b cHELLO AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST REAL DEMO FROM b+RC-+DDICT ( THE VOID BETWEEN +RCHIE AND THE SPECCY CLOSES! THE TRANSITION HAS OCCURED!! (ABOUT #!CKING TIME TOO!-EZZ))c COMPLETED ON THE 21ST JUNE 1992 THE GRAPHICS FOR THIS DEMO, INCLUDING THE ANIMATIONS IN THE INTRODUCTION, WERE DRAWN BY bDAVID FLYNN cTHE DEMO WAS PROGRAMMED ALMOST ENTIRELY IN BASIC V APART FROM A FEW MODULES WHICH WERE BORROWED KEEP READING THIS SCROLLY BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING BITS COMING UP. . . . . . I MEAN THAT!! O.K LETS GET THE THANKYOUS OVER WITH QUICKLY. . . . MANY THANKS TO HUGO FIENNES FOR THE SOUNDTRACKER MODULE WHICH IS RUNNING THE MUSIC YOU ARE LISTENING TO, AND THANKYOU TO THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF THE MUSIC ( DESCRIBED ONLY AS "UNKNOWN"!! ) THANKYOU TO "BATMAN" FOR THE STAND-ALONE SCROLLING MESSAGE MODULE e(BY THE WAY, DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER SET FOR THE SCROLLY? bNO-THOUGHT NOT) c c THANKYOU TO TOBY b"SCUM" cTINSLEY FOR THE "FUNNIES" YOU WILL READ A BIT LATER ON. THANKYOU FOR THE PEARLS OF WISDOM GO TO PAUL MADDOCKS, JAMES HOOPER, AND THE REST OF THE LOWER SIXTH AT FOSTERS ( GRYPHON ) SCHOOL, IN SHERBORNE. AND FINALLY, THANKYOU TO ACORN FOR MAKING THE +RCHIMEDES b( AND FOR MAKING !EDIT REALLY SLOW )c b PHEW! NOW THAT THE TA-LOTS ARE OVER. . . . .THE HELLOS! cHELLO, GOOD EVENING, AND BOLLARDS ( IN THE INFAMOUS WORDS OF A WELL KNOWN TRAFFIC WARDEN ) cI'LL GO A BIT FASTER FOR THIS BIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANYONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO I AM TALKING ABOUT HELLO TO . . . . . . e LEON,RICHARD,JAMES,SUGGY,ANDY,MARTY,DOM,PAUL,SHAUN,STEVE,NICK,BRENT( WHO THE HELL IS NINA ANYWAY!!)e,BEN,NEIL,DAVID H,POLLY,JOE,VICKY,VICKI,AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE LOWER SIXTH WHO I HAVEN'T MENTIONED HI TO ANY I.T. TEACHERS READING THIS!!! cHELLO TO ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS RUN OUT OF ROOM INSIDE THEIR +3000!!!! AND HELLO TO ANYONE ELSE READING THIS!!! YES! THAT MEANS YOU!!! HELLO TO ALL DEMO CODERS %BIA%, ARMAXESS, ARMAGEDDON, $ARC ANGELS$ . . . . .ETC. . . c RIGHT, WE'VE FINISHED THE RUBBISH THAT COMES ENCASED IN EVERY SCROLLY MESSAGE, SO YOU CAN WAKE UP NOW!! AS I PROMISED EARLIER, THE LOWER SIXTH AT FOSTERS SCHOOL HAVE COMPILED A FEW INTERESTING THOUGHTS / MESSAGES FOR YOU TO SAVOUR. WHEN READING, bPLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE PEARLS OF WISDOM WERE DISCOVERED DURING A-LEVEL MATHS LESSONS, e AMONGST OTHER THINGS! c SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MAY I PRESENT . . . . bPEARLS OF WISDOM! (e PROBABLY THE BEST PART OF THIS DEMO! ) cHERE FOLLOWS A FEW OF LIFE'S MOST IMPORTANT RULES! - READ AND LEARN -e c"I CALCULATE, THEREFORE I AM. (JAMES HOOPER 1991)"e c"THE MIND IS THE GREATEST SOURCE OF POWER"e c"THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS"e c"UNFORTUNATELY, DREAMS ARE JUST THAT - DREAMS!"e c"MAN CAME - MAN SAW - MAN DESTROYED"e c"- BETTER WATCH OUT FOR THE SKINDEEP!"e c"IN THE GAME OF LIFE, WHO WINS?"e c"ARE WE ALL FIGMENTS OF OUR IMAGINATION? -IF SO, WHY IS LIFE SUCH A BITCH?!"e c"WE'RE ALL BORN TO DIE, SO WHY BOTHER!"e c"WE'RE NOT YOUNG ENOUGH TO KNOW EVERYTHING."e