
                                    bland

                              a textmode intro

     This is an intro by a few artists spread out across the planet.
     Speaking to you is ae, the coder.  Do not ask what `ae' means.
     I came to Pinball Wizard one day with this idea and a routine.  He
     liked it, but then dropped out of sight for a very long time.  So,
     I wrote all of the routines and started looking for another artist.
     After about 3 days, I had finished the routines themselves, but
     needed art.  Fortunately, PW agreed to do the art.  Then, Zapper
     agreed to do some music after I poked into #trax and asked for
     help.  Again, this was quite a stroke of luck, for Zapper's music
     turned out quite well, and perfect for the task at hand.  The sound
     libraries took the longest part to do, in part because finding an
     asm-linkable sound library is a difficult task in itself, but also
     because the documentation was a bit sparse (and incorrect :) at times.
     Phred of OTM was extremely helpful in working out the kinks, and
     I thus highly recommend the Bells, Whistles, and Sound Boards music
     playing library.  Enough of my long-winded talk, though.
     
     This intro ought to run fairly smoothly on any speed computer.
     It uses the 80x25 and 80x50 text modes for all effects.  It is
     written in 100% asm, and uses the BWSB sound libraries for
     all sound output.  It intro has some basic requirements.

          -386 or higher processor
          -VGA card
          -Sound card

     Code by ae
          Email: shavelk@agora.rdrop.com
          irc: ae

     Graphics by Pinball Wizard
          Email: pwizard@rbdc.rbdc.com
          irc: PWiZaRD

     Music by The Zapper!
          Email: zapper@autoroute.net
          irc: Zapper

     Well, writing an intro file has never been so fun.  One more quick
     note:  I will give out the source if you can compose a convincing,
     coherent, and cogent argument (alliteration helps ;).

     Later!
          -ae
