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(c) KASIC/Sinclair Club
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About the existence of the Voronezh SINCLAIR
CLUB, many already know. Letters are coming
from different cities, asking for more
tell in detail and if possible
help with advice on creating something like this
associations, based on my experience
organizational work and leadership
club. But still most people
believe that our SINCLAIR CLUB is more
virtual name than real
active association, with computers
exclusively on the ZX platform and
full management rights assigned to
by me: with an annual plan
classes, mandatory journal keeping
and other generally accepted standards. C
I am happy to help everyone, to find
your real club, supportadvice and
this is far from an easy matter, but
promising direction for computers
ZX SPECTRUM. I deliberately did not write articles
about our club in various publications so that
be fair to the reader.
An independent assessment is important to me
observer. I turned out to be such an observer
regional newspaper correspondent
"Kopyuterra".
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(c) Ekaterina Ushakova/"Computerra"
Reprint of an article from the newspaper "Computerra"
#27 (dated December 27, 1999).
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Continued. Starts at No. 11 from May 26
Continuing the story about computer
clubs in Voronezh, it should be noted that they
the number has been significant recently
increased. "Empire of Games", "Atlantis",
"Joker" etc. - the choice is quite wide.
Go to any one and play until you lose your pulse,
the range of games will satisfy your needs
any gamer. Onthis time we'll talk about
special club, but not in terms of it
"advancement" or novelty of games. Available in
Voronezh is like that, I’m not afraid of this word,
a unique club, hearing about which, more often
just raise their eyebrows in surprise or
smiling skeptically.
What makes it unique? Firstly, in
that despite the presence of computers,
This club is not a gaming club, but a second feature
lies in the computers themselves.
The disdainful attitude is caused by itself
the idea of using cars of this class, because
they are already outdated and not a subject
admiration and respect, as it was before.
These are ZX SPECTRUM computers. Club
called "SINCLAIR CLUB" and it is located
in the building of the sports and technical branch
TsTM on Uritsky street 66.
According to most computer scientists,
The time of the Spectrum has passed. Technical
progress is unstoppable, computer park
is constantly updated, and it would be at least
It's stupid to call on users
abandon all recent achievements and
go back to the past. But here's what's interesting;
there are people left who don't want
to part with this past, preferring
old models to high technology.
Head of the club Alexander Kandaurov
(KASik)- one of these people.
- The idea of creation appeared a long time ago,
when, while studying at school, I studied at the "Club
Cosmonautics", where they work on computers
BK-0010-01 and which still exists
por. It was then that the thought came to mind
creating your own Sinclair club, similar
that. Our club is already two years old. Here
Children aged 11-14 years attend. They don't play, but
they learn to work on a computer.
The most important thing is to get an idea of
computer and master skills
computer literacy.
- We strive to ensure that children are
not just "users, but learned
create. You can program on the Spectrum
and it’s not even bad. Encourage the guys to
creativity, self-realization - main
the purpose of the club's existence. It's like
preparation for further development and
improvement in computer
art. And if later the teenager wants
switch to IBM - well, please, that's it
his choice. Of course, there is no point in arguing about
capabilities of Spectruma and, say, Pentium
But for those who come to us, it doesn’t matter what
in front of him is a model of a computer. Get
certain knowledge is possible at any
computer. Moreover, classes
free,and this, you agree,
an important factor considering the financial
the condition of many parents who
they can’t not only buy a child
computer, but also record it on
Spectrum configuration cost more than 1000
rubles and at that time SPECTRUM and IBM stood
at the same technical level. What happened
further, we know. Gradually SPECTRUM became
give up your positions. His fate was
is a foregone conclusion. Nevertheless, people remained
whose interest in the Spectrum has not faded.
- This year I visited two
computer art festivals. First
Chaos Constructions -took place on July 3.4 at
St. Petersburg. People came to this festival
from different parts of the country; 80%
the participants were visitors. On the first day
competitions were held for ZX SPECTRUM:
Music, Gfx, Intro, Demo, etc. First place
The work "Anamnesis" took the Demo nomination.
which used new approaches
(psychological moments, playing
stereotypes) to writing dem. In August
this year another one was held in Rostov
festivalPARADOX,which brought together spektrumists
south of Russia. I went there with a specific
the goal is to make the necessary contacts for releaseour newspaper. She's almost ready
so they will see her in the near future
ZX users.
- These festivals showed that people
are engaged in Spectrums and are not going to
stop there. Why should they
is this necessary? Maybe the reason for everything is
nostalgia; but rather not a conscious choice,
attraction on a spiritual level. This
the impression that the ZX SPECTRUM chooses
person, and not the other way around. Sinclairists
generally strange people. As for me, I
I wouldn't trade good old SPECCY for
soulless hardware - the latest IBM PC
configurations.
Well, that's a bold statement. You can
doubt the sincerity of these words, or
believe that they are spoken from pure
hearts, but the fact remains: SPECTRUM
is alive and will not be allowed to die.If someone
wants to shake the old days or just
see where it started
computerization of the country, come.
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