Thanks to Yerz for pointing out an interesting thread over on the Peters forum. If you follow this link it'll take you to a discussion on sound on the Sprinter. And more interestingly, on the possibility of General Sound support for the system. The thread's getting quite long, so I'll quickly mention that Peters will soon be putting up a poll about the "extended sound of the Sprinter." So if you're interested in this topic, keep an eye on the page, and you could influence what could be the next real Z80 demo-platform.

I mentioned earlier this month that classic German ZX-zine, SUC-Session was to be printed in English. Well now it is. If you haven't already seen the news from FBI, then I'll tell you now that you can download the first free English issue over at Sintech/SUC. I'm just adding it to my download queue now, so rather than me reviewing it, why not grab it yourself so you can see why this 'zine has lasted so long.
Oh, and it's been translated to English from German by... English people. Hmm. Going by the way I speak, that may not be such a good thing <g>.

Okay, some news of a new site, and the possible loss of an old site.
The new site was mentioned on POS today, it's dedicated to the ATM-Turbo Spectrum clone. I don't really know this machine, tho' I've heard of it. Soon there should be a whole bunch of information about it for you. Oh, and you may want to run it through Babelfish or translate.ru... just in case you can't read the page.
Now to the loss of a site. Possibly.
A post was put on POS yesterday saying that the site may disappear -- to quote: "some actions are taken from a certain side with the purpose of closure of our portal." Well, I'm not sure quite what's happening, but Himik has asked if people want the site to stay. I say yes, as there can never be too many resources, and you can see how often I leech news from there <g>.
So if you want the site to stay, let Himik know. Perhaps soon some more details of exactly what's going on will appear.

A very short note to mention that POS have posted the source to ProTracker v3.4f (with mouse). Lovely.

I just noticed an interesting bit of news posted over on Scenet, which didn't immediately strike me as related to the ZX until I read the full article. The people over at GFX Zone are planning to get together a huuuuge collection of art from the demoscene (more than is on the site itself), and wrap it all up neatly onto a DVD. To quote the post: "Every contribution is welcome: oldskool, lowres, newskool, hires, 8bit, 24bit, traced, C64, Speccy, CPC, full screen images, logos, cliparts, diskmag backgrounds, object textures, sketches..." So yes, the ZX is in there. Time to dig through your collections.
You can read the full announcement, of coz, on GFX Zone.

A note before I decide to get some much-needed sleep, about upcoming party "Syndeecate 2002" which I spotted in a mail from Yerz, and also on the X-board. There's no mention of this event on the Demoparty Calendar as of yet, and I don't have a URL for it, so read the post on the board and you have all the information I do.
Basically, from this year the party is tyo be multi-platform, with TDM organising the ZX-section. Standard compos will be running, but it looks like a non-standard platform for demos (+2A), unless someone else provides another party-machine. And yes I know the Didaktik Gama 128 will be there, but I just like to be picky.
Party is to be held in Czech Republic in mid-August. I'll give more information when I see some.

Two different news-things, but related in their, uhm... relationship with the +3 (my first ZX).
WOS reports on a new article written by Philip Mulrane covering and FDC controller that'll turn your +2A into a +3. Go on, you know you're jealous of my 3-incher.
I wonder if this can be used in conjunction with the plus3e, a project that's just been updated. In case you didn't already know, it's a project to allow the connection of a Hard-drive to you +3. A nice idea. The latest version of the ROMs was released only a couple days ago, and you can go to the homepage to find the full list of changes in v1.04. Neatest new feature? Gotta be the loading of Z80 snapshots. Just my opinion, of coz.
The whole page has been tweaked a bit too, including much techie info, so if you plan on supporting this in any file-managers, etc... get reading.

Version 0.280 beta 1 has been released of Speccy emulator ZXMak. New in this release? Well according to DJH Downloads there are improved Z80 and VG93 engines, new disc-format and tape-support, and the obligatory bugfixes.
I also notice that on the same page you can grab an updated version (v1.2b1) of TRX2X, the Universal Disc Convertor. And handy tool for anyones box, eh?
Oh as I've already mentioned DJH, I'll say here that there's a new (extra) URL you can use to get there: zxfiles.tk. Alas it goes initially to the Russian version, but there you go, you can still use zxeng.

Yep, I'm back from another few days off. It was my birthday, so I decided to get away from my hectic life, and went to London. Oh well. So much for peace and calm, eh? Accidentally got drunk. No really! I planned for a quiet night!
So I'm back again, to do come catch-up. As I write this I'm in the middle of downloading my 350+ emails -- what's the betting my PC crashes before it's finished?
Ehm, so yeah things have been a little... sketchy on raww.org of late. I've hardly been using my 'puter, so updates have been a bit, shall be say, crappy. Don't worry, it's just a phase the site is going through. Let's just say I've been a bit preoccupied with other things, so haven't found the time to sit down and play recently.
First things first, I've made a correction to the results of Forever3 that I published a few days ago. Thanks to Diver/4d for pointing out that the full title of his winning image is "Springtime Feelings Forever", a variation on Springtime Feelings by Cyclone. Thanks also for pointing out the mis-type of TBK (TrieBKraft). 'Tis sorted.

A little post (as I've just checked my watch, and I'm running out of time) about Sprint, the emulator of Peters' baby. Not certain of a version number, as it's still just a copy of the developers work directory. Also, I'm not certain of changes. Best go check it out.