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(C) Gendalf,
Hacker Rasp
Gendalf> Recently, via Internet channels
we received something quite interesting, if not
funny letter. Personally, I didn’t think, and I don’t
I consider it my duty to answer it, because...
it is clearly maintained in some boorish, ba-
bright colors (I'm just stating a fact),
and besides, it’s also poorly written. B
in my article, which will be discussed, I
didn’t get personal (except for
the personality of Bill Gates, about whose hands I
didn't say anything). This letter came here
only because of the wishes of the editorial staff of "Optocoupler"
remain objective and listen to the actions
really everyone.And again, despite
its impudent character, it is more amusing
what did it hurt?
So, let's get started. [author signed as John
Ciemgals, and I didn’t dare translate it,
but it was cut beautifully - JC]
Hacker Rasp> The letter is really funny -
no, so I’ll join the discussion and
me.:-) Naturally, the style and spelling
saved. I think that a large number
errors are due to the fact that the author of the letter is living
vet in the Baltics, but this does not justify it -
no - you could have asked your friends
writing this or that word in Russian
language, so as not to look ignorant later
doy...
From: John@jpd.gov.lv (John Ciemgals)
JC> Sveiki felcons@litech.lviv.ia!
ХР> Hello, John! JC> This seems to be the address of the "Optocoupler"? Well then
Well, in the second issue there was an article about spec-
ki, in which the PC was again slandered and
Spectrum ascended... as well as the call of pi-
Sorry if you don't agree with something.... ;) So
I started my communication with Spectrum...
a couple of years later I sold it and bought ZS
Scorpion 256, which was a large steering wheel
zom... :) in ~2 years due to lack of de-
I sold the money to switch to the PC platform...
;( but if I see a thread somewhere cheap -
I'll buy it... mainly to play demos....
GD> The beginning is good only if you read it carefully,
then we can draw an interesting conclusion that
that the ZS Scorpion 256 is not a Spectrum
mom...
JC> Now it will find the phrases “well, now
iBM PC followers have hung their noses, another one
scolded, ETS "... I’ll give an analogy: power
Ford Scorpio dealers IMHO, will not replace
chap of a peasant who drives a Cossack,
and on every corner he shouts: “Zaporozhets-Rulez,
Scorpio- Suxx/Must die.." ... ;)
ХР> The analogy is not appropriate. In addition,
Speccy that's for surenot "Zaporozhets", but how
at least "Zhiguli".;-) Tell me, John, really-
Did you buy yourself a Pentium Pro right away? Don't think. Surely something no higher than 486 DXCh-100,
which on five-sixths of the land is considered
is the same "Zaporozhets". A words like
"rulez", "suxx", etc. in some echoes
equated to swearing.
GD> However, iBM PC owners notice mu-
Zhichkov - Sinclairists who speak
stuff about your computer. And a vivid example of this
- this is a letter from the Baltic states.
JC> The second extreme is what they are doing right now
with Spectrum, I mean, hang on
HDD 1.2 Gb / memory 1Mb or more / pro-
The processor is much more powerful/cooler graphics
ku... all this has been on the PC for a long time... and on
Spectrum, even if they do this, he's in--
the first will not be much cheaper than RS, but on-
brushes the software, I generally say
wow...
GD> It's nice that new versions of Spectrum
this experienced and extremely educated
ny pisishnik calls _much more powerful-
mi_. I wish I knew what this means! By the way-
ty, what they are doing now with the Spectrum,
This is not the "second extreme", butlaw-
ness.
XP> Perhaps John is right about the price, but
after all, you can do all this on Speccy on your own -
with my own hands, perhaps it’s easier for someone to create
ready to drink, but there are people who...
who take pleasure in inventing
bicycle I don’t think they’ll want it on PC -
to do something. I say this because
I know this from myself - only in my first year
I had a desire to write for myself, for
interest, programs on PC, now I'm ready for anything
it scored - boring!
JC> And so, why did I switch after Specky
on PC: Cooler graphics/also in games
The widest selection of software - even more than
Spectrum... on this score let some
some will think why, for example Atari with us
didn't take root... ;) Cooler sound...
specifically Gravis Ultrasound RnR/CHMb RAM...
True, the price for it is a little bit steep...
but for such a weight it’s not a pity... %) big
selection of hardware components/open archi-
texture
GD> I don’t know if anyone is interested in why
givenSubject switched to PC, but still
I would like to point out one interesting feature of the discovery
that architecture and the iBM PC as a whole. Life
pisishnika is a permanent upgrade. I see
my acquaintances, pisishniks, and I see what
they spend almost all their money.
