Emulator H.Shalaev 2.07

Monday July 21, 1997 23:47, Nikolay Shalaev wrote to Danil Ermakoff:

> What I didn’t expect was a massive attack on the new interface :(.
> For now I perceive the words “more convenient” and “clearer” as “more familiar”...
Nothing, we’ll get used to the new interface ;)
I wanted to say something - it would be desirable to make an option so that the emulator
starts automatically, without pressing the 'START' key, and exits immediately without
'ARE YOU SURE?' the same - I have disk images on a self-written CD in zips
(~105 pcs.) Under Win everything works wonderfully, but every time I have to press the keys too -
lazy ;)
> Sincerely, Nikolay.

Sincerely, Konstantin.

... A Smith and Wesson beats four aces.

> What I didn’t expect was a massive attack on the new interface :(.
> For now I perceive the words “more convenient” and “clearer” as “more familiar”...
Nothing, we’ll get used to the new interface ;)
I wanted to say something - it would be desirable to make an option so that the emulator

Greetings, dear Nikolay!

I read, look, see, and Nikolay Shalaev, 21 Jul 97, writes to Danil Ermakoff:

NS> What I didn’t expect was a massive attack on the new interface :(.
NS> So far I perceive the words “more convenient” and “more understandable” as "more familiar"...
I liked the interface in 2.07 - very "clear" and even convenient.
However, I had an idea to increase the convenience.
The point is this:
For specs there are a lot of good programs that
when polling the keyboard, they are not tied to interrupts, but simply
run an empty waiting loop before turning on auto-repeat.
When such programs run in the emulator at maximum speed
emulation, it may be impossible to select the desired item in the menu, type
a command, etc. you have to press Esc, take the mouse, aim it
at the Configuration button, then at Speed, there go to the brackets
with the inscription Normal, then to OK and again to OK, and finally to
Continued. And when all the data has been entered, you often have to
switch everything back for maximum speed.

I suggest making a separate entry to the Speed menu, for example
by F6, and in it individual items should be selected with the mouse and cursor
as in the old menu, but most importantly there should be “hot” keys!!! For example, F1 F2 F3.Speed
F1 ( ) Normal
F2 (*) Maximum Parameters
F3 ( ) Accelerated Primary Pixels Attributes Interrupts
F4 ( ) Custom 1 xxx yy zz nn
F5 ( ) Custom 2 xxx yy zz nn
F6 ( ) Custom 3 xxx yy zz nn
F7 (*) Maximum speed in TR-DOS
F8 nn Interrupt frequency

And another important thing! Exit to the emulator immediately after selecting one of
items F1-F7. In F8, the output is after entering a digital value and
pressing Enter.
If this is implemented, then switching the speed will become
simpler than pressing Turbo.
And you have to switch the speed very often, and not only
when entering from the keyboard, but also when trying to synchronize
the display of graphics in demos with the frequency of the video card,
however, not very successful yet. :(
I will be happy to see a new version of the emulator using
this idea!

Sincerely
S ergey

Sunday July 14 1996 19:25, Roman Khroupnin wrote to Andrew Pyatcoff:

MM>>>> At the request of N. Shalaev, I am uploading a new version of his emulator.

RK> upload

So it’s not clear - has IT already been uploaded or not? And then everyone writes about him...

C u l8r,
Dmitry aka ZDW.

TY> Now we all have to spend time deciphering your scribbles
TY> just because you are too lazy to take a Cyrillized
TY> driver with you if you don’t have it there?

Tim, first of all, you write a couple of emulators that crowds of people
on a bunch of platforms will use, and at the same time give the source code
to the people, and then get on with it to the classics ;-)
meant FMSX, VGB, ...

Good luck
Sergey.

