SOFT REVIEW
Now you will find a quick overview of the software, which
which came out in the last six months. And after-
since a lot came out during this time
all sorts of things, I don’t see the point in organizing
full review (and even more so - in xpoho-
logical order. Let's just focus on
the most notable new products.
// SYSTEM //
--# HORROR WORD v1.04 #--
At the turn of 2002-2003, a new
ka version of one of the most popular texts
product editors from HorrorSoft/CPU. Head-
change since the last correct
this is a completely rewritten form
mattep. In addition, appeared so often
necessary save to disk function
separate block of text. Font and music
downloaded along with the editor, you can
install in the program menu via op-
tion SELECT DEFAULT. And, of course, before-
A whole bunch of nice little things have been added.
The accompanying document promises
new version coming soon: HRW
II; We're waiting, sir! :) --# BV 2.16 #--
"Oh, a miracle! It's done!" - burst out from
me when I read the description of innovations
of this product. This is what we're talking about: new
BestView version supports PKZIP archives
and HRIP!!! Moreover, everything has been done to
so that the handler does not get confused in extensions
ZIP and PKZIP archives; not analyzed
only expansion, but also internal structure
archive tour.
In the previous version, BV began to work with
HTML files, and version 2.16 contains a number of
fixes for errors in reading such files.
I sincerely wish success to Ivan Roshchin and
I want him to know: we are always waiting for new
nok from him with impatience, and we get - with
with pleasure!
--# QUICK COMMANDER 2.71 #--
Previously, I somehow didn’t particularly like Kwik
with his attention, although on a number of dis-
ket I use it as `boot`. But
I downloaded a fresh download: let me see, I think. And
just crazy! %)
So as not to torment you with a full description
everything I saw, I am enclosing a letter sent
Brought to you by Specter/Optical Brothers, with
his answers.B> I am writing about the new version of Quick Commander, which is not
B> I've been driving for a long time. You can read the full review about him soon
B> in Promised Land #4 E-zine, but in short: I’m leaving Real
B> Commander, I'm switching to Quick 2.71 (aren't you guys too
B> that, they lowered the gap between versions? there are much more differences
B> than by 0.01 ;) )
S> Thank you for your feedback, I'll be waiting for PL #4. And then recently in ZXTIME10
S> defeated Kwik with a realcommander. And let's get down to business :)
S> (no RAM disk), and due to the absence of the 2nd panel, it is impossible
S> look at the font, run @-files. Will have to next
S> version to view fonts, and in the distant future also RAM
S> disk to do...
B> Reasons for this transition:
B> 1) The reader is essentially the same, but the feeling is more comfortable
her;
S> So it is 99% the same (the author is the same - me :), just
S> initially I did it for quickdid, so in real-com style
S> Mandera it doesn’t fit in too well (it could have been at least
S> change the colors, redo the bottom line - it doesn’t convey that
S> th sense that in quick, etc.).
B> 2) The work process just flies! Copying, packaging of dis-
B> ka, the launch occurs if not 2, then 1.5 times faster,
B> than on RC;
B> 3) Special thanks for defining Pentagon-1024, it seems
B> everything works correctly;
S> Actually, it appeared almost by accident - the author of the emulation told me -
S> torus ZX-Emul asked to send a program that supports Penta-
S> gon 1024. I could only find Honey Commander and a bunch
S> made him a beta version of Quick with support for Pentagon 1024. :)
B> Thank you so much for the WINAMP-like music indicator.
B> By the way, about music. In my opinion, it would not hurt to define
B> RUSTED music...
S> Actually, this is the main task on QC2.72 - to makework with
S> files packed with Hrust2.1. Also planned is a built-in
S> packer (like ACEdit's).
B> and also PT 2.xx.
S> This definitely won’t happen - it takes up a lot of space (play-
S>ep + detection procedure). You can find it at http://оь.raww.pet
S> special version of QC2.7, in which instead of PTZ there was PT2
S> player, but in the future I don’t plan to release such versions
S>
B> U what do you think about making a progress bar as well?
B> like ZX-Amp, or, for that matter, WinAmp?
S> I was going to do it back in 2.71, but due to the large list,
S> Lichy decided to postpone it. So far I have little idea how
S> it will look like and what it will be able to do (for example, you can also make
S> lay the buttons “play first” (Begin), “speed up” (Fast),
S> slow down (Slow), "pause/play" (Pause/Play) -
S> player allows). You just need to come up with the appearance of an ana-
S> lyzer.
B> U, of course, I would like to see in future versions of QC
B> such a trick as playing texts in parallel, say,
B> reading texts. Is it real?
S> Really, but it will appear when the disk drive is redone
S> driver (that is, not soon :), so that when accessing the disk it
S> knew how to turn off the music and then turn it back on.
B> U think about the RAM disk...
B> or do I want too much? ;)
S> I think... :)
So, in fact, it turned out “complete
revue" :) All that remains is to say that the-
feather Quick occupies one of the first places in
top ten most frequently used by me
programs!
--# ACE 0.68 #--
And another version of cool text
editor from Alone Coder. Actually,
Given ALCO's creative pace, I'm not sure
I don’t know: when you read these lines, already
At least 3-4 new versions have already been released
Alone Coder Editor.
When I downloaded ACE 0.68, the first thing
What I thought was “wrong floppy disk %)”. This
I'm pretty tired of the muse in Modern Word;
so now it’s the same in ACE!
Among the main changes compared to
previous version I would like to note:
- music support up to PT v3.61;
- deleting a file in directory mode;
- breaking mode of very long lines;
- recovery of a deleted line.
We are waiting for the new ASIA! :)
--# PROVIEW 1.0 #--
This program is, in principle, analogous
It doesn’t have it on Spec yet. It is intended
for reading texts that have non-Spekovsky
origin (from MS, for example) and format-
typed not into 42 or 64 characters, but,
for example, at 80!
Three different fonts are supported;
The program takes very large texts.
Frankly, she already managed to tell me a couple of times
useful, thanks to Alexey Inozemtsev
for his excellent work! // MULTIMEDIA //
--# VIDEO STUDIO 0.6 #--
New releases from Video Studio are multiplying now-
what, like mushrooms after the rain! And, which is quite
understandable and familiar, each subsequent
In principle, something better than the previous one.
Version 0.6 introduces two technological
some new items. Firstly, half of the
bitpack support; even taken separately
The familiar places are being packed; secondly, there is
There is a certain HQ Filter that allows you to differentiate
identify the difference between frames.
The program provides the opportunity
creating videos for later
using them in your programs. But
if in previous versions saving sa-
My player was available as a function in the menu and
the compiled module was saved, then
the player is now supplied as a source
nickname in ALASM format.
The program is also accompanied by Video Stu-
dio Media Player - VS movie viewer
in a convenient interface. In addition, there was
three whole discs of videos have been released!
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