
Another long pause in the publication of the newspaper. But this time the news 
much better!                                              
                                                                
A new spektrumist was found in Ryazan -Vyacheslav Silaev. He took
my Scorpio (he took up a lot of space) and immediately      
said that he was going to make a board for ZX-BUS, which      
implements ATM Turbo 2 video modes.                              
                                                                
This is done like this: the board contains its own video RAM and its own          
video controller. When writing to ports #ЗFF7 and #FFF7 switch 
writable pages of RAM. Page specified in port   
#ЗFF7, also available for reading in the appropriate state of the 6th  
bit (otherwise only the ROM is visible). Modes are completely switchable   
the same as on ATM Turbo 2 - via port #BD77/#FF77.            
                                                                
As a result, some of the software that already exists on the ATM Turbo 2     
will be available on other machines. Asoftware for ATM Turbo 2     
a lot - about 200 programs out of about 500 of all existing ones  
for Spectrum extensions. Not counting the software for the mouse.             
                                                                
And I have almost finished migrating software from Pentagon 1024 to        
ATM Turbo 2. It turned out that it’s quite easy for me now -   
every day I redo it according to the program, often with modifications and     
fixing glitches.                                            
                                                                
The fact is that for other memory schemes they finally stopped  
write software This is a unique opportunity to finally set a standard, 
so that each program does not drag along a bunch of auto-determiners and
drivers like Windows. Especially considering that it is not written   
Another program that supports ALL memory expansion schemes!
                                                                
Computers ATM Turbo 2 and compatible (ZX Evo) since 2004       
released in a circulation of more than 700 copies and are still in production   
por. According to my estimates, they make up more than half of the fleet of new
Spectrum. For those who do not have such a car, there are        
emulators Unreal Speccy, Xpeccy, ZXMAK2, Turbo 2 online and, if 
I'm not mistaken,EmuZWin (did not run).                             
                                                                
I still support 48K, but lazily. We still have to fight 
with lamers on the forums. There is not enough time for everything. Development      
platforms are more important...                                             
                                                                
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I provide traditional 2D animation toPeople's Film Studio      
"RGPTU-Film" named after Gennady Vasilyevich Ryazantsev. This is  
now the full name. I give plastic according to Richard Williams, and   
We draw in TVPaint Animation . We have already released several      
cartoons, and “On the Network” even won some kind of diploma. Except   
my school, there are also schools of 3D animation (in the program Blender ),  
cinematography and video journalism, photography and design 
work. We have a channel on YouTube:rgrtufilm . (At the festival   
"The Magic World" is also there - festwm .)                           
                                                                
I will immediately answer the question that many people ask first:
no, they don’t pay me money for this. I earn money at the factory.
                                                                
And life hits you in full swing, and usually on the head :) I got married. More 
I was on sick leave for six months. Tuberculosis knocked me down. Lived for two months 
in a sanatorium. Now I'm working again. (The pills are killer.)     
                                                                
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I left the Linguistic Forum. As a result, I was able to study Orthology, even  
wrote an article on an interesting issue that I was thinking about 
8 years old. You’ll have to fill it out (it’s on paper) and send it off          
a couple of familiar scientists.                                           
                                                                
There are already 100 people in the “Spelling Reform” group BKohtakte, the numbergrowing. Recently, there was even a person ready to do the planning 
Russians!