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- The Story of Startle: A Saga Unfolds
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- Not too long ago
- in a house
- not too far away
- a hacker had a vision.
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- A vision of text scrolling
- up a screen upon which
- was a moving starfield.
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- Just like in Star Trek.
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- He had the vision.
- He had the tools to implement it.
- And he had some time to kill.
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- He wanted it to be overscan
- just like T.V.,
- and he wanted it double-buffered
- so it would scroll smoothly,
- and he wanted it to be in yellow
- because he likes yellow
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- So he worked on it for a while
- and decided to call it "Startle"
- which is "Star Title" sideways.
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- Sort of.
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- He also wanted it to take any text file
- so you could just type:
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- `startle <file>'
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- and it would rip.
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- Hacker Hobie Orris
- Computer Amiga 1000
- Original stars code Leo Schwab
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- Directed by
- Hobie Orris
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- Titles by Startle
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- Soundtrack available
- on CBS records & tapes
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