lwv@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG (Larry Virden) (08/31/89)
Well, there is this awesome new demo to be on the look out for. It is titled Nucleus GS and is over 250 blocks long under SHK format. It unpacks to take over a 3.5" disk. It has its own dos which is mostly incompatible with ProDOS - if you catalog the volume, it appears empty. When it boots, a screen referencing SpeedyLoad FTA appears for a few (??) moments and then the fun begins. . What you first see is a title screen, indicating that the Free Tools Association is responsible for this demo. There is some names there, which I didnt write down :-( . In the black background are speeding points of lights (stars). On your internal speaker is playing this rock tune - with human vocals which SOUND human. This is the FIRST voices (other than the few seconds on the original GS dealer demo) which I felt SOUNDED fully human. The closest before this was Talking Reader Rabbit - and it is muffled. There is no muffle, or no tinniness, in this sound. . Next you hit a key (only space? I dont know) and the main screen comes up. Here you have the option of increasing the number of stars on the screen, starting a series of molecules (??) floating in space, changing between THREE rock sound tracks (which use the MDIdeas stereo card that I have in my GS), have a 3d looking rotating Logo in the corner of the screen, options to rotate the central graphic in 3 dimentions in 2 different directions in real time, zoom in, automatic demoing, etc. I would go on, but my fingers are tired. -- Larry Virden via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!lwv INET: lwv@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG
TSEMM@ALASKA.BITNET (Ed 'Apple Guru' Moore) (09/06/89)
Same here. I wan't Nucleus GS. If someone could put it on the net, it would be great (apple2-l). However, I would get the author's permission first....
SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (09/13/89)
On Tue, 12 Sep 89 14:43 +0300 you said: >I was wondering if you knew of an FTP site that carried the Nucleus demo.... >(I'm having a heck of a time getting a copy of this thing.... everybody >seems to be able to find it except me :-) Inquiring minds DO seem to want to know (several people have asked). I seen any indication from anyone posting to info-apple (aka comp.sys.apple) saying it's available. I did get a message that it's true size is 200K (binary). BinSCII'd that probably adds up to 320K or so (?). Yoou've gotta REALLY want it to download that much! Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] The opposite of artificial intelligence is genuine stupidity! -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)