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3Kb Intro by Sam/4ge.

I won't be held responsible for any damage caused to your hardware or 
software by this intro. (Please see the information section.) Run this intro
at your own risk.

є АБВл SYSTeM ReQuiReMeNTS лВБА
Г 
Г ў Register-compatible VGA card
Г ў 486 or above, the faster the better
Г ў Exit Windows before you run this, to gain extra speed.
Г ў About 200k free conventional memory is required (tough, huh)
ѕ 

є АБВл iNFoRMaTioN aBouT THe iNTRo лВБА
Г 
Г ў It's less than 3k, so don't expect too much (eg, no music or drawn gfx)
Г ў To control the demo's only effect (!) turn numlock on and use your 
Г   numeric pad. The blue box shows the direction you've chosen; every
Г   so often the computer (green box) will change direction to match the
Г   one you chose. If you're going straight on (5 on pad) this isn't shown
Г ў This intro uses VGA-registers in a non-standard way. It's possible that
Г   non-standard register use can damage a monitor. If you'd rather not risk
Г   this, don't run the demo. However this is very unlikely to happen (it
Г   works fine on mine). If things look wrong while you are running the demo
Г   then turn off your monitor. (By the way, most demos mess with these
Г   registers, not just this one)
ѕ 

є АБВл WHY iT WaSN'T BeTTeR лВБА
Г 
Г ў The time now is 21:59 on Christmas Eve. I am fed up with coding this.
Г ў I wanted to include:
Г   a simple texture zoom and rotate (I've written it on paper but don't
Г     have time to enter and debug it or work out my sine table)
Г   a 4ge logo I did in Photoshop. I was intending to compress it (160k)
Г     to 2k using a slightly-clever technique and 3-bit colour. It turned
Г     out I was being optimistic in assuming 3-bit would be enough (5-bit
Г     would have been fine, but the intro wouldn't fit in the 4k ceiling 
Г     if I did that). Because of this my time writing a 3-bit uncompression
Г     routine was wasted. :-(
Г   some of those distortion effects where you squash a screen, etc, but
Г     with a slightly new `clever bit'.
Г ў Sorry about:
Г   the lack of palette fades...
Г   the nasty screen flicker at one point - my flyback routine has stopped
Г     working and I can't be bothered to fix it.
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є АБВл GReeTiNGZ лВБА
Г 
Г Triton, Future Crew, and whoever did the `Giant' 4k intro for Asm '94.
Г And all other demo crews (even if you're crap like me).
ѕ 
 
є АБВл HoW To CoNTaCT Me лВБА
Г 
Г Email me at university during termtime or at home the rest of the time:
Г 
Г ў university: Samuel.Marshall@durham.ac.uk 
Г ў home:       petermarshall@cix.compulink.co.uk
Г 
Г Snail mail:
Г 
Г Samuel Marshall, 4ge, 31 Budebury Rd, Staines, Middx, TW18 2AZ, England
Г 
Г Web page:
Г 
Г http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d405ua  (I think: if it doesn't work, email me)
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є АБВл CHeCK ouT MY SHaReWaRe лВБА
Г 
Г I write shareware under the `Software Forge' name. Check out:
Г 
Г NETRIS (netris11.zip) - the best tetris game for Windows 3.1
Г   supports 2 players on one computer, more on suitable net
Г   gfx, sounds, midi etc.
Г 
Г SYSEXMAN (sysexman.zip) - a sysex saving program for midi instruments
Г 
Г MATHS PACK (decision.zip) - some maths algorithms including a program
Г   for finding quickest routes across London by tube.
Г 
Г Hopefully available from CICA ftp sites. Definitely accessible in some
Г way from my web page.
ѕ

L8r... Sam.