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I apologize to everyone for writing here, but circumstances force me...

Alex, the soap is not getting through to you - 5020/423 does not find your address in the nodelist.
Deal with this or tell me your Internet address, if you have one. As for your
suggestion - I agree, I’m already working in this direction.

Answer with _soap_, everything comes fine from your side.

Sincerely, Dmitry (OLDMAN).
ZXNet: 095/100.1
old...@i-connect.ru

Is anyone working on improving the graphics capabilities of the Spectrum? Namely, an increase in the number of flowers in one familiar place (once one of the magazines wrote about such a development, but that was a long time ago). Or is this a hopeless thing?

P.S. Here I decided to do something with setting the color in each pixel (from monochrome to 256 colors, 256x192, fully compatible with the standard Specov screen) and decided to consult with All. Well, do you need this or
what... ?

$$$ With best wishes ... Alex

It was like this: Alex Gofman 05 Jan 98 at 15:19 was pushing speeches to All.
Well, I wrote it.

AG> Is anyone working on improving the graphic capabilities of the Spectrum? And
IMHO, S. Zonov did something similar, I don’t remember exactly what it was called, but
it gave a resolution of 320x200x256 colors and the ability to expand RAM
up to 2 megabytes.
AG> precisely by increasing the number of colors in one familiar place (once in one of the
AG> el. magazines they wrote about such a development, but it was long ago). Or is this
AG> a hopeless thing?

AG> P.S. Here I decided to do something with setting the color in each pixel (from
AG> monochrome to 256 colors, 256x192, fully compatible with the standard
AG> Speck screen) and decided to consult with All. Well, do you need something like this
AG> or what... ?
For me personally, no, because... I'm on emulsion. :)

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AG> like this or
AG> like... ?

Of course it is necessary. A lot of people have been wanting to do something like this for a long time.

With respect, Alex from FFC COMPUTERS.

MR> hey, I wonder how it can be compatible if at 256*192
MR> the screen will occupy 49152 bytes? (3 pages)

MR> my opinion is that Spectrum graphics suffer in
MR> more due to the inability to change the PALETTE, and not from its
MR> limitations and low color resolution.

MR> To top it off, you can do something like hardware multicolor (in one familiar place there are 8 lines, each of which has its own ink and
MR> paper...)... It would be better and the screen would take up 12 kilos. Optional
MR> option - 4 colors for any point (same resolution and size in
MR> memory).

MR> Of course - 24-bit palette.

MR> p.s. dreams... this should have been done 5 years ago.
I'll tell you what, birdie (c) Spectrum is, in part, the structure of the screen. It is precisely because of this structure that the screen occupies few bytes and the ratio
speed/volume of VOZ becomes larger with a decrease in this VOU.
And the greater this ratio, the more dynamic the graphics can be made.
Imagine an increase in VOZ, as a result of which the screen will not be redrawn for 1 int, which reduces the dynamism.

Well, now think for yourself whether it is worth doing such bells and whistles.

Information on GMX has not been sent for a long time...

GMX(Grafic_Memory_eXtension device for Scorpion 256)

1. Memory expansion up to 2MB.
Among the various existing and possible options for
organization, the choice fell on the option implemented in Profi.
That is, it is done in such a way that it is simple 256Kb are addressed the same way as it was,
through the usual Scorpio standard, and everything that is higher is addressed according to
the Profi standard - port 0DFFDh. Since Profi has a maximum
memory of 1MB, you can work with all memory from 0 to 1MB according to the Profi standard. It’s just that physically these will be different memory pages.
For example, you can download some program for Profi
using up to 1MB of memory and at the same time painlessly use
Shadow Service Monitor.
Gradations for memory expansion:
256Kb, 512Kb, 1MB, 1256Kb, 2MB - standard Simm modules. Moreover, you can
install from one module with a capacity of 256Kb (you get Scorpio memory)
to 2 modules of 1MB each - the total memory will be 2MB.

2. Graphic screen 640*200(208) and plus a hardware scroller.
The number of colors is the same as in the regular ZX Spectrum. For each byte of graphics
- one byte of attributes. In order for the image to be in color, it is necessary to have 2 Simms, i.e. at least 512Kb. Addressing
of the graphic screen starts at 4000h, and is completely linear,
i.e. e. first80 bytes are the first line of the screen, the next 80
bytes are the next, etc. Screen attributes are stored in one of the
extended memory pages. Their addressing is exactly the same. The main
purpose of advanced graphics is a standard text screen of 80*25
characters (a character has a size of 8 by 8 pixels), necessary for
working with text editors and email programs.
To speed up work in text mode, hardware
scrolling up and down is used.
In the future, due to the possibility of changing the scheme by changing
the ROM firmware, it will be possible to introduce additional graphics modes.

During the discussion of the graphics capabilities of the GMX board with potential
users, we received a lot of advice and recommendations about
what needs to be added to the circuit. In first place was the additional graphics mode 320*200 - each dot has its own color.
We are currently working on creating such a mode, and I repeat
once again that this will only lead to a change in the ROM. In addition
if it works out, we plan to do something like a simple
blitter: hardware transfer of one memory area to another,
filling a memory area with a given byte, etc.

3. Professional ROM040 (512Kb).
It is planned to remake the Shadow Monitor to work in 640*200 mode,
Russify it, make further expansion built-in service
capabilitiesshadow monitor, primarily aimed at improving
working with HDDs, support for various operating systems, and also
support for the ability to work with HAYEs-compatible modems.
In addition, the ROM, as already mentioned, also stores the GMX board circuit diagram.
Moreover, it is made so that from the TM it will be possible to radically change the circuit,
loading one of several possible options.
As for Prof. ROM for ordinary boards, then they will be
changed only if any errors are discovered in their operation
or the added capabilities fall within the existing hardware
restrictions. Today, version number 4.1 is being released.
The most important and main advantage of the EPROM installed on the GMX board
will be the ability to reprogram it by the user. First of all
this applies to programs recorded on a ROM disk. The user will be able
to select programs to suit his taste, create the contents of his ROM
disk himself, and also update the version of the Prof ROM on site. This
is achieved by using modern flash memory chips as ROM.

4.Increased compatibility with ZX Spectrum and Pentagon. To do this, an additional menu line Standard
Spectrum is introduced into the shadow monitor menu. In this case, all additional ports are disabled and
at the same time the standard ROM of the ZX Spectrum 128 & TRDOS is turned on. In addition
it has been introducedability to set Pentagon-128
and Profi time parameters. When switching to these modes, the computer turns into an absolutely standard ZX Spectrum or a Pentagon (you can easily make a Pentagon-512) or Profi, while completely “forgetting” about its
additional capabilities. Exit from this mode, of course, is only
by pressing the reset button.
The standard Pentagon mode, as well as the Pentagon-128, provides
first of all full compatibility with Pentagon-class computers in terms of
time diagrams of television scan counters, duration and
position of the INT signal, and the absence of the Wait signal. This will enable
some demo programs to work as they would on
Pentagone.

5.Turbo with an acceleration factor of 1.8-1.9.
Turbo/Normal switching as now: both software and hardware.
Upon user request, versions with a clock frequency of 14 MHz will be supplied.

6. Design. How is this expander constructed? This is a board measuring about 80*110 mm, inserted into the socket
for the Z80 on any Scorpio model.
In addition, a cable (included in
the delivery kit) is soldered to 10 points of the old board, through which the following signals are supplied/removed to the GMX board via a 10-pin
connector: R, G, B, Sync, Magic,
RDR/-reading ROM, CSR/- access to RAM, +5v, Ground.

7.Economicindicators. The estimated cost of the GMX board with RAM
512Kb is $35 - 40 (Manufacturer price.)

8. Dates for the start of mass production and sales.
Today, the GMX board is at the stage of fine-tuning the printed circuit board, so we hope that mass production and sales
will begin by February-March 1998.

9. Using GMX on other models of Spectrum-compatible computers. We plan to include all the information on how to upgrade another computer to support GMX along with the GMX documentation. In fact, any
Spectrum-compatible computer when using a GMX board is required to:
support for a music coprocessor, support for a TRDOS controller,
support for a keyboard port, tape recorder, joystick, printer and
some other minor little things.
**************************
For more detailed information, send a request to:
199048 St. Petersburg, PO Box 083 Sergei Yuryevich Zonov
or by phone:
(812)-298-0653, 172-3117 (order department, from 10 to 14), 251-1262
(service center, from 10 to 19) or
by email: FidoNet 2:5030/529.16, E-mail
sc...@spb.tsi.ru.
About all the shortcomings of the built-in softwaresoftware, as well as
what features you would like to see in it, and in principle on
the computer, you can report by phone (812)-130-1995, or better yet by
email FidoNet 2:5030/25.1, E-mail m...@deeds.spb.ru

Bye... bye bye, Sersh !

