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   Г    Welcome to Explicit, the           A duck, a timeline, a couple
   Г    first full-sized demo ever     |   donuts, some phish, a hottie
   |    produced by Hornet and OTM.    |   and fanatical dancing homie;
   |                                   |   these are the ingredients in
        This "official" version of     |   this nutritionally balanced
        Explicit was released on       |   demo.
        20 July 1996.  It originally   |
        took third place in the demo   |   [No 3DS objects were harmed
        competition at NAID (Canada)   |   during the creation of this
        on 02 June 1996.               |   demo.  All rules and memory
                                       |   managers apply.  Void where
                                       |   prototyped.  European and
                                       |   Australians please add 20%
                                           downloading time.]

==[Contents]===================================================================

           Introduction..................................Snowman
           Program Notes.................................Trixter

           Credits
           Greetings

==[Introduction]===============================================================

 2500 miles and 2.3 gigs ago I downloaded Chromatiks.  I was Snowman of
 Digital Infinity, maintaining the /music section on a budding little archive
 in Florida.  A newly uploaded musicdisk -- Chromatiks -- caught my attention;
 not because of the music, not because of the interface, but because of the
 coder (Trixter).  I dropped a "good job, keep up the great work" sort of
 e-mail and two years later find myself writing/editing this text.

 It's already been a month and a half since NAID '96.  Seems like the days
 just slip by faster and faster.  I used to think releases were old if I had
 downloaded them a week ago.  Now you'll hear me say things like "I hope to
 have our web pages completed by May of next year."  Seems like there's this
 time rift all long-time sceners fall into...

 As I sit here, I can't help but think of all the productions the PC scene has
 released over the years.  Thousands upon thousands of files are on our
 archive, each one the result of dedicated effort.  With all of those files,
 how does Explicit really fit into the big picture?  Three years down the
 road, who will still remember it?

 Trixter will.  Stony will.  Phred will.  Tek will.  I will.

 Don't think of Explicit in terms of filesize, DemoNews rating or FPS.  Think
 of it as our -- Hornet and OTM's -- humble contribution to the scene.  It
 wasn't done for money.  It didn't help us find a girlfriend or a job.  The
 BBC won't be busting down our doors for an interview.  We did this for fun
 and because it _meant_ something.  It meant contributing to that organic and
 electric underground presence that is The Demo Scene.

 For us, NAID was an awesome opportunity to express ourselves and join
 together with our brothers and sisters.  Many memories and friendships were
 forged.  A good time -- so to speak -- was had by all.

 But with this file uploaded and new projects on the board, our minds move on.
 That itchy omnipresent feeling of anticipation has passed.  Who knows if
 everyone who worked on this demo will be around next year, or the year after
 that.  I personally don't care.  What matters is that we were all there
 _together_, in mind if not in body, on June 2nd, 1996.

 Journey onward.

 Explicit.

 Snowman / Hornet - r3cgm@cdrom.com

==[Program Notes]==============================================================

 First of all:  The demo loads data from the disk while the demo is running
 in an effort to cut down on the memory requirements.  So, if the demo
 loses sync or misses some sections entirely, install a disk cache.

 The font and font unit were created completely from scratch for this demo,
 and can handle proportional-spaced fonts with full baselines, kerning, and
 clipping.  No big whoop, but something I should've done a while ago.

 The demo was created by 'coders for 'coders.  As such, it contains a few
 sections that will probably impact coders the most.  It was coded for fun,
 not profit.  Sure, I "talked trash" with other coders before the compo, but
 it was all in fun.

 The compo machine was a Pentium 100 with 8 MB of RAM, so this demo was
 written to use *and exploit* that.  If you don't have a Pentium, this won't
 run at the full frame rate, but it will run okay if you have a PCI/VLB video
 card, even on a 486.  (Thanks, IOR!)  It even runs on a 386-16, but at
 that point it runs in terms of spf, not fps.  :-)

 This demo:

   ...should support your sound card in some way.
   ...should work with any memory configuration.
   ...should run at the full framerate on a Pentium with a decent video card.
   ...should work just fine.

 If it doesn't, email me at trixter@mcs.com.  But don't email me if you can't
 find the hidden part, because I won't tell you.  Whip out the debugger and
 find out for yourself.

 Use "-?" as a command-line switch to see some additional options.

 A note about the Inertia 3D engine: this engine is being coded by
 Alex Chalfin and Jeroen Bowens, and will be released with GFXFX3 as a joint
 project between Alex Chalfin, Jeroen Bowens, Bas van Galaan, and Sean Palmer.

