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* DEMO NEWS 4 *
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* October 25, 1992 *
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INCOMING
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-Vega by Ultraforce is an old ultraforce demo with SB digitized sound.
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-SpaceFun 1 & 2 (Reblefun) are also by the old Ultraforce. SB needed to
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play! Has digitized sound and horrible music. (If they are not up then
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they will be up real soon.)
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-Lamer Demo --Demo by DEC (I believe). Suports many sound boards and has
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VGA graphics. (Use 386 25MHz if possible.)
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-I am still waiting on that Twilight Zone RNS demo
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-We have the OVERLOAD music working but unfortunately only as a mod.
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If I get it to work with the demo I shall re-up the whole working demo.
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OLD INCOMING
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-Putrefac(tion) by SKULL has some great music. Made in 1991
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-CDA-Xmas demo. Basically a demo that plays music--8 tunes.
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-Chaos3D. For some reason this "newer" version will not play any sound on
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my computer. I will try to speak to the person who wrote it and get a
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working copy.
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-Realthng by The Phone Coders. Released Sept 30, 1992. ROLAND sound only!
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WHAT ABOUT OTHER DEMOS
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Mega thanks too all those people who have recently uploaded demos on the
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want list. If you have any of the files below(or others) perhaps you could
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donate them to the pub/incoming/demos DIRECTORY.
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ULTRAFORCE : Mach 3, Space Demo, Sphinx Demo
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RENAISSANCE: K2 Demos (Not sure if this is out yet)
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Others: RSI-DEMO, Odyssey Demo, CD Fish, and a working copy of Vectrat.
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COMPRESSION
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Are you wondering why there are the same files in the UPLOAD directory and
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demo directory? Well, if there is it is because I am in the process of re-
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compressing all the files. They will all use the LHA compression program
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(version 2.13) which is also on this site. I am also (on most demos)
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placing a ANSI text file to spread the word about this site. Why LHA?
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a) It is FREE--not shareware, not copyrighted.
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b) It is almost as fast as ZIP--within 15 seconds for a 1.8meg compressed file
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c) It compacts as well as the best. PKZIP 1.93a and LHA 2.13 come reasonably
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close. There was a split on the two files I compacted--both over 500K.
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d) Not everyone has PKZIP1.93a (or Ver 2.0) plus it is an alpha version.
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TOO SLOW!
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Just type "hash" and see what you are getting. I have gotten over
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5Kbytes/s when uploading! If you still feel the site is too slow then
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help find a place to mirror it!
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MIRROR SITE
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There are no mirror sites yet but... Here are some sites I think would be
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nice: ftp.cis.ksu.edu (7.5Kb/s), archive.umich.edu (8.2Kb/s), 128.36.21.1
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(12.7Kb/s), ftp.ulowell.edu (12.? Kb/s). Of course only ONE is necessary
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for the USofA. What about Europeans transferring at .5k and below?
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Well, if you want to solve a problem then do something about it!
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If you want to transfer faster (and I know everyone does) then find a site
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that will want to mirror this place, tell me, and we will arrange things.
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WRAP UP
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-Be sure to get out and VOTE--may the worst man not win!
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-If something is not updated recently (i.e. ABOUT.DEMOS) it is because I
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have been busy. I will get to it when possible.
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-I plan on writing a REQUIREMENTS file so people have an idea whether a demo
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will work with their computer before downloading it.
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-I like organization so that is why I am making all the files a single format.
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Not to forget it will save space and make things easier on downloaders.
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-The ABOUT.DEMOS file gives a general description of the demo. I updated
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it when possible. Just do a "ls -ld" to see the date the file was updated.
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-Remember to type "get DEMO.NEWS_? -" if you want to read these text files
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while on line. Only and idiot would do that with something like UNREAL--
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please don't try to read a binary (.zip,.exe,.lzh,.arj) file while online!
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-For those who can't wait to get a new demo remember you can always go into
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the pub/incoming/demos directory for the newest arrivals. However, be
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forewarned that if there is a problem with a demo there (i.e. virus,
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trojan) I will not be held responsible.
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Send questions / complaints / comments / suggestions / information to:
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dmw@sioux.ee.ufl.edu
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