Final Flight by CyberSpeed [web]
=- CyberSpeed -=
· presents ·
=> Final Flight <=
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Note: This is a bugfixed version of the demo. The demo contained a bug that
sometimes made EMM386 to report an illegal DMA-mode. Hope that was the
only bug... ;-)
Newton
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· General Information ·
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1 Contents:
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1. Contents
2. Information
3. Hardware requirements
4. Bugs? and other shit
5. Memberstatus
6. Contact addresses
7. Group greetings
8. Personal greetings
9. Closing words
2 Information:
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CyberSpeed is a new Demo-Group from Germany. The Group was founded in the be-
ginning of the year 1995. We already had some ideas for a demo before we
founded our Group. Newton and Undead were just working on a Voxel-Space-Sys
when we got the idea to start a Demo-Group and make voxel-space-based demo. We
had to develop all routines from scratch, and it took a little longer to
finish the demo. Even though I hope that you can enjoy it.
If it doesn't work at all, have a look at the following two chapters. They
might help you.
Now some information about the demo itself:
This Demo is our first Demo and... yes, we are proud of it! Okay, then let me
tell you something about the software we used to create this:
- TASM 4.0
- Turbo Pascal 6.01/7.0
- Sound Workshop 2.00.6 by Newton/CyberSpeed
- Quadra-Composer/Amiga
- Scream Tracker 3.2
- Galaxy Master II
Very useful literature:
- PC Intern 3 & 4 (M. Tischer, Data Becker)
- Amiga-Special Magazine
- PC Underground (B. Bertelsons/M. Rasch, Data Becker)
- PC-Programmierung in Maschinensprache (P. Monadjemi, Markt&Technik)
More or less useful literature:
- "Das Superbuch SoundBlaster" (A. Burda/B. Bertelsons, Data Becker)
(much too many mistakes in it, be very careful!!!)
3 Hardware requirements:
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The Demo requires at least a 486 SX/25 but a 486 DX2/66 is strongly recommened.
The Demo won't run on 386-based machines because they are much too slow.
You need about 570,000 Byte of free conventional and about 2MB of EMS memory.
Many demos tell you to remove your EMS-Emulator. But this demo DOES require it!
UMBs are also used, if available.
You also need a fast VGA-GFX Card and a SoundBlaster-compatible soundcard. Note
that many NONAME soundcards pretend to be SoundBlaster-compatible. But in
truth they don't support all DSP-commands they should support. So if the demo
hangs, the soundcard might be a reason. Also many 16-Bit NONAME soundcards only
support 8 Bit in SoundBlaster-emulation mode. Better go and buy the original
by Creative Labs even if it's a bit more expensive.
If the demo doesn't find the BLASTER-Environment string, it will try to work
out the hardware settings of your soundcard itself. The hardware detection
routine is a bit difficult. It normaly works on SB-originals but it sometimes
hangs on SB-clones, so you are supposed to set up the BLASTER-environment
variable correctly.
Soundcards supported by our soundsystem:
- Soundblaster (8 Bit, mono)
- Soundblaster Pro (8 Bit, stereo/mono)
- Soundblaster 16 (16 Bit, stereo/mono)
Ok. Now you might miss the Gravis Ultrasound in the above list. This is no
error. Our soundsystem doesn't support it yet because no one of us owns one and
we had no possibility to develop a driver. Please don't kill us! Perhaps next
time... Hello to John Smith/Advanced Gravis ;-)
4 Bugs? and other shit:
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Err... yes, there are bugs! The demo might not work with QEMM! It works fine
with MS-DOS 6.2, HIMEM and EMM386 loaded. DR-DOS is also working. The Demo also
works with Windows 95 (sorry, we apologize). Other OSs were not tested but are
supposed to work. We hope that the Demo is capable running with PC-DOS and OS/2
but we didn't test this out. If the Demo doesn't run, try the following
configuration (for MS-DOS 6.2):
CONFIG.SYS:
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DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM HIGHSCAN
FILES=40
DOS=HIGH,UMB
STACKS=8,256
BUFFERS=4,8
FCBS=2,2
The AUTOEXEC.BAT might look like the following:
AUTOEXEC.BAT:
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@ECHO OFF
@CLS
@SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T4
@PATH=C:\;C:\DOS
@LH KEYB,GR,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS
This is what you need. The SET BLASTER= string is important to find your sound-
card. T4 is used if you have a SBpro. For a SB it must be T3.
Don't load any TSRs in your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT except the keyboard
driver. The only thing you need in your AUTOEXEC.BAT is the SET BLASTER= envi-
ronment string.
