PARAGRAPH - review MMA/xTm

* This message forwarded from area 'ZX-SPECTRUM' (ZX.SPECTRUM) * Original message dated 11 Nov 00, from Sergey Stepanov Hello! MMA review of the newspaper Paragraph taken from the Scenergy website. I think now it's will be very relevant - I have heard a lot about the new printed publication. Since I I am also the proud owner of the first issue, I allow myself comment also. >>> Beginning of document............................System:Trashcan/abz.txt <<< As D-Man previously reported, the first issue of the printed edition was published "Paragraph", born in the city of Vologda by the Perspective group. Having received the first issue of the newspaper as a promotion, I present below my a short review. The computer newspaper, as the authors described their brainchild, has a volume of 1 printed sheet and produced through a b/w laser printer. For For those ignorant of printing, I’ll explain that 1 p.l. these are 4 sheets of A4, printed from two sides. There are practically no illustrations as such, except for the caps articles and newspaper logo. I can’t evaluate the professionalism of the layout, but as in any real newspaper has columns and columns, headlines and tasty comments in the spirit of editor's note. The lion's share of the material is reprints. More precisely, paper versions of articles, alreadypublished in a number of electronic publications on Speccy. Is this bad or okay? Rather _not_bad! For example, for the first time and, with unconcealed I was surprised to read the material from Radio Amateur about the conference manufacturers of Spectrum-compatible computers. So, reprints of this is not always bad... Moreover, only in paper form do you realize how large is this or that article (in terms of volume), although in electronic form it one might not even notice if one flipped through a couple of neat pages on “64 character in the string." > approx. grunge: Of course, the reprint from Radio Amateur is interesting (in it > > describes the congress of representatives of enterprises involved in the production of > > Spectrum), however, considering that this was 5 years ago... We also have our own material. Rounding up we can say, that this is 1/3 of the total volume. Extensive introduction and short a note about the current state of affairs in Vologda they open a newspaper. Next, already the material I mentioned about the Speccy manufacturers' conference is the most a valuable part of the whole “Paragraph #1”, in my opinion. Continues the classic number S. Veremeenko's opus entitled "My choice is PC!" - true, but a littleoutdated. The following is a brief monologue by CAV INC, reprinted from Adventurer#11, on a completely opposite topic. It's nice that the authors "Paragraphs" give different points of view, but how tired the readers are of these pretentious calls... > This is simply unforgivable in our time. A quarter of the room's volume is occupied by > stories about why you need to switch to PC or stay on Spectrum. > In my opinion, today this issue is no longer as pressing as, for example, > > 3-4 years ago: the majority made their choice. Those. the topic has lost its meaning > > relevance. When I see similar material in the electronic press, > I > just scrolling through it. The next material was from Time Keeper under the heading "Spectrum Today", in originally published on one home page on the Internet. Classic an example of an attempt to reflect in a few sentences the state of affairs on Spectrum today. For some reason the author is bothered by the fact that Speccy is threatening class consoles Dendy (by the way, the original of this console - FamiCom from Nintendo - noted in last month was the 15th anniversary). > What I liked most is that it turns out that in the last 2 years Spectrum> > is actively used on the Internet! (Unfortunately, the newspaper is not at hand, > > so I can’t quote). The newspaper continues with an article by Stanislav Yudin, leader of the Vladivostok Spectrumists (originally Zx-Pilot#37). Somewhat utopian, but really implemented The ideas described here apparently formed the basis for the project of “Paragraph” itself. And finally, the newspaper ends with the story of Yuri Zhukov about how he started, work on 8-bit machines and what it all entailed. Like anyone similar material, this article is interesting because it contains local color and certain features that are not inherent in other similar ones (and of course they are a great many) autobiographies written under the motto “Me and Speccy”. K Moreover, this is the largest copyright material in the entire newspaper. Last page is dedicated to the afterword, instructions for purchasing the following publication numbers and details of the authors. > Of this entire article, the only thing that was interesting to me was that the author mentioned > > that at the enterprise where he works (it seems to be related to woodworking), > > there is a Spectrum and it controls something. My general impression of what I saw was: “Well done!” For samizdat levelquite worthy. The price is more than acceptable, and the frequency, if it is Of course it will make me happy. I can’t draw any parallels with Western I haven’t seen any publications of this class that are constantly published by them. However, as Mac Buster^x7m told me at the time, their level is approximately the same. > My impressions are not so joyful. Without a doubt, the authors can be given > monument > just because they completed the job. However, if this is the case > will go > further, I think the newspaper will not survive. We need a strong team of authors. In > ideal - > printed BornDead. I would PERSONALLY pay money for this. Reprints > clumsy > in literary terms, articles from electronic samizdat on Specky, and > also > outdated materials do not suit me. We received an excellent example of activity and, I hope, will help the authors to the best of our ability newspapers and support the initiative. Contact information provided earlier D-Man is faithful - write, call. I just want to give prices for this and subsequent numbers: 10 rubles for those living in Russia 15 rubles for residents of the CIS Send money by postal order, not forgetting to indicate which numbers you want to receive. The newspaper is sent as a registered letter (large envelope- half of A4) and looks quite decent after traveling around the country. >>> End of document............................System:Trashcan/abz.txt <<< __ __/// yours truly, grunge/smash <*ZX*> XX/ grunge_smash@mail.ru