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7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I THINK I AM MOVING TO THE CUBE, JUST TO SHOW YOU WHO I AM. YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED, BUT I WILL HELP YOU. - - - THERE IS NO WAY TO BREAK OUT OF HERE. YOU ARE TRAPPED IN THE SQUARE. YOU ARE A PART OF THE SQUARE... FOREVER... - 'VE HAD A BIG CUP OF COFFEE AND I'M GETTING READY FOR SOME REAL SCROLL-TEXT WRITING, THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE. NO BEERS, THOUGH, I GET BIG PROBLEMS TYPING AFTER A COUPLE OF BEERS, JUST LIKE AEG TRYING TO CODE LIVE AT MEKKA, HE-HE. ANYWAY, I'VE ACTUALLY COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS FOR STUFF TO WRITE HERE, SO I'LL START RIGHT NOW. ER... I'VE ACTUALLY STARTED ALREADY, HAVEN'T I? YES, I'M STUPID, BUT I LOOK DAMN GOOD! YEAH! OKAY, SO I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU SOME INFO ON PAST AND FUTURE RELEASES FROM ME AND THE REST OF CIVITAS, NOW THAT I'VE GOT SOME SPACE TO FILL WITH TEXT. THAT IS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE COMPLETE PUTERMAN RELEASE LIST, COMPLETE WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND COMMENTS, INCLUDING MY ESTIMATES OF THE READABILITY OF THE SCROLL TEXTS. BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, ISN'T IT? OF COURSE IT IT. WELL, MAYBE NOT, BUT ANYWAY, HERE GOES. BEFORE JOINING CIVITAS, I DIDN'T RELEASE ANYTHING. I HAD PLANNED TO RELEASE A SMALL INTRO THAT I HAD CODED AT LHCTPK, IN THE SUMMER OF 1999, BUT AS THERE WERE NO OTHER RELEASES (THE HACK'N'TRADE SMOKED TOO MUCH WEED TO FINISH THEIR DEMO, TOO BAD, BECAUSE IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN PRETTY COOL), AND THE TRIAD GUYS DIDN'T RELEASE ANYTHING. ANYWAY, SO THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, AND THEN I JOINED CIVITAS, ABOUT A YEAR AGO IT MUST HAVE BEEN, EARLY 2000. MY FIRST "RELEASE", WHICH I DON'T THINK IS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE, IS A SMALL INTRO THAT I CODED JUST TO SHOW ZEITGEIST THAT I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING ON SOMETHING, WHICH HE INCLUDED IN THE RELEASE LIST, SO I GUESS HE MUST HAVE SPREAD IT TO SOMEONE. IT HAS A SCROLL TEXT THAT IS SHORTER THAN ONE BLOCK, SO IT'S REALLY NOTHING. IT HAS SOME RIPPED MUSIC BY MOON AND A PRETTY COOL LOGO BY RAVEN, AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. NO COOL EFFECTS AND NO LONG SCROLL TEXT, SO IT'S NOT ALL THAT GOOD. THE NEXT THING I RELEASED, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A REAL RELEASE, WAS A PRETTY SHITTY 4K INTRO, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED, VIA SNAIL-MAIL, TO SILVERFOX' PARTY COMPUTER'S HELL IN BERLIN. I GUESS THAT WAS EARLY LAST SUMMER. IT HAS A VERY SHORT SCROLL TEXT (ONE BLOCK, I THINK), A SERIOUSLY UGLY EFFECT, SOME HEARTS AND A WEIRDO RASTER BAR. DEFINITELY NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT, SO I WON'T MENTION IT AGAIN. THEN, OH GLORIOUS MOMENT, I WENT TO THE LCP PARTY IN VAXJO, SWEDEN, IN JULY. IT WAS A GLORIOUS MOMENT NOT BECAUSE OF THE RELEASES, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A GREAT PARTY. YEAH, THE SUN WAS SHINING, THERE WERE LOTS OF NICE PEOPLE THERE, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME. AND I ACTUALLY MADE THREE RELEASES. THE SMALLEST AND UGLIEST ONE WAS MY COMPO TUNE "DEVILSLOW". NO SCROLL TEXT IN THAT ONE, NOT A VERY GOOD TUNE (SOME COOL INSTRUMENTS, THOUGH, I THINK), SO I WON'T MENTION IT AGAIN. THE SECOND ONE WAS A VERY SMALL PARTY DEMO, CODED LIVE AT THE PARTY, WHICH I DID TOGETHER WITH UL-TOMTEN. HE DID THE MUSIC AND THE GRAPHICS, AND I DID THE CODE, AND WE WROTE THE SCROLL TEXT TOGETHER, WITH SOME HELP FROM RANDOM PARTY VISITORS. THE SCROLL TEXT ISN'T VERY LONG, BUT IT HAS A NICE GUEST APPEARANCE OF ZYRON, SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH A LOOK ANYWAY. THE MUSIC IS ALSO PRETTY COOL, SO I THINK YOU SHOULD CHECK THIS ONE OUT. A COOL RELEASE, BUT NOTHING THAT WILL BRING EITHER ME OR UL-TOMTEN INTO THE CHARTS OF THE DISK MAGS. MY THIRD, AND BIGGEST, RELEASE AT LCP2000 WAS "BALLOON OR DIE!", A MEGADEMO CONSISTING OF ABOUT 7 PARTS, PLUS INTRO AND OUTRO. IT ALSO COMES WITH A NOTE AND A PARTY SELECTOR. I