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THE TIME IS BACK... THANK GOD... I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE, DIDN'T I? SO YOU DID. OH, WHAT A RELIEF... DO YOU THINK THAT ANYONE HAS ANY PLEASURE IN READING THIS? NO. AHA. ER.. SO WHY DO YOU THINK THEY READ IT THEN? THEY DON'T. I SEE... BUT IN THAT CASE... YES? IN THAT CASE THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING US FROM MAKING THIS A GREAT DEMO? CORRECT. WELCOME TO THIS, THE 2ND DEMO OF S<E>@>! AGAIN, A DEMO OUT OF NEW, FRESH IDEAS, BUT WITH SOME NICE OLD IDEAS IN A NEAT WRAPPING. FOR THE LAST DEMO, I HAVE BEEN ASKED: WHERE DID YOU RIP YOUR ROUTINES? I CAN ONLY SAY: I DID NOT RIP AS MUCH AS ONE BYTE OF CODE FOR THAT, NOR THIS DEMO. ALL I HAVEN'T MADE MYSELF IS THE REPLAY-ROUTINE. -1ST DEMO: TNM, 2ND DEMO: DOC FAST REPLAY. WHEN THAT IS SAID, I CAN GIVE YOU THE CREDITS FOR THIS DEMO... CODING BY S<E>@> CHARSET BY S<E>@> THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE MEMBERLIST... (A-Z) ACTION FORCE MEMBERS ARE... BOOTBOY ( SWAPPING, MUZAK ) * DEATH HAWK ( SWAPPING, ARTWORK, CODING (?) ) * MAD ( CODING, HARDWARE - BURNING AND PERHAPS MAKING ) * PUNISHER ( SWAPPING, CODING ) * SAFIR ( SWAPPING, ART WORK? ) * MR. SCHMOOTIE PATOOTIE ( SWAPPING, MUZAK ) * SCORPY ( SWAPPING ) * SKELETOR ( SWAPPING, MUZAK? ) * SLARTY BARTFAST ( MUZAK, CODING ) ( WHY DON'T YOU WRITE "SLARTIBARTFAST" - WHICH IS CORRECT? ) * SGT. SLAUGHTER ( MUZAK, GRAPHICS ) * THE SOFTWARE TERRORIST ( SWAPPING, GRAPHICS, CODING ) ( FOUNDER. HE DECIDED THE AWFUL NAME "ACTION FORCE".) * SPITE ( SWAPPING ) * AND LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST: S<E>@> dI MAKE/BURN HARDWARE AND I HAVE BEEN COMPOSING, BUT SINCE THAT SOUNDED LIKE SHIT, I BEGAN CODING INSTEAD... SCROLLWRITING IS ART. AND IT IS NOT MADE ANY EASIER BY THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HAVING AN IMPORTANT ORAL EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE IN TWO DAYS! WELL WELL, I THOUGHT WHEN I EARLIER TODAY HEARD THAT I AM ONE OF THE "LUCKY" GUYS OF 1A SORRY I LIED TO YOU ALL ... I THOUGHT SOMETHING LIKE THIS: OK... OK... OK... DISAPPOINTED!" (IF YOU'VE SEEN "A FISH CALLED WANDA",YOU'LL UNDERSTAND... ) AND MY DESK WENT TO PIECES... (SORRY I LIED TO YOU AGAIN... IT WAS THE SKULL OF THE HEADMASTER THAT WENT TO PIECES, REALLY...) IF YOU HAVE EVER WRITTEN SCROLLTEXT, YOU HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE NOW: WHAT IS SO INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE READ YOUR TEXT? WELL, AT LEAST NOT THIS SORT OF TEXT! HEY! A COOL IDEA JUST STRUCK ME... WHAT ABOUT YOU DECIDING FOR YOURSELF WHAT YOU WANNA READ, AND IMAGINE THAT