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| Subscribers : 2208
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DemoNews Issue #122 - April 26, 1996 | Last Week : 2146
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DemoNews is a newsletter for the demo scene. | Archive Size : 2645M
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It is produced by Hornet at the site ftp.cdrom.com. | Last Week : 2533M
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Our demo archive is located under /pub/demos. | Remaining : 341M
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=-[Contents]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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Calendar
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Top Downloads
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Articles
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Introduction................................Snowman
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Announcing the Hornet Underground CDROM.....Snowman
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Shut Up Shutting Up, SB vs GUS Perspective..Rimbo
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Multifaceted Insects and Self-Aware Robots..Phoenix
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Entering Flat Real Mode.....................Voins
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Metronome FTP Site Advertisement............Kluzz and Wfn
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Subscribing
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Closing
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=-[Calendar]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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Date Event Location Concact Points
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26 Apr 96 Saturne France e4068@iut-orsay.fr
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http://www.iut-orsay.fr/~e4068
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31 May 96 Naid Canada naid@autoroute.net
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http://www.autoroute.net/~naid
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02 Jun 96 The Scene Singapore ckiang@singnet.com.sg
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http://www.singnet.com.sg/~ckiang/tsc96.html
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31 Jul 96 Summer Encounter Denmark rvc@vision.auc.dk
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04 Aug 96 Summit Israel high.dive@kinneret.com
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More information is at http://hagar.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/~sdog/party.html
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=-[Top Downloads]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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NOTE: Statistics are sometimes slightly off due to symbolic links, mirrors,
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renamed files, and other things that affect the log files.
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Pc Times FileName.Ext Pc Times FileName.Ext Pc Times FileName.Ext
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<COMBINED LIST> <DEMOS LIST> <GRAPHICS LIST>
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1 00468 inside1.zip 1 00468 inside1.zip 1 00094 x-files2.zip
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2 00450 inside2.zip 2 00450 inside2.zip 2 00091 balerina.lbm
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3 00429 cp16.zip 3 00333 cma_ctr1.zip 3 00036 airwar.zip
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4 00350 cp1666.zip 4 00325 ninja2.zip 4 00032 impcybor.zip
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5 00333 cma_ctr1.zip 5 00317 cma_ctr2.zip 5 00029 dst_frac.zip
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6 00326 ninja2.zip <MUSIC LIST> <CODE LIST>
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7 00317 cma_ctr2.zip 1 00427 cp16.zip 1 00152 danpwsrc.zip
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8 00316 clxsperm.zip 2 00350 cp1666.zip 2 00131 alias.zip
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9 00268 tg96-res.zip 3 00240 ft206.zip 3 00115 free_src.zip
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10 00252 inf_chnd.zip 4 00239 cp17.zip 4 00100 blobs.zip
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5 00209 scrmt321.zip 5 00091 pixpack.zip
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<Files downloaded total : 077127>
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=-[Uploads]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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=----------------------------------------------------------[File Information]-=
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All files listed are on ftp.cdrom.com /pub/demos. Ratings are subjective.
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If your file transfers are too slow, there are several alternatives:
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Try our mirror at ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/msdos/demos
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Try getting files from the web at http://www.cdrom.com/pub/demos
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See /hornet/demonews/demonews.102 for details about ftpmail.
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Our code mirror is ftp.co.iup.edu/code. ftpadmin@ftp.co.iup.edu for help.
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You may also wish to check out a couple of other good demo sites:
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ftp://hagar.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/demos maintained by Sleeping Dog / Natives
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ftp://ftp.arosnet.se/e:\demo maintained by Zodiak / Cascada
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Here are also a few good WWW links to try out (under construction):
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http://www.th-zwickau.de/~maz/sound.html for music and sound utils
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=-------------------------------------------------------------[Demos:General]-=
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Location /demos/alpha Size Rated Description
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/1994/l/ld_warpf.arj 1457 **** ASM94:demo:04: [1/2] Warp by Legend Design
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/1994/l/ld_warpf.a01 830 **** ASM94:demo:04: [2/2] Warp by Legend Design
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/1994/x/x3m_sf.zip 191 ***+ TP94:demo:??: Strange Feelings by Lev,
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| Mikie,Mps / Extreme
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/1995/a/attack.zip 415 **+ ASM95:demo:??: Attack by Fobia Desing
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/1995/f/flight.zip 1795 ***+ NAID95:demo:03: Flight by KFMF
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/1995/h/hexfiles.zip 808 ** TG95:demo:??: Hex Files by NOD
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/1995/m/magic64f.zip 76 ***+ WIR95:in64:01: Magic Carpet 64 (final) by
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| Keen Like Frogs
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/1995/m/marcang.zip 89 * Marcang by Dlux / Hydrogen and Zed / Remal
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/1995/m/mwb_esc.zip 865 ***+ WIR95:demo:06: Escape by AJT,Aragorn,
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| Dilvish,Ferem,Ghost Fellow,Krystal,
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| PcManiac,Rixed,Wally / Magical Wonder Band
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/1995/p/pied.arj 63 ** ASM95:in64:10: Pied by Abaddon
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/1995/s/stc_odys.zip 1260 *** Odyssey by Substance
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/1995/s/stc_sx.zip 184 ** GP95:demo:03: SX by Substance
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/1995/t/tp5_st90.zip 42 *** TP95:????:??: Party 5 by Stontium 90
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/1995/y/youhtro.zip 294 *+ Youhtro by DJB,Hornet,Project,Segment /
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| Fobia Design
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/1995/x/x3m_hvc.zip 12 **** ASM95:in4k:??: Havoc by Vocious / Extreme
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/1996/c/chipipo.zip 4 **** BBS: Intro by Chiparus
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/1996/c/cma_ctr1.zip 1393 ***+ TG95:demo:02: [1/2] The Control by Coma
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/1996/c/cma_ctr2.zip 1110 ***+ TG95:demo:02: [2/2] The Control by Coma
