Special report - Association and the new Spectrum. Projects. SpreXtream'2005.

Introduction                              
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 February 12-13, 2005
meeting of spektrumists of Severodonetsk, Li-
Sichansk and Yenakievo on the territory of It was attended by: Looker, Scorpion
and Painkiller. Received guests VNN, next
"spun"dwt, sic(maggot)|sdcand other
yes appearedGolden Max.                
                                        
 As you understand, the meeting was
friendly character and its purpose was common
spektrumistov from neighboring areas
ties, discussion of pressing topics, exchange
ideas, projects, etc. In addition, in
the "agenda" was a demonstration like this
an outlandish thing for everyone, like a computer
called Amiga.                    
                                        
Association andnew Spectrum             
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 It's no secret that on SpeXtream'2004
lo announced the formation of the association
Ukrainian spektrumists. B ee members
all those who were present at the party walked
place and undertook to include certain
new amount of funds monthly -
privately                                    
                                        
 However, as time has shown, the matter is c
the dead point has not moved. Fi-
hahcupobahue, which should have originated
from each of the spektrumists (participating
nickname of the association), did not occur. Equals
as well as initiatives. They are, quite simply,
there wasn't.                                
                                        
 Looker sees the first
source - undefined goals of association
tions. Everyone agreed with him. After all, he’s right-
yes, why would a person pay his
blood unknown "where", unknown
"for what", and it is unknown whether it will come out
"this" "something"... And we decided to
talk about priorities for possible development
associations.                             
                                        
 In principle, probably many agree
syatsya, npupoputetamu development association
at the first stage there should be:           
                                        
 a) updating the hardware base (hardware)
for) Spectrum;                          
                                        
 b) stimulation of software release.    
                                        
 Discussion of item a) was very
raucous and turned into a heated discussion
between Lookerand sic(maggot)', which
ry (moreover), did not see eye to eye
on what exactly the Spectrum should be
(classic or “sophisticated” version)
personal video, audio modes), but also in
about what its element should be -
ary base: microcontrollers or PLM.
I will honestly say that I (dwt) as a spectrum
mucty doesn't care what happens
new Spectrum inside, - the main thing is that
he remained Spectrum, notscary
a freak with whom nothing will be compatible
ctumo.                                  
                                        
Projects                                 
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 It was demonstrated at the meeting
two projects: Mortal Kombat II (demo
v.0.2) from Looker(you can find it in the appendix)
position) and the next release of Awaken (ta-
is also in the app today, oh
You can read it in a separate
article prepared by Lamurik).     
                                        
In a conversation with Lookerabout MK-II, he
said that he encountered some
problems related to interaction -
my heroes and some parts of the engine code
You will most likely have to rewrite it.
But my personal impression is the movement of the game
Rocks are quite smooth and generally playable
situationlooks better than everyone else
other attempts to implement MK on Spekt-
pyme.  I really hope the game will be in
finished soon.              
                                        
 In addition, VNN'y Lookerwas any
The playback subroutine is provided without
tearing and packing sounds ("packing 2=1"
+ "linear interpolation" = "good re-
result"). But, I hope, in the near future
myVNN will be able to demonstrate the quality
in sound thanks to this procedure.      
                                        
Amiga                                  
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 Together with the spektrumists, come to us
the guests arrived and the miracle of digital technology -
Amiga.  However, unfortunately, we
could only assess the possibilities
operating system and sound. All the rest-
no, due to the peculiarities,related to fo-
pmupobahuem images on the TV screen
visor (old programs, as explained
Painkiller,  require exclusively television
visor andSVGA absolutely not suitable for
them;  however, "the old program is old
TV", which in nearby okpe-
we could not find any details)...         
                                        
We hope that at SpeXtream'2005 we
we will be able to appreciate the possibilities
tyAmig'i.                              
                                        
SpeXtream'2005                          
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 As it became known directly
from the mouth of the organizer  ->official<-
meetings of spektrumists  SpeXtream'2005,
Looker, the event must be attended by
is true, and there is even an approximate yes-
ta - 16-17July,in the city of Severodonetsk.
However, this is unofficial information
quite ! CHANGES POSSIBLE!.            
                                        
I (dwt) asked Roman (Looker) to
write an official invitation for
location in ZXTime#15, but for some
reasons, he could not do this.     
                                        
Unofficial part                     
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 ...On Thursday (February 10) I called
Painkiller'y and found out that, to great con-
UnfortunatelyLooker will not be able to come.     
                                        
On Friday, it was my wife's birthday VNN 
Denia and he called me and said that
gets together with me and sic
meet guests in Gorlovka.  However,
going to his house on Saturday morning, I
found him completely unable
not to mention going somewhere, but not being able to
we will even reach the "hangover"
bottles." :)                           
                                        
 Actually, that’s why meeting the brigade
do spektrumistov from Lugansk region
we had to do without VNN.          
                                        
What was my surprise and joy,
when together with Scorpion and Painkil-
ler I saw Looker, which for the sake of
Spectrumists' meetings were postponed
celebration of his birthday, on which he
invited guests, rented a room! Here
what does Spectrum and Spectrum mean to him?
mysts!                                  
                                        
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The first day (Saturday) was, on my
look, the most fruitful and quite
significant subjectively forZXTime.Co-
bmectho Looker, Golden Max and I developed
tali original questionnaire for charts, c
which you can familiarize yourself with and fill out
thread today (see the corresponding
article and questionnaire in the appendix).      
                                        
 On the first day the track was listened to
(.mp3),  impressed everyone to tears
existing ones.  I no longer remember the name and
author, but there he was masterful in music
Spectrum tare sound is applied.      
                                        
 In general, the first day was eventful
communication imbued with the total spectrum
mysm.  Naturally, there was also “matsapura”.
But let's not talk about that... :)              
                                        
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On the second day I left Scorpion (on
evening with himsome kind was appointed
meeting). On this day the action was discussed
tel┬! /ь (more precisely, inactivity) ac-
socializations of spektrumists were considered
ways out of a deadlock situation (chi-
see above).                            
                                        
 In addition, the guests were presented with
delivered materials that were window-
ready for publication inZXTime.
However, they were subjected to severe cri-
tika, in particular  "Review of the new", "Ar-
degradation degradation" and "New Review".
And, in fact, some of them were re-
it is planned to exclude some, correct some and
comment...                   
                                        
 [...]                              
                                        
 After the guests have left, we
there was a frantic charge of energy, pushing
for active actions. Thanks to the meeting
spektrumistov, we started another and,
I hope it’s not a failure (as it was
earlier) gamingproject, working title
the name of which I will not disclose. Name-
khy that this will be a game in the style of "ran-
ka" and she will be a kind of "tpehupo-
vkoy" before a more global project.  
tique, in particular  "Review of the new", "Ar-
degradation degradation" and "New Review".
And, in fact, some of them were re-
it is planned to exclude some, correct some and
comment...                   
                                        
 [...]                              
                                        
 After the guests have left, we
there was a frantic charge of energy, pushing
for active actions. Thanks to the meeting
spektrumistov, we started another and,
I hope it’s not a failure (as it was
earlier) game project, working title-
the name of which I will not disclose. Name-
khy that this will be a game in the style of "ran-
ka" and she will be a kind of "tpehupo-
vkoy" before a more global project.  
                                        
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26 Feb 2005