WORKED A LOT ON THAT DEMO, AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY USED A LOADER. I LEARNT A LOT WHILE CODING IT, BOTH ABOUT CODING AND ABOUT MORE PRACTICAL THINGS LIKE LINKING. THERE AREN'T REALLY ANY SCROLL TEXTS IN THIS ONE, EXCEPT A VERY SMALL ONE IN ONE OF THE PARTS, BUT ONE COOL THING ABOUT THAT ONE IS THAT IT TECH-TECHS. MAKES IT A BIT HARDER TO READ, I KNOW, AND THE CHARS WERE UGLY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS COOL WHEN I CODED IT. THAT DEMO ALSO HAD SOME NICE GRAPHICS BY ZEITGEIST AND BRAINSMASHER, AS WELL AS FOUR TUNES BY ME. ALL IN ALL I DON'T THINK IT'S ALL THAT COOL, BUT IT HAS SOME COOL IDEAS, AND OF COURSE I LIKE IT, BECAUSE I WORKED A LOT WITH IT. WE ACTUALLY WON THE COMPO, TOGETHER WITH TRIAD'S EXCELLENT "26KG" DEMO AND A RUSSIAN GAMEBOY DEMO, BUT I THINK MOST PEOPLE CONSIDERED TRIAD'S DEMO TO BE MUCH BETTER THAN OURS. WELL, WHO CARES, I WASN'T THERE TO WIN, I WAS THERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, AND I SURE DID. ANOTHER MEGATHANKS MUST GO OUT TO BORIS, AGAIN, FOR GIVING ME A RIDE HOME AFTER THE PARTY. OKAY, BACK TO THE RELEASE LIST. MY NEXT RELEASE WAS A ONE-FILER WITH ONE PART, CALLED "FOR SORTING" (READ THE SCROLLER TO FIND OUT WHO "SORTING" IS). I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD WRITE A BETTER PLOTTER ROUTINE THAN SILVERFOX, SO I CODED ONE, ADDED A SCROLLER AND A REALLY UGLY LOGO, AND THEN I ACCIDENTALLY SCRATCHED THE SOURCE CODE... SO, WELL, WHAT TO DO? WRITE A LONG SCROLL TEXT AND RELEASE IT, OF COURSE! THAT'S WHAT I DID, AND I THINK IT'S A SOLID RELEASE, ALTHOUGH THE LOGO IS SERIOUSLY UGLY... THE NEXT RELEASE, "GODBREATH", IS A DEMO I LIKE. I HAD AN IDEA, WHICH IS EXPRESSED IN THE TEXT SCREENS, AND I THINK I KIND OF MANAGED TO DESIGN IT IN A CONSISTENT WAY. IT DOESN'T EXACTLY HAVE ANY ADVANCED CODE, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ADVANCED CODE, IT SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD, AND I DON'T THINK I WAS REALLY UP TO THAT AT THAT TIME (NOT SURE IF I AM NOW EITHER, WHO CARES), SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE SENSE TO TRY TO IMPRESS ANYONE ANYWAY. IT DOESN'T HAVE VERY MUCH SCROLL TEXTS IN IT, JUST A SHORT, HALF UNREADABLE TECH-TECHING SCROLL IN THE LOWER BORDER IN THE OUTRO. I KIND OF LIKE THE TUNE I DID FOR IT, IT HAS A SPECIAL STYLE, I THINK. THE LONG PART IN THE MIDDLE IS PRETTY BORING, BUT THE ENDING IS REALLY NICE. THE CRAZY AMBULANCE-SOUNDING BIT PLAYED WHEN THE PINK HEARTS ARE DISPLAYED IS ALSO PRETTY NICE, I THINK. I DID EVERYTHING IN THIS DEMO MYSELF, INCLUDING THE GRAPHICS. I GOT A REALLY, REALLY NICE GODBREATH LOGO FROM ZEITGEIST AFTER I HAD FINISHED THE DEMO, SO THAT ONE APPEARS IN THE NOTE, INSTEAD OF IN THE DEMO ITSELF. THIS ONE WAS RELEASED DURING THE AUTUMN OF 2000. JUST BEFORE NEW YEAR I RELEASED A MUSIC COLLECTION WITH MY OWN MUSIC, CALLED "MUSIC FOR BOYS". IT HAS AN INTRO, WITH A VERY GOOD TUNE BY TAXIM AND A WEIRDO Y SCROLLER. THE MAIN COLLECTION HAS A PRETTY LONG SCROLL TEXT. ALL IN ALL, I THINK IT'S A PRETTY GOOD IDEA TO HAVE TWO SCROLL TEXTS IN A RELEASE, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WATCH THE SAME UGLY CHARS ALL THE TIME. THE SCROLLER IN THE INTRO IS PRETTY SHORT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO REALLY HARD TO READ, SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO READ TOO MUCH OF IT. THE SCROLLER IN THE MAIN COLLECTION IS EASIER TO READ, AND PRETTY LONG. NOT LONG ENOUGH TO BE IMPRESSIVE, BUT LONG ENOUGH FOR A SCROLLER IN A MUSIC COLLECTION. THE MUSIC SHOULD BE THE MAIN THING IN A MUSIC COLLECTION, I GUESS. SOME OF THE TUNES AREN'T ALL THAT GREAT, BUT AT LEAST A MUSIC COLLECTION IS A GOOD WAY TO COLLECT ALL THOSE TUNES THAT ARE SPREAD OUT OVER DEMOS AND NOTES. THE COLLECTION CONTAIN ALL MY TUNES FROM "BALLOON OR DIE", "FOR SORTING" AND "GODBREATH", AS WELL AS SOME OTHER TUNES, USED IN CIVITAS' DISKMAG PUBLICATION, AND THE COMPO TUNE FROM LCP2000. OKAY, THAT WAS EVERYTHING THAT I RELEASED IN 2000, SO NOW WE GO ON WITH WHAT I'VE RELEASED SO FAR IN 2001. I THINK THE FIRST THING WAS A TUNE FOR THE TRAX PARTY IN NORWAY, WHICH I DIDN'T ATTEND, BUT I SENT IN A TUNE ANYWAY. IT'S A WEIRDO DITTY CALLED "TRADITIONAL GOAT POLISH" (AN