2 MHz Hell by Weird Science
- - - - - - - - - - - FOR A WEEK, AND WHEN I CAME HOME, THERE - < HERE'S ANOTHER DEMO FROM NO ORDINARY PROGRAMMER OF WEIRD SCIENCE ! SOUND SAMPLED WITH 1809'S SAMPLER AND QED'S STEREO. ALL PROGRAMMING BY ME. THIS SCROLL CONTAINS MANY IMPORTANT MESSAGES, BUT ALSO A LOT OF CRAP, SO IF YOU WANT TO SKIP THE CRAP, OR IF YOU ONLY WANT TO READ THE CRAP (?!), YOU CAN CHANGE THE SCROLLSPEED WITH A JOYSTICK IN PORT TWO. HOLD DOWN ANY KEY TO HEAR THE SAMPLE AGAIN, AND PRESS RUN/STOP TO SEE NEXT PART. FIRST OF ALL, I MUST SAY TO ALL MY CONTACTS THAT I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T ANSWERED YOU BEFORE. SOME OF YOU HAVE WAITED MORE THAN THREE WEEKS FOR AN ANSWER, AND THAT'S NOT GOOD. ALSO SORRY THAT WHAT I SEND YOU THIS TIME IS SO OLD, BUT THAT'S 'COZ I DIDN'T ANSWER ANY OF MY CONTACTS, SO I'VE ONLY RECEIVED ABOUT ONE DISK EACH DAY LATELY. THE REASON FOR THE LATE ANSWERS, IS THAT I'VE BEEN IN LONDON FOR A WEEK, AND WHEN I CAME HOME, THERE WERE MANY MEGAS OF NEW SOFTWARE FOR ME TO TEST AND COPY, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE FREE DISK, NEITHER FOR C64 NOR AMIGA. BESIDES, I WANTED TO MAKE THIS DEMO BEFORE I ANSWERED YOU. I ALSO STOPPED COMPUTING FOR A FEW HOURS TO LISTEN TO THE NEW CD BY JEAN-MICHEL JARRE (REVOLUTIONS), AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL HEAR SEVERAL SAMPLES BY ME FROM THAT CD IN THE FUTURE. THE REASON I WAS IN LONDON, WAS B'COZ JEAN-MICHEL JARRE WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD A CONCERT THERE, BUT OF COURSE IT HAD TO BE CANCELLED JUST TWELVE DAYS AHEAD, 'COZ THE NEWHAM TOWN COUNCIL THOUGHT THAT THE CONCERT WAS NOT SAFE ENOUGH. THE CONCERT WILL NOW INSTEAD BE ON OCTOBER 8TH AND 9TH, BUT THEN I WON'T BE THERE. (I MEAN, I CAN'T GO TO LONDON EVERY SECOND WEEK, CAN I?) BUT PERHAPS JEAN-MICHEL JARRE WILL COME TO SCANDINAVIA SOON (POSSIBLY COPENHAGEN), AND THEN I'LL BE THERE, NO MATTER WHERE IN SCANDINAVIA HE CHOOSES TO HOLD THE CONCERT. ANYWAY, THE TRIP TO LONDON WAS NOT WASTED. OF COURSE IT WAS NICE TO SEE LONDON, AND I ALSO BOUGHT SOME ESSENTIAL STUFF THERE, LIKE THE ONLY RECORD BY JEAN-MICHEL JARRE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE. ("THE ESSENTIAL", REPLACED BY "MUSIK AUS ZEIT UND RAUM" IN NORWAY) I ALSO BOUGHT "AMIGA HARDWARE REFERENCE MANUAL" AND "AMIGA INTUITION REFERENCE MANUAL", WHICH MAKES ME ABLE TO PROGRAM MACHINECODE ON AMIGA SOON. (I'VE ALREADY DONE SOME SIMPLE COPPERPROGRAMMING) ONE THING I DIDN'T SEE IN LONDON, WAS A DECENT COMMODORE-SHOP. THE ONLY COMPUTER-SHOPS I SAW, WAS FOR AMSTRAD, IBM AND ATARI ST. I ALSO SAW A FEW AMIGAS, AND ON ONE OF THEM (LOCATED IN THE WINDOW OF A SHOP), THE DEMO "DEMONS ARE FOREVER" BY DOC WAS DISPLAYED! IN MY SEARCH FOR A COMMODORE-SHOP, I WENT OVER TO BOWLING GREEN LANE, WHERE COMMODORE COMPUTING INTERNATIONAL HAVE THEIR OFFICES. THAT BUILDING WAS