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/ DEMO NEWS #22 - Final "dmw" issue \
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/ April 10, 1993 \
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/ ftp.uwp.edu, wasp.eng.ufl.edu, ftp.sun.ac.za \
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/________________________________________________________\
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>>>><<<<
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INCOMING
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>>>><<<<
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bars = (source) Assembly of how to do COLOR BARS
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fonted12 = (source) A font editor
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voc2sam3 = (source) A VOC to SAM (mod sample) converter
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--Not much stuff this week. Maybe our "Toxic Zombie" demo will be released
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next week.
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<<<<>>>>
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OUTGOING
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<<<<>>>>
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cpu-uf = Ultraforce Commercial demo for Mcafee.
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exodus = Sorcerers demo--Made 5/26/91
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headbang = Access Denied demo with digitized Nirvana music
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imphob4 = (source) Imphobia disk magazine--pre Party II release.
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???????
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CHANGES
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!!!!!!!
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I'm gonna leave these changes up to Rob.
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What about: /source/util and /source/misc
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With utilities (i.e. mod players, intro makers) in the /util directory
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and stuff like diskmags and other crap in the /misc dir.
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OR, would you rather have /source /util and /misc all off the root?
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CLOSING COMMENTS
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--The new "internet demo site" maintainer from here on out is:
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crt@tiamat.umd.umich.edu (Rob Shady)
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Before I go...
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As I end my demo site maintaining "career" and pass this site on
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over to ROB I want to discuss how this site is now possible, a little
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bit of what I went through, some of my problems, and what the future
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holds.
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Someone once said "If your going to be one--be a good one." This
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internet system has allowed me the chance to create something "good"
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so I did. I set certain goals and did my best to bring about the most
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organized and best (demo) ftp site around. A few things I wanted to
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accomplish were 1) to have a mirror or two, 2) have over 100 demos on
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the site, 3) get a demo newsgroup. All are now a reality though a mirror
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in Europe would be nice for those who do have slow transfer rates. I thank
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everyone for helping especially David datta and Ron D. David kept the demo
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site alive back in September 1992 when the original site would not allow
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the demos--without him there would most likely be no IBM demo site like you
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know today. Ron helped bring about the comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos newsgroup--
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without him demo communication would be greatly lessened.
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Anyhow, let me know talk a little bit about how these demo sites were born.
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HISTORY--The beginning of the IBM demo sites
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I only began to learn about the PC when I took a course called
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"Intro to Computer Software" or something of the likes during the
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SPRING of 1992. In the class I learned about DOS, Word Perfect 5.1
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(DOS version), Lotus, and dBase. I utilized a regular PC (5.25
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drives only) for this class since I was not familiar with the PC.
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From this class I learned to grow and actually like the computer I
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have on many occasions blasted--I am a C-128 user/owner.
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Then, a good friend of my decided to purchase a computer to allow
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him to do most of his electrical work at home rather then at school
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where it was not always possible to get a computer. He ended up
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getting a 486 33Mhz, 8 Megs RAM, Diamond Speedstar 1M video card,
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and selected other items. He has since purchased a 14.4 Boca
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modem and a HP DeskJet 500 along with a few other odds and ends.
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Since he was my roommate and currently is I have taken the time to
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"learn" the PC. However, not until the Summer of 1992 when I got my
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internet account on a UNIX did I really discover what ftp and telnet
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is all about.
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I was and still am a Commodore 64 demo nut with over 400 demos on 24
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disks. I have even done 1 disk full of demos for a few groups I was
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in: Devastation Incorporated/The Unstoppable Pirating Force, The
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USA Team, and Dead On Arrival. My various handles were:
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Devastating Dan and CyClone. My Commodore demo years ranged from
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1985(6) till 1990. College hindered my demo years when I was really
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starting to learn ML in 1988-89. So, still having demo fever I
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wondered if such programs existed on the PC.
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My roommate downloaded a file called fishtro from a BBS. This was
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the first PC demo I had ever seen! You can imagine how impressed I
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was. I think this was during the Spring of 1992 (April/May).
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Anyways, after seeing that I wanted more--much more. I then wrote
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to Future Crew and asked them about demos and mentioned how good I
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felt theirs was. Wouldn't you know it, they actually wrote back!
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And a few weeks later they sent their UNREAL demo to me in late
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August. Unfortunately their demo did not work but, there was
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internet.
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Before receiving the UNREAL demo I believe I had began my
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investigation into a demo site (sometime around August 1992). A
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friend mentioned that the SIOUX (the computer I had my account on)
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actually had an anonymous FTP server. Well, I logged on and checked
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it out. I noticed I had write access and could create my own
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directory. I also notices some "obscure" directories. Like 9
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spaces, control characters, and such. I actually figured out how to
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get within these directories and learned what they contained--how
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convenient.
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I decided to go ahead and create a directory called "real-demos", put
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a few files in it and see what happens for a week or two. Well,
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nothing got deleted and I think a few people offered to uploaded
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different demos. After a couple weeks I noticed no-one was deleting
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the 9 space directory and it continued to get new stuff every few
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days or so. I though about getting rid of it but since I set up my
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"real-demos" directory without permission that my directory had
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about as much right to be on the SIOUX as the other directory did.
