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       DemoNews Issue #117 - February 23, 1996        |   Last Week  :  1935
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     33    Calendar
     51    Top Downloads
     74    Uploads
    362    Articles
    364      Introduction................................Snowman
    412      Review of Velvet Studio.....................GD
    490      Luminati's Tweaked Video Mode...............Captain Hook
    631      Things to Know about NAID...................GD
    717      The Outpost BBS.............................David Forras
    740    Subscribing
    755    Closing


=-[Calendar]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

 Date      Event               Location  Concact Points
 --------- ------------------- --------- -------------------------------------
 23 Feb 96 Pre-Awakening       U.S.A.    cramerc@elwha.evergreen.edu
 29 Mar 96 Mekka               Germany   PV80090@PH80090.HH.eunet.de
                                         www.xs4all.nl/~blahh/RAW/Parties
                                           /Invitations/Mekka.html
 02 Apr 96 The Gathering       Norway    mikaels@powertech.no
                                         www.ifi.uio.no/~uwek/Crusaders/TG
 06 Apr 96 X                   Netherlnd cba@xs4all.nl
                                         www.xs4all.nl/~herkel
 31 May 96 Naid                Canada    naid@autoroute.net
                                         www.autoroute.net/~naid

 More information is at http://hagar.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/~sdog/party.html


=-[Top Downloads]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

 NOTE: Statistics are sometimes slightly off due to symbolic links, mirrors,
 renamed files, and other things that affect the log files.

 Pc Times FileName.Ext      Pc Times FileName.Ext       Pc Times FileName.Ext
 -- ----- --------.---      -- ----- --------.---       -- ----- --------.---
 <COMBINED LIST>            <DEMOS LIST>                <GRAPHICS LIST>
  1 00175 mfx_tgr2.zip       1 00173 mfx_tgr2.zip        1 00016  scarlet.zip
  2 00132     cp16.zip       2 00111  animate.zip        2 00015   vamp10.zip
  3 00111  animate.zip       3 00104 nooon_st.zip        3 00011 singgirl.zip
  4 00104 nooon_st.zip       4 00101 ftj_ymca.zip        4 00011   jmagic.zip
  5 00101 ftj_ymca.zip       5 00092 cma_dgst.zip        5 00011   airwar.zip
  6 00101    ft205.zip      <MUSIC LIST>                <CODE LIST>
  7 00101    ft204.zip       1 00131     cp16.zip        1 00073   pmw122.zip
  8 00094 scrmt321.zip       2 00101    ft204.zip        2 00051 asm_good.zip
  9 00092 cma_dgst.zip       3 00100    ft205.zip        3 00039 bpc-trtl.zip
 10 00087 acdu0196.zip       4 00094 scrmt321.zip        4 00034 vga-info.zip
                             5 00078  cmod303.zip        5 00033  bpc-ms6.zip

 <Files downloaded total : 028235>


=-[Uploads]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

=----------------------------------------------------------[File Information]-=

 All files listed below are on ftp.cdrom.com under /pub/demos.
 Please keep in mind that all ratings are subjective.

 If your file transfers are too slow, there are several alternatives:

   Our code mirror is ftp.co.iup.edu/code.  ftpadmin@ftp.co.iup.edu for help.
   Try getting files from the web at http://www.cdrom.com/pub/demos
   See /hornet/demonews/demonews.102 for details about ftpmail.

 You may also wish to check out a couple of other good demo sites:

   ftp://ftp.arosnet.se/e:\demo maintained by Zodiak / Cascada
   ftp://hagar.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/demos maintained by Sleeping Dog / Natives

 Here are also a few good WWW links to try out (under construction):

   http://www.th-zwickau.de/~maz/sound.html for music and sound utils


=-------------------------------------------------------------[Demos:General]-=
Location /demos/alpha             Size Rated Description
=-------------------------------- ---- ----- ---------------------------------=
/1995/b/bullet.zip                 442 **+   Bullet by Earwax
/1995/s/sck-clxf.zip               615 ***   Too Complex (final) by Shock

Wired 1995 Demos (WIR95:demo:)
/1996/s/solfix.zip                 146 ****  01: Solstice (fix) by Valhalla

The Party 1995 Demos (TP95:demo:)
/1996/s/stuff.arj                 1456 ****  06: [1/2] Stuff by Xtacy
/1996/s/stuff.a01                 1180 ****  06: [2/2] Stuff by Xtacy
/1996/a/angel95f.zip               772 ***   XX: Fallen Angel (final) by A-Men
/1996/f/facesfin.arj               903 ***+  DD: Faces by Nostalgia

