5mD SITUATION DELX-Project, 1998 It's no secret that every
modern zhurnalna Spectrum is committed to conduct a survey of
public opinion on this or inoytematike and to publish the
results for all to see. Well, tell any astute the reader, here
is where you're driving - with a stripped of other publications
section, and download ... Takznay same reader: the idea
anketirovaniyavoznikla we still have before poyavilashotya
least one of the computer magazines, but due to certain
circumstances (the delay of the third issue, the collection of
questionnaires, etc.) could "see the light" just now. But, as
the saying goes, "better late than nikog, yes, moreover,
without false modesty, for questioning over above all
izvestnyenam similar events. ;), Namely: to Lo filled 103
questionnaires, and if someone does not ve-rit, come to Kiev
and we will prove you are - they all exist in the
"Printing-agency" form. And while that may poveritnam on the
floor and start neposredstvennok study results ... Total filled
- 103 questionnaires City Name Survey Schedule 01. Kharkov
..... 48 (46%) 02. Chelyabinsk ... 10 (09%) 03. Lions .......
10 (09%) 04. Chernihiv .... 08 (07%) 05. Kirov ....... 07 (06%)
05. Scrip ........ 05 (04%) 07. Sevastopol. 03 (02%) 08. Perm
....... 03 (02%) 09. Petersburg ... 02 (01%) 10. Donetsk ......
02 (01%) 11. Taganrog .... 02 (01%) 12. Moscow ...... 01 (00%)
13. Minsk ....... 01 (00%) 14. Cherkasy .... 01 (00%) As seen
from the graph, arbitrary questioning vodilos mainly among
Kharkiv, although the number of people interviewed from
drugihgorodov a total of more than 50% ... 1. Your age?
Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. 16 years 14 (13%) 02.
16-18 years 37 (36%) 03. 19-20 years 22 (21%) 04. 21-25 years
25 (24%) 05. 26-40 years 03 (02%) 06. over 40 01 (00%) Yes, the
Spectrum, of course, a young computer-ter - after 25 years of
sharply spadinteresa to him, arrive at the peak of popularity
reduces by about the age of 16-18.2 years that way. How old is
your Spectrum? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. less than
one year 03 (02%) 02. 1-2 years 11 (10%) 03. 3-4 years 31 (30%)
04. 5 or more 58 (50%) where the reverse process -
bolshinstvopolzovateley Speccy have at least 5 let.Ya doing
away sad conclusion: the volume in sales of Spectrum noticeably
dropped, not visible because the new "novice" users ... Well,
of course, if CIS as a whole situa-uation is different, but in
any sluchaeproblema "churn" of people from the platform
ZXzasluzhivaet serious vnimaniya.3. What is your type of
computer? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. Pentagon ....
48 (46%) 02. Profi ....... 12 (11%) 03. Leningrad ... 09 (08%)
04. Scorpion .... 06 (05%) 05. ATM ......... 01 (00%) 06.
Moscow ...... 00 (00%) 07. Krasnodar ... 00 (00%) 08. Something
else .. 18 (17%) 09. Emulator .... 03 (02%) 10. I do not know
..... 06 (05%) are dominated by the Pentagon because onbolshe
most common in Kharkov (EU-Would the survey was conducted in
St. Petersburg, there byloby most scorpions). But kromeetih two
models, no such option is not mozhetpohvastatsya prevalence, as
almost every village svoyvariant Spectrum (on some
nazvaniyvolosy can stand on end ...:)). It is interesting that
some do not even know ka-kai their model (pozor!). :)) 4. How
much memory your computer has? Possible answers Interest
Schedule 01. 48 kB ....... 07 (06%) 02. 128 KB ...... 45 (43%)
03. 256 KB ...... 10 (09%) 04. 512 KB ...... 33 (32%) 05. 1024
KB ..... 06 (05%) 06. less than 48 KB. 00 (00%) 07. more than
1024 .. 02 (01%) 08. I do not know ..... 00 (00%) Glory (not
Mednonogov:)) God, even knowing the amount of memory your
computer! Etoobyasnyaetsya probably the fact that this
in-formation necessary for the user, when acquiring new
software (well, not going to 48Kb Country Myths ...). :) Almost
half uzheimeet 512 KB, and yet it can not yet assume the
standard, because making the program a "purely 252nd or 512th"
you "chops off" half of its true potential buyers fields (it's
me at the FT 2) ... ;) 5. How much do you drive? Possible
answers Interest Schedule 01. a ........ 58 (56%) 02. two
......... 34 (33%) 03. three ......... 04 (03%) 04. four ......
