Crawly Crypt Collection 1/crawlyvol1.bin/magazine/scriba/scriba12/data.bin/IMAGINA.DOC

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üTheincredibleImagina/DeltaForceparty
-or-
Whattabummer
-or-
Whatever
-or-
Yetanotherofthoserealtimethingies
-or-
JustanotherarticleRichardwantedmetowrite
-or-
Paaaaaartyyyyyyyyy!!!
Ç
WritteninrealtimeontheImagina/DeltaForcepartyinOslo,August7th
to10thoftheverysilentyearofonethousandninehundredand
ninetytwo.

êAugust8th1992Ç

6:13:14am

Sincewearrivedtothepartyyesterday,nothingmuchhashappenedother
thanrevolutionarytridirotationandsurfacesortingroutinesbeing
created,andofcourse,KarlAnders'trackernowrunsatonlyhalfthe
processortimeheusedto,andthesoundisbetterthanbefore,usinga
unique,brilliant,superbroutinethoughtofby-who'dguess-oneof
theImaginacrewmembers.
   Andtalkingaboutcrews,theentirenight,itseemedthat,following
thestatistics,the1993partywouldfeatureImagina,Wizzcatand...
nobodyelse.However,justafewminutesago,wealmoststormedthedoor
aswediscoveredthatpeoplewereapproachingthebuilding.Andinfact,
theycamefortheparty!TheywerealsoSwedish,somethingwehadnot
beforeseenonthisparticularparty,andifthatwasn'tenough,halfof
them(i.e.twoofthem,astheywerefour)wereactuallyfemales!!!
   Thishascertainlywrittenhistory.ForthefirsttimeinNorway,
femaleshavebeenobservedinanSTparty!!!Mightthisbethefirst
signsofprogresswhenincomestocomputersandsex?Atleastitshould
belookeduponasastepintherightdirection(alsoknownasprogress).
   AsImentionedabove,anewrevolutionarysortingroutinefortridi
surfaceshasbeendeveloped.Infact,itwasdevelopedbyyourstruly...
andittakesìNOÇclockcycles!!!Beatthat!
   Wecanalsomentionthatanextremelyfasttridirotationroutineis
underdevelopment,andwiththenewextremelyfastdrawroutines(also
underdevelopment,ofcourse)nothingshouldstopusfrommakingthe
fastesttridiroutines.OfcourserunningwithKarlAnders'newreplay
routine...Imaginarules,OK!

Gard(NowanofficialmemberofImagina)

6:32:26

Ok,thizhasbeenaverycrativenight.FirstWizzcatandI(Coincidence)
improvedhisplayrout.Wizzcat'sroutcannowplaymodulesin50kHzonan
normalSTewithabout40%ofthecputimeleft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Itsoundsincrdible.....Iamalsonearlyfinishedwiththeintroonour
newmusicdisc.BythewayinthizmusicdiscibeatDeltaForcesrecord
with8200starsatonce.Ihave8201stars.
Ihavenothingmoretosayfornow...
Coincidencesigningoff.

6:47:00
Ç
BoredomBoredom..Jezzguys..thizpartyizboring,andasIamoneof
theluuuuuckyarrangerourzIfeelrealsicknow..asusualeverybody
sayzthearegoingtashowandnobodyshpws..welltavandaldjandudeiz
sittinghereritebesidemetogetherwitdatlittlesillySOFAandthey
lookboorrrreeedddtoo..ifanybodywannanowMissunderstandingandGard
aretalkingsomcrappyassemblerbullriteatmyrite(arime!)..Iam
boredtsmsboneandsomelamersareplayinggameswitsfxputuponfull
..phoookhim!!..

Oh.Gee.ofthanorwegianshitcrewIMAGINA!

8:24:50

Justfinishedasqueezingroutine.Arealtimeone...Anditworks!!!
Yeaaaaaaa!Who'sgreat?Now,we'lljusthavetowaitforthedigitizer.
Andwe'reexpectingKaitopopuplatertodayaswell...

