Unbeliever^Speed Co. (Muchkaev Maxim)
Samara, Russia
Paper letters as sender or recipient · 40
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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).
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A letter from Ulyanovsk to Samara: a ZX CD collection, a better viewer than X-COLOR, and restored newspaper issues
A damaged DEJA VU disc and a request to send it back are discussed, along with friends' reactions to the RGB AGRESSION demo and the idea of writing a more advanced viewer to replace X-COLOR. A PROGRAF demo sent to the ZX.SPECTRUM echo group is mentioned, along with a drive to gather demand for a ZX software collection on CD-ROM: there are several confirmed buyers, and prepayment, warranties, and a possible in-person meeting in Samara are discussed. Also discussed are a trip cancelled "on a whim," a request for a phone number (with instructions on how to contact a neighbor if they're away), information about recovered newspaper issues, and interest in SCENERGY magazine.
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Reflections on the swastika and the RNE movement
A letter about neo-Nazi groups and the RNE movement, the origins of the swastika and hammer and sickle as symbols, and scene-related matters: the development of the MWD 2.0 text editor, the sale and possible cracking of the game "12TK," the controversy surrounding the publication of other people's private letters in Buzz and Born Dead, the authorship of a boot screen, and a detailed discussion of the contents of a new pirated ZX/PC disc collection (emulators, drawings, games). It concludes with a handwritten "ex-libris" signature featuring a personal mark the author calls a "twisted cross."
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"Speccy Rulez!" — D-Man Writes to Samara After FT'98
The author congratulates them on 3rd place at FunTop'98, grumbles about his own demo's failure, asks for full party results, and recounts the Edge Of Sanity saga: SAT/XTM abandoned the project, assets were reused elsewhere, then it turned out the demo was allegedly finished. Part two covers SAT's contact info, material from DOXYCON'98, and the announcement of BUZZ-16 for both ZX and PC.
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Letter from D-Man in Kovrov: BUZZ, FunTop and a Wanted List for Samara
Topics include the BUZZ and OBERON diskzines, FunTop demoparty prep, group roster (ZX-Division and PC-Division), projects TRICK, "12 Secret Books", Siluet, replies to a Wanted software list, floppy disk shortage, a group photo, a cheat code for Raven, and a warning about a turbocharged disk interface.
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Letter from Sergius in Kovrov: Oberon Is Over, Waiting for a Reply from Samara
The author mourns the end of the Oberon magazine, thanks Maxim for software and disks, encloses a local newspaper with an FT'98 article, jokes about illegible handwriting, and asks for details on Speed Co. members and Spectrum users in Samara. Topics include floppy drives, disk quality, photos, a TR-DOS-capable emulator, and a copy of Magnetron.