┌---------------------------------------┐ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Interview ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ └---------------------------------------┘ MDM 253-3363 (C) Specter In the 18th issue of LPRINT, I decided to place interview with the most famous Minsk group, has by now already departed I'm worried about Spectrum problems - * SANALEX * group. The interview was taken at the radio market Zhdanovichi 09.13.97. My interlocutor is the main vator * SANALEX * group - Lavrinov Alek- this one I had to memorize the interview memory, so this option contains a little on my own. So, don't blame me. L - LPRINT, S - SANALEX. L: Standard question - when and how do you SPECCY appeared? S: In September 1992 they bought me Santaka-002, I was in 10th grade then, at the same time but my neighbor, Shurik, was bought Byte. L: How did your group appear? S: In February 1993, Shurik and I merged joined a joint group, name SANALEX means SANYA and ALEXEY. Summer the first cash register was sold at Storozhovka set with games, from that time onwards There was a sale of cassettes under the brand SANALEX. L: When did you get a disc flop? S: We started selling at the market in the fall floppy disks... L: ...And from that moment on, the group’s activities Did you find out everything? S: About this, for three years (autumn 1993- autumn 1996) SANALEX group learned in many cities of the CIS: Moscow, Kharkov, Kyiv, Chisinau, St. Petersburg, Mariopol, Novo- Sibirsk, etc. New programs are coming come to me 12 hours after writing - tions, for example ZX-ASM 3.0, STS 4.1; I regularly exchanged parcels with different new cities. L: When did you start suggesting improvements? computer: memory expansion, connection Reading disk drives, AY, etc. ? S: Almost from the very beginning - as soon as when we appeared on the market. SPC> By the way, I expanded my Byte y SANALEX'a. It cost him twice as much more expensive, but back in 1994 I was an ordinary user and did not know the prices... L: The latest development of the company SANALEX is fee Azure Sound Drive v8.7, how it was born this device? S: In the summer of 1996 Shurik/SANALEX (second Shu- Rick, the first - programmer and musician) began developing the scheme, another Shurik wrote a converter program for Amiga music new toASD. L: As far as I remember, the latest version of the con- Werther is about the fiftieth, Sound Driv'well, only 8.7 :) In 96 you bought AMIG'y, as continued activity squeezed SANALEX ? S: After switching toAmig'we immediately got busy were selling them, Spectrum also remained lost - my father still records on German programsfor the Zhdanoviches, where are they sells. L: On Amig'e one of the Spectrum people Did he recognize you? S: Yes, I received questions on the Internet like: "YouSANALEX?!!" L: How much does your 1200thAmig' cost? S: Trade secret. L: What if I’m a user who wants to buy it? S: Show me the money first. SPC> Long-term denial... After a while... S: About 300 dollars. SPC> Tankard approaches and offers to take interview with him. I promise the next number and I'm winding down this interview. L: And finally, your wish to everyone Spectrum people. S: Amiga - rulez !L: Spectrum forever ! I ended on this optimistic note. This is a mini interview. To the next number wait for the interview with Tankard.
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