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______/\___________________________ __ ________________ ___ /\_______ \____ \ ________ _ _ ______ \ / \| \ ________ | \/ ______/ / | \ _) \ \_/ \ | \ / \ \ _) \ | \______ \ / | \ \ | \ | \/ \ \ /~\ \ / \ \_____ /_______/___| /________/\____\_____/_______/_________/________/ ===\_____/============|____/========================================[+tZ^]== DemoNews Issue #81 January 29, 1995 - February 4, 1995 ------------ DemoNews is a weekly publication for the demo scene. It is produced at the Internet FTP site ftp.eng.ufl.edu (HORNET). This newsletter focuses on many aspects of demos and demo making. Everyone is welcomed to contribute articles, rumors, and advertisements. Information about HORNET and DemoNews can be found under /demos/README Start.of.DemoNews.081,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.part.1.of.2 SIZE: 53,434 SUBSCRIBERS: Last week: 1220 This week: 1241 Change: +21 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' SECTIONS ARTICLES ---------------- ----------------------------------- General HORNET has been busy! New Uploads Files recieved at HORNET NAID Survival Guide Editorial General Protection Relationships Code Ctrl-Alt-Delete, Now Its a Game! Assembly Part 3 (It ain't no party) BSP Trees Back Issues How to Get 'em, Descriptions Closing Comments Quote for the Week, etc. .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., <<General>> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' _____HORNET has been busy! Here are just a few things I would like to make the readers of DemoNews aware of: -ANSI: The ANSI is back on HORNET! After more flames than I could count (even with my socks off), I have decided to have an area on HORNET where the "packs" will be stored. Syntax Error (organizer of iCE) is now HORNET's main coorespondent in this field, and he will be maintaining the files in this area. However, there will not be an /incoming/ansi directory, only a /demos/ansi. Most of the previous problems stemmed from misuse of the /incoming/ansi directory. Syntax Error will keep up to 10 megs of the most current and wanted packs on HORNET. He will be personally responsible for keeping this directory updated. Also, any ANSI-related mail will be forwarded to him. You can reach Syntax Error at syntax@io.com. -MC3PLAY: MikMak, Rao, Stony, and Air Richter are currently working on a Music Contest ]I[ player. This will be used by the judges and contestants alike for playing MC3 entries. Remember, this contest will be officially announced at NAID on April 15, 1995. -DNDP: DemoNews Plus for DOS. Ior, Psibelius, and Zoltar are currently working on a DOS-based version of DemoNews. More than a plain vanilla- ascii reader, this is a full-fledged diskmag! It will include graphics, music, additional articles from the DemoNews staff, and best of all, will be released on a MONTHLY basis. Stay tuned for more details. -DN/HTML: Jeff (White Noise) / HORNET deserves a lot of appreciation. In the past couple of weeks, he has made enormous strides in making the World Wide Web version of DemoNews come to life. As the entire DemoWorld project becomes more concrete, you can expect quite a bit of coverage of it in DemoNews. -SLACKING: I have been very slow in getting two interviews done. The first is with Stone/Dust, and the second is with Gore/FC. I finally got the questions out to Stone, but the Gore interview still has yet to take shape. My apologies to these two individuals as well as the readers of DemoNews for the delay. -NEW FACES: Two new individuals have joined the staff of HORNET as columnists. They are Tom Verbeure and GraveDigger. I met Tom through Jason Nunn (dee-cug, another DN columnist and friend). Tom is an expert in the nuiances of hard core Assembler. GraveDigger is another new addition. Recently he did an incredible review of the Egg music for DemoNews, and this week he has done a "Survival Guide for NAID". I am very pleased to have both of these gentlemen furthering the HORNET mission. -LISTSERVER: There are two people not mentioned very often in this newsletter who do a lot of work for HORNET. Pi is the TRUE listserver coordinator for HORNET. Whenever the listserver crashes or goes buggy, Pi is the guy I count on to bring it back up. In a slighly different area, Martin M. Pedersen does one of the janitorial jobs here at HORNET. :) Each week when DemoNews goes out, I recieve lots of bounced mail notifications. I forward all of these to Martin and he sends me a list of who I need to (un)subscribe or help out. This is not a fun job and I really appreciate his help. -ASPHYXIA TRAINER: Over the past several months, I have been working on converting Denthor's "VGA Demo Trainer Guide" source code from Pascal to C++. In the background of the whole thing, FateGrinder and I shoot around ideas about how to optimize different assembler routines, etc. If you look at my code hard enough, you're bound to find some of his influence in there. I know I'm forgetting something... :) .