(C) Paracels
Hello, dear readers. That came as expected by all Satanists
new year. Why are Satanists? Because that among the 1999 has
three nines - and turn it all yourself understand. However, I
am sitting here and writing this article does not Satanists
(although it would not hurt to read, and then, I suppose,
except Satanic Bible and anything they do not know), but for
people who every day wake up with the idea of the best 8-bit
platformeSpektrum.
So, before the 2000th year, there were only-nothing, but it
would not hurt learn from what we came to this turn of the
millennium (or the millennium), that the newcomer has appeared
in the disposal of our coders, musicians, artists and users.
Well. Declare almost a regular section on the Review of the
software programs officially open ...
By this number, Buzz, we have collected as many as 12
software programs for a review.
It is safe to say that last year was supportive of the
artists, for all sorts of programs to draw there were many.
Some of them now will be described in our review, and one even
found in the annex! Slightly less fortunate coders, though it
wiser life people do not have anything except for the
assembler, STS'a and, perhaps, bottles of beer:) Just left out
our review will be musicians, but they have not avoided this
year: the guys from the group E-Mage, Golden Disk, and Global
Corp have released their music editors: PSC v1.06 (c00l!), Pro
Tracker v3.01 and Global Tracker v1.0 sootvetstvenno.Bolshe
same all fortunate simple user - the people rejoicing any
program.
Well, Happy New Year 1999 the Year YOU! Read this review and
Do not judge strictly.
TEXT MAKER v0.12c
(C) 1998 Fast Group
Another product of the city, known for its magazine and a
number of people living ZXClub Dima Pyankov.
Text Maker, created by FAST Group, is to be commended. Use
this program very useful. And it needs to create
horoshooformlennyh HELP / emails or simply interesting texts.
People who read the help of this program and knowing that in
the TM used my "turbo-dryver, my praise may seem pure flattery.
Think so, permanent our readers - your constitutionally
guaranteed right, by a wish to assure you that this is not
true. Interface is very friendly TM'a: you fly inverted cursor
on the windows and partitions to are all written in Russian, so
that problems with understanding those or other functions
should not be. The program has a built-in text editor (ZX-Ibm),
vyrezalkoy sprites, etc. In Generally, all at your fingertips.
It is possible to change the font, the arrows piktogrammok and
at its discretion. The work resulted in the Text Maker may be
ready to use file, which is a artistically decorated your text.
However, mastery of design depends entirely on your design
abilities.
Among the programs of this type Text Maker can be called one
of the best.
EXCESS SAMPLE EDITOR v1.4
(C) 1998 Excess Team
Continued wonderful program for working with digital
sounds, which became a real blockbuster in the area. In one
of back issues Buzz'a we have described an earlier version of
this program created by the guys from the Kazan team Excess
Team, therefore, the description of this version let me confine
a story about some new features.
Now you have an opportunity to make fun of the sound with
using HF FILTER'a and functions ROBOTIC (c00l). Greatly
expanded menu conversion. This version supposedly has support
for ESE General Sound'a (devaysa thereof have, unfortunately,
not, therefore, can not say for sure), and exactly - support
the coolest zvukovyvodyaschego device in history humanity -
powerful BEEPer or simply - beep'er. There awesome, in their
size, setup, a possibility we walked the window.
Yeah! Everything makes me happy in this program. And
especially the fact that The authors finally seems (???), fixed
disk driver, that error so snarled drive that is not in itself
has become, and the drive was sorry.
BEST VIEW v2.6
(C) 1998 Ivan Roshchin
Last, at the moment, the editors of this remarkable
universal smotrelki texts, images, fonts, etc., created Ivan
Roschin living in first-throned. With version 2.0, published in
ZF # 8, BV noticeably prettier. Briefly describe some of the
innovations, which, by the way will be said, very a lot.
Now you can not just watch the texts of all (except STORM)
assemblers, but also use BV as a universal converter: just
download the file asmovsky in BV, it is his perekonvertit in
the text, and then accomplish your goal the result to disk.
About what kind of unsubscribe button text on the disc,
unfortunately, I do not remember, but it is written in the
help. Finally, you can watch files with long (up to 80
characters) lines. BV them, however, does not carry as Burst
Eyes, but that's nothing. Appeared in such fashion Recently,
bells and whistles, like a scroll bar (aka scroll bar'y). Now
the forces of Best View You can learn almost everything about
the packed block from the form Cruncher (and they recognize a
great many), and ending with autostart. Moreover, now Hrust'om
packed files automatically uncompressed before viewing. Also in
this version appeared screen graber. Except that now looks even
ZIP BV and ASC LZ-files!
