Subject: Swapping ST Demos
          By: James Collett (Professor)
 A Member Of: VIRTUAL INFINITY
       Email: s6005146@oxpoly.ac.uk (or s6005146@brookes.ac.uk)
     Address: Room N4, L.S.C.College, Wheatley, Oxford, OX9 1HX
 Mono accnt.: bcc


 Nuts About Demos?
 =================
    This  applies  to anyone who is as addicted to demos as  I  am,  i.e.
 those  things which push the ST`s computational power beyond that  of  a
 Cray,  graphics power beyond that of an arch,  and sonix power beyond  a
 miggy`s (which isn`t difficult!!):
    As  unbelievably impressive as some of them are,  after the  literary
 hundredth time of viewing them they do get a little predictable!!  :-)
 Therefore I would like to swap some of my demos with other demos  within
 the  Ictari User Group - and maybe start a demo / PD  software  swapping
 club??   Please  mail/post me if you have any demos not on my  list  and
 want some of mine.


 My Demo List
 ============
    Sorry  the  numbering`s a bit strange,  it`s simply in  the  order  I
 picked  them up off the floor!   I have indicated  'non-official'  demos
 with an asterisk:

      1) Big demo                        11)*Californion raisins demo
      2) MicroMix (II+IV)                12) Ultimate GFA demo
      3)*Dr.Who music demo               13) Union demo
      4) Life`s a bitch demo             14) Decade demo
      5)*C.F.S. crack                    15) Electra demo (MEG)
      6) Syntax terror demo crack (TWO)  16) Double doozer demo
      7)*Misc. grafix demos (TWO+)       17)*C.F.S. (TWO)
      8)*Gods music crack                18) Movie ST demo (STE)
      9) Amiga demo                      19) French demo (STE)
     10) Fish`n`chips demo               20) Jungle demo (STE)

     21)*Boing balls demo (STE)          27)*3-D scroller demo (STE)
     22) Imagination                     28) STupendous
     23) Lightning demo                  29) P.Y.M. (TWO)
     24) The year after                  30) Songs of the unexpected(STE)
     25)*Star Trek                       31) Neworder demo
     26) Wow demo                        32) Acid burn demo

   (MEG)=megabyte only , (STE)=STE only , (TWO)=demo comes on two disks


 E-mailing Demos
 ===============
    To anyone who has access to an internet mailbox and has never Emailed
 non-filed disks before:
    The mechanism is simple: first, on your ST, you convert the non-filed
 disk  into a BIG file using the magic shadow archiver (MSA).   Then  you
 UUencode the file, to convert it to (7 bit) text, and send it as normal.
 Once received the file can be UUdecoded and de-MSA-ed,  which returns it
 to its original and executable form.   If the MSA file,  to be sent,  is
 too BIG to handle, then the non-filed disk can be converted into two (or
 more)  files,  for  example one file containing tracks  0-40  and  other
 containing tracks 41-81.
    Both  MSA  and  UUcoders can be obtained from most  PD  libraries  if
 necessary.   Alternatively  I  can  mail you MSA  and  UUencode;  but  I
 obviously can`t mail you UUdecode because you won`t be able to  UUdecode
 it!


 A New Crew ...
 ==============
    Earlier  this year a brand new ST demo crew  formed,  called  VIRTUAL
 INFINITY!   V.I.  now  consists of seven full  time  members,  including
 myself  (Professor)  and Trantor (Dream State),  and  we  are  currently
 writing  our first demo,  'Total Immersion',  due to be completed  later
 this year.

    V.I. consists of five 68k coders (Dream State, The Overlord, Kheldar,
 68K,  Kryten),  one GFA coder (yours truly!) and one musician  (Random).
 As for artwork: we get by!


 The Demo
 ========
    Like most demos,  'Total Immersion' will be,  and is being,  designed
 and  created to run on any ST set-up;  although we do intend to  include
 STe  only and meg.  only screens.   The demo is going to be coded  in  a
 mixture  of 68k and GFA.   We will obviously be showing off out  amazing
 talents,  and including FX never before seen on the ST - if you want  to
 know more you`ll just have to wait until it`s released!


 WANTED
 ======
    The demo won`t be ready for release for a while yet,  but when it  is
 we will need *loads of* ST contacts to help spread it - both  nationally
 and internationally.
    If you would like a copy, when it`s ready, please either get in touch
 with me or Trantor, or watch this space for more details.

    Also,  if  you`re  a  member of another demo crew or  have  done  any
 similar work, and haven`t already got in contact with us, then please do
 and we`ll be happy to give you a greeting on our demo.


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