home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Floppyshop 2
/
Floppyshop - 2.zip
/
Floppyshop - 2.iso
/
diskmags
/
0022-3.564
/
dmg-3439
/
trans2.doc
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1989-12-31
|
6KB
|
157 lines
TEXT FOR THE TOXIC MAG , WRITTEN BY THE SERGENT = BUSHWACKERS.
***************************************************************************
***************************************************************************
HI DEMO-FREAKS.
FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE BUSHWACKERS :
---------------------------
. B U S H W A C K E R S .
---------------------------
- MORODER : CODER . MUSICOS . DRAWING .
- POPOL : CODER . COLLECTOR .
- LE SERGENT : PUBLIC RELATION . DRAWING .
---------------------------
BUSHWACKERS OR B.W.K ( FOR FRIENDS ).
IT WAS A QUICK PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP.
NOW I MUST WRITE AN ARTICLE FOR THIS NEW COMPUTER MAGAZINE
CALLED : TOXIC MAG. (STRANGE NAME FOR A MAGAZINE, DON'T YOU THINK ?)
AND AN ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT ? ABOUT DEMOS, NO, THERE IS ALREADY ENOUGH !
I HAVE MORE THAN 350 DISCS OF ALL KIND OF DEMOS.
SO, NOT ABOUT DEMOS COZ CRITIC IS TO EASY.
BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT A DOMAIN WHERE WE ARE STRONG.
THAT MEANS 'ORGANISATION OF DEMO-PARTIES OR CODING PARTIES'.
SO HERE IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE TWO TRANSBEAUCE DEMO PARTIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRECISE THAT FOR THESE EVBENTS WE WERE 5 PERSONS,
WE RECRUIT FOR THE GROUPE: COBRA ( WILBUR AND EDF ) THAT GIVE US MORAL
AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND TWO PAIRS OF SUPLEMENTARY ARMS !
SO THANKS TO COBRA FOR THEIR HELP !
THE TRANSBEAUCE I
-----------------
IT TOOK PLACE IN A BIG ROOM OF OUR NICE BEAUCE.
ON JULY THE 22TH, IN 1990.
MANY GROUPS PARTICIPATE TO THIS MEETING :
- FUZION - PHENIX
- PENDRAGONS - MAD VISION
- THE BLACK CATS - HMD
- MCODER - OVERLANDERS
- HMD - TSB
- EQUINOX
THIS MEETING GATHERED ABOUT FOURTY PERSONS DURING TWO DAYS,
WHO EXCHANGEED THEIR IDEAS AND CREATE A DEMO :
- THE TRANSBEAUCE DEMO-
THE TRANSBEAUCE II "LABOUR DAY"
------------------------------
IT WAS THE SECOND DEMO PARTY ORGANISED BY THE BUSHWACKERS AND COBRA.
IT TOOK PLACE FROM THE 1ST OF MAY TO THE 2ND OF MAY 1991.
GROUPS INVITED :
- ABCS 85 - PENDRAGONS
- FIREHAWKS - SERVAL
- TRIO - OVERLANDERS
- THE MARVELS CORPORATION - THE CYBERNETICS
- THE MISFITS - ZUUL
- FUTUR MINDS - EQUINOX
- LEGACY - DEFCON 4
- IMPACT - UNDEAD
- FUZION - MCS
- NAOS - DMA
- THE LIGHTNINGS - ART OF CODE
- THE REPLICANTS - THE VOYAGERS
- FASHION - THE CORPORATION
- ST CNX - GENESIS
- PHENIX - TSB
- THE OUTLAWS - ARTIS MAGIA
- HYSTERIA - HMD
- OXYGENE - THE SILVERS
- NEXT - THE VEGETABLES
- V 8 - POLTERGEIST
- MAD VISION - NIGHT FORCE
- MEGABUSTERS
AT THE STRONGER MOMENT OF THE EVENING, WE WERE NEARLY 250 PERSONS.
IT WAS THE BIGGEST MEETING EVER ORGANISED IN FRANCE.
HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS :
- 300 WANDS
- 500 HOT-DOGS
- 4 KILOS OF PIE
- 300 CROISSANTS
- 1,5 KILO OF COFEE
- 300 BOTTLES OF HEINEKEN
- 800 BOTTLES OF COKE
- 400 BOTTLES OF FRUIT JUICE
THIS MEETING BEGAN WITH THE ARRIVAL AND THE INSTALLATION OF SOME
GROUPS IN THE MORNING OF THE 1ST OF MAY, UNTIL 15 O'CLOCK.
THE ENTRY PRICE WAS BETWEEN 70 AND 40 FRANCS IF THE PERSON HAD ALL HIS
MATERIAL ( ST + MONITOR ).
THERE WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED OF ST, 3 AMIGA AND 1 C-64.
THE PRICE COMPRISED THE FOOD, THE DRINKS, THE COFEE, THE INSCRIPTION
TO THE DEMO COMPETITION, THE KEEPSAKE OF THE C-P ( A DIPLOMA ).
FOR THE DEMO-COMPETITION :
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
THERE WAS 2 COMPETITIONS :
- THE 1ST ONE WAS TO MAKE A SCREEN FOR THE CREATION OF A MEGA-DEMO :
THE TRANSBEAUCE II LABOUR DAY.
- THE 2ND ONE WAS THE CREATION OF A PROGRAM WHICH, WITH AN HARD INTERFACE,
COULD HELP A LITTLE DEAF GIRL TO PRODUCE SONGS.
THIS COMPETITION IS NOT YET FINISHED.
THE 1ST PRICE OF THE DEMO-COMPETITION WAS :
- A CASSET AND LASER POST POGOFM
IT WAS WON BY THE GROUP UNDEAD
FOR THIS MEGA DEMO MCODER AND ZIGGY STARDUST (OVR) HAD TO CODE
THE MAIN MENU , THE LOADER AND THE RESET DEMO.
ABOUT 15 DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING, ZIGGY DECIDED TO STOP THE CODING OF THIS
MAIN MENU ( BECAUSE OF HIS EXAMS ) AND ASK TO TERENCE ( PENDRAGONS )
TO DO IT . SO TERENCE BEGAN THE MAIN MENU ONLY ONE WEEK BEFORE THE
MEETING.
MANY GROUPS GAVE THEIR SCREENS IN THE DECIDED DELAY.
BUT UNFORTUNATLY, THERE WAS NO MAIN MENU....
THERE ARE SO MANY SCREENS THAT THE TRANSBEAUCE DEMO II WILL TAKE UP
ON TWO DISCS.
THE SECOND DISC IS AVAILABLE, BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE FOR THE 1ST ONE
BECAUSE OF SOME BUGS IN THE FAMOUS MAIN-MENU.
I AM REALLY SORRY FOR THIS WAITING THAT BEGIN TO UNNERVE THE GROUPS THAT
PARTICIPATE TO THE COMPETITION.
I THANK ALL THE PERSONS THAT COME TO THIS MEGA MEETING, THE WINNERS OF THE
COMPETION, THE PERSONS WHO TOOK UP OF THE TWO DISCS ( ESPECIALY MCODER ),
THE PERSONS WHO HELPED US TO COME AND GET THE GROUPS AT THE TRAIN STATION,
MARIE CHRISTINE AND HER FRIEND FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SANDWICHES AND
FOR SERVING AT THE BAR, AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT US AND ARE READY
TO RECOMMENCE THIS ADVENTURE : THE TRANS 3 ... . . . .
I DON'T TNANK THE FOURTY PERSONS WHO CAME AND WEREN'T INVITED, THIS
SURPOPULATION CAUSED A LACK OF ROOM AND PROBLEMS OF REVICTUALING.
BYE EVERYONE AND LONG LIFE TO THIS MAGAZINE : THE TOXIC MAG.
IN A FUTURE ARTICLE, I WILL TALK ABOUT :
- THE ORGANISATION OF A DEMO-PARTY -
--------------------------------
THE SERGENT AUGUST 91 (BWK).
***************************************************************************
***************************************************************************