HELLO FOLKS , HERE IS A NEW DEMO !!!! HOWD@YA LIKE IT ?????? h l VI TNEMIREPXE l PRESENTS h l TSETAL EHT l FROM THE h l AIDACRA l TEAM OK THIS IS EXIV WRITING... HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR DEMO !! THIS TIME WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH OUR RESULT. THIS DEMO g IS MADE USING NO LIBRARY-ROUTINES ! JUST PURE HARDWARE PROGRAMMING kBY NIMITZ AND EXPERIMENT IV OF THE ARCADIA TEAM. k h THIS IS A MESSAGE TO FRED > HOPE YOU DON@T MIND US USING YOUR SOUNDTRACK, AND WE KNOW IT WASN@T DESIGNED TO BE REPLAYED ON TNM@S PLAYROUTINE , BUT IT IS VERY EASY TO HANDLE AND I THINK IT USES A BIT LESS RASTERTIME. SPEAKING ABOUT RASTERTIME.. IF YOU HEAR A SLIGHT SPEEDVARIATION IN THE MUSIC, THEN IT IS BECAUSE WE USE NO INTERRUPT AT ALL IN THIS DEMO, WHICH MEANS THAT THE REPLAYROUTINE IS BSR@ED IN EVERY PROGRAMLOOP ..... THIS IS DONE BECAUSE THE INTERRUPT ROUTINE WAS USING CYCLES WHICH WAS NEEDED BY THE BLITTER TO BLIT THE BOB@S ON THE SCREEN. AND IT DID RESULT IN FLICKERING ON TOP OF THE SCREEN ..... SO THATS WHY FRED, BUT WE LIKED YOUR TUNE, AND FOUND IT NICE BESIDE THE GRAPHICS. BUT IN CASE ANYONE HASN@T ALREADY UNDERSTOOD: FRED MADE THE TUNE (AND THE SOUNDS ??) AND NOW THE EXPLANATION YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR: TOGGLING -HELP- MAKES SOME TEXT TO APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. USING ARROW KEYS UP/DOWN OR LEFT/RIGHT CHANGES THE ANIMATION AND THIS MAKES YOU ABLE TO CREATE YOUR OWN ANIMATIONS !!!! THAT@S FUN !!! SO GET STARTED !!! BUT REMEMBER TO READ THE SCROLLER !!! IF YOU PRESS -F1- OR -F2- YOU CAN CHANGE TUNES !!! , AND FINALLY PRESSING RIGHT M.BUTTON STOPS THE DEMO (BUT YOU WONT@T DO IT YET I SUPPOSE, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE AMONG OUR CONTACTS THEN IT IS A GREETING FOR YOU LATER IN THE SCROLLTEXT) AND SINCE IV@E JUST TOLD YOU HOW YOU CHANGE TUNE, I HAVE TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE ABOUT THE SECOND TUNE: IT IS FROM THE SCATEBOARD GAME BY 1001 SOFTWARE (OR WAS IT 1001-CREW) ... 1001 LEFT THE 4TH CHANNEL FREE FOR SOUNDEFFECTS. AND I FOUND IT SILLY TO LOOK AT ONLY 3 VUMETERS, SO I ADDED SOME NOTES IN THE 4TH CHANNEL .... I@M SORRY IF THE RESULT WASN@T TO GOOD WAIT A MINUTE, I FOUND A BUG WATCHING MY SCROLLTEXT..... YES , NO IT IS OK. THE PRINT ROUTINE WAS FLICKERING A BIT. WELL IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEND US THEIR LATEST WORK ON THE AMIGA , WRITE TO: h l T.A.T f 846 XOB f LADREV 1567 f l TO FAST ???? WELL IF YOU DIDN@N GET OUR ADRESS ON