A FEW WORDS FROM THE AUTHOR
(C) 2000 Mikhail Maksimenko
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Fuck that linolium!
Uh, no - Relanium!
Ugh - millennium!
Hello, my dear readers! I
glad to meet you all again after the
a freely long pause that received -
due to a number of reasons. But now everything is pose-
Di and we are together again! Thank God that we
did not experience the “end of the world” associated with pe-
by moving to three zeros, and so on ;))
First of all, I express! HUGE! good-
gratitude to all those people who supported
stung my bending project with a magazine and
were not allowed to curtail production. If
I would also like to provide financial support
at least someone...
Okay, the topic today is: tell
to you about innovations in the shell and viewer
magazine, and also to chat about all sorts of thingsnot
consequential topics.
As you have probably already noticed - the external
The new appearance of the magazine has changed. I rewrote to
100% all the code and now I hope that mine
You will like the new version of the magazine more
more than the previous two issues. Like
in the case of two previous numbers
I couldn't do without someone else's code. Well what else
I really don’t want to do this when I’m big
I want to invent and spend a lot on it
time. Moreover, the material com-
You still won’t get a pension. That's it-
climbed for the next implementation of his plan -
ki to other publications. I ask the authors to
algorithms of forgiveness that I have come up with.
So, this time the treasure trove of codes was
so popular and, in my opinion, bent
publications like "SPECTRUM EXPERT #2" and"ZX-
FORMAT #8". The scroll bar technology was
has been removed from the "Expert" and displayed on the screen
text - from "Format". The result is a hybrid
from St. Petersburg magazines. Although no - print
I made the windows myself. Heroic act :)
The format and encoding of the text corresponds to
complies (almost entirely) with the "Ex-
Perth". "Musical Bank" from now on
began to be such and turned into a
a basic music oscilloscope. The reason is
that I select musicalaccompanied
studying under the article is not from a flashlight, but I’m trying
adapt to the theme of the text, therefore
changing the music to another will disrupt the overall performance
acceptance of information.
CONTROL
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Changes have taken place here too. Exclude-
chen from the Kempston survey joystick for not-
usefulness. The shell is generally oriented
on Kempston mouse, because. only by her the most
it is convenient to use the scroll bar. Sorry
neither, my dear, but if you have in 2000
I still don't have a mouse in a year - you're a sucker! And
so go and make yourself this ruleous de-
Weiss. But for those who still cannot se-
do not solder the mouse controller, leave it in
polling keys and right sinclair joystick.
The first button pressed on a mouse is traditionally
but is considered fire. The opposite bu-
det "cancel". Central in this version
shell is not yet used. To close
window, article exit, oscilloscope and
In order to save the screen, the buttons are used
ki fire or cancel. For non-mouse users
Callers are provided with the "E" key.
To move through the text you need to use
vat or icons at the top of the text that you already
and do that, or scroll bar. For
lowercaseuse text movements
parts of the screen: top 11 lines without icons
serve as a scroll to the beginning of the article, lower
11 lines - for scrolling to its end. More
there is no and will not be reserved on the article field
There are no actions for a page sheet -
tion of the text.
ACTION OF ICONS IN THE ARTICLE
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The icons in the article viewer have two
type of activity - managerial and ser-
hanging Managerial view you are now co-
look at it from above, and the service view will appear
after activating the face icon. I hope
on your intelligence, so first
I won’t describe the species, but I’ll tell you about the ser-
hanging icons. So,
= EXIT THE SERVICE
Deactivates the service and returns you
to the normal mode of paging (reading) the article.
= WRITE TEXT TO DISC
= RECORD CURRENT SCREEN
Writes to any tr-dos' language
current screen disk. The file is downloaded from
a special name, where at the end there is his
serial number on the disk from the earlier number
shipped. In short, if on your disk
there is already a filewith name, first 6 bytes
which coincided with the one being shipped, then the current
The resulting file will be assigned the following number
according to the account. If you don't get this pun,
then make a couple of recordings on disk and see
on the result.
= CHANGE TEXT COLOR
Colors are changed cyclically
text. Initially set to "all colors"
ta". When you next click on the icon
you will be "monochrome 1", where paper will be
black, and ink - white. Another activation
this icon will make "monochrome 2" what you-
calls for paper to change to white, and ink
will turn black. If this doesn't suit you,
Yes, then one more (the third) click on
icon will return everything to its place - all co-
lor. And so on until you lose your pulse...
