Hardware Retrofetishism
elph / CPU
Clear'u helping in finding and translating materials for the
previous article, I have crystallized some thoughts, disturbing
the mind from time to time. Not attempting to change the style
Review article man, well versed in the gland, I
decided here talk about how
I see the problem of existence
our cake and your eyes on the road
its solution.
To begin with, that I think works one of the highest
manifestations of human existence, and therefore I'm interested
in art, as its fruit. I I appreciate and respect people who
create new hardware for our platform, but only up until
it is not transformed into a fetish.
I am somewhat saddened open letters Nemo (and I paid for
They note, given that he
actually the last manufacturer of the Spectrum-compatible
machines in Russia). The man who denies the many achievements
of modern civilization, as imposed our Western culture, it
seems, he does not realize that sold her the
one of the first. And what else can be said repetition of a word
'Money' with a constant mantra?
The denial of the Internet, informed that the stupidity and
futility prevails there over the helpful information? Quite
funny ... this is obvious - the Internet is a reflection of the
real world, and if there is 90% of people spend their
time for discussion thread
dirt, pour daily
media, there will be an identical situation. But learning how
to find a grain of truth in realnosti, we be able to use the
network to more quickly achieve their goal. Only with the
Targeting of Humanity is always a problem ...
As Nemo positions its
machines? Use as a word processor? Getting more computational
power using 7 mhz? Why all this? We do not be able to compete
with multinational corporations that control the production of
'Home' computers. So do not better to focus their efforts in
another channel?
We can samorealizovyvatsya themselves in the arts,
participating in the development of the young, but certainly
very significant manifestations of modern life as demomeyking.
Here you can send their feelings, to reveal their feelings,
tell us about his worldview.
Means a lot, and megahertz with
MB has nothing to do with it, people
ages do without it,
incarnating themselves in music, painting and literature. Yes,
create their works can be and
'Magnificent' MBytes turbokae, discarding once
time history and the experience of our platform, as most work
of past demo- years will look like here is not the best way. A
development without the knowledge of and respect for history is
often lead to impotence. I envy kommodorschikam in this regard
- practically, they have only two types of machines - pal and
ntsc, the latter being distributed mainly in America, where the
demoscene is virtually absent. Developers AmigaOne, probably
also wondered about the preservation of historical baggage
platform, which made so much for the development demomeykinga
in Europe at the time - to This modern in all respects to the
G3/G4 processor machine can be connected to conventional
Amiga1200, thus receiving a dual-processor system with optional
ability to run applications on the native hardware.
So why does reading the specification Sparky, SpeccyBob,
Spectrum3e, SpectrumSE I often saw only a vague mention of such
parameters as the number of cycles in a row, and 'slow' slow
memory (which By the way, even on the original
Spectrum works differently)? Impression that
creators of machines is not quite
understand the purpose of the activity ...
So, I need a Pentagon. Pentagon, the parameters of which have
long known and time tested.
Pentagon, where I can see Tryptomine Dream,
Shit4Brains, Power UP and many
other works the way it conceived of the authors. Pentagon,
which does not fall apart when I'll take it on Altparty or
Forever, to show to our western friends abyss of its domestic
world.
I remember Lyra, Shock, Dies
Irae, Higher State, etc. - No
secret, that produce a fix
The Pentagon is much easier than do the inverse operation.
First coming to mind proof of this is
tr-dos-version Loosing Victoria,
Made Triebkraft. On the other
side - an unsuccessful attempt to make a scorpion - compatible
Insult version with cuts in many parts.
Emulators - is not a panacea
dying gland. This is undoubtedly a powerful tool will always be
a program working in a foreign operating
environment. And it was not in sound and video modes - business
in magic. Magic fusion of man and
machine, implemented for the sake of creativity at the deepest
level only a few platforms
today. And we have much to be proud of in this regard, but much
more be achieved. Only
recent years demomaking ceases to be a sport. We finally
began to pay more attention to
feelings. And this path is unlimited
and diverse. It is our responsibility to preserve the history
and rituals for future generations.
Technology today is not the same as
were 10-15 years ago, in random
times of appearance of Russian Spectrum clones, nevertheless
giant multihull monsters occasionally appear
Now, one has only to recall
Ukrainian development that made a lot of noise about a year ago
and burst like a soap bubble
because of the insolvency of the authors.
It is now possible to get a car identical to the modern
Pentagon, looking inside, not as entangled wire slot
extraterrestrial beings. The problem of professionally trained
people able to implement it. Think here it's not the money, so
how this issue could
would help many who are not indifferent to the fate of our
platform, its life in the new millennium.
All this is nothing more than a reflection
on the theme, exciting me even with
During our conversation with Unbeliever'om in 1999.
Unfortunately, I have not seen in the press articles on people
who are able to translate these fairly realistic ideas. I hope
the situation will change, time will put everything in its
place, that's only if there are those who are interested in the
spectrum now, at a time when will it happen?
