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May you have eighty-three bags of hryvnyas, Andrew!

Once upon a time, specifically Thursday January 29, 1998 at 2:10 pm Andrew Savichev
wrote All:

AS> Our correspondence has already acquired the character of an off-topic and therefore let
AS> ask you: “If you are so sure that you are right,

Not that, to completely (then it’s pointless to argue), but I haven’t yet heard
arguments with which one could argue.

AS> what are you doing here zx.spectrum?”

I’m discussing the expediency of releasing the Sprinter and its future fate.

AS> We haven’t seen anything like that here... no one is being forced here with a lasso
AS>! But we won’t allow anyone to trample on our ideals!

Hmm. I've already heard about ideals. As far as I remember, where ideals begin
sanity ends.

AS> Do you have any sensible suggestions for the benefit of the Spectrum - express
AS> them, no?...good riddance!

You are in the from field: put Moderator, otherwise it turns out frivolously.

>> On the Internet, no one forces you to pump such volumes
>> (by the way, modems on 14400 are dying out as a class, and on 28800 megabytes it takes 5
>> minutes).
AS> It’s people like you who are dying out, but people like me, they will work until
AS> until they die a physical death!

Such phrases perplex me. For what? Who are you trying to prove something to?For me?
For myself? And what exactly? Or will you basically work on a 1200/NONE modem until it burns out? Or are you just a lover of antiques? I can give you a 300/NONE modem,
the size of a Leningrad-1 board :)

>> AS> So Spectrum is the IDEAL network machine for today!
>> Or about FIDO? Is there a full-fledged FIDO software (mailer,
>> tosser) on the Spectrum? Have you tried reading mail on it? Even in 42 characters per
>> line mode? This is a nightmare.
AS> There are modes with a large number of characters per line!

Ha Pro and ATM-turbo, as far as I know. It was
never on a standard Spectrum.

>> Typing Russian text on a standard keyboard is almost
>> impossible with an acceptable speed. TCP/IP support has not yet been implemented by anyone
>>, imho, it is almost impossible to implement it on 48k,
>> on 128 it is difficult. What network capabilities are you talking about?
AS> If we are talking about the Internet, UUCP is enough for me! and Spectrum, I think
AS> should also be enough for now.

I have never understood people who deliberately limit themselves in
development. Who are you making worse, us? Or for yourself?
A _home_ computer without the ability to access the Internet cannot now
be considered full-fledged. It's 1998, not 1988.

>> Sorry, this is nonsense. And the real one. Computer with continuous RAM
>> less than 256k is practically not suitable for working on the Internet. You
>> ask people how difficult it is to implement (especially on
>> ASMA!) a full-fledged TCP/IP protocol stack. Plus, immediately forget about www -
>> text mode only, that in our time there is suck.
AS> For you, it may suck (since you and people like you are “cool
AS> guys”, but for ordinary people it is quite acceptable!)

You have some kind of poverty complex developing. Have you noticed that you yourself and no one else agree with you? Or do you think that we are all mistaken, but you know the truth?
Maybe. Life will tell.

>> Alas. Can you name a couple of people over 18 years of age who had
>> only a Spectrum at home and no other computer, while having
>> _real_ opportunities to purchase it?
AS> Don't exaggerate!

Can you do it or not? The question is fundamental.

AS> a soldier “from the cradle”, my children (although most likely grandchildren) will sit behind
AS> the Superspectrum! Otherwise, what for would I, a 37-year-old “kid,” be hanging around here
AS>.

Hm-yes. Nostalgia is a great thing. Or maybe this is senile insanity? :))))))

>> With, alas, fantastic features that few people need, and with a price
>> that is 5 times higher than the real price of these features.
AS> Are you saying that the Sprinter board can be made for$20?

I want to say that its real price, at which there WOULD be a demand for it, is $20.
Boards from XT sell for 50 kopecks, although you can’t make it even for $10.
Aging, sir. Technical progress.

>> AS> amazingly promoted, etc., etc.
>> Awesome - these are five articles in this echo???????
AS> And what does the “five articles” have to do with the Spectrum, and as you know
AS> it has been “promoted” since the late seventies!

What does the promotion of the Spectrum have to do with the promotion of the Sprinter? What is
Spectrum, 20% of the country knows what Sprinter is - imho, not even 0.5% can be reached.

P.S. I would like to hear specific answers, and not the voice of offended pride
“they say, you still haven’t seen life!” We saw it.

P.P.S. Why are you writing to this conference not from the Spectrum? Unpatriotic
somehow. What about ideals?

With respect, Tim. [Team Aries - Rulez Forever]