NOT EXAC HERE'S ANOTHER DEMO FROM NO ORDINARY PROGRAMMER OF WEIRD SCIENCE ! SOUND SAMPLED WITH 1809'S SAMPLER AND QED'S STEREO. ALL PROGRAMMING BY ME. THIS SCROLL CONTAINS MANY IMPORTANT MESSAGES, BUT ALSO A LOT OF CRAP, SO IF YOU WANT TO SKIP THE CRAP, OR IF YOU ONLY WANT TO READ THE CRAP (?!), YOU CAN CHANGE THE SCROLLSPEED WITH A JOYSTICK IN PORT TWO. HOLD DOWN ANY KEY TO HEAR THE SAMPLE AGAIN, AND PRESS RUN/STOP TO SEE NEXT PART. FIRST OF ALL, I MUST SAY TO ALL MY CONTACTS THAT I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T ANSWERED YOU BEFORE. SOME OF YOU HAVE WAITED MORE THAN THREE WEEKS FOR AN ANSWER, AND THAT'S NOT GOOD. ALSO SORRY THAT WHAT I SEND YOU THIS TIME IS SO OLD, BUT THAT'S 'COZ I DIDN'T ANSWER ANY OF MY CONTACTS, SO I'VE ONLY RECEIVED ABOUT ONE DISK EACH DAY LATELY. THE REASON FOR THE LATE ANSWERS, IS THAT I'VE BEEN IN LONDON FOR A WEEK, AND WHEN I CAME HOME, THERE WERE MANY MEGAS OF NEW SOFTWARE FOR ME TO TEST AND COPY, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE FREE DISK, NEITHER FOR C64 NOR AMIGA. BESIDES, I WANTED TO MAKE THIS DEMO BEFORE I ANSWERED YOU. I ALSO STOPPED COMPUTING FOR A FEW HOURS TO LISTEN TO THE NEW CD BY JEAN-MICHEL JARRE (REVOLUTIONS), AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL HEAR SEVERAL SAMPLES BY ME FROM THAT CD IN THE FUTURE. THE REASON I WAS IN LONDON, WAS B'COZ JEAN-MICHEL JARRE WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD A CONCERT THERE, BUT OF COURSE IT HAD TO BE CANCELLED JUST TWELVE DAYS AHEAD, 'COZ THE NEWHAM TOWN COUNCIL THOUGHT THAT THE CONCERT WAS NOT SAFE ENOUGH. THE CONCERT WILL NOW INSTEAD BE ON OCTOBER 8TH AND 9TH, BUT THEN I WON'T BE THERE. (I MEAN, I CAN'T GO TO LONDON EVERY SECOND WEEK, CAN I?) BUT PERHAPS JEAN-MICHEL JARRE WILL COME TO SCANDINAVIA SOON (POSSIBLY COPENHAGEN), AND THEN I'LL BE THERE, NO MATTER WHERE IN SCANDINAVIA HE CHOOSES TO HOLD THE CONCERT. ANYWAY, THE TRIP TO LONDON WAS NOT WASTED. OF COURSE IT WAS NICE TO SEE LONDON, AND I ALSO BOUGHT SOME ESSENTIAL STUFF THERE, LIKE THE ONLY RECORD BY JEAN-MICHEL JARRE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE. ("THE ESSENTIAL", REPLACED BY "MUSIK AUS ZEIT UND RAUM" IN NORWAY) I ALSO BOUGHT "AMIGA HARDWARE REFERENCE MANUAL" AND "AMIGA INTUITION REFERENCE MANUAL", WHICH MAKES ME ABLE TO PROGRAM MACHINECODE ON AMIGA SOON. (I'VE ALREADY DONE SOME SIMPLE COPPERPROGRAMMING) ONE THING I DIDN'T SEE IN LONDON, WAS A DECENT COMMODORE-SHOP. THE ONLY COMPUTER-SHOPS I SAW, WAS FOR AMSTRAD, IBM AND ATARI ST. I ALSO SAW A FEW AMIGAS, AND ON ONE OF THEM (LOCATED IN THE WINDOW OF A SHOP), THE DEMO "DEMONS ARE FOREVER" BY DOC WAS DISPLAYED! IN MY SEARCH FOR A COMMODORE-SHOP, I WENT OVER TO BOWLING GREEN LANE, WHERE COMMODORE COMPUTING INTERNATIONAL HAVE THEIR OFFICES. THAT BUILDING WAS NOT EXACTLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN LONDON... ABOUT