=-------------------------------------------------------------[Music:General]-=
Location /demos/music             Size Rated Description
=-------------------------------- ---- ----- ---------------------------------=
/disks/1995/e/ep-album.zip        1860 ***   Light: Album #1 by Epeius
/disks/1995/e/es-cdsk1.zip         781 **+   [1/2] Cero by Evil Seed
/disks/1995/e/es-cdsk2.zip         716 **+   [2/2] Cero by Evil Seed
/disks/1995/h/hope2.zip           1750 ***    Hope by Rage & Scirocco
/disks/1995/x/xmas95.zip          1793 **+   Xmas 95 by Epinicion
/disks/1996/e/eternal.zip         1192 ***   Eternal Gardens by Lakeee
/disks/1996/p/ph-0296a.zip        1180 ***   [1/2] pHluid #5 by Acid Prod.
/disks/1996/p/ph-0296b.zip        1094 ***   [2/2] pHluid #5 by Acid Prod.
/songs/1994/mod/f/fantasy.zip      199 **+   Fantasy World by ??
/songs/1994/mod/m/minion.zip       137 **    Minions of Power by ?
/songs/1995/s3m/0-9/2t2-sadw.zip   289 ***+  A Sad World We Live In by B00mer 
/songs/1995/s3m/a/arn_bara.zip      92 *+    Maior Abandonado by nS
/songs/1995/s3m/a/arn_fine.zip     114 **+   I Feel Fine by nS and Minesota
/songs/1995/s3m/a/arn_free.zip     254 ***   Free as a Bird cover by Minesota
/songs/1995/s3m/a/arn_iron.zip     182 *+    Iron Man cover by Minesota
/songs/1995/s3m/a/arn_mk2t.zip     340 *     MK 2 Techno by CJ Cyberjobe
/songs/1995/s3m/a/arn_sdm.zip      214 *+    Short Dick Man by HBM
/songs/1995/s3m/a/arn_strt.zip     245 *+    Funky Street Walk by CJ Cyberjobe
/songs/1995/s3m/a/arn_tnk.zip      108 **    Thinking About You by HBM
/songs/1995/s3m/a/ascen.zip        264 ***   Ascension by Master of Darkness
/songs/1995/s3m/e/ele-plan.zip     237 ***   Planet on Acid by Elemental
/songs/1995/s3m/f/flp-bd.zip       206 **    Bioptic Dichotomy by Asken
/songs/1995/s3m/f/flp-wnds.zip     174 ***   Windstorm by Mondo
/songs/1995/s3m/h/highden2.zip      72 *+    High Density by Warp
/songs/1995/s3m/j/js-cattl.zip     153 *     Wonder Cattle by Speig
/songs/1995/s3m/k/kon-no.zip       111 **+   Accept no Subs. by Flacco + Waarp
/songs/1995/s3m/m/mrt_goro.zip     177 **    Goro Lives remix by Mr.Mortal
/songs/1995/s3m/o/orx-bear.zip      77 **    Alone with my Bear by Orthodox
/songs/1995/s3m/o/orx-ff.zip        46 **    Fast Fight by Orthodox
/songs/1995/s3m/p/pr-cyber.zip     223 ***+  Cybertrance by Procyon
/songs/1995/s3m/p/pr-endle.zip     305 **+   Endless Fields by Procyon
/songs/1995/s3m/p/pr-found.zip     359 ****  Foundations by Procyon
/songs/1995/s3m/p/pr-hydro.zip     153 ***   Hydropressure by Procyon
/songs/1995/s3m/p/pr-nwy96.zip     434 ***+  Newyear96 by Procyon
/songs/1995/s3m/v/v8r-ap.zip       210 ***   Acid Phreak by viol8r
/songs/1995/s3m/w/wait4u.zip         3 ***   Waiting for You by falcon
/songs/1995/s3m/w/wings.zip         64 **    Wings by Warp
/songs/1995/s3m/w/wings3.zip       101 **    Wings 3 by Warp
/songs/1995/s3m/x/xmass.zip        329 +     X-mass jam by BigpiE
/songs/1995/s3m/y/ybarab.zip       200 ***+  An Arabian Dream by Yannis
/songs/1995/s3m/y/ybbanjo.zip      156 ***+  Banjo jammin by Yannis
/songs/1995/s3m/y/ybblub.zip        50 **+   Blubbiest Places by Yannis
/songs/1995/s3m/y/ybecho.zip       176 ***+  Echomation by Yannis
/songs/1995/s3m/y/ybmirac.zip       47 **+   Little Miracle by Yannis
/songs/1995/s3m/y/ybtones.zip       67 ***+  Harmonic Tones by Yannis
/songs/1995/s3m/z/znc-80kh.zip      72 **    Around the World in 80 by zinc
/songs/1995/xm/f/faraway.zip        54 **    Faraway Trek by Joshua Szmajda
/songs/1995/xm/f/flp-glid.zip      135 **+   Sunset Glider by Wolfgang Krauser
/songs/1995/xm/f/flp-jour.zip      160 ***   Journey to Sky Tower by Archon
/songs/1995/xm/f/flp-slow.zip      274 ***   Slow Love by Gillespie
/songs/1995/xm/g/grv_jour.zip      181 ***   N R Livet Leker by Zalt
/songs/1995/xm/m/mnc-tend.zip      222 ***+  theEnd Theme by Monaco's
/songs/1995/xm/v/v-d2a.zip         128 ***   Digital to Analogue by Vicious
/songs/1995/xm/v/vision.zip         19 **+   Vision of a Girl by Igneous
/songs/1995/xm/v/voglio.zip        677 ****  Voglio Riposare by Dustbin
/songs/1995/xm/w/w_world2.zip      314 ***+  Whole Worlds 2 by Rascal
/songs/1995/xm/w/wildstyl.zip      145 ***   Wildstyle by ufo
/songs/1995/xm/x/xtd_040.zip       311 ***+  Guiding Light by Virtual Rhythm
/songs/1995/xm/x/xtd_045.zip       879 *+    Fallin Apart by Assex
/songs/1995/xm/x/xtd_046.zip       400 ****  Allegorie by Virtual Rhythm
/songs/1995/xm/x/xtune.zip         111 *+    Xtunes by Darius
/songs/1995/xm/z/zan-extr.zip      111 **    Extreme Overload by zanti
/songs/1996/it/k/kx-ncz.zip        302 ***   Nite Club Z by Kxmode
/songs/1996/it/n/no-it.zip         100 ***   Indefinite Transform. by shawnm
