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July 17th, 1994 - ISSUE #53 - July23th, 1994
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((CONTENTS))
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Section 1..............Standard Information
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Section 2...........................General
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Section 3.............................Files
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Section 4.............Music Articles (MC][)
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Section 5...........................Demo CD
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Section 6....................Advertisements
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Section 7..................Top 25 Downloads
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Section 8..............................Misc
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Section 9...........................Closing
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((Section 1...Standard Info))
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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. One of the servers at
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this site used to be called "WASP," however the ftp server was recently moved
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to HORNET (another machine, same place) so I guess it can now be called
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"HORNET." This newsletter focuses on all aspects of demos and demo-making
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(including music, art, and coding).
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There are currently three active demo-operators at this site:
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Dan Wright (Pallbearer) - dmw@inca.gate.net
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Christopher G. Mann (Snowman) - r3cgm@dax.cc.uakron.edu
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Mike - weis@elf.stuba.sk
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We are currently looking for an artist to handle some of the art files.
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Qualifications include: high level of experience with the graphics aspect
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of the demo scene, many contacts, and reliability. If you fit all three of
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these characteristics, then drop us a note if interested. In addition to
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an artist we could REALLY use some help with the demo reviews.
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This site is mirrored by the following ftps:
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ftp.uwp.edu
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ftp.luth.se
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ftp.sun.ac.za
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ftp.uni-erlangen.de
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ftp.uni-paderborn.de
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If you would like to receive a new copy of Demo News every Sunday in your
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mailbox, just write to dmw@eng.ufl.edu. We delete all bounced mail from this
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service, so if you SHOULD BE getting Demo News and ARE NOT, please re-request
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this newsletter.
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((Section 2...General))
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NICE DIRECTORY ASSHOLE:
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Some nice fellow "@infotech.infomx.com" (or so our info.log stated)
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was nice enough to create a " "/? directory within our incoming directory.
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Well, I disabled and renamed the incoming directory because I CAN NOT DELETE
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DIRECTORIES with FILES in THEM. For those who do not know directories
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like "SPACE" and "..." usually are usually associated with PIRATED wares.
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Of course Mr. infotech's intentions could have been sincere but I doubt it.
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US PARTY: HACK ATTACK '94
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Can't make assembly '94? :( Well, cheer up cause a week later you can
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always check out HOPE.
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Imagine if you will a US demo party in New York City on August 13th and
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August 14th. This is the same weekend HOPE--Hackers On Planet Earth--
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and WOODSTOCK '94 take place! Now, imagine having the DEMO party at the
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same place as the HACKER CONVENTION--Hotel Pennsylvania.
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I could imagine such a conference and being in NEW YORK this could draw
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a ton of people (air fares are about < $200 for people like me in Florida).
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Lets look into our crystal ball at what we could expect.
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A couple rooms could be reserved for the few demo people interested in
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showing up with general meetings happening on the first day and demo comps
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happening on day two--Sunday. And what about prizes? Well, I figure first
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place winners should get some kind of semi-automatic weapon--may come in
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handy on your way to the airport--, second place could get a stun gun, and
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the third place winner could get a nice KNIFE from "The Edge." Of course
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I am implying our country is a bit violent and I think most would probably
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feel safe on there way out of the "big apple." Hey, I work in Miami and
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we hear/see violence everyday on the news...it is OUT THERE. But lets
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get serious. Would such a party DRAW people? Would it work? Maybe
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everybody could write Renaissance and get them to work with 2600 and
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arrange a room or two for such a "party." Remember, Renaissance members
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live in New York...most of them anyways.
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For more info on HOPE write:
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info@hope.net -- Conference info.
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vol@hope.net -- Volunteers
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travel@hope.net -- Cheap fares and advisories
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OR read USENET groups : alt.2600, alt.2600.hope, alt.2600.hope.announce
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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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cyberhe2.zip /alpha/NEW CyberHell BBS ad. Hardcore Music. SB
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fuckobj.zip /alpha/NEW Fuck the Objects. Language=?. PC/LPT/SB?
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gothic.zip /alpha/NEW Slide show featuring Min. Skulls, Christian Death
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megamotn.zip deleted Some kind of shareware game.
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ox.zip /alpha/NEW Outlaws exchange Intro (very Slow). Music?
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psy#6.zip /diskmags Some kind of diskmag.
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vdentro.arj /alpha/NEW Not sure.
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vectball.zip /alpha/NEW We may have this demo.