= CHANGE ILLUSTRATION COLOR
Actually, this option is implemented for
funny, that's why "monochrome 2" is missing
completely:white face on a black background or
a black face on a white background - what's the difference...
= MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT
Only this option can extinguish the
music processor bot. General So-
und the shell does not support it, so on
It doesn't affect his work in any way :-)
All settings except music are valid.
are valid only for the text viewer, and
This means they don’t affect the main screen in any way.
ku magazine and its windows. Saving settings
There is also no wok - why? Availability Kempston
mouse is detected automatically by the
all three of its ports. If at the port
there are zero buttons - this means that there is no contact
rollerball. If not zero, then the test is directed
laziness and if he showed that you have
mouse, then it will be polled constantly
but... The test takes into account tire instability -
Xia. In any case, the survey should work
work stably and even if the test failed
Yes, then there shouldn’t be any glitches. Otherwise
In case, bring your computer in line with
standard.
And a couple more nuances - in order toto
to get to the "Musical Bank", you need
move the cursor to the lower right corner
screen and press "fire". Action access-
but only from the title page of the magazine,
and in a simple way - from the window part of the shell-
ki. It doesn't matter the quantity
open menu windows.
Three minutes after the last
pressing "fire" or "cancel" will turn on like this
called "screen saver".
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Well, actually, everything is new -
deniyam in the magazine. Now a few words about him
content. I see myself that the number received
is not entirely successful in terms of information
onnosti. Some things are already obsolete. I
collected all the material within one and a half
years that have passed since the release of the second
new issue of the magazine. Why did it take so long
zero time? Our Compu-Studio Ltd was
busy working on the project "Editor Mis-
this" and "New Missions" to the famous game
re Vyacheslav Mednonogov"Black Raven"and
therefore there was absolutely no time for writing
cash ThemMoreover, there were plans to rewrite
its shell and viewer by 100% than in the post-
So that’s what I did. But time isn't worth it
on the spot, so the number came out like this
he is. I hope that even now you, my
reader, you will find interesting information for yourself
formation.
IN THE FOLLOWING ROOM
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After a short break it will be published
new number, but its content may be
differ significantly from those accepted at the Spec-
truma of stereotypes and standards. I have on
Currently there are 800 KB (full Is-
Dos disk) of unrealized texts,
dedicated to fun and educational
topic. The material was downloaded from the Internet, edited
nerd and some part of him is present
in this issue, but the lion's share remained
for the future. As you may have noticed,
The magazine's status is gradually changing in the
the ron of general knowledge or even fun
th edition. I don't see the point in pushing myself
as the main and still the only
editor, within the narrow framework of the Spectrum
topics. Although Speccy will also not be ob-
shared attention (reviews of new products, hacking
in, something about programming), but mostly
newthe direction will probably change
in the general cognitive direction. Reasons
on such a radical change of course I conclude
It means that Spectrum, of course,
good, but gradually becoming obsolete. I
I cannot be competent in all areas
activity on the Spectrum, and activity and
productivity of the masses inhabiting this
computer still does not show inte-
res (such as we would like) to the peri-
odic publications. So all that remains is to select
do one of two things: or close your publishing house
not at all, or expand the topic. Bye
chose the second, but with further passive
readership in both material and
morally, my publication will suffer the same
same fate as many others: closure.
Actually, it’s time to talk about Spectrum
there is nothing new about it - every year it becomes more and more
it fades away. Take, for example, "iron"
section - there are practically no new developments
due to reaching the “ceiling” in development
tia platform, and retell the old ma-
material, already covered somewhere - only
waste your time and money. Topics about
programming can also represent
certain interest, because for this purpose
Much can still be achieved, but for that
for such “feats” one must be quite advanced
a nerdy coder, which not everyone can handle...
Quite a long period of time
I observe a strong tendency to create
giving their own ESMI. Aton this
the light of God appear as more or less in-
Interesting newspapers and outright feces.
Well, I hope that the creators of the latter and
so they know what kind of product they are riveting, and to
I call out to the rest again - let's all
to me! Let's unite to publish a magazine
"Black Crow"! Just don't judge
this call is like a cry for help or failure
the editors' ability to make independent
exactly, without outside help, interesting
new magazine! I just urge you not to distract -
for talented people to create their own
veins cool shells, and concentrate
on creating programs and all kinds of games.