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/1996/d/detached.zip 46 **+ Detached by Sector 5
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/1996/d/ditch.zip 1035 *** X96:demo:02: Ditch by Spirit
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/1996/d/dragon.zip 1238 **** Dragon by Khyron,GooRoo / KFMF and
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/1996/e/eli_rygg.zip 748 *+ Trekant Med Eli Rygg by Old Fashion
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/1996/f/fashion.arj 1456 ****+ X96:demo:01: [1/2] Fashion by Logic Design
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/1996/f/fashion.a01 611 ****+ X96:demo:01: [2/2] Fashion by Logic Design
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/1996/f/fd_jyrki.zip 150 *+ JYRK by Segment / Fobia Design
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/1996/f/fd_paes2.zip 230 *** PaesTro II by Fobia Design
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/1996/h/headfix.zip 89 ****+ Headache (patch) by Psychic Link
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/1996/h/headfixd.zip 1453 ****+ Headache (bugfixed) by Psychic Link
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/1996/h/hyp_ace.zip 4 ***+ BBS: A.C.E. by FatBoy / Hyperopia
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/1996/i/inf_chnd.zip 1225 ***+ TG96:demo:03: ChunderChuk by INF
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/1996/i/inside1.zip 1298 ****+ TG96:demo:01: [1/2] Inside by CNCD
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/1996/i/inside2.zip 877 ****+ TG96:demo:01: [2/2] Inside by CNCD
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/1996/j/joy_jxp.zip 229 ** John's X-ray Party by Pint,Craptain / Joy
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/1996/j/joy_poem.zip 24 * Poem by Pint / Joy
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/1996/o/original.zip 174 *+ Originality by Vector
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/1996/m/mystic.zip 803 **+ TG96:demo:09: Mystic by Xenogenesis
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/1996/n/ninja2.zip 1350 **** TG96:demo:03: Ninja 2 by Melon / Scoop
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/1996/n/nooon_a2.zip 5 ***+ BBS: A.C.E. ][ by Karl / Nooon
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/1996/p/pitango.zip 119 * MOV95:demo:06: Pitango by Pulse
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/1996/p/ponder.zip 400 *** Ponder by Winghead
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/1996/q/qd_kmkze.zip 581 ** X96:demo:??: Kamikaze by Quad
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/1996/r/rcdemo.zip 78 ** Recontact by Madokan
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/1996/r/reflect.zip 51 ** Reflect by Xenocide
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/1996/r/revolt.zip 64 *** GP96:in64:??: Revolt by Amnesty
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/1996/s/sck_s808.zip 1456 ***+ State 808 by Shock
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/1996/s/shnazzy.zip 71 *+ Shnazzy by Nullsoft
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/1996/s/site1zip.zip 13 **+ BBS: Site 1 Ziptro by Crayon
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/1996/s/speed.arj 57 ***+ X96:in64:??: Speed by Nostalgia
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/1996/s/stc_4078.zip 5 **+ GP96:in4k:??: 4078 by Jasper / Substance
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/1996/s/stc_gest.zip 410 ***+ Gesture by Jasper / Substance
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/1996/s/stc_nplm.zip 560 *** GP96:demo:02: Napalm by Draken,Falcon,Jink,
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| Raiden,Unreal,Vildis,Yarpen / Substance
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/1996/s/st_peter.zip 204 *** TG96:demo:11: Great Lovemachine Pope by Net
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| is too Lethal for Phame Men
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/1996/t/timeout.zip 1874 ***+ TG96:demo:06: Timeout by Excess
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/1996/t/tls_mom.zip 1267 ***+ TG96:demo:08: Mind Over Matter by The Lost
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| Souls
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/1996/t/tntdune.zip 7 ***+ BBS: Dune by Bisounours,Gizmo / Tiny Toons
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/1996/w/wm_fct.arj 1212 *** X96:demo:??: [1/3] F.C. Twente by Weird
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| Magic
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/1996/w/wm_fct.a01 1212 *** X96:demo:??: [2/3] F.C. Twente by Weird
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| Magic
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/1996/w/wm_fct.a02 517 *** X96:demo:??: [3/3] F.C. Twente by Weird
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| Magic
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Location /demos/alpha Size Description
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/party/sck-rs35.zip 136 Party Results Pack v3.5
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/party/1995/PC95/pc95inv.zip 272 Painless Compo Invitation
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/party/1995/PC95/pc95-res.txt 3 Painless Compo Results
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/party/1995/TS95/tsc95rpt.zip 445 The Scene 1995 Party Report
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/party/1996/I96/i96inv.zip 458 Icing 1996 Invitation
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/party/1996/I96/icing96.zip 6 Invitation Text to Icing 1996
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/party/1996/MEET96/meet96.zip 478 The Meeting 1996 Invitation
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/party/1996/MEK96/mekka_2.zip 6 Invitation to Mekka 2
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/party/1996/NAID96/naid96.zip 434 NAID 1996 Invitation Intro
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/party/1996/OZ96/oz96fin.zip 6 OZ 1996 Final Details
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/party/1996/SAT96/sat96inv.zip 212 Saturne 1996 Invitation Intro
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/party/1996/SE96/dfn_se96.zip 455 Invitation to Summer Encounter 1996
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/party/1996/SE96/se96inv.zip 12 Invitation to Summer Encounter 1996
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/party/1996/SYM96/sym96inv.zip 365 Symposium Invitation Intro
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/party/1996/TG96/g96inv.zip 68 The Gathering 1996 Invitation
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/party/1996/TS96/tsc96-1.zip 6 The Scene 1996 Infotext #1
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/party/1996/VOL96/volcanic.res 607 Results to Volcanic 1996
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/party/1996/X96/x96intro.zip 225 Invitation to X 1996
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/party/1996/X96/x-file2.zip 307 Invitation 2 to X 1996
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/party/1996/X96/x96pres.zip 1 Preliminary Results to X 1996
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/party/1996/cache/sck-c96r.zip 8 Cache 1996 Results
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/party/1996/p2b/p2b4_int.zip 493 The Place to Be IV Intro 1996
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/party/1996/p2b/p2b4_map.zip 335 The Place to Be IV Map 1996
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/disks/1994/x2_purge.zip 1443 *** X-periment II by Purge
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/disks/1995/d/delri-1.zip 1125 ** Delerious Music Disk - Disk 1
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/disks/1995/d/delri-2.zip 1443 ** Delerious Music Disk - Disk 2
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/disks/1995/e/ems-01-1.zip 1426 ***+ [1/3] Chapter 1 by EMS
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/disks/1995/e/ems-01-2.zip 1353 ***+ [2/3] Chapter 1 by EMS
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/disks/1995/e/ems-01-3.zip 3878 ***+ [3/3] Chapter 1 by EMS
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/disks/1995/e/ems-mx03.zip 1216 *** Maxi-Release 3 by EMS
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/disks/1995/e/ems-tfp2.zip 216 *** Tie Fighter Midi Pack #2 by EMS
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/disks/1995/e/evld0196.zip 1241 * EViL Music Disk #2
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/disks/1995/e/evld1195.zip 817 * EViL Music Disk by Phoenix
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/disks/1995/s/subs01.zip 1591 *+ Substance Pack 1
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/disks/1995/v/vlpcol1.zip 1072 **+ [1/2] Virtual Light Pump Coll..
