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- From: d2hacker@dtek.chalmers.se (Magnus Hacker)
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.demos
- Subject: Re: Music and Code from Demos
- Message-ID: <d2hacker.722498732@dtek.chalmers.se>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 06:05:32 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.142612.8928@daimi.aau.dk> <1992Nov14.153146.4287@crash> <1979@lysator.liu.se> <Bxtuvy.4tK@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <d2hacker.722155564@dtek.chalmers.se> <1992Nov19.122050.7305@ifi.uio.no>
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- nilsco@ifi.uio.no (Nils Liaaen Corneliusen) writes:
-
- >The ZX81 had just 1k ram as standard. But you could a 'wobblepack' with a
- >whopping 16k extra. (wobblepack - it usually sent small wobbly lines down the
- >screen and if you moved it *slightly*, kaboom!) It also had an amazing two
- >color palette and max resolution of 64x44. Those were the days...
-
- Yes, I remember something like that. The 3.5K I was referring to belonged
- to my old VIC20. Actually, I took it out yesterday, from the depths of my
- closet. On power-on it started a strange noise which went on for about
- twenty seconds. Then -WHOUSH- black smoke came from it.
-
- Need I say that it is back in the closet?
-
- --
- Magnus Hacker, d2hacker@dtek.chalmers.se
-
- Is this my signature?
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