YOU'RE READING IT! (SORRY - I NEVER HAD A VERY GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR...) WHAT THE F... ARE THE FOUR ( 4! ) BLACK LINES IN THE TEXT!? RASTERLINES? LAMER! PRESS THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON TO SEE THE RASTERLINES! RMB? GEE! WOW! YOUPPIE! I KNOW THAT THIS DEMO IS QUITE ECONOMICAL WHEN IT COMES TO RASTER-TIME, BUT STOP IT, WILL 'YA? AND HERE IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THE GENUINE ATARI-SIZE SCROLLER! ( UGLY NAME & SIZE, EH? ) NO, REALLY... YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE GREETINGS, RIGHT? IF NOT, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LOOOONG TIME BEFORE YOU GET THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR '3RD DAY'! ANYWAY... THE ACTION FORCE GREETS THE WORLD... NORMAL GREETINGS GO UP, SPECIAL GREETINGS GO LEFT, OK? HERE WE GO: 101 CREW MALTA ( TERMINATOR ) * @ALIVE ( TRONNY ROTTEN ) * AMIGAVISION ( JMD ) * ATOMIC ( TYPHOON ) * AVENGER ( SPREADFORCE ) * THE BAND NORWAY ( TFC, TLO AND VAMPIRE ) * BLACK MONKS * BLACK MONKS / CRUSADERS ( DR. AWSOME, BRAVESTARR & SWAPPERBOY ) ( HI, THERE! ) * THE CARTEL ( OZZY ) * COMPLEX ( CRUSHER ) * COMPLEX INC. ( GARP ) * CRYPTOBURNERS ( BLACKSTAR ) * DEATHSTAR ( VIZ ) * DIGITECH & IBB ( WARLORD AND FRANS ) * FREEDOM FORCE & AMIGA INDUSTRIES ( CRAYONE ) * FREEDOM FORCE NORWAY ( TOMCAT F-14 ) * FREESTYLE U.K. ( BIG AL ) * GHOSTRIDERS ( SERGEANT D. CRESCEDO ) * IT ( BURGLAR ) * LEVEL 4 ( SHADOWLIGHT ) * MAFFIA ( ZIPPY ) * NEUTRAL ZONE CRACKERS ( THUNDER AND TRIAX ) * NETWORK ( LIX ) * ODYSSEY ( DARYUS ) * ORION 5 ( DADI ) * THE PARTISANS ( XRIS ) ( YO, MAN!! ) * RAZOR 1911 ( SECTOR 9 ) * SANXION ( JL. SOFT ) * SARGON ( YANKEE ) * SCOOPEX ( SHARK THE MASTER ) * SECTOR 5 & THE CARRIERS ( ALIEN ) * SETROX ( ZYR ) * SILENTS & NORTHSTAR ( EXCALIBUR ) * SPREADPOINT / DEFJAM / CCS ( WILFO ) * SUBWAY & THE DREAMTEAM ( STP SOUND SYSTEM ) * SUNRIDERS ICELAND ( THE EDGE ) * TEAM-X ( DDT ) * TRASH & TOPBOYS ( RATTLE ) * UNITED ( FIRECAT ) ( IS YOUR DILDO WORKING AGAIN? ) * VISION ( SLAINE ) * WIZZCAT ( DT. WARES ) * WORLD OF WONDERS * ZARK HERE COMES THE INSTRUCTIONS AND CREDITS FOR 3RD DAY... ONE FINE DAY I HAD MADE ONE BEAUTIFUL FONT ON DPAINT III... BUT THEN THE DAY TURNED BLACK... THE FUCKING THING CRASHED BEFORE I EVER GOT TO SAVE MY DEAR FONT!!! WELL, SO I LOADED THE OLD BITPLANE-FINDER, AND SOON FOUND OUT THAT INSTRUCTIONS WERE NEEDED... I HAD TO NOTE APPROX. 