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/disks/1995/v/vlpcol2.zip 739 **+ [2/2] Virtual Light Pump Coll..
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/disks/1995/z/znc_ni.zip 583 ** The Tunes Disk by ZiNC
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/disks/1996/c/cc_attr.arj 1212 *** [1/2] Attraction by PeriSoft
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/disks/1996/c/cc_attr.a01 785 *** [2/2] Attraction by PeriSoft
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/disks/1996/c/cnxmus01.zip 801 **+ Music Disk 1 by CRONiX
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/disks/1996/d/deste01.zip 1683 ** Force Deste Musicdisk #1
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/disks/1996/d/dstmania.zip 2130 **** DustMania by Dustbin of Nemesis
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/disks/1996/e/e_rezdsk.zip 83 **+ 64k Chip Disk by Rez/Eclipse
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/disks/1996/e/eh-0296.zip 1241 * 02/96 Rel. by Exploding Hedgehogs
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/disks/1996/e/ems-mx04.zip 987 ** Maxi-Release 4 by EMS
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/disks/1996/e/epi-aim1.zip 1445 ***+ [1/4] Ad Infinitum by Epinicion
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/disks/1996/e/epi-aim2.zip 1423 ***+ [2/4] Ad Infinitum by Epinicion
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/disks/1996/e/epi-aim3.zip 1423 ***+ [3/4] Ad Infinitum by Epinicion
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/disks/1996/e/epi-aim4.zip 640 ***+ [4/4] Ad Infinitum by Epinicion
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/disks/1996/f/f-touch.zip 2863 *** The Final Touch by Doc
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/disks/1996/g/grv_d21.zip 1415 ***+ [1/2] MusicDisk 2 by Balrog
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/disks/1996/g/grv_d22.zip 1139 ***+ [2/2] MusicDisk 2 by Balrog
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/disks/1996/g/gwc2_tnz.zip 302 **+ Gateway 20k Chiptune Compo Entries
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/disks/1996/h/hbe-houz.zip 1288 **+ The House 'N Acid Exper. by HBE
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/disks/1996/h/hdcmd.zip 4005 **** Getsumei No Michi by Hardcode
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/disks/1996/h/htc-df.zip 374 ** Deep Fried by Heretics
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/disks/1996/m/myst0496.zip 993 *** Mystique April 1996 Musicdisk
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/disks/1996/n/ng-tog.zip 1222 **+ Those Overdose Gods by Nearly Gods
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/disks/1996/r/radiodst.zip 797 ** Radioactive Distortion by Neutron
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/disks/1996/r/rat_cat2.zip 856 **+ Obnoxious Affinity by Catspaw
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/disks/1996/r/reaction.zip 1041 *+ Reaction by Neutron
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/disks/1996/r/reso_mcp.zip 545 **+ Resolution '95 2 Hour Compo Pack
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/disks/1996/s/sdc-0002.zip 1342 ** Volume 2 by SDC
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/disks/1996/s/submerge.zip 225 *** [1/3] Submerged by Sublevel 3
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/disks/1996/s/submrg01.zip 1382 *** [2/3] Submerged by Sublevel 3
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/disks/1996/s/submrg02.zip 1432 *** [3/3] Submerged by Sublevel 3
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/disks/1996/s/svdsk1.zip 471 ***+ Dimensional Voy.. by Streamline..
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/disks/1996/s/sxn-amd.zip 28 ** Adlib Musicdisk by Sanxion
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/disks/1996/s/synmus1a.zip 1981 **+ [1/2] Syndicate Net Musicdisk #1
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/disks/1996/s/synmus1b.zip 1859 **+ [2/2] Syndicate Net Musicdisk #1
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/disks/1996/u/u-lucid1.zip 1192 *** Lucid by Ultrabeat
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/songs/1992/mod/s/space.zip 258 ***** Space Debris by Captain
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/songs/1995/mod/s/scn_rave.zip 42 *+ Rave of Base by Digital Pain
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/songs/1995/s3m/h/herran.zip 344 ** Herran Huone by Silvery
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/songs/1995/s3m/s/space.zip 149 **+ Space Imperium by MaX
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/songs/1995/s3m/s/sthun.zip 298 **+ Steel Thunder by CybOrg
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/songs/1995/xm/p/psy-send.zip 396 **+ Sentimental D rift by Psychodelix
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/songs/1995/xm/s/sax.zip 7 * Saxaphone Silliness by Darius
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/songs/1995/xm/s/sol-exc.zip 288 *** Exclusive by Solaris
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/songs/1995/xm/s/sol-imp.zip 265 **+ Impera by Solaris
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/songs/1996/it/i/i-danger.zip 150 * Danger from Above by Dan Abnormal
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/songs/1996/it/i/i-mara.zip 177 ** The Last Marathon by Motiv
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/songs/1996/it/n/neb-fmtl.arj 121 **+ Five Minutes to Live by MikPos
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/songs/1996/it/n/no-stat1.zip 233 *** Calling Space Station 1 by Delta X
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/songs/1996/it/r/rat_daed.zip 95 *+ A Shot of Sunshine by Catspaw
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/songs/1996/it/r/rat_hsy.zip 136 ** Heresy by Catspaw
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/songs/1996/it/r/rat_skye.zip 293 *** Shattered Skye by Catspaw
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/songs/1996/it/w/wait.zip 131 *** Waiting on June by Jay Cunningham
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/songs/1996/mod/m/mf-uha.zip 237 ** uhA! by Magic Fred
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/songs/1996/mod/r/ragingst.zip 64 *+ Raging Storm by LaLa
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/songs/1996/mod/r/rain.zip 84 **+ Rain Beatin' Down by Smash
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/songs/1996/mod/r/rebelr.zip 61 * Rebel-Attack-Rap by Madokan
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/songs/1996/mod/s/slowds.zip 113 **+ Smooth Drums by Madokan
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/songs/1996/mod/s/spekuula.zip 145 ****+ Spekuulatio by Dizzy
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/songs/1996/mod/t/tedium.zip 84 ***+ Tedium by Luv Kohli
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/songs/1996/mtm/k/k_astro.zip 333 **+ Astronut by Maelcum
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/songs/1996/s3m/e/ephmeral.zip 324 *** Ephemeral Numerology by Beacon
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/songs/1996/s3m/f/facelift.arj 85 + Facelift by Utopia
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/songs/1996/s3m/f/fastwrk.zip 92 * Fast at Work by Karl Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/f/fdn-melo.zip 80 *** Mellow Trance by Plastik
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/songs/1996/s3m/f/flight25.zip 116 * Flight 25 by Karl Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/f/funkie.zip 34 * Funkie Wave Song by Karl Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/g/globalun.arj 160 *** Global Underground by Utopia
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/songs/1996/s3m/g/goforit.zip 111 * Go For It by Karl Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/g/gr_comfa.zip 140 *+ Coming of the Fall by Vad
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/songs/1996/s3m/g/gr_techw.zip 499 ** TechnoWorld by Vad & Sarmatian
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/songs/1996/s3m/h/huisext2.zip 137 *+ Huismusiekje by K. Herrebout...
