IRON
Not so long ago we ran a story about Claudia pisishnuyu
connected to the Spectrum. A few days later came the editors
a letter from Sergei Zonova, in which he
invited to respond to the concerns voiced in it
questions, and also made a number of critical
comments and amendments. Material from this and
several more letters, and published today.
IBM PC KEYBOARD
part II
ZN: All iron which is produced in
Recently, on the Spectrum, not done
exactly as we would like many users. What do they think about
it manufacturers hardware?
SZ: There is no perfection in life. Often it turns out that if
done well, "as necessary", then certainly no one will buy - too
expensive. I have long noticed that all the talk about what we
need to do this, Type the text mode, z380, everyone there
RAP, new operating systems, etc., are conducted either in human
beings, never produce nothing, though
theoretically well-trained, or
generally illiterate, or who are
between these two extremes.
ZN: Why does not involve the function keys pisishnoy keyboard?
SZ: I guess you can do if users send their specific
recommendations for each program.
ZN: Why is the layout for TLW, but
For some reason there is no layout for Honey Commander?? Who
now enjoys TLW? Who is it necessary?
SZ: Many people, especially in the boonies (I judge
the letters), still enjoy the TLW. This
editor, though less convenient than the ZX Word,
but first, he is described in the literature, and
Secondly, there was much earlier than other
and, accordingly, has its supporters, who for various reasons
from him not refuse.
Honey can also be done. We do not mind
only now when?? Again, if someone sends specific layouts, we,
once we generalize the information received, be sure to do it,
because you can still incorporate the popular 4.5 version.
ZN: Will there be made separately and cold
hot reset of Scorpio with pisishnoy
keyboard?
SZ: Unfortunately, this is impossible without a decent change
of iron. There's nothing done.
ZN: There are several glyuchkov in layouts,
For example, in ZxWord'ovskoy mixed up / down keys to page ...
SZ: We will fix it. We focus
on the ZX Word, which ProfPZU.
ZN: Suggestions for the digital keys on the right: a would not
be included mode, LAT, or RUS, when the Num
Lock'e pressing the numbers on the right should give it the
appearance of digits, not characters.
SZ: I agree, we will correct.
ZN: The most important thing that most strongly interfere with
work, it is "podvisanie" companies in Many prog by pressing the
keys. This "Podvisanie" may be a temporary
(Ie, after a few seconds the complex will continue to work) and
a "fatality", when the PC does not respond even to a physical
reset.
SZ: It's either an older version of ROM controller or a bad
(Chinese) IBM-keyboard. Although this can be combated. These
deficiencies have long been eliminated. For normal operation,
the Chinese fold buggy should controller to modify a little:
hang a rezyuk and one tank. At the new controller we're doing
it. Therefore we must either Change Claudia:), or modify the
controller. May still affect ProfPZU, but it we must look
separately in each case. Another reason for freezing when
The controller IBM keyboard and / or
other controllers is the lack of
carrying capacity of the processor Z80.
This can occur especially when working
in Turbo Mode. In these cases it is useful to install an
expansion card, and the buffering which increases the load
carrying capacity CPU on the address and control buses, as well
as adds 3 slots for future expansion.
ZN: What about the connection of the normal Soviet Kempston
joystick? Or joystick or a mouse?
SZ: There is something you do not understand or have
defective controller. Problems with this never happened. If you
enable the emulation of a joystick, you just need to remember
before going back to normal the joystick to turn it off.
ZN: What if a person only Myshak?
He does not make sense to buy another controller
Claudia - why chase him idle and spend the extra money?
SZ: The mouse works fine and without IBMklaviatury. The cost
of the controller only IBM-mouse would be exactly the same.
Confirmation of this - so far no one has done just the
controller IBM-mouse, without IBMklaviatury. Many people
believe that he should be somewhere in the two times cheaper
but this is unrealistic. Its price would be about
the same as now. In our controller can work with IBM-keyboard
goes to the user at virtually no cost. Another alternative, I
think it is easier and therefore cheaper controller passive
mouse Creat Soft. And if you do not want to spend the extra
money, and he has the opportunity to buy or make (remake), the
most passive arm, and he absolutely did not need IBM keyboard,
then you should buy this controller.
ZN: Why Firm Scorpion does not change the old boards with new
ones on Turbo +, even with a surcharge?
SZ: Excuse me, but what to do with the old board? Somehow,
they all want new, the most complex, etc. And as we look, we if
you say always, that since March 1996 we switched to the
production of only boards Turbo +, will be selling the old
fees. Often from different lamer dealt sometimes questions
like: "why do you have on your chips release date is in 1993 -
the old slips. "And here is totally inappropriate draw an
analogy with the upgrade on a PC. No one producer of iron is no
upgrade does not, it makes only prodavtsyposredniki who can
sell anything that makes a profit. So we have to change their
will not, because as soon as we have begun to do so, fees Turbo
+ was no more would, because no one would have to produce them,
like everything else that we have produced and sold. Refine the
old board to Turbo + - is please. But honestly, I do not advise
to do it right now. In the next two or three months we plan to
to release some new items hardware, in
that refinement of old boards to the regime
Turbo is only a part, along
with increasing memory expansion schedules
and some other features. More
details we give when the time comes. Try to make it come
as soon as possible. As they say - watch
for advertising!
And in conclusion I would like to add that since April 1997
has completely disappeared alternative to IBM keyboard, since
discontinued production of 58 keyboards fold. For all our new
computers we put IBM Claudia and mouse controller and the IBM
keyboard. All made in the previous article, we wish, of course,
will try to accommodate, but when it will be done - it's hard
to say.
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