
			       THE BINARY POETS
				  PRESENTS A
			    BIP PRODUCTION OF 1993

		       B I P   4   T H E   F U T U R E

			Released the 10th of June 1993

      Developed by Kim, Jesper, Andreas and Niklas of The Binary Poets
		       Music-system by The CodeBlasters

				      
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; REQUIREMENTS 

 The demo requires:

  A 100% IBM compatible 80286 with at least 8 Mhz, but we recommend a faster 
   computer for better sound quality.
 
  An IBM compatible standard VGA , with at least 512k of video memory. 
   If you have a slow CPU, like a 80286 with 8 Mhz, we recommend a graphics
   card with at least 1Mb. Otherwise the demo will flicker. The video memory 
   amount doesn't really matter on faster computers, like a 386 or 486 with 
   25 Mhz or more.   
 
  At least 560k of free RAM memory. Do not use EMM386 or QEMM, because then
   the demo will run very badly.

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; SUPPORTS 

 The following SoundDevices are supported in the demo.
			
	        Internal Speaker                       - MONO 
	        Mono D/A Converter or Covox in LPT 1   - MONO
	        Mono D/A Converter or Covox in LPT 2   - MONO
	        SoundBlaster                           - MONO
	        Two D/A Converters in LPT1 & LPT2      - STEREO
	        Stereo D/A Converter in LPT 1          - STEREO
	        Stereo D/A Converter in LPT 2          - STEREO
	        SoundBlaster PRO                       - STEREO


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; INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEMO 


   This demo was coded in 100% pure 80286 assembler, and it is our first
   assembler program ever, so that's why the demo isn't that good. We 
   made this demo for the Computer Crossroad demo contest. We used Turbo 
   Assembler 2.51, Deluxe Paint II, 3D Studio, Winimages Morph, and 
   TCB Whacker Tracker to create this little demo. We haven't had any time 
   to code our own musicsystem yet, so we used Goldplay by Sourcer of TCB 
   in this demo too.

   The demo is tested on the following computers.

    286 - 10 Mhz, Standard VGA 256Kb           SoundBlaster PRO 2.0  
    486 - 25 Mhz, Tseng Labs 1Mb - Local Bus   SoundBlaster 2.0
    486 - 33 Mhz, Tseng Labs ET-4000 1Mb       SoundBlaster 1.0
    486 - 33 Mhz, Trident 8900 1Mb             SoundBlaster PRO 1.0
   . 486 - 33 Mhz, Diamond Stealth VRAM 1Mb     SoundBlaster PRO 2.

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; BUGGS & PROBLEMS IN THE DEMO 

  The Diamond Stealth VRAM is a very slow Graphiccard in DOS but fast when
   you have the right drivers. We haven't adjusted the demo for that card, 
   so some parts looks very slow. 
 
  If the demo buggs, test different kinds of setup's. The computerspeed can 
   fix many of those problems. But the most important is a fast graphiccard!
 
  If the music sounds bad while the morphingpart is running, try a slower 
   computerspeed in the setup or run the demo from a ramdrive.


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; HOW TO BUILD A SOUNDPLAYER 
 
 Here is an example of how to build a Digital/Analog Converter, that you plug
 into the printer port (LPT1 or LPT2). The D/A Converter is compatible to the
 Covox Little Speech Thing. The resistors and the capacitor together costs 
 about 10 Sek and the parallell port about 25 Sek.


 Printer Port
   Pin

    2[2.8M]Ŀ       It concists of eight resistors and one
			       capacitor. The capacitor is not really
    3[1.4M]Ĵ       needed, but it gives the player better
			       sound.
    4[0.7M]Ĵ
			
    5[352k]Ĵ
			
    6[176k]Ĵ
			
    7[88k]Ĵ
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    8[44k]Ĵ                Amplifier  
			      (220mf)   or a Hi-Fi-
    9[22k]ĶĴsystem.    
					            
   18Ĵ           
       (gnd)                                        
					 
		( Description by The Codeblasters. )                                  

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; INFORMATION ABOUT THE BINARY POETS 

  The group was founded in the summer of 1992 by Andreas and Niklas. A few
  weeks later Kim and Jeppe joined the group. Peter ( Andreas' cousine )
  helped us with some Pascal routines. We started to program demos in Turbo
  Pascal 6.0. After a while we realized that it is impossible to create a 
  cool demo with fast screen update and module music in Pascal, so we decided
  to start programming assembler.

  Here is a list of all the demos that we have released.

  Nr.  Name.         Packed size.  Type.      Release date.   Supports.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
   1  Poetry Emotions   569 kb.   GIGADEMO   1992.OKT.20     VGA/SB/SBP/DAC
   2  BIP-Mas '92       290 kb.   MEGADEMO   1992.DEC.13     VGA/SB/SBP/DAC
   3  Random-demo       175 kb.   DEMO       1993.JAN.01     VGA/SB/SBP/DAC
   4  BIP 4 the Future  302 kb.   TRACKDEMO  1993.JUN.10     VGA/SB/SBP/DAC

  Future productions from The Binary Poets:

      Poetry Emotions II - The Legend Continues
      X-MAS Musicdemo 1993 

  The members of The Binary Poets are :

      Kim Lohman             Coder, Grapher
      Niklas Frykman         Musician
      Andreas Arnstrm       Coder, Musician, Contactperson
      Jesper Hammarbck      Coder



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; HOW TO JOIN THE BINARY POETS 
			     
  If you are a good graphics artist and you think you can draw better graphix
  than in our demos, please contact us. We are in a big need of you ! 
  You can also contact us if you are a good assemblercoder. 
  If you want to join us you can either leave a message at our great board, 
  or call or write to one of us. Addresses are found at the bottom.  
  


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; COMERCIAL DEMONSTRATIONS 

  If you want to buy a comercial demonstration for your company or BBS, we 
  are ready to make one for you. Call or write to us, so that we can discuss 
  the price and how the demo will look. Addresses are found in the end of
  this file.


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; HOW TO CONTACT US 

  If you want to contact us, you can reach us at the following addresses.
  If you have a modem - call our cool board.


The Binary Poets HeadQuarter:

   PC-Power - BIP HEADQUARTER  
    9600-14400 bps - Open 24H/day		CALL  NOW!
    SysOp: Magnus Gustafsson		       AND DOWNLOAD
    HD: 1.6 Gig!!				OUR DEMOS!
    Tel: +46 (0)31-962114

ADDRESSES:

   Jesper Hammarbck
    Hllby Oppgrd
    S-635 10 ESKILSTUNA
    SWEDEN
    Tel: +46 (0)16-351063

   Kim Lohman
    Hgvgen 3
    S-632 39 ESKILSTUNA
    SWEDEN
    Tel: +46 (0)16-352251
 
   Andreas Arnstrm                     
    Adjutantgatan 37                     
    S-644 35 TORSHLLA                   
    SWEDEN                               
    Tel: +46 (0)16-357859                     
 
   Niklas Frykman
    Zetheliusvgen 4
    S-644 35 TORSHLLA
    Tel: +46 (0)16-358139
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; THE END 
