RVL4 (It wouldn’t be happiness, but misfortune would help :) )
ZXNet echo conference «zx.spectrum»
From Andrew Savichev → To All 22 October 1997
Hayushki!
It’s happened! What had been stirring the brain for a long time flashed with bright lightning and tore apart
the gathering twilight in it. “An accident” with the viewer helped the birth
of something new in the world of electronic publications for the Spectrum. Namely... we became
witnesses of a new phenomenon. “Virtual” Spectrum is recognized a full-fledged
Spectrum, one of the leading, currently operating publications. There are only two steps left to take: music for the soundblaster and graphics for SVGA and we will witness an amazing metamorphosis. The enemy platform, covered from the heart by all the Spectrumists (at the suggestion of the hardmakers) with eloquent epithets, provides "blood
and warmth" Spectrum!
Choo, the roar of indignation of the “straight people” rises like a whirlwind and soon empty beer bottles would fall on my head
;-) ... but praise you, oh Cyberspace!
you make the impossible impossible :). life?
Imagine what would have happened to the Russian people if, during the Tatar invasion
everyone, as one, would have preferred the yoke, death in battle with the hated aliens?
The answer, in my opinion, is obvious. Russian women would have become easy prey for Tatar men :)
To save the Spectrum, we must save the Spectrumists! And any
means are good for this!
The “Enemy Platform” has been around for several years nowworks for the “natural” Spectrum and for Spectrumists. But it doesn’t work effectively enough yet!!!
We need to make it work at least 70-80%
See for yourself what a wonderful effect will come out then.
Floppy disk is not the only way to sell commercial software!
Develop new technologies for network information security and the talents of Sergei Novikov,
Slava Mednonogov, Artem Kharitonov and dozens of other talented people
will be duly paid by all of us - networkers.
Here are a couple of blacks (NETWORKS AND "ENEMY PLATFORMS" WITH THE NECESSARY SOFTWARE), cleverly
managing which, talented people, infinitely devoted to the Spectrum,
WILL SAVE it!!!!!
And for the "naturals" the benefits are also undoubted.
Firstly: all information is reliably stored: old, current and future;
Secondly: people who support Spectrum with their professional creativity are preserved;
Thirdly: experiments with architecture are possible. Before “grabbing a soldering iron”, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to model using software!
Fourth: just the world Spectrum is becoming more open to joint
projects, new unexpected ideas, etc.
Fifthly: virtuals must firmly “get on their feet”, money can be earned
on network exchanges and quite good ones.
And in the end, this money needs to be invested in the creation of new chips - the basis
of more advanced ones"natural" Spectrums. For which there will already be an ocean of absolutely mind-blowing, cool software.
First emulators - then software for them - then implementation in hardware -
causing a quantitative increase in users - a return with profit, the invested effort,
in the form of hard cash.
"Virtuals" can "go into lockdown" short-circuited", or they may fall with saving oil onto the
rusted gears of the colossus.
So - everything is in our hands: both life and death of the Spectrum!
Sergey, don’t make a free RVL for “naturals” and a shell for “virtuals”
don’t do it for free!
Someone needs to invest in a “network protector”, then “pump money from network",
and only then subsidize part of these funds into the production of magazines and newspapers for
“straight people”.
In general, people, especially those who shy away from the jingling of coins, without a normally established
market economy in relation to the sale of publishing and software products
are all doomed to “everyday free heroism”. Yes, heroes accomplish feats, but,
alas, they don’t live long! :(
Have a good hunt everyone! Andrey AKA m@s/CENSUS - the last one from your light
hand, Sergey :)