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Hello!
I will be running this column (probably for a long time)
... (written above:)
Finally, letters with imprints started pouring in.
opinions about the contents of the newspaper, and then at the beginning
Lu wrote everything about the shell and the music :) By
They even introduced a new section about this...
In general, to the point - something interesting came to us
letter from Nizhny Tagil, which is not far from
us - in the Sverdlovsk region. Wrote to us
Andrey (Andy Inc.), date of writing
15.O1.1999. He shared a lot here, for
that we are terribly grateful to him, although he is German
I was late - the problems he described (almost
That's it) we've already decided. But, to the point:
here is the part of the letter concerning the newspaper
(a more complete answer was sent to him personally), chi-
melt:
(c) AndyInc.
Hi everyone!
Greetings from your neighbors from Nizhne-
go Tagil. I once saw your newspaper and
I immediately wanted to write. Unfortunately, I
I saw only two issues of the newspaper "PLUTO-
NIUM" (1st and 8th), but I have accumulated
a lot of questions, comments and wishes for
her.
The first thing that caught my eye was creepy
inconvenient design of the reader in the first issue
at least (after issue 8 my impression
has changed for the better truth analysis
congestion is not needed at all, you can have it in demos
view). Articles, Murphy's Laws and Laws
programming is so overused
(I mean, who didn’t publish them),
that they are already ruining the whole impression
about the newspaper. It would be nice to add controls
from kempston-mouse, sinclair 1 and 2 (QAOP and
cursor is not enough). Wouldn't hurt at all
at the beginning of the menu to select articles from the newspaper.
Regarding the very first article in the first issue -
re: why windows must die forever for me
Quite a lot of "comments" have accumulated.
1. Pentium-type processors do not have
only "rotation and byte scrollers", but also
such commands, the implementation of which isSpectrum can take up quite a lot
memory (this is both multiplication and division as mi-
at least, but I’m talking about coprocessor commands in general
I won't say). That's what's missing
so this is a CALL by condition...
2. The very first windows I saw
- this was version 1.O3 (exact year of release
I don’t remember - somewhere around 1989). This is a shell for
MS-DOS. Occupies about 2 MB, implemented in
black and white graphic mode, from the program
I saw in it: wordpad, calculator and
some other nasty stuff. She reminds me a lot
many windows implementations for Spectrum...
Next was 2.O3 - it didn’t go far from 1.O3
- the same monochrome...
Then I talked a little with win 3.11 - ta-
I don’t know any glitches that are described in the article
saw (maybe I didn’t communicate much, or the version is
it was buggy...)
Well, I am now communicating with win'95 and win'98
directly. I have p166mmx with
32M memory and a 2.1G screw (rather weak
configuration for some programs (!not
draw your own conclusions, read the letter further!)).
The speed of work suits me, if not
open 30 tasks. Then win'NT with
it will be difficult to figure out (where is Win'95).Regarding win'98:
Now I have MS-DOS on my computer,
PC-DOS, win'95, win'98, were, but erased: OS/2
Warp, OS/2 Merlin (4) pre-release, Win'NT
4. Moreover, the most space was occupied by
something win'NT 4. win'95 - 125M (with a bunch
bells and whistles), win'98 - 175M (not 5OOM),
OS/2 - both are somewhere around 8O-1OOM. And when turned off
appreciation of all the Internet bells and whistles of Win'98
they work for me here and there faster than the 95s (this
on p166mmx).
Regarding the space occupied by programs -
For some reason everyone compares only this. And ma-
who connects with the capabilities of the program
we. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me...
something that is unlikely to be found on other platforms
text editor like Word97 so that it
took up less than 18MB (that much and even less
occupies Word97 itself) and had such capabilities
ness. Games will demand more and more
and more software and hardware resources
- this is their main problem. In general, if
the game takes up a couple of CDs - then in
in most cases this means that in the game
quite a lot of videos or animations
inserts-rollers, which on ANY platform-
they will take up the same amount of space (with
maintaining 1OO% of their quality). And from
6OOM occupied by some games,
approximately 55OM - graphics, 4OM - sound
birth,but only 1OM and even much
less - allocated for the program itself. And
if, for example, a game like Ages of Empire
(but not AoE) is designed for resolution
1O24x768x2Хbit-color what you want - not what you want
you know, but with a GOOD DRAWING OF ALL GRAPHICS -
CI (for each movement of the object - 5-1O
phases) all the graphics will take up a lot of space,
and nothing can be done about it.
And about win'95&98:
no one wondered why they were so many
take up space??? Try to see
How much do directories take up in Windows?
system (for win'98 system + system32) and
inf. That's right, more than 2/3 of the total volume
windows. And in these directories there is nothing else,
like drivers for that damn lot of hard hardware,
which was stamped for the PC in hundreds of different
ny companies around the world. And if such
the situation on the market is different
platforms (amiga, mas...), then they would have
systems would take up no less (here and
autodetect and plug and play will not help).
