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- BOUNCING PLANETS DEMO
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- This is an animation of three bouncing planets.
- It is simple but pretty; quite hypnotic.
- Full source code and documentation is included.
- (Designed partly as a tutorial.)
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- FILES
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- PLANETS.LZH
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- README.TXT - This very file
- PLANETS.EXE - The Demo
- GUSH*.DAT - Data for the different planets
- XION*.DAT - Data for the different surfaces
- SOURCE.LZH - Archived source code
- DOC.LZH - Archived documentation
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- SOURCE.LZH
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- MAKEGUSH.EXE - Program to create new Gush (planet) data
- MAKEXION.EXE - Program to create new Xion (surface) data
- *.C, *.ASM - Source files
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- DOC.LZH
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- PLANET.TXT - Document describing construction of demo (ascii)
- PLANET.MS - Troff source for document
- (The documentation is actually independent of the implemented code)
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- NOTES
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- The demo is compiled using the rather fine 'XLib' public domain graphics
- library (version 6), mainly for the clever screen buffering it provides.
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- The command-line options the demo accepts are so that I can run the program
- on a continuous loop with some other stuff to give my computer something to
- do when it's bored.
- /s suppresses the message at the end of the demo.
- /t<time> stops the demo after <time> seconds.
- /f<path> sets the location of the data files as the <path> directory.
- /p<n> selects to bounce <n> planets (up to 3, or less if not enough memory).
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- Everything here is freeware; use it but don't abuse it. Rewrite and remix the
- demo as much as you desire, but always distribute it with the original files
- unaltered.
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- Simon Hern (April 1994)
- (22 Harrington Drive, Bedford MK41 8DB, England)
- sdh@uk.ac.nott.maths (e-mail valid until July 1994)
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