5. Memberstatus:
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CyberSpeed consists of only three acitve members right now. These are:
Handle │ Real name │ Born │ Job
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Newton │ Thorsten Lingk │ 1974 │ Coding, Music
Undead │ Andreas Schallenberg │ 1974 │ Coding, GFX
Trance │ Jan Mischok │ 1978 │ GFX, Add. Design
..... | .............. | 19.. | .........
: : :
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6. Contact Addresses:
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If you want to contact us for any reason write to:
NEWTON:
Thorsten Lingk
Am Wilkenbach 48a
49205 Hasbergen
Germany
Internet: std7107@serv1.et.fh-osnabrueck.de
UNDEAD:
Andreas Schallenberg
Engter Kirchweg 26
49565 Bramsche
Germany
Internet: Andreas.Schallenberg@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.de
TRANCE:
Jan Mischok
Nordhausweg 15a
49078 Osnabrück
Germany
War Games BBS:
Distribution Site for CyberSpeed products
If you want to contact us, leave a mail to
»Trance« (That's me :-)
Call: +49-541-683450
I will also soon be reachable via Fidonet and Internet.
7 Group greetings:
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Here are the greetings in alphabetical order from left to right. :∙>
The greetings are not included in the demo, sorry.
Access Denied Asphyxia Axidental
Binary Poets British Knights Capacala
Cascada VR Section Core Image Creation
Dark Zone Diffusion Dust
DCE Electromotive Force Epical
Eterno Extreme Flash Production
Flatline Productions Future Crew Genuine
Hazard ICSPC Iguana
Immortal Syndicat Imphobia Cascada Infiny
Irresistible Works Keen like Frogs Legend Design
Majic 12 Mindprobe Nostalgia
Razor 1911 Realtech Real Time
Red Sector Inc. Renaissance Sahara Surfers
Silents PC Sonic PC Soft-One
Starry Knights Surprise! prod. Synergy Design
The Brain Slayer The Codeblasters The COEXiSTANCE
The Dream Team The Invisible Amoebas The Space Pigs
The Untouchables Triton Tyrant
Twilight Zone Ultra Force Valhalla
VangeliSTeam Vision Factory Witan
Xeed Xography Yodel
So, if I didn't mention you, you make either bad demos or I don't know you.
8. Personal greetings in alphabetical order:
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Newton:
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Bo Lincoln
Quadra-Composer is good, but add multichannel-support :-< and some more
file-formats like S3M! (Amiga CAN handle more than 4 channels...)
Michael Tischer
Wahnsinn, so ein gutes Programmierbuch wie PC-Intern habe ich noch nie
gesehen! Fast alles steht da drin. Aber wann gibt's endlich was über die
direkte Programmierung des Floppy-Controllers? Wie bitte? PC-Intern 5.0
ist über Windows 95? Neiiiiiiin, erbarmen!
Delerium Tremens
Thanks for lending me your synthy, Tobias!
Cellafield
Special greetz to Andreas Sindt!
Xavier Gireaud & Olaf Kupfer
Hey guys! Are you still alive? Do you remember Herdecke Wittbräucke?
Schachverein Gaste-Hasbergen
Thanks for using PCX-Chess!
Gospelchor Hasbergen
See you next Friday, guys!
Gustav Grefberg (Lizardking/Triton)
Great modules!
Christian, Gunnar, Kai, Silke, Nicole, Daniela, Thorsten S. and everybody who
visited our Release Party!
Trance:
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Alfons Thöle
Wollen Sie mit mir in 'n Clinch gehen?
Christin(Miss Mare Vista)
Yepp! Never forget ;-)
Joerg Grosse-Kracht
Call War Games: +49-541-683450 (Osnabrück, Germany)
Kathrin(U know Y!)
Brian 4eva
Luisa
Where R.U.?
Meike(Hoschie)
Auf halb zwölf
Ray Hsu & Gerald Ryckman(ESDI)
Game Wizard: Very helpful!
Simone
ThunderDOOM and always Aaseebad
Toni(Link)
Wie geht's Dir bzw. Claudia? Greets to the Schluchtenscheißer!
Undead:
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Dave Haynie
DiskSalv is great!
Chris Hames
"PC-Task" - you did the right step!
Eckehard Dietmar Kolkmeyer
Denken Sie daran: 50 in geschlossenen Ortschaften!
(... und in den Pausenhallen!)
Erhard Hammer (Kotten-Eye-Joe)
MS hat einen verdammt niedrigen PH-Wert. Help!
Paolo Domingos
Where are you?
Rainer Brockhage
Denken Sie immer noch SO über Assembler...? :-]
S.U. Jansing
Ich hab' hier was besseres als den Falken und den Feret!
9. Closing words:
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Now, you have reached the the end of this text. If you have not already watched
the Demo, go ahead and do so. If the Demo fucks up, refer to point 2 & 3. N-joy
it!
Signed, TRANCE Dec 31th, 1995
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