Regarding the glitches - I talked to them
to ashes. And I noticed that glitches
appear after installation in win'95
some program, and a hacked one at that
or sawn. Sometimes these programs were taken out
Windows completely, I had to reinstall them
pour several timesonce a day. Therefore
before sending win "by fax",
look at what was causing the glitches.
Isn't this a program that was broken softly?
in other words, left.
For some reason, everyone (ardent supporters of others
platforms) believe that on PC it is always worth
sound blaster? After all, there is also Gravis
Ultrasound, Turtles Beaches, etc. About them
for some reason everyone is silent. And also, pop
try to remove the signal from the sb linear output
and submit it to some GOOD
lok (such as a stationary "Mayak") and colo-
nights to it watts at 6O-1OO (corresponding to
appropriate, such as S-9O or Formanta).
The difference is felt instantly...
Also in issue 8 I read the ending
"putting a stupid lamer in his place." Re-
Guys, this experiment was carried out in zx format 5.
There they mocked the letter of one
my friend (although he received a ban from xld-
derol with an apology (well, sorry, bro,
fell under the hot hand, they say there was no one to
lo put in place) and, as compensation
for moral damage - zx format 5 and
kempston-mouse with adapter (floppy disk with
formatom he nailed it to the wall with large nails
dami - as a keepsake)). Therefore, it is easier to publish
forge this letter for all to see
entirely - the effect will be muchstronger...
Regarding writing in Specky windows -
it is fundamentally impossible to implement even
1% of the capabilities of win'95 - hard is not allowed
lit. You will only get beautiful boutiques (and
terribly slow perversion of the domen'os type
- after the first launch, hardly anyone
will leave it on disk (except for collection)
i)).
With the fact that rs is a large calculator - I am POLL-
I TOTALLY agree. Moreover, this is very
Great calculator and very powerful. And in
in this respect it makes all other payments
forms (except for computers like Cray 2 and
computers with Alpha processors). On this
the calculator itself has such powerful
means of mathematical and other calculations,
type MALAB or MATHCAD, which, if possible,
superior to the news (I think so, and if
I’m wrong, not much) all are similar
packages on other platforms (if any
packages even exist). And do the course
vye, calculations and tables in which can be
take up to SOMb do on Spectrum completely
not fun. (I'm not exaggerating - one of
my coursework in Quattro Pro took 58MB -
tables and graphs). And if my stump is memeho-
vyy (р166mmx) calculates some graph-
fics are 4O minutes long, how long will it be?
make Spectrum or Amiga. When a person
enters technicaluniversity, then he can
will be faced with so many calculations,
that it dawns on him that the calculator, co-
which he sent several times during the demo
on Specky or..... (where else) - this is
the only way out of this situation. And what-
the catcher instantly becomes silent..
And in general, disputes about which computer
It's better time to stop. Each platform
Ma has taken HER niche. Each has its own
ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES and each suitability
does it for its own purposes. And why shout that
something 'rulezzz', we'll find out in 1O-15 years,
who was this very 'rulezz'.
Well, that's it, I've spoken...
And don’t think that I’m defending PC - I’m just...
then expressed his opinion (rs - for work,
Spectrum - for the soul).
-==-
Now what I want to say:
1) There is not enough time to understand the reader
me, but soon (perhaps) this will change
it seems...
2) Regarding various Vyndos and others
prog - I understood it like this:
This applies to collisions with the PC of a certain person.
catcher (Lynx'a), with this we have alreadyfigured it out
and the above described will not be observed further
det.
Yes, the application will contain interesting information on
this issue.
3) Regarding the sound blaster and music:
a) I share your views on music
cal technique.
b) connecting a stereo amplifier Radio
equipment (3O Watt) to the sb output of course
yes, but the bass still sounds to us -
Much better from comps or cassettes.
c) I haven’t heard anything about such an Amiga
sound card - FestivaSound:
12 simultaneous stereo channels
(6 output, 6 input), full duplex: all
channels 16/2O/24 bit + strong dsp-pro
tsessor.
4) Regarding the production...:
Firstly, I don’t consider him as such (before
to what extent it was distorted by Lynx), secondly
you need to read the previous issues (letter
published in full, with comments:
moreover, after talking with him, where is he in the ob-
somehow admitted his mistakes).
5) Nobody said that it is necessary on the Spectrum
do absolutely everything: but we can say that
need to do as much as possible
nom :)
6) in 1O-15 years: subtle hint... :)PS: 2 readers - sorry for loading PISI-
mysm... :)
And now the 'miracles' of 'coding' :)
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