AG> Spectrum? Namely, an increase in the number of flowers in one familiar place
AG> (once in one of the electronic magazines they wrote about such a development, but that
AG> was a long time ago). Or is this a hopeless thing?
I have been studying, I am studying and will continue to study.
ZX-Spectrum compatible computer -

Sprinter.

Already going on sale.

RAM - 4 megabytes (SIMM).
Processor - Z84C15 (Z80 + ports)
TURBO mode - 21 MHz.
Video RAM - 256/512Kb
Graphic modes:
Spectrum - compatible with ZX-Spectrum
Spectrum-80 - similar to ZX-Spectrum, but 80x32 characters
GRAF-1 - 320x256 pixels, 16 colors.
GRAF-2 - 320x256 pixels, 256 colors.
GRAF-3 - 640x512 pixels, 16 colors. (interlace mode)
there will also be GRAF-4 - 640x512 pixels and 256 colors. (interlace mode)
Palette - all colors, including Spectrum ones, are set from
a palette of 16 million colors.
FDD controller - TR-DOS/MS-DOS disks from 640K to 1.44M
HDD controller - in IDE AT standard.
Controller MS-Mouse.
IBM-Keyboard controller.
Expansion slots in the ISA-8 standard.

All this is located on one board and does not require any soldering when
assembled into a case likeMini-Tower.

For all purchasing questions, please contact Peters
by phone: (812)-327-35-31

AG> like this or like... ?

IMHO it is necessary, but I would like it to be compatible with something already
existing.

Bye, with a pack of viciousness, Pavel Fedin.

Wednesday January 07, 1998 01:25, Sersh Zerov wrote to Alex Gofman:

SZ> about what needs to be added in the diagram. In first place was
SZ> the additional graphics mode 320*200 - each dot has its own color.
SZ> Now we are working on creating such a mode, and I will repeat
SZ> once again that this will only lead to a change in the ROM. In addition
SZ> if it works out, we plan to do something like a simple
SZ> blitter: hardware transfer of one memory area to another,
SZ> filling a memory area with a given byte, etc.

Class! :)

SZ> 4.Increased compatibility with ZX Spectrum and Pentagon. For this, in the menu

The same as everything else ;)

SZ> 7. Economic indicators. The estimated cost of a GMX board with RAM
SZ> 512Kb is $35 - 40 (Manufacturer price.)

This is the deal! And then the sprinter-sprinter...

SZ> 9. Using GMX on other Spectrum-compatible models

Peters, learn to work ;)

SZ> Bye... bye bye, Sersh !

AG>> pixel (from monochrome to 256 colors, 256x192, fully compatible
AG>> with a standard Speck screen) and decided to consult with
AG>> All. Well, do you need something like this or something... ?

IM> Broke off? :-)

Not really. AG makes a small, cheap board (probably ;), and not a monster that costs three rubles or an Amiga.

IM> ░▒▓██ Best regards, Ivan. ██▓▒░

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
compatibility will not be 100%

ML> Imagine an increase in WHO, as a result it will be
ML> to redraw the screen for 1 int, which reduces the dynamism.

That’s why I asked whether it is worth increasing the number of colors
Although Can a turbo handle it?
P.S. The question remains open: is it worth increasing the number of colors in one familiar place.

ML> Well, now think for yourself whether it’s worth making such bells and whistles.

Thu Jan 08 1998, Pavel Fedin writes to Alex Gofman:

AG>> P.S. Here I decided to do something with setting the color in each pixel
AG>> (from
AG>> monochrome to 256 colors, 256x192, fully compatible with
AG>> standard Spekov screen) and decided to consult with All.
AG>> Well, do you need this or what... ?

PF> IMHO it is necessary, but I would like it to be compatible with something already
PF> existing.

More specifically?

AG>>> pixel (from monochrome to 256 colors, 256x192, fully compatible
AG>>> with a standard Spekov screen) and decided to consult with
AG>>> All. Well, do you need something like this or something... ?

IM>> Broke off? :-)

DG> Not really. AG makes a small cheap board (probably ;), and not a monster
DG> costing three rubles or an Amiga.

I don’t know about the “small cheap” one, but the fact that it will cost much less than
Sprinter and GMX is for sure. I'm trying to make such a board that anyone
who knows how to hold a soldering iron can assemble it themselves, and all the parts are available,
the only drawback is that a ROM is needed and then only as a converter and also
that out of 64k (for 256 colors) almost 16k are unused (for 100% compatibility
you have to sacrifice).

MR> a for multicolor and no need to redraw the screen for int. The graphics
MR> remain black and white - the same size -> do not slow down, and the color background -
MR> is of a higher resolution. It is often static. + this mode
MR> is disabled -> can be used in picture screensavers.
If only for static screensavers. Then this can still be done, but for
time-critical toys this will not be a problem at all.

AG> (from monochrome to 256 colors, 256x192, fully compatible with
AG> standard Spekov screen) and decided to consult with All.
AG> Well, do you need this or what... ?

- “Why think about it, you need to shake it!” (C)ensign
imho “this” is simply necessary.

[Team “Gaza Strip” - rulezz!]

AG> Spectrum capabilities?
In 461 I was engaged in V.M.G. I liked the small modification (4 microns), it makes
two screens. areas of 6912 bytes, enabled by software. Gives two possibilities.
512*192 mono and 256*192 color - attribute per byte.
The first is especially valuable in terminals and email editors.

All the best.
With respect Roman Milukov.

SZ>> RAM 512Kb - $35 - 40 (Manufacturer price.)

DG> This is the deal! And then the sprinter-sprinter...
Just a few days ago there was a price list from Scorpion. Calculate what's there and what's in Sprinter, it turns out that Sprinter is much cheaper than
Scorpion + GMX + SMUC..
And this combination clearly does not reach Sprinter.
...
DG> Peters, learn to work ;)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I didn’t want to say all this, but the man forced me.
You don’t understand, Mr. Comrade Dmitry Grigoryev, that this is not a joke, but
a real insult.
I apologize, if anything is wrong, to the creators of Scorpion, GMX, SMUC.

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ç Îœ«ƒ¡-‘œ, Friday January 09 1998 07:21, Dmitry Grigoryev
ç –…”¡Ã ƒÃ— Ivan Mak:

...
DG> [“’Ã≈⁄Ÿ –“œ–’›≈ŒŸ...]

DG> Ô“…≈Œ‘…“œ◊¡œfiŒ’¿ √≈Œ’ ⁄¡¬ŸÃ ’À¡⁄¡‘ÿ...
ÎœÕÿ–¿‘≈p ◊ Mini-Tower, ” IBM-keyboard, MS-Mouse, ” œƒŒ…Õ ƒ…”Àœ◊œƒœÕ … ◊”≈Õ…
ÀœŒ‘pœÃÃ≈p¡Õ….
990 Œ¡”‘œ—›…» p’¬Ã≈ . ( "Ô“…≈Œ‘…“œ◊¡œfiŒœ" )
ı‘œfiŒ—‘ÿ Õœ÷Œœ –œ ‘≈Ã≈∆œŒ’ (812)-327-35-31.

AG>>> P.S. Ò ◊œ‘ ‘’‘ Œ¡ƒ’Õ¡Ã ”ƒ≈á‘ÿ Œ≈fi‘œ.....
IM>> ԬÜՅÜ”ÿ ? :-)
DG> H≈ ”œ◊”≈Õ. AG Õ¡Ã≈ŒÿÀ’¿ ƒ≈€≈◊’¿ –á‘’ ƒ≈á≈‘ (Œ¡◊≈“Œœ≈ ;), ¡ Œ≈
DG> ÕœŒ”‘“¡ √≈Œœ  ◊ ‘“≈€À’ …Ã… ¡Õ…«’.
Ìœ÷≈‘, œŒœ … ”‘œ…‘ ‘œ«œ, ≈”Ã… ƒ≈€≈◊’¿.

IM>> êëíçç Û ’◊¡÷≈Œ…≈Õ, Ivan. ççíëê

êëíçç Û ’◊¡÷≈Œ…≈Õ, Ivan. ççíëê

TR-DOS 5.04Ei

ç Îœ«ƒ¡-‘œ, Friday January 09 1998 08:59, Alex Gofman
ç –…”¡Ã ƒÃ— Max Romanoff:

...
MR>>> Õœ£ …Õ»œ, ⁄aÀÿfia≈‘”— ◊ ‘œÕ, fi‘œ «“a∆…Àa ”–≈À‘“’Õa ”‘“aƒa≈‘ ◊
MR>>> ¬œÃÿ€≈  ”‘≈–≈Œ… …⁄-⁄a Œ≈◊œ⁄Õœ÷Œœ”‘… …⁄Õ≈Œ…‘ÿ AÏÈÙPı, a Œ≈ œ‘ ≈£

AG> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AG> ˜Ô˙ÌÔˆHÔ (≈”‘≈”‘◊≈ŒŒœ Œ¡ƒœ N Õ…Àp’»)
ÈÃ…, À¡À ◊ Sprinter-≈ œƒŒ’ Õ…Àp’»’, Œœ œfi≈Œÿ ¬œÃÿ€’¿. :-)=
...

