IS-DOS - IS-NEWS - "News of the World IS-DOS".

ZX Format #05
  Category "News of the World IS-DOS". No 5

music by DNK
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   IskraSoft firm announces the release of
light of new programs for users
system IS-DOS:

1. Disassembler software - allows you to get out of any 
com-ovsky file his source code in assembler. Program

useful both for writing and debugging
their programs, and in the study already
available. Disassembler is compatible with
Assembler IS-DOS, and also supports
most of the undocumented commands.

2. Oriental game of Go - the ancient strategy game in which 
play alternately be exposed to field chips. Goal of the game - 
chips surround the enemy and capture the maximum possible area. 
The program is designed for two players, It emulates the 
playing field, watching order of moves, the game takes into 
account and calculates the score. 

3. Program ALPHA, designed to
the printer downloadable fonts. If your printer supports 
loading fonts into memory (EPSON, MC6313, MC6337, and many 
others), you can print his original script with

speed almost equal to the rate
Print in plain text mode. In
Supplied font editor format EPSON LX800, resident
Print program, a set of fonts (Russian regular, bold Russian, 
Russian Handwritten, Greek, Mathematics,

astrology).


   Buy new programs can be

    ONLY in our office at


     St. Petersburg,

     Forest, etc. etc. 65 Bldg. 1,

     Iskrasoft,

     Programs Division,

Tel. Inquiries:


     245-90-11 from 11.00 to 16.00

     ask the Software Division.

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               - II -


   Experts of firm IskraSoft cooperation with the firm KAY 
developed and entered into sell hardware and software complex

support among IS-DOS on the ZX-compatible computers, the 
controller hard disk interface IDE.



    The controller allows you to connect
"HDD" IDE to Spectrum-compatible
PC KAY256, and use it
medium IS-DOS. The controller connects
directly into the computer system connector
KAY256, also possible to connect it to the
other models of the ZX Spectrum by
connector.


    From the previous design - Controller MFM - this system 
compares favorably with the simplicity and reliability, small 
size and power consumption, greater prevalence of IDE-drives, 
and the fact that the controller is sold in

Collect and MOOD FORM WITH CHECK
In the presence of the customer.


    Software support for implementing
special driver ide +. blk. Comes assembled and set up fee, 
documentation (passport, instruction), a diskette with a 
reduced set of IS-DOS and software software controller.



    At your request, our experts
will help you in your markup, formatting
Your hard disk and installing programs.

Tel. Inquiries:


     245-90-11 from 11.00 to 16.00

     ask the Software Division.

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    Another novelty of IskraSoft - a new keyboard driver for 
IBM Controllers manufactured by PROFI and Nemo. 


    The new driver includes a modified table layout keys 
kay.tbl, through which all Russian letters (in

including b, x, x, e, w and b) are exactly those keys in which 
they are located at the IBM-compatible computers. This further 
brings Spectrum of professional machines and

will help you as when typing, so
and during the development of methods of professional
typewriting. Due to changes in layout, some keys, the driver 
comes with a new version of the file extkey.txt, which must be 
placed in the directory SHELL system drive instead of the 
existing one. 

Details - on the same telephone number:


     245-90-11 from 11.00 to 16.00

     ask the Software Division.
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                - IV -


          With the IS-DOS - to school!


    Attention of heads of schools, gymnasiums and lyceums.


    The software division of a company Iskra Soft
cooperation with the firm Peters has developed 
hardware-software system of local network for a computer class 
on the basis ZX Spectrum in the medium IS-DOS.



    A set of computer equipment
Class includes a workplace teacher
equipped with a powerful computer with two
drives, or floppy drive and hard drive and 15 jobs students 
equipped with computers with a storage capacity not less than 
128K. 


    Network software allows you to exchange information between
computer students and computer teacher vkak among IS-DOS, and 
in the usual ZX BASIC, load the program computers students from 
the workplace teachers, pupils work on computers with 
individual electronic drives up to 80K and transmit the results 
of a computer teacher. 


    Ability to work in a network with all major programs 
running in the environment IS-DOS (text, graphics editors, 
database, dictionary, etc.) 


    Currently spechialistami firms are developing training 
software for computer classes.



        Inquiries by phone:

        245-90-11 from 11:00 to 16:00

        ask the Software Division.