THE LAST PART OF THIS DEMO: I PROGRAMMED IT A LONG TIME AGO, (CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN) BUT I WANTED TO GET MORE CONTROL OF IT BEFORE I MADE A DEMO OF IT. THEN, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK FURTHER AT IT, AND I FORGOT IT, UNTIL I SAW THE DEMO BY SPHINX, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS METHOD. WHEN I PROGRAMMED THE ROUTINE, I CALLED THE METHOD "RASTER POSITION DISPLACEMENT". MY ROUTINE IS VERY SIMPLE, BUT I THINK IT ILLUSTRATES QUITE WELL WHAT THIS METHOD CAN DO. IT IS ONLY FOR C128, SO IF YOU HAVE A C64, NOTHING AT ALL WILL HAPPEN. MANY OF MY CONTACTS HAVE ASKED ME IF I'M GOING TO ABNORMAL'S COPY-PARTY. I DON'T THINK I'LL BE THERE, 'COZ IT'S A BIT TOO FAR FOR ME TO TRAVEL. (ALMOST 700 KILOMETERS!) BESIDES, I'VE TRAVELLED ENOUGH FOR A WHILE, 'COZ I'VE BEEN TWICE IN DENMARK AND ONCE IN LONDON THE LAST FEW MONTHS. BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO IMP'S COPY-PARTY (ONLY FOR AMIGA), 'COZ THAT'S ONLY A FEW KILOMETERS AWAY FROM MY PLACE. WELL, I GUESS IT MUST BE TIME FOR THE GREETINGS NOW. I DON'T HAVE THE COMPLETE WEIRD SCIENCE GREETINGLIST, SO THIS WILL ONLY BE TO MY PERSONAL CONTACTS AND FRIENDS. HELLO TO (IN ABSOLUTELY NO ORDER): THE END OF THE OUTLAWS (YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER READ THIS, BUT YOU'RE ONE OF MY MOST FAITHFUL CONTACTS ON AMIGA!) MIAMI BYTE (THANKS FOR THE GRAPHICS TO MY GAME!) THE DARK JUDGE OF WORLD WIDE EXPRESSIVE (THANKS FOR THE LONG AND ALWAYS NICE LETTERS! I REALLY WISH I COULD COME TO YOUR GREAT PARTY, BUT HOLLAND'S TOO FAR AWAY, AND OCTOBER 15 IS TOO CLOSE!) THANATOS (HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON) INORIX (I SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED YOU A LONG TIME AGO BUT I NEVER HAD THE TIME) OMEGAFORCE (MY ONLY CONTACT IN AUSTRIA) MR.WAX OF FBI (COOLEST IN HUNGARY!!) THE BABYGANG (NOT CHILDISH!!) STING OF UNIC (PITY YOU QUIT SWAPPING) RODNEY OF GASH (I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO SWAP?) SKYWAVE OF COSIN (R U REALLY GONNA SING IN THE JARRE CONCERT? (BET THE WORDS ARE HARD TO LEARN...)) CATMAN OF GENESIS PROJECT (LONG TIME SINCE I HEARD FROM YOU) TURBO CRACKER 1987 (PLEASE SEND MY DISK BACK) M.I.Y.-88/FIG & DDG (YOU WON'T BECOME THE BEST BY TELLING THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE THE BEST! YOU ARE THE BEST AT DIGITIZING THAT I KNOW, BUT YOUR PROGRAMS USE TOO MUCH RASTERTIME!) SPEMU OF FIG (GO HANG YOURSELF! (JUST KIDDING! HA HA HAA!!)) MR.ICE OF BEYOND FORCE (GOD BLESS YOU! AMEN..) TIGER OF JOKIE (USUALLY HOT STUFF) GOLEM OF AGILE (THANKS FOR CONTACTING ME!) GRAPPLE OF ZYNAPS (FAST SENDINGS!) DR. ANTHIRAX OF VECTOR 90 (I DON'T THINK I CAN PROGRAM THAT PART YET. SORRY!) DRACULA OF SECTOR 90 (I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO SWAP?!) ANTIRIAD (NICE LETTERS!) SCCS (HOPE