Fiasko'99 special contribution
in category
64 kB intro

  INTROTATION
          by
    Carlos /Downtown

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Organiztorm Fiaska'99
Toto intro nen TO Introtation, kter
 se poutlo na minulm Fiasku ('98).
M dv verze podle jazyka (esky nebo anglicky).
 Pokud by to bylo mon, chtl bych, aby
 esk verze byla ta, kter by se poutla na Fiasku'99 a 
 anglick verze byla ta, kter by se pozdji distribuovala,
 byla na serveru Vhn, ke staen na internetu atd.
Chod to i pod Windows, ale m to radi DOS.
Sta mu nco mlo pes 64kB voln konvenn pamti, neml by bt problm
Pracuje v x-mdu 256x256 pi 256ti barvch.
Vhodnou zvukovou kartou by byl jakkoliv SoundBlaster (krom
 nejnovjch druh, kter se starm Sounblasterem nejsou
 kompatibiln). Nebo taky jakkoliv "SB-compatible" karta.
 Pod GUSem to jde pehrt jen, kdy emuluje SoundBlaster :-)
 Digitln samply by mla zvldnout kad karta kompatibiln s Adlibem.
 Zatm to chodilo pod kadm Soundblasterem, na kterym jsem
 to zkouel, take by s tm nemly bejt problmy.
Pehrv zdigitalizovanou i MIDI hudbu (formt XMS), pouv FM syntzu
 i DMA penosy. Zvukovku hled na portu 220h, kdy neuspje, tak na 240h 
 a potom na 230h a kdy neuspje, pak digitalizovan zvuk nepehrv.

Pokud vm pomou nsledujc daje..
Pro 386ku a v
napsno v Pascalu v realnm reimu
zdrojk m 470 kB a 7780 dek!
zpakovno WW (pvodn velikost 112757 byt)
pouv intern pehrva formtu XMS (nco jako MIDI)

Nenechte se tm znechutit :-(
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NOTES:

 General:

-"Introtation" was a name of intro that competed at 8th September 1998
 at Fiasko'98 party and it occupied the last position (5th of 5).
 It was designed to slow computers (about 33 or 40MHz) and 'cause it
 wasn't synchronized with timer it "jetted" on the fast compo computer 
 after it was executed very quickly and has disposed in few seconds.
 I fel (and still feel) shame about it and therefore I decided to
 make a second version, that may proof what intended the intro to show :-[
-This intro is NOT the '98 version of Introtation.

 GFX:

-The intro uses special x-mode resolution 256x256 in 256 colors.
 Every proper VGA card should handle to set this resolution (I think).
-As everything in video memory is done in one 64kB segment, there is
 no need of VESA BIOS 2.0 or above.

 SFX:

 There are two players in the intro:
 -simply VOC player that uses DMA transfers to play digitized samples
 -MaDoKaN's XMS player that uses FM synthesis
 INTROTATION supports:
 -any SoundBlaster card with Digital Sound Processor (DSP), version 1.00+
  including AWE series and any SB_compatible card.
 -those sound cards that emulates the SoundBlasters (GUS etc.)
 -INTROTATION is attempting to find SoundBlaster on ports 220 or 240 (hexa)
  to play digitized sounds. If it didn't succeed, it simply doesn't play them.
 -XMS player also supports Windows Sound System, but never mind

 Memory:

 INTROTATION allocates:
 -a 65280 (0FF00h) bytes long buffer for the virtual screen
 -a 1314 (522h) bytes long buffer for XMS module header
 -nothing else, all other data are stored in data (or code) segment

 Languages:

 There are two versions of the INTROTATION according to language:
 -the Czech language version   (intro_cz.exe)
 -the English language version (intro_us.exe)

 Other:

 -It was made in BP7.0, (real mode target) :-(...
 -...and packed with WW.
 -optimized for 80386 or higher
 -Thanks MaDoKaN for his player!
 -Support Czech and Slovak demoscene!
 -and mainly:
  DON'T GET DISTTRACT BY MY HORRIBLE INTRO! ;-)

 Disclaimer:

 -Non-profitable spreading is allowed
 -Profitable copying/publishing/spreading any way is strictly forbidden
 -Use at your own risk and responsibility.

 Contacts:

 Carlos
  web:     http://www.vosji.cz/~seidl.b.98.ps/index.htm
  e-mail:  carlos2@email.cz
 Downtown
  web:     http://www.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~shrb5163/index.html.cz#downtown
  e-mail:  dement@email.cz
