Robik???

One day, on the date of 24-10-98, exactly at 00:00:00 Igor Kra-
uklis wrote to Valera Androshuk on the topic 'Robik ???':

IK> This is by chance not such a 48 computer with
IK> a Russian font, a good large keyboard and
IK> a built-in pseudo-joystick (on the keyboard) ?

He's the one, Yuri Burawtsow used to have one ;-)

With best wishes, Dmitry.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
this is what you call a keyboard, where there is no delete, no cursor,
no extend, no break, or other good buttons. But
there is a reset...

W!7h Be$7 W!$he$, FK0.

KF> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KF> this is what you call a keyboard, where there is no delete, no cursor,
KF> no extend, no break, no other good buttons. But
KF> there is a reset...

Let me explain for those who are in the tank:

Delete at such a keyboard as on the pisishny - in the
upper right corner.
The top-bottom cursor is done by pressing the
CS+ buttons that are closest to it.
(you need to look with your eyes), and on the sides - on the
other side of the keyboard. (there is also CS there)

Break is done by pressing two adjacent
buttons in the lower left-right corner. :)
(one is like a space, the other is the above-mentioned
CS)
EXT is done by pressing the above-mentioned
CS and SS, which is also next to it (
diagonally to the right and up). :)

And it’s very convenient - 2 reset buttons (left
upper corner), the reset is done by pressing both simultaneously. :)

The keyboard has a pseudo-joystick - on the buttons. :)
(and fire too).

Dimensions: 43x17 centimeters. :)
+ tilt )

The kicker to everything is the reed switch keyboard. I've had it for 6 years now - not a single problem. :) And
there are no nonsense films! :-P

2All: whoever has the opportunity to get a sub-key keyboard - get it and install it for yourself - you won’t regret it. (Kf don’t listen, he
saw - he’s jealous 8) )

Well, that’s all...
Sincerely, Igor.
/VSPG/DiscoveryGroup.

DS> He is the one, Yuri Burawtsow used to have such a person ;-)

:))) his own person. I have one like this right now..
the keyboard is from it :) )
By the way, it’s just inferior in convenience to writing. :))

by the way, did he also have troubles with scanning the keyboard in rebel star & laser
Squad
or was my computer like that dead?

├┤i Igor & Kirill !

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IK> 2All: whoever has the opportunity to get
IK> a sub-keyboard - take it out and install it

And throw it away. It takes half an hour to search for each button,
the enter is tiny, there is no big red break...
There is no extension - well, a complete resemblance to a 40-button keyboard.
There the cursor buttons must be pressed together with the caps-shift !!!
Dots, commas, quotation marks, colons, GRAPH. - NO !
IHV-TRUE-VIDEO - NO. EDIT NO!!!

IK> yourself - you won’t regret it. (Kf don’t listen, he
IK> saw - he’s envious 8) )

I’m not envious in any way. I'd rather use film.

W!7h Be$7 W!$he$, FK0.

IK>> :))) your man. I have one like this right now..
IK>> the current keyboard is from him :) )
DS> And he has it too, on the scorpion

So I also have it on the scorpion. :)

IK>> by the way, he also had troubles in rebel star & laser
IK>> Squad with keyboard scanning
DS> I don’t know, you should ask him

IMHO, this is a glitch of the subject, but they did a great job with the keyboard
. :))))

KF> And throw it away. It takes half an hour to search for each button,
KF> the enter is tiny, there is no big red break...
KF> There is no extension - well, a complete resemblance to a 40-button keyboard.
KF> There the cursor buttons must be pressed together with the caps shift !!!

