Alone Coder wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:10 pm
The only objection you can propose is that Pentagon is "unofficial".
and you know what? this is exactly the thing that defines what is Spectrum, and what is not.
Alone Coder wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:10 pm
And the Russian Speccy scene is BIG.
and let me ask it again: what is so wrong with calling it "Pentagon scene"? why you're so inclined to call it "Spectrum" when the original models cannot even run some Pentagon software? is there really nothing to be proud of, except the "borrowed" name, that is not even right?
it seems that you're getting me wrong. i'm not bashing Pentagon as being "bad" or "wrong". the only thing i want is clear naming. "Spectrum" is the thing that can run software written for the original models, unmodified
and right (including border effects). it may run only software for the specific original model (48K/128K/+2/+3), but it should do so without any "fixes". if the machine cannot do that, than it is not a Spectrum. it may be better or worse than the original Spectrums, but it is not Spectrum.
i don't want to banish Pentagon from Speccy community, i just want it to be clearly marked as Pentagon. it is definitely a member of "Spectrum family", but please, let this relative to keep its own name. ;-) "Pentagon" is a well-established "brand" (if we can call it so ;-), so let it proudly call itself by its name, instead of trying to be something it is definetely not.