PAPER ,HERE IS YOUR SECOND CHANCE .... T.A.T f BOX 648 f 7651 VERDALf NORWAY f PLEASE NO PEOPLE NOT KNOWING HOW TO CODE A RESONABLE GOOD DEMO .. BECAUSE WE SWAP A LOT AND NOW ONLY NEED GOOD CONTACTS !!! AND AS USUAL WE WILL SEND OUR LITTLE GREETING TO DOC (GOD FOR HALSEN ( RIGHT UNKNOWN ??...)) WELL IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE GREETINGS: >>>>> (A-Z ORDER (ALMOST..)) i k ABNORMAL , AMIGA ACTION , AFTERBURNERS , ASS , ABS , ALPHAFLIGHT , BRAINBUG , BAMIGA SECTOR ONE (DK) > NICE SCROLL SURPRISE < , BEASTIE BOYS > DO YOU LIKE THIS DEMO SYNDICATE ?? < , CAPONE > WHERE IS OUR SOUNDTRACK ?? < , DREAMSCAPE > LONG TIME NO MAIL HAWK !? < , ELECTION > THE POSTMAN HAVE EATEN YOUR LETTER !! < , EOA , THE VAN OF FIP , THE GANG > SAW YOUR LAST DEMO, CRACKER ,NOT TO GOOD DIGITIZING HMM ?? < , TST (HAGAR) , HAWKWIND , KEFRENS > RAZMO IS YOUR WIZARD ..... < , NETWORK (LIX) , NZC > I HEAR YOU HAVE A WAR WITH STACK < , ONSALA SECTOR , DARK FLAME/OMEGA CREW , PHENOMENA , POWER PACK , THE QUEST , STRANGE 42 , SCT , SHARE AND ENJOY , STACK , SUPERNOVA , WOT k THIS WAS OUR PERSONAL GREETINGS , AND NOW TO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE DOING GREAT WORK: >>>>> NORTHSTAR/FAIRLIGHT , JUNGLE COMMAND , MAD MONKS , THE SILENTS , AMIGA INDUSTRIES , TETRAGON , THRUST , SUNRIDERS , ACCESSION , X-BEAT , RAZOR , THE CARTEL , QUORAM , TRILOGY , 7UP CREW , GOONIES , DEFJAM , LIGHTCIRCLE , MEGAFORCE , SINNERS , THE NEW MASTERS , THE WEB , HQC , COPPER CREW , QUADLITE , ACKERLIGHT , WILD COPPER , PLASMA FORCE .... AND NOW I DON@T REMEMBER ANY MORE. h IF YOU WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AMONG OUR PERSONAL GREETINGS, THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO GRAB A PEN AND WRITE US A LETTER ... AND NOW A MESSAGE TO PEOPLE NOT HAVING ONE MEGABYTE OF MEMORY >>>>> I AM TIRED OF COPYING NOFASTMEM ONTO ALMOST ALL THE DISKS I GET, CONTAINING DEMOES.... IF YOU KNOW YOUR DEMO DON@T WORK ON 1MB SYSTEMS , THEN REWITE YOUR PROGGY, SO IT ALLOCATES MEMORY IN CHIPMEM TO KEEP THE SOUNDS/GRAPHICS AND >>>COPPERLIST<<< !!!! ELSE YOUR PROGGY WILL LOOK LIKE HELL ON THE MONITOR, WHEN STARTED !! AND: >>>DON@T STOP THE COPPER BY REWRITING THE COPPERLIST VECTOR FOR 512K SYSTEMS !!<<< NO ! FIND THE ORIGINAL VECTOR FOR THE SYSTEM IN WHICH YOU DEMO IS RUNNING !! IF YOU DON@T, THEN THE SCREEN STARTS FLICKERING WHEN STOPPING YOUR DEMO!! AND THE ONE MB OWNERS WILL HAVE TO RESET THEIR SYSTEM !!! O.K. THIS IS ENOUGH BARKING .... AND THE END OF THE TEXT ..... BYE BYE BABY !!! T.A.T NOVEMBER 1988