 Trixter / Hornet - trixter@mcs.com

==[Credits]====================================================================

 _____Trixter / Hornet                   _____Tek / FM

 Main assembly                           Music
 Design                                  Suggestions
 Font unit
 Motion Blur                             _____Stony / Hornet
 Video packing/conversion
 Music engine rewrite                    Graphics
 Timeline                                ANSI/ASCII

 _____Phred / OTM                        _____Otto and Jussi / Virtual Visions

 Inertia 3D engine                       Initial version of music engine
 Design
 Sprite Clipping                         _____Snowman / Hornet
 Bitmap stretching/smoothing
 Real-time Julia Morpher                 Formatting of this text :)
 Fanatical flying Cubez
 Utilities

==[Greetings]==================================================================

                                Trixter Greets:

                                    #coders
                                     #trax

                              Basehead / FM
                             Daredevil / Ren'96
                          Dark Avenger / DDD
                                Diablo / Hornet
                                    GD / Hornet
                              Henchman / FC
                                Houman
                                   IOR / Hornet
                              Jussi L. / Virtual Visions
                               Kiwidog / Hornet
                             Kneebiter / 3some
                                 LakEE / Craw
                             Leviathan / KFMF
                                 Liket / Goto10
                                   MED / NAID-Apraxia
                              Mr. Kahn / NAID-Apraxia
                                 Mr P. / Powersource
                                Necros / FM
                           Otto Chrons / Virtual Visions
                                 Phred / OTM
                             Psychoman / Craw
                            Pyromaniac / Pure Resistance
                         Rex Deathstar
                                Skaven / FC
                               Snibble / DCB
                               Snowman / Hornet
                                 Struk / NAID-Apraxia
                               The REW / Nostalgia
                                Walken / Impact Studios
                                Xerxes / Night55

                                     ACME
                                   Andromeda
                                      EMF
                                    Kefrens
                          Nuclear Meltdown Productions
                                   Sonic PC
                                   Spaceballs
                                 Toxic Zombies

                         - Main Men Greets (OTM Crew) -

                                   Hurricane
                                    Malice
                                   NameShift
                                    Stalker
                                    Supreme
                                      Tek
                                   Voltaire
                                     Zilym

                    - Special Project Greets (GFXFX3 Crew) -

                                   Explorer
                                    Prowler
                                  Sean Palmer

                                - Dude Greets -

                                    Anixter
                                     Fred
                                    Hastanan
                                    Kiwidog
                                   Kneebiter
                                     Kodiak
                                   Mainframe
                                    MidNight
                                     Moopy
                                     MrData
                                      MrP
                                      MrZ
                                      Omni
                                     Ravian
                                    SmegHead
                                      TimJ
                                    Vastator
                                      Wog
                                      Zed

 _____Trixter's Personal Greetings

 To Tek and Stony, for joining in; and especially Phred, for without whom this
 wouldn't have been inspired in the first place.

 Catwoman                 : I love you!  You're my very best friend!
 3some                    : Congrats on 1st place!
 Edge / EMF               : Did the army suck the demo scene out of you?
 Henchman / FC            : Your insight into Finnish and American culture has
                            always kept our conversations interesting.  Good
                            luck with Remedy!
 Jussi / VV               : Without some of your help in the past, this demo
                            might not have been possible.
 Liket                    : Thanks for the screen modes, and thanks again for
                            converting my 320x600 into 50Hz!
 Mr. Kahn, MED, and Struk : Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the best
                            demoparties EVER!!  I hope we can all keep it up!!
 Necros / FM              : You're very understanding, and a great person.
                            You'll go far!
 REW                      : Here's your greet!  GREET!  I didn't forget!
                            GREET!!  ;-D
 Rex Deathstar            : How the hell did you learn all this?  Thanks for
                            your insight!
 Skaven / FC              : I really should write you back... :-(  But how are
                            those Irish lasses?  ;)
 Snowman / Hornet         : Okay, pal, now it's your turn!  You can do it!
 Spaceballs               : Here's 9 fingers for the PC, all nice and chunky
                            instead of planar.  :-)  Will you ever release your
                            algorithm for tracing bitmaps into polys?

 Every ANSI-scene member who contacted me with *legitimate concern* and
 *constructive criticism*

    [       Stony's greetings fly out to (all in Alfabetic order):       ]
    +Ф--        -- -Ф - -          -Ф--       --- - -- Ф- --Ф--       -ФФ+
    Г Da BitJunk    BoulderBrain                  Further greetings go   Г
    | Danny         Dope                          to all groups with a
      Elliot        Cyber DC                      cool attitude who
      D-Luxe        Guido G.                      are (or were) present  |
    | Jeanny        JL "M'n Hummelke"             in the demo-scene.     Г
    Г LizardKing    LowLife
      MegaBitch     MeriaDoc                      Sorry if you are not
      Mr. Spock     Photon Inc.                   mentioned in this      Г
    | The Raver     Rolf                          list of greets but, as |
      Twynn         TyZM,                         always on moments of   Г
      Walyx         Willian O.                    writing greets, I may
    Г Wizz                                        have forgotten some.   Г
    +Ф-Ф     -- - -Ф--Ф-  - - - -Ф---  Ф--    -Ф  - - -     Ф--Ф---   -ФФ+

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