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/songs/1996/s3m/i/interdit.zip 460 + Interdit Aux Peperes! by Deeyo
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/songs/1996/s3m/j/jbheaven.zip 275 **+ Heaven by Schizoid
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/songs/1996/s3m/k/k_n2o.zip 120 *** Just Say N2O! by Zake
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/songs/1996/s3m/k/k_sugar.zip 227 ***+ Sugar and Spice by Mental Floss
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/songs/1996/s3m/n/no-qnite.zip 219 ***+ The Quiet Night by Vadim VS
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/songs/1996/s3m/o/orx-talr.zip 65 ** Techno Alarm by Orthodox
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/songs/1996/s3m/p/pal_taco.zip 37 * Los Tacos son.. Casa by Paladin
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/songs/1996/s3m/p/pr-whspr.zip 152 **+ Whispers by Darkwolf
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/songs/1996/s3m/q/qshmsot.zip 77 * QSHMSOT by Karl Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/r/raf-bsky.zip 72 *+ Blue Sky by Psylocybe
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/songs/1996/s3m/r/raf-flow.zip 219 *+ Dreamflow by Maximus
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/songs/1996/s3m/r/ravel2.zip 92 *+ Rave DJ-F by Stormcaller
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/songs/1996/s3m/r/rl-melt.zip 94 **+ Melt Away by Ringlord
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/songs/1996/s3m/r/rl-unigr.zip 166 **+ Universal Groove by Ringlord
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/songs/1996/s3m/r/route66.zip 71 + Route 66 by CrimeDay and Viruz
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/songs/1996/s3m/r/rp-confz.zip 53 + Comfuzion! by Red Power
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/site1.zip 222 * Machinery Site 1 by Karl Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/sky_hrtj.zip 528 ** Heart of the Jugnle by D.J.Skyjump
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/sky_sdct.zip 879 *** Seduction by D.J. Skyjump
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/slow.zip 47 + Slow by K. Herrebout+W. Dewanckel
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/snowd.zip 388 **** Snowdrift by Sirrus
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/someday.zip 98 **+ Some Day by Panther
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/sonicph.zip 230 ***+ Sonic Phantasm by Luv Kohli
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/spoon.zip 54 ** The Spoon In My Cup by P. Watkins
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/ssn.zip 40 **+ Silent Supernova by CD
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/stabbing.zip 52 *+ Can't Happen Here by K. Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/studmach.zip 183 * Studio Machine by Karl Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/subm.zip 277 *** Submerged by Beacon
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/summer.zip 69 *+ Summer Dreams by Matt Swoboda
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/sunshine.zip 41 * Forbidden Sun. by K.Herrebout...
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/swing.zip 115 **+ Swing King by Matt Swoboda
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/songs/1996/s3m/s/symph02.zip 113 * Industrielle Symf. by K. Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/t/tighter.zip 104 * Tighter Motion by K. Herrebout
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/songs/1996/s3m/v/violsex.zip 247 *+ Agony - (V.S. Remix) by Dornbush
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/songs/1996/s3m/w/wander.zip 68 *+ Wandering and so by Dornbush..
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/songs/1996/s3m/w/wc.zip 82 * W C by Karl Herrebout+J. Thibaut
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/songs/1996/s3m/w/withoutw.zip 223 ***+ A Song Without Words by Porus
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/songs/1996/s3m/z/zeolite.zip 137 *+ Zeolite Productions by Utopia
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/songs/1996/s3m/z/zn-iwant.zip 110 ** I Want to be with You by Zinc
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/songs/1996/xm/e/errorzon.zip 9 **** Errorzone Zero by Rage
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/songs/1996/xm/g/gl-trans.arj 857 **** Transoniq by Glitch
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/songs/1996/xm/i/it-brert.zip 142 ** My Bare Roots by It-Alien
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/songs/1996/xm/i/it-giga.zip 159 ** ...in the Golden Age by It-Alien
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/songs/1996/xm/j/jb-marat.zip 877 *** Marathon Runner by J.Bonnell
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/songs/1996/xm/j/jr-htrnc.zip 354 **+ HardTrance by J.Rook
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/songs/1996/xm/k/k_adream.zip 475 ***+ I Still Have a Dream by Bert
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/songs/1996/xm/k/k_apoc.zip 452 ***+ Apocolyptic Mind by Khyron
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/songs/1996/xm/k/k_empty.zip 416 **+ Empty Inside by Karl
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/songs/1996/xm/l/laurel.zip 337 **+ Laurel N' Hardon by Green Reaper
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/songs/1996/xm/l/life.zip 858 ** Life by M. Forster
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/songs/1996/xm/l/livesee.zip 196 **** Live to See by Zalt
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/songs/1996/xm/l/lz-image.zip 495 **** Images of Terror by LioZ
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/songs/1996/xm/m/mass-swt.zip 466 **+ Sweetly by Contagion
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/songs/1996/xm/m/mf-cretl.zip 180 *** lOs CrEtInUs lAWaAi by Magic Fred
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/songs/1996/xm/m/mf-hurt1.zip 457 **+ Hurtless by Magic Fred
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/songs/1996/xm/m/micke.zip 257 *** Mig och min penis by Micke
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/songs/1996/xm/m/mw-drorc.zip 129 **+ Drunk Orc by Mayweed
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/songs/1996/xm/m/myplan.zip 154 ** This is my Pl. by Eye of Hurricane
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/songs/1996/xm/n/nogrmx.zip 164 ** No good by Exxon
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/songs/1996/xm/o/o-j_gtt.zip 415 ***+ Jones getaway tune by Oona
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/songs/1996/xm/o/o-j_rat.zip 496 ** Jones runaway trip by Oona
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/songs/1996/xm/o/o-xfiles.zip 221 **+ X-files by Oona
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/songs/1996/xm/o/o_dream.zip 194 *** Dreams of Love by Otis
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/songs/1996/xm/o/optimizd.zip 403 ***+ Optimized by Elastic E...
