AY-Track: I LOVE SPECCY (ON RULEZ!!!)
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(C) Daniel / PGC / BD
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Chronology of Spectrum'a in the USSR / CIS.
Year 1990
While in the West, the computer was
already widespread in Russia about it
knew by hearsay. Then
c very characteristic schiu c talas bike that,
b c supposedly many amerikans_ c Kie and Japanese students
c had a computer at home, koI c tory helped them with you
c complement home zada3 c tions. In Russia, if somebody
and had a computer, it
officials were children whose parents have repeatedly visited
abroad. This explains the presence of vehicles in our Soviet
citizens. Naturally, it was a Spectrum 48 kb, at least Spectrum
128kb. The machines were imported and p / o on tape.
Year 1991
A major milestone this year was the emergence of disk
operating system TR-DOS! Defense industry as a matter of
order to reconstruct the mass production of home computers that
are compatible with Spectrum'om, is a clone of birth
Spectrum-compatible computers. Happy owners of TR-DOS need to
adapt the tape-version games to the DOS system. So appear the
first Hacker: Chernikov, Nikitin, Rodionov, Skorobogatov,
Vasiliev, Dyupanov etc. Deficiency of the disk version is
strongly palpable, and new versions are widely spread
throughout Russia. But a large mass of users is still sitting
there with a tape-Version Spectrum 48kb! Appear on the market
businessmen who trade tapes. It was in 1991, the company is
born Inforkom. She starts from scratch, on the enthusiasm! In
the magazine "Radio" appeared the first article on Spectrum'e.
Goes Journal ZX-REVIEW.
1992
In almost every region that produced
or a different model of Spectrum, a primitive
and lamerskoy circuitry: Elbrus, Krasnodar, Byte, Moscow;
Delta-C; Companion; Magik, Leningrad; Pentagon and others. It
should be noted the appearance of Pentagon'a who would later
become the accepted standard in CIS (and even overseas) and,
perhaps, Leningrad, later reborn in the Scorpion. Along with
these models appear Xia better: Profi; Scorpion; ATM-turbo. The
market is saturated disc versions of games. Of the software
programs should pay attention to the DCU by Rodionov. Spelling
games nobody has seriously engaged. The price of computers
falls and they become available to almost everyone! At stores
that sell computers, is going to many people. Parents no longer
a problem, what to give her daze birthday! Inforkom feels that
broke it necessary and promising business. Number of users who
buy the (then) brochures ZX-Review, has been steadily
increasing. Advertisement computers "Magik" and "Companion" on
TV!
Year 1993
Number of fans Inforkoma and its products exceed all
possible limits and growing every day! appear first serious
authoring and literate adaptation. Enters the scene, then
little known, a team of CODE BUSTERS! In the CIS appeared disc
version Polish megadem Lira II, and SHOCK, the latter actually
was a shock to everyone, and people are beginning to understand
that Spectrum is far worse and more car than about her then
thought! Sales volumes Spectrum remain large,
software on the shelves not lie. Huge demand Game Controllers
Type Joystick. People play games! Vyacheslav Mednonogov
released game "Pinocchio." Launched OS IS-DOS.
Year 1994
Started serial production controller
TR-DOS and fees for connecting music
coprocessor. Everyone who has enough
funds to buy disk drives and are trying to connect.
Imperfection patterns seen in combustion controllers! Large
deficit becomes a chip KR 1818VG93, which are bent unimaginable
price. Connecting musical coprocessor AY, people with fever are
looking for games, working in co-processor with 48kb! Gradual
transition of people with 48-s models for 128 or more. Across
the country organized the first clubs Spectrum fans. Sales
appear books in Russian like "500 games for
Spectrum, "" Secrets and Passwords "," POKES "and
etc. Thanks Inforkom, people begin to learn BASIC, trying to
break the program, Many master assemblers ZEUS and GENS.