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., <<New Uploads>> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' NOTE: All locations start with /demos and then their respective sub- directory. Please note however that the actual base directories (like /pub/msdos/demos) may differ from mirror to mirror. Location Filename.Ext Size Description ---------------- ------------ ---- ---------------------------------------- /demos /alpha/NEW answer .zip 40 Answer by Warlock of Amnesty dfuse .zip 10 Digital Fuse intro by Uncle Bob/Zion einstein.zip 9 BBS Intro for Einstein BBS friends .zip 875 Straight Line Connection for 3S Party 94 greetro .zip 199 Happy New Year by Sunrise kiddo .zip 132 A.P.E.X Presents an Intro called Kiddo mciesc .zip 14 BBStro for MCI Escapes by Subsystem meet95 .arj 708 Something from Sti/Euphoria (GUS) naidtro .zip 144 The NAID Party Intro (SB only) southfix.zip 79 BBS Intro for South of Heaven by Omicron tornado .zip 23 Shocker presents Tornado Intro (no mus) xmas_dem.zip 658 Christmas Demo by The Paralytic Minds /diskmags bm9 .zip 580 Blackmail Issue #9 (stuff from TP94) yahoo04 .zip 286 Yahoo #4, The Hangover Issue /nets dginfo18.zip 16 Demogroups Interchange InfoPacked v1.8 /news nad_u01 .zip 1428 New Age Demo Database Upgrade: 1 /code /demosrc fcsp2src.zip 31 FC's StarPort BBS ][ Source incosrc .zip 241 Source to Inconexia demo by Iguana isad2src.zip 20 ASM source for Immortal Syndicate BBS kuk2src .lzh 159 Source for Pleasure Access BBS sea_code.zip 33 ASM Source to Seasick / VLA sqd1_src.zip 21 ASM Source to Squid1.com (BBS Intro) /graph/lens lenssrc .zip 40 BAS, ASM example of a Lens /graph/pallette fadecode.zip 30 C,ASM source for fades and pallette rot palrot .lzh 2 Pallette Rotate by Draeden / VLA /graph/plasma c_plasma.zip 55 C source code to color plasma jclplasm.zip 88 ASM,C For NICE color Plasma /graph/shadebob jeffbobs.lzh 75 PAS source for Shade Bobs /graph/tutor tut9new .zip 43 Part 9 of Asphxia VGA demo tutor in C++ /pmode dpmispec.arj 33 Protected Mode API For DOS Extended Apps protect .lzh 15 ASM Protected Mode programming example /sound fmed101 .zip 147 OPL3 FM Sound Editor for Programmers gp15-pas.zip 46 PAS source for GUS Modplayer gusenv .zip 1 ULTRASND environment checking in ASM gusp15 .lzh 19 ASM source for GUS Modplayer pps110 .lzh 84 Protracker Playing Source/Josh Jensen /utils basm10 .zip 297 Basic to ASM Language Translator frmi!150.exe 38 Flat Real Mode Interface v1.5 /music /disks f10_pck2.zip Force Ten Pack #2 f10_pck3.zip Force Ten Pack #3 f10_pck4.zip Force Ten Pack #4 rot .zip Rotation by Neophyte mini musicdisk traxx36 .zip Latest Traxx album /programs/frntend mplay12 .zip Musicplay 12.0 frontend music program /programs/misc readcda .zip Read digital data from CD using CDROM /programs/players radv1_0a.zip ADLIB tracker package (anyone use FM!?) /songs/s3m belly .zip Belly's Theme by Falcon (FM ADLIB) cannabis.zip Cannabis sativa by Transee dnc2trnc.arj Dance to the Trance by Hector doom-hth.arj Doom and Stuff by Hector dreary .arj Dreary as all hell by Hector epi-opus.zip Opuscule by MusicMan/Epinicion firesirn.arj Firesiren by Hector gonnadie.arj We're All Gonna Die by Hector k-udream.zip Unfaithful Dream by Boomer the Bass Pig messiah .zip Messiah by Transee mindrave.zip Mind of a Raver by Avatar mystwat2.zip Myst Water by Hector/DMK mystwatr.zip Part 2 of the above nois .zip Nois by Kevin, Fast drums & strange sou pl_dt .zip Song by Plastique/Dep pl_heart.zip " pl_know .zip " pl_move .zip " pl_rave .zip " pl_thund.zip " pl_uknow.zip " pl_who .zip " pl_zany .zip " renais .zip Renaissance by Null rh_cyu .zip Song by Red Horizon/Dep rh_insom.zip " rh_nw .zip " rh_ready.zip " rh_real .zip " rh_samur.zip " rh_sea .zip " rh_tod .zip " rh_vp2 .zip " sky_jung.zip Jungle Baby Love by D.J. Skyjump trn-imh .zip In my Hough by Transee trn-medi.zip Mental Diary by Transee wait4u .zip Waiting for You by Falcoln (Adlib) /songs/xm mftp .arj Music for the People by (see below) moby-go .arj Moby-Go by Pieter Van Den Veen /text life .zip Some text about a new group .