ACNews #70

Diskmag (electronic paper)

02 May 2018 Download

  • ACNews #70

This issue covers recent demoscene updates and tracks the paths of well-known scene members, from returning musicians to developers shifting into mobile and embedded programming. A dedicated historical feature explores the rise of Saint Petersburg's late-1990s computer clubs, detailing early local networks, Quake sessions, and the emerging PC gaming culture. Additionally, the issue introduces Listh, a hybrid programming language design combining Forth and Lisp features, complete with Z80 assembly implementation examples.

Issue contents:

  1. News - Karbo is back and writing new music, Freeman in Ukraine is now making games for mobile phones, Wolf has staked out the theme of simulators, Mithos is outsourcing firmware for BMW, Ars and Mast are selling hardware in Moscow, DimkaM made a version of TASiS for ZX Evo.
  2. News - Karbo came back and wrote new music, Freeman is in Ukraine now, in Odessa (left there before the Maidan, to the sea, for health reasons), sculpts games for mobile phones, Mythos codes firmware for BMW on outsourcing and is engaged.
  3. Computer clubs of St. Petersburg - history of computer clubs in St. Petersburg
  4. Computer clubs of Saint-Petersburg - history of russian computers clubs
  5. Listh Language Project - Forth is much simpler to implement than Lisp, but this comes with big drawbacks.
  6. Listh language project - Forth is implemented much simpler than Lisp, but it has big drawbacks.

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