ZX-Power #3
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ADVERTISING LIST OF THE "ZX-POWER" MAGAZINE
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Hello! The editors of the Kharkov electronic magazine
"ZX-POWER" welcomes you as a potential distributor of
licensed computer software
"ZX-SPECTRUM" and invites you to purchase a license to distribute the third issue of our magazine in your region. Below
is the content of this issue.
CONTENTS OF THE MAGAZINE "ZX-POWER #3"
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1. Educational program
1.1. RESTORING GAMES #2
Continuation of the series of articles about restoring game programs.
1.2. AUTOMASK
Algorithm for automatically creating a mask for sprites.
1.3. 3D GRAPHICS
A new way to program realtime 3D effects.
1.4. ETERNAL LIFE#1
The first part of the article is about the history and methods of “infinization” of programs.
2. MISCELLANEOUS
2.1. FAKE EDITORS
Problems with music editors on the Spectrum.
2.2. TROUBLES WITH AY
Another look at the reasons for the falsehood of music editors.
2.3. VIRUS
Description of the IS-DOS virus and the “vaccine” for it.
2.4. PRULEVKA
A story about a computer “party” in Kharkov.
2.5. SUPER ELITE EDITOR
Description of the game shipment editor"ELITE".
2.6. STATE OF AFFAIRS
Results of a survey conducted by the X-Project Association
among Spectrum users.
2.7. COMPETITION #1
Competition for ZX-POWER magazine correspondents.
2.8. ADVERTISING
Advertisements.
3. LAUGHTER ROOM
3.1. DICTIONARY FOR TEAPOT
Computer “dictionary” from the series “everyone should know this...”
3.2. CHEMICAL HISTORY
The whole truth about the periodic table of elements.
3.3. THE SECOND INVASION OF MARSIH#1
Anti-novel based on the game of the same name.
3.4. THE SECOND INVASION OF MARS #2
The second part of the antinovela.
3.5. ANECDOTES
Jokes about internet users and more...
3.6. WINDOSA
Codes of this notorious operating system.
4. THE WEB
4.1. MODEM FOR KETTLE
Explanation of the principles of operation of the modem.
4.2. HAYES MODEMS
HAYES modem command system.
4.3. MNP in HAYES
Description of the protocol for transmitting information in networks.
4.4. MODEMS ON THE SPECTRUM
The situation with modems on Speccy.
5. INTERVIEW
5.1. TICKLISH JIM/BROKIMSOFT
5.2. ROM/PROGRESS
5.3. EXTREMER/BRAIN WAVE
5.4. RST#7/CBS
5.5. TIM KELLY&CRAZYMAN/KGS
6. PERSPECTIVE
6.1. MIRROR
Presentation of the adventure game "Mirror" from Donetsk.
6.2. CSC:DEJA VU
Description of the project "Crime Santa Claus: Deja Vu", prepared
by the Brokimsoft group.
7. NEWS
7.1. NEWS FROMXPJ
7.2. CHELYABINSK NEWS
7.3. NEWS FROM CHERKASSY
8. AROUND THE WORLD
8.1. APPLE
IMac - updated Macintosh.
8.2. INTEL
New generation of processors.
8.3. MICROSOFT
Presentation of Windows'98.
8.4. SILICON
Continued acquaintance with Silicon Graphics computers.
9. READING
9.1. THE CROWN AND THE RING #2
Continuation of the story.
9.2. BLOODY DARKNESS
Mystical parable.
9.3. TERMINATOR-3
Fantastic story.
10. SCRAP METAL
10.1. BRIGHT-2
Manipulations with the brightness of your computer.
10.2. CONNECTING THE HAYES MODEM
Connection diagram for the HAYES modem.
11. OVERVIEW
11.1. COMPUTER MAGAZINES
Review of computer publications in the CIS.
11.2. GAMES
Information about new gaming programs.
12. MAIL
12.1. CORRESPONDENCE
Letters from our readers.
12.2. ALL ABOUT LETTERS
Competition for the best letter.
13. DESKTOP
Author's description of the assembler "ALASMv4.1." and announcement of the next
version.
14. MELOMANIA
New section dedicated to musical topics. Issue one.
APPENDIX
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"MYSTICAL" is a "shooter" with a mystical plot, in which the player, as a monk, will have to cast into the depths of hell all the evil spirits that have filled the fairy-tale land and return peace to the planet and calm down. The game has excellent graphics, there issound effects under AY, and in
the number of weapons and monsters the game is not inferior to even the best examples of the "action" genre.
"WACKY RACES" is a two-dimensional racing simulator with elements of "assembly", high-quality graphics and exciting obstacles that will not make anyone bored.
"PLATOON" is a dynamic action movie with a carefully drawn color
graphics and arcade elements. The player in the role of a super soldier needs to win the war alone, having dealt with a myriad of enemies and obstacles.
"CHOPPER DUEL" is a "shooter" for two, in which you need to show
all the skills of controlling a helicopter and deal with the enemy.