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., <<NAID>> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' _____Survival Guide by GraveDigger + . /\ . + . . / \ . + _____ 3\ __3____ \__/_______ Official Survival Guide \__ \3 \ 3\ \ + __ \ \ for the . / \ \ / _ \ / \ \____ \ . North American International Demo / _ \/ /_ \/ \/ 3 \ Competition . / \____/ \__/ __/__ \ April 15 - 16, 1995 \ / . \____/ \__/ + \______/ww :::\__/:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Here is a practical(?!) guide to surviving NAID, the upcoming North American International Demoparty, which is to be held in Quebec on April 15th and 16th. There's still a few months left to prepare yourself for this event, so I decided to provide this guide for anyone who intends to attend. I hope you find this guide helpful, and remember to pack light. If you plan to sleep at the school, there will be a lot of people in one big room, unless you've reserved a room for a group. Of course, feel free to donate me some space if you're getting a hotel room. By the way, the above NAID logo was borrowed from the FILE_ID.DIZ of the naidtro.zip archive. I couldn't draw a logo of my own, and I liked that one a lot, so there it is. Personally, I have never attended a demoparty, though I have some ideas on how to prepare for it, as I'm more familiar with Canada than I am with Finland or Denmark. I'm hoping this guide can help everyone have the best possible time at NAID. This being the first party of this kind on this side of the puddle, I would like to see the date go down in history, and the party repeated in years to come. We need to show the Euros that we know how to party, too! Please keep in mind that this guide is intended merely as a complement to your regular luggage checklist. For your convenience, though, a small box has been placed next to each item so you can check it off as you pack it. Even though you now have this list, don't forget items like toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant or anti-perspirant... Oh, hell with it. I'll probably be the first to forget these items anyways. (Hope there's a drugstore in the vicinity?) _ |_| 1. First, you will need an English-French dictionary. As you know, Quebec is the French-speaking region of Canada. Comment vas tu? Tu habites aux Etats-Unis? Parlez-vous francais? Hmm. You might need to work on your accent, too. _ |_| 2. Next, you might want to take a life-jacket. Considering that a large portion of you will be crossing the St. Lawrence River to get to the school where NAID is being held, you don't want to take your chances with those bridges. _ |_| 3. You will want to have a source of caffeine. Whether it be in the form of money for soda machines or coffee, or your own beverage supply, it will be required to stay up after hours and party, at which time you will probably consume more caffeine, and party some more... and hell, who really wants to sleep anyways? _ |_| 4. Be sure to pack your teddy bear if you have one. Yeah, just look at that poor little guy sitting on your bed. How do you think he feels when you just leave him there? _ |_| 5. Bring along unfinished programs and songs and such, and maybe you can get together with someone else who has a pute and some knowledge, and work on it with them. In fact, here's a C program that I started which I need help with. If anyone can assist me, please let me know. (I just recently took up C as a hobby, so please bear with me.) -----[cut]-----[blah.c]----- #include <stdio.h> /* Blah v1.0.0 */ /* 1/04/95 */ void main() { printf("The program is now running."); } -----[cut]-----[blah.c]----- I'm not sure what this program is going to be used for, but I'm sure once it is completed it will be really cool. :) _ |_| 6. If you bring your own computer to NAID, be sure to lock it up, if at all possible. At other recent demoparties, especially The Party 94, equipment was stolen or damaged. This only applies if you're not bringing your kid brother's CoCo, in which case you should leave it out in plain sight, and hope it gets stolen. Then, when the culprit is caught, everyone can point and laugh, and this should prove to be a funny experience, for all except one person. Hey, win some, lose some, right? _ |_| 7. You might want your own roll of toilet paper. Hey, you never know... I can imagine that it sucks to get stuck on the can without toilet paper. Have you ever hobbled down the hall to your toilet paper supply with your pants down? Uhh.. not that I ever have, I just don't imagine it being something any of you would want to get stuck doing. Yeah, that's it. _ |_| 8. If you have a flashlight, bring it with you. This can be used for finding the bathroom in the middle of the night, or just