This issue covers demoscene news and regional community updates, including correspondence from Neftekamsk and Chelyabinsk, alongside Fidonet discussions. The technical section features hardware overviews and schematics for the custom Vicomm modem, the Elektronika MC6313 printer connection, and Nemo-bus controllers. Practical articles detail digital sound programming on the AY sound chip using Z80 assembly. Additional content includes an analysis of Microsoft's antitrust developments, a fictional story about a sentient computer, a humor section, and a history of brewing.
Issue contents:
- Introduction - The MSD newspaper has become an irregular publication.
- News - a letter from Neftekamsk from Ruslanych, a letter from Chelyabinsk from the Triumph group.
- Bit by bit - MicroSoft is forcibly split into two independent organizations.
- Fido - review of fido correspondence.
- First contact - the first experience of using the Vicomm modem.
- Hardware - VICOMM - compatible modem from MSD group.
- Life - We (MSD group) want to tell you about how we rest and relax. Here is a story about one Sunday we lived through.
- Programming - digital audio output to AY.
- Connect - connect the Elektronika MC6313 printer.
- Opinion - letter to Nemo.
- Samizdat - a story about the Spectrum.
- Cellar - Beer is the oldest noble intoxicating drink. Its recipe has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years.
- Relax - Humor.
- The engine of trade is advertising.
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