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Subject: Swapping ST Demos
By: James Collett (Professor)
A Member Of: VIRTUAL INFINITY
Email: s6005146@oxpoly.ac.uk (or s6005146@brookes.ac.uk)
Address: Room N4, L.S.C.College, Wheatley, Oxford, OX9 1HX
Mono accnt.: bcc
Nuts About Demos?
=================
This applies to anyone who is as addicted to demos as I am, i.e.
those things which push the ST`s computational power beyond that of a
Cray, graphics power beyond that of an arch, and sonix power beyond a
miggy`s (which isn`t difficult!!):
As unbelievably impressive as some of them are, after the literary
hundredth time of viewing them they do get a little predictable!! :-)
Therefore I would like to swap some of my demos with other demos within
the Ictari User Group - and maybe start a demo / PD software swapping
club?? Please mail/post me if you have any demos not on my list and
want some of mine.
My Demo List
============
Sorry the numbering`s a bit strange, it`s simply in the order I
picked them up off the floor! I have indicated 'non-official' demos
with an asterisk:
1) Big demo 11)*Californion raisins demo
2) MicroMix (II+IV) 12) Ultimate GFA demo
3)*Dr.Who music demo 13) Union demo
4) Life`s a bitch demo 14) Decade demo
5)*C.F.S. crack 15) Electra demo (MEG)
6) Syntax terror demo crack (TWO) 16) Double doozer demo
7)*Misc. grafix demos (TWO+) 17)*C.F.S. (TWO)
8)*Gods music crack 18) Movie ST demo (STE)
9) Amiga demo 19) French demo (STE)
10) Fish`n`chips demo 20) Jungle demo (STE)
21)*Boing balls demo (STE) 27)*3-D scroller demo (STE)
22) Imagination 28) STupendous
23) Lightning demo 29) P.Y.M. (TWO)
24) The year after 30) Songs of the unexpected(STE)
25)*Star Trek 31) Neworder demo
26) Wow demo 32) Acid burn demo
(MEG)=megabyte only , (STE)=STE only , (TWO)=demo comes on two disks
E-mailing Demos
===============
To anyone who has access to an internet mailbox and has never Emailed
non-filed disks before:
The mechanism is simple: first, on your ST, you convert the non-filed
disk into a BIG file using the magic shadow archiver (MSA). Then you
UUencode the file, to convert it to (7 bit) text, and send it as normal.
Once received the file can be UUdecoded and de-MSA-ed, which returns it
to its original and executable form. If the MSA file, to be sent, is
too BIG to handle, then the non-filed disk can be converted into two (or
more) files, for example one file containing tracks 0-40 and other
containing tracks 41-81.
Both MSA and UUcoders can be obtained from most PD libraries if
necessary. Alternatively I can mail you MSA and UUencode; but I
obviously can`t mail you UUdecode because you won`t be able to UUdecode
it!
A New Crew ...
==============
Earlier this year a brand new ST demo crew formed, called VIRTUAL
INFINITY! V.I. now consists of seven full time members, including
myself (Professor) and Trantor (Dream State), and we are currently
writing our first demo, 'Total Immersion', due to be completed later
this year.
V.I. consists of five 68k coders (Dream State, The Overlord, Kheldar,
68K, Kryten), one GFA coder (yours truly!) and one musician (Random).
As for artwork: we get by!
The Demo
========
Like most demos, 'Total Immersion' will be, and is being, designed
and created to run on any ST set-up; although we do intend to include
STe only and meg. only screens. The demo is going to be coded in a
mixture of 68k and GFA. We will obviously be showing off out amazing
talents, and including FX never before seen on the ST - if you want to
know more you`ll just have to wait until it`s released!
WANTED
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The demo won`t be ready for release for a while yet, but when it is
we will need *loads of* ST contacts to help spread it - both nationally
and internationally.
If you would like a copy, when it`s ready, please either get in touch
with me or Trantor, or watch this space for more details.
Also, if you`re a member of another demo crew or have done any
similar work, and haven`t already got in contact with us, then please do
and we`ll be happy to give you a greeting on our demo.
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