1 - Editorial for the magazine
Null diskmag Issue 1
init
so... here it is. the first issue of null magazine! and you probably wonder... why the fuck to make a diskmag in 2018? and the answer is simple, cause i wanted so! :p you could say, is nostalgia of the old times, but also i've got sick of the new age social media and web. console mode (80x25) has some magic, that you can't find it anywhere else. when i am reading an ascii/txt file i am sure that i will find something useful but when i am search in the web, i am also sure that 80% is bullshit or irrelevant.
null
why null you will ask. null is a zero value. a value of nothing. and as we know, zero/nothing is the beginning of everything :) ha. so i want this diskmag to be the start of something beautiful and also different. the null value is more useful than some one will think about it ;)
subject
this diskmag is about the ansi scene, the bbs scene, the assembly and console programming scene and almost everything oldschool. its about retro computing, retro gaming, retro programming. i hope that through the issues of null magazine we will discover the art of making/creating information and art, like the old days. gui may be the "king" of today's personal computers, but don't forget that everything started from a console/terminal and also everything is based on that. a linux machine first boots into a console mode and after starts the gui manager, windows also :) so null magazine is about console/terminal stuff and more.
issue {x01}
this issue is about various stuff. some retro, some bbs things, some programming, ansi art etc. the music for this issue is dedicated to some special tracks of old games for pc. if you know the tune/music the you surely played that game ;)
i wanted to start and include some tutorials for programming. we will start from beginners level and each issue we will stepping up. for this issue i have included a very basic tutor for assembly and free pascal.
the ansi art included is to show, how a bbs should be. there are a lot of new bbs with default themes. i know that making ansi art is difficult and others have it, others don't. but this is no excuse not to have a different style on your bbs. there is a lot of free stuff out there, which you can use. just remember to leave the creators signature and give credit to them.
the articles are more about the status of bbs at the present and also the status of the users/programmers. i think that we are depending too much on the www and also we are making things, more as individuals than in groups and teams.
help
if you want to contribute to this diskmag, please do so. you can write anything you want about the subjects i mentioned above, make comments about the/a scene, write tutors, share source code and snippets of code, or even share links with great ansi art or tracking music. i may be started the diskmag alone, but as i said, the mag is about building a community. send everything you want to me (xqtr@gmx.com) or upload it to my bbs at andr01d.zapto.org:9999 - another droid bbs.
start
enough talking... go to the main menu and read every article/tutor, like the old days. i hope you will find it useful and also entertaining.