/songs/1996/mod/g/grv_fun.zip      194 **+   Funkadelic's Jam by Omen
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-bear.zip     140 ***   Bear by Hunz
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-evnt.zip      76 **+   Events by Hunz
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-fary.zip      56 **    FairyFloss by Hunz
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-free.zip      75 ***+  Freestyle by Hunz
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-grow.zip     112 ***+  Growing to fast? by Hunz
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-mile.zip      82 ***   24,000 miles by Hunz & Hollywood
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-sfrn.zip     138 **    Sufferings by Hunz
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-tech.zip      96 **+   Techno Horses by Hunz
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-time.zip     123 ***   Time Has Gone by Hunz
/songs/1996/mod/h/hnz-tran.zip     117 ***+  Transfer by Hunz
/songs/1996/mod/i/inspired.zip      83 ***   Inspired by Strix
/songs/1996/mod/k/k_plaid.zip      138 **+   Plaid Acid Schmucks by Khyron
/songs/1996/mod/k/k_sting.zip      255 ***+  Stingray by Hollywood
/songs/1996/mod/l/luminous.zip     167 **    Luminous Future by Smash
/songs/1996/mod/l/lw_venus.zip      97 **+   Venus Power by Michiru
/songs/1996/mod/m/madrap.zip       300 **+   Mad-Rap by Madokan
/songs/1996/mod/o/ohiphop2.zip      94 ***   Oriental Hip-Hop-Remix by Madokan
/songs/1996/mod/t/t_krdogg.zip     133 **    Kraq Dogg by David Weekly
/songs/1996/mod/v/venus.zip         96 **+   Venus Power by Michiru
/songs/1996/mod/y/ybstrsrf.zip     174 ****  Street surfin by Yannis
/songs/1996/mtm/k/k_hitch.zip      481 ***+  Hitchhik. Retic. by IQ and Maelcum
/songs/1996/mtm/k/k_lodge.zip      391 ***+  Lodge of 3 Globes by Maelcum
/songs/1996/mtm/k/k_opp.zip         87 ***   Opposition by TheHacker
/songs/1996/mtm/k/k_tosev.zip      227 ***   Tosev 3 by Maelcum
/songs/1996/other/k/kx-synd.zip    435 *+    Syndicate of Death by Kxmode
/songs/1996/other/m/mt-ww0.zip     217 **+   Wantonly Waiting by Mindtrip
/songs/1996/other/n/no-secon.zip   107 ***   Second Sight by Delta X
/songs/1996/s3m/0-9/2_3_bob.zip    126 *     Praise Bob by Larva2'3
/songs/1996/s3m/0-9/2_3_fmib.zip    89 *     Fuck Me I'm Breathing by Larva2'3
/songs/1996/s3m/0-9/2_3_kmia.zip    85 *     Kiss Me I'm Alain by LOgre2'3
/songs/1996/s3m/0-9/2_3_mali.zip   155 *     Malignancy is Cleans. by LOgre2'3
/songs/1996/s3m/a/a_ap.zip         145 ***+  Atomic Plague by Matt Friedly
/songs/1996/s3m/a/am_tpe.zip       129 **    Psychedelic Experience by Amorphis
/songs/1996/s3m/a/arn_geek.zip      95 **+   Geek Stink Breath by Minesota
/songs/1996/s3m/a/athought.zip     167 ****  Another Night of Thought by ZaStaR
/songs/1996/s3m/b/brokenw.zip       84 ****  Broken Wings by Warp
/songs/1996/s3m/f/foo.zip          915 **    I'll Stick Around by Stein
/songs/1996/s3m/g/g_abort.zip       82 *     Abortions Suck by Huggy Bear
/songs/1996/s3m/h/hd-chnce.zip      88 ***   No More Chances by Crus
/songs/1996/s3m/i/iha-acid.zip      79 **+   Acidic Perspiration by Iha
/songs/1996/s3m/j/jbmutate.zip     311 **+   Mutational Pathogen. by Schizoid
/songs/1996/s3m/j/jezebel.zip      978 +     Juke Joint Jezebel by Stein
/songs/1996/s3m/j/judgmnt.zip      271 **+   Judgement by mJan
/songs/1996/s3m/k/k_ballad.zip     380 ****  The Last Ballad by Siren
/songs/1996/s3m/k/k_lproof.zip     194 *+    Living Proof by GooRoo
/songs/1996/s3m/k/k_softy.zip      204 +     Softy by Karl
/songs/1996/s3m/l/life.zip          46 **    Life is Life by ReCoder
/songs/1996/s3m/m/mayhem.zip       206 **+   Mayhem in Finland by Stein
/songs/1996/s3m/m/metacoun.zip      82 **    Metaphysical Count. by Shakath Jei
/songs/1996/s3m/m/mrt-flwr.zip     119 **    Flower-Ality by Mr.Mortal
/songs/1996/s3m/m/mrt_crim.zip       2 *+    Crime in the Streets by Mr.Mortal
/songs/1996/s3m/m/mrt_psyc.zip     192 **+   Psycho Pathetic Run. by Mr.Mortal
/songs/1996/s3m/m/mrt_rip.zip      135 ***   A Place to Rest by Mr.Mortal
/songs/1996/s3m/m/mrt_saud.zip     188 **    Saoudan by Mr.Mortal
/songs/1996/s3m/m/mrt_sfkt.zip     197 **+   Sfakters by Mr.Mortal
/songs/1996/s3m/n/new.zip          147 **+   A New State of Mind by Eric
/songs/1996/s3m/n/nin_ruin.zip     727 ***+  Ruiner (remix) by Bedlamite
/songs/1996/s3m/o/odetonec.zip      48 *     ode to necros.. by Lupin
/songs/1996/s3m/o/orx-rlh.zip       40 *+    Run Like Hell by Orthodox
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pf-sss.zip        53 **    Steel Siding Sarding by pfister
/songs/1996/s3m/p/plasma.arj       202 **+   Plasma by Petador
