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-Start-of-Demo-News-#69-------------------------------------------------------
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\_______ \/ __________ | \ \________ \ November 6, 1994 -
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_____ \_ \ __)___/ \/ \__/ \ November 12, 1994
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\______________/__________/____| :______/_____________/ ISSUE #69
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/ _ \/ __________ | | \/ ___________/ Produced at
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/ | \ __)___/ : : \_______ \ HORNET,
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_/ | \_ \_ _ \_ | \_ ftp.eng.ufl.edu
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Section 1........Standard Information | Section 5...........Coder's Corner
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Section 2.....................General | Section 6..................Demo CD
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Section 3.......................Files | Section 7.....................Misc
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Section 4...........Musician's Corner | Section 8..................Closing
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((Section 1...Standard Information))
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DemoNews is a weekly publication dedicated to the demo scene. It is
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produced at the Internet FTP site ftp.eng.ufl.edu (aka WASP or HORNET).
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This newsletter focuses on all aspects of demos and demo-making (including
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music, art, and coding). ALL are welcomed to contribute articles, rumors,
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advertisements, etc.
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Officially:
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Site Name : Hornet or Wasp
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Address : hornet.eng.ufl.edu (128.227.116.7)
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raptor.eng.ufl.edu (128.227.116.25)
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Location : Florida, USA
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System E-Mail : dmw@eng.ufl.edu
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There are currently four active demo-operators at this site:
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Name Position Address
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Dan Wright *GENERAL* dmw@inca.gate.net
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Christopher G. Mann GENERAL r3cgm@dax.cc.uakron.edu
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Mike GENERAL weis@elf.stuba.sk
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Jason (Cavalier) ANSI cavalier@shadow.net
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This site is mirrored by the following ftps:
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FTP Name IP Address Country
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ftp.uwp.edu 131.210.1.4 USA
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ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 Sweden
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ftp.sun.ac.za 146.232.212.21 S. Africa
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ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.2.43 Germany
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ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.10.42 Germany
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ftp.cdrom.com 192.216.191.11 USA
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You can subscribe to this newsletter by mailing "listserver@oliver.sun.ac.za"
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and putting "subscribe demuan-list your_real_name" in your message.
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The listserver is what sends out this newsletter every SUNDAY morning.
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kimba@it.com.au is the keeper of the listserver.
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For those who use the GUI environment check out our DN.HMTL in the
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/demos/news directory. The URL is ftp://ftp.eng.ufl.edu/demos/news/DN.HTML
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If anyone wants to do a graphic logo for this please get in touch.
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((Section 2...General))
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(BIG WEEK FOR DEMONEWS)
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Hello everyone, this is Christopher G. Mann here. This week, I have taken it
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upon myself to assemble this newsletter. In the past, Dan has done most of
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the work. I would just send my articles to him Saturday afternoon and by
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that night he would have the whole thing ready to go out. However, Dan is
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leaving the "scene" in a few weeks and the responsibility of putting DemoNews
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together will fall on my shoulders. As such, this is my first try and I can
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not promise that everything will look good.
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Here are some plans I have for Hornet once the big transition is made:
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-review of music players, trackers, and utilities in the style of the
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demo reviews
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-DEMOBOOK, a collection of addresses and info from people in the scene
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-improved links > someone will be assigned to handle all of the links on
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this site
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-code expert > I'll try to find a really knowledgeable coder who can
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contribute articles and answer questions about source code in the
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"scene". If you are one, or know one, let me know...
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-the /code directory will be reviewed and detailed explanations will be
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given to the source code within
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(HORNET, THE NEW TEAM)
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The following people have offered to help out with HORNET once Dan leaves.
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PERSON ADDRESS
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1. Andrew Younger - aiy@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU
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2. Brenton Swart - bswa1595@pilot.stu.cowan.edu.au
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3. Burning Chrome - bchrome@rci.ripco.com
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4. Ryan Cramer - rcramer1@mason1.gmu.edu
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5. Ryan Schwartz - dspyre@usis.com
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6. Styros - iq23@jove.acs.unt.edu
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I will need information about each person on this list so that I can assign
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duties appropriate to your area. It would do no good to assign a coder to
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review music trackers...
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1. Andrew Younger - The only information I have on you is that you offered
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me a MC][ distro site and tried to find me a recording
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studio for the Escape CD.
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2. Brenton Swart - I have no information for you. :(
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3. Burning Chrome - You were one of the two artists for the MC][ final demo
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and run the Piracetam (did I spell that right?) BBS in
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Florida. Your area of experience seems to be in music
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and graphics.
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4. Ryan Cramer - You are one of my CORE friends in the scene. You are a
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musician and run the Data Connection BBS in Virginia.
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I will probably ask you to write a weekly article for
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"Musician's Corner" in this newsletter.
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5. Ryan Schwartz - I have no information for you. :(
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6. Styros - I have no information for you. :(
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If you are on this list, then please write me and tell me information that
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would help me decide what to ask you to do. Even if I know you well, please
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write and tell me about complications or ideas you will have.
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Different tasks will include being the "Links Manager", reviewing demos,
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music files, source code, and handling mail for this site.