AG> POSSIBLE (of course you need N micros)

Damn, I know it’s possible, but in the standard and before this was not the case
.

AG> compatibility will not be 100%

disabled -> everything is fine. It just adds 6400 bytes.

AG> That’s why I asked whether it’s worth increasing the number of colors
AG> Although it might work with a turbo?

I don’t know, about the quantity - I don’t think it’s worth it.

AG> P.S. The question remains open: is it worth increasing the number of
AG> colors in one familiar place.

By multicolor - yes. Plus the palette.

Good Luck...

... Can't Exit WINDOWS.COM, Use DOOR.COM Instead (Y/N)?

SZ>> 9. Using GMX on other Spectrum-compatible models

DG> Peters, learn to work ;)

yes yes. everyone needs...

Good Luck...

... Batteries not included.

IM> Just a few days ago there was a price list from Scorpion here. Calculate that
IM> is there and that in Sprinter it turns out that Sprinter is much cheaper than
IM> Scorpion + GMX + SMUC..

the topic is that NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO BUY THIS IMMEDIATELY. The whole juice
of normal sinclairs is that they are small, and you can
attach anything to them. As needed and money. And the monsters
try to cram in everything they can at once.

IM> And this combination clearly doesn’t reach Sprinter.

It’s annoying because all of these are extensions, moreover, they can
be used on other computers... And what is Sprinter?

Good Luck...

... Did you remember to kick a PC today?

MR> As I already said, making any standards today, just like
MR> new cars, is pointless.
Well, why ask then? You would do it, and then tell it.
You’ll do it anyway.

Friday January 09, 1998 13:49, Alex Gofman wrote to Dmitry Grigoryev:

AG> I don’t know about the “small cheap” one, but the fact that it will cost much
AG> cheaper than Sprinter and GMX is for sure. I'm trying to make such a board that
AG> anyone who knows how to hold a soldering iron could assemble it themselves, and everything

is clear. Just don’t forget that similar devices have already been developed in
Kharkov, St. Petersburg and have not received distribution.

AG> $$$ With best wishes ... Alex

AG> much cheaper than Sprinter and GMX - that's for sure.
Comparing the price of a card with Sprinter, generally speaking, is not correct. Sprinter -
is a complete computer.

AG> board, so that anyone who knows how to hold a soldering iron can assemble it themselves, and
AG> all the parts are available, the only drawback is that you need a ROM and then
AG> only as a converter, and also that out of 64k (for 256 colors) almost
AG> 16k are unused (for 100% compatibility you have to sacrifice).
There is one thought. I'll give it away for free. Use these extra 16k as ROM for that
converter. This may require more speed from the RAM. But
there is 62C512. This is 64k of high-speed static RAM.
If you are interested, I can tell you something else. You can send your question to me by email at 2:5030/529.24.

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█ Once upon a time, Saturday January 10 1998 20:12, Max Romanoff
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

...
MR> a500 is a little cheaper. With obvious advantages ;) (the sound is at least implemented ;)))
Can you throw data on the A500 here?
What is the speed of the process?
At what speed does the screen fill?
What kind of screw and drive does it have?
How much memory does it have? ?
What is the speed of transferring data from memory to memory?
What is the depth of sound and how many channels?
Only a negotiation. Not what is attached, but what is in the A500 without any bells and whistles.

2Mod: I hope this is not completely offtopic?

AG> More specifically?

Well, for example, on Pro there is this mode: 512x240, attributes in stripes of 8
pixels. There is a palette. On ATM there are modes 320x200 each point with its own color and 640x200 stripes of 8 pixels and all again with a palette. On
Scorpio they don’t really know what they came up with. AFAIK no palette. If
interested, I can provide 99% of information on Pro and 80% of information on ATM.

DG>> a monster that costs three rubles or an Amiga.
IM> Maybe it’s worth it if it’s cheap.

And look how cdos and vicomm modems have become popular... By the way, do they
connect to Sprinter without problems? Is there at least a standard system connector for SDOS and
peripherals in general? And a tape recorder for Vicomm and the same tape recorder?

IM> ░▒▓██ Best regards, Ivan. ██▓▒░

IM> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
IM> I didn’t want to say all this, but the man forced me.
IM> You don’t understand, Mr. Comrade Dmitry Grigoryev, that this is not a joke, but
IM> the real thing insult.

Hmm... It's never too late to learn... I don't see anything offensive in this... And I
do not receive a salary from the Scorpio company, so my words cannot be considered
incorrect advertising, unlike, for example, yours - at the beginning of this letter. I
evaluate the situation from the outside, absolutely independently, therefore I have every right
to compare two companies, praise one and scold the other. However, I still apologize. Because I didn't want to offend you at all. But this is not a joke - this is my personal opinion, which you could easily erase and forget. Although, I won’t hide, I’m flattered that you paid attention to him. But instead of counter-arguments, taking an offended look, getting personal, belittling your competitors - this is completely unsightly on your part ;( Now I’ll try to explain my position...

You suggest users throw out their outdated models (after all, you won’t
buy them?) and spend 150 bucks on a Sprinter - a completely unknown car,
the first model that has not yet stood the test of time, besides with virtually no software support. Moreover, very questionable compatibility with existing software.I think this is an illiterate marketing policy, a lack of concern for
customers, and simply your company ignoring existing demand.

The Scorpio people do not offer a complete replacement of the existing vehicle fleet, but a
relatively cheap upgrade of it. Moreover, if you believe their advertising, this upgrade can be carried out on any model of machine. They are not thinking about how to cover up the architecture with stucco, but about how they will sell it all. Their first question is not “what to sell?”, but “who will buy it?” This is what I consider a competent approach, caring for clients, correct calculation of consumer demand and, ultimately, one’s own business. Yes, just better work, compared to
you. True, I think that their advertising policy is extremely weak with
sufficient resources for this purpose.

You are competent (I would say, talented) hardware workers, in my humble opinion, but as traders you need to learn a lot from Scorpio. And
there is nothing offensive in this.

Moreover, in advertising you bypassed them a long time ago - you let into the echoes of “young men with
blazing eyes” who, swallowing their saliva, tell how “flicks and avishki look great on the
Sprinter”, how “the CV runs fast at 6-fold
frequency”, how “yesterday we sold the first Sprinter”... Published yourthe biography was reprinted here, the interview was probably pressed a lot... True, for people
thinking, such advertising looks, at least, ridiculous. And for very many it is also
offensive...

Your arguments?

ML> Yes, actually I saw it.

Am I spending a LOT?

ML> Yeah, we buy a PC and rev it up where the light is.

a turbo costs no more than 10 tr.

ML> Well, why ask then? I would do it, and then tell it.
ML> After all, you will do it anyway.

so who knows...

Good Luck...

... Gotta run, cat's caught in the printer...

IM> There is one thought. I'll give it away for free. Use these extra 16k as ROM
IM> for
IM> that converter. Perhaps this will require greater performance from

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
We managed to get rid of the ROM for the converter - everything is replaced with logic.

IM> RAM. But there is 62C512. This is 64k of high-speed static
IM> RAM.

For video RAM I used 62256 (32k).

IM> If you are interested, I can tell you something else. You can
IM> send me a question
IM> by soap at 2:5030/529.24.

I asked for it :)))

Sun Jan 11 1998, Pavel Fedin writes to Alex Gofman:

PF> Well, for example, on Pro there is this mode: 512x240, attributes in stripes
PF> 8 pixels. There is a palette. On ATM there are modes of 320x200 each point
PF> with its own color and 640x200 stripes of 8 pixels and all again with a palette.

This is of course cool, but are all these modes compatible with a standard 48
Spectrum screen? It seems to me that no, but I am developing such a scheme that from 48 BASIC
it will be possible to draw in 256 colors with a color specified in each pixel.

PF> On Scorpio, I don’t really know what they came up with. AFAIK without a palette.
PF> If
PF> is interested, I can provide 99% of the information on Pro and 80% of information on
PF> ATM.

If it doesn’t break, then share - I’d like to see how the choice of palettes is implemented.