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-btgs.zip      255 ***   Beyond the Glass Sky by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-cereb.zip     184 **+   Cerebral Energy by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-flinx.zip     210 ***+  Madman's Playground rmx by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-jazz.zip       94 ***+  Jazz Nightmare by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-love.zip      204 **+   Love and Death by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-mtion.zip     180 **+   Perpetual Motion by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-myst.zip      144 ***+  Mystic Journey by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-notac.zip     201 ***   This is Not A Chip Tune by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-open.zip      237 **+   Opening Sequence by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-peace.zip     179 ***+  Peace of Mind by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-remin.zip     215 ****  Reminiscence by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-rom.zip       155 **+   Range of Motion by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-votn.zip      306 ***+  Voices of the Night by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pn-wintr.zip     156 **+   Winter Madrigal by pinion
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pr-calln.zip     186 ***   The Calling by Darkwolf
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pr-spir.zip      328 ***   Spirits Talking by Nexus 
/songs/1996/s3m/p/pr-stand.zip     281 ***+  Standing Close by Darkwolf
/songs/1996/s3m/u/un-ikya.zip       35 +     NoDoz by underdog
/songs/1996/s3m/v/v-flight.zip      76 **    Nightmare Flight by Vegas
/songs/1996/s3m/v/v-inner.zip      145 ***+  Inner Turmoil by Vegas
/songs/1996/s3m/v/vs_guest.zip     202 ***   You're my Guest by Vadim
/songs/1996/s3m/w/wr-ccity.zip      59 ***   Century City by wraith
/songs/1996/s3m/w/wr-utopi.zip     186 ***   Utopia by wraith
/songs/1996/s3m/y/ybfurble.zip       9 ****  Invasion of Furbles by Yannis
/songs/1996/s3m/y/ybtiny.zip         6 ***   Tinypino by Yannis
/songs/1996/s3m/y/yee-had.zip      139 **+   Yeeeeeeeehawwwwwwww! by Hadji
/songs/1996/s3m/y/yyz.zip          391 ***   Yyz by Ler
/songs/1996/s3m/z/zn-happy.zip     195 ***+  Happy Daze by zinc
/songs/1996/s3m/z/zn-jazzt.zip      90 **+   Jazzting by zinc
/songs/1996/xm/e/el-defin.zip      100 ***   Defining by Electric Lucidity
/songs/1996/xm/e/eternity.zip      573 ***+  Eternity by Khyron
/songs/1996/xm/f/fh-fperf.zip      114 **    Fake Perfection by FH
/songs/1996/xm/f/fh-sf96.zip       117 **    Strange Feelings 96 by FH
/songs/1996/xm/f/flp-gl01.zip      144 **+   Fallen from Grace by Gillespie
/songs/1996/xm/f/fm-snoop.zip      292 ***+  Raping the Dog by Mellow-D
/songs/1996/xm/f/fr-loye.zip       256 ***+  Love Opens Your Eyes by Nabo & Teo
/songs/1996/xm/g/gl-dist.lzh       385 ***+  Distance by Glitch
/songs/1996/xm/g/gl-lapse.lzh      226 **    Lapse by Glitch
/songs/1996/xm/g/gl-psych.lzh      374 ***+  Psychosis by Glitch
/songs/1996/xm/g/grv_wate.zip      110 ***+  Waterfall by Balrog
/songs/1996/xm/h/hyperion.zip      515 **+   Hyperion by Outrage & Orc
/songs/1996/xm/j/j-kgdsky.zip      282 ****+ Kingdom Skies by Jase
/songs/1996/xm/k/k_mhouse.zip      581 ***   My House by Vivid
/songs/1996/xm/l/lok_deep.zip      241 *+    Deep Inside by Ganja Man
/songs/1996/xm/l/lok_spkl.zip      155 *+    Speed Kills by Ganja Man
/songs/1996/xm/m/maz-last.zip      284 ****  Fifteen by Dynamic Harmony
/songs/1996/xm/m/mnc-uhhh.zip       96 ***   Uh! Tcha tcha tcha! by Monaco's
/songs/1996/xm/m/moonscpe.arj      613 ***   Moonscape by Petador
/songs/1996/xm/m/mr_clytn.zip      309 ****+ Claytons by Mick Rippon
/songs/1996/xm/n/ng-ref.zip        239 ***   Reformation by Solaris
/songs/1996/xm/o/ophelia2.zip      350 ***+  Ophelia 2 by Xerxes
/songs/1996/xm/o/outer-cl.zip      164 ***+  Outer Cloudlands by Eye-Oh
/songs/1996/xm/p/pepper14.zip      163 **+   Pinapple Works by Kaakao
/songs/1996/xm/p/pepper15.zip      186 **+   Fountain Stripes by Kaakao
/songs/1996/xm/p/ploff-01.zip      374 ***   It Makes me Happy by Ploffer
/songs/1996/xm/u/uhb_beep.zip      490 *     Beep? by Kaotik
/songs/1996/xm/u/uhb_groo.zip      114 *+    Groove Ya by Kaotik
/songs/1996/xm/u/uhb_slow.zip       86 **+   Slow Dive by Kaotik
/songs/1996/xm/u/uhb_sptr.zip      226 *+    Space Trash by Kaotik
/songs/1996/xm/u/uhb_them.zip      210 **    (untitled) by Dr. Awesome
/songs/1996/xm/v/viv-burn.zip      316 ***+  Burning Desire by Vivid
/songs/1996/xm/v/vs_komis.zip      286 ***   Welcome to Komis! by Vadim
/songs/1996/xm/w/whyare.zip        103 ***+  Why are we doing by Nedeljko Gajic
/songs/1996/xm/z/zan-reli.zip      185 ***   Relieved by zanti