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/songs/1996/xm/p/pht-move.zip 478 ***+ Move that Body by Phorte
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/songs/1996/xm/r/rst.zip 340 *+ Rocksteady Teddy by Peter Kendell
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/songs/1996/xm/s/scrheart.zip 466 *** Scream of Heart by Noiseman
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/songs/1996/xm/s/sde-inf.zip 502 ** Informer (Dj S. Mix) by Dj Sneef
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/songs/1996/xm/s/seahouse.zip 259 *+ To the Sea House by Peter Kendell
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/songs/1996/xm/s/sld-rsun.zip 253 **+ Rising Sun by Sledgehammer
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/songs/1996/xm/s/snowflak.zip 414 *** Snowflake Hymn by Lala
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/songs/1996/xm/s/sss-979.zip 189 ** SSS-979 by Riders
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/songs/1996/xm/s/submer.zip 4 ** Submersion by Caveman
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/songs/1996/xm/s/swamps.zip 196 *+ Swamps of Dunkerton by Danes
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/songs/1996/xm/t/tcat.zip 77 *+ Techn'o'cat by PiX
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/songs/1996/xm/t/tcn-prn.zip 169 **+ Da Symbol by Tom N.
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/songs/1996/xm/t/timeadv.zip 1141 *** Time Advanced by Noiseman
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/songs/1996/xm/t/tingli_t.zip 453 **+ Tingli Tangli Musique by Lala
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/songs/1996/xm/t/tjsdream.zip 247 * TJ's Dream by Sleepwalker
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/songs/1996/xm/t/tr-space.zip 220 **+ Space... by Cyborg
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/songs/1996/xm/t/tr-unhmn.zip 343 **+ Unhuman by Cyborg
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/songs/1996/xm/t/trilium.zip 118 **+ Trilium High by Masato Takagi
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/songs/1996/xm/t/trit-rio.zip 406 * Tribute to Rio by The Boomerang
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/songs/1996/xm/t/twilight.zip 356 *+ Twilite World Skytec by M. Forster
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/songs/1996/xm/t/twisting.zip 88 *** Twisting Brains by Hotness
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/songs/1996/xm/u/undpress.zip 273 ****+ Under Pressure by Rage
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/songs/1996/xm/u/use-aria.zip 593 ***+ Aria by Froyd the Dreud
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/songs/1996/xm/u/use-arri.zip 107 *** The Arrival by Dustbin
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/songs/1996/xm/u/use-mind.zip 173 ** Dustbin's Mindcrime by Dustbin
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/hornet/demonews/demonews.119 49 DemoNews 119
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/hornet/demonews/demonews.120 48 DemoNews 120
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/hornet/demonews/demonews.121 40 DemoNews 121
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/info/traxw/traxweek.051 46 TraxWeekly 51
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/info/traxw/traxweek.052 55 TraxWeekly 52
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/info/traxw/traxweek.053 25 TraxWeekly 53
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/info/traxw/traxweek.054 63 TraxWeekly 54
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/info/traxw/tw_50th.zip 943 TraxWeekly Archive (issues 1-50)
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=-[Articles]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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=---------------------------------------------------[Introduction]--[Snowman]-=
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Hello all, and welcome to DemoNews issue 122.
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I'm sick. No intro.
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Snowman / Hornet - r3cgm@cdrom.com
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=------------------------[Announcing the Hornet Underground CDROM]--[Snowman]-=
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_____The Big News
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Our site ftp.cdrom.com has a lot of demos (over 400 megs worth). It is well
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organized. It has a lot of support from the demo scene and has continued to
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become more and more popular since its creation in 1992. It has been my
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individual responsibility to maintain the "/alpha tree" for the past two
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years and it's time for something new.
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Most of you reading this announcement like demos. You want to watch, listen
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to, and even reverse engineer them. It's a mystical thing; a discrete
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hobby, a secret playground. The demo scene has its own culture and slang.
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All of us thrive off making contributions to it and getting feedback. After
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all, what good is a demo if there is no one to watch it?
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But bandwidth on the modern-day 'net has become quite a commodity. With
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routers and servers bogged down, it has become quite a task for many to
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access our humble archive. Another form of distribution is called for.
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It's time for the Hornet Underground CDROM.
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Several months ago, it was decided that we would attempt to make a CD from
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the demos collection on our archive. Until 1 week ago, I wasn't certain
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that the CD would be completed in time for NAID (where it was supposed to be
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sold for the first time). Yesterday I finished the CD. Now you know why
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DemoNews has been delayed lately. :)
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_____The Specifics
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Everyone who has contributed to a demo on the CD is entitled to 1 free CD a
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year! Since it is nearly impossible to get permission from everyone who
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contributed, this is a compromise we settled on.
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If you don't want your demo on the CD, we will remove it in the next update.
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This CD will probably be updated quarterly.
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The CD will probably cost $19.95.
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Revenue from the CD goes toward maintaining and upgrading the archive.
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_____Closing
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I have to send this CD off to press in about 6 days for it to get produced
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in time for NAID. This means you have 6 days to contact me if you don't
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want your production on the CD. Please write to the address below if you
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have any questions/comments. More information will be forthcoming in a week
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or so.
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Snowman / Hornet - r3cgm@cdrom.com
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=--------------------[Shut Up Shutting Up, a SB vs. GUS Perspective]--[Rimbo]-=
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Few of us in America over the age of 18 will easily forget the
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administration of Ronald Reagan. The man was one of the most well-liked
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presidents since Franklin Roosevelt, and might have been elected three times
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if such things were legal. People certainly considered ditching
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presidential term limits while he was in office.
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That's what makes his current situation so sad. At first, when he was at
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the hearings and trials of the so-called "Iran-Contra" scandal, people made
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fun of his short memory; as people realized that he was suffering from
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Alzheimer's, it wasn't funny any more. Now, the man is probably only dimly
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aware that he was even president--only 8 years ago--and soon won't even be
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able to finish a thought before he's forgotten what was on his mind at the
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beginning of his sentences.
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Waitaminit, that describes my writing style. Oh, well...onward!