OLD INTERNAL JOKE, YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND IT EVEN IF I EXPLAIN). IT'S KIND OF COOL AND ODD, BUT I GUESS MOST PEOPLE WON'T LIKE IT. OF COURSE IT DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY SCROLL TEXT, SO I'LL GO OVER TO THE NEXT BUNCH OF RELEASES. THE FLOPPY PARTY IN HELSINGBORG SWEDEN HAD A POTENTIAL TO BE AS COOL AS LCP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS MUCH COLDER OUTSIDE (WELL, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE WEATHER TO BE LIKE IN SWEDEN IN FEBRUARY?). IT WAS STILL A COOL PARTY, ALTHOUGH I HAD A PROBLEM WITH A PERSISTENT HEADACHE. ANYWAY, IT'S THE RELEASES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AND NOT THE PARTIES, SO LET'S GET ON WITH WHAT I RELEASED AT FLOPPY. AGAIN I WAS INVOLVED IN THREE RELEASES. LET'S START WITH THE TUNE I RELEASED, "OLD-FASHIONED GOOSE SHAMPOO" (YEP, IT WAS MEANT TO BE A TITLE IN THE SAME STYLE AS "TRADITIONAL GOAT-POLISH"). I LIKE PARTS OF THE TUNE, BUT THE PEOPLE AT THE PARTY DIDN'T, SO I ONLY GOT FOURTH PLACE OUT OF FIVE TUNES. WELL, WELL, WHO CARES. IT DISPLAYS A NICELY GREEN SCREEN AND SOME IMPORTANT MESSAGES, BUT AGAIN NO SCROLL TEXT IS INCLUDED. THE SECOND RELEASE AT THIS PARTY WAS AGAIN A PARTY-DEMO, THIS ONE I DID TOGETHER WITH YODELKING AND UL-TOMTEN. THEY MADE THE MUSIC, UL-TOMTEN MADE THE GRAPHICS, I DID THE CHARSET AND I DID THE CODE. OH, I ALSO DID THE TUNE IN THE INTRO, BUT THAT ONE DEFINITELY WASN'T SERIOUS. UL-TOMTEN'S AND YODELKING'S TUNE WAS DAMN COOL, THOUGH, IT INCLUDES COVERS OF SOMETHING LIKE 25 OLD TUNES, MOST OF THEM FROM C-64 GAMES. IT'S CALLED "PRODY THE PENGUIN PARROT" BY THE WAY. ANYWAY, THIS ONE HAS TWO SCROLL TEXTS, A VERY SHORT ONE, ONLY INTRODUCING ONE OF THE "EFFECTS" (IT'S NO REAL EFFECT, OF COURSE, JUST A JOKE), AND A PRETTY NICE ON IN THE END PART. IT'S NOT AS LONG AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT I'M PRETTY SATISFIED WITH IT, AND IT INCLUDES SOME WEIRDO SEX STUFF FROM TAPER OF TRIAD, AS WELL AS A NICE GREETINGS LIST AND SOME SICK RAMBLINGS FROM YODELKING. THIS IS ONE COOL DEMO, YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT! THE THIRD RELEASE AT FLOPPY WAS THE CIVITAS DEMO "DISCOJIVE", WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE DEMOS WHICH FLIPS QUICKLY THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS ALL THE TIME. THE PARTS AREN'T ADVANCED IN ANY WAY, BUT YOU GET SOME NICE RASTERBARS, A CHESSBOARD ZOOMER AND A DISCOJIVE MAN WITH A BEATING HEART THAT WAS DESIGNED BY BOB-ULLA BY THE DESIGN WIZARD. THE INTRO IS UNFORTUNATELY PRETTY UGLY, AND THE SAME GOES FOR THE OUTRO. THE OUTRO HAS A MULTIPLEXED SPRITE-SCROLLER WITH A TEXT THAT RANGES FROM BORING TO FUCKED UP, THOUGH, SO YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GET THE DEMO TO DANCE TO THE GROOVE IN THE MAIN PART AND TO LISTEN TO THE TANGO-STYLE TUNE AND READ THE TEXT IN THE END PART. IT GOT THE THIRD PLACE IN THE DEMO COMPO, BEATEN BY TRIAD'S "FEEDBACK" DEMO (GREAT DEMO!) AND WRATH DESIGNS' "A QUOI CA SERT?", WHICH IS ALSO A GREAT DEMO. I HAD ACTUALLY FINISHED MY NEXT RELEASE ALREADY BEFORE THAT PARTY, MY 1K INTRO FOR THE 1K INTRO COMPO AT THE FOREVER2001 PARTY IN SLOVAKIA. OF COURSE I DIDN'T ATTEND THAT PARTY, BUT SENT IN THE INTRO. AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, IT DOESN'T HAVE A LONG SCROLL TEXT, A VERY SHORT ONE IN FACT, BUT THE "TUNE" IS VERY COOL, I THINK. THE PLAYER AND THE TUNE DATA TAKE UP ABOUT 192 BYTES. AGAIN I GOT THE THIRD PLACE IN THE COMPO (OUT OF FIVE ENTRIES). MY LATEST RELEASE (BEFORE THIS ONE) WAS "GREENISH", A 4K DEMO FOR THE MEKKA/SYMPOSIUM 4K COMPO. I THINK THAT ONE IS MY MOST SOLID RELEASE SO FAR. IT INCLUDES SEVERAL PARTS, INCLUDING TWO PARTS WITH RASTER SPLITS, ONE RANDOM PLOTTER (ALMOST THE SAME ROUTINE AS IN THE 1K INTRO) AND AN END PART WITH A BORDER SCROLLER (MY FIRST ONE, ACTUALLY) AND SOME RASTER SPLITS. THE SCROLL TEXT IS ONLY ONE BLOCK OF TEXT, BUT I COULDN'T WASTE MORE SPACE ON TEXT, AS I ONLY HAD 4K TO PLAY AROUND WITH. I THINK YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THIS DEMO, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY. IT'S VERY GREEN AND PRETTY NICE. OKAY, I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES MY RELEASE LIST SO FAR, SO NOW I'LL HAVE TO SWITCH TO SOME OTHER TOPIC. NAH, NOT QUITE YET, I THINK I SHOULD MENTION SOME OTHER CIVITAS RELEASES TOO. FOR SOME REASON THE OTHER GUYS NEVER MANAGED TO RELEASE A DEMO BEFORE I JOINED, ALTHOUGH BLACKJACK AND CHICO ARE GOOD CODERS. I HAVE SEEN SOME OLD DEMO PARTS BY BLACKJACK, TOO BAD HE'S NEVER RELEASED ANYTHING, I THINK YOU'D BE SURPRISED BY WHAT HE CAN DO. HE'S ALSO RELEASED SOME VERY NICE TOOLS, LIKE FLEXTEX, WHICH HE RELEASED BEFORE HE JOINED CIVITAS, AND A GRAPHICS VIEWER THAT CAN SHOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMATS. OTHER NOTABLE CIVITAS RELEASES INCLUDE "CIVITAS IN HERE", A ONEFILER WITH PHOTOS OF SOME CIVITAS MEMBERS, "TUNGUSKA, AKTE X", WHICH IS A SLIDE SHOW, AND GRAPHICS COLLECTIONS WITH WORKS BY ZEITGEIST AND BRAINSMASHER. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CHECKING OUT THESE, AND OTHER, WARES FROM CIVITAS, GO TO WWW.CIVITAS64.DE, IF YOU HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. IF NOT, YOU COULD ALWAYS DROP ME A SNAIL-MAIL, AND I'LL SEND YOU SOME STUFF. MY SNAIL MAIL ADDY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN NOTES FROM GODBREATH, MUSIC FOR BOYS ETC... I WON'T WRITE IT HERE, BECAUSE YOU WOULD PROBABLY MISS IT ANYWAY, BECAUSE I CAN'T CONTROL THE SPEED OF THIS SCROLLER (HOW LAME!). AH, WHAT THE FUCK, HERE IT COMES ANYWAY: LINUS AKERLUND, KANTORSGATAN 38, 75424 UPPSALA, SWEDEN. IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT, CHECK MEMORY AT, ER... BC00 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT... I'M A BIT TOO TIRED TO CALCULATE TOO MUCH CRAP IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, (WOOPS, AM I TALKING SWENGLISH AGAIN?), BUT WHATEVER. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOCATE THIS TEXT IN MEMORY ANYWAY, IT'LL BE LOCATED BETWEEN 5800 AND (APPROXIMATELY) CFFF. YEAH, OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL FOR NOW ABOUT THAT, BUT ANYWAY, HERE IT IS AGAIN, IF YOU'RE TOO LAZY TO USE YOUR MONITOR. THIS TIME IN SLOW MOTION: L I N U S A K E R L U N D K A N T O R S G A T A N 3 8 7 5 4 3 2 U P P S A L A S W E D E N ...... ...... OKAY, NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE IT, SO I WON'T GIVE IT TO YOU AGAIN. IF YOU'D FEEL LIKE DROPPING ME AN EMAIL, YOU CAN DO SO AT THIS ADDRESS: PUTERMAN - CIVITAS64.DE , I REPEAT: P U T E R M A N - C I V I T A S 6 4 . D E ..... OKAY, NOW I'M GETTING REALLY BORING, SO I SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, BY TRYING TO TAKE UP SOME MORE INTERESTING TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION... I THINK I'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT ANIMAL RIGHTS, A SUBJECT THAT IS DISCUSSED IN TOO FEW SCROLLERS IN C-64 DEMOS (BUT THIS ISN'T A DEMO, RIGHT?). ONE ARGUMENT WHICH IS OFTEN RAISED AGAINST ANIMAL RIGHTS IS THAT ANIMALS DON'T HAVE AS MUCH VALUE AS HUMANS, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TREAT THEM AS WELL AS HUMANS. WELL, WE DON'T. ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE SHOULD TREAT THEM BETTER, NOT STUFF THEM IN TIGHT PLACES WHERE THEY CAN HARDLY MOVE, WHERE THEY GET ALL KINDS OF NASTY DISEASES AND GENERALLY SPEND THEIR WHOLE LIVES SUFFERING. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE WORTH AS MUCH AS HUMANS, BECAUSE I WON'T DISCUSS SUCH POINTLESS THINGS AT ALL. WHAT'S A HUMAN BEING WORTH? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER. AND IT'S COMPLETELY POINTLESS TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT. HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD BE TREATED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE, AS SHOULD ANIMALS. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU TO STOP EATING MEAT (ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU DID, TRY TO THINK OF THE SUFFERING THAT THOSE POOR HAMBURGERS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH), BUT AT LEAST TRY TO THINK ABOUT IT A BIT. ANOTHER ARGUMENT WHICH IS PRETTY OFTEN RAISED AGAINST ANIMAL RIGHTS IS THAT THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS THAN THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS. WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY? DO THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THIS MEAN THAT WE SHOULD MAKE A TOP 10 LIST OF THE WORST PROBLEMS, AND ONLY WORK ON THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, UNTIL IT IS COMPLETELY SOLVED, AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST? YOU CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE THINGS, AND ONE WAY OF MAKING THE WORLD A LITTLE BETTER IS TO STOP TREATING ANIMALS LIKE INANIMATE OBJECTS. I HAVE NO OBJECTION IF YOU BREAK A JOYSTICK OR EVEN YOUR C-64 (IT'D BE A WASTE, THOUGH), BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY WON'T SUFFER. I'M PRETTY SURE, THOUGH, THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T EXPERIENCE A FRACTION OF THE SUFFERING THAT EVERY BROILER IN THE WHOLE WORLD IS EXPOSED TO DURING ITS LIFETIME (WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT 5 WEEKS). BY EATING MEAT AT LEAST A BIT LESS OFTEN, YOU'RE ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST THE MEAT INDUSTRY, WHICH IS JUST AS BAD AS ALL OTHER BRANCHES OF THE CAPITALIST INDUSTRY, BUT EVEN WORSE IN A WAY, AS IT PRODUCES MUCH MORE SUFFERING IN THE WORLD. ....... OKAY, I'LL MOVE ON NOW, HOPING THAT AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS READ THAT AND GIVEN IT SOME THOUGHT. PEOPLE DON'T EAT MEAT BECAUSE THEY'RE EVIL, THEY DO IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S INVOLVED IN PRODUCING THEIR HAMBURGERS OR SAUSAGES. ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S SOON TIME TO FIX THE LAST BUGS, LINK, PACK AND CRUNCH THIS DEMO, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I HAVE TO GIVE YOU SOME ROCK'N'ROLL INFORMATION. IF YOU'RE INTO HARD AND COOL ROCK'N'ROLL, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CHECK OUT AN INCREDIBLE BAND CALLED THE SONICS. THEY RELEASED A COUPLE OF RECORDS AND RAISED A LOT OF HELL IN THE STATES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTIES, AND MOST MUSIC PRODUCED BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER SOUNDS PRETTY WIMPY COMPARED TO THEIR INSANE PRE-PUNK ROCK'N'ROLL WITH LYRICS ABOUT EVIL WOMEN, STRYCHNINE, PSYCHOS, THREATS ABOUT THE DEVIL AND OTHER SICK AND COOL STUFF. AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, IF YOU'RE INTO THAT KIND OF STUFF, DON'T FORGET TO GET A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE TUNES BY THE STOOGES, MC5, NEW YORK DOLLS, JOHNNY THUNDERS, THE MISFITS, SEX PISTOLS AND THE RAMONES. THEY'RE ALL EXCELLENT GROUPS WHO KNEW HOW TO PRODUCE TOP QUALITY BRUTAL ROCK'N'ROLL. IF YOU'RE A BIT ON THE HEAVIER SIDE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT BANDS LIKE VENOM, BATHORY (ESPECIALLY THE 2ND AND 4TH ALBUMS), ENTOMBED (ONLY THE FIRST ALBUM AND THE "CRAWL" SINGLE, PLUS THE DEMOS OF COURSE), DISMEMBER, HELLHAMMER, POISON (THE GERMAN GROUP, NOT THE AMERICAN ONE) AND OTHERS. ...... OKAY, THIS LOOKS LIKE I'LL HAVE TO QUIT IN ABOUT HALF A BLOCK, SO I'LL HAVE TO WRAP THIS UP HERE. HOPE YOU'VE HAD A GOOD TIME, I KNOW I HAVE. SEE YOU IN THE NEXT DEMO. .:. - SCREENS, AND I THINK I KIND OF MANAGED TO DESIGN IT IN A CONSISTENT WAY. IT DOESN'T EXACTLY HAVE ANY ADVANCED CODE, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ADVANCED CODE, IT SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD, AND I DON'T THINK I WAS REALLY UP TO THAT AT THAT TIME (NOT SURE IF I AM NOW EITHER, WHO CARES), SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE SENSE TO TRY TO IMPRESS ANYONE ANYWAY. IT DOESN'T HAVE VERY MUCH SCROLL TEXTS IN IT, JUST A SHORT, HALF UNREADABLE TECH-TECHING SCROLL IN THE LOWER BORDER IN THE OUTRO. I KIND OF LIKE THE TUNE I DID FOR IT, IT HAS A SPECIAL STYLE, I THINK. THE LONG PART IN THE MIDDLE IS PRETTY BORING, BUT THE ENDING IS REALLY NICE. THE CRAZY AMBULANCE-SOUNDING BIT PLAYED WHEN THE PINK HEARTS ARE DISPLAYED IS ALSO PRETTY NICE, I THINK. I DID EVERYTHING IN THIS DEMO MYSELF, INCLUDING THE GRAPHICS. I GOT A REALLY, REALLY NICE GODBREATH LOGO FROM ZEITGEIST AFTER I HAD FINISHED THE DEMO, SO THAT ONE APPEARS IN THE NOTE, INSTEAD OF IN THE DEMO ITSELF. THIS ONE WAS RELEASED DURING THE AUTUMN OF 2000. JUST BEFORE NEW YEAR I RELEASED A MUSIC COLLECTION WITH MY OWN MUSIC, CALLED "MUSIC FOR BOYS". IT HAS AN INTRO, WITH A VERY GOOD TUNE BY TAXIM AND A WEIRDO Y