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█ Once upon a time, Sunday January 11 1998 21:23, Dmitry Grigoryev
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

DG> And who forces you to buy the whole combination at once? You can generally buy
DG> only the main board and gradually increase it.
No one is forcing anyone to buy anything.
I agree. You can do it as you say. But you can do it another way.
We provide _choice_.
You can buy a Sprinter, or you can buy additional parts and build up a Scorpion.
...
DG> You invite users to throw out their outdated models (after all, you
DG> won’t buy them?) and spend 150 bucks on a Sprinter - a completely
DG> unknown car, the first one yet a model that has not stood the test of time,
DG>, and with virtually no software support. Moreover,
DG> is of very questionable compatibility with existing software. I consider this
DG> an illiterate marketing policy, a lack of concern for customers,
DG> simply your company ignoring existing demand.
You are wrong here. Firstly, our company offers not only a ready-made computer, but also a separate board. Secondly, the car has already undergone quite a lot of testing. Compatibility with existing software is quite high. In the limit, it
can reach 99.9%,because all the “features” can be disabled and only the good old ZX-Spectrum 128k will remain.
Thirdly, the Peters company _offers_ to exchange computers with an additional payment,
i.e. We cannot be blamed for lack of concern for customers.
On the contrary, we tried to do everything just for him.

DG> The Scorpionists are not offering a complete replacement of the existing fleet of cars,
DG> but a relatively cheap upgrade. Moreover, if you believe their advertising,
DG> this upgrade can be carried out on a typewriter of any model. They are not thinking about
DG> how to add more “stucco” to the architecture, but about how they will sell it all
DG>. Their first question is not “what to sell?”, but “who
DG> will buy it?”. This is what I consider a competent approach, caring for clients,
DG> correct calculation of consumer demand and, ultimately,
DG> own business. Yes, simply better work compared to you,
DG>. True, I think that their advertising policy is extremely weak
DG> with sufficient resources for this purpose.
We offer an alternative option that gives the user a fundamentally
new Upgrade opportunity. On Sprinter, new capabilities can be obtained not by adding bells and whistles, but by reprogramming the PLM installed on the board.
Moreover, reprogramming is carried outdirectly from a floppy disk, at any
time, while the computer is running.
Starting this case, we listened to quite a few opinions from various people about what
they want to see in the new Spectrum-compatible machine. It all boiled down to the need for good and fast graphics. This is exactly what we did.

DG> You are competent (I would say, talented) hardware people, in my
DG> humble opinion, but as traders you need to learn a lot from Scorpio
DG>. And there is nothing offensive in this.
In this sense, there really is nothing offensive.
But in that letter you made an incorrect comparison of the GMX with the Sprinter, from which
then the conclusion was drawn that it sounded like an insult.

DG> Moreover, in advertising you bypassed them long ago - you let them into the echoes of
DG> "young men with a look burning", who, swallowing their saliva, tell
DG> how "cool the flicks and avishki look on the Sprinter", how "fast
DG> runs fast at 6 times the frequency", how "yesterday we sold the first
DG> Sprinter"... They published their biography, reprinted it here,
DG> the interview was probably pressed a lot... However, for thinking people
DG> such advertising looks, at least, ridiculous. And for many people
DG> it is also insulting...
This is really real advertising. But herIt wasn't us who let it in. If you look carefully, you will see that I went online just a month ago.
Prohibit people from telling what they saw at the demonstration meetings?
They were held precisely so that we could listen to the opinions of potential
buyers of the car and do as they want, and at the same time show what we
did.

DG> Yours arguments?
I am not against various types of statements in which Sprinter is criticized.
But I would like the criticism to be constructive. The same as in this letter, and
not in the past.
In my speeches I try not to offend anyone. There are disputes, but they are to the point
and exactly what I do, and not others.

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█ Once upon a time, Sunday January 11 1998 19:25, Dmitry Grigoryev
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

IM>> Computer in Mini-Tower, with IBM-keyboard, MS-Mouse, with one
IM>> disk drive and all controllers. 990 real

DG> Very expensive.
There is an option - a separate board - 590 rubles.
It’s hard to say what to do with the controllers. Sell. :)

DG> And look how cdos and vicomm modems have become popular... By the way, do they connect to
DG> Sprinter without any problems? Is there at least a standard system
DG> connector for SDOS and for peripherals in general? And the tape recorder
DG> for the Wicomm and the same tape recorder?
The system connector is ISA-8. Hayes is directly inserted into it. And of course there is a tape recorder
output where you can plug the vicomm in.

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█ Once upon a time, Monday January 12 1998 01:32, Max Romanoff
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

IM>> Can you throw the data on the A500 here?
MR> go to a special echo. RU.AMIGA This is not worth discussing here.
We are discussing Sprinter, not AMIGA. No one at RU.AMIGA wants to hear about Sprinter
.

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█ Once upon a time, Monday January 12 1998 02:22, Max Romanoff
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

IM>> Comparing the price of a card with Sprinter, generally speaking, is not
IM>> correct. Sprinter is a complete computer.
MR> New, and without software. And the card is an add-on to the existing
MR> computers. Cheap.
And without soft. Plus, there are no cards yet, but Sprinter already exists.
Actually, I’m not against cards. I can make one myself. Take the video circuit from
Sprinter and...

Help. What kind of files are with the extension *.$b
Otherwise, everyone keeps walking around here, but I don’t know what to do with them.
I apologize for being a dummie :)

... Your “crazy fidoshnik” [team antiFST] [modest people]

IM>>> Can you throw the data on the A500 here?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
IM> We are discussing Sprinter, not AMIGA. In RU.AMIGA no one will want to listen about Sprinter and
IM.

What you want to know can be found out where I said it.

Good Luck...

... Windws is ine for bckgroun communications - Bll Gats, 192

10 Jan 98 Ivan Mak hoping that Dmitry Grigoryev will read,
wrote:

DG> Cool! :)
IM> A class that is not planned in Sprinter, but has already been done.
...
SZ>> 7. Economic indicators. Estimated cost
SZ>> GMX board with
SZ>> RAM 512Kb - $35 - 40 (Manufacturer price.)
...
DG> This is the deal! And then the sprinter-sprinter...

MR> dyk fig znet ... Hu and drove then.

With Best Wishes. [TEAM Speccy-r00leZ] [TEAM x-fILes]
[TEAM the Pr0digY] MaGeLan.

ML> Spectrum is a 48K+tape. The rest is no longer a Spectrum. (c)-stranger.

Bullshit!

Sincerely, Alex from FFC COMPUTERS.

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█ Once upon a time, Tuesday January 13 1998 23:53, Max Romanoff
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:
...
MR> What you want to know can be found out where I said.
Well, that’s how I’ll find out. That would not be the question.

MR> This is where we need to start. Those. make a card, and then make it on the
MR> base of its computer. Something better.
That’s where we started. I mean, from improving the video. The result was a terrible slowdown due to an increase in the amount of information output. We decided that we need to increase the frequency of
Z80. Increased to 14MHz. With all the wires that went to the video circuit, gluks went off.
In response, we put the processor on the same board with the video circuit..
And this is already more than half of the computer. We installed the peripherals and got Sprinter.
In the meantime, they raised the frequency to 21MHz.
A card for any Spectrum, that's good. But how can I set the graphics to 3.5 MHz?

MR> Because... if the card takes root, then there will be software for this purpose, and
MR> the appearance of a computer compatible with this concept will definitely be
MR> good.
Yes, it’s the same here as with Sprinter itself. Who will take the card if there is no
Soft?

MR> By the way, you said that you would buy Spectrums. What will you do with them
MR>? Or is the purchase for purely symbolic money? 50
MR> rub. new? After all, nothing suits you for spare parts...
I wouldn’t say that it’s nothing. And with the question of how many new rubles you need to contact the sales department of the Peters company. Zpectrums are different, in different condition
etc. Accordingly, the prices are different.

a 128, +2, +3 ? they are also Spectrums (in the instructions it says Spectrum)

Regards,
Random
--
Lord of Chaos.
e-mail: ran...@cybermail.net

Concern Chaos WWW HQ: http://www.cybermail.net/~random/

AG> This is certainly cool, but are all these modes compatible with the standard screen
AG> 48
AG> Spectrum? It seems to me that no, but I am developing such a scheme that from
AG> 48 BASIC
AG> it will be possible to draw in 256 colors with a color specified in each pixel.

I see. How will this screen be constructed? After all, 256 colors are 1 byte per point. Or by bitplanes? ;-)

AG> If it’s not a bummer, then share - I’d like to see how the choice of
AG> palettes is implemented.

As a result of analyzing the Profi circuit, I managed to find the following: the palette ports
are located at addresses #XXFE or #XX7E (I can’t say for sure). XX is
as far as I understood the RGB data (R and G - 3 bits, B - 2 bits). The
number of the color to be changed is output to the port. It is also advisable to display the entire palette
when changing even one color to avoid the failure of all others. The
ports are available when the latch is turned off (bit 5 of the #DFFD port is 1) and the
extended screen is turned on at the moment of the beam reversal (not a fact). The information has not yet been verified (needs to be verified).

15 Jan 98 at 09:26 Alex Letaev drank a bottle of beer and, starting to slow down, wrote
the following for Max Lanskih:

ML> Spectrum is a 48K+tape. The rest is no longer a Spectrum. (c)-alien.

AL> Nonsense!
Possibly. These are not my words.

IM> Card for any Spectrum, that's good. But how can I change the graphics to 3.5
IM> MHz?