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| --MUSIC-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/music...)
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ovrdrive.lzh /artists/pm Tune from World Charts diskmag
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sk_asm94.zip /artists/skaven ASM94 Invitation Dentro theme
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sk_inv94.zip /artists/skaven ASM94 intromusic (not used)
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sk_omnip.zip /artists/skaven Supposed to be used in diskmag
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gus353a .zip /gusinstall GUS Updated Install disks (v3.53)
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gus353b .zip /gusinstall "
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gus353c .zip /gusinstall "
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gus353d .zip /gusinstall "
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gus353e .zip /gusinstall "
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gus353f .zip /gusinstall "
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drv2-klf.zip /klf New KLF song
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dmpc230 .zip /programs/frontend DMP Companion v2.30 (front end)
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apollo92.zip /programs/misc APOLLO Digital Delay Program 4GUS
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mdss031b.zip /programs/misc MIDAS Sound System v0.31b
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midp041e.zip /programs/players MIDAS Player v0.41e
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backfire.arj /songs/far Backfire by Zowie
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farth .arj /songs/far Far from Earth by Zowie
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invade1 .arj /songs/far Invade Part 1 by Zowie
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invade2 .arj /songs/far Invade Part 2 by Zowie
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rainruin.zip /songs/far Rain in the Ruin by Zowie
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vagabond.arj /songs/far The Vagabond by Zowie
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rollrsk8.zip /songs/mod RollerSK8 by MASTERwho
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water .zip /songs/s3m Water by Wilfried Welti
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acloud .zip DELETED apollo .zip DELETED
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apollo91.zip DELETED before .zip DELETED
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blackhol.zip DELETED cb-hawk .zip DELETED
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coldrec .zip DELETED cyb-phtm.zip DELETED
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geetar1 .zip DELETED gigatech.lzh DELETED
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hallowee.zip DELETED lamecoll.arj DELETED
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maxi-mix.zip DELETED midp041d.zip DELETED
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mbm .zip DELETED optimist.zip DELETED
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sky_doit.zip DELETED sky_mdrm.zip DELETED
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sky_psyc.zip DELETED sky_stan.zip DELETED
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soft2 .zip DELETED snail .zip DELETED
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sno .zip DELETED timedrif.zip DELETED
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vanish .zip DELETED walki1 .zip DELETED
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walki2 .zip DELETED walki3 .zip DELETED
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walki4 .zip DELETED
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Next week, Music Contest 1 files and Composers Contest 1 files get
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deleted, so if you want them, get them NOW.
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ciapak10.zip DELETED Is there a new version of PKZIP out? corrupt!
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diestatu.nfo /ansi/die DIE info.
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geno0794.zip /ansi Genocide pack.
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kts_a-13.zip /ansi/kts KTS ansi.
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lap-0794.zip /ansi Lapse July 94 pack.
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| --CODE-- | (all locations start with /pub/msdos/demos/code...)
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pcx2scr.zip /source PCX to C++ source CODE. Use with XLIB.
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vpe40.zip DELETED Virtual Pre??? Engine. Maybe there is a place?
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((Section 4...Music Articles - MC][))
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TASTE OF AMIGA (Main Feature)
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Well, I have spent numerous hours downloading music files from the
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Amiganet (also known as Aminet), and have put together a couple packs of what
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I consider the best and/or most unique tunes I found. There are also a couple
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of pictures of some renouned Amiga musicians included.
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These are, without exception, all 4-channel Protracker style MOD
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files. Dispite the advent of formats like MED and FTM, some Amiga musicians
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still harken to the dark days of computer music history when 4 channels was a
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lot and a sampling rate of 22050hz was unheard of. These songs, at least in
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some part, will discourage the notion that MODs are dead. Just go download
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and kick 'em around a bit.
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/incoming/music/amiga1.zip and amiga2.zip
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COMPOSER'S COMPETITION (Will this thing not die?!)
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From daredevi@dorsai.dorsai.org Tue Jul 12 11:21:32 1994
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I would appreciate it if you would include this in an upcoming DEMONEWS or
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something, because I really feel it was unfair of you to go including OUR
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names in your commentary, and made it look like it was our fault that this
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contest was not done.