YOU HAVE SOMETHING INTERESTING FOR C128) WRAITH OF TRONIX (NICE LETTERS!) MAGIC SCIENCE (PITY YOU QUIT, PUNISHER! HOPE YOU'RE SPEEDY, MR.SPEEDY! HOW ABOUT OPENING THE SCREEN, DECREASING THE SPEED AND USING A FEW MORE BITS IN YOUR SAMPLES?) SUPPLIERS (THANKS FOR THE LONG CORRESPONDENCE, FALCON! NICE SWAPPING WITH YOU, PREDATOR! I HOPE WE CAN SWAP MORE IN THE HOLIDAYS, IQ 64! YOUR MUSIC IS FANTASTIC!) HELLRAISER OF THE BAND (HOPE WE CAN COOPERATE ON CRACKING SOME GAMES SOON!!) THE THREE STOOGES PROJECT ("TOTTALY RELIABLE"?!! YOU SPELT IT WRONG, AND YOU HAVEN'T FULFILLED IT. I WANT MY DISK BACK!) EXECUTIONER OF THE GASPARS GROUP (DIDN'T YOU WANT TO SWAP?!) UNITRAX OF 3RD DIMENSION (THANKS FOR THE NICE LETTERS! YOU'RE A GREAT CODER!) AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST: POWER OF ABNORMAL (SORRY THAT I CAN'T COME TO YOUR PARTY!). ALSO A BIG HELLO TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF WEIRD SCIENCE: SENSEI, THE SHADOW, NUCLEAR SOFT, THE GAMEKILLER, HOGAN, THE TRICKY FREAK 1571, (NICE MEETING ALL OF YOU!! I HOPE I'LL SOON MEET:) MOZART, THE ELEKTRONICK FREAK, ESPRIT, MR.SMART, TBH AND ANYONE ELSE WHO MIGHT BE A MEMBER OF WEIRD SCIENCE BY NOW. (MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS OF WEIRD SCIENCE: PLEASE SEND ME YOUR PERSONAL GREETINGLISTS IMMEDIATELY, SO THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A COMPLETE GREETINGLIST!) I DON'T REALLY NEED MORE CONTACTS, BUT I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR INTERESTING PEOPLE TO CORRESPOND WITH, SO IF YOU'RE A GREAT CODER, IF YOU HAVE AMIGA (OR C128), OR IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE EUROPE, THEN CONTACT: E.S., GONVN.15, 3145 TJ0ME, NORWAY. OR PHONE: (NORWAY) 33 90803. I UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN, DANISH, SWEDISH AND SIMPLE GERMAN. SEND DISKS IF YOU WANT AN ANSWER. NOW I GOTTA END THIS SCROLLTEXT, COZ I'VE GOTTA COPY ABOUT 30 DISKS TODAY, AND THEN I MUST SEND AWAY 20-25 PARCELS... PRESS RUN/STOP THIS PIECE OF CRAP WAS RELEASED (PROBABLY LATER THAN) OCTOBER 7TH 1988. (OCTOBER 10TH TO BE EXACT...) - - - - - - - - - - - - - THIS SHORT ROUTINE DEMONSTRATES A METHOD THAT WAS FIRST USED IN A DEMO BY KARL XII OF SPHINX A MONTH AGO. HE CALLED THE METHOD "GRAPHIC CHANGER" INDEPENDENTLY OF THIS, I DISCOVERED THE METHOD ABOUT HALF A YEAR AGO. I CALL THE METHOD RASTER POSITION DISPLACEMENT 'COZ THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THE EFFECT IS MADE BY USING THE 2 MHZ CRYSTAL THAT'S IN C128, AND IT IS THUS IMPOSSIBLE TO PRODUCE ON A C64. IT IS BY THE WAY INCAUTIOUS MESSING WITH THE 2 MHZ THAT MAKES MANY PROGRAMS CRASH ON C128, SO STAY AWAY FROM THIS REGISTER, C64-PROGRAMMERS! ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO SPHINX FOR DISCOVERING THE METHOD AND BEING THE FIRST TO USE IT IN A DEMO! NO ORDINARY PROGRAMMER OF WEIRD SCIENCE -