Why 3.5? The card is plugged in instead of the processor, input/output is done as usual, and the graphics/processor speeds up.

IM> Yes, it’s the same here as with the Sprinter itself. Who will take the card,
IM> if there is no Soft?

In this case, you have a vicious circle.

IM> I wouldn’t say that it’s nothing. And with the question of how many new rubles you need
IM> contact the commercial department of the Peters company. Zpectrums are different,
IM> in different states, etc. Accordingly, the prices are different.

No, can you tell me the limit? Your favorite BEFORE?

Good Luck...

... E Pluribus Modem

IM>> you need to contact the sales department of the Peters company. Zpectrums
IM>> are different, in different conditions, etc. Accordingly, the prices
IM>> are different.

MR> No, can you tell me the limit? Your favorite BEFORE?
By phone. 327-35-31. Ask Nikolay Noskov.

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█ Once upon a time, Monday January 12 1998 18:07, Alex Gofman
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

....
AG> For video RAM I used 62256 (32k).
In Sprinter-e - 4 (8) pcs. 62512. The palette is also implemented on them.

IM> And how will this differ from Sprinter? A sandwich of several

that this will be an EXTENSION for ANY computer -> will get
more widespread, and will have a lower cost.

IM> boards? And also the cost. (Sprinter is cheaper, because there is only one board.)

Complete absence of Spectrum ideology.

IM> That's what I'm talking about. We need to break this vicious circle.

so, it’s too late my friend...

IM> By phone. 327-35-31. Ask Nikolai Noskov.

I think this will be interesting to everyone. Otherwise, it’s just misleading.

Good Luck...

... Windows is a colorful clown suit for DOS.

Spectrum - the main thing is the price.

Good Luck...

... MinneSota-DOS: You tink so? (Y)ah sure you betcha (I) dunno (U)ff da

RM> IMHO the beauty of GMX is that this miracle is connected to the Specky I already have
RM>! Or should I change computers all my life?
Imho, when a critical mass of wires, boards and other bells and whistles arises,
the question will definitely arise: Shouldn't I change it? (Whatever doesn't explode. :)

IM>> several boards?
MR> the fact that this will be an EXPANSION for ANY computer -> will receive
MR> greater distribution, and will have a lower cost.
IM>> Moreover, the cost. (Sprinter is cheaper, because the board is the same.)
MR> Complete absence of Spectrum ideology.
In my opinion, Spectrum ideology is not at all in sandwiches. The price of one card, which needs to be added to Spectrum, will, of course, be cheaper. But the price of a computer
in general with such a card will be more expensive.
I don’t argue. Sprinter is more designed for those who will buy the Spectrum as a whole
or as a whole board, which already has everything they need.

IM> System connector - ISA-8.

Huge minus! There are a lot of already promoted peripherals for the standard Spectrum
connector - printers, modems, programmers, video scanners... the list goes on for a long time. And in general - this is a standard Spectrum connector! If it was impossible
to install both, then it was necessary to prefer the Spectrum one... And the
adapter won't help?

IM> Hayes is directly inserted into it.

Hayes has been connected to Specky for about 6 years already... I, of course, believe that there is still a little
remaining ;) And yet, the Moscow network almost entirely works on cdos
modems.

IM> And of course there is a tape output where you can plug in the vicomm.

It’s always like this - they only took care of their own ;-)

IM> ░▒▓██ Best regards, Ivan. ██▓▒░

Sincerely, Dmitry (OLDMAN).
ZXNet: 095/100.1
old...@i-connect.ru

Tuesday January 13, 1998 03:53, Ivan Mak wrote to Dmitry Grigoryev:

IM> We provide _choice_.
IM> You can buy a Sprinter, or you can buy additional parts and build up a Scorpion.

Another division of the Spectrumists. Another standard. There were sipemniks,
scorpionists and simple spektrumists, now sprinters will be added.
No one will traditionally do “cross-platform” things. Everyone will be using their own software, with their own hardware that is incompatible with each other.

IM> Here you are wrong. Firstly, our company offers not only a ready-made
IM> computer, but also a separate board.

This already inspires some optimism ;)

IM> Secondly, the machine has already undergone quite a lot of testing.

Glitches will appear as software is written that uses the maximum capabilities of the
machine.

IM> Compatibility with existing software is sufficient high.

Well, I don’t believe it. Has the architecture changed radically? The "button" _turns_ on the Spectrum mode, and not _turns off_ the gadgets? Emulation can never be
one hundred percent. Regardless of whether it is software or hardware. And it won’t even get 90... Not everything is described in the docs or known to the people who
work for you.

IM> In the limit it can reach 99.9%, because all the “features” can
IM> be disabled and only the good old ZX-Spectrum will remain128k.

If you took the good old one and threw features on it, then yes. But that's not true, is it? Another processor, programmable logic, and everything else. Even the keyboard
is emulated - many cheat modes in games are based on the features of the traditional
matrix scheme. Simple question - are there cursor keys? How are they
processed? ON-LINE is buggy? In general, go to the market, buy the first hundred modern programs you come across. Launch it. How long will it go without glitches? Then
you can name the percentage of compatibility with Pentagon, Scorpio, branded Spectrum.
Compatibility not only in terms of “will it start or not”, but also in terms of multicolor,
speed... even in terms of glitches. I'm serious. If a program works great on
Pentagon, but hangs at the company, then on Sprinter it should behave the same way in the
appropriate configurations. And by the way, about the buttons - the “inconvenience” associated with
not processing the keyboard during disabled interrupts, has been eliminated?

IM> Thirdly, the Peters company _offers_ to exchange computers
IM> with an additional payment, i.e.
IM> we cannot be accused of lack of concern for customers. On the contrary, we tried to do everything just for him.

I didn’t know about this. I'm sorry. As I understand it, the ceiling is set at 200 rubles? This is
bad - I bought my Pro a year and a half ago for 950 thousand.

IM> We offer an alternative option,which gives the user
IM> a fundamentally new opportunity for Upgrade. On the Sprinter, new
IM> capabilities can be obtained not by attaching bells and whistles, but
IM> by reprogramming the PLM installed on the board.

All this is wonderful and even beautiful, but my statement about the need to change
the entire fleet of existing machines for the Sprinter to be widespread remains
fair.

IM> Moreover reprogramming is carried out directly from the floppy disk,
IM> at any time, while the computer is running.

By the way, from a floppy disk it is inconvenient - we would have flashed several common options...

IM> Starting this business, we have listened to quite a few opinions of various people
IM> about what they want to see in new Spectrum-compatible machine.

Can you name the approximate number of “advisers”? It’s clear that when you started your business, you didn’t
rely only on this number of buyers... And to be honest, I still
don’t understand the choice of the existing screen addressing in Sprinter. Yes, and there were no analogues - this is already alarming...

IM> It all came down to the fact that you need good and fast graphics. That's exactly what we did.

From the first announcement of the Sprinter, a variety of opinions were expressed in this echo.
And, in addition to the delight of the graphic. possibilities, many concerns have been expressed regarding compatibility and feasibility. It is clear that nowwhen production began, in general, our conversations are useless (well, not forcing you to throw everything to hell is too cruel), but then no one ever received reasonable answers. By the way, this is the reason for such a negative reaction that you met here. They've been waiting for you for a long time - it was impossible to get reasonable answers from your "agitators". This is what underestimating the importance of networks leads to ;)

Still, it would be nice to think, if not about compatibility with GMX, then about
compatibility with existing graphics and memory extensions. Or does emulation, say, ATM or Pro mean this too? That is, both ATM's "Prince of Persia" and professional fidosh software will work? What about Stereokovox Pro? What about SR/M? Why, really, is there no SR/M? After all, a sea of ​​software was written for it and is still being written!

ML>> (c)-alien.

AL>> Nonsense!
ML> Possibly. These are not my words.

Nothing is possible! These are my words too!
Evgeny

IM>> floppy disks, at any time, while the computer is running.
DG> By the way, from a floppy disk is inconvenient - they would have sewn up several common
DG> options...

I am for flash. For one or a couple of configs, for a quick start in the desired position.

With best wishes - Andrey Khristov (ha...@robin.alt.ru)

[Team Horse Aviation] [Team beer, girls & sofa]
[Team Electric Welding Must Die!] [Team Khasansky border guards]

DG>> friend, hardware.

AK> There is a suspicion that Sprinter can partially emulate Scorpio...

Memory structure? I doubt that they would even be given a TM... Not to mention GMX...

AK> With best wishes - Andrey Khristov (ha...@robin.alt.ru)

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█ Once upon a time, Sunday January 18 1998 22:22, Dmitry Grigoryev
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

DG> Already better ;) Is it possible to buy a music card separately?
No. The music card is a special firmware for the Sprinter. It does not require
any hardware additives.
And you can make a separate one for connecting to other Spectrum machines.

