Issue 09 of Optron newspaper dives deep into ZX Spectrum hardware modifications, detailing turbo processor setups, memory expansion up to 1024KB, cache, and Virtual ROM on the OREL-64k base. The system column features an emulator for the iconic MK-61 programmable calculator alongside MISS utilities for converting text files between IS-DOS and MS-DOS. A comprehensive historical essay traces the evolution of the demoscene from early 1980s music demos to complex 1990s megademos. The issue is rounded out by satirical fiction, Ukrainian humor, introspective poetry, and classified ads for Speccy hardware.
Issue contents:
- Iron - again on the Turbo, Mega and Multi.
- History Demomakig'a - past and budeschee.
- Lit. Page - drinking bout.
- Lvivski jokes - Why beer is better than a woman.
- Advertising - advertising and ad ...
- System - files encoder text files in IBM-format and back.
- System - The emulator MK-61 calculator.
- Poems - vs. C. Vasileva: Phoenix.
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