01 (00%) 05. other option. 01 (00%) 06. not at all .. 05 (04%)
What can I say? I would put the of monuments to the heroes who
still can use an as magnetic nositelyakassety ... :) 6. And
what drives you? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. 5.25
........ 92 (76%) 02. 3.5 ......... 22 (18%) 03. something else
.. 01 (00%) 04. no 05 (04%) 05. I do not know ..... 01 (00%)
Rims 5.25. - It's good, but only votchto bad: they already
produce less imenshe ... :-O And that's what was on the
"nechtoinoe" someone from the surveyed, I'm afraid
dazhepredstavit - neuzhto CD-ROM? :)) 7. The presence of
musical accompaniment? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01.
only beeper. 06 (04%) 02. AY .......... 88 (61%) 03. Covox
....... 35 (14%) 04. Gen. Sound .. 04 (02%) 05. Soundrive ...
04 (02%) 06. something else .. 03 (02%) 07. nothing .. 01 (00%)
08. I do not know ..... 03 (02%) What there is not trumpeted
about General Sound, ADO his "standardization" is still very
far away, the same old kind AY is almost everyone, takchto
would not hurt for all programs is oriented so far on nego.8.
What is your monitor (TV)? Possible answers Interest Schedule
01. black and white. 37 (35%) 02. color ..... 66 (64%) 03. the
other ...... 02 (01%) No, nay, that Spectrum vosemtsvetov, so
even some of the two missing! For people who are crucified,
tricolor pi-clown? But you try to Stalker early b / w monitor,
play ... - [9. How do you feel about the new
apparatnymrazrabotkam? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01.
well ...... 83 (80%) 02. bad ....... 06 (05%) 03. on a drum! 14
(13%) here, I think everything is clear, but in general, the
machine-nye design - a separate issue dlyarazgovora.10. Your
attitude to other computers? Possible answers Interest Schedule
01. I want to buy. 52 (51%) 02. Speccy and OK! 33 (32%) 03.
already have .... 16 (15%) But this is interesting ... Is not
istinnoeotnoshenie to my computer? Most half of the program
"fans" Spectrum "sitting" nanem only because not enough money
nabolee "coolest cars - predominantly pisyuk. But at least one
pleases - nekotoryeuzhe having another machine, still
zabyliSpekki! 11. Your forecast of the future of Spectrum?
Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. soon "skiff" 07 (06%)
02. to live and live! 43 (41%) 03. I do not know ..... 53 (51%)
No comment ... 12. Why you need your Spectrum? Possible answers
Interest Schedule 01. to work ... 37 (21%) 02. entertainment ..
51 (29%) 03. creativity ... 74 (43%) 04. I do not know ......
02 (01%) 05. dusting 03 (01%) 06. something different ... 05
(02%) and another confirmation that chtoSpektrum like no other
platform that is ideal for creative work. Why? But spend a
similar survey among Vlad dealers on other platforms, and
compare the results ... ;)) 13. Which software you are most
interested in? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01. games
........ 21 (16%) 02. "Sistemki .. 1916 (12%) 03. magazines
..... 18 (13%) 04. demos ....... 16 (12%) 05. everything .. 60
(45%) Yes, people love to play at the interesting m-algebra,
because "What is life?" Game! " Ito happy that many are
interested and kompyuternyezhurnaly, not in vain, it turns out
we staraemsya.14. How often do you get the software? Possible
answers Interest 01. as soon as it goes ... 27 (14%) 02. if you
need something ........ 25 (22%) 03. when there is money
........ 16 (14%) 04. when you can take a gift .. 35 (31%) 05.