Gard

8:37:30

Justarivedhere!!
Ihavebeenonthetrainallnigth...Ihopethiswillbecool...
Justafewminutesagoiventintothe"AMIGAROOM"andmadesompsyco
musick!!!

LSF

10:03:34

I'vejustcomebackfromthepostoffice.Ispentfifteenminutesfinding
thedamnthing,andanotherfifteenminutestofindthewaybacktothe
party.Well,Imadeitinonepiece,andImanagedtobringallthemoney
(thatIhadextractedfrommypostalgiro)withme.Infact,noattempts
weremadeatalltorobme,despiteofthefactthatthisisOsloand
thatweonlyfindextraordinarysmallpizzastoextraordinaryhugeprices
aroundhere.Well,IsupposeIcouldn'tcontributemuchwithmymoney,
anyway,asthey'dneedloadsandloadsofittosurvivehere.
   Thesunisshiningbrightlyoutside,whichmakesmewonderifIreally
shouldstayinsidetappingawayonthiscomputerandothercomputers.
Afterall...what'sgoodweatherfor?Bytheway...IsupposeI'llhave
totrytophoneKjetil(alsoknownasUmpire)andseeifIcanmakehim
popinduringthisparty.Butfirst,Ihavetovisittheloo,andthen
I'llhavetotakeoneofthosanti-allergythingies,asthedensityof
pollenmintheairactuallyisratherhigharoundhere,eventhoughit's
August.Well,perhapsitisbecauseitisAugust,butwhocare?Themain
thingisthatitissummer,thereispollen,andifIdon'tconsumethose
chemicals,I'llfindmyselfsneezingallovertheplaceandafterawhile
gettingproblemsbreathingaspilesofslimebuildupinmythroat.This
diseaseis,bytheway,calledasthma,ifyoudidn'tknow.
   Well,sinceI'malreadyatit,Icanreportthattheatmosphereis
ratherquiet,asalot(well,therearen'tactuallyalot,isthere?)of
peoplearetryingtosleep.Onlyafewpeopleareawake,andsomeof
them,likemyself,havenotsleptsincetheyarrived.
   Ihave,however,foundagoodsideaboutthelittleamountofpeople
around,whichhappenstobethatIdon'thavetostandinaquetouse
thelav'.AndsinceI'monthesubjectofthelav',IsupposeI'llhave
togotherenow,beforeIdosomethingstupidlike...well...

ÇGard

10:20:54

Well,thatwasthelav',andIsuddenlyrememberedthebadthingabout
it:Thelackofsoap.
   However,seenfromanotherpointofview,Inowhavetoaccessmy
harddisk(whichthisfileisactuallybeingwrittenon)andfindKjetil's
phonenumber,whichmeansthatthecomputerwillnothaveFirstWord+
loadedforamoment,however,wewillreturnafterthisbreak...

Gard

10:26:05

That'sit.I'mleavingthekeyboardnow,sothatanypersonpassingby
cantypeintheirentryforthisST-NEWSreal-timearticle...

Gard
11.10.04

  Ach,jasveinehund.Mybrainpowerisgettinmorereducedeverysecond.
Howlowwilthisgo?ZZZZzzzzz....