=----------------------------------------------------------[Graphics:General]-=
Location /demos/graphics          Size Rated Description
=-------------------------------- ---- ----- ---------------------------------=
/images/1996/l/lt-restl.zip         54 **    Restless by Light

Painless Compo 1995 Graphics (PC95:grfx:)
/images/1995/v/virnah.zip           11 **+   01: Virnah by E-Mage
/images/1995/s/skull-g.zip          22 **    02: Skull by Tiago Bianchini

Painless Compo 1995 Raytracing (PC95:grtc:)
/images/1995/v/voyager.zip         484 ***+  01: Voyager by Esteban W.G.Clua
/images/1995/r/robot.zip            11 ***   02: Robot by E-Mage

Wired 1995 Graphics (WIR95:grfx:)
/images/1995/i/iqueen-s.zip        131 ****+ 01: Indian Queen by Peachy
/images/1995/n/nf_footh.zip         43 ***+  03: Foothead by Cider
/images/1995/s/sternenm.zip         35 ***   04: Sterme Machden by Jms
/images/1995/p/penguin2.zip         41 *+    05: Pinguin by Penguin
/images/1995/s/starlets.zip         29 **    06: Starlette by Haplo
/images/1995/s/strange.zip          40 **    07: Strg. Bond. by Tenshy&Shocker
/images/1995/d/duckman.zip          19 **+   09: Duckman by Ingenius
/images/1995/d/drkblade.zip         21 ***   10: Dark Blade by Dawnrazor
/images/1995/b/bartels.zip          20 **+   11: Big Bartels by Landru
/images/1995/n/ncounter.zip         23 **    14: Encounter by Dwarf
/images/1995/e/encount.zip          45 +     ??: ??? by ???
/images/1995/f/final_s.zip          26 **+   ??: ??? by ???
/images/1995/s/sign.zip             38 ***   ??: ??? by ???
/images/1995/s/step25.zip          183 **    ??: ??? by ???