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Well, the cursor, of course, is good, but you saw
I have a pseudo-joystick - if desired (and it
is getting stronger every day), you can remake it under
the cursor. :)

One day on Oct 30 98 exactly at 00:00:00 Igor Krauklis
wrote to Dmitry Sharikov on the topic 'Robik ???':

IK> IMHO, this is a glitch of the subject, but they did a great job on the keyboard
IK>. :))))

You know, no matter how many advantages it has, there are disadvantages that KF spoke about, and I agree, maybe because I have a 58-class keyboard and I’m more used to it

With best wishes, Dmitry.

wrote to Kirill Frolov on the topic 'Robik ???':

IK> I have a pseudo-joystick - if you want (and it
IK> is getting stronger every day), you can remake it under
IK> the cursor. :)

And Yura’s, by the way, was converted to something, but I don’t remember what. Was the original
Kempston ?

With best wishes, Dmitry.

IK> By the way, she is inferior in terms of convenience to writing
IK>. :). Robik owners have such troubles. By the way, I had troubles with writing to port #1F - the Campston joystick port. The computer simply froze, although it read the data normally.
The Buck Rogers game hung, in my opinion... All that was left of it was the title screensaver...
There were problems with the Power Boat, there, however, I did not have increased
brightness, but this, As it turned out over time, there was a malfunction
on the board...

Wow! I remembered! Elite didn't bother me! I copied it from Dima Sharikov several times, dragged myself to him with my Yayza...
Although, this, most likely, was a tape glitch...

See you later! Yuri.

written by 2 Kirill Frolov on the topic 'Robik ???'.

IK> I’ll explain for those in the tank:

I’ll also add picture:

╔═══І═══І═══І═══І═══І══ ═І═══І═══І═══І═══І═══І═══І═══╗
║RES│1 │2 │3 │4 │5 │6 │7 │8 │9 │0 │ . │DEL║
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
╟───┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─ ┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴───Є
║EDIT Q ║
╟───┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─ ┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬───Є
║RES│ , │A │S │D │F │G │H │J │K │L │ │ ║
║ │ │ F│ S│ B│ A│ P│ R│ O│ L│ D│ F│ E║
╟───┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬ ─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴─┬─┴───Є ╔═══І═══І═══╗
║CAPS │ │Z │X │C │V │B │N │M │ │ │ SYMB║ ║ │ │ ║
║SHIFT│ X│ I│ H│ S│ M│ I│ T│ b│ B│ Yu│SHIFT║ ║ │ │ ║
╟─────┼───┴─┬─┴───┴───┴─ ──┴───┴───┴───┴───┴─┬─┴─┬───Є ║ < ├───┤ > ║
║ * │ MF │ │ C │ L ║ ║ │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ │ ║ ║ │ │ ║
╚═════╧═════╧═══════════ ════════════════════╧═══╧═══ў ╚═══╧═══╧═══ў

Key "C" - for transferring the BASIC interpreter to print in Russian
register (in fact, the command CS/SS+6 is executed);
key "L" - for translation BASIC interpreter for printing inLatin
mode (analogue - CS/SS+7);
"*" key - "fire" of the pseudo-joystick (it is on the right. Implements all
functions of the Campston joystick);
"." and "," - quick entry of the corresponding punctuation marks;
the "MF" key (quoting from the "Operating Manual for the Arithmetic-Logical "Robik" Device") - a key reserved for
expanding the capabilities of the "Robik".