Yes, .. Ivan Roshchin set to work creating a better
smotrelki with most resolute intentions, and, in my opinion, he
did it perfectly happened.
EXCESS DELUXE PAINT v1.0 demo
(C) 1998 Excess Team
And again, the product of Excess Team, and certainly the
future blockbuster. This, as you probably already guessed, the
new demo graphics editor. And the word "demo" even once, and
not suited to this program, because already it can completely
easy to draw cool graphics.
The most that neither has a graphical interface just happy
eyes, but every now and then vary depending on the selected
function cursors is a pleasant job. Is to say that this editor
is really superior to Art Studio, and it is - so far only the
only type of notable programs of this sort! In edit mode, there
are all kinds increase, when the cursor borders of the screen,
the image starts automatically scrolled, ... and a bunch of any
nice things waiting for you in EDP. Already a quick job with
the disc can not be said about the speed of a snail Art Studio,
pleasantly pleased. Wonderfully drawn piktogrammki please any
artist, but the greatest of them set that characterizes the
amount of any functions, makes proud of this editor. Of the
amazing features you can select grayscale, wash out 'disaring,
work with two bitplanami and etc.
EDP are the most pleasant experience, even for such a
picky artist (from the word "evil"), as I do. Colleagues! Look
for this program, and you will not regret it. In addition, we
are waiting for a sequel, because it is - just a demo version
(which can be taken for a full :))).
LASER COMPACT v5.0
(C) 1998 Dmitry Pyankov
LC! Well, who are not familiar with this program and its
author, who created sensational as the movie TITANIC, packer
HRUST. Rejoice, people. This is a continuation of the steep
packer picture LASER COMPACT by Dmitry Pyankov! If you
remember, we have described LC v4.0, therefore, by tradition,
confine listing of new features and bloat.
As expected, the pictures in this version of LC packed
even stronger. "What could be stronger?" - You will say. It
turns out there! Yes, from the DP can expect anything. For
example, in this version you can pack an entire group of files
using "file-descriptor", which should list the names of all
files you want to shrink. Now, in the LC have 3 types of
depakera and you can choose. And in version 5.1 is planned to
increase the speed of compression mode BEST 3-5 times!
Laser Compact v5.0 has a real gift in the past year
for all lovers of kranchinga.
PC ZIP
(C) 1997-98 Michael Kondratyev 'Gavrilov Roman
People who do not have a PC or close contact with this
platform, this software may not be necessary. But we liked it.
Need it to unpack PC'shnyk. ZIP files on the Spectrum. And, as
we discovered, the files clamped pisishnym zip'om take up less
space than files zip'om clamped on the Spectrum. However, this
was expected. We've already popolzovavshis this program for you
and we were pleased with her work, and what you wish. It is a
pity that the next version of PC ZIP'a under great question,
because the author goes into all of us a "favorite" Army RF.
However, PC ZIP distributed with their own sources in XAS'e, so
there is a chance that there are activists who are able to
continue the good work. Hopefully.
DCM protection kit v4.1b
(C) 1998 Sat / Extreme
Fans can enjoy all kinds of tread - this program
for you. Very original 2-sectored zaschitka burglary, written
by a very friendly person we Sat'om of Extreme (hello, Max!).
Personally, I enjoyed her break, and eventually I was
satisfied. The only pity is that the protected DCM programs
refuse to work from many boot'ov. Although this is only
beta-version, and besides, freeware, so no complaints.
In general, programmulinka even very good, and I, as a lover
of protections liking. We will continue to wait.
Consul Commander v3.33
(C) 1998 Phantom Family Corp.
The next version of one of the best commanders of the
Cheboksary Phantom Family. In a previous issue we described the
CC v3.00, and now briefly explain the main differences this
version.
Consul now supports extended memory, namely: Scorpion
256-1024, Pentagon 256-512, Profi 256-1024, ATM turbo 512,
Turbo 2 + 1024. Happy owners of Scorpion is now at the touch of
RESET'a can go back to the commander (if in the process of
running the program, it certainly was not destroyed). Discs
formatted in a CC quickly and easily be read on PC. As promised
the authors, this version is implemented Commander STEEP mask
(what it escarpment suggest themselves to understand). In
addition, now you can write off on Setup disk with all of your
settings.
