> (C) 1997 Sergey Lyapin
Music by Phantom Lord
Here come the New Year. Want
congratulate all Happy holiday
wish them health, happiness and good luck in deeds
and welfare.
On this day, want to talk about sore: about computer problems.
Let same in the coming year, manufacturers and
developers of hardware and software
software will take into account the wishes of the ordinary
Users who cares about the further
the fate of ZX-Spectrum.
At the moment there are a large number of the
Spectrum-compatible computers, on which I want to
pogovorit.Izuchaya various computer periodicals of different
directions more than once I ran into
very original papers persist in trying to convince the vast
army of users that their computer platform is the most best and
that all other computers in the candle them unsuitable. The
same problem does not bypassed, and our modest machine.
Gorgeous and very interesting magazine
"ZX-Revue", a fan is
your humble servant, not just published
Articles of this type, which faced "foreheads" PROS and
Scorpio, IBM, and AMIGA, etc. etc. Lord, where is our
ethic and sense of ordinary human stroke? How are we going to
deal with comparing that cleaner is better than a bicycle, but
the plane is faster than Scooter? Why compare, generalize,
then, that in itself is a whole world,
computer world with his characteristic
advantages and amenities, handicapped
and problems. It seems to me this way
Advertising is unacceptable, one sided, incorrect
and of little use for an ordinary ordinary
Users who "rushes" in the choice of
between computer platforms, as it
One article persuaded to buy a
computer, saying at best that
one another, too, like not bad but not so
cool, not so fast, not as effective and
etc., and at worst - forgetting the rules of ethics
just pour "dirty" opponents in
Another article - on the contrary, and as a result
in the head is complete mess, but at heart
desperate confusion faced with the choice. Seems
already enough to oppose one kind of
computer to another. Need to do communication
Human-Computer interesting, fun, useful and constructive. Much
better to tell in the article on the technical data specific
computer ( whether SCORPIO, TRAC, ATM or any
the other) about the original schematics (but not the type of
what they say here we have it's so good and nice, but those and
those here as ugly, stupid, etc. ) On
software on the machine, its features, and the prospect of
development in the future, about the creative plans for the
creators of the machine, and much, much another, which may help
to understand and orient the user, not a polemic, derogatory
skirmish, and in constructive, interesting and useful
conversation. I respect all the producers and creators of
various Spectrum-compatible systems and would be very
would that it were more correct
and attentive to the needs and requests of users. In this
article I would like to raise Some in my opinion the immediate
problems and inform Coy any interesting, I hope
information. In recent issues of "ZX-Review"
often began to appear on such information in general is not bad
computer as "profiles. It stubbornly prove that he is bigger
and" Scorpio "and any other machine, and not by a description
of its capabilities in the environment of the Spectrum, and
strenuously advertising its ability to CP / M. Although it is
not clear where then this mode. Having at its disposal
PROFI 3 + "and enjoy working in
It was about a year, I nevertheless do not
would be as forceful praise
him. Yes, it is a good fault-tolerant
machine (for the year of enhanced service or
Single unauthorized dumping is not the
that the refusal), a very well-functioning,
in TR-DOS, and in the CP / M and the IS-DOS,
has a turbo mode (I 11Mgts). Work with your printer and other
peripherals without problems videocontroller above all praise.
But not all go as smoothly as hoped be. One of the nice
advantages of this PC is the presence on board
Controller IDE "screw". Plug "screw"
and forth with the song ... seemingly all
fine, but this advantage immediately
turns into a disadvantage. "Screw" will be
work only under CP / M. Why then was
does not ensure its work in TR-DOS and
IS-DOS, thus extending the capabilities
computer, giving the user the right to decide what kind of
environment to use the "screw"? Why producers and programmers
company Condor-KRAMIS "did not care about their
child, resting on their laurels and ghostly relying on chance.
What knowledge is missing? Hardly, I can hardly believe that
such intelligent people do not know TR-DOS and I do not believe
in sophomoric Kirill Gromov, saying that
if they provided information on
IS-DOS, then, maybe, likely, etc. etc. such a driver would have
been written and is under the IS-DOS. So it is especially proud
of here is nothing. Because of this relationship here, because
of such, I may say, "little things" and drops the prestige of
your computer and that have not talked or wrote, but the fact
remains suffer a user from lack of software for
"PROS" (a lot of him in the TR-DOS and IS-DOS
? ), Suffers and the creator and producer, the prevalence of
"PROS" compared even with the same "Scorpio" and "Pentagon", at
least in our city negligible. It remains to hope that software
developers are under it, if not yet extinct fill this gap.
In recent years, strongly rumored
the revival of such a computer, such as, "Amigo." "Amigo",
little known in our province, but even for those sketchy and
contradictory information about her, creating
impression that the computer is very interesting and promising.
But in my opinion the question of its wide distribution in
mass is very problematic and controversial. In
a small town sometimes difficult to get the most simple and
primitive things, not to mention the software and
necessary technical and repair information for the "Amigo", and
its value plus packaging and shipment will be I think
biting. Besides, what would a computer
worthily, you must have existed
technical service centers with a powerful
maintenance base (I think no one would
argue that even the most reliable computers have a habit to
break), the abundance of the most diverse literature with a low
price barrier, and finally a lot of quality time and not too
expensive software. So that too early to put a dot over the i,
and although I have some interesting information on this type
computers. Recently, a German firm announced the launch of the
1997 year, the computer A / box, designed to embody the idea of
re-Platform AMIGA. The heart of this machine is a systemic
controller of the new formation, allowing
achieve unprecedented performance and efficiency of the model.
System memory will allow both
store a variety of data types:
programs, video, audio, etc. It will
have 128-bit bus and 100 MHz, allowing the rate of
exchange of data will be The outstanding: approximately
two GB / s! As the processor going to use one of the best -
PowerPC. 24 hrazryadny channel for video output and a
16-irazryadny for audio - will provide excellent picture and
sound. Among the other features of this computer - parallel
processing of multimedia and 3D-data, freeing the main
processor, PCI interface for expansion cards and
SCSI-2 controller. This computer is also planned to install
AMIGA-"compatible" operating system. Expected price for the
minimum configuration of 16 MB of memory, hard drive and 1 GB
CD-ROM drive will be about $ 2000. So that, as seen at AMIGI yet
all is lost, but the price barrier for this
type of computers is very high and its wide dissemination to
say until necessary. Hopefully, the new
1997, the year will bring us more good and
successful and will help to solve urgent problems. On this
optimistic note I finish my article about the problems with the
provincial point of view. P.S. Who can solve the problem with
the support of the hard drive for "PROFILES" under IS-DOS and
TR-DOS please write to:
352903
Armavir
Krasnodar Region
Oktyabrskaya N 141,
Lyapin SA
or tel: 7/4/1926