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A similar sort of Alzheimer's can be seen in history. No mistake has ever
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been made in history that hasn't been made at least twice before, and as
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long as successive generations fail to recognize the importance of learning
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the mistakes of the past, we are all doomed to fall into the same snares.
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Which brings us to a recent thread in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos, a newsgroup
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certainly affected with Alzheimer's. You know which one I'm talking about.
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The one that's made Trixter, me, Jare, and many of us who have been around
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long enough pull the hair out of our heads. You know, "Why don't demos
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support the SB16?", "Because it sucks!", "Yeah but more people have a SB!",
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"Yeah, but more democoders have a GUS!", "Oh, yeah?", "Yeah!", "You wanna
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take it outside?", "Yeah!", *sok!* *bam!* *pow!*
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It's the old SB vs. GUS flamewar ALL OVER AGAIN, except only the cards have
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changed--what once was the SB/SBpro vs. GUS became the SB16 vs. GUSMax and
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is now the GUS PnP vs. AWE32, but it's still the same old debate. Hasn't
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anyone realized that nothing has been said in this discussion that hasn't
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been said before a thousand times? Oh, you ask, "How would I know?" Well,
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you would if you had bothered to read the one thing which documents the
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history of flamewars in our newsgroup. It's called the FAQ.
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The irony is that in each case I've mentioned so far, the cycles of
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forgetting get shorter--a lifetime, a generation, and no more than a
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year--while the means of prevention get easier--no means of prevention, a
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good education in history, and READING THE FAQ. This is why the FAQ
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exists...so folks, since you've bothered to read this, why not take a day
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off of reading c.s.i.p.d.? Just miss reading all of the news, and instead
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go download the FAQ (http://www.mcs.com/~trixter/pcdemos.faq) and read it.
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Rimbo / Lucid - rimbo@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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=---------------------[Multifaceted Insects and Self-Aware Robots]--[Phoenix]-=
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It's about that time.. time for a few more demo/intro reviews from
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recent party competitions. Notice my ratings use a slightly sharper
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scale this time; 1-10 for the 3 categories, and 1-10 with .5 increments
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for overall. For those of you who can't survive without seeing "*"'s in
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ratings, remember * = 2 and + = 1 and convert them yourself. :)
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Disclaimer: The ratings and opinions presented in this review do not
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necessarily reflect those of the Hornet/DemoNews staff. Whee.
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Name : Little Big Demo Effects: 8
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Group : Sanction Design : 6
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Filename: snc_lbd.zip Music : ?
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Country : Germany Overall: 8
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Place/Party/Compo: 1st / Mekka '96 / 4k Intro
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This 4k intro supposedly has general MIDI music, but it needs a
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Roland-compatible soundcard to play it, so I couldn't hear it. But
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the effects are still impressive. The intro contains multi-layered
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plasma, sinus vectorballs, zoom rotation/warping, rippling phong
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blobs/rings (like in Purge's "Phenotype" demo), and a simple yet smooth
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tunnel. Quite an accomplishment.
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Name : Inside Effects: 6
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Group : Resistance Design : 5
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Filename: rtc_insd.zip Music : 7
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Country : Germany Overall: 6
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Place/Party/Compo: 2nd / Mekka '96 / 64k Intro
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A somewhat simple intro. Starts out with a doom-like part, then it goes
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into some phong objects with a slowly zooming background, then back into
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another doom-like area which is really just a big box. The intro ends
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with a vertically reflected heightfield-scape. Pretty nice music.
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Name : Ninja 2 Effects: 6
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Group : Scoop / Melon Design Design : 9
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Filename: ninja2.zip Music : 7
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Country : Norway Overall: 7.5
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Place/Party/Compo: 2nd (tie) / The Gathering '96 / Demo
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Another Amiga group takes to the PC, with some coding help from Scoop. This
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demo is not out to show any effects. Instead it has managed to show some
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cool Japan-imation with music and sound effects in under one zipped disk.
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The backgrounds and sprites are incredibly drawn. Any fans of anime or
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violent cartoons in general should be sure to get this one.
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Name : Control Effects: 7
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Group : COMA Design : 9
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Filename: cmactrl?.zip Music : 8
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Country : Finland Overall: 8
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Place/Party/Compo: 2nd (tie) / The Gathering '96 / Demo
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COMA knows a good idea when it sees it, and has made another "music video
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with a message". (Note: Likuid Krystal/PM watched this with me and noted
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that COMA ripped his gears-and-words-in-video idea from Eden :)
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It starts out strange, with a 3D flower and insect that almost seem dull.
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But this is followed by the real demo, with the video parts, mostly of guys
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walking around in a store with gas masks on, but there is a message. There
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are both mono-color and faked-18-bit color video clips. The music in
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"Control" is a LOT better than the music in COMA's last demo, "Paimen". It
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is similar to Rollins Band/Rage Against the Machine type "rap-rock" music.
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"Control" takes up two full disks zipped, but is definitely worth watching.
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Name : Inside Effects: 9
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Group : CNCD Design : 8
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Filename: inside.zip Music : 6
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Country : Finland Overall: 8
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Place/Party/Compo: 1st / The Gathering '96 / Demo
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New group? Not quite. CNCD (Cyberiad/Carillon) has been leading the
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Amiga scene for years with the best musicians, and demos like "Closer"
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which won the TP5 Amiga compo. This demo won TG'96, on the PC side.
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A Pentium is strongly recommended for this demo as the effects are very
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intensive (although a _little_ more speed optimization seems possible).
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It starts out with a blob-filling pic, then moves to several color tunnel/
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rotation/warping effects, none of which stay on the screen for more than a
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few seconds. Various rapper guys are placed on the screen, with shadows
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cast on the background effects. Other effects in "Inside" include fluid
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dynamics and a textured landscape with a lens flaring sun and flying jets.
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The demo ended a bit quicker than I hoped for, and the music (if they wanted
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to let people play the soundtrack, why not have just made the original a MOD
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and saved almost 700k diskspace?) was pretty basic. But this demo deserved
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to win and is a worthy first notch in CNCD's PC belt.
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Known quirk: 1MB RAM is required for GUS music playback. If you have less,
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the demo will fill in the intro pic non-stop, filling the entire screen
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(except a small part in the upper left corner).
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Name : Supermax Effects: 6
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Group : Complex Design : 6
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Filename: clxsperm.zip Music : 6
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Country : Finland Overall: 6
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Place/Party/Compo: 3rd / The Gathering '96 / 64k Intro
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This intro is pretty nice overall, but for a Complex production it's
|
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only mediocre. It uses 32k colors in 320x200, which means you need a
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Vesa 2.0 driver. Unfortunately, I tried loading Univbe 5.1 and the intro
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still did not recognize the hi-color mode. As a way around this,
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"Supermax" features a faked hi-color mode that looks just about as nice.
