Optron #11

Diskmag (electronic paper)

24 Apr 1998 Download

  • Optron #11

The eleventh issue of Optron newspaper opens with a refreshed design and an analysis of the ZX Spectrum user community demographics. The technical section explores a Web browser concept for ZX Net featuring client-server architecture and data compression over modem connections. Alongside a deep dive into the roots of the PC vs. Spectrum platform rivalry, this issue features a sci-fi short story about a secret Security Council meeting and a philosophical poem on mountain self-discovery.

Issue contents:

  1. Introduction - 4 kilobytes from the editor-in-chief.
  2. Web on Spectrum? - Web based on ZX Net'a.
  3. PC vs ZX - How did it all start? "...So, I have a dilemma - either sell my Spestrum and not suffer (although it’s a pity), or try to bring it closer to a semi-professional PC..."
  4. Litpage - Colonel Howell's headache or "I declare the meeting open."
  5. Help - Theory of high-altitude catalysis.
  6. Advertising - Black and white cathode ray tubes 31LM10B-2 are available for sale.

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