for reading porno magazines in your sleeping bag. For the latter option, this will let everyone around you locate you, and you can then trade porno magazines with each other. However, please keep in mind that I do not read porno magazines, nor do I promote pornography. <cough> _ |_| 9. If you have a beeper or pager, leave it home if possible. It would be just plain annoying to be watching a demo when all of a sudden, someone's beeper goes off, half the crowd turns to find the source of the noise, and misses the best part of the demo. Though it would be funny to hear a tune with such a sound in it, or even a phone ringing, and watch everyone looking for it. _ |_| 10. Keep a calculator with you and keep track of the exchange rate for your currency. You don't want to get ripped off when buying stuff or exchanging your money. And in the event you want to sell something, you can rip them off if you do it right. _ |_| 11. You might want to bring some homework with you. You'll most likely be away from home all weekend, and you might have some extra time during which you can study. Or if you're really lucky, your books will get stolen and you won't bother going to class anymore. _ |_| 12. Bring a portable radio. If you live somewhat far from Quebec, you can occupy yourself by finding cool radio stations that you'll never be able to hear again after Sunday. You'll also have something to look forward to when NAID '96 is planned. _ |_| 13. Two words: breath mints. :) _ |_| 14. Grab a flat-head screwdriver to take with you. What for? I don't know. Wait, hmm. Looks like I have run out of ideas for this list. I hope this guide becomes a part of your trip to NAID. Print it out, have it translated into french, sign language, and braille. Share this guide with others planning to attend. Fax it, snail mail it, tape it to your forehead. Memorize it backwards. Also, If you have any additions to this above list, please contact me at the email address below. Anyways, hope to see you there! GraveDigger [uuDW/CoRE] digger@freeside.scsd.k12.ny.us .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., <<Editorial>> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Much response was generated by last week's humorous editorial entitled Codethink(School);. This week, I take a U-turn from humorous to dramatic (hey, you can't expect me to be in the same mood every week). One small note: I will make frequent use of the pronoun "they" as being third-person singular. It is incorrect grammatically to have a sentence such as "Ask someone a question and THEY will give you an answer". The sentence should be "Ask someone a question and he or she will give you an answer". However, I will be using "they" as in the above example rather than filling this editorial with "he/she" everywhere. Enough said, let's go on... _____General Protection Relationships re-la-tion-ship, noun 1. a connection, association, or involvement. Without exception, every one of us in the demo scene has two things in common: we interact with computers and we interact with humans. In essence, we have relationships with both. Under close inspection, these relationships can actually reveal an amazing amount about who we are as individuals and how successfully we deal with others in our lives. Ask a computer what the sum of two plus two is and it will tell you four. Ask a human the same question and they will probably raise their eyebrows and wonder which mediation you've been taking. Ask that same person if they want to go and see a movie. Mabey they're sick, or busy, or tired, or just don't want to. If you're lucky they might even say "yes". Ask a computer if it wants to run a program. It might have difficulty, but that computer will die, trying to make you happy. If you think about it, a computer is your ultimate friend. It never tells you to get some sleep or do your homework. Its always there, waiting patiently for you to make a request. With games, demos, and various GIFs, the computer can give you hours and hours of entertainment. Even more, your computer actually changes with you: it remembers what you have done in the past and keeps track of what's new in your life. How many times have you had an argument with someone and gone to your room to watch Second Reality or play a game of DOOM? In that respect, a computer can help relieve stress. The computer is always in your corner, willing to help out with any problem you might have at the time. Over the years, I have had a lot of difficulty in forming lasting relation- ships with members of the opposite sex. Part of this stems from my inability to correctly guess what they "mean" all of the time. Say I ask woman X if she wants to go and eat at McDonalds. The reply is "well...ok". Let's just take a few possible interpretations of this answer: 1. "I am tired of eating at McDonalds, can't you think of anywhere else?" 2. "I don't really care where we eat." 3. "While I was saying the word 'well', I was actually trying to think of some place else we could eat. I couldn't, so I guess McDonalds is 'ok'." 