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The effects in the intro are few, just color sun-rays, zoom-blurred bobs,
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and a light-sourced logo in the middle that looks rather ugly compared
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to the rest of the demo. The music, by Supernao and remixed by Jugi,
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is decent but not very mood-setting like the "Dope" or "Bill G Force" music.
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Name : Cartoon Effects: 5
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Group : Mist Design : 8
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Filename: cartoon.zip Music : 6
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Country : Slovakia Overall: 7
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Place/Party/Compo: 2nd / The Gathering '96 / 64k Intro
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This has to be the most original concept intro (or even demo) this year so
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far. I'm reviewing it, so I have to spoil it for you. :) Rather than being
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set in some fictional future scene, it's set a century in the _past_, made
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to look like an antique silent film with old piano-rag music. It has mostly
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vector-people walking around, with occasional subtitles. Much like
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"Stickman's World", this intro's uniqueness got it its second place,
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although I personally felt this one was more deserving.
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Name : You Am I You Am The Robot Effects: 9
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Group : Orange Design : 7
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Filename: korso100.zip Music : 8
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Country : Finland Overall: 8
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Place/Party/Compo: 1st / The Gathering '96 / 64k Intro
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float.robot.float.. if.thy.degrade.thyself.. thy.shall.be.upgraded.
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If you had no clue what I just said, then you are likely sane. If you
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recognized it, consider yourself a true Orange fan. This intro is the
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fourth in their "Robot" series. While not as well organized as "The Sea
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Robot Of Love" from TP5, it contains some brilliant effects in 64k.
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The intro starts with a galaxy of stars which scramble around then form into
|
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an Orange logo, then burst apart. It then moves into a color tunnel (yawn)
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with phrases flashing at the bottom. A cool landscape (fast) follows this,
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then some greets with a weird wavy background. Then back to the tunnel, and
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then the intro ends with an excellent light-sourced logo.
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Name : F.C.Twente Effects: ?
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Group : Weird Magic Design : ?
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Filename: wm-fct.arj/a01/a02 Music : ?
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Country : Holland Overall: ?
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Place/Party/Compo: 3rd / X '96 / Demo
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Umm.. hel-lo! _Why_ exactly did these guys use the "monitor-buster" 50Hz
|
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mode, not mention it in their info file, and not even offer an alternate
|
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70Hz mode? It didn't cause me any damage but I was still unable to watch
|
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the demo because of this.
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Name : Ditch Effects: 6
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Group : Spirit Design : 6
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Filename: ditch.zip Music : 7
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Country : Holland Overall: 6.5
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Place/Party/Compo: 2nd / X '96 / Demo
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Spirit is ditching the toruses they have been so well known for, and did a
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better job this time than with their "Just-ice" TP5 intro. Some of the
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screens do not seem to work right for me, showing only some dots. Argh, I'm
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tired of rotating plasma circles! Those things are twice as annoying as
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donuts ever were. Their 3D object code is good, but unfortunately not used
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too creatively in this demo. The best effect is probably at the end, with
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env-mapped morphing objects. The rest is just simple texture warping that
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Tran was doing two years ago. The music is medium quality but works well in
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a demo.
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Name : Fashion Effects: 8
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Group : Logic Design Design : 7
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Filename: fashion.arj/a01 Music : 8
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Country : Holland Overall: 8
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Place/Party/Compo: 1st / X '96 / Demo
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This demo was originally intended for TP5 release, but of course that didn't
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happen, did it? It contains various cool effects, like a spike morphing
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head, phong stuff, blur motion stuff, and that famous naked chicks points
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picture by Danny, along with several other pictures which are very well
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drawn, but just sit there during the demo rendering any transitions
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impossible. They also did a funny play on the "23806 faces" bee object from
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Nooon's "Stars" demo. Well put together, but hey, they had nearly half a
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year to make it, didn't they? :)
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Name : Speed Effects: 5
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Group : Nostalgia Design : 5
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Filename: speed.arj Music : 5
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Country : Holland Overall: 5
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Place/Party/Compo: 1st / X '96 / 64k Intro
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IMHO not as good as last year's X intro winner, "Spring". It's pretty
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short, and the music is a little too "chippy" (I know, 64k, but things
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have changed :). Still it wasn't bad for what it was. As for the effects,
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only a few, like a bunch of gears and simple texture warping and swirling
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that is so common nowadays. And of course flashing words, which would be
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one of those "effect checkboxes" if I bothered to have them again. :)
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End of reviews. Now go grab this stuff, if you dare. :)
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Phoenix / Kosmic - phoenix@kosmic.org
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=----[Entering Flat Real Mode with a Memory Manager Still Installed]--[Voins]-=
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Editor's Note: This information has actually appeared in Imphobia articles
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by Walken, but unlike those articles, this one provides a quick solution and
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code to obtain the same result.
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If you've ever tried to make a protected mode program, you've probably run
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into extended memory managers which are already in protected mode and
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managing memory for you. Normally this isn't a problem; you can just ask
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the memory manager for some memory. But if you want to use Flat Real Mode
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(aka unreal mode) then there's no DOS extender that can help you because
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they don't operate that way--they'll either stop you from running or lock up
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the computer. You can ask the user not to load EMM386 or QEMM, but the user
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can say, "Why should I use a program which requires rebooting?", and he'll
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be right.
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But there's one program that doesn't require a DOS extender that works
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perfectly in Protected Mode with any extended memory manager: Microsoft
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Windows (3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 4.0). Not long ago I read a very good book by
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Andrew Schulman called "Unauthorized Windows 95". In there, I found a way
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to use Protected mode in any manner I wanted to with an EMM installed. How?
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Well, Microsoft Windows can tell the memory manager to shut down so it can
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operate. All we have to do is emulate Microsoft Windows and the memory
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managers will temporarily disable themselves. Then we can do whatever we
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want.