The guys from RSM! This applies to you too ;-)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
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This issue uses information
kindly provided by the following auto-
rami: groupReal Soft Makers, Mg.Beeper,
BLAZ, VEL, S.R.U. and many others. You-
I express my deep gratitude to all auto-
frames of music files whose melodies were
used in the magazine. I bring them mine
Sorry for not giving attribution!
This happened for the reason thatsatisfied
but a lot of music is pulled from various sources
sources, as well as from my personal archive
VA, where the author was not always recorded, because
public use was not planned
tion. Once again I apologize. From now on, I will
I'd like to use it (if possible)
only legal texts, illustrations, mu-
language modules.
APPLIED PROGRAMS
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(for advertising purposes)
ALASM v3.9/4.1
STS v5.1AL
UNICON=2
Magic Install v2.1
MUSIC EXTACTOR v0.7
Pro Tracker v2.1/3.4
SOUND TRACKER PRO v2.0
S.T.PRO DECOMPILERArt Studio 128 v2.5
Техт Maker v1.10f
ZX=WinWord v2.1
IS=DOS editor
IMP v1.2
HRUST v1.3
BEST VIEW v2.9
PERFECT COMMANDER v1.51
Quick Commander v2.3
Транслятор Чёрной Вороны
Выражаю благодарность авторам всех пе-
речисленных программ.
ОБРАТНАЯ СВЯЗЬ
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Редакция принимает для публикации или
размещения авторские (не только) статьи и
программы. Тексты статей, равно как и ва-
ши письма, можетеsend at any convenient time
nom for you form: paper - written from
by hand or printed on a printer; electrical
throne - on a 5.25" disk (ONLY!). Format
disk, tr-dos is desirable, text format is consistent
corresponds to 866 encoding. In short, use
Use is-dos or zx-Word editors. You can
compatible with them.
Music also has limitations - it
size compiled with player
The format must not exceed #3000 bytes! On-
A player is a must! Compili-
You need to move to the address #C000. Instagram address
The melody should be #C000, and the address
playing notes within #С005/#С006.
I, as the only editor of the magazine,
I decide what material to place in my
edition, and which one to reject. I leave
reserves the right to edit, modify
write and illustrate published articles.
If you would like your article to be
illustrated, send your illustrations
tions in a regular screen file format. B
In the accompanying note, indicate: where and in
what sequence should we find?
All illustrations, as well as their sizes.
Considering that the text in the magazine can
displayed in three types of fonts, you should
indicate its main size - 31, 41
or 62 character per line. When typing math
rial, be guided by these data.
If you would like to publish it in the magazine
some algorithms or insert into the design
note something in the codes, then keep that in mind
the fact that I only work for
ALASM`e, so the sources are desirable, but
it is not necessary at all, send it in the format
this assembler. As a last resort, send
in the format of that assembler, the listings of which
what the program “understands” "BEST VIEW".
CORRESPONDENCE
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The editors enter into correspondence with the reader
teles. I usually answer everyone, but oh
The greatest friendship and correspondence will resolve the issue
subsequently, with mutual interest,
difficulties in this type of communication.
Gentlemen! Given the disgusting work
I ask this mail to everyone who sent me
sending, placed orders for "Mission Editor"
or "Black Raven-1. New Missions",but according tofor some reason did not receive from me from-
Veta,PLEASE WRITE TO ME AGAIN!Were
cases when there is no access to me (and from me)
sent letters. To avoid misunderstandings and
false accusations of "scammer" please contact
contact me again by REGISTERED letter!
RESPONSIBILITY
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The editors are not responsible for
the content of the posted material is worthy
advertising fidelity is solely based on conscience
the persons who posted it. All articles, including
advertisements are placed free of charge. Disks on-
backs return with a fresh issue of the magazine
la or with programs that correspond
dent wished to have (if available).
EDITORIAL ADDRESS
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85321
Mikhail Mikhailovich Maksimenkohouse 79 apartment 12
Microdistrict "Zapadny"
g. Dimitrov
Donetsk region
Ukraine
Phone: (06239) 6=21=26
after 18:00 Moscow time.
Please indicate the address according to the
following the established pattern and not suffering from childhood:
painted envelopes, “branded” labels
etc. All this childishness can lead
to the loss of a letter on the way to me due to love
the curiosity of some postal workers.
With this I say goodbye, I wish everyone all the best...
best wishes! Write, your mother!..
SEE YOU SOON!!!
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