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 THE BEST SYSTEM OF OUR PLATFORM.

since 1999`Oleksandrenko N./TechnoTron/R.S.M
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          "The main thing is to have a choice..."
           "...and there is always a choice!!!"

                        Folk wisdom.

  Hello, readers! My name is Niko
bark and I want to tell you about the best
system programs on our deep-
boko favorite platform.
  First, let's talk about the most pressing issue, i.e.
about assemblers. It's pretty messed up now
many different editors (PASM, XAS, ALASM,
MASM, TASM, ZX ASM, STORM, GENS etc.) etc.
It's good - there's plenty to choose from. But we
Let's look at the best - TASM, ALASM, XAS
ZX ASM, STORM.
 First, let's talk about my favorite assembly
lere - ZX ASM v3.0. Authors of this ASM
are  K. Afendikov, V. Rubtsov, O. Khokhlov.
Who is on it at leastonce I worked, it won’t stay
The editor himself is indifferent. Such a convenient
there is no quality anywhere!!! But there is one “but” here -
30 KB of buffer for text + tags, and that’s quite
not enough. But this assembler still leaves
It's a good impression.
  NextASM`is ALASM,written
Kharkov programmer Mishchenko Alexey
(ALEM). This assembler is now considered by many
melt the best, but I'm partially not with it
I agree. Why, you ask? I bring it to you
example: firstly, in ALASM`e the editor is
dull for convenienceZXASM`y, secondly, ma-
The maximum size of one text is 16 KB,
although it is possible to work with non-
how many texts at the same time, thirdly,
no support for decimal numbers, which doesn't bother me
satisfied. That's why I don't work on it :(
But "the devil is not as terrible as they paint him"
i.e. positive qualities inALASM`e too
a lot. For example, it is memory relocatable
you can assemble the code into any available
memory page, most of the latest
monitor versions STS work with it.
In short,good assembler.
  Next-XAS by Max Petrov.Etor assembler
Some features are similar to ALASM
(working with multiple texts, etc.).
  Many St. Petersburg residents write software exactly on this
assembler. A bad trait of an editor is
The point is that labels should only be indicated
in capital letters (v3.061). But in it
Quite an interesting thing has been implemented -
tsa, namely - Autosyntax, i.e. automatic
logical correction of the entered text. In short,
try and rate...
  Well, we’ve reached the “grandfather” of them all.
assemblers - TASM'a.This is probably the most
the first serious assembler on the Spectrum.
But the current coder is already, according to some
does not meet the parameters. It's a pity...
  A novelty from all the above-mentioned assemblies
ditch is a product of the groupX-TRADEunder
called STORM.This assembler is quite
fast (by all standards). Because I'm on it
didn’t work seriously, then judge something-
I can’t say for sure about this.
  Well, with assemblers, it seems,
fought. Now let's talk about whatmakes me happy
our ears are about music.
  I think that for no one is se-
crete that is the leader of all music editors
INT music is PRO TRACKER.It is on
it is where the vast majority writes music
musicmaker`ov. And this is understandable, because PT ob-
has some pretty good parameters.
  Among the editors of digital (DIGITAL) mu-
The best language is probably DIGITAL
STUDIO for all output devices (COVOX,
SOUND DRIVE, AY-3-8910 (YAMAHA 2149F)).But
One can argue about this. For example,
measures, at DIGITAL DESIGNER - digital editor
howl of music - mixing frequency composition -
is about 17 KHz, but the octave range is too
com is small (only three octaves).
  Okay, let's finish with this, and
then you can use these editors endlessly
face-to-face comparative discussions.
  So you and I have come to the most
big problemSPECCY -graphics.
  The best full screen image editor
(and not only ;) was and remains ART STUDIO.And this is clear, because all new graphics
dractors exist in the form of demo versions, because
why can't we carry out a full-fledged
comparative characteristics. Yes, and in pre-
bonus, I have one of the new editors -
Demo version only ART_WORKS.
 Among the truly widest selection of sprites
editors suits me best
duct XL-DESIGN - SPRITE MASTER v5.1.But not
there is an ideal
cam programs :( This happened here too:
The buffer for sprites is only 16 KB, but for ri-
popping small sprites (icons,
small animations, etc.) it is quite suitable
walks.
  Of all debugger monitors, the most indisputable
a masterpiece is the creation of Partsyrny’s hands
Dmitry (STALKER) - STS. After all, it contains real
all the necessary bells and whistles are included, namely:
code disassembly, step-by-step debugging
programs, sharing STS's with
one of the most common assembly
ditch, etc. etc. Today's hackers are capable
using only STS open any
clever protection of any complexity ;-)))
  Of all the compressors, the best, in my opinion
look, is Hrust v1.2, because he
has a good compression ratio. And
Overall a good compressor.
  Among all the commanders I know (and
I've seen a lot of them ;) I would advise you
REAL COMANDER v1.8. For ease of use, it
one of the best. Not bad, also, CONVER...
 Well, that's probably all. If you forgot something -
something - sorry, I accidentally ;)
  For this I say goodbye...
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