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Windows generates 4 messages with int 2fh: Start-up, Start-up Complete,
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Begin Exit, Exit. Any driver that traps int 2fh will receive these
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messages. (i.e. If driver requires to load VxD). The first message is what
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we need. Let's look at it closer:
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Parameters:
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ax =1605h
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cx =0
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dx =flags (bit0=0 -Enhanced mode, bit0=1 Standard mode)
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di =Windows version (30ah = 3.1)
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es:bx =0:0 or pointer to previous struct Win386_Startup_Info_Struct
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ds:si =0:0 or pointer to V86 mode toggle function
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Returns:
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cx =0 if Windows can be started,!=0 if not
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ES:BX =pointer to new struct Win386_Startup_Info_Struct
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DS:SI =0:0 or V86 mode toggle function
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struct Instance_Item_Struct {
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void far *IIS_Ptr; // seg:ofs to Instance data
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WORD ISS_Size; // number of bytes
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}
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struct Win386_Startup_Info_Struct {
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WORD SIS_Version;
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Win386_Startup_Info_Struct far *SIS_Next_Dev_Ptr;
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DWORD SIS_Virt_Dev_File_Ptr // name of the VxD
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DWORD SIS_Reference_Date // data for VxD
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Instance_Item_Struct far *SIS_Instance_Data_Ptr;x
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}
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So, to emulate windows we need:
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set-up parameters and call int 2fh (ax 1605h),
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save ds:si,
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call int 2fh (ax = 1608 - Start-up Complete),
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call previously saved ds:si with ax=0 (switch to Real mode),
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do anything,
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call ds:si with ax=1 (switch to V86 mode),
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call int 2fh(ax=1609h - Begin Exit),
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call int 2fh (ax = 1606h - Exit).
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That's all.
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Here's some source code with detailed comments (I use GEMA, but all command
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should be obvious).
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;At first we need to test if we're in protected mode
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;If not then there's nothing to do.
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org $100
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smsw a
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test.b #1,a
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beq exit
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move #prm,d
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move.b #9,ah
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trap #$21
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; setting up parameters
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move #$1605,a
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move #$30a,di
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move #0,d
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eor c,c
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move c,es
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move c,ds
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move c,bx
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move c,si
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; Startup message
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trap #$2f
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; If c==0 then all is ok, and "windows" can start.
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; but if not then something goes wrong (i.e. you run this program from
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; Turbo Debugger)
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; BTW that feature can be used to protect computer from running Windows ;)
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test c,c
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bne cannot
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; adress of V86 toggle function is in ds:si
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; now we save it directly into call instructions
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cs:move ds,v86outseg
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cs:move si,v86outofs
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cs:move ds,v86outseg2
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cs:move si,v86outofs2
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; Startup complete
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move #$1608,a
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trap #$2f
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;
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; Now the main part. We go out of protected mode!!!
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;
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move #0,a
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dc.b $9a
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v86outofs
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dc.w 0
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v86outseg
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dc.w 0
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; we must be sure that now we are in real mode
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smsw a
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test.b #1,a
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bne okay
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move #$b800,a
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move a,es
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es:move #$1752,0
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es:move #$174d,2
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; If we out of pm then you can see RM on blue background
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; in topleft conner of the screen
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; now you can do anything.
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; we will switch to protected mode and put 'AA' in top of the screen
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!ptrCode set 8
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!ptrCode1 set 16
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!ptrData set 24
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!ptrData1 set 32
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eor.l ae,ae
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move cs,a
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move a,ds
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move a,currentSeg
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shl.l #4,a
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move.l a,b
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lea segmentGDT,si
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move a,!ptrCode+2(si)
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move a,!ptrData+2(si)
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move a,!ptrCode1+2(si)
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add #pm,!ptrCode1+2(si)
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push.l a
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ror.l #16,a
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move.b a,!ptrCode+4(si)
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move.b a,!ptrData+4(si)
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pop.l a
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add.l #pm,a
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ror.l #16,a
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move.b a,!ptrCode1+4(si)
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xor.l a,a
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move si,a
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add.l a,b
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move.l b,pointerGDT+2
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intoff
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lgdt pointerGDT
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move.l cr0,a
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or.b #1,a
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move.l a,cr0
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jmpf !ptrCode,pMode
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pMode
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move #!ptrData,a
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move a,ds
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move #!ptrData1,a
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move a,es
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jmpf !ptrCode1,0
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;switch back to real mode
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back
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move.l cr0,a
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and.b #254,a
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move.l a,cr0
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dc.b $ea
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dc.w rMode
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|
currentSeg
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dc.w 0
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rMode
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inton
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|
; switch to V86 mode with EMM function
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move #1,a
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dc.b $9a
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v86outofs2
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dc.w 0
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v86outseg2
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dc.w 0
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; Begin Exit
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move #$1609,a
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trap #$2f
|
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; Exit
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move #$1606,a
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trap #$2f
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; Now its safe to exit to dos
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exit
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trap #$20
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cannot
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move #cm,d
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move cs,a
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move a,ds
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move.b #9,ah
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trap #$21
|
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trap #$20
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prm
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dc.b "now in protected mode",$d,$a,'$'
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om
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dc.b "now out of v86 mode",$d,$a,'$'
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vm
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dc.b "virtual mode",$d,$a,'$'
|
|
cm
|
|
dc.b "cannot emulate windows start",$d,$a,'$'
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align.l
|
|
pointerGDT
|
|
dc.l $40
|
|
ds.l 1
|
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segmentGDT
|
|
ds.w 4
|
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dc.w $ffff,0
|
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dc.b 0,$9a
|
|
dc.w $9f
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dc.w $ffff,$0000,$9a00,$00df
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dc.w $ffff,0
|
|
dc.b 0,$92
|
|
dc.w $9f
|
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|
dc.w $ffff,$8000,$920b,$009f
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segment
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|
pm
|
|
use32
|
|
move.l #5,ce
|
|
eor.l b,b
|
|
add.l #4,be
|
|
move.l #$07410741,ae
|
|
es:move.l ae,(be)
|
|
dec.l ce
|
|
jmpf !ptrCode,back
|
|
|
|
bss
|
|
segment
|
|
ds.l 128
|
|
fin stack
|
|
|
|
This code was tested with both EMM386.EXE and QEMM 8.0, and works.
|
|
|
|
NOTE: Be careful using memory once you've got complete control, because you
|
|
can damage DOS data, which could crash the computer. EMM uses "windows
|
|
global EMM import interface" to transport information about what's in use
|
|
and what's not, but I still don't know much about it. (I haven't got "Dr.
|
|
Dobbs' Journal", August 1994, where that info is supposed to be).
|
|
|
|
Voins / AVE - voins@glas.apc.org
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=-------------------------[Metronome FTP Site Advertisement]--[Kluzz and Wfn]-=
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\/____ / \/ \/ \/____ / \/____ / \/____ /wfn\/
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\/ \/ \/ \/
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