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                                                                29/08/1999

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                             bizarre '99 demo compo


                          *  info! file version 1.0  *



 ****** ù   ù    ÄÄÄ about ÄÄÄ   ù   ù ****************************************


          hot damn! it's the fourth demo from The Solar Group, that
          kick-ass group! (dutch: knotsdolle kontschoppende posse)

          me (= druid) has coded his brain loose again, whilest being
          in the possesion of a new computer (!), which brings me to
          the following:

          the demo is quite slow :-). with the limited knowledge
          of optimizing code i have, i have tried to make sure this
          code runs on most - high end ;) - machines. you will need
          a MMX capable computer, since i don't check for that :-).
          you will probably be happy when owning a PII or even a PIII
          since those machines are quite qualified for this demo,
          and my code has been pipelined for such a processor.

          by the way, you might just gain some extra speed when running
          the win32 version, since that will run entirely (depending
          on the memory of your videocard) in videomemory!

          and, by the way... sorry for the hideous amounts of memory
          needed :-) the demo just is too big! ;)



 ****** ù   ù    ÄÄÄ system ÄÄÄ   ù   ù ***************************************


          basic (15-20 fps):
          
          pentium II 400 - pentium III 500
          40+ mb ram
          16 bit (or even better, 32 bit) videocard (preferably tnt2)
          16 bit soundcard supported by OpenCP


          better (20-25 fps)

          pentium III 550 / 600
          40+ mb ram
          32 bit videocard (preferably tnt2)
          16 bit soundcard


          dream (30-40 fps)

          amd k7 600
          64 mb ram
          32 bit videocard (preferably tnt2)
          16 bit soundcard


          note:

          38 mb ram is the minimum! it could be people with 40 mb in
          their machine will not be able to play it without booting
          completely clean. the demo starts & runs under Win9x.
          (heck, I even compiled a special Win32 version, just for you!)

          the demo uses PTC 2.0.6 (for the Win32 version OpenPTC 1.0.15)
          and IMS 2.5.1 (for the Win32 version FMOD 2.22) and should run
          on most or all configurations.
          when running in DOS, some videocards require UNIVBE to operate
          correctly in low resolution modes.
          when running in Win32, please make sure you have the latest
          drivers to avoid conflicts and bugs.

          by the way, when starting the Win32 version, make sure you
          start the demo from the desktop (or from a windowed dos box)
          since a full-screen dosbox will crash the demo.
          i don't know why, but this seems to be a DirectX or OpenPTC
          flaw. when running the demo fullscreen, please do the same!

          if this demo does not play correctly on your machine, please
          contact us and tell where, how and what goes wrong.
          however, the Win32 version is quite buggy due to the utter lack
          of stability of DirectX, OpenPTC, FMOD and Win32 itself.



 ****** ù   ù    ÄÄÄ contact ÄÄÄ   ù   ù **************************************


          the solar group        -        aeternus@dds.nl

          druid                  -        aeternus@dds.nl
          alchemist              -        fox@digicron.com
          king-chin              -        chin@dds.nl
          slash                  -        velema@casema.net



 ****** ù   ù    ÄÄÄ disclaim ÄÄÄ   ù   ù *************************************


          ú crashes are entirely your fault

          ú this demo is free to spread

          ú you shouldn't ask for money when you do so

          ú you should send us money when you do so




          this demo is free for all of you
          watch it, feel it, experience it
          don't mess with it



 ****** ù   ù    ÄÄÄ history ÄÄÄ   ù   ù **************************************


          the solar group started in september, 1997 and was founded
          by druid and alchemist. king-chin joined within the next month.

          during christmas '97 we made our first release, a tiny little
          intro, coded by druid.

          at takeover '98 we released our first megademo, immortality
          (by druid and alchemist), as well as a raytrace and two
          multichannel entries (by druid).

          at bizarre '98 we released our second megademo, grip, a raytrace
          and two music entries (druid) and a music entry (king-chin).

          in april '99 slash joined the solar group.

          at takeover '99 we released nicotine, which ran hideously due
          to a last-minute-bug :). also we released a surprise coding
          (which won the compo) and surprise graphics entry (which got 4th)
          a music and a house entry, a wallpaper and a raytrace entry.
          all these were made by druid, additional graphics in nicotine
          made by slash.

          the fixed version of nicotine was created at the partyplace, but
          due to some busy organisers, it didn't spread very well.
          fixed version is downloadable at our website, as well as the win32
          version of nicotine: travel.to/solar/

          this demo was released at bizarre '99.


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