rarely .................... 07 (06%) Who would have thought
that among sinkleris Tov as "freeloaders"! A lot of purchasing
software exist only when necessary. :) 15. How do you prefer to
buy novyeprogrammy? Possible answers Interest Schedule 01.
copyrights ... 08 (07%) 02. y "pirates." 07 (06%) 03. from
friends .. 42 (41%) 04. anyway ... 17 (16%) 05. which is
faster. 27 (26%) You would think that the "pirate"
versiiprogramm nobody buys! But skopirovatu friends - about the
same, if nehuzhe, because if the same "pirate" something,
topoluchaet, he is interested in the acquisition SRI "new
programs, and therefore the market of the Programme will
somehow exist. If zhevse polls will overwrite each udruga
program (meaning avtorskiysoft), the soon to rewrite something
nechegobudet ... It should be noted also totfakt that many
users do not osobennointeresuet, author or "pirate" ver-UIS he
gets - only to pobystreedostat "nove", only a few purposeful,
slowly waiting for the program will vzlomanai will be sold
deshevle.16. What you choose to do napoprische ZX? Possible
answers Interest Schedule 01. nothing ....... 08 (04%) 02.
Basic .... 19 (10%) 03. Assembler. 47 (27%) 04. music ..... 12
(06%) 05. utility .. 28 (16%) 06. hacking .. 45 (26%) 07.
drawing .. 14 (08%) It's no secret that most
vladeltsevSpektruma knows assembler and actively ha kerstvuet
with an ax in one hand and STS'om suddenly, but who would have
thought chtomuzykantov we have less than artists! May, the
first is simply more productive, RA Botha, since the amount of
musical product of the clearly exceeds the number of
graphically rabot.17. Have you read the ZX-POWER? Possible
answers Interest Schedule 01. never ...... 26 (25%) 02. saw a
glimpse of 06 (05%) 03. one room ... 28 (27%) 04. Two issues
... 41 (40%) Well, since the completion of oprosaproshlo
already a lot of time, which is why, to be hoped that now
vsevideli at least one issue of our magazine, since you're
reading it. :) 18. Your attitude to the ZX-networks? Possible
answers Interest Schedule 01. but what is it? .. 1910 (09%) 02.
care. 09 (08%) 03. no modem .. 55 (54%) 04. excellent ..... 27
(26%) 05. bad ....... 00 (00%) to the networks on the Spectrum
majority otnositsyapolozhitelno, but does not have a phone or
modem, or both of the two. : (19. Which modem would you like to
videtZX network in your city? Possible answers Schedule 01
Interest. Hayes ....... 43 (54%) 02. C-DOS ....... 16 ( 20%)
03. XTR-modem ... 06 (07%) 04. ZSC-modem ... 03 (03%) 05.
...... another 04 (05%) 06. on any. 07 (08%) No comment ...