SCROLLER. THE MAIN COLLECTION HAS A PRETTY LONG SCROLL TEXT. ALL IN ALL, I THINK IT'S A PRETTY GOOD IDEA TO HAVE TWO SCROLL TEXTS IN A RELEASE, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WATCH THE SAME UGLY CHARS ALL THE TIME. THE SCROLLER IN THE INTRO IS PRETTY SHORT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO REALLY HARD TO READ, SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO READ TOO MUCH OF IT. THE SCROLLER IN THE MAIN COLLECTION IS EASIER TO READ, AND PRETTY LONG. NOT LONG ENOUGH TO BE IMPRESSIVE, BUT LONG ENOUGH FOR A SCROLLER IN A MUSIC COLLECTION. THE MUSIC SHOULD BE THE MAIN THING IN A MUSIC COLLECTION, I GUESS. SOME OF THE TUNES AREN'T ALL THAT GREAT, BUT AT LEAST A MUSIC COLLECTION IS A GOOD WAY TO COLLECT ALL THOSE TUNES THAT ARE SPREAD OUT OVER DEMOS AND NOTES. THE COLLECTION CONTAIN ALL MY TUNES FROM "BALLOON OR DIE", "FOR SORTING" AND "GODBREATH", AS WELL AS SOME OTHER TUNES, USED IN CIVITAS' DISKMAG PUBLICATION, AND THE COMPO TUNE FROM LCP2000. OKAY, THAT WAS EVERYTHING THAT I RELEASED IN 2000, SO NOW WE GO ON WITH WHAT I'VE RELEASED SO FAR IN 2001. I THINK THE FIRST THING WAS A TUNE FOR THE TRAX PARTY IN NORWAY, WHICH I DIDN'T ATTEND, BUT I SENT IN A TUNE ANYWAY. IT'S A WEIRDO DITTY CALLED "TRADITIONAL GOAT POLISH" (AN OLD INTERNAL JOKE, YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND IT EVEN IF I EXPLAIN). IT'S KIND OF COOL AND ODD, BUT I GUESS MOST PEOPLE WON'T LIKE IT. OF COURSE IT DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY SCROLL TEXT, SO I'LL GO OVER TO THE NEXT BUNCH OF RELEASES. THE FLOPPY PARTY IN HELSINGBORG SWEDEN HAD A POTENTIAL TO BE AS COOL AS LCP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS MUCH COLDER OUTSIDE (WELL, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE WEATHER TO BE LIKE IN SWEDEN IN FEBRUARY?). IT WAS STILL A COOL PARTY, ALTHOUGH I HAD A PROBLEM WITH A PERSISTENT HEADACHE. ANYWAY, IT'S THE RELEASES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AND NOT THE PARTIES, SO LET'S GET ON WITH WHAT I RELEASED AT FLOPPY. AGAIN I WAS INVOLVED IN THREE RELEASES. LET'S START WITH THE TUNE I RELEASED, "OLD-FASHIONED GOOSE SHAMPOO" (YEP, IT WAS MEANT TO BE A TITLE IN THE SAME STYLE AS "TRADITIONAL GOAT-POLISH"). I LIKE PARTS OF THE TUNE, BUT THE PEOPLE AT THE PARTY DIDN'T, SO I ONLY GOT FOURTH PLACE OUT OF FIVE TUNES. WELL, WELL, WHO CARES. IT DISPLAYS A NICELY GREEN SCREEN AND SOME IMPORTANT MESSAGES, BUT AGAIN NO SCROLL TEXT IS INCLUDED. THE SECOND RELEASE AT THIS PARTY WAS AGAIN A PARTY-DEMO, THIS ONE I DID TOGETHER WITH YODELKING AND UL-TOMTEN. THEY MADE THE MUSIC, UL-TOMTEN MADE THE GRAPHICS, I DID THE CHARSET AND I DID THE CODE. OH, I ALSO DID THE TUNE IN THE INTRO, BUT THAT ONE DEFINITELY WASN'T SERIOUS. UL-TOMTEN'S AND YODELKING'S TUNE WAS DAMN COOL, THOUGH, IT INCLUDES COVERS OF SOMETHING LIKE 25 OLD TUNES, MOST OF THEM FROM C-64 GAMES. IT'S CALLED "PRODY THE PENGUIN PARROT" BY THE WAY. ANYWAY, THIS ONE HAS TWO SCROLL TEXTS, A VERY SHORT ONE, ONLY INTRODUCING ONE OF THE "EFFECTS" (IT'S NO REAL EFFECT, OF COURSE, JUST A JOKE), AND A PRETTY NICE ON IN THE END PART. IT'S NOT AS LONG AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT I'M PRETTY SATISFIED WITH IT, AND IT INCLUDES SOME WEIRDO SEX STUFF FROM TAPER OF TRIAD, AS WELL AS A NICE GREETINGS LIST AND SOME SICK RAMBLINGS FROM YODELKING. THIS IS ONE COOL DEMO, YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT! THE THIRD RELEASE AT FLOPPY WAS THE CIVITAS DEMO "DISCOJIVE", WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE DEMOS WHICH FLIPS QUICKLY THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS ALL THE TIME. THE PARTS AREN'T ADVANCED IN ANY WAY, BUT YOU GET SOME NICE RASTERBARS, A CHESSBOARD ZOOMER AND A DISCOJIVE MAN WITH A BEATING HEART THAT WAS DESIGNED BY BOB-ULLA BY THE DESIGN WIZARD. THE INTRO IS UNFORTUNATELY PRETTY UGLY, AND THE SAME GOES FOR THE OUTRO. THE OUTRO HAS A MULTIPLEXED SPRITE-SCROLLER WITH A TEXT THAT RANGES FROM BORING TO FUCKED UP, THOUGH, SO YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GET THE DEMO TO DANCE TO THE GROOVE IN THE MAIN PART AND TO LISTEN TO THE TANGO-STYLE TUNE AND READ THE TEXT IN THE END PART. IT GOT THE THIRD PLACE IN THE DEMO COMPO, BEATEN BY