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If you are not on this list but would like to be, write me back at:
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r3cgm@dax.cc.uakron.edu
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((Section 3...Files))
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FILENAME.EXT LOCATION DESCRIPTION
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| --DEMOS-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos...)
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1infect.arj /alpha/NEW N-Factor's WIRED'94 party release. GUS.
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btw.zip /alpha/NEW Older Cpacala intro. GUS.
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chyztro.zip /alpha/NEW Channel Mag preview intro by GRIF. GUS.
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contro.zip /alpha/NEW Purple's contact intro. GUS/SB.
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llama.arj /alpha/NEW llama Olimpicia. Just a Flame / Ispanic.
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once-lsd.zip /alpha/NEW Laserdance's 2nd place WIRED intro SB.
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| --MUSIC-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/music...)
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ciadsk05.zip /disks CiA Music Disk #5
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cn-cia03.zip /disks Cerebral Neurosis Solo Disk 3 (Part 1)
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cs_disk .zip /disks MusicDisk by CHAOS of SP/ET
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epidem-1.zip /disks Epidemic Music Disk (part 1 of 3)
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epidem-2.zip /disks Epidemic Music Disk (part 2 of 3)
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epidem-3.zip /disks Epidemic Music Disk (part 3 of 3)
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into-klf.zip /klf Into My Universe by Maelcum
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convert .zip /programs/convert Converts some different samples / songs
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stx2stm .zip /programs/convert Converts STX modules back to STM
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incadrea.zip /songs/mtm Inca Dream by Mute
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ambiapo2.lzh /songs/s3m Apocalypse ][ by KodeXmode
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ambipont.zip /songs/s3m Pointzer Orchastra by KodeXmode
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anx1 .zip /songs/s3m Untitled by Echo M.
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anx2 .zip /songs/s3m Untitled by Echo M.
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anx3 .zip /songs/s3m Untitled by Echo M.
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configur.zip /songs/s3m Configure by The Charlatan
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free-had.zip /songs/s3m Freebase by Hadji
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genhance.zip /songs/s3m Genetic Enhancement by Mute
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jims3m .zip /songs/s3m Jim Morrison Ode by Kevin (cs41sb08)
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mnreson .zip /songs/s3m Mnemonic Resonance by M. Janiszewski
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pro-sjam.zip /songs/s3m Pro Strawberry Jam by Protocol
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quickj .lzh /songs/s3m Quick Journey by Akintunde Omitowoju
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sob-had .zip /songs/s3m Son of a Bitch by Hadji
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aftermid.zip /time After Midnight by Fortunato
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DELETED
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-cleanout- dance4 .zip d_d_ster.zip fluid .zip fragsoul.zip
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jackedin.zip lastdanc.zip motpigs .zip ragdepth.lzh
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rendan .zip sky_marj.zip sky_mosq.zip sky_nwpr.zip
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sombay .zip tl-demon.zip
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| --ART/ANSI-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/...)
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We have an ANSI maintainer--cavalier@shadow.net. He usually posts his
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comments within the "/incoming/ansi" directory.
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| --CODE-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/code...)
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3dvect39.zip /code/graph/3d 3D Vector Engine...tons of stuff
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setmode .zip /code/graph/images Setmode1.0 use 320*200 progs w/dfrn resn
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v3dt090 .zip /code/graph/library 3DTOOLS v0.90b - C++ 3d engine with libs
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vtime110.zip /code/graph/vidcard A Video-Card timer measuring performance
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DELETED
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-unrelated- shadesav.zip - Screen Saver
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unchp14 .zip - DOS uuencode/uudecode helper
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.----------.
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| --MISC-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/...)
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dask01 .zip /diskmags DASK mag issue #1. Not much here. GUS.
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slave14 .zip /diskmags LiTHiUM's ALT-1 issue #14. NEW LAYOUT!
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bitmov95.txt DELETED Midi music contest in Italy Mar. '95.
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jhd-1194.zip DELETED A "art" pack/mag. No place to fit.
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nadd_v10.zip DELETED New age demo database....corrupt.
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((Section 4...Musician's Corner by Snowman))
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(GENERAL)
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There were a couple of recent releases that I have been impressed with. Both
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are by CapaCala.
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First is CapaMod 2.01. It is the best MOD/S3M player out there (IMO), and
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was used as the voting software for Music Contest ][. The .s3m support is
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still a bit buggy, but the .mod play-quality is very good.
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Second is BTW, a new intro by CapaCala. Its not the most complex intro I've
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ever seen, but the music is really cool.
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Before I forget, be sure to check out that Acme CLAIR intro. Its like BTW in
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the respect that it isn't very complicated, but the music kicks.
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(NO ASM 94 MUSIC)
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Many people have written me trying to find the assembly 94 music, so I will
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try to clear the matter up here.
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The Assembly 94 music was originally kept for about a month and a half.
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However, due to space restrictions, it was no longer possible to keep them
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online.
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If you are looking for them, our mirror site ftp.uwp.edu might be a good
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place to start. They seem to keep files we delete for a while. If you can't
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find it there, then your next bet would be to check out ARCHIE. I'm sure
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there are some final results lists of ASM94 still floating around. Just
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grab one, make a macro, and search for each song on archie while you go eat
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dinner or something...