IM>> floppy disks, at any time, while the computer is running.
DG> By the way, from a floppy disk is inconvenient - we would have flashed several common
DG> options...
Several are already hardwired into the Sprinter ROM configurations.
Scorpion-256, Pentagon-128 and two Sprinter configurations.

DG> Can you name the approximate number of “advisers”? It is clear that when starting
DG> business, you did not rely only on this number of buyers...
There really weren’t many advisers. Fewer than ordinary spectators. But it was precisely these tips that were used to increase the power of Sprinter.

DG> And to be honest, I still don’t understand the choice of the existing
DG> screen addressing in Sprinter. And there were no analogues - already
DG> is alarming...
The screen address changed several times. And now in the machine there are two methods of
addressing. The first is standard Spectrum addressing. The second is
addressing the Sprinter's graphic screen. There is nothing complicated about it. All video RAM is one large array, from which parts are taken and displayed on the screen. Neighboring points in a line are adjacent bytes in the array.
What specifically is not satisfactory about it?

DG> They have been waiting for you for a long time - it was impossible
DG> to get reasonable answers from your “agitators”. This is what underestimating
DG> the importance of networks leads to;)
I was not here for a simple and objective reason. There was no phone in
the house.

DG> Still, it would be nice to think, if not about compatibility with GMX, then about
DG> compatibility with existing graphics and memory extensions. Or
DG> emulation of, say, ATM or Profi also implies this?
To emulate ATM or Profi, you need to enter the circuit diagram of these computers in a specific format into a file for MAX-Plus II, compile it, copy it to
disk and load it into the Sprinter PLM. Then put the firmware
of the corresponding computers into the RAM and you will get what you are asking for.

DG> I would like to listen to the opinions of coders, especially demo makers...
I wrote the demos for Sprinter myself and Denis Parinov.
I will say right away. As soon as I didn't like something about the organization of the screen when writing programs, I changed the screen. That's why I consider it convenient.
...
DG> you say "good and fast graphics"...
...
DG> But where does the speed come from? If only due to the processor, then 320x256x8 will be
DG> significantly slower at 21 megahertz than 256x192x~1 at 3.5. Why not
DG> talk about this, otherwise all the flicks and scrolls... no one usually looks at them even on
DG> pussy.

Fast graphics from the RAM accelerator. Plus a different address. Putting a point on the graphic screen is faster than on the Spectrum even onfrequency 3.5
MHz. And at 21... Hence the speed.
If you need to draw horizontal lines, which are drawn on the Spectrum in pieces of 8 points, then for this you can use an accelerator and draw lines in pieces from 1 to 256 points at once in the desired color at a speed of 7 million. points per
second.

DG> And the text 80s?? on a TV screen or monitor "Electronics"
DG> - this is a direct road to Svyatoslav Fedorov's clinic ;)
It's hard to expect anything else from a TV.

DG> This is good, but why are you hearing only the opinions of those who saw
DG> 256-color animation for the first time? The screw is not enough - just cartoons on
DG> Sprinter to have fun ;)
Apparently, because we haven’t seen anything else yet. :). I would like to know different opinions. But most of all I want to hear _real_ proposals for the implementation of any ideas
on Sprinter.

IM>> TR-DOS 5.04Ei
DG> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DG> And what is located at addresses #3d2f, #2f1b, #2d73, #2f65, #1ff3, #2a53,
DG> #2fc3, #3fe5, #3f33, #1e3a, #052e, #3e0f compared to the regular 5.04?
DG> ;)

5.04Ei was made from 5.03.
Right now I can’t say that at all these points. Must watch.
3D2F: NOP
RET
Nothing changed in block 3FXX.

The TR-DOS program changed according to a special principle. All TR-DOS 5.03 codes remain in place. Only some places have changed, where transitions were made to new
programs, and from there a return was made to the old places to continue work.

AK>> Scorpio...

DG> Structure of memory? I doubt that they would even be given TM... Not to mention
DG> GMX...

Have you explicitly admitted that Scorpio = TM?

In GMX this will be programmed into Prof. ROM.
The contents of the ROM disk can be replaced by the user independently!
IM> Several configurations are already sewn into the Sprinter ROM.
IM> Scorpion-256, Pentagon-128 and two Sprinter configurations.

PS Using 4mb of memory without a HDD is quite strange!!!
Insert 3-4 floppy disks to the drive...
About how to copy IS-DOS using 1 drive!

Bye... bye bye, Sersh !

IM> Yes.
IM> The processor sees them as double presses of the ZX-Spectrum keyboard in the port
IM> #FE.

writable The keyboard cannot fully emulate the Spectrum one. In
the sense of various multiple clicks.

IM> I don’t have any programs left that don’t work on Sprinter. Not
IM> counting those who did not work on my Spectrum from the very beginning. Idea

MAYBE it’s worth making sure that those who didn’t work HA
YOURS work now?

IM> Peters is still a commercial company and cannot accept old cars at
IM> prices higher than theirs _real_ cost.

However, this does not prevent you from selling your hardware at prices higher than its
cost.

You still haven’t said why you should buy computers - spare parts from there
will not be worth the money.

IM> The screen address has changed somewhat times And now in the machine there are two
IM> methods of addressing. The first is the standard Spectrum addressing.
IM> The second is the addressing of the Sprinter graphic screen. There is nothing
IM> complicated about it. All video RAM is one large array, from which parts are taken and displayed on the screen. Neighboring points in a line are adjacent bytes in the
IM> array. What specifically is not satisfied with it?

what resolution? If not a multiple of 256, thenGuaranteed gemmor about
programming.

IM> To emulate ATM or Pro, you need to enter the diagram of these computers in
IM> a certain format in a file for MAX-Plus II, compile it,
IM> copy it to disk and upload to Sprinter PLM. Then put the firmware of the corresponding computers into the RAM
IM> and you will get what you ask.

Moreover, you don’t need to enter the entire circuit... But only what
is needed... I’m AFRAID that no one will do this... Just like
emulating other computers for the same reasons. (well, where can we get
MSX circuits? :)))

IM> I wrote demos for Sprinter myself and Denis Parinov.

demos? What do you mean by demos?

IM> Graphics speed from the RAM accelerator. Plus a different address.
IM> Put a point on the graphic screen faster than on the Spectrum
IM> even at a frequency of 3.5 MHz. And on 21... Hence the speed. If it is necessary

at 3.5 they usually put not a dot, but 8 dots at a time. It's like a 28Mhz
sprinter, i.e. faster. (is the idea clear, in principle?)

IM> to draw horizontal lines, which on Spectrum are drawn in pieces of
IM> 8 points, then for this you can use an accelerator and draw lines
IM> in pieces from 1 to 256 points at once in the desired color with speed 7 million points
IM> per second.

Besides horizontal lines, can it just draw lines?

IM> I’m not asking justdelight. I would like to know different opinions. But
IM> most of all I want to hear _real_ proposals for the implementation of
IM> any ideas on the Sprinter.

buy an Amiga or a PC with this money (whichever you like).

Good Luck...

... Backups? We don' NEED no steenking backups.

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█ Once upon a time, Monday January 19 1998 23:09, Andrey Khristov
█ wrote for Dmitry Grigoryev:

...
AK> There is a suspicion that Sprinter can partially emulate Scorpio...
The distribution of memory and ports is complete. There is only a printer port like in
Scorpio.

IM>> cars at prices higher than their _real_ cost.
SZ> I wonder at what price Scorpios will be accepted???
Up to 200p. new. (Big bells and whistles, apparently, don’t count)

SZ> PS Using 4mb of memory without HDD is quite strange!!!
Why without HDD?
HDD is available in Sprinter and is accessible from the TR-DOS prompt.
For example:
/dir - displays the HDD directory.
/load e disk.trd - loads to RAM-Disk E image of a TR-DOS disk from the file
disk.trd (Files on the HDD in MS-DOS format)
/rmd e - connects the loaded disk image in place of the TR-DOS disk A.
Next you can work with programs on the RAM-Disk as with regular TR-DOS.
/save e disk.trd - do this if something has been changed on the RAM-Disk
and it must be saved on the HDD.

SZ> Insert 3-4 floppy disks into the drive...
Or 2 floppy disks of 1.44Mb each.
Or load everything from the HDD (And maybe from a CD-ROM? :))

By the way, like F. Scorpio looks at the standardization of functions for accessing the HDD and
extended screen 80x32 characters ?

MR> an adapter, in principle, is needed not from ISA but to ISA. Those. with a standard
MR> bus.
:-( Why?! )
You were against ISA.

MR> This is not called UPGRADE. GRADE remains at the same level
MR> so that no UP occurs. In the sense that the hardware remains -
MR> its capabilities do not increase (you cannot flash more
MR> from a floppy disk than what the architecture is designed for)
Not a fact. I'm not a genius and couldn't calculate all the capabilities of FLEX. So,
there are many more possibilities than the Mac. :)

MR> damn, luck doesn't lie in diggers :)
That's right!

