SURVEY 3_1

In Moscow, the weekly newspaper MAXIMUS conducted a user survey. Most
of the questions are blatantly ripped off :-) from a recent survey by Sergei Novikov.
Therefore, it is quite interesting to compare the answers...

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(C) RINDEX
(C) KOLOVRAT

RINDEX> Ugh. Looks like they did it. How much nerves did this questionnaire cost me (and not only me). That's it. It’s better to do the next one in the fall
and not for me. And one more thing. Since by the end there was no more strength left, you should not be offended by our perhaps a little harsh comments. Well, now let's proceed directly to the results of the
questionnaire.

And there were already 66 questionnaires. 37 questionnaires were received online
(and this is good news), and the remaining 29 were filled out
on SysOpnik. One questionnaire came all the way from the glorious city of Kharkov from VIC. And on SysOpnik there was SLASH. That's it.

A little about tables and graphs. Basically, in the table, the first
digit is the place, then comes the title/name, then the number of votes and, finally, the percentages. If suddenly you find several
identical numbers - do not be alarmed, this means this is the placeshared several answers among themselves.

Well, now I will list those who responded to our questionnaire.
First and last names are in the order in which I received the questionnaires.

01. Denis Basargin (RINDEX)
02. Dmitry Kalinkin (74th)/DIAMOND group
03. Maxim Lupan (KREATOR)
04. Grigory Yakovlev (NMi)
05. Alexander Eliseev (CDS)/DIAMOND group
06. Vladimir Bulchukei (WLODEK BLACK)
07. Ilya Myakotin (KOLOVRAT)
08. Victor Soroka (VIC)/X-PROJECT ASSOCIATION
09. Alexey Ivanov (ALEX Research)
10. Viktor Moskalev (LooKER)/MAGIC SOFT/XTM
11. Vitaly Krapivin (RAYDEN)/EMPIRE
12. Evgeny Vikentyev
13. Alexey Kovalev (LORD WINTER)/WINSOFT LTD.
14. Kirill Lyalin (ROCKY)
15. Mikhail Ilyin (Big Wolk)
16. Andrey Nikitin (ANDY NIK)
17. Alexey Kondratiev (RED FOX)/GUC
18. Marat Mulyukov (EVILMAN)/WINSOFT LTD.
19. Sergey Agapov (VISUAL)/MAGIC SOFT/XTM
20. Stanislav Novikov (STS)/RESONANCE SOFTWARE
21. Alexander Popov (RUSSOS)/ECG
22. Petr Voronov (Elly Estel)
23. Roman Gritchuk (ROM)/SEAMANS/PGS
24. Andrey Gorelov (MOR)/SFG
25. Alexey Perfilov (ZX-SOFT)
26. Alexander Nekrasov (DELEALAN)
27. Vladislav (DJ-SOFT)
28. Dmitry Nesmachny (MERLIN)
29. Vladimir Nikolashin (*V*SOFT)/DITRONIK
30. Andrey Kondrashov (KEX)
31. Alexey Ilyukhin (THE RIGHT)
32. Artem Kim (ART-SOFT)
33. Vladimir Pushkov (ALIEN)
34. Sergey Fisun (FUX)/SEAMANS/PGS
35. Alexey Maloseev (GABBER)
36. Sergey Anisimov (KLIM)/MEGADATE group
37. Pavel Gudkov (SILVER CROWN)/WETLANDS ENT.
38. Marianna Abrosimova (SISTER)/MAGADATE group
39. Ilya Abrosimov (EA-SOFT)/MEGADATE group
40. German Akhalin
41. Victor Maukin (JUNGLEMAN)
42. Alexey Antipov (MARILLION)
43. Segey Zaitsev (Big HARE)
44. Vitaly Burovoy (WOLFHOAD)
45. Alexander Martynenko (HOST SOFT/ARGON)
46. Vladimir Taranenko
47. Anton Markin (TRACKER)/MAGIC SOFT/XTM
48. Alexey (MDF HACKER)
49. Pavel Fedin (API)/API SOFTWARE
50. Evgeny Krestyaninov (HIP-HOP)
51. Andrey Sokov (KONEX)/ANTARES
52. Alexander Filyanov (FIL GFX)/ANTARES
53. Alexey Shchedrov (OSCAR)
54. Georgy Valnin (GPV SOFT)
55. Anton Kunafin (KUNF)/STL
56. Mikhail Ivashchenko (MIC)/MPS/PGS
57. Denis Vasilkov (Dr.C2H5-OH)/L.O.S.W.
58. Evgeny Palenok (EVP)
59. Denis Podolsky (SLASH)/ADG/RPSG
60. Alexey Antipov
61. Maria Andryushina (THE LEFT)/DIAMOND group
62. Evgeniy Golyakov (SPENCER)/DIAMOND group
63. Igor Mikhailov (M&G CORP.)/PROFI CLUB
64. Stanislav Kuzin (KSA)
65. Igor Prigun (VIP)
66. TahirDustiev (PROPHET)