A Now a few words about your keyboard. I have it a little tricked out,
and from that “Robikovskaya” only the case, the keys themselves and the board with
reed switches remain.
I bought my “Robik” in the summer of 1993 (my first Spectrum!) on the day
of a failed semester exam at a technical school :).
The first program I loaded into Robik is Art Studio 48 from the Yayza-206 reel-to-reel tape recorder. My favorite game was Sim City, adapted by Federov. The first program I hacked was the same one. I learned to code, reached certain heights in TAPE loaders.
It worked for me until March 1994, after which problems began
with the ROM panel. It got to the point that the socket was monstrously soldered out of the board (at that time I had no experience of soldering sockets out of a board with a 100-watt soldering iron :). I tried to hang the ROM on the wires,
but nothing happened (as it should have been). On the sameday dreamily looked at the advertisement at the end of the book "ZX Spectrum for users and programmers. 2nd edition." The Scorpion ZS 256 was advertised. My father said: “First, collect this one... (Robik).”
In April 1994, I bought Hobbit-48 from Dima Sharikov. The first program I loaded on it was Power Boat. After that, it was my favorite game.
Since there were no disassemblers, I manually disassembled TF-COPY-2
and began to further explore methods of loading from tape.
In the fall (09/04/1994) I buy a Scorpion ZS 256 from the crowd at Avtovo pay Turbo!
Hurray!!! It costs 107,800 rubles. Case, power supply, FDD 5.25", wires
and tubes were also purchased separately - I will assemble the computer in parts. Keyboard...
The issue with the keyboard was resolved back in the summer - I installed all
the assignments of the Robik keyboard pins, and I began to connect Robik's keyboard to Scorpio. Moreover, the use of the special "MF" key was quickly found - it became the Magic button - entry into the shadow.
After two weeks, the computer tested the first power-up. WORKED WITHOUT PROBLEMS THE FIRST TIME!!! launched on Scorpio -
Honey Commander v 2.06+.
January 1995, Dima Sharikov shares a deal with Dima Vertkov to buy
iS-DOS v4.2 (10 thousand rubles) Then Dima Sharikov comes to my home
and I copy from him. distribution.
At first I winced at iS-EDIT(I preferred TLW2ms), nevertheless
one day I loaded the system and... I liked it! I began to navigate
is-dos as if I were in my own apartment, simultaneously giving information to other
is-dos users.
Despite the obvious misuse of Robik’s keyboard, I continue to type
in YAVERTAH, although I understand that “it’s time to finish...”. In the summer of 1995
I pressed the EDIT, DEL, "." keys. and ",", adding a reed switch for the hardwired keys (for Robik, the keyboard is processed by a separate firmware on the RT2, so one reed switch was used for each key.
The expanded set of keys was supplemented with free data lines -
D5 - D7).
In the summer In 1996, I switched to the YTSUKEN layout, at the same time adding the remaining seven keys (inserting two reed switches in some places. Wow, I couldn’t wait! After all, it was necessary to do it so that when the magnet was lowered, the CS reed switches would work first and SS, and then
one of the numeric keys, because I made the keyboard under is-dos. And then the keyboard driver rewrote it - the table, that is.) I adapted the "L" button under is-dos - now it's SS+A - Stop, that is,
a button "C" - under Extend Mode.

To prevent the keyboard from opening/closing ten times, I installed a bunch of toggle switches behind the keyboard - one for blocking the Magic
and Reset buttons, the second - for switching the pseudo-joystick from the Campstone on
sinklep/cypcop,the third - in order to enter the shadowbox
immediately after turning off the toggle switch, if Magik was pressed before.

So now my keyboard is a complete reincarnation
of the former keyboard and is unique engineering and technical
monument to the sophistication of human thought... :))))))

Sincerely, Yuri.

One day on 04 Nov 98 exactly at 22:15:00 Yuri Burawtsow
wrote to Igor Krauklis on the topic 'Robik ???':

YB> users and programmers. 2nd edition." Advertised
YB> Scorpion ZS 256. Father said: "First assemble this...
YB> (Robik)."

You then took it apart even more, now Robik's board has found a worthy
application, well, well, you understand ;-)))

YB> In April 1994, Dima I'm buying Sharikov's Hobbit-48. The first
YB> program,

You should have remembered how much money ;-)))))

YB> January 1995, Dima Sharikov chips in with Dima
YB> Vertkov to buy iS-DOS v4.2 (10 thousand rubles).

It's necessary, I don't remember... (we're getting old, we're getting old)

YB> + Origin: I'm burning in 24-02-97. The live is proceeds.
^^^^^^^^
You're all lying... :-)))

With best wishes, Dmitry.

YB> And now there is!

Just in what form ;-)

YB> Wow! I remembered! Elite didn't bother me! I rewrote Dima Sharikov’s letter several times, dragged myself to him with my Yayza...

Oh... poor fellow, how I felt sorry for you, although it’s even good that I used to live
not far away...

With best wishes, Dmitry.