IM> It can’t. But are there many options when more than three pressed
IM> keys are used simultaneously? Only if a brick fell on the keyboard. And three

is a lot.

IM> the IBM keyboard tracks the keys pressed.

Great, but let’s agree to gradually wean ourselves off
the word IBM. :)

Yes, I forgot - how are you and Sinclair joysticks? both?

IM> Not new.

yes? So what, it doesn’t work out? But we must try.

IM> Is there at least one company that sells anything below the cost? Null
IM> doesn’t count either.

I don’t argue that it takes a lot of material investments to achieve the features that
you flaunt. You do this - like piece
specimens. You don’t buy a set in thousands either. Assembly is
manual.

In this situation, it is impossible to get a cheap product with good
parameters. This is suitable for making an original layout, but not
for mass production.

Look at the hardware that costs much less, with
more advanced technology, and think about why your 8-bit
computer costs the same as an average PC.

IM> An old computer is an old computer that costs 200p. + 25% = 250p.

Why does it cost so much? And what does the concept of 'comp' include? The presence
of a case, keyboard, floppy drives, power supplies - that's it, right?

IM> A person who cannot shell out 1000p, but can pay 250, will buy this
IM>old computer This is only one option.

Yeah, that means you decided to engage in resale not without profit in your
favor... However, it seems to me that cheap nuts are only found in
mousetraps ;) (C)Ya.

The point is that most of the computers that will be brought to you will
have low-market appearance. Again, you will need to give some
guarantees that the person from whom you take the last 250 thousand and
give him something unclear, of dubious origin, will not die
in a week. And promise to help in this case with repairs.

If you start doing more repairs, then this is the end for you. If
you want great impressions, talk to a person who has been doing such things for a long time
- NEMO.

IM> And no one will pay for something that is not worth the money.

Yeah, this is where we came to the conclusion that you will take these computers
not as scrap, but for the purpose resale Those. they must
work and have an attractive appearance. naive Estonian youths...

IM> Data array - 1024x256 (1024x512). The screen displays 320x256.

Hmm. Those. the screen is a frame on a tape of several frames, right?

<-1024 ->
[1|2|3|4] - one of them is visible, or did I misunderstand? And why are there only 3 of them? The rest of the memory turns out to be quite
difficult to use... due to being cut into pieces of 64
bytes...

Yes, but how does this thing sit in memory? Isn't it wide?

IM> What is needed is not a circuit, but the logic of how the hardware works. And it should be known
IM> to people who program on this hardware.

hey, maybe a P2 emulator right away?

IM> Demo programs that show the capabilities of the machine.

What does it look like? Demo programs can be very different...

IM> I'm trying to teach him.

we need, we need... We also need to teach the interpolation hardware... 5 cells -
the initial value, the final value, the number of interpolations, and the current
interpolation, which is also result...Is the idea clear? In
in principle, if you make scriber's iron, it should turn out
as a by-product.

IM> Or Sprinter. Whoever likes it. :)

Why buy it today? What does it bring with its price that other computers with a similar price do not have? It brings with it emptiness, that's
what.

IM> You were against ISA.

Therefore, it should not be in the basic version, but there should be an
option - an adapter.

Good Luck...

... My keyboard is broken. This O is upside-down.

IM> Why no HDD?
This meant doubling the cost of a computer when using an HDD.

IM> The HDD in Sprinter is available and is accessible from the TR-DOS prompt.
IM> For example:
IM> /dir - displays the HDD directory.
IM> /load e disk.trd - loads to RAM-Disk E TR-DOS disk image from file
IM> disk.trd (Files on HDD in MS-DOS format)
IM> /rmd e - connects the loaded disk image in place of TR-DOS disk A.
IM> Then you can work with programs on the RAM-Disk as with regular TR-DOS.
IM> /save e disk.trd - do this if something has been changed on the RAM-Disk
IM> and it needs to be saved on the HDD.
Not bad!

MR> Hmm. Those. a screen is a frame on a tape made up of several frames, right?

<------1024----------------------->

│ │ 320x256 │ 320x256 │ │ ││ │256
│ │ │ │ │ ││ │

^│^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ │^ ^^│^^ ^Palette.
│ SCR1 SCR2 │ └─Add. Video RAM
│ └─ Data
│ Screen modes
└─── Spectrum SCR's

Lines 1024 bytes - lines - 256 lines.
The entire array - 256k. (For 512 - two similar arrays.)
Addressing is different in ZX-Spectrum and GRAF modes. Switched
by hardware - by an address multiplexer.
In GRAF - 256k - 16 pages of 16k. In every 16k there are 16 lines of 1024 bytes each.
In the ZX-Spectrum it’s the same, but 64-byte pieces from all 256
lines get onto one page.

Using all the video RAM is very easy, because The screen is being programmed. Those. it
can simultaneously display information from the Spectrum screen and from the graphic and
additional ones.

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█ Once upon a time, Wednesday January 28 1998 23:55, Sersh Zerov
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

IM>> Up to 200p. new. (Big bells and whistles, apparently, don’t count)
SZ> What about it!? People saved money, equipped Scorpios with various
SZ> peripherals, and they offer to buy them for 200 rubles???
SZ> Pasha, on tray 10, even buys them for more!
Meaning that big bells and whistles are not included in 200 rubles.

IM>> that's it.

SZ> And indeed, when using a modern element
SZ> base, almost 100% compatibility can be achieved without significant
SZ> additional costs!

This is if you immediately make just a clone, and not something monstrous, reconfiguring on the fly. That is, when the means are improved, but the task remains the same, yes, efficiency increases. If the task grows faster than
the means of achievement, this does not lead to anything good.

SZ> Bye... bye bye, Sersh !

IM> Yes.
IM> The processor sees them as double presses of the ZX-Spectrum keyboard in the #FE port.

Simultaneous presses? Bug! Pressing CAPS should be emulated, and after a delay
(not the processor ;) - pressing the corresponding numeric key.

DG>> ON-LINE is buggy?

IM> I didn’t understand this question.

Yes, there was such a newspaper, boring... Doesn’t matter. Run, for example, Nicron or
Optron. In all the emulators I have, when you press, say, the cursor
down key, in 50 percent of cases the procedure for determining the key code in these
newspapers produces code #36 (button "6"), which usually corresponds to pressing the "left"
of the Sinclair joystick and turning pages up in the publications.

IM> Long time ago. The keyboard is processed in all modes and does not generate any
IM> interrupt for the processor in ZX-Spectrum mode.

Well, thank God :)

IM> I don’t have any programs left that don’t work on Sprinter. Not counting
IM> those who did not work on my Spectrum from the very beginning. The idea of ​​buying up

Are you kidding me? I don’t know how many programs and why they didn’t work on _your_ Spectrum ;)
On one of my Pentagons with a crookedly connected AY, well, a lot of programs
didn’t work - I don’t pass it off as 100% compatible.

IM> market programs and tryinteresting, but I'll do it simpler. I
IM> I'll take floppy disks from my friends and try.

It's strange that such a thought didn't come to me before. Have you got your bearings from your home collection? Or did he calculate it theoretically (read “out of the blue”)? (this is because
practice often substitutes theory, and not because I doubt your knowledge
of the latter...) By the way, games should be released/produced at different times
(programming develops in layers) and should run completely - with the correct
multicolors, sound, all the provided key combinations
and not just - launched, sprites move, that means "go"... We Are we testing the emulator? ;)

AK> Did you explicitly admit that Scorpio=TM?

And I once explicitly denied this? A shadow monitor with a professional profile is the least of Scorp's advantages. Everything before it is mostly glitches, roughly speaking
but to put it mildly ;)

AK> With best wishes - Andrey Khristov (ha...@robin.alt.ru)

IM> And we also have our own functions. It wouldn't be bad to combine all this into one
IM> standard.

guys, you should have thought about it before, and now do
compatibility is in your interests.

Good Luck...

... Turn your 486 into a Gameboy, type WIN at the C:\>

IM> <------1024----------------------->
IM>
IM> │ │ 320x256 │ 320x256 │ │ ││ │256
IM> │ │ │ │ │ ││ │
IM>
IM> ^│^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ │^ ^^│^^ ^Palette.
IM> │ SCR1 SCR2 │ └─Add. Video RAM
IM> │ └─ Data
IM> │ Screen modes
IM> └─── Spectrum SCR's

Tell me something that does not follow from this picture: How to
get to the next line in the mode 320*256, is it enough for me
to add 1024, or something else?

IM> I wonder why they haven’t made it on the 555LA3 yet?

it will be too small, you can’t sell it for that kind of money :)

IM> Interesting, but for this you need FLEX the microcircuit is more powerful.

Well... How are you going to make the lines? And having this feature, you can
start having fun with texture mappings and various shadings. ;)

IM> A huge field for creative activity.