Somebody

Aroundthesehours,theharddiskbrokedown,makingitimpossibleto
continuewritingthisthingreal-time.However,alittlesummaryofthe
partycanbewrittenanyway.
   Laterthisday,aSwedishcrewshowedup.Wereallydidn'texpect
this,asnoneofthefifteenSweedishcrewsthathadannouncedtheir
arrivalhadpeekedinyet.
   Still,anotherstunningrealitywasthattwoofthemembersactually
werefemales.Sincethereneverwasmorethan15personsinthepartyat
once,thesetwomadeoutthelargestfemalepercentageeverachievedina
computerconvention.(Astoourexperiences,thatis)
   Somewhatlater,aGermanarrived.HehadbeenworkingforHappy
Computerintheirexistingdays,andnowhewasintheGermanAlliance.
Hedidn'tcareifthereweren'tmanypeople,aslongasthingswere
happening.
   Andthingswerehappening,likeWizzcat'snewSountrackerreplay
routineat50kHz,mynewsurfacesortroutinethattakeszero
clockcycles,megettingintoImagina,mynewplannedtridirotationrout,
andsoon.HealsogotalookatSCR1.1,whichheofcoursetookacopy
of.
   Still,morewastocome.WhileIwasdoingsomeprogrammingononeof
presentSTs,aboywithlongdarkhairenteredthroughthedoor,together
withatallerguywithlight,shorterhair.IthoughtIrecognizedthe
darkone.However,Iwasseatedfaraway,somyseatwasn'texactlythe
firsthe'dspot.However,hequicklyfoundme,andItriedtohidemyself
behindmyhands,buttoolate.Hestretchedhishandout.Therewasno
wayback.Igrabbedit."Hi,"
   Theguy'snamewasKaiHolst.Finally,we'dmet.Forthefirsttime
sincewegottoknoweachother,sevenmonthsago."Hi,"hesaidback.Or
wasittheotherway,Icannotremember.
   Anyway,wequicklywentouttooneofthemanyMcDonaldsinOslo,
foundoutwhytheyweresocheap,gotbacktothepartyandstarteddoing
otherthings.
   Aftersomeexhaustion,Ifinallywenttobed,onlytobeawokenafew
hourslaterbyKjetil.IintroducedKjetiltoKaiandKaitoKjetil,and
Çalmostwentbacktosleepagain.
   Afterquiteafewhours,Kaihadtoleave.Kjetil,however,wouldstay
tillweleft.Infact,wetimewouldshowthatwewouldfollowhimout.
WewenttoChinaTown,hadsomeChinesefood,wenttotheUniversityand
hadagoandIRC.
   Forthoseofyouwhodon'tknow,IRCisachatline,withtheexception
thatittunsonInternet,thatthismeansthatnoonecanmakesilly
soundsthatmakesithardtoheartheothers,andthatitisrestricted
toonly500users.Youcanalsosendpersonalmessages.
   WizzcatquicklyfoundtheAtarichatline,andsodidI.However,after
awhile,IfiguredthatI'drathertryabiggerline.Ilistedthelines
andfoundthatthe"HotSex"chatlinehad33users.

/JOINHotSex

Chaos.Anarchy.Nonsense.Loadsofbullshit.Therewasevenaguycalled
disasterthere.

>Disaster:WhyDisaster?
Disaster>Zealot:Watchthis
*Youhavebeenthrownoutof"HotSex"*
/joinHotSex
Disaster>Zealot:I'msorry.Iusuallydothat.
>Thatwasn'tanicethingtodo!!!

Well,afterchattingalongwithsomeotherpeople,likeNicolefrom
Washington,Igotsomewhataddictedtothestuff.Still,wehadtoleave.
Happily,I'llbeabletouseIRCassoonasIbeginatthehigh-schoolof
EngineeringinÅlesund,whichwillbeaboutthetimethisthingis
released.
  Wereturnedtotheparty,wentwild,packedandwenttoKjetil'splace,
whereWizzcatandPennywisegotsomesleep.IandKjetil,ontheother
hand,wentoutinthestreetsofOslo,whereI,forexample,boughtaCD.
   Timetoreturn,andthatmeantdrivinginthenight.Wearrivedin
Sæbøatfouram,andaswebroughtourstuffoutofthecarafterhaving
slep,wefoundamousethatwasn'tours,andsomeotherstuff.
   Ifoundastockinginmybag.
   Still,lateron,Ireturnedhome,andnotmuchelsehashappened,
otherthanmefiguringouthowrotationofatridiobjectcanhappenat
about200clockcyclesapoint.
   Well,that'sitreally.That'stheparty.Nextyear,morewillhappen,
butwillmoreshowup?Hopefully,yes.remember,goingtothatparty
meansmeetingtheeliteofNorwegianprogrammers,includingWizzcatof
DeltaForce.ThepartywillbeannouncedinalaterissueofSCR...

ThisisGardsigningoff...