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Snowman,
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In response to your commentary on Compoer Competition 1 I would like
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to make a few statements about our involvement. First off, we are not
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affiliated with that competition in any way past our duties as judges and my
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board as a distribution site. Secondly, I've contacted Mike Phillips a
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number of times in the past and he was going to call me when the competition
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was over to send me the voting forms or whatever. He called me about a month
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ago and I wasn't home. I figured he would call back, but he never did. I
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assumed something had happened with the compo so I just decided to wait
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until he called me again some time. I was not even aware that Digital
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Oxygene had gone down until after reading your commentary. I'm not blaming
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Mike, because he was probably busy with alot of things. But this competition
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has gotten a little out of hand. The bottom line here is, we never received
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the voting forms and by now everyone here in the group is really sick of
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this competition because it really never became the event that some had
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hoped it to be. Please redirect all flames to /dev/null because I am not
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going to answer any more mail regarding this subject. Thanks...
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[-] Daredevil/Renaissance [-]
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daredevil@dorsai.dorsai.org
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"
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Also, I (Snowman) discovered this week that Mike Phillips DOES NOT
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have the Gravis Ultrasound that was mentioned as the prize for Composers
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Competition. Apparently, Gravis/Forte made a deal with Mike that he would
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send them the name of the winner to the contest and Gravis/Forte would send
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that winner the GUS card; so Mike is clear on this one.
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An idea has been brought to my attention by several people, and I
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am now going to officially announce it (it will also be in mc2upd3.zip).
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Have you wondered what is going to happen to all of the CC1 entries now that
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it appears the contest will not be completed? How would you like to enter
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your CC1 entry into Music Contest ][? Well, NOW YOU CAN. On the outside
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chance that CC1 does finish up, I am going to say that you can't enter a
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CC1 entry of yours into MC][ until August 17th (two weeks before the end of
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MC][). This way, if CC1 finishes, you still have time to put something
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together.
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MUSIC CONTEST ][
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Guess what? Snowman is in a bit of trouble this week. MC2UPD2 was
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supposed to go out at the beginning of this month, but every time Snowman
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would finish it up, someone else would send in a judge application or upload
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an entry. I am going to release the current MC2UPD2.TXT which does not
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contain changes for the past 3 days or so. I WILL try to get MC2UPD3.TXT
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out by the first of next month.
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I now have 6 official entries and 2 unofficial ones for the contest,
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and things seem to be going well.
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I finally figured out how to post to USENET newsgroups this week, but
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did not know anything about "cross-posting" (I posted an article in about 8
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newsgroups). One very emotional individual showed me the error of my ways.
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While I am not all together happy with the method he used to tell me I was
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wrong, I accept the fact and will try to brush up on USENET etiquite.
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CAMUG (Canton/Akron/Massilon Users Group)
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On Saturday July 16th, 1994, I am giving a presentation for a local
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computer club. There are 50 people expected to attend and I must keep their
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attention for a couple of hours. I'll talk about demos, intros, trackers,
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players, "eLiTe" and "lame", Amiga's role in the scene, and of course will
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finish the show with Second Reality.
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A co-worker of mine invited me to do this. Luckily, at work we have
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this really cool full-color overhead projection system that hooks in right
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where your monitor cable goes. I tested it with ASM94_1 intro to make sure
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the screen refresh rate was fast enough, and I think it will work. I'm
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wondering now if that part in Second Reality with the pink lines that blink
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to the music and zip around REALLY fast will be too fast for the system. I
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guess only time will tell.
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I am VERY nervous about this presentation.
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I'll let you know how it went next DemoNews.
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((Section 5...Demo CD))
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Check /pub/msdos/demos/incoming/democd for UPDATES and information.
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(i.e. More information, cost, how to get the DEMO/MC][ CD)
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I will try to upload a list of WANTED demos and what demos we already
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have for the CD next week. If you have a BBS perhaps you can upload
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a list of the demos you have so I can compare.
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ART:
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We are looking for artist to design the ART for the CD's inserts. Pay
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will be 10-100 copies of your ART (worth $5-$50). It all depends on the
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cost/min press run. If we have to run 1000 you get a ton of your art in
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FULL color or whatever we decide to use. (Most likely Full color for
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the front and back of the book and possibly for the insert).
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DAT:
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We are going to need to borrow or find someone with access to DAT player
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to help us master our music for the CD.
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((Section 6...Advertisements))
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Anyone got anything they might want others to know/see? Let us know.
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((Section 7...Top 25 Downloads))
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Well, the info.log (aka ftp.syslog) is 34 megs on this site and dates back
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to early July. If I attemped to create a TOP25DL I would definitly DUMP
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"core." So, I'll just wait till the log gets reset before I do another
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TOP25DL.
