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Titswinkle, Lost in SPACE.
The Demo - Volume 01
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This is the text file that MUST accompany the Titswinkle, Lost in SPACE
demo. Here I will discuss the reasons behind the demo... and do a little
trouble-shooting as to why it may not work properly on your machine.
First, I would like to say that this demo is SHAREWARE!!!... That means
that I hold the Copy-Rights to this demo. I am allowing and encouraging anyone
to copy this and distribute it to others, so long as no profit is made in
distributing this demo. Shareware vendors are allowed to place a small fee on
this demo for shipping and handling and for a disk to put it on. This demo may
be placed for public downloading on any Bulletin Board System. If Titswinkle,
Lost in Space is used for ANY commercial purposes (such as a computer shop's
display window) then this demo MUST be registered. The registration
information is located at the end of this file.
Some people may have questions as to why I use the name 'White Shadow'
and why I mention 'software crackers' in the demo's scroller-text. I admit
that some of these people are pirates but I do not agree with piracy. It is
true, however, that these people make demos of all kinds. That is why I
mention them. I try to encourage the actual programming of a computer... and
demos are a creative way to stretch one's mind and to program.
Titswinkle, Lost in SPACE, The Demo - was made to make what I consider
'art' on a computer. It can be used as an attention getter for a computer shop
(Remember, if it is used this way it must be registered!), but it was really
made to show myself and others what I can do with an IBM computer.... It would
be nice, however, to receive some money for the MANY hours of work I put into
this demo - even artists like to be payed.
What systems Titswinkle, Lost in SPACE should work on:
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- Titswinkle will NOT work on an IBM XT.
- Titswinkle REQUIRES VGA... I do not know if it works on XGA.. but it should.
Write to me at the registration address if you test it on the XGA video card.
- The demo should run fine on any system as fast as, or faster than an IBM AT
running at 12Mhz.
- If this demo is run on a non-XT machine that is slower than a 12Mhz AT, then
the colors should rotate much like a television with its Vertical Sync off
sync.
- This demo was tested with a 'generic' 8-bit VGA card. Other video cards
should be faster (to write data to video memory) and I tested with the least
common denominator.
- The demo will (should?.. write me if otherwise) not run any quicker on a
machine that is faster then the one I did most of the testing on (12Mhz AT
with a standard VGA card).
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What to do if your machine is running at the proper speed but your colors seem
off sync...
- Make sure that your machine is running at its maximum Mhz rating.
- Memory managers have given evidence to slow machines down. Try to disable
these and re-boot your computer... or you might want to boot from a 'clean'
floppy (i.e. nothing in your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files)
DISCLAIMER:
I, David J. Cooper, Jr., can not be held responsible for any loss or
damage that may occur from the use of this program. It is, however, doubtful
that damage will occur from the use of this demo. This demo should NOT be run
on any machine with video card other than a VGA or XGA.
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Registration Information <------------------------look!!-----------------------
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Why register?...
First of all, to support an IBM assembly programmer. There is always
new equipment that a programmer needs (Music cards, you want sound, don't you?,
and floppy disks or printer paper to name a few items). Unless the programmer
makes money from programming, it puts him/her at a financial loss. But, you
don't want to hear that... You want to know what YOU get out of it.
For registration you will receive, on a 3-1/2 inch disk, my next demo
in this series. There is not yet a release date for the next one, but upon
completion the demo will be mailed out directly to you. You will receive the
demo within a few days of the release date.
The cost for registration is $20. If you live out of the United States,
please include $5 extra, and all money must be drawn on U.S. funds. Be sure to
include your address.
For a donation of $5 or more, you will receive news on any public
programming project that I pursue. This includes registration.
Send registration fee (or any other mail) to:
Dave J. Cooper
P.O. Box 96
Barrington, NJ 08007
Thanks...