Soft - A little about new systems or thoughts of an average hacker: MASM, PASM, STS, TOOLS, JCV, Monster Commander, ZX PACK, ADS 512.

Hacker #01
A little about new systems or thoughts of an average hacker.  
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                 I'll probably start from afar.....                 
                                                                
    I recently cleaned my system drives. Everyone who         
 It’s not the first day I’ve been working on SPEK0M and I’ve encountered this problem.   
 my. What does it seem like? I sat down and cleaned it. Everything would be so if    
 would not be the result of my labors. Only 15 discs left      
 3!!! That is, 80% of system programs are presented to no one   
 unnecessary rubbish or simply outdated.                    
    Let me make a reservation right away: all this is my personal opinion. And you have the right    
 disagree with me. If there is a discussion, I will        
 I'm just glad.                                                   
    And so I decided to test some new systems.   
 MASM, TASM3.0R, STS3.3, PASM2.5&3.0, T00LS2.0, JCV4.0T,   
 MS V2.1, LZ-С0МP. , LZSSDEPS , ZHRASK2 , ADS 512KMASM1.1                                 
                                                                
    Well what can I say? Cool program! Perhaps the best   
 "assembler" has not yet been written! The most convenient editor,          
 highest speed of assembly, Boot-enabled disk drives    
 menu I don’t know about you, but I’ve always had a craving for crowbars     
 filename is symbolic. Support for the Russian alphabet.          
 Now try typing a program with 500 lines, and after        
 MONTH to remember everything right away. And then I filled it without any problems           
 note in Russian, what goes where and why.                      
    There are perhaps two shortcomings. 0n destroys basic          
 loader from memory. And have to go to byesik after going out       
 dial it in a new way instead of simple RUN. Their resident with       
 23b00 doesn’t help, but what if mine should sit there?                
 procedure? Or this area is being used by my program!      
  And the name MASM itself does not sound as euphonious as TASM. For me    
 It is always associated with some kind of MAS.               
                                                                
 P.S. These lines were written by me in a state of euphoria,        
 from receiving a new S0FT. But over time some came out    
 little things. The old proverb “New S0FT, new glitch!” is true.   
 After watchingThe MASM catalog stops loading via INСВIN.    
 Some programs do not start after using INСВIN   
 from the main menu of MASM. Only from BASIC. And don't think     
 "Here SН0R KAN has filled all sorts of nonsense and is surprised that he doesn’t         
 works! ". I tested the extinguisher from ZХ-PEВУ length          
 23 bytes, at the beginning I loaded the INСВIN screen with 30000.     
 Then I threw it with LDIR rum into 1b384 and extinguished it.           
 More precisely, this is how it should have been ideally. I assembled everything      
 this is the case and I give RUN. The picture is on the screen and safely         
 hanging. I’m loading everything in a new way, assembling it, going to BASIC        
 I launch..... Everything works great. I'm falling back into MASM,  
 RUN again. And we hang again.....                                
        They say correctly: “The only thing more glitchy than a glitch is a glitch.”         
                                                                
                                                                
                        TASM3.0R                                
                                                                
    Further modification of TASM. It all came down to replacement    
 font from Latin to Russian-Lat. . Of course it's convenient, but    
 With the advent of MASM it doesn’t look like that anymore. Classic       
 An example of a program was outdated even before it appeared in our city.STS3.3                                  
                                                                
    This is my favorite monitor!!! I mean STS in general, but     
 not specifically this version. Today STS is considered the most       
 powerful monitor. He passes 70% of defenses within 5         
 minutes. If not faster. Unfortunately, it has not yet been disassembled    
 transfers to disk. This version, compared to 3.2, only carries    
 cosmetic changes. Added search by mnemonics,        
 more convenient navigation through memory, and some other little things.  
    According to advertising, STS4.0 will be the coolest bells and whistles in the world       
 SPECTRUM. The ultimate dream of any hacker. Well then       
 Let's wait, by the way, they also promise a debugger monitor for MASM     
 make it cooler. Let's sit, watch, test.    
    In my opinion, the best in the concept of the ideal monitor       
 The V0LK0VSKY monitor is being installed today. 0n correct        
 works with the disk and disassembles quite conveniently,      
 unfortunately not to disk. Actually, I noticed that our programmers  
 not a single full-fledged monitor has been created yet. Yes        
 The authors of STS will forgive me. If you want to have text, load M0NS    
 or sit with a pencil.PASM2.5 & PASM3.0                     
                                                                
