cindy@pnet91.cts.com (Tom Peng) (01/06/91)
() New Year Bash 91 Demo ()
() ()
() Unleashing The Power Of Your Apple II ()
HI-LIGHTS FOR THIS RELEASE: (in random order)
o A message for the rival Beagle Bros.
o Hi-res 3D animation
o Hi-res scrolling animation
o Two voice holiday music
o Event-driven user interface
o for GS: Auto-Speed-Piloting (active with smartport or hard drive)
o The Wall - BBS ads. (Check this out!)
o Artificial Stupidity
o Double Hi-res display
o Hi-lights of important events for Apple II in 1990
o Lots of humour incorporated - have some laughs..
REQUIREMENTS:
An Apple //c, //e(enhanced), or //gs with at least 128K of RAM. Runs from
5.25 inch drive, 3.5 inch drive, or hard drive.
INSTALLATION:
You must unpack with ShrinkIt 3.0+. If you have a hard drive or a 3.5 inch
drive, simply unpack both TBSP.DEMO1.SHK and TBSP.DEMO2.SHK onto the SAME
directory, and some of the files in TBSP.DEMO2.SHK will overlap with
TBSP.DEMO1.SHK, so simply skip those during unpacking. By the end, you should
have the following files in the directory you unpacked to:
BASH91.SYSTEM
LINKSYS
Dir DATA <--- This is one big DATA sub-direcory merged by TBSP.DEMO1.SHK
and TBSP.DEMO2.SHK.
If you only have 5.25 inch drive, then this is what you must do: Format two
disks and name them: BASH91.S1 and BASH91.S2. Now, unpack TBSP.DEMO1.SHK to
the disk with volume name BASH91.S1. Then, unpack TBSP.DEMO2.SHK to the disk
with volume name BASH91.S2. In another words, this is what you will end up
with:
On /BASH91.S1/:
BASH91.SYSTEM
LINKSYS
Dir DATA <-- This is a sub-directory with DAT and SRC files.
On /BASH91.S2/:
Dir DATA <-- This is a sub-directory with DAT and SRC files.
I hope the above explanation helps. To summarize, for hard drive or 3.5 inch
drive users, all the DAT and SRC files should be in one big subdirectory named
DATA. For 5.25 inch drive users, you must separate them by unpacking to two
disks (or one disk with two-sides, whatever...)
If the above instruction seems confusing, then perhaps you should wait till
the
next release when the bugs in the cruncher are exterminated. The main reason
for the demo not fit onto one 5.25 inch disk is the inability to compress alot
of the raw data such as hi-res screen bitmap and blah... Sorry for the
inconvience.
Also, it is up to you to supply the PRODOS file. Another recommendation, if
you
are a GS user, its preferable to unpack to 3.5 inch disk or a hard drive. The
speed-auto pilot routine interferes with the disk port and therefore is
piloting is disabled when executed from 5.25 inch drive.
WHAT'S NEXT:
Well, if you have everything figured out (it's really not that difficult),
enjoy the demo. Remember to send your comments and suggestions to the author
by
e-mail to address listed in the demo. Thanks and until next release...
In 9 parts....
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