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So, what is the worst thing I could have done at this point? I'll
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give you a hint. How do you reach thousands of people to make more
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contacts. Yes, the newsreader. I posted the following message on
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Sept 4, 1992: "I am trying to create a UNIFIED DEMO sight[sic] where
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people can PUT and GET DEMOS --and I am not refering to those crap
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game demos....[this last statement is probably what nailed me]
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So, if you are interested in demos or have demos you would like others
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to see get them from or put them at the following: 128.227.56.139
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It is my hopes that this can become THE place where one can go to find
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the newest/best demos! Spread the word!"
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As you can see I never mentioned the directory--bad news--and I posted
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it on the ...pc.games section of the newsreader.
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This posting drew many people. I am also sure lots went within the
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9 space directory as well as my real-demos directory. Somehow,
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someway higher people from my university discovered this directory--
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the 9 space directory. They capture the post on the newsreader (how do
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you think I have a copy?), and matched up that post with the name in the
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real-demos directory. Amazingly they were the same.
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Their concern was with the 9 space directory on their computer. My
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concern was with only my real-demos directory. Anyways, shit hit the fan,
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I was called into some meeting and sure enough the demos directory and
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the 9 space directory were to be deleted. You live and you learn and
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sometimes others will also learn from your mistakes if you inform them. :)
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Luckily, by posting that message on the newsreader I drew someone
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who wanted to mirror the site--datta@cs.uwp.edu. By doing such he
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saved the demo site. I then directed people to this new site and
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everything worked out well. The only problem was the transfer rate
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at the site was very slow for me so I (and others) wanted to get a
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mirror. After mailing many messages I tried another local account
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(to the University I attend). I mailed the system operator of
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wasp.eng.ufl.edu in November to ask about having a mirror for this
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site. I would maintain the site and all would run smoothly. Sure
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enough, after about a month I had my mirror.
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LIFETIME
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Now, with all that said and done there will be a few people that look at
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me differently simply because they now know something they never knew before.
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Some people, myself included, like to know as much as possible--the how,
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when, where, and why--thus I feel it is a good idea to be open about how
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the demo site originally came about. Of course there will be people who
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will doubt my reasoning abilities when I placed the demo site right next
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to a pirate site BUT had I not done that you most likely would not have
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a demo site with over 120 demos like this one.
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For me life is a bunch of processes. I do something I like for awhile and
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then when I've learned all I can (peaked) I tend to move on. Same goes for
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this demo site though college graduation is "forcing" me to move on. It
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was definintely an interesting experience--getting demos and talking to the
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makers. The peak happened when the site got PANIC the DAY it was released
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and within the text file the internet demo site was mentioned. This is
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what they mean by success.
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Public Relations (PR) is no easy task. PR is and was so important in getting
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a lot of these demos--trying to convince people to upload new/old stuff.
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I had or have contacted with people who have at least 100 demos NOT on this
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site. Some of these people can not upload and others, well they were
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local to the BEST U.S. demo bbs's, had internet accounts, but only got a few
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demos upload--if that. Then, would'nt you know it, a couple weeks later
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after them saying they would upload stuff their account expires. So, I know
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or knew people who had or could get lots of demos but quite often had a
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difficult time getting these people to upload. Perhaps I should have
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included a PLEASE and a THANK YOU in my messages. Sometimes I wonder--
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was it my attitude. Hopefully Rob will have better luck getting these older
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and more obscure demos which I couldn't. It is not difficult, it just takes
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cooperation on both sides--especially patience.
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ATTITUDE
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I'll be the first to admit--I have an attitude problem. I like to say I
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adapt to the environment in most situations. Thus under hostile conditions
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I take a "screw-you" attitude. So if someone comes to me with an attitude
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I will come back with a similar attitude--if not more vicious. Looking at
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things under another light I tend to be cynical (ironic), and want to help
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others. Survival means adapting to every situation. Just look at the
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ROBOTS society likes to produce--I possess every characteristics and many
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conflicting ones.
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FUTURE
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By the time you read this the site will be guided by a new maintainer--Rob
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Shady. He may or may not have many changes planned. From here on out I'll
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only be know as X maintainer. I wish Rob the best of luck.
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I will be around--at least until I get a job or late September when my
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accounts expire. But before I go I plan on sending out a Internet Demo
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Site Press Release and our Toxic Zombie demo to about 20 demo groups and
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to a few magazines. Hopefully this will provide some publicity. Be sure
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to get our TZ demo when we upload it to the site!
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FINAL COMMENTS
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Well, you are going to make it through 10K of text. You should be able to
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make to through our Toxic Zombies demo which contains >10K of text which
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requires over 15 minutes to read. :)
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My future consists of getting an Electical related job most likely relating
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to information systems/interactive tv/consumer electronics or a combination
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of the above. I "may" also produce a book called "Skool Dazes" "Crash
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Course" "Swimming in the Hate Pool" or something of the like dealing with
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my college career, problems, and job hunting. Nothing really "me" related
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but more like stories, problems, happenings, stupidy, hatred, and jobs.
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It is a long shot but it is quite possible--I have "published" five
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magazines dealing with "stuff." Too bad the book will only be an under-
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ground publication.
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This summer I also plan on attending the CES in Chicago, IL on June 6th
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I believe. Perhaps I can meet a few of you. But, if not and you are ever
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in south florida or have nothing to do then call me at 305/472-2270.
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As for writing you will find my address in our Toxic Zombie demo to be
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released this month.
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Thanks to all who uploaded and will upload and everyone else who helped
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make the demo site what it is today. May it continue for a long time.
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That is all for me.
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dmw@sioux.ee.ufl.edu
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