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          This is  the  first  ever demo  by  XTATIC    ҷķַ ҷķ
   XTATIC is  an new  Australian  Demo group  with a               
   total of two members, they are:                        ķӷ     
                                                        нĽ ӽ  Ľ
     RaNDoM    ---     Martin Laukkanen  (15yrs old)   Ĵ
                         Coder / ANSI.                      Released:      
                                                         16 November 1994. 
       saNe    ---     Lloyd Macalpine   (16yrs old)   Ĵ
                         Musician / ANSI.                  Greetings to:   
                                                                           
          We  decided to  form our own  demo group a          LEGiON       
   few weeks ago, I Random, had been working on  all        CyberSquad     
   the routines in the demo just for practice then I    VangeliSteam/Iguana
   came across a nice little program called, DEMOVT.      Advanced Gravis  
   With that I was able to  put some of saNes  music       All Australian  
   (with  which he had made quite a name for himself        demo groups.   
   locally) into my  routines. So we decided to make    And All great Demo 
   a demo, and here it is...                             groups around the 
                                                              world!       
          This demo was  put together  in about  two    The Infinite Realm 
   weeks, although  I had been  coding the  routines     & Mindflux BBS's. 
   since late  1993.  Most  of  the time  was  spent                       
   optimising  the  code  (you call  that  optimised    Refer to demo end  
   code??? :-) ), and  anyway  since the  demo is in     scrolly for full  
   100%  C++ it wont  run  very fast  at all on less      greeting list.   
   than a 486. It also uses some floating point math   
   so on any 486sx it will run quit slow on at least
   two  parts!  Only one  part of  the  demo  is not 
   completely by me, and that is the plasma. While I
   was  coding the  fire I was thinking about coding 
   the plasma, since it uses the same principle,  so
   I told  my brother  Zimi,  and he decided to code 
   it. But unfortunately he cant code C++ only Basic
   and AMOS (on the Amiga)  so he made it in  Basic, 
   and it was sloooow, so I converted it to C++.
             
          Anyway,  if you have any problems  running 
   the  demo  try a  clean  boot,  or  your  friends
   computer.  Also if  you don't have a  SVGA  video 
   card then you cant run in  SVGA  mode  (Duh).  So 
   just choose  the  VGA  320 x 200 x 256.  The only 
   difference between that and the SVGA mode besides
   the  resolution is that  you wont see  the  logo!
   And also the SVGA mode requires VESA BIOS,  so if
   your video card doesn't  have one  your will have
   to load a driver like  UNIVESA.  Or the  one that
   should  have came with your  video card.  Also if 
   you want to re configure the demo after the first
   load when it will save  the config,  run the demo
   with a command line of anything, eg XTATIC.EXE -R  
   Thats all  I can say besides,  if all else  fails 
   contact us.
  
       Here is a list of the files in the archive:
     FILE_ID.ASC  --  BBS file description in ASCII.
     FILE_ID.DIZ  --  BBS file description in ANSI.
     IGNITE.EXE   --  The executable file.
     IGNITE.TXT   --  This document.
     IGNITE01.DAT --  Data file 1.
     IGNITE02.DAT --  Data file 2.
     IGNITE03.DAT --  Data file 3.
     IGNITE04.DAT --  Data file 4.
  
          For all of you who are  thinking how  lame 
   it is to release a C++ demo,  too bad!  But don't
   worry I do own Borland Turbo Assembler and I have 
   a 500  page tutorial on the subject,  but I don't 
   have the time  /  couldn't be bothered reading it 
   right now... :-(  But since I spent  $300 dollars 
   on it I will be learning it soon!
           
          To finnish we hope you like the  demo  and 
   we would most appreciate feedback /  comments  on 
   it! Even if you just want to talk, or ask for the
   source code :).
  
              Contact us at the following:
      The Infinite Realm BBS  --  61(2) 457 9284
          Alternate Reality -- 61(2) 899 7812
               Mindflux -- 61(2) 416 2513
         Just leave a message for either of us.
  
             Or message via Internet EMail:
               martin@triode.apana.org.au
  
                                       -- Random.