374 KEYCODES BEFORE I COULD SAVE MY FONT. THAT WAS WHEN I DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW AND FAR BETTER THING. I DECIDED TO CALL IT 3RD DAY, BECAUSE ON THIS DAY THE DEAD THINGS SHALL COME TO LIFE AGAIN ( JUST LIKE JESUS! ) BEFORE THEY GO TO HEAVEN ( YOUR DEMO? ). EVERYTHING WAS DONE BY S<E>@> IN 1989... HERE IS HOW IT WORKS: (1) - THE CLOSE GADGET ... BE CAREFUL! SAVE FIRST! * (2) - MANUAL SEARCH ... USE YOUR MOUSE TO FIND THE BITPLANES - JUST LIKE "MEM-PEEKER"! * (3) - AUTO-SEARCH ... THE LARGEST IMPROVEMENT! PRESS THIS GADGET, AND 3RD DAY WILL SEARCH UP SOME OLD COPPERLISTS! YOU WON'T HAVE TO FIND THE POINTERS, PALETTE, WIDTH NOR MODULO! YOU WILL, HOWEVER, HAVE TO FIND THE HEIGHT YOURSELF. ( WHY? LAZYNESS, LAZYNESS AND LAZYNESS PLUS SOME OTHER REASONS ) * (4) - PALETTE SEARCH ... FINDS THE PALETTE ONLY. THIS ONE TAKES JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AS A COPPERLIST. IN ANOTHER VERSION I MIGHT INCLUDE A PALETTE SEARCH WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE A COPPERLIST. * (5) - TOGGLE HI-RES ... SETS HORIZONTAL SCREEN RESOLUTION. DOES NOT AFFECT THE SAVE. * (6) - TOGGLE SHAKE (INTERLACE) ... SETS VERTICAL SCREEN RESOLUTION. DOES NOT AFFECT THE SAVE, BUT CAN BE HANDY WHEN SETTING THE HEIGHT... * (7) - TOGGLE HAM ... TURNS HOLD AND MODIFY MODE ON / OFF. DOES NOT AFFECT THE SAVE. * (8) - TOGGLE EXTRA HALFBRITE ... TURNS BIT #7 OF BPLCON 0 ( EXTRA HALFBRITE ) ON / OFF. MY OLD A1000 DOESN'T EVEN HAVE HALFBRITE, SO I THOUGT THIS ONE WAS TO TURN ON THE HALFBRITE. WELL, SO I TESTED THE SHIT, AND FOUND OUT THAT HALFBRITE IS ON WHEN HAM IS OFF. SHIT, I THOUGHT AND LET THE GADGET STAY ( BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY... ) * (9) - ( NICE DRAWING ) ... AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN WHAT 10-13 ARE. YOU CAN SEE THE ENLARGED VERSION HERE. I USED IT TO KEEP UP MY PRINCIPLE OF NOT USING ANY PARTICULAR LANGUAGE IN THE PROGRAM ( I GOT REALLY PISSED OFF BY THE GERMAN IN THE BITPLANE-FINDER ) * (10-14) SCREEN FORMAT ... THESE GADGETS SHOW THE WIDTH, HEIGHT, MODULO AND DEPTH OF THE SCREEN. YOU CAN ALTER EIGHTER OF THEM BY PRESSING THE ARROWS FOR UP OR DOWN. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE VALUES MUCH, YOU CAN PLACE THE POINTER ON THE NUMBERS AND HOLD THE LEFT MOUSE-BUTTON WHILE YOU RUN THE MOUSE UP AND DOWN ( SAVES TIME! ) * (10) WIDTH ... I AM A CODER, AND CODERS PREFER TO HAVE THE WIDTH IN BYTES, RIGHT? FOR LAMERS ( = NON-CODERS ) I CAN INFORM THAT IN THIS CONTEXT, 1 BYTE = 8 PIXLES. NORMAL LO-RES IS 320 PIXLES WIDE: 320/8=40 BYTES ( OR CHARACTERS ) * (11) HEIGHT ... THIS ONE IS QUITE SIMPLE. IF YOU SET THE HEIGHT HIGHER THAN 256 IN NON-INTERLACE OR 512 IN INTERLACE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE AT ONE TIME. BUT 3RD DAY SAVES EVERYTHING ANYWAY. * (12) MODULO ... THE MODULO VALUE IS ADDED TO ALL BITPLANE POINTERS OF THE PLAYFIELD ( NOT PLAYFILD!! ) AT THE END OF EACH LINE ( THIS ONE IS USED RATHER A LOT IN THIS DEMO... ). FOR DEADLY PEOPLE, THIS HAS A COUPLE OF HANDY CONSEQUENCES... 