From OTOman - Spectrum is not only a computer, but also a way of life...

                     
 Spectrum is
 not only a computer
 but also a way of life.  
                      
                      
                      
                                          
 Hello, ZX Fans!                        
 As if I were writing - OTOman, that is, Tolkachev
Oleg Viktorovich.                          
 The little that I'm typing now is thanks to
already sick of me MAXXIMUM, rather
everything you see in the second issue of our gallery
Zetas.  I'll tell you briefly how I met
our wonderful computer.          
 I first saw it when I was studying example-
but in the sixth grade of the thirteenth school in the city
yes Novosibirsk. We exchanged with one pa-
Tsanom: I give him Tetris, and he gives me two 48s and
power supply to oneof them.             
 I tried, and more than once, to connect at least one
to the TV, but in addition to the brutal interference on
there was nothing on all channels. I didn't know
then no modulators, no video signals.   
 After some time the same guy brought
I need an audio cassette, like with programs for the computer.
Well, I put it into my phone and only heard
strange sounds.  Some of them were
similar to the roar of an engine taking off
summer. Still not understanding what to do with this
cassette, I dropped this whole topic.        
 Somewhere in the eighth grade I began to find out
information about my Spectrums gathering dust.
Soon the address of the workshop appeared on the square
di Kalinina.  It takes me 10 minutes to get there,
Having called anyway, I made an agreement and took it
both computers there. It soon became clear that he was alive
one of them, they immediately set up a mafon,
and I bought a couple of game cassettes.        
 At home I repeatedly tried to download that
or another program, but this matter was mu-
topho to study, so I haven’t pa-
tormented dandy.                         
 Then in tenth grade, when it started
subject of IVT and they began to introduce us to Basie-
com, to my surprise I discovered op-
speakers of this language on Spectrum keys.
Now I could safely check almost everything
programs that were either assigned tohouse,
or did it in class.  Then I'm interested
got into BASIC and began to
giving something to compose. Spectrum alone
helped me pass the IVT exam with an A.
Next, I began to look for literature on Spectrum-
mu and found the only book on Spec-
Trum-Bisiku, from which I am in the reading room
I wrote down everything I didn’t know. Especially after
I haven't left this for days now
Spectrum, bringing all thoughts to life.    
 When I went to technical school, I learned about Max Niki-
Tina, that he has a type 128kB Spectrum. And I
I immediately went to him to look at it
miracle.                                     
 But the miracle did not show it, but only sounded
lo, but what it sounded like! After listening to AY
I dragged myself so far through the muse, and at the same time I didn’t
could understand how the Spectrum could play
music that waslike real music? This
I later bought a Spectrum and, taking it to Ogal-
tsovu got himself a full-fledged and almost without
glitches 128kB Spectrum.                    
 I have one friend, and he has
a lot of literature on Spec. This dude is one-
However, I bought the 128th from Ogoltsov, but nothing
do other than play Black Raven and
one more thing, he doesn’t want to. In short, in those books
Gah, I found a huge video port diagram. to me
I didn’t care whether he succeeded or not, the main thing was
the process itselfassemblies.  So when he's not
earned it, I didn't care. A somewhere
a year later there was a conversation with MAXXIMUM, who
who inspired me to finish what I started.
After a while, something began to work out. For
the first half month of using the video port I
pulled about seventy pictures, which
Some people saw MAXXIMUM and WBRman almost immediately.
 Since the video port worked very glitchy,
probably because of the old video, in short, re-
I was sewing to remake it (on another cardboard).
Its dimensions became one and a half times smaller and
he looked better. Then work
became more stable. The only glitch is
ry sometimes happens, connected to the 220 network
volt, i.e.  someone turns on something and he
will fail.   Then I installed the network
filter from pc, but it didn’t make it any better.  
 Somehow I also came up with the TRACKCOUN scheme -
TER`a, which accordingly should have
indicate the track number on which you are located
The drive heads are worn out. But chosen for
its counters when resetting them are set -
went not to zero, but to two.               
 On this terrible note I end my mic
ro ZX-biography.                          
                                          
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