Thanks to this open PC architecture
constantly creeps up (not free,
of course), Microsoft releases a new and up-
a new version of Windows that works
only on computers with new bells and whistles, other
Some companies write programs that run
only under this new version, but in the end
the user, apart from unnecessary expenses, does not
gets nothing new. Release programs-
are practically at the same level, just
developers, thanks to the capabilities of
This modification makes it easier to write them. Besides that-
th open architecture is gradually closing
is designed for a specific user, which
who recently converted the 386th to 486, and
wants on the same base from unknown reason
do Pentyuk, and then, lo and behold, something
cooler.
XP> More software is possible, but what percentage
This software will work on your machine, huh?
Some software will require a more powerful processor,
Some have more memory, some won’t like it
your Chinese Sound Blaster, half of you
You won’t be able to count in Bulgarian at all
compacts.
And what about the quality of this software?
I don't want to. One pisishnik told me that
there really are a lot on Spectrum
cool toys, many are even better than piss-
nykh. Why do you need Scorpio yourself? "...
drive demos..."
And the pace of development is too high
platforms are not great either. To go to
keeping up with the entire herd requires an upgrade of every
every six months, if not more often.
JC> There in the article someone argued about the curve
MS-DOS.... this guy has the best IMHO
crooked hands in the world... because even from
I’m very crooked about MS-DOS like this
I haven’t heard... and there is a choice... Win
3.11/Win'95/ OS/2 /Unix /Xenix/Etc...
GD> You yourself have crooked hands, and not
only them. Before you show up with such
visits, I would learn to write normally,
Yes, and I would come up with a sensible argument. How ma-
lazy, honestly. Besides, I don’t believe
I’m surprised that the addressee likes it so much
MS-DOS. Even for this level of intelligence
that would be strange. HR> What choice are you talking about, John?! Well
okay, I know what is what. But just-
the user whose dad bought a PC yesterday, and
before this, they spent a month dripping advertising on their brains
Win'95, go and buy yourself this one
Win. There is no healthy competition (remember my
P.S. about monopoly), which will benefit
giver freedom of choice.
JC> Well, that’s all it seems... in short, RS - not
enemy of spektrumists, but just the next one
stage of development... about the Amiga - I would like it
I didn’t take it... due to availability/quantity of software
_Very_ much inferior to the RS.... and specifically -
its advantages over other platforms
I don't see mami...
GD> I doubt that JC even saw Ami-
gu, not so much its advantages. PC is not the enemy
spektrumists, but the enemy of Spectrum itself, and
that's enough. A relative to next
stages of development... Maybe partial
development of gaming software, but not development
the user himself, and as I already wrote in
in his article in the 2nd "Optocoupler", this is the opposite
mouth, degradation.
ХР> Вsuch crooked hands I wouldn't use Amig
gave. Finally, I want to say that RS is the place
in accounting and... email. Although
in the first area it is possible with greater success
use CASIO calculators, and secondly
Roy and Amigs and Apps are doing well
feel. As we say goodbye, I want to say that we
We will personally send this one, and if you wish, that’s all
subsequent issues of "Optocoupler" to John. Goodbye.
GD> I note that the editor, offering
drink into the discussion regarding this issue
sa, meant a real discussion, not
market squabble. A author of this letter
I obviously didn't understand. But the discussion continues
and we are waiting for your feedback by mail and
Internet.
And one more thing. Whatever this letter was published
It's tricky, but it's there. And here are reviews from native
There is almost no sighting of Lvov yet.
We are especially looking forward to close cooperation with them.
quality and truly interesting work.
gave. Finally, I want to say that RS is the place
in accounting and... email. Although
in the first area it is possible with greater success
use CASIO calculators, and secondly
Roy and Amigs and Apps are doing well
feel. As we say goodbye, I want to say that we
personallyWe’ll send this one, and if you want, that’s it
subsequent issues of "Optocoupler" to John. Goodbye.
GD> I note that the editor, offering
drink into the discussion regarding this issue
sa, meant a real discussion, not
market squabble. A author of this letter
I obviously didn't understand. But the discussion continues
and we are waiting for your feedback by mail and
Internet.
And one more thing. Whatever this letter was published
It's tricky, but it's there. And here are reviews from native
There is almost no sighting of Lvov yet.
We are especially looking forward to close cooperation with them.
quality and truly interesting work.
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