The furore in the market P / O made megademo SATISFACTION, this
is the moment can be considered the beginning of birth
demoscene! Authors megademo - CODE BUSTERS showed everyone that
in Russia we can not program
is worse than behind the hill. At the same time there is a
whole new level assembler TASM 2.0. Across the country are
beginning to organize the group, but it is still in infancy.
From SATISFACTION many know of the existence of the miracle of
the computer AMIGA! In everyday life firmly embedded new and
strange expression - "AMIGA RULEZ"! If you know how to create a
scrolling of the attributes, then you're cool coder! Goes
electronic journal SPECTROFON.
Year 1995
All and sundry, write demos and megademy after watching
SATISFACTION. The basis of any demos of the music and scrolling
text! Appear excellent authoring: "Star Heritage"; "UFO 1",
etc. Organized a large number of hakkerskih
groups. All polls go to 128kb and
sit in TASM 3.0 and STS 3.1. Every child
know what the intro and what it eats!
At the front of the system software to create something
unthinkable! During the year it was written as
software (and bad and good), that perhaps this will never
happen! Inforkom trying to support the authors' developments
and distribution offers! fuel to the fire poured megademo
INSULT, CODE BUSTERS again "Done" all they have become leaders
just born demoscene. Organized by the Association for PRESTIGE
(organizer KAN0). It should be noted the emergence of music
editor Pro Tracker v2.1 by GOLDEN DISK Corp. - Anything like
that at the time was not yet. St. - Petersburg
first place tusovka ENLIGHT'95, about which they know only
"favorites."
Company Scorpion goes to the larger arena, the number of
Scorpion'ov per capita increases dramatically! The problem
arises incomplete adressatsii port # 7FFD. In St. Petersburg
published the first number of the electronic edition
"ZX-FORMAT".
Year 1996
Been a sharp decline in the life of Spectrum, a store
computers gradually disappear from the shelves. The point of
selling software, are closed. People who played enough enough
and seen enough we shall begin to separate for true fans of
ZX-Spectrum and others. Others quickly blamed on
486/Pentium, some on the AMIGA. Remain
people who are ready to cut the throat to everyone who
a word to say against the Spectrum! Produced a large number of
electronic publications (magazines and newspapers), programmers
write good software. From the West more firm P / O does not do!
Being developed computer networks. A lot of software comes
through the INTERNET. The people chasing full
quality version. In St. Petersburg for the first time
officially held party ENLIGHT'96, about
which shall inform all.
ENLIGHT'96 gives a small burst of activity. There is a concept
TRACKMO and EVRODEMO! Spectrum scene firmly stands to his feet
and shows around the world - who are the best coders on the
Speccy. Begins comparison of the two PC and AMIGA. Pentagon
declared a standard.
Year 1997
Spectrum is stsenovoy and underground car. N / a, not having
ties to get very problematic! Spectrum fans engaged svapingom.
On more powerful platforms begins "emulator boom."
Nostalgia for the past tense is haunted, and people are happy
to chase EXOLON on Pentium'e. Bends the electron mass
books! Ceases to yield the first magazine -
Spectrofon. ZX-REVIEW goes to print
publications in electronic and soon
dies. In St. Petersburg organized ENLIGHT'97,
which gathered nemeryannom number
people from the CIS and even from the West! Organization
party leaves much to be desired. Produced test the computer
model Sprinter, made of modern technology with the use of
programmable logic array Company ALTERA. Of the oldest
manufacturers still only firm Scorpion and NEMO, generating KAY
256. Despite this, the market goes a sufficient number of
software, in the main game plan, although there are
system. The younger generation no longer knows
What is Spectrum! The concept of "computer"
equivalent to Pentium.
Year 1998
Level assembly programming
beyond all imaginable limits! In the West, begins era
adaptation of the Russian software based on Pentagon + TR-DOS
their disk systems! On the Spectrum scene, there are fewer
people. held in Moscow party FUNTOP'98. First tusovka entirely
dedicated to Spectrum! ...
History to be continued!