also performed a survey on the best three m-algebra, system
software, computer of the journal, and demos. Without going
into numbers, skazhulish result. The three best games: - UFO-2
- Star Heritage - Elite Three best system software: - ART
STUDIO - STS - TASM Three best demos: - Binary Love - Shit For
Brain - Satisfaction top three online journals: - Spectrofon -
ZX-Format - ZX-Power you ask me, why is it suddenly ZX-Po -wer
was in the best three magazines? A yaotvechu you: yes because
most of the op-Roshen - Kharkiv, and, of course, your dlyanih,
a local magazine a much-cial act than, say, a Chelyabinsk-based
or self-Mar ... High chance get in luchshuyutroyku games were
also in "Mortal Kombat", "Ufo-1" and "Dizzy", but the variety
lyubimyhpolzovatelyami games were so great that the first place
only the most of the known projects. Oh, and let you
neudivlyaet fact that on some issues, raw number of responses
exceeds (or smaller) number 103. The fact that something
kakievoprosy responded not all, but were among the
op-rashivaemyh and some people who vybralibolshe one answer to
the question, so parentheses protsentnoesootnoshenie all
responding dannyyvopros. Now, "a snack", izobrazimsvoeobrazny
"template", a kind of statistical srednesta-user platform ZX.:)
This is a man 16-18 years old, priobrevshiysvoy computer for
more than five years ago, and etamashina - 128th Pentagon + AY
with a disco-vodom 5.25 'and a color monitor. He is positively
related to new hardware once-processing, but is going to get
drugoykompyuter (most likely, IBM PC). BuduscheeSpektruma for
it looks very fog-but for now it mainly occupies, is on his
computer art (vosnovnom dabbles in assembler and kerstvom ha)
and asked all and sundry, including sofas, especially computer
games and magazine-nalami, new software, he prefers
rewritten-vat at a friend's, where you can sdelatbesplatno, the
ZX-networks is a good yin to see them against the modem Hayes,
however one-self to the process to join nemozhet for the lack
of phone. Journal ZX-Po-wer he reads regularly, so see
obanomera ... Here is such a somewhat average, nonaibolee
popular (judging by the results-poll) "sample"
sostavlyaetseychas most spectrum users-ma. Let's hope that by
privedennogozdes survey had at least some benefit, ateper I
want to offer you another anti-salmon, through which our
magazine smozhetpodderzhivat more "hot" connection to the
reader telyami. Of course, the answer to this anketuvy can,
provided that at least read the na-ru issues of the journal.
Questionnaire for the readers "ZX-POWER" 1. How many issues of
the magazine you read? a) The number one b) two rooms), three
nomera2. What is your overall opinion on the content of the
magazine? a) very good b) normal c) a satisfactory r)
neudovletvoritelnoe3. What is your overall opinion of of the
Programme, published in the Log? a) very favorable b) normal c)
Satisfactory d) leaves much to be luchshego4. What programs of
the Annex to vyshed-PWM numbers magazine do you like? (If not
found, not filled this space nyayte
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What programs of the application, you do not like? (If there
are none, not filled this space nyayte
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Please list those headings which do you most like and which
you want to import Teli like to see more. (If no topic you do
not like, do not fill this space
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Please list those headings that you somehow did not like and
which you want to import Teli like to see less. (If all the
rub-metric you're satisfied, you do not fill this column
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. List those items that you especially liked (if there are
none, nor, what is not write
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Bring a list of articles that anything you do not like that
you do not want to see on the pages of jour-la (in their
absence, nothing in this column do not write
).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. What are e-journals, ahead-ing magazine ZX-Power quality
con-Jania, you could put us in an example?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________11.
What are e-journals, ahead-ing magazine ZX-Power in terms of
sprinkler-on and the interface you could call?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12.
What computer magazines, exceed-dyaschie Journal ZX-Power on
the quality of pub-likuemyh Appendix programs, you could call?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13.
How much do you have "branded" issues of the journal? (On these
discs present trade label with the inscription "ZX PO-WER-96",
"ZX POWER-97" and "ZX POWER-98", respectively ...) a) none b)
one c) two d) three 14 . How much does a disc with the magazine
ZX-Power in your town? (In terms of the American-American
dollars ).__________________________________________ 15. Do you
wish to purchase a new issue of the journal ZX-Power? a) yes b)
no c) I do not care 16. Do you think ZX-Power magazine, ak-tual
for your region? (Paragraph "g" please place your residence).
a) absolutely in) Yes, mainly c) no d
)_______________________________________ editorial staff is
waiting for your answers in any battle-form convenient for you
on these vrazdele "Authors" addresses. Attention! Desirable to
send their answers DOvyhoda fourth issue of the magazine!
Section was prepared and E. Nesterenko (Jam), with the
participation Dr.Squizer 'a and X-ProjectAssociation, 1998.
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