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((Section 5...Coder's Corner by Snowman))
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(PKLITE vs. LZEXE)
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I would like to open a discussion on what the best .exe compressor is out
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there. Personally, I know very little about this area and I have only used
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PKLITE and LZEXE a few times. However, I'll bet that there are a few coders
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out there who have some thoughts on the matter.
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What do you think?
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(PASCAL/C++ DEMO TUTORIAL)
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Most dedicated readers of DemoNews know that I am a very big fan of Denthor's
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Pascal demo tutorial programs. Lately, I've been converting the source and
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documentation to C++. This should increase the number of people who will
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find these tutorials useful.
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[How to get the tutorials]
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Well, Hornet has most of them online, under /code/graph/tutor. However, you
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can write to Denthor directly and get them:
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** **
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This is the list of subjects lines for the sending of files over email. This
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will be done automatically. All files willbe uuencoded, see if it is on your
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UNIX server or grab the dos version off ftp of the Night Owl CD's
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All the files are copyright Asphyxia, and permission must be obtained from
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denthor@beastie.cs.und.ac.za before using them in any publication (paper or
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electronic) etc. They may however be distributed freely on BBS's as long as
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no modifications are made. I will expand the list continually as soon as I
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finish more trainers etc, and I will also be placing some of our smaller
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intros here too.
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Email denthor@beastie.cs.und.ac.za with the following subjects :
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request-tut-1
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request-tut-2
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request-tut-3
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request-tut-4
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request-tut-5
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request-tut-6
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request-tut-7
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request-tut-8
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request-tut-9
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request-tut-10
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request-tut-11
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request-tut-12
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request-tut-13
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request-tut-14
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request-tut-15
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request-tut-16 ; These are the trainers...
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request-extras ; Wormie, coppers etc ...
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request-texter ; Graphics font utility
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I highly suggest you check these tutorials out. They are extremely good
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quality.
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(STUPID CONTEST 2 RESULTS)
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Last weeks stupid contest centered around text descriptions (you know, those
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things your supposed to upload with your file). Had anyone ever seen a de-
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scription larger than the file it was refering to? This week we post the two
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entries received...
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[Entry #1]
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Here's my WONDERFUL entry to SC][!
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---===<<<(((||| EXPLOSIV.COM aNd EXPLOSIV.DOC |||)))>>>===---
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This program is a screen saver from around 1990 that
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was in "Stupid PC tricks" by somebody or another...
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The executable is 9192 bytes and the documentation is
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11385, making for a description that is, yes, 20%
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bigger than the EXE!
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--PeriSoft =<Musician / GFX / CodE>= [Epinicion / Interamnia]
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[Entry #2]
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Here's an entry to the Stupid Contest 2 in DemoNews :)
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It's a file called nilv-nen.zip (I found it in my hard disk in a filearea
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of my offlined BBS). The file features the 2400 byte executable, which is
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supposed to be the actual product. The file_id.diz description file is
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9600 bytes long! The third file is called loput.doc, which is ..hmm.. 1200
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bytes long, featuring a list of the other modem bps speeds (1200, 2400,
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etc., get it? :) ..
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/ Antti Piirainen a.k.a. / email: piiraine@lut.fi
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/ Addict/Topaz Beerline / (mail your votes, etc.)
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/ Yahoo disk mag chief editor / WWW..: http://www.lut.fi/~piiraine
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[Note]
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The Stupid Contests will be put away for awhile. Last week, I suddenly
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realized that they were, in fact, very stupid. In place of the Stupid
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Contests, I will probably invite more open discussion (see PKLITE vs.
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LZEXE above).
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((Section 6...ESCAPE Demo/Music CD))
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[From Christopher G. Mann]
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Royal, Stony, and I are just finishing up the Escape intro. It should be out
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Sunday night (November 6th, 1994).
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[From Dan Wright]
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Word has it the printing of the inserts will be completed next week
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and the complete CD package will get to me Thanksgiving week (20-26).
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By this time next week I should know all the details to write up an
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INFO letter which shall be sent to all those on my reserve list. Stay
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tuned for the latest...
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((Section 7...Advertisements))
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Katharsis!ASCII - everybody's favorite ascii group - would like to
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annonce a new service for it's fans.
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I'm starting up a mailing list of people who want to recive the newest
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kts!ascii pack as soon as it comes out, straight to their mailbox. All
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you have to do is send me a message at zynit@maloka.waw.pl, and i'll add
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you to the mailing list. You will then get a uuencoded pack as soon as it
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is released... ok?
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so, remember: mail me at zynit@maloka.waw.pl to get on the the list.
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tinyz [kts!ascii founder]
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ps. Back packs are avalible too!
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((Section 8...Closing))
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Well, these Demonews articles are eating up more and more of my time. I hope
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you enjoy reading them. I'll leave you with a quote like Dan usually does.
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It comes from Book 1 of Paradise Lost:
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"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" - Milton
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Best Regards,
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Christopher G. Mann (aka Snowman)
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r3cgm@dax.cc.uakron.edu
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