c"YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS ENOUGH UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!"e c"THE ONLY EQUALITY IN LIFE, IS DEATH"e c"CURIOSITY IS THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT"e c"LIFE'S A BITCH, THEN YOU MARRY ONE!!"e c"IGNORANCE IS THE SHIELD OF INNOCENCE"e c"LIFE IS LIKE A JOSS-STICK . . . . . IT STINKS AND THEN IT'S GONE!"e cAND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,e c"LIFE IS FULL OF S##T. . . . . . . . . . SO MIND WHERE YOU TREAD!!!!"e cMANY THANKS TO THE LOWER SIXTH FOR THOSE. . . . . . . . . cAND NOW FOR THE TRUE "FUNNIES" THESE ARE EXTRACTS FROM REAL LETTERS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT INTO COUNCIL OFFICES . . . . . . . c"WILL YOU PLEASE SEND A MAN TO LOOK AT MY WATER, IT IS A FUNNY COLOUR AND NOT FIT TO DRINK"e c "OUR LAVATORY SEAT IS BROKEN IN HALF AND IS NOW IN THREE PIECES"e c"THE TOILET SEAT IS CRACKED - WHERE DO I STAND?"e c"THE TOILET IS BLOCKED, AND WE CANNOT BATH THE CHILDREN UNTIL IT IS CLEARED."e c"I WISH TO COMPLAIN THAT MY FATHER HURT HIS ANKLE VERY BADLY WHEN HE PUT HIS FOOT IN THE HOLE IN HIS BACK PASSAGE."e c"THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR LAVATORY IS BROKEN AND WE CANNOT PICK UP BBC2."e c"WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND A MAN TO REPAIR MY SPIT, I AM AN OLD AGE PENSIONER AND NEED IT STRAIGHT AWAY."e c"WOULD YOU PLEASE REPAIR OUR TOILET, MY SON PULLED THE CHAIN AND THE BOX FELL ON HIS HEAD."e c"OUR KITCHEN FLOOR IS VERY DAMP. WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND WOULD LIKE A THIRD, SO WILL YOU PLEASE SEND SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT."e c"WILL YOU PLEASE SEND SOMEONE TO MEND OUR BROKEN PATH. YESTERDAY MY WIFE TRIPPED AND FELL ON IT AND SHE IS NOW PREGNANT."e c"THE PERSON NEXT DOOR HAS A LARGE ERECTION IN HIS BACK GARDEN WHICH IS BOTH UNSIGHTLY AND DANGEROUS."e c"I AWOKE THIS MORNING AND FOUND MY WATER BOILING."e c"CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN OUR REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE DONE, AS MY WIFE IS ABOUT TO BECOME AN EXPECTANT MOTHER."e c"I REQUEST YOUR PERMISSION TO REMOVE MY DRAWERS IN THE KITCHEN."e c"I AM WRITING ON BEHALF OF MY SINK, WHICH IS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE WALL."e c"I WANT SOME REPAIRS DOING TO MY COOKER, AS IT HAS BACKFIRED AND BURNT MY KNOB OFF."e c"I AM STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH SMOKE IN MY BUILT IN DRAWERS."e c"THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A SMELL COMING FROM THE MAN NEXT DOOR."e c"THE LAVATORY IS BLOCKED. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR THROWING THEIR BALLS ON THE ROOF."e c WELL THAT'S ABOUT ENOUGH OF THOSE. (PLEASE NOTE THAT THOSE "FUNNIES" WERE DIRECT QUOTES. IF YOU WISH TO COMPLAIN, GO TO TOBY TINSLEY BECAUSE THEY ALL COME FROM HIS SOURCES. I DIDN'T REALLY NEED THEM IN THIS SCROLLY, BUT HE INSISTED - YOU KNOW! ) THIS FILE IS NOW NEARLY 6K LONG AND !EDIT IS BEING REALLY ANOYING!! bIT KEEPS MSSNG UT LETRS cSEE!c cWE HAVE NOW GOT TO THE POINT WHERE ONLY THE REAL +RC-+DDICTS AND DEMO WATCHERS ARE LEFT READING THIS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY VARIOUS COMPUTERS ARE DEPICTED IN THIS DEMO, I SHALL TELL YOU bBUT LATER!c NO, HONESTLY, I WILL