Our guest
(C) VEL
To me the other day went to visit SHOTGUN, share news and
learn how to extend it over a brilliant perversion. Over the
past few years, users do not see anything similar.
I decided to ask SHOTGUN'u few questions for which answers
will be of interest to users.
Vel: As originally was supposed to look like your creation?
Sh.: First you expect to put more into the game graphics.
Intended to make a short introduction to igre.Ono should
had to go as a cartoon film. Were selected bore
How many scenes were based on their pictures taken with
the PC-games
Earth Siege. But there was a problem with a lack of
memory, must agree, 128kb is not so much. Unfortunately for
Seccy not an established standard for hard drive.
Vel: And what about Scorpion with hard drive?
Sh.: On his "big enough" spread can be judged
from what I've seen 2-3 cars in the city. Therefore it was
necessary
settle for a few games with screenshot'ami
Mechwarrior 1 and 2.
Vel: How do you otnosishsya to switch pages through out (253)
as well? Sh.: You see, on many machines, this number does not
pass (I
mean ATM, SCORPION, PROFI). And say how many, what
if you want to run our program, you must
Change the computer (though all members are working on the
Integral
Pentagon'ah, but our programs run on all machines. -
ca. ed.) is, frankly, not very sensible (consent
Tes, the program is cheaper than a computer)! And the
introduction of time individual switches to turn off the
extra ports
nullify the benefits of extended memory. Although the model
zhno introduce as standard, such a shift: the expansion
memory up to 512kb over the unused 2 bits on the port
# 7FFD, then, when addressing the port # FD on all
computers
we get that amount of memory (by the way, we can produce
A similar revision to the existing machines with a memory
no more than 512kb - literally plug 3.2 chip). But
because no hurry to do this, I present
currently writing a driver program of extended memory EMD
(Expanded Memory Driver), but more on that later.
Vel: How do you otnosishsya to Windows'95?
Sh.: I endorse the motto: "Windows must die!". This is a
nonviable mutant, good living thanks to Bill
Gates and Co. Maybe I did not understand the people for
whom
"Amiga Rulez", but I am a supporter of PC. And it's very
sad that beneath bnymi Win95 viruses spoil the impression
of this fairly
a good car. And my favorite operating system on the PC -
OS / 2, although the majority of the world's stumps from
programming
shouting something like: "Win rulez, together with
Microsoft" Vel: If not a secret, then what is your car?
Sh.: In this no secret: I tell you about my progress.
My own first PC was a Soviet gigakalkulyator
EC-1841, a second PC - ZX Spectrum 48 (I later subcategory
lyuchil drive and 128k of memory). At the moment I have ATM
turbo. Comp anything, but there are a few glitches, though
I am at Off. In the future I hope to get P120/16/1.66G
HDD/2MB
VIDEO / GUS MAX.
Vel: And what are your future plans?
Sh.: Well, it's hard to say. Firstly, as I mentioned earlier, is
work on the EMD v1.0. In the future it will provide access
to
throughout the computer's memory, whether Pentagon, ATM,
Scorpion or
Profi. The minimum necessary to work - 128k. This will be
relotsiruemaya program. By the way, it will consist of 2
parts: 1 I: - the installer (it should be run
every time you boot EMD, it is not relotsiruem and performs
exists a test machine, loading and setting EMD).
Unfortunately EMD
can be called only (!) via command CALL. Well
further I still guessing I will not, but I can say one
thing:
probably will continue playing under the name of Nether
Earth
Total Control, and work it will be running vysheupo
myanutogo EMD. It may also be released version of the EMD
under IS-DOS
(Although the latter can not happen due to the large
difficulties associated with the structure itself DOS).
Well,
perhaps that's all.