Brilliant. This carries with it any computer, and besides this it carries with it
a lot of useful things for which they buy it.

IM> Why not the other way around? ISA bus -> Spectrum bus.

because this is not a PC, but a Spectrum -> its native bus should
not be ISA.

IM> Unreal.

you have to force yourself. You can't name things that are completely obscure -
IBM. IBM is a company. If some thing is made in this company, and it
is called IBM - this is IBM, the rest of the things have their own names.
IMEHA in the sense. Just like cars, which differ in Mercedes and constipation.

IM> Normal. You press five keys and all five are visible. I was still in '93

damn, you're a drag. I'm talking about JOYSTICKS. Only Logros plays
with sinclair joysticks from the keyboard :) I mean - are there connectors for them
? No?! It's a pity... This is a huge minus...

IM> this is said as an example. Spectrum-48 without everything, and for nothing is no longer needed.

Well, this became clear after everyone realized that buying
computers would be solely for the sake of resale.

IM> Reselling for a profit not to your advantage would be quite strange.

Reselling without a profit. For as much as I took, I gave for as much. Options
with commission - i.e. money is given after the sale, not immediately.

IM> F. Peters has been doing repairs for a very long time. And all computers sold
IM> come with a guarantee. Free warranty repairs
IM> and post-warranty service are provided.

It’s great if everything is so good - we’ll see what happens.
(although I bet you won’t fix MY computer ;)

IM> If youSomeone's computer does not work and is not subject to restoration, what
IM> can be voppos about buying such a computer? Especially pеal

if it works.

IM> idle disk drive usage from the stap computer. Possibly still
IM> VG93, AY-3-8910. And the rest, most likely, is already nowhere.

With this everything is clear.

Good Luck ...

... Why is Amiga better? No Intel inside, that's why.

DG> It’s always like this - they only took care of their own ;-)

About their own? They've been sitting on xtrades for a year now, which plugs into the Spectrum bus. A few still have Vicoms.

2IM: is it physically impossible to make an adapter?

Sincerely, Dmitry.

MR> because this is not a PC, but a Spectrum -> its native bus should
MR> not be ISA.
IM>> Unreal.

MR> you have to force yourself. You can't name things that are completely obscure -
MR> IBM. IBM is a company. If some thing is made in this company, and it
MR> is called IBM - this is IBM, the rest of the things have their own names.
MR> IMEHA in the sense. Just like cars, which differ in Mercedes and
MR> constipation.
In some things, IBM has already become a common word.

MR> damn, you're a slowdown. I'm talking about JOYSTICKS. Only Logros plays
MR> with sinclair joysticks from the keyboard :) I mean - are there connectors for them
MR>? No?! It's a pity... This is a huge minus...
We were talking about the emulation of button pressing on a personal computer keyboard.

MR> Resale without profit. For as much as I took, I gave for as much. Options
MR> with commission - i.e. money is given after the sale, and not immediately.
What about warranties, repairs, maintenance?..
Is everything free? (We're talking about other people's computers, not our own.)

IM> Fast output of pictures (25 pictures/sec.)

IM> FLI player.
What about MPEG??? Or maybe MPEG2??? :)

IM> WAV player on COVOX.
And Audio MPEG3 layer 3 ??? Weak??? ;)

With best regards.
Andrey.

End of message. Confused? Me too! :-)

DG> Software emulation with all that it implies. The computer itself -
DG> is also, in some way, programmable logic, isn't it? ;)

Your thinking is wrong.
Software emulation is when the processor spins.

DG> Did I ever explicitly deny this? Shadow monitor with professional software -
DG> is the least of Scorp's advantages. Everything before him is basically
DG> glitches, roughly speaking, but to put it mildly ;)

Then Scorpien interests me a little, since I don’t see anything particularly necessary in the shadow industry
. And in general, it’s a shame to advertise hardware hacking tools in front of
the authors of the software ;))))))))))))

IM> The font can be increased, say, 64 characters, and the clarity will be
IM> much higher than in a regular Spectrum.

Think: Spec+6105 - 60 characters are already unreadable, although the monitor has a uniform
surface.
PC+SVGA - 132 characters without problems, although on the monitor triads of colored dots.
The same 132 characters are visible, and 80 - without problems, on MonoVGA 9".
Total: if you make the dots smaller, there will be no special strain...

With best wishes - Andrey Khristov (ha...@robin.alt.ru)

[Team Horse Aviation] [Team beer, girls & sofa]
[Team Electric Welding Must Die!] [Team Khasansky border guards]

DG> So you (with Denis Parinov) show this other thing ;)
That’s how we show it. Denis has already written for an extended screen as an editor.
Now he writes the shell like Norton.

DG> Fix the keyboard.
What exactly should I fix? I just don’t understand what else can be squeezed out of an
AT keyboard that is not in Sprinter.

DG> set it to AY (as I understand, during emulation you have already “lost” a couple
DG> of undocumented features?),
Application, to be honest..
I didn’t lose any features. AY is still in development.

DG> implement SP/M (what to do - you need software),
This is the task of coders, not hardware.

DG> include an adapter for the Spectrum connector in the kit,
For some rubles, most likely.

DG> emulate common modem models (well, if for PLM - what is it worth it for you
DG>?)
Why emulate everything? Is one not enough? If there is a modem in the hardware, then Soft
will be included.

DG> ... In short, more compatibility and
DG> versatility - stress that Sprinter can emulate existing configurations as much as possible
DG> + provides additional
DG> opportunities for software manufacturers + some features that
DG> _maybe_ will be supported by someone in the future.
So this is almost the case allour policy. (The word 'emulate' needs to be fixed.)

DG> Bring back to life the “dead” together with their development companies ATM and Profi!
Is it worth it? What is so special about them that there is no other way to do it?

DG> I almost forgot - connection to the SVG (for a separate price). Then I will buy
DG> if all of the above happens. Honestly, honestly ;)
This is in the plan, but not all at once. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :)))

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█ Once upon a time, Sunday February 01 1998 14:20, Dmitry Meniaylov
█ wrote for Dmitry Grigoryev:

DM> 2IM: is it physically impossible to make an adapter?
Possible. And perhaps we will.

С в ​​” (OLDMAN).
ZXNet: 095/100.1
old...@i-connect.ru

With best wishes - Andrey Khristov (ha...@robin.alt.ru)

[Team Horse Aviation] [Team beer, girls & sofa]
[Team Electric Welding Must Die!] [Team Khasansky border guards]

As for ProfPZU - I agree. There are a lot of glitches. Therefore, I use 2.95 - the last
unprofessional - a minimum of glitches.

AK> Then Scorpien interests me little, since I don’t see anything particularly necessary in
AK> shadow. And in general, it’s a shame to advertise hardware
AK> hacking tools in front of the software authors ;))))))))))))

Nonsense. TM is a tool for hardware debugging, not hacking.

Sincerely, Captain/56.

Or maybe it would be easier to connect a CGA controller?
There is already a write slot, there will be no problems with scanning and screen memory :).

AK> Think about it: Spec+6105 - 60 characters are already unreadable, although the monitor
AK> has a uniform surface. PC+SVGA - 132 characters without problems, although on the monitor
AK> there are triads of colored dots. The same 132 characters are visible, and 80 - without problems, on
AK> MonoVGA 9". Total: if you make the dots smaller, there won't be much strain
AK>...
Let's not compare CGA and VGA...
And the Specky screen is not quite CGA!
Indeed, if you abandon the border and expand working
field on the entire screen, then we get a completely readable 40x80.
How will the Sinclair Public react to the absence of a border???

Don't tell me...
AK> I won't be wrong if I say that fixing _your_ computer in Russia in general
AK> is a bit difficult??

What could be the problem??
Stones are stones in Africa, except that the firmware crashes...
Well then, contact the authors at bow:)..

DG>> ATM and Pro!
IM> Is it worth it? What is so special about them that there is no other
IM> way to do it?
Already ready-made software written for advanced capabilities, which
you don’t have yet. The same CP/M is already on ATM and you can support it at the hardware level, rather than sending people to coders.

Sincerely
┬ ┬┌┐┬┐ ┐┬┬
╨ґ╨╙ґ╨╙ ╨ ╨

AK>> I won’t be mistaken if I say that _your_ computer is generally difficult to fix in Russia
AK>> it’s a bit difficult??

hey, I’m talking about spec :)

SZ> What could it be? the problem??

the problem is that there is so much confusion there over several years that I
myself no longer remember what and where, and how...

SZ> Stones, they are stones in Africa, except that the firmware crashes...
SZ> Well then, to the authors on bow:)..

yes, you understand everything wrong, however....

Good Luck...

... Deliver a pizza? Whoever heard of a liver pizza?

SZ> How will the Sinclairian public react to the lack of a curb???

there are curbs everywhere. It can't help but exist :)

Good Luck...

... Is it PC or WC?