Wired 1995 Raytracing (WIR95:grtc:)
/images/1995/c/cm-space.zip        130 **+   ??: Space by Celtic Matrix

=----------------------------------------------------------------------[Code]-=
Location /demos/code              Size Rated Lang Description
=-------------------------------- ---- ----- ---- ----------------------------=
/demosrc/r2sr.a01                 1074 ***+  A--- Real 2 SuperReal / JsNO
/demosrc/r2sr.arj                 1456 ***+  A--- Real 2 SuperReal / JsNO
/demosrc/vga-vul1.zip               11 ***+  A--- ASM source for BBS intro
/graph/font/fontedit.zip             5 *+    ---P Font editor/routines
/graph/stars/stars3d.zip            15 **+   A--P Tutorial/code on starfields
/graph/text/rtp-txt.zip              8 ***   ---P Plasma in text mode
/sound/amod095.zip                 108 ***+  ---P MOD/S3M player/source
/sound/m32fix1.zip                  11 **    ---- MIDAS v0.50 #3 update
/text/chaindoc.zip                   8 ***   A--- Unchained VGA infotext
/utils/rtmx29.zip                  616 ***+  ---- 3D object viewer
/utils/t9440fix.zip                 12 **    ---- Trident 9440AGi BUGFIX

=------------------------------------------------[Miscellaneous:Non-Reviewed]-=
Location /demos                   Size Description
=-------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------=
/hornet/demonews/demonews.114       48 DemoNews #114
/hornet/demonews/demonews.115       51 DemoNews #115
/info/traxw/traxweek.045            42 TraxWeekly #45
/info/traxw/traxweek.046            37 TraxWeekly #46


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=---------------------------------------------------[Introduction]--[Snowman]-=

 Hello all, and welcome to DemoNews issue 117.

 This is our final "catch up" issue of DemoNews.  While the server was down
 last week (after some hardware problems), we missed a week of DemoNews and
 the "Top Downloads."  The statistics you see above reflect last week's
 shortened totals.

 Here are a couple of quick things for you:

 Epeius has changed his handle to Ara.

 Darkness is getting ready for the new Imphobia diskmag.  Please write to
 jeff.van.audenhove@infoboard.be if you have any questions or submissions.

 A week or so ago there was a day called "Black Thursday."  It was so titled
 because the U.S. Government, in its infinite and divine wisdom, outlawed the
 ability for us to transmit "offensive or obscene materials" to each other.  I
 found a poem on the web the other day.  Even though you may have already seen
 it I found it inspiring enough to reprint here.

   First they came for the hackers.
   But I never did anything illegal with my computer,
     so I didn't speak up.

   Then they came for the pornographers.
   But I thought there was too much smut on the Internet anyway,
     so I didn't speak up.

   Then they came for the anonymous remailers.
   But a lot of nasty stuff gets sent from anon.penet.fi,
     so I didn't speak up.

   Then they came for the encryption users.
   But I could never figure out how to work PGP anyway,
     so I didn't speak up.

   Then they came for me.
   And by that time there was no one left to speak up.

   Unknown

 I personally thought the poem was fucking brilliant.
 
 Snowman / Hornet - r3cgm@cdrom.com


=---------------------------------------------[Review of Velvet Studio]--[GD]-=

 _____Introduction

 Velvet Studio is a new module tracker program from Extreme. Formerly known as
 "Extreme Tracker", this program adds degrees of professionalism to the domain
 of module tracking programs.

 This new tracker has the look and feel of some of the other popular trackers
 currently available, except that it combines some of their best features into
 one convenient package and allows for maximum configurability.

 Unlike other tracking programs available, this program comes as a crippled
 shareware release. Saving features are not available until one registers the
 program.

 _____Configuring

 In the "Configure Keys" menu, users can set up the menu keys to be similar to
 Scream Tracker 3, Fast Tracker 2, or use the default Velvet Studio key setup.
 The menu keys can also be configured any way the user decides. Gripes about
 new tracking programs from die-hard users often are about menu "hot-keys,"
 and how "it's not worth it to learn the new menu keys." This option solves
 such a problem for users intending to switch to this program.

 Configuration is split into several groups for layout, playback, sample
 editor options, disk options, and more. It would be nice to see an autosave
 feature for the configuration, as Fast Tracker has as a toggle option, and as
 Scream Tracker performs automatically.

 _____Features

 As Fast Tracker showed the music scene the importance of an on-board sample
 editor, the Velvet Studio coders took notice. The sampler inside Velvet
 Studio offers an array of effects, and the almost necessary "Undo" function
 which was missing from Fast Tracker's sampler.

 Several effects can be selected from an "Effects" menu, including reverb,
 flanging, sample reversing, and more.

 Bidirectional looping is also offered, as well as reverse looping. Reverse
 looping isn't necessary though, since the sample can be reversed easily.
 However, Velvet Studio uses loop-start and loop-end markers that surpass
 those in the Fast Tracker sample editor and make the task of looping much
 easier. It will also replay the loop using the new loop positions on the fly.

