┌---------------------------------------┐ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ LETTERS ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ └---------------------------------------┘ ZX-SPECTRUM (future) (C) VOVAN What made me write these lines (I, Of course, I decided to write it myself, it’s simple turnover is like this) letter from Ivan (Aqamarine BBS) about ZX-SPECTRUM in the 10th issue of the best in Minsk modem newspaperLPRINT. (About the best newspaper is I'm not sucking up, but I really think so). At the end of the letter beautiful, the color highlighted the wish readers to write what they think about SPECCY. I, as a reader, decided type a couple of lines, and if they are published, it will be very cool. The letter asks rhetorically, how do I seems to be the question: “Is that the SPECCY left? ?". But I answer him: “No, not that one.” The current SPECTRUM has gone far from its English counterpart of the 80s. Is this good or bad is another question. Perhaps not it is worth focusing onmorally (and hardware) outdated proprietary SPECCY? But this whole story with bells and whistles lotions, in my opinion, looks a lot like the story of someone so unloved by everyone Spectrumists of the "big calculator" IBM PC. The same many upgrades, the same orientation of new software to new standards. There are already programs that are not 128 kb is enough. About the problem of separate fields of memory I will remain silent, although with some the programs give the impression that they consist exclusively of procedures access to the drive, and them (these procedures) there is simply nowhere else to place them, except for "slow" memory. Justice It should be noted that the majority software manufacturers meet halfway if not the owners branded SPECCY, then at least “Byte”. Regarding the stop in the development of hardware, I I highly doubt it. After all, these are all doing improvements (on a large scale) are by no means from altruistic motives, and from desire to make money selling them. And such business people are most likely not concerned, Is SPECTRUM still a computer for everyone. So in the near (or not so) future we can expect the architecture to become more complex our beloved SPECCY. This is where we go straight to the second pathdevelopment: becoming a parasitic platform like IBM PC. True, the matter is complicated the presence of a much larger number of different directions in the development of our company. What Regarding the issue of a parasitic platform, then is it so bad, paying extra comparatively (with original price) little money, improve your computer. After all, scientific and technical progress will not wait for anyone. Case only in the speed of this very NTP, and comparison of these same additional payments. And he strives for more, of course. necessary. You just have to look around - and Are other users keeping up with me? Am I too far ahead of them? In short, I want to see our SPECCY with Pentium capabilities and at a price of $100. Although this is hardly possible. 07.17.97.
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