1. IF YOUR PICTURE IS SAVED IN MEMORY WITH INTER-LEAVED BITMAPS ( ILBM - SEE? ), YOU CAN SET THE MODULO TO (WIDTH*(DEPTH-1)) 2. IF YOU WANT TO CUT OUT A "BRUSH" FROM A LARGER PICTURE, YOU CAN DO THIS. NOTE THAT MODULO+WIDTH SHOULD MAKE THE TOTAL WIDTH OF THE PICTURE. YOU CAN, REGRETTABLY, ONLY CUT OUT BRUSHES WITH A GRID CONSISTING OF 16*1 PIXLES ( THIS AIN'T NO GODDAM 1-BIT MACHINE, YOU KNOW!!! ) * (13) - DEPTH ... NUMBER OF BITPLANES. 1 BITPLANE GIVES YOU 2 COLORS ( WITHOUT THAT FUCKING U! ), 2 PLANES GIVE YOU 4 COLORS ( WITHOUT THAT FUCKING U! ), 3 PLANES GIVE YOU 8 COLORS ( WITHOUT THAT FUCKING U! ), AND SO ON... * (14) - PRAIZE ME FOR INCLUDING THIS GADGET! IT IS THE SAVE GADGET! 3RD DAY SAVES IN UNCOMPRESSED IFF / ILBM FORMAT WITH PALETTE. IT IS THE ONLY PROGRAM I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT DOES NOT FUCK ABOUT WITH A 32-COLOR PALETTE ALL THE TIME! I DID NOT HAVE THE GUTS TO TALK TO MY 8520 A, SO I JUST MADE A ROUTINE THAT WILL CALL YOUR RIPS ZOMBIE-01, ZOMBIE-02, ZOMBIE-03 AND SO ON... ( OF COURSE I CHECK FOR OTHER ZOMBIES ON THE DISK! ) * (15) - TOGGLE BITPLANE ACTIVE ... WHEN USING MANUAL SEARCH, ONLY THE ACTIVE BITPLANES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SEARCH. DON'T BE AFRAID! WHEN SEARCHING WITH SEVERAL BITPLANES AT A TIME, THEY ARE ADDED EQUALLY, AND DO THUS NOT NEED TO BE EQUAL. * (16) - BITPLANE ADDRESSESES ... I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO SOMEONE TO KNOW WHERE IN THE F.. MEMORY THEIR PIC'S ARE. * GENERAL INFORMATION ... THE WHOLE UPPER LINE OF THE MENU BAR IS A DRAG BAR. NICE TO HAVE FOR I.E. NTSC - USERS ( THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT THAT USEFUL TO THEM... ) AND SUCKERS THAT MAKE LETTERS 5*9 CM BIG ON A 2 INCH MONITOR... I DID NOT HAVE THE COURAGE TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, SO IF YOU REALLY WANNA SEE THAT, YOU HAVE TO ADJUST YOUR SCREEN A BIT. IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, I RECOMMEND A VERY STRONG MAGNET ( HOLD IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN AND TURN IT FOR A NICE EFFECT... ) ( THIS WAS A JOKE.. YOUR SCREEN WILL BE A BIT WIERD AFTER THIS TREATMENT... ) ( THAT'S A FACT! ) THIS BEUTIFUL PROGRAM IS HOPEFULLY INCLUDED ON THE SAME DISK AS THIS DEMO ( STANDARD DOS FILE, INCLUDE IT IN YOUR COMPACTINGS, JUST AS THIS DEMO! ) NOW I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT MY 3RD DAY EXEPT FOR "GOOD LUCK!"
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