 This new tracker also makes use of multisample instruments as first seen in
 Fast Tracker 2 by Triton. The concept behind this is that certain samples
 have a "sweet spot", or a limited note range at which the sample will sound
 good. For example, playing a piano sample two octaves lower than it was
 sampled at can result in poor sound quality. Therefore, separate samples can
 be defined for certain note ranges, using a miniature piano keyboard to mark
 which sample within a 16-sample instrument covers which range of keys.

 _____Online Help

 Another similarity between Velvet Studio and Fast Tracker is the online help.
 It is set up in hypertext fashion, such that clicking on certain highlighted
 words or phrases will take the user to the section of the document covering
 that particular subject. The online help also has a string search feature,
 allowing the user to type in words or phrases to search the help text for,
 which is very useful in locating topics of interest quickly.

 Also, when in program configuration, a small window beneath the configuration
 menu explains the differences between different options. The window can be
 scrolled, allowing for plenty of information to be provided. This is an
 improvement of a Windows-style program with a status bar, as much more
 information can be provided.

 _____Summary

 Extreme's Velvet Studio is available at ftp.cdrom.com under the directory
 /demos/music/programs/trackers/ and the filename is vs???.zip where ??? will
 designate the current version.

 GD / Hornet - gd@ftp.cdrom.com


=-----------------------------[Luminati's Tweaked Video Mode]--[Captain Hook]-=

 After my last article about Hooked Text Mode (Trixter's Note: This article
 will be published in the line of VGA Hardware Tricks series), I'll show you
 how Ambiance & Luminati by TRAN works.

 _____A Brief History

 Some time ago a little demo came to the scene based on Timeless.  Called
 Ambiance, it's another wonderful production from Tran.  Some weeks ago, the
 next episode of the timeless saga came out: Luminati, a beautiful demo with a
 "21-bit color" mode mixed by hardware aligned to soft music that provides a
 wonderful way to relax.  This mode is very "tweaked", but I'll explain all
 the steps in making it.  First off, however, I'd like to give thanks to a
 CSIPD dude who helped me to discover the format... Neal T. Tew.

 _____The Explanation

 Basically the mode consists of two different images, one on each page in
 normal unchained mode, merged by the video card hardware via rapid page
 flipping to create a "hicolor" image.

 Through rapid page flipping, the VGA Card joins colors automatically, so if
 you have a yellow color in pixel 0,0 of page 1 and a blue on the same pixel
 of page 2, the hardware "mixes" those colors and shows a green at 0,0.

 Because those two images are effectively displayed at same time, they must
 have the same palette.  To achieve that, we will divide the palette into two
 128 color blocks:  The first 128 block is for image A and the other block is
 for image B.  Normal VGA cards support only 64 levels of R,G, and B for each
 color; this gives us something like 262144 colors, but the screen allows only
 64000 different colors at a time.

 Here is an example video initialization routine:

 {--------------------------------}
 program FakeHico;
 uses crt;                {needed for keypressed}

 procedure waitvret;      {our friend}
 begin
  while ((Port[$3DA] AND 8) > 0) do;
  while ((Port[$3DA] AND 8) = 0) do;
 end;
 {--------------------------------}
 procedure starttwk;
   begin
      asm                  {Enables normal 320x200x256}
       mov ax,$13
       int $10
      end;
      port[$3c2]:=$c3;     {Enable odd/even mode & 480 lines}
      portw[$3c4]:=$0604;  {Set More than 64K & odd/even}
      portw[$3d4]:=$0811;  {Set Vertical Retrace End}
      portw[$3d4]:=$3606;  {Set Vertical Total}
      portw[$3d4]:=$1107;  {Set bit8 of line compare}
      portw[$3d4]:=$4009;  {Doubles ScanLine 400->200}
      portw[$3d4]:=$eB10;  {Set Vertical Retrace Start}
      portw[$3d4]:=$c712;  {Set Vertical Display End}
      portw[$3d4]:=$0014;  {Set Single Word Addressing}
      portw[$3d4]:=$eA15;  {Set Start Vertical Blank}
      portw[$3d4]:=$1816;  {Set End of Vertical Blank}
      portw[$3d4]:=$e317;  {Set Rotation Word}
   end;
 {--------------------------------}

 Cool, eh?  Those register values were captured from Luminati by a small 15
 minute TP program hooked in INT 10h & INT 1Ch.  When Luminati enters VGA Mode
 via INT 10h, my program moves itself to INT 1Ch and waits a bit to allow
 Luminati to set up all the registers; and before Luminati enters into PMODE
 my TSR grabs those registers and send them to my printer via INT 05h.  It was
 quite simple; now just compare those to same registers in the now tweaked
 mode and register the differences. ;-)

 Now that we've set up the video mode, we need to load some images to each
 plane.  Let me show you how.

