Unbeliever^Speed Co. (Muchkaev Maxim)
Samara, Russia
Paper letters as sender or recipient · 35
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PCB news, CC trophies, and Kovrov ZX scene
DMan sends a CD containing PCB's wild compo entry, ZX software, and Amiga demos. He details hardware troubles in Kovrov, SaiR00S's work on the final release of the LF demo, and tests of Perfect Commander by Jeez. DMan urges Unbeliever not to abandon the ZX Spectrum for the Amiga, suggests custom trophies for Chaos Constructions winners, and shares news about beginners Virtual Masters who are attempting to revive the Darkwing Duck game project
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Invitation of Maksim Muchkaev to Chaos Construction'999
Chaos Construction'999 organizers Vsevolod Potapov and Aleksandr Monastyrenko invite Maksim Muchkaev (Samarian Division of Extreme) to the demoparty in Saint Petersburg on July 3–4, 1999. If he submits a demo or intro compo entry, free two-day passes are guaranteed for him and two group members. The organizers hope for a release matching last year's quality, direct attendees to their website for rules, and note they cannot cover travel costs.
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Born Dead Diploma, Scene Debates, and CC TAP Rules
Demiurge Ash sends Unbeliever a first-place diploma, praising the Born Dead magazine and urging him to publish it more often. He clarifies details about entering the Eddy work at the Forever party and laughs at an article in #z80 aiming to make peace between him and opponents like Arty and Diver. He also inquires about conflict with Goblin from XTM and criticizes Random's requirement to provide CC demo entries in TAP format due to memory issues.
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Oberon Ad and Voxon & Raider Comeback
Lyokha (Fikus / Flash Inc.) from Novosibirsk writes a reply to Max and sends disks with various software. He mentions that the disk containing the catalog includes his GFX advertisement and asks to include it in the Oberon electronic magazine. In scene news, Fikus shares that demosceners Voxon and Raider intend to return to the ZX Spectrum and amaze the community with their new releases.
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Izhevsk Scene, IMAGE Group, and Soft Trading
Dragon (Dmitry Zamyatin) of Atlantic/IMAGE (Izhevsk) replies to questions from Maksim (M.M.A) from Samara. He explains how he organizes his software catalog, describes the formation of the IMAGE alliance with Excess and Virtual Code, promises to retrieve held-up disks from Kirill Nikitin, and provides a list of trading contacts and group hardware setups (Profi, PC). Dragon offers music tracks by Punker, Predator, and Striker for Oberon magazine and requests games and mags like Doom, Warcraft, and Dune-2.
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Organizing the ZX Spectrum Party Di:Halt:99 in Dzerzhinsk
ORGANISM / #F0FF, on behalf of the organizing committee (FACEOFF ASSOCIATION, POWER PROJECT, MASTER HOME COMPUTERS GROUP) from Dzerzhinsk, informs Unbeliever about the preparations for the pure ZX Spectrum party Di:Halt:99. He highlights the secured venue, ready competition rules, an upcoming invitation demo, affordable ticket prices, and a convenient location. Seeking support from Samara sceners, he notes that groups PROXIMA and ETERNITY INDUSTRY from Kovrov have already committed to attending.
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CD Exchange and Soviet Computer Emulators
Leonid (Vampire) acknowledged receipt of Maksim's CD, sent his own CD (v2.1) in return, and discussed CD distribution options and the availability of version 2.4.
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Slash of ADG Answers Max from the Army: Demos, Packers, Amiga
Slash (ADG, Prestige) replied to Max from the army: he promised to send ADG demos and pointed to Enlight in St. Petersburg for the intros and the megademo. He asked for magazines or addresses of Slick's Creative Hacker's Group and Welcome Press, and offered Faraon cooperation if his work matched RST's level. He named Amiga coders, said Prestige had implemented the "pack 'em all" theory 250%, and promised to send every compressor he could find. He listed what he could send (ZX-Format 4, Agony, UFO 2, SpectroFon, Online), described the ADG lineup and quoted prices for the Amiga 600 and 1200.
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A 1990s ZX Spectrum Scene Letter from Pskov
Serega (alias Sir Tormashnik of Maniacs Co.), a 19-year-old conscript and programmer-artist from Pskov, replies to a ZX Spectrum-scene correspondent named Max. He asks for contacts of other programmers, artists and musicians, describes his faulty Scorpion Turbo setup (no #1FFD switch-off, digital music doesn't play) and asks that this be considered in any software swaps. He lists his projects: Dizzy-Editor, Mega-Base, Cherepanovo-1, Pro-Windows, Pro-Icons (87% done, abandoned when he was drafted) and Gen's (an AY sound generator written in 4.5 hours), plus boot loaders and viruses he won't share. He notes the Spectrum scene in Pskov is dead, asks for new Scorpion-compatible software on disks by cash-on-delivery, and gives a phone number (hard to reach him), since he has no network access.
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A 1997 AMIGA Computer Guide: From the A600 to a PowerPC Professional Workstation
Organizational matters of the EXTREME association: appointment of a regional representative for Samara, participation of the bands MAGIC SOFT, MEGACODE, and BEERMANS in the Enlight'97 festival, a proposal to distribute OBERON magazine under the EXTREME label. The main section is a detailed overview of the AMIGA computer line—from the basic A600 to the top-end configuration with a PowerPC processor and Blizzard accelerators—with pricing and application areas (from home use to professional rendering and video editing).