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Release Date: 30/09/1996
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(C) ANTON
Hi everyone! I am very glad that in Tomsk, a new newspaper.
I'm here, I want about something pobazarit (newspaper - not a
demo, where you can chase every wash!).
Recently ZX-REVIEW (not only) has been actively discussed
demostroenie. I totally agree with ALEX'om RAIDER'om that
demostroenie promotes technology programming ZX. Glory
Mednonogov said that MD as a car-class F1 - no sense from it,
and ordinary engineers can learn from nego new ideas for their
designs. He also thanked the RST # 7 IWAMOTO for their method
of derivation of sprites. And of their works, I know only 2
megademy (disc versions of the game - do not count!). So that
no whether they (and only) dem, many would play a little
retarded, or had been, would be released later than done, but
it would never saw them light!
Besides it, unless you do not hunt after a hard day or when you
have nothing to do kerf favorite demo and enjoy its video and
audio effects. And if it has a steep DIGITAL-Mouzon, so it all
class! Personally, I prefer Mouzon on your favorite ZX, than at
the infamous IBM. Although the PC-shke some Mouzon and steep,
but still caresses the ear rodnenky AY (COVOX, SOUND DRIVE
...). ALEX RAIDER invited to ob'ektnikam attribute the source
(I put it right?). I agree with that. It's a good idea. BUT!
This will contribute to some increase in the size of the
finished demos. And dumb copying others' procedures in its
program to nothing lead (good).
That's my opinion. I have it you do not impose. Therefore, you
want - write source code, you want - do not write.
Tip: If you can not come up with a cool effect, do nekrutoy,
but add a couple of Mouzon (preferably cool). If not Mouzon -
think. If you can not come up - you can borrow from someone.
Well, if at all tight, and you can not do neither one nor the
other, then do as you wish. Incidentally, I have a suggestion.
Demos can be divided into three classes:
1) demos with cool effects
2) demos with cool music, but not necessarily
with cool effects
3) demos, which include the one and the other
Demo of the first class could write any more or less
experienced coder loner. Demo of the second class let write
good musicians. But third grade available experimental groups
having in its composition a good musician and artist. Anybody
may see the idea - "And if you take the code of the demos,
graphics - other music - the third, all collected in one 'new'
cool demo" So, of course, though, we can proceed, but only to
those who makes first steps in DEMOMAKING'e. Experienced the
same coders shameful rip procedure, which you can write
yourself. The age-old dispute between the code length and speed
of its implementation must decide in favor of speed. So, as a
demo on his idea should be fast - otherwise, what is this demo?
And the council, which gives everything and all (but it somehow
did not really observe): compresses ALL their programs (INTRO,
DEMO, DISK VERSION, CRACK VERSION ...) After all, who wants to
waste their disk space (unless newcomers who do not have a clue
about compression)? I've seen programs that take X sector, and
after the compression - 0.4X, and sometimes less!
All I'm tired of writing this text. Bye!
09/24/1996 ANTON