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((Section 8...MISC))
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This week we have a small interview with GORE of the FUTURE CREW.
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DW: 1) Can we expect a FUTURE CREW demo for Assembly '94?
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G: Yep, but don't expect too much.. !
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DW: 2) If so can you give us a hint on the name/what it will contain?
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G: It has no name yet, but it will include some vector stuff.
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DW: 3) Name some of FC's current projects?
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G: Pixel's drawing some gfx for Epic, Wildfire is coding a little/simple 3D
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interactive demo for Creative Technology, Marvel's drawing some gfx for
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Bloodhouse plus some other projects--more or less secret.
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DW: 4) What about future projects/demos. Is it only a DEMO a year now
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plus intros?
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G: After Asm.. hmm.. maybe a game or something. More commercial stuff, but
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we'll keep making demos for sure!
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DW: 5) Height, weight, age, location, name.
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G: Height: 186 cm [6']
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Weight: 90 kg [200 lbs]
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Age: 21
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Location: Espoo, Finland
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Name: Samuli Syvahuoko alias GORE / Future Crew
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DW: 6) Place you would like to live.
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G: I'm happy where I live.
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DW: 7) Favorite Movie/TV show, book, game, demo, music, meal.
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G: Favorite movie: Terminator 2
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TV show: Star Trek series (Next Generation & DS9)
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book: Star Wars - Imperium Strikes Back
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game: DOOM
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demo: Desert Dream by Kefrens (Amiga)
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music: Whitesnake
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meal: all kinds of crap food like hamburgers..
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DW: 8) First computer owned.
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G: Commodore 64. (Still have it!)
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DW: 9) If you could have three wishes what would you wish for.
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G: 1. A bigger harddisk
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2. Amiga 1200
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3. More free time..
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DW: 10) How did you discovered demos.
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G: By accidentally downloading a few with my old XT and 1200 bps modem a
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long time ago.. !
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DW: 11) Group name, list of members.
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G: Future Crew:
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Psi
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Trug
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Wildfire
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Purple Motion
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Skaven
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Pixel
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Marvel
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Abyss
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me
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Jake
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Henchman
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DW: 12) What do you like/dislike about the demo scene.
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G: I like the fact that it's getting larger and larger all the time at an
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accelerating rate.
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I dislike the average poor quality.
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DW: 13) What is your opinion of the US.
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G: I'd like to visit it one day.. But not live there. Finland is a lot more
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peaceful.
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DW: 14) What do you think of people in the US (i.e. stereotypes).
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G: Two-faced, but ok.
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DW: 15) Career plans.
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G: Computer related...
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DW: 16) Biggest disappointment in your life.
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G: Had to use windows (<---- SHIT) for a few secs at school!!
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DW: 17) Good advice for others to heed.
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G: If you see windows KILL IT!
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DW: 18) Tell us something we should know.
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G: windows SUXX! (getting my point yet??) ;)
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DW: 19) What two people today would you like to meet.
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G: Bill Gates so that i could kill him! no-one else..
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DW: 20) What do you hope to accomplish in the demo scene.
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G: Well, to give people something they can enjoy..
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DW: 21) How long does it take you to compose a tune.
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G: Forever.. I tried.
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DW: 22) What tracker do you use to compose music.
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G: If I for some strange reason was to compose something,
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I'd probably use ST3.
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DW: 23) Demo plans.
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G: A great demo at Asm '94!! :)
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DW: 24) Do you think most demo groups are too serious.
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G: Nope.. people think WE are too serious.
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DW: 25) Personal life--what else do you do for fun.
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G: Drink alcoholic drinks (GIN+kossu) and watch movies..
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DW: 26) What does the future hold for you.
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G: The phucking army service!!
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DW: 27) Where do you see the demo scene in the next 10 years.
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G: On some ultra-powerful GUI based monsters! It will be BIG!
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DW: 28) What do you feel is missing from the demo scene.
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G: Quality.
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DW: 29) Will Virtual Reality ever catch on.
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G: Yep!
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DW: 30) How can we contact you.
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G: Send me email at jtheinon@kruuna.helsinki.fi.
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((Section 9..Closing))
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This newsletter reaches many people. IF YOU have anything you want to
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say feel free to drop me a line. We are especially interested in upcoming
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releases and demo group info.
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Some of the directories in the file SECTION of this newsletter may be
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incorrect.
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DONE!
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dmw@eng.ufl.edu
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