 {--------------------------------}
 procedure loadraw(rawfile:string;page:byte);
 var f:file;
     n:word;
     c:byte;
     rgb:array[0..255] of record r,g,b:byte;end;
 begin
  assign(f,rawfile);                      {Open a rawfile 320x200}
  reset(f,1);
  blockread(f,rgb[0],768);                {Reads Palette from file}
  for n:=0 to 255 do
   begin
    port[968]:=n;                         {Stores palette in DAC}
    port[969]:=rgb[n].r;
    port[969]:=rgb[n].g;
    port[969]:=rgb[n].b;
   end;
  for n:=0 to 63999 do                    {320*200}
   begin
    blockread(f,c,1);                     {Loads a pixel from raw}
    portw[$3c4]:=2+($0100 shl (n mod 4)); {Set Page to write to}
    mem[$A000:(page*16000)+n div 4]:=c;   {Put pixel in Unchained page}
   end;
  close(f);                               {Close file}
 end;
 {--------------------------------}

  Done! All we need to do now is show those two pictures together, right?
  So let's do it! :-)

 {--------------------------------}
 procedure hardflip;
 begin
  repeat
   waitvret;                              {our friend Vertical Retrace}
   portw[$3d4]:=$c;
   portw[$3d4]:=$d;                       {set display start addr for img1}
   waitvret;
   portw[$3d4]:=word(16000 and $ff00+$c);
   portw[$3d4]:=word(16000 shl 8+$d);     {set display start addr for img2}
  until keypressed;
 end;
 {--------------------------------}
 begin
  starttwk;
  loadraw('c:\thi\imagem1.raw',0);
  loadraw('c:\thi\imagem2.raw',1);
  hardflip;
  asm
   mov ax,3
   int $10
  end;
 end.
 {--------------------------------}

 And you're done!  We have two pictures merged in the screen; now doing the
 effects is your own business :)

 Most of the page select code was made by Neal T. Tew, the rest was made by
 myself.

 Captain Hook / The Hidden Illusion


=-------------------------------------------[Things to Know about NAID]--[GD]-=

 _____Introduction

 Last year around this time, I constructed a checklist for those planning to
 go to NAID. This list included several things which one might need for the
 trip.

 Once again, we are nearing that time when we will embark on our journeys of
 varying length and direction to get us to NAID 1996. Therefore, I think it is
 crucial that you know the following information before planning your trip.

 _____Weather

 Being moved from mid-April to late-May, NAID will hopefully have a different
 climate this time around.  Instead of the snow we were met with last year, we
 can hope to be rewarded this time around with shorts and t-shirt weather.

 However, a computer's processor actually works better when it is colder, so
 expect your demo to run slowly on the competition machine this year. I heard
 the organizers tried putting the CPU into a tank of ice cold water, but the
 test results came back negative.

 _____Driving

 If you are driving, you will need to exercise extreme caution on the streets
 of Montreal and surrounding areas. This is because Canadian drivers do not
 act the way you expect them to.

 When driving on a busy street, you must be careful that others do not cut you
 off. To be sure of this, locate a vehicle with Canadian license plates and
 tailgate them for as long as they continue going in your direction.

 This will also prevent the oncoming traffic from seeing your license plate
 and labeling you as a "tourist" complete with complimentary hand gestures.

 _____Bathrooms

 Last year, the small number of females associated with the demo scene were
 incorrectly overlooked. Due to this, the bathrooms were not adequately
 labeled. As a result, some females at the party place were accidentally using
 the men's bathroom (that is until one male came out of the showers and was
 discovered by a female.)

 In other words, guys, if you want to show off your stuff, this time you'll
 have to use the women's bathroom.

 _____Sleeping

 In the Hornet NAID report, we all saw a photo of a guy and a girl together in
 the same sleeping bag. Now, I am going to assume that their intentions were
 strictly to conserve space while packing their belongings.

 May I recommend an alternative for couples who intend to share sleeping bags
 at NAID to take turns sleeping. This will leave more space in the sleeping
 rooms for others, as well. It will also mean that your sleeping bag gets not
 8, but 16 hours of use in one day!  That effectively doubles its usefulness.

 _____Eating

 With all the activity at NAID, it can be at times difficult to set aside some
 time to grab a bite to eat. There are people you want to go chat with, take
 pictures of, and perhaps work together with on a competition entry.

 Since you never know when you might get a free moment to hit the snack bar, I
 suggest you always keep a napkin tucked into your waist. Messy eaters may
 also want to wear a bib under their chins. You will be ready to eat at a
 moment's notice, and your clothes won't get stained.

 _____Conclusion

 If you are able to follow these simple suggestions, you should enjoy NAID
 thoroughly.  The first step to having a good time is effective planning. If
 you do follow these guidelines, please remember that I am not responsible for
 any odd stares, point-and-giggle, or blushed-face effects which you may
 experience.

 If you would like to check out the NAID WWW page, set your web browser to the
 following URL:  http://www.autoroute.net/~naid

 If you would like to contact the NAID organizers, send email to the following
 address:  naid@autoroute.net

 GD / Hornet - gd@ftp.cdrom.com
 

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