Plutonium #09

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This issue of the demoscene electronic newspaper covers regional community updates, including software releases and event news. The technical sections focus on hardware and programming, detailing the connection of a Covox 8b DAC for digital sound playback, optimized assembly routines for 3D graphics rendering, and methods for high-speed video playback on 128K memory configurations. Additionally, a hardware modification guide provides instructions for overclocking the Quorum computer system. Opinion pieces also feature a critical review of contemporary operating systems and market monopolies in comparison with retrocomputing platforms.

Issue contents:

  1. From the authors - Introductory remarks.
  2. News - Flops for 30 rubles, Last hero of the Light Force, Chaos Construction, Shell.
  3. Iron - Digital sound on Speccy. Coxox 8b.
  4. Coding - In this article I will try to tell you how to calculate three-dimensional space as quickly as possible. Printing dots. Line construction. Multiplication/division. SIN(x), COS(x). Rotate x, y, z axes.
  5. Metallurgy - Turba on Quorum.
  6. Video on a spec - This article will discuss how to organize reactive display of high-resolution video on a spec with 128 kilobytes of memory.
  7. Response to Employer - Thank you for 1O.5 bars, I’ll use it sometime.
  8. Educational program - Such jokes are happening that I again came across a group of stupid pisishniks who again and again run into the good old spec...

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