Editorial ZF hopes that with
Reference information below stakeholders
resuet both users and
manufacturers Spectrum-sovmes
reversible computers and software
obespecheniya.Esli you have
any thoughts "about" or
specific proposals, we will
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judged on the pages of our grief
Cho loved and respected
magazine.
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Studio X-TRADE and HACKER
STINGER announce their joint development. We attempted (quite
successfully) the establishment of a fundamentally new music
boxes for ZX-SPECTRUM.
Recently topic
alternative music for SPECCY
deeply lodged in the minds of Hacker and
programmers, as evidenced by the recently appeared
time a large number of programs, reproducing digital music,
such as the INSTRUMENT, DIGITAL PLAYER, etc. Attempts were made
to join ZX-SPECTRUM console type COVOX hoping to get a
satisfactory sound quality.
Unfortunately, these attempts
can not be called successful - enough to compare the sound
COVOXa on SPECCY and IBM PC (Feel
difference!). All this is explained
low productivity Z80
compared with more modern processors. Besides playback of
digital music robs Z80 almost 100% of its
computer time, so neither of
any other processes in parallel with the music and speech can
not can. Especially on the digitized
special effects in games.
So we decided not to waste, and immediately make a cool
thing! Our musical map "ZX GENERAL SOUND", as we know it
called, they are a self-microprocessor system of four
independent Channel 8 bits, with its domestic BIOS-th and
memory allocated specifically to the music.
What is cool?
1. "ZX GENERAL SOUND" practically does not take away time from
the main processor, which allows the use of music at any time
the computer, without paying attention to load the main
processor.
2. The music is not wasted memory
computer.
3. Ability to use superspetseffektov in games, as well as
voice messages.
4. The ability to play music from your PC and AMIGA
IBM PC.
5. A simple connection to
SPECTRUM'u, and in fact you do not need to make any
improvements.
6. Not very high cost,
approximately equal to the cost of domestic drive.
7. And, most importantly, is incomparably better quality stereo
sound compared with AY8910/12 and COVOX
- Like gadgets.
To the above must be
add that many of the leading
programmers are aware of Peter
our development and agreed
create under it SOFT.
Work on the "ZX GENERAL SOUND"
is a long time, and at this
moment there is a prototype that requires little cleanup
(Because all the time new ones come
brilliant ideas), as well as being an uphill struggle for the
reduction its cost.
But despite all the difficulties, we plan to spring to
please users SPECCY.
X-TRADE software
DANGEROUS (back to
SPECCY from AMIGA).
HACKER STINGER (back
to SPECCY from IBM PC
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