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║ 1. HOW OLD ARE YOU? ║
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║ 14 years old .... 2 people .... 3.03% ║ 21 years old .... 1 person. ... 1.51% ║
║ 15 ........ 5 ......... 7.57% ║ 22 ........ 1 ........ 1.51% ║
║ 16 ....... 13 ........ 19.69% ║ 23 ........ 1 ........ 1.51% ║
║ 17 ........ 9 ........ 13.63% ║ 24 ........ 2 ........ 3.03% ║
║ 18 ....... 10 ........ 15.15% ║ 25 ........ 1 ........ 1.51% ║
║ 19 ........ 9 ........ 13.63% ║ 32 ........ 1 ........ 1.51% ║
║ 20 ....... 10 ........ 15.15% ║ 33 ........ 1 ........ 1.51% ║
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║ AVERAGE AGE: 18.46 ║
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KOLOVRAT> Yes... Speccy is no longer a platform for young people. In general, the ZX-User is far from old age and brain impotence, but his age is steadily growing (((

On the other hand, all the young people go to the PC to play DOOM cheaper, and the Amiga is bought mainly by connoisseurs of beautiful
platforms and solutions... And toys too)))) (Food for the mind...)

RINDEX> Maybe, maybe. But in Moscow,In my opinion, there is only one place where Spectrum is sold, and very (even too many) where you can buy a PC. In St. Petersburg it’s a completely different matter, there is competition between Scorpio and KAY, and everyone is trying to hammer into the buyer’s head that his computer is better. But here everything is neglected... It’s a pity.

KOLOVRAT> Yes, and where they sell Speccy, they sell a fairly outdated model without any effort to develop (((. Slightly improved
PENTAGON with clumsy VG turbocharger.

RINDEX> I don’t know, I didn’t buy it, but the Pentagon is selling that for sure.

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║ 2.1 WHAT IS YOUR SPECTRUM? ║
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║ 1. PENTAGON ............ 32 ..... 48.48% ║
║ 2. GRANDROMMAX ....... 18 ..... 27.27% ║
║ 3. PROFI ................ 7 ..... 10.60% ║
║ 4. SCORPION ............. 3 ...... 4.54% ║
║ 5. ATM .................. 2 ...... 3.03% ║
║ 5. Unknown model ... 2 ...... 3.03% ║
║ 6. ATAS ............. 1 ...... 1.51% ║
║ 6. LENINGRAD ............ 1 ...... 1.51% ║
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KOLOVRAT> A clear statement of the fact that Moscow is a city of PENTA-
GONs and similar machines; more than 75% have a productivity of at least 71,000 cycles/int.

RINDEX> It’s a pity that GRM production was closed. Apparently quite a few of them were sold, and PROFI something was wrong...

