Letters 15

The survey has already been conducted, and the letters are still arriving... =( Perhaps these ones will
be taken into account in SPF22, in the article dedicated to this survey.

[All msgs corrected by me]

Eldar Nabiullin 2:5054/14.19
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SN> - Your age

18 years

SN> - City

Perm

SN> - Do you have a real Spectrum-compatible computer, or do you
SN> only use an emulator?

I have a real one :) (I download the echo from a friend’s IBM, read it at home)

SN> - What brand of Spectrum do you have and how much memory does it have? (here and in

Profi v4.02, v4.02 512K FDD 5'25 COVOX XT-KEYB B/W MONITOR

SN> - What do you mainly do on the Spectrum: games,

Music, Graphics, & Small code...

SN> - Do you know Assembler and how well do you think?

I know, write I can do anything, but laziness stops my mother...

SN> - Do you have a mouse?

No :(((

SN> - Are you a member of any hacker (or other) group. Name it

Yes, I am the organizer of the Light Future Group
The group is young, the general product is Digital Wave, there was a demo version here...
The classes are based on music and hacking programs

SN> - What is your Spectrum monitor (color/black and white)?

Black and white.

SN> - How many years ago did you getSpectrum?

A long time ago ;) Since 1991-92

SN> - Do you have a disk drive? :) And how many of them (disk drives)?

1 disk drive 5'25

SN> - Is it easy to get new software in your city?

It's not easy now.

SN> - Now they are preparing to release the games Dune 2 and Black Raven. When they
SN> come out, you
SN> 2) buy them from the authors or their official distributors,
SN> 5) take them from friends or download from BBS?

If it’s not very expensive, then point (2), otherwise (5)

SN> - The game you are most looking forward to.

Citadel

SN> - Your very, very favorite Western game.

Chase H.Q.

SN> - Favorite domestic game.

UFO 1&2, TETRIS :)))

SN> - What kind of games do you prefer: strategic, text-based,
SN> dizzy or some other?

A mixture of arcade, strategy and puzzles, as well as beautiful shooter-like ones.

SN> - How are you inclined to adventurs?

Everything I’ve seen is crooked, so I don’t relate to them at all. (exception Zv.Nasl.)

SN> - How do you feel about ripping off games from other platforms, which we see in
SN> lately? Should we continue like this or should we do something
SN> original, our own?

We should definitely make original toys. oh imho if it's done beautifully and
wisely, then the transferred toys are also not bad.

SN> - Your favorite musician.

Black Lord

SN> - The coolest demo, in your opinion.

7thReality

SN> - Which Spectrum artist's works do you appreciate most?

All from DMS.

SN> - Recently, a huge number of computer
SN> magazines have appeared. Which one do you like the most?

ZX-FORMAT

SN> - List the computer magazines that you have ever read

ZF, SPF, SPECTROPHOBY, FAULTLESS newspapers: ONLINE, XRAY, EXTACY, ZXNEWS, etc.

SN> - Do you buy computer magazines from
SN> 2) pirates,
SN> 3) I don’t buy, but borrow from friends or get it from Fido.

More like (2) and (3), more like (3)

SN> - Your favorite newspaper.

ZXNEWS

SN> - The coolest hacker, in your opinion. Don't answer hastily. Remember

CRIS/VBS

SN> - Whose intros do you like the most?

DIGITAL REALITY and SEAMANS BEER USERS HACKER GROUP aka PROGRSS

SN> - Which intro (whose and for which game) did you remember the most and
SN> liked

Navy Seals 1&2.

SN> - Do you like computer novels? Which one did you like the most
SN> of all

It’s not that I like it, I just like it. The Dark Weel [ZX-REVIEW]

SN> - A little strange question. Which game that exists on other
SN> platforms would you like to see on the Spectrum?

Worms

SN> - Let’s say you can buy a pirated version of a certain program for 10
SN> thousand and a branded one for 11 (the pirated version is no different
SN> in quality and volume fromcopyright). Which one will you choose?

If possible, then the author's.

SN> - Is it worth subsequently conducting the same survey in the echo and after how much
SN> time?

Yes, it is worth it, in a month or two and preferably with a larger contingent than in the echo.