As expected, the clipboard to copy, though not
significantly, but still decreased from 491 sectors to 488 + /
-1 sector. Dr. Sioux, a he is the author of CC, is likely going
to continue to "promote" their commander, which gives us the
right to wait for the next, not less sharp, Version Consul
Commander'a.
DOS 2 DOS COPY v2.0
(C) 1998 Red Limited Drunkards Group
Very useful program from Red Ltd. from Yoshkar-Ola. Need it
for quick and easy transfer of files to Ms-Dos to Tr-Dos and
back, as well as for formatting disks in Ms-Dos. DOS2DOS with
those their duties quite good job.
When transferring files it is possible to record in two
formats: Ms-Dos and Hobeta. Ms-Dos disks can be formatted as
360kb, and at 720kb. There is a possibility of cutting the
files on disk MsDos if their length exceeds 65,280 bytes.
The new version will make a full window-turnout interface.
In general, it is very convenient in its use, and should be
useful vsem, who deals with the transfer of files from Ms-Dos
to Tr-Dos. Not all the same life Zx-Word'om yes IsDos'om enjoy!
Modern WorD v1.3
(C) source Eliseev
(C) rmx Demiurge Ash
In the 16 th issue of Buzz, I have already described the MWD
v1.00b. Since then, many pieces have already appeared this
serila. If I remember correctly was the MWD v1.12, 1.13, 1.14,
1.2 and now appeared Modern WorD v1.3!!! What's new in this
version?
It is now possible to switch encodings YAVERTY and
QWERTY. By the line scrolling text Speeding at least 2 times
that I personally like very much. Now you can quickly Output
from the main menu in the edit mode by pressing SPACE. During
the editing process in place, where before it was written the
word File, you can watch a character code, which is cursor. New
function to delete a row by pressing combinations of keys and
then EXTEND L. Especially for those who wrote texts in the 42
characters in the ZX-Word'e, introduced the possibility of
including attribute markings to do this, simply press the
EXTEND, and then Y. Starting with version 1.2 in MWD a built
ASCII converter pictures, written SaiR00s'om. Also you can now
change the embedded font on your own. To this end, the disk
must be written to file wordfont, length of 2048 bytes.
MWD generally very pleasant to use. That is why all
My article in this issue written by the editor. Already
to light a new version of MWD v1.4 beta and MWD v2.0 alfa, in
which appeared even more bells and whistles. We'll wait for the
full version.
E-Mage WorkStation
(C) 1999 E-Mage
Something completely new from the field commanders decided
to present a well-known group of Grodno E-Mage. EWS - really
different from all I've seen Cmdr. As the authors themselves
write, EWS is based on the graphical user interface, an analog
that has on the Amiga in the program File Master.
A remarkable, in my opinion is a feature odnofreymovaya work
with windows (using izpolzovaniya second screen window appears
behind the frame). And the opportunity to work with kemspton
mouse can not but rejoice. From non-standard approaches to the
Spectrum to the different functions of the commanders in the
EWS mozhno highlight The following interesting things:
√ work with two file panels;
√ scrollbars of frame files (ulet!);
√ function of preserving the directory in the file;
√ function MOVE - analog pc'shnoy (file transfer);
√ work with groups of files, DELETE and RENAME;
√ viewing of labeled images;
√ The original manager overlays.
In general, the program leaves the most pleasant experience.
S very easy to use, especially if you have a mouse. But
and QAOP, M, SPACE can handle (sorry SINCLAIR is not involved).
All work with turbo drive, but the recording quality for the
preservation of information is made in normal mode.
I do not know whether you want to write, but still want to
warn you. At EWS we have seen very, very nasty bug. Maybe he's
seen only here because of the turbo-WG, but you do not well to
know about it. So, if you copy or optimization Disk EWS mozhet
(we this happened quite frequently) to spoil 1 st sector of any
(!) File. Read it will be great, but Here is information on it
will be lost. What is the reason for this phenomenon is
unknown. Hopefully, the guys from E-Mage will see this review
and fix this bug, and then just a sin not to have such a
wonderful program!
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------------- That, dear readers, and reached the end of my
review. I want to just add that at this point is already out
Hrust v2.1 by Hrumer aka Dmitry Pyankov, but this next time.
That's all. Getting to wait for the end of the world;))) See
you later, maybe ...
Torn apart by fear in the face of
grya vious ARMAGEDDON'a, but still
with respect,
Paracels.