4. "That was just a silly answer. You know I always love to at at McDonalds!" 5. "The only reason my answer came out like that was because I was watching the road for you to make a mistake while driving." 6. "What? Are you trying to tell me I'm FAT?" The list of guesses goes on and on. A computer only HAS two answers, yes and no (1 and 0). Its nice not having to play mind games once in a while. The computer is a shield between you and reality. It can transport your mind away from the physical world; away from the problems, the headaches, the work, and the daily routines that we go through every day. The more I think about it, I realize that our "Escape" CD was very appropriately named. As this article draws to a close, I begin to wonder if its any good or if I should just delete the whole thing and call it a day. I just asked my computer if it likes the article and it wouldn't tell me. Oddly enough, I feel like calling my parents right about now. -Christopher G. Mann / HORNET January 29, 1995 .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., <<Code>> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' _____Ctrl-Alt-Delete, Now Its a Game! by Denthor Telephone conversation : <Ring> <Ring> <Click> Fanus : Hello, Buys residence. Denthor : Hi there Fanus, whats up? Can I speak to Piet? Fanus : Ummm ... he's not in ... ummm ... who is this? I don't recognize you. Denthor : Don't worry, it must be my new haircut. Fanus : Oh. This must be Denthor. Hi all! I am back after a two week absence from the Demuan List. Today I am going to introduce you to two new games, which should make sitting at the computer and listening to music a lot more fun. The first game is one I have described before in my trainers. It requires two people and a computer. I like to call it Control-Alt-Delete. Here is how it works. One person gets the delete button, and the other person gets the Control and Alt buttons. Player one must then hit delete very quickly, while player two has to try and hit control and alt at the same time. If the computer reboots, player two wins, otherwise player one stays at his station. When player one wins, they swap sides and begin again. This game can provide hours of enjoyment, and really is great fun in between really boring lectures about stuff you learned years ago. When I invented the game, I thought I was doing really badly against Pipsy until I realised that the computer had frozen. Note : People have caught on how to play at the local university, and sneak up and play it on my computer while I am telnetting. Be warned. Also, the game isn't as much of a challenge when you play it by yourself. The second game I invented while I was on holiday last week (one of the reasons I didn't write an article) ... we were down the South Coast, stuck in a hotel room while it poured with rain outside. The Tugela river overflowed it's banks, the sand bars dissapeared, and the tan I was hoping to get never appeared. (I have been programming so much I haven't seen the sun for the past three months, so when I finally get to go away, it rains, of course. Way to go, Murphy.) Anyway, with no computers, no phone, South African TV and no nightlife, we had no choice but to listen to the radio. After a while of mind numbing boredom, I invented a new game. I haven't named it yet, but here goes. You listen to a song on the radio. Every time the singer says a word that is more then one syllable long, you add a point. You don't count words twice, or all songs would get a high score. Most of the songs got between three and five, but we lost count when they played a Counting Crows song. Ace of Base did surprisingly well, wile some rap artists didn't score anything. Try it, you'll be amazed. The PC Games Programming Encyclopedia part two will be out on the 10th of Febuary, I will make sure that Hornet is one of the first sites to get it. I hope to have up to number 20 of my trainer series in it. So, I leave you to pick a game and start playing! Byeeeee... Denthor - denthor@beastie.cs.und.ac.za PS. This no-GUS thing is a Creative Labs conspiracy, isn't it? ................................................................continued...