TRIAD'S "FEEDBACK" DEMO (GREAT DEMO!) AND WRATH DESIGNS' "A QUOI CA SERT?", WHICH IS ALSO A GREAT DEMO. I HAD ACTUALLY FINISHED MY NEXT RELEASE ALREADY BEFORE THAT PARTY, MY 1K INTRO FOR THE 1K INTRO COMPO AT THE FOREVER2001 PARTY IN SLOVAKIA. OF COURSE I DIDN'T ATTEND THAT PARTY, BUT SENT IN THE INTRO. AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, IT DOESN'T HAVE A LONG SCROLL TEXT, A VERY SHORT ONE IN FACT, BUT THE "TUNE" IS VERY COOL, I THINK. THE PLAYER AND THE TUNE DATA TAKE UP ABOUT 192 BYTES. AGAIN I GOT THE THIRD PLACE IN THE COMPO (OUT OF FIVE ENTRIES). MY LATEST RELEASE (BEFORE THIS ONE) WAS "GREENISH", A 4K DEMO FOR THE MEKKA/SYMPOSIUM 4K COMPO. I THINK THAT ONE IS MY MOST SOLID RELEASE SO FAR. IT INCLUDES SEVERAL PARTS, INCLUDING TWO PARTS WITH RASTER SPLITS, ONE RANDOM PLOTTER (ALMOST THE SAME ROUTINE AS IN THE 1K INTRO) AND AN END PART WITH A BORDER SCROLLER (MY FIRST ONE, ACTUALLY) AND SOME RASTER SPLITS. THE SCROLL TEXT IS ONLY ONE BLOCK OF TEXT, BUT I COULDN'T WASTE MORE SPACE ON TEXT, AS I ONLY HAD 4K TO PLAY AROUND WITH. I THINK YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THIS DEMO, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY. IT'S VERY GREEN AND PRETTY NICE. OKAY, I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES MY RELEASE LIST SO FAR, SO NOW I'LL HAVE TO SWITCH TO SOME OTHER TOPIC. NAH, NOT QUITE YET, I THINK I SHOULD MENTION SOME OTHER CIVITAS RELEASES TOO. FOR SOME REASON THE OTHER GUYS NEVER MANAGED TO RELEASE A DEMO BEFORE I JOINED, ALTHOUGH BLACKJACK AND CHICO ARE GOOD CODERS. I HAVE SEEN SOME OLD DEMO PARTS BY BLACKJACK, TOO BAD HE'S NEVER RELEASED ANYTHING, I THINK YOU'D BE SURPRISED BY WHAT HE CAN DO. HE'S ALSO RELEASED SOME VERY NICE TOOLS, LIKE FLEXTEX, WHICH HE RELEASED BEFORE HE JOINED CIVITAS, AND A GRAPHICS VIEWER THAT CAN SHOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMATS. OTHER NOTABLE CIVITAS RELEASES INCLUDE "CIVITAS IN HERE", A ONEFILER WITH PHOTOS OF SOME CIVITAS MEMBERS, "TUNGUSKA, AKTE X", WHICH IS A SLIDE SHOW, AND GRAPHICS COLLECTIONS WITH WORKS BY ZEITGEIST AND BRAINSMASHER. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CHECKING OUT THESE, AND OTHER, WARES FROM CIVITAS, GO TO WWW.CIVITAS64.DE, IF YOU HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. IF NOT, YOU COULD ALWAYS DROP ME A SNAIL-MAIL, AND I'LL SEND YOU SOME STUFF. MY SNAIL MAIL ADDY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN NOTES FROM GODBREATH, MUSIC FOR BOYS ETC... I WON'T WRITE IT HERE, BECAUSE YOU WOULD PROBABLY MISS IT ANYWAY, BECAUSE I CAN'T CONTROL THE SPEED OF THIS SCROLLER (HOW LAME!). AH, WHAT THE FUCK, HERE IT COMES ANYWAY: LINUS AKERLUND, KANTORSGATAN 38, 75424 UPPSALA, SWEDEN. IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT, CHECK MEMORY AT, ER... BC00 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT... I'M A BIT TOO TIRED TO CALCULATE TOO MUCH CRAP IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, (WOOPS, AM I TALKING SWENGLISH AGAIN?), BUT WHATEVER. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOCATE THIS TEXT IN MEMORY ANYWAY, IT'LL BE LOCATED BETWEEN 5800 AND (APPROXIMATELY) CFFF. YEAH, OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL FOR NOW ABOUT THAT, BUT ANYWAY, HERE IT IS AGAIN, IF YOU'RE TOO LAZY TO USE YOUR MONITOR. THIS TIME IN SLOW MOTION: - D L I N U S - F A K E R L U N D - J K A N T O R S G A T A N - K 7 5 4 3 2 - F U P P S A L A - H S W E D E N - F. OKAY, NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE IT, SO I WON'T GIVE IT TO YOU AGAIN. IF YOU'D FEEL LIKE DROPPING ME AN EMAIL, YOU CAN DO SO AT THIS ADDRESS: - E I REPEAT: P U T E R M A N - C I V I T A S 6 4 . D E - E. OKAY, NOW I'M GETTING REALLY BORING, SO I SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, BY TRYING TO TAKE UP SOME MORE INTERESTING TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION... - F I THINK I'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT ANIMAL RIGHTS, A SUBJECT THAT IS DISCUSSED IN TOO FEW SCROLLERS IN C-64 DEMOS (BUT THIS ISN'T A DEMO, RIGHT?). ONE ARGUMENT WHICH IS OFTEN RAISED AGAINST ANIMAL RIGHTS IS THAT ANIMALS DON'T HAVE AS MUCH VALUE AS HUMANS, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TREAT THEM AS WELL AS HUMANS. WELL, WE DON'T. ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE SHOULD TREAT THEM BETTER, NOT STUFF THEM IN TIGHT PLACES WHERE THEY CAN HARDLY MOVE, WHERE THEY GET ALL KINDS OF NASTY DISEASES AND GENERALLY SPEND THEIR WHOLE LIVES SUFFERING. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE WORTH AS MUCH AS HUMANS, BECAUSE I WON'T DISCUSS SUCH POINTLESS THINGS AT ALL. WHAT'S A HUMAN BEING WORTH? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER. AND IT'S COMPLETELY POINTLESS TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT. HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD BE TREATED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE, AS SHOULD ANIMALS. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU TO STOP EATING MEAT (ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU DID, TRY TO THINK OF THE SUFFERING THAT THOSE POOR HAMBURGERS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH), BUT AT LEAST TRY TO THINK ABOUT IT A BIT. ANOTHER ARGUMENT WHICH IS PRETTY OFTEN RAISED AGAINST ANIMAL RIGHTS IS THAT THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS THAN THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS. WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY? DO THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THIS MEAN THAT WE SHOULD MAKE A TOP 10 LIST OF THE WORST PROBLEMS, AND ONLY WORK ON THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, UNTIL IT IS COMPLETELY SOLVED, AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST? YOU CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE THINGS, AND ONE WAY OF MAKING THE WORLD A LITTLE BETTER IS TO STOP TREATING ANIMALS LIKE INANIMATE OBJECTS. I HAVE NO OBJECTION IF YOU BREAK A JOYSTICK OR EVEN YOUR C-64 (IT'D BE A WASTE, THOUGH), BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY WON'T SUFFER. I'M PRETTY SURE, THOUGH, THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T EXPERIENCE A FRACTION OF THE SUFFERING THAT EVERY BROILER IN THE WHOLE WORLD IS EXPOSED TO DURING ITS LIFETIME (WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT 5 WEEKS). BY EATING MEAT AT LEAST A BIT LESS OFTEN, YOU'RE ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST THE MEAT INDUSTRY, WHICH IS JUST AS BAD AS ALL OTHER BRANCHES OF THE CAPITALIST INDUSTRY, BUT EVEN WORSE IN A WAY, AS IT PRODUCES MUCH MORE SUFFERING IN THE WORLD. - F OKAY, I'LL MOVE ON NOW, HOPING THAT AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS READ THAT AND GIVEN IT SOME THOUGHT. PEOPLE DON'T EAT MEAT BECAUSE THEY'RE EVIL, THEY DO IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S INVOLVED IN PRODUCING THEIR HAMBURGERS OR SAUSAGES. ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S SOON TIME TO FIX THE LAST BUGS, LINK, PACK AND CRUNCH THIS DEMO, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I HAVE TO GIVE YOU SOME ROCK'N'ROLL INFORMATION. IF YOU'RE INTO HARD AND COOL ROCK'N'ROLL, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CHECK OUT AN INCREDIBLE BAND CALLED THE SONICS. THEY RELEASED A COUPLE OF RECORDS AND RAISED A LOT OF HELL IN THE STATES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTIES, AND MOST MUSIC PRODUCED BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER SOUNDS PRETTY WIMPY COMPARED TO THEIR INSANE PRE-PUNK ROCK'N'ROLL WITH LYRICS ABOUT EVIL WOMEN, STRYCHNINE, PSYCHOS, THREATS ABOUT THE DEVIL AND OTHER SICK AND COOL STUFF. AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, IF YOU'RE INTO THAT KIND OF STUFF, DON'T FORGET TO GET A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE TUNES BY THE STOOGES, MC5, NEW YORK DOLLS, JOHNNY THUNDERS, THE MISFITS, SEX PISTOLS AND THE RAMONES. THEY'RE ALL EXCELLENT GROUPS WHO KNEW HOW TO PRODUCE TOP QUALITY BRUTAL ROCK'N'ROLL. IF YOU'RE A BIT ON THE HEAVIER SIDE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT BANDS LIKE VENOM, BATHORY (ESPECIALLY THE 2ND AND 4TH ALBUMS), ENTOMBED (ONLY THE FIRST ALBUM AND THE "CRAWL" SINGLE, PLUS THE DEMOS OF COURSE), DISMEMBER, HELLHAMMER, POISON (THE GERMAN GROUP, NOT THE AMERICAN ONE) AND OTHERS. - F. OKAY, THIS LOOKS LIKE I'LL HAVE TO QUIT IN ABOUT HALF A BLOCK, SO I'LL HAVE TO WRAP THIS UP HERE. HOPE YOU'VE HAD A GOOD TIME, I KNOW I HAVE. SEE YOU IN -