neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) (11/09/89)
In article <8911071025160FD.BXSS@RAI.CC.FSU.EDU> BAILEYS@FSU.BITNET (NOLES #1) writes: >noticed a piece of software for sale that sounds right up my alley. It is >called Trip-a-Tron, and is a "light synthesiser". Basically, a neato >moving color graphics creator that can be driven by MIDI signals. It also >states that Trip-a-Tron has it's own control language, for programming the >demos. I am VERY interested in this package (Trip-a-Tron, FM modulator, >and a Kloss Vidio Beam would make a dandy wall-sized distractor at a night >club). Does anyone out there have this package? Does it work on US >machines (very important)? Is there a used copy I might liberate from some >individual? The add states that it is made by Llamasoft. Well I have a friend who bought this ages ago and thought it was going to be great. The sadness of it is that although the author, Jeff Minter, is a very capable programmer he could not document his creation to save his life. His manual dwells long and hard on simple things like the colour palette but skips briefly over the complex waveform generator. Jeff is totally into sheep, goats and llamas and forces this obsession down your throat by placing them all over his custom menus. To exit his file selector click on the sheep saying baa! Having said that you could still play around with it and have a good time with the supplied material for what you describe above. Trying to invent something of your own will surely drive you nuts! +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise stated, the above comments are entirely my own ! ! ! ! Neil Forsyth JANET: neil@uk.ac.hw.cs ! ! Dept. of Computer Science ARPA: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk ! ! Heriot-Watt University UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!neil ! ! Edinburgh, Scotland, UK "Without milk or suger" - "Or tea!" ! +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
towns@atari.UUCP (John Townsend) (11/11/89)
in article <8911071025160FD.BXSS@RAI.CC.FSU.EDU>, BAILEYS@FSU.BITNET (NOLES #1) says: > > > Netters, > > In a vintage (dec 88) issue of ST Action, a british publication, I > noticed a piece of software for sale that sounds right up my alley. It is > called Trip-a-Tron, and is a "light synthesiser". Basically, a neato > moving color graphics creator that can be driven by MIDI signals. It also > states that Trip-a-Tron has it's own control language, for programming the > demos. I am VERY interested in this package (Trip-a-Tron, FM modulator, > and a Kloss Vidio Beam would make a dandy wall-sized distractor at a night > club). Does anyone out there have this package? Does it work on US > machines (very important)? Is there a used copy I might liberate from some > individual? The add states that it is made by Llamasoft. > > Yes it does work on US machines. It's a VERY neat program. You can hours of fun with it by turning on some of your favorite music and just playing with the effects in a dark room. I would recommend it! It's great. -- John Townsend ames!atari!towns Atari Corporation, Title Unknown!
buggs@cup.portal.com (William Edward JuneJr) (11/13/89)
>-- John Townsend ames!atari!towns > > Atari Corporation, Title Unknown! Didn't you get a promotion? Thought I read something to that effect somewhere? OS8^) ^ WHAT ARE all these wierd codes? I'm usin' FLASH in ANSI. Ed<Neophyte>June
Dave_Ninjajr_Flory@cup.portal.com (11/14/89)
I hate to waste net space this way, but does anyone else get as tired as I do reading BobR's negativistic comments? There are a few righteous points, but I've read them all at least a dozen times........
Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com (11/15/89)
Dave Flory says: >I hate to waste net space this way, but does anyone else get as tired as I d >reading BobR's negativistic comments? There are a few righteous points, but >I've read them all at least a dozen times........ Well, there has to be some reason for it all, doesn't there..? If Atari would, just once, give me a reason to be positive, I'd gladly spread the word.. But they've let me (and everyone else) down at least a dozen times... I've been waiting four years for Atari to give me some ammunition for a nice, positive outlook... I'd be first in line to let the world know that Atari had done something really great... but... It's been lies, and broken promises, and failed expectations for years... when is Atari going to do something we can all be proud of again..? Give me something to work with, Atari...! BobR