SN> - If you want, you can write a couple of lines here for the public, so

People! Don't let Speccy die!
People are interested in working on computer networks, so give people a good modem,
terminal programs, etc.!
People are interested in playing games, so give people quality games!
People are interested in creating, so give them quality programs!
We all love Speccy, if you are not, then you are lost... (c) Dr.D./LFG

Nicolas Viper ni...@uniyar.ac.ru
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> > - Your age

19 (not minutes ;)

> > - City (/village:) where you live (this will help us better assess
> > the situation in the regions).

Yaroslavl, Russia

> > - Do you have a real Spectrum-compatible computer, or
> > do you only use an emulator?

Pentagon128 - rulesz... sort of.

> > - Which one What brand of Spectrum do you have and how much memory does it have? (here and in

128 Pentagon, as already said

> > - What are you mainlyon the Spectrum: games,
> > programming, writing music, drawing or something else?

Everything except writing music

> > - Do you know Assembler and how well do you think?

Cooler than an egg ;)

> > - Do you have a mouse?

No

> > - Are you a member of any hacker (or other) group. Tell
> > her, what she does (demomaking, hacking games or something else).

No

> > - What kind of Spectrum monitor do you have (color/black and white)?

Color TV - yes, it happens too

> > - How many years ago did you get a Spectrum?

7 years ago - my first 48K :')

> > - Do you have floppy drive? :) And how many of them (disk drives)?

1 x 5'25

> > - Is it easy to get new software in your city?

Very

> > - Now they are preparing to release the games Dune 2 and Black Raven. When they
> > come out, you
> > 1) buy a pirated version,
> > 2) buy them from the authors or their official distributors,
> > 3) don’t buy them, because you’re not interested in them,
> > 4) don’t buy them, because you don’t care for the money,
> > 5) take them from friends or download them from a BBS?

Thanks Inet, FINALLY I CAN AFFORD MYSELF to buy from the manufacturer

> > - The game you are most looking forward to.

Raven. The one that is Black

> > - Your very, very favorite game fromWestern.

R-TYPE

> > - Favorite domestic game.

LastBattle

> > - What kind of games do you prefer: strategic, text-based,
> > dizzy or something else?

Everything except willy-like ones

> > - How are you disposed towards adventure games?

Peaceful :)

> > - How do you feel about ripping off games from other platforms like we've been seeing lately? Should we continue or should we do something
> > original, our own?

It’s too early to turn your nose up at other people’s ideas.

> > - Your favorite musician.

All from DigitalReality

> > - The coolest demo, in your opinion.

All

> > - Which Spectrum artist’s works do you value most?

Terror

> > - A huge number of computer games have appeared recently
> > magazines. Which one do you like the most?

Adventurer

> > - List the computer magazines that you have ever read
> > (except Enigma, of course :). If you want, you can write a few words about
> each.

ZX-Format, Spectrofon, Speccy, Oberon, Adventurer, Eldorado (died :)
ZX_POWER, Faultless

> SN> - Do you buy computer magazines from
> SN> 1) authors or their distributors,
> SN> 2) pirates,
> SN> 3) I don’t buy, but I borrow from friends or get it from Fido.
> SN> 4) I don’t read at all

2) -there are no others (Lately a branded ZXFORMAT has appeared)

> > - Your favorite newspaper.

I know only one - Online

> > - The coolest hacker, in your opinion. Don't answer hastily. Remember
> > those who broke the coolest defenses. After all, there are 2 versions of UFOs
> > there are ten! Judge not by the coolness of the intro, but by the strength of the removed protections!

Hacker Cris.
(I wonder, if I wrote a copier for ZX-FORMAT - am I cool? ;)

> - Whose intros do you like the most?

RST 7.

> > - Which intro (whose and for which game) did you remember the most and
> > liked (the time the value was released is not has)?

But I don’t remember!

> > - Do you like computer novels? Which one did you like best
> > all

I hate short stories

> > - A bit of a strange question. Which game existing on other
> > platforms would you like to see on the Spectrum?

Little Big Adventure

> > - Let’s say you can buy a pirated version of a certain program for 10
> > thousand and a branded version for 11

Author’s version!!! eh and after
> > how long?

:) I saw this too by accident

> > - If you want, you can write a couple of lines here for the public, so
> > say “FORNOTES":

Speccy alive, definitely!

Hmmm... I'm kind of too lazy to change the results and recalculate all the percentages... ;(
Whoever didn't have time is late!

Hasta la vista, All.
With God's blessing, Novikov Sergei