TELL YOU NOW I SPENT SOME TIME TRYING TO PROGRAM ON A SPECCY bAND FAILED MISERABLY!! cWHAT ABOUT THE AMIGA YOU ASK!!!! I HAVE A SMALL GRUDGE AGAINST THE AMIGA DISK DRIVE, BECAUSE IT KEEPS MAKING RUDE NOISES, IT'S ALSO THE FACT THAT AMIGAS TRASH UP DISKS FASTER THAN ANY OTHER COMPUTER I WENT TO THE DECEMBER 1990 COMPUTER SHOPPER SHOW AT WEMBLEY ( OR THEREABOUTS ). AN AMIGA OWNING FRIEND (e WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS - POOR LADc ) AND MYSELF BOUGHT 30 DS/DD FLOPPY DISKS AT QUITE A REASONABLE PRICE. TO THIS DAY, MY FRIEND bLET'S CALL HIM MR X d e( WHO INCIDENTALLY IS NOW SELLING HIS AMIGA )c HAS GOT ONLY FOUR OF HIS DISKS LEFT. ALL OF MINE ARE INTACT IT JUST SHOWS THAT ALL THOSE DEMOS ON THE AMIGA ( AND SOME ON THE ARC b-TAKE NOTE ZODIAC c) THAT LEAVE THE DISK SPINNING CONSTANTLY, AND THE LIGHT FLICKERING, JUST bWEAR OUT DISKSc ANYWAY, ENOUGH OF THE MOANING FOR NOW I'VE JUST COMPLETED SWIV BY THE WAY. NOT A BAD GAME FOR AN AMIGA PORT-OVER! AT THE END THERE IS A SHORT ANIMATION OF THE BADDIES' MAIN CORE BLOWING UP! EVERYBODY LOOK OUT FOR POPULOUS, SIM CITY, AND LOTUS TURBO CHALLENGE II. LOOKS LIKE KRISALIS HAVE GOT THEIR PROGRAMMERS IN GEAR! c WELL THAT JUST ABOUT WRAPS UP THIS SCROLLY MESSAGE I SUPPOSE I'M SURE THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN SOMETHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AH! I KNOW! IF FOR SOME REASON YOU WISH TO CONTACT ME ( I WILL HAPPILY DESIGN A FONT / GRAPHICS FOR A DEMO / GAME IF YOU WANT. ) YOU CAN WRITE TO b+RC-+DDICT, 12 KINGS CLOSE, LONGBURTON, NR. SHERBORNE, DORSET. cIF YOU MISSED THAT, TOUGH! d c OH WELL, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO READ THE SCROLLY ALL OVER AGAIN! HMMMMMMMMM.........I STILL THINK THAT I HAVE MISSED SOMETHING OUT WHAT COULD IT BE??? WHAT COULD I HAVE POSSIBLY FORGOT????? ARRR! FERGEDDIT!d BYE FOR NOW!!!!!!!!!! ( -I KNOW WHAT YOU FORGOT!!! ME d IN CASE YOU CAN'T TELL, THIS IS THE EZZ MAN OR AARON AS I WAS NAMED! WELL!! WHAT A PILE OF STEAMING BULL EXCRETIONS THIS IS. I AM THE ONLY INTERESTING PART OF THIS DEMO, SO THEREFORE THIS DEMO SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER ME! THE..."EZZDEMO!"d AFTER ALL, IT WAS ME WHO GAVE DAVE THE KICK UP THE ARSE HE NEEDED TO DO THIS DEMO. I ALSO HAD THE BLINDING INSPIRATION OF THE SCROLLING GRID ABOVE ( BUT WE COULD'NT BE BOTHERED TO MAKE IT ANY BETTER ( IN CASE IT OUTSHONE OUR ( OUR ? -NO! MINE! ...-DAVE ) NEXT DEMO CALLED, SUPPRISINGLY b DEMO NUMER ZWIE n c HMMM MAYBE. LOOK OUT FOR MORE BRILLIANT ADDITIONS AND EXAMPLES OF WHAT NOT TO DO WITH YOUR +RC IN MY NEXT UNAUTHORISED INSERT. CAIO! d- EZZER ) e BACK TO ME! c LOOK OUT FOR ANOTHER +RC-+DDICT DEMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( AS SMEGHEAD ( SMEGHEAD ? CHEEK!! - EZZ ) DESCRIBED) b cALRIGHT, SO I CAN'T GET RID OF YOU THAT EASILY THE NEXT DEMO WILL PROBABLY BE A MUSIC DEMO ( MAYBE MORE THAN 4 TRACKS ) PROBABLY WITH A MOVING LOGO OR SOMETHING I'LL PROBABLY STICK IN A SHORT SCROLLY AS WELL HMMMMM... THATS ABOUT IT I 'SPOSE SEE YER!!!d cTIME TO WRAP b b e 10 d 9 d 8 d 7 d 6 d 5 d 4 d 3 d 2 d 1 d OH NO! d cI REMEMBER WHAT I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT TIME IS IT? 11.49!!! HELP! I'VE GOT AN EXAM TOMORROW!!!! bAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a