A normal interface, however, there are comments, you can use the function
keys for different configurations, in order to change the volume you have to
press a bunch of cases.
And also, you can provide additional memory (Pentagon 512, Profi1024,
Scorpion256, Zx-Next, etc). And also, a feature such as removing the brakes or super-performance, well, this is when long-term packing processes go on to the spec, there is no need for any synchronization there.
Also, can you add a function for loading memory image files (Z80,...)?
Also, my digital sound plays somehow strangely, maybe it has acquired turbo speed, or maybe there are brakes need to be corrected.
Also, maybe you can add some simple commander like
hobeta to the utilities, so that they can not only make entire images, but also throw them back and forth
by file, format disks, create empty ones, move,
import all sorts of crap from MS-DOS and back, ...
Even I’m lost, in short, ideas and there are a lot of wishes, the question is whether you can handle it,
if so, then shout, ideas will fall in heaps.
p.s. I forgot, how could I transfer the files from the Uglekovsky FDI file to your floppy disk image? If you are not going to do anything like that, then send me the TRD file format, maybe someone will do it for us.
If you have answers to questions, throw it in the echo or soap. I will be glad to any answer.

Be, Nikolay!!!
Sergey Ilyin

In a letter dated Mon July 21, 1997 Nikolay Shalaev wrote to Danil Ermakoff:

SN>>> The subject is really slow... In general, 2.06, IMHO, is better. More convenient
SN>>> menus + no

DE>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ that’s for sure, it was somehow simpler, more understandable. It is worth
DE>> to work through this issue again :)

TY> I also support it. At least restore the floppy disk selection menu to the way it was.
What are you all saying... that...? Why is your current choice worse? For me,
it’s much better now. What, for example, do you not like about the structure of the menu and control in the turbo vision style, as well as the ability to see the current configuration of virtual disks?

Good luck! Evgeny.

RK>> pour

DZ> So it is unclear - HIS already poured or not? And the here all pro him
DZ> write.

Flew already.

Monday July 28 1997 16:23, Sergey Ilyin -> Nikolay Shalaev :

SI> Also, can you add some simple commander like
SI> hobeta to the utilities, so that they can not only create entire images, but also
SI> file by file throw back and forth, format disks, create empty ones,
SI> move, import all sorts of crap from MS-DOS and back, ...

You absolutely need to go to Zcop. Maybe you will have some thoughts?

Oleg

SE> Tim, first write a couple of emulators

Why?

SE> will be used on a bunch of platforms, and at the same time give the source code
SE> to the people, and then go for the classics ;-) I meant FMSX, VGB, ...

1. If a person does not do something, this does not mean at all that he cannot do it.
2. For the life of me I won’t believe that it’s a big problem to find a Cyrillic driver.

25 Jul 97 18:17, Konstantin Winogradow wrote to Nikolay Shalaev:

KW> I wanted to say something - it would be desirable to make an option
KW> so that the emulator starts automatically, without pressing the key
KW> 'START',

Option -S

KW> well, that's the way out immediately without 'ARE YOU SURE?' the same

I think I will do it.

With respect, Nikolay.

VB> Already flew by.

But I didn’t have time... :( There is a proposal - since Echo Spekovskaya, and PC people
without an emulator, it’s not much fun here ;), I suggest finding a volunteer
who will post a fresh emulator here once every [N] month[s] or with the release.
It would be It’s not bad for the author himself to do this, but if he’s very busy, just
someone who always has a new one.
What can the moderator say about this?

Sincerely, Help.

And when they entered that city, Jesus met a maiden who
was selling herself. And the suckers ran after her and tried to kill her.

TY>> it was.
EM> What are you all... that...? Why is the current choice worse for you?

The fact that earlier, by pressing F5, you could use the arrow keys and enter to select a disk, but
now you have to reach for the mouse, which I don’t use with the emulator, and therefore
it’s lying aside. Or press TAB, which is also a bad idea, because it is very far
located. And press enter twice. Breaking in.

EM> For me, it’s much better now.

More beautiful - yes. Better - no.

EM> Why, for example, do you not like the structured menu and
EM> turbo vision style controls, as well as the ability to see the current
EM> configuration of virtual disks?

Still, the old one was more convenient to use.

31 Jul 97 11:11, Alex Kushnaryov reported to Vladimir Bogdanovitch about {Emulator
N. Shalaev 2.07}:

AK> I suggest finding a volunteer who will post a fresh one here once every [N] month[s] or with
AK> release emulator.

And also a standard set of emulator :)))
hobeta.exe
zcop.exe

Sometimes, for variety - hoformat.exe, zxunzip.exe, zart.exe, etc.

AK> What can the moderator say about this?

With warm regards, Glory!