    Two new assembly editors for 48 and 128 kV.        
 The 2.5 deserves more attention. Not a bad gift          
 Owners of 48 cars. Although not without its shortcomings,            
 its non-movability is quite inconvenient. But if you don't         
 write in low addresses, you will really like it.         
    Version 3.0. The 128 HF program is not bad, but               
 as the author himself writes, it also turned out to be “tender”.             
 Unfortunately, another example of an “empty” program.                
 After MASM she is quite weak.                              
                                                                
                        Т00LS2.0                                
                                                                
    Designed for tearing out sprites. Made on         
 good level, there is no shame in recording it on your work disk.   
 But if it had been written with Russian menus, I would have been   
 very glad.JCV4.0T                                 
                                                                
    Gemini Commander. Design copied from Conver                  
 Externally, it is not very different from Conver. I'll start with the shortcomings.  
 The doctor must be loaded as a separate file, it’s great             
 the likelihood of a novice "teapot" losing it. The service is much  
 weaker than in K.K. (Convert Commander), design too. Can't   
 work with individual sectors, no BASIC viewing,       
 no page turning, saving 0>159 track too         
 Implemented not accurately, copying doesn’t look very good,  
 All work is done using hot keys, which is not always convenient.           
    There are perhaps two advantages. Search by text, by codes and      
 it also processes the entire zero road. True, you can           
 run into a disk with a non-standard format.                 
 It cannot be said that he is already better than K.K. But there's something about him           
 definitely is .                                              
                                                                
                        MS v2.1                                 
                                                                
    Monster commander.......... Mmmddda-a-a-a-a-a-a.......   
 Okay, let's not talk about advertising.. Verbatim:       
 "The most convenient and fastest shell.....The best among existing-  
 for the time being." Yes, INF0PK0M, of course, is a lot more likely to lie.       
 I won't talk about him. It's complete bullshit. What are you worth alone?     
 Automatic error correction function on track 0.        
 After using it, some files turn out to be fatal    
 damaged . And the design..... I’ll just keep quiet. He's a monster and       
 there is a monster. And if there is no doctor in disk utility then I        
 I actually feel like I have no hands.                              
                                                                
                                                                
                     LZ-C0MP.  LZSSDEС                         
                                                                
    Quite a decent archiver package. Cool design.      
 Convenient control. H0... It’s always H0 that fits in,            
 I won't save you! 0the same problem after archiving very often      
 It is impossible to unzip some files.                  
 0n reports that the files are faulty and go for a walk VASYA. I won't dare       
 use it to store valuable information.              
                                                                
                                                                
                        ZXPASK2This is a file packer. Here you need to write things to disk       
 300 procedures in assembler. But how, after all, it only fits into the catalog
 128 files. Beresh ZHRASK2 calmly pack and receive     
 2 files instead of 128. And load further as much as you can!           
 There have not yet been any cases of information being lost.          
 This is a file packer. Here you need to write things to disk       
 300 procedures in assembler. But how, after all, it only fits into the catalog
 128 files. Beresh ZHRASK2 calmly pack and receive     
 2 files instead of 128. And load further as much as you can!           
 There have not yet been any cases of information being lost.          
 I've been using it for about 4 months now and not a single failure!          
 I responsibly declare this is a good thing!!!                          
                                                                
                        ADS 512K                                
                                                                
 Reworking the old ADS. Now it takes 512 kb at a time     
 PR0FI. But in my opinion, when copying the entire disk about         
 some real gain can only be said from memory     
 no less than 720 kb. A striking example is PR0FC0PI 2. 0processing        
 all memory and is the fastest and most reliablecopier                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
   Well, that seems to be all. Think for yourself what to believe and with what    
 I can argue.                                            
                       P0KA!!!                                 
                                     SН0R KAN 17.04.9b.       

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