Before the start of the fight, you can choose any of 50 levels for battle.
"SUPER ELITE EDITOR" - editor of shipments of the game "ELITE", in which you can change any parameters for yourself, up to purchasing
"Cobra MK-4".
"CRIME SANTA CLAUS: DEJA VU" Demo version of the quest arcade, which stands out among the games of this genre with its excellent graphics, original script and high-quality "special effects".
In addition In addition, on the disk you can find the promised IS-DOS antivirus, the source code for the automatic mask creation routine and two screen files illustrating the operation of thisalgorithm.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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The magazine occupies one disk, has an introductory full-screen
video, a convenient shell and a modern design. For correct operation, at least 128 KB of memory and TR-DOS versions
5.03 and higher are required. The magazine is copy-protected, but the APPENDIX can be copied freely. If you have seen the first and second issues of "ZX-POWER", then we can assure you that the third issue is in no way inferior to them and even surpasses the previous issues in many ways.
Volume of uncompressed articles (about 1900 standard TR-DOS sectors), 17 accompanying melodies, modes 32/42 characters per line, line-by-line/page-by-page text viewing - this and much
other things will not make the reader regret the money spent on the magazine.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MAGAZINE
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If you want to purchase a license to distribute the magazine
"ZX-POWER", send information about yourself
and the amount you can afford us for it to the addresses below pay. There are three options here:
1. Partial regional license
This option gives you the right to distribute the magazine in the city (region) where you live, but does not exclude other distributors of the magazine inin the same city.
2. Full regional license
It differs from the previous version in that the license for the magazine
will be sold only to you and you will be the only official
distributor in your region. Of course, this option will
cost more.
3. General license
A general license implies the transfer of ALL rights to the journal
to one person/organization. Further distribution of the magazine will be determined by the person who purchased the general license and even the authors of the magazine will not have the right to sell the magazine. We can say right away that the cost of a general license is the equivalent of 100 US dollars.
Having decided on the type of license, fill out the application below.
COMPLETING THE APPLICATION
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1. Information about the customer (full name, address).
2. Method of purchasing the magazine (type of license).
3. The amount you are able to pay for the license in the equivalent of US dollars (for a general license the amount
is indicated above).
4. Your comments regarding the distribution of the magazine (all your wishes will be considered and taken into account).
PRICING FEATURES
You probably noticed that we did not indicate specific prices forlicenses (except general). This is explained, firstly, by the unstable economic situation, secondly, by the difference
in prices between not only countries, but even cities, and thirdly, by the desire to reduce the price for the final buyer. The fact is that
we absolutely don’t care how much a full or partial regional license will cost, and here’s why: we know how much we want
for our work, and we don’t need more, and how we get this
amount doesn’t matter to us - whether it’s selling ONE
general license, or two hundred partial regional licenses.
Therefore, as soon as we accumulate applications for the required amount, we
will begin distributing the magazine. Based on these considerations, we
we kindly ask you to send your application, even if you are able
to pay us only $5 (not counting postage), because if
we recruit 20 customers at $5, we will make our profit, and
EACH OF THE CUSTOMERS IT WILL COST $5! Then the need for
"pirates" will simply disappear, because for a software distributor it will be CHEAPER AND MORE PROFITABLE TO BUY A COPYRIGHT LICENSE,
thus getting the authors interested in further creativity.
After we collect the required number of applications, we
will notify all customers about this, you can send a money transfer via addresses that we provide to you(separately for residents
of Ukraine and separately for Russians, so there should be no problems with the type of currency
it will be a transfer within one state) and immediately you will be sent 2 disks (a magazine and a copier
to it).
Distributing distribution copies is a very problematic option (you need to invest money in disks, send them to
all ends of the country, and then wait at least six months until everything is sold...), so we abandoned it even in our city. As a last resort, this option is possible: we record at least 50 discs, the customer comes to Kharkov and BUYS them together with the copier, also receiving the right to a full regional license. Of course, this will become possible only after the required number of applications has been collected.
Having purchased any license from us, you become our official
distributor and are entitled to benefits: in each next issue of the magazine we will publish a list of all our distributors and their advertising, in addition, we will provide you with any informational support.
Those persons who place an order and then not If they fulfill it, they will be included in our “black list” and further cooperation will be denied to them, but we believe you and hope that this will not happen.
Finally, we would like to remind you that we ourselves,those. editors of the magazine "ZX-POWER", we are now the ONLY OFFICIAL
DISTRIBUTORS OF LICENSED P/O in the city of Kharkov and are ready
to purchase licenses for the distribution of copyrighted products.
All the best, we are waiting for your applications!
with respect, Editorial Board of the magazine
CONTACT ADDRESS
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310089 Ukraine, Kharkov - 89, st. Louis Pasteur, house 44.
Bugai Alexey Sergeevich.
310141 Ukraine, Kharkov, Klochkovskaya st.,
Klochkovskaya, house 199, apt. 149.
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Phone: (0572) 94-59-10 Alexey
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