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████ ║ YOUR SPECTRUM HAS ║
████128K ..... 49 .... 74.24% ║
████ ║ 256K ...... 4 ..... 6.06% ║
████ ▄▄▄▄ ║ 512K ...... 8 .... 12.12% ║
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║ 3. WHAT DO YOU DO ON THE SPECTRUM? ║
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║ 1. Coder ......... 34 ..... 51.51% ║
║ 2. SysOp ........ 18 ..... 27.27% ║
║ 3. Gamer ......... 16 ..... 24.24% ║
║ 4. GFX ............ 12 ..... 18.18% ║
║ 5. I write articles .... 11 ..... 16.66% ║
║ 6. Muzaker ....... 9 ..... 13.63% ║
║ 6. Hacker ......... 9 ..... 13.63% ║
║ 7. Zhelezyachnik ...... 3 ...... 4.54% ║
║ 8. Organizer ..... 2 ...... 3.03% ║
║ 8. Programmer ..... 2 ...... 3.03% ║
║ 9. Designer ....... 1 ...... 1.51% ║
║ 9. Lamer .......... 1 ...... 1.51% ║
║ 9. I teach children .... 1...... 1.51% ║
║ 9. Building charts ... 1 ...... 1.51% ║
║ 9. Supplier ........ 1 ...... 1.51% ║
║ 9. Trader ......... 1 ...... 1.51% ║
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CODER SYSOP GAMER GFX WRIGHT MUSIC HACKER

KOLOVRAT> With such an abundance of coders, the deplorable state of program release in the Capital is very strange;)

Yes, we have more coders than gamers, that’s why they don’t release anything - because they play there is no one, everyone codes and codes...... and
1.5 years ago there would have been 51% of hackers - the fashion has passed!

RINDEX> But fashion changes every year, look next year

there will be 51% of gamers, but you shouldn’t make games like
SMAGLI 1. They won’t forgive you for this.

KOLOVRAT> I think the next fashionable problem will be SYSOP, the first signs are already evident :).

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║ 4. DO YOU KNOW ASSEMBLY AND HOW WELL? ║
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║ 100% ............... 19 .............. 28.78% ║
║ 75%............... 14 ........ 21.21% ║
║ 50% ............... 10 ............. 15.15% ║
║ 25% ............ 9 .............. 13.63% ║
║ 0% ............... 13 ............. 19.69% ║
║ I find it difficult ......... 1 ............... 1.51% ║
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KOLOVRAT> I wonder what level of coding was taken as 100%?
(Subtle hint, isn't it?))))))

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███ ███ ║ Yes .......... 24 .......... 36.36% ║
███ ███ ║ No ............ 42 .......... 63.63% ║
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Fingers, why not a mouse.
(from some questionnaire)

Why do you need a left hand, because you have a right one.
(fromunpublished)

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███ ║ AY ............ 17 ...... 70.83%/25.75% ║
███ ║ KEMPSTON ....... 5 ...... 20.83%/ 7.57% ║
███ ███ ║ Both ............ 2 ...... 8.33%/ 3.03% ║
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KOLOVRAT> Oh, in vain in St. Petersburg they don’t like AY-mouse, in vain... Although they don’t focus on our
market (.

RINDEX> But AY-mouse is not only in Moscow.

KOLOVRAT> Yes, but the most advanced software is made in St. Petersburg specifically for the
kempston mouse and in the application they sell Kempston-mouse devices, perhaps with good intentions of introducing a standard, but at times this does not resemble a banal raking in for themselves.

P.S. The first figure is in percentages from 24 people, and the second of all. 66

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║ 6. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU HAD YOUR SPECTRUM? ║
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║ 5 ........ 18 ....... 27.27% ║ 11 ......... 1 ........ 1.51% ║
║ 6 ........ 10 ....... 15.15% ║ I don’t remember... 2 ........ 3.03% ║
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KOLOVRAT> As you can see, Speccy is mainly owned by those who purchased it in 91-94, when no one knew about the Amiga yet, and PCs had difficulty
learning to nasal with 8-bit SB.

RINDEX> And the Spectrum, by the way, in 1988 was named the best computer!

KOLOVRAT> And in 91, if I I'm not mistaken, A500+, but when was PC
named the best computer?

RINDEX> What do I remember? Maybe he wasn’t at all, who the hell knows.

But not at all! Most likely, it became the best computer when ID-
SOFTWARE made its DOOM.

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RINDEX> One disk drive is no longer in fashion, and rightly so да-ду-да.

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С уважением, Dmitry (OLDMAN).