POWERDRIVEwPRESENT OUR SECOND DEMO, AND IT'S CALLED  * BAD LUCK DEMO *   FINISHED ON FRIDAY THE 13TH OF JANUARY 1989. ALL PROGRAMMING BY THE DRAGON OF WINTER NIGHT (DOWN). FONT BY RALPH 124C41+, LOWER CHARS FROM C64. MUSIC BY KARSTEN OBARSKI, RIPPED FROM FUTURE TANK. WE FOUND THE PICTURE ON A DISK FROM SKY REACHEARS, INC. THE POWERDRIVE LOGO WAS DRAWN BY DOWN.         USE MOUSE UP AND DOWN TO CHANGE UP/DOWN SPEED OF THIS TEXT. HOLD DOWN RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON TO FREEZE THIS SCROLLOW.        DOWN IS TYPING. THIS SCROLL IS A MIX OF WHAT I WROTE WHEN THIS DEMO WASN'T FINISHED YET AND SOME NEW THINGS I WILL TELL YOU. THE FOLLOWING TEXT WAS WRITTEN BACK IN '88:   # WHEN I'M TYPING THIS, THIS DEMO ISN'T FINISHED YET, BUT I HAVE NOTHING TO DO NOW, BECAUSE I NEED SOME INFO ABOUT THE BLITTER BEFORE I CAN CONTINUE.  THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON IS SOON OVER. SAD, ISN'T IT? DO YOU KNOW THAT THE CHINESE THINK THAT IN THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON, SOME SPECIAL THINGS WILL HAPPEN. IS THAT TRUE?  A FEW WEEKS AGO THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE IN ARMENIA, ISN'T THAT A SPECIAL EVENT? BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN 1988 WAS THE FOUNDATION OF POWERDRIVE.     HAVE YOU SEEN OUR FIRST DEMO? IN THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE TEXT, I SAID THAT I WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT THE MOVIE  * MIDNIGHT RUN *  LATER. AND LATER IS NOW, BUT I WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT IT WAS NOT THAT GOOD, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THE GREATEST FILM I HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR (1988) IS    DIE HARD wWITH BRUCE WILLIS. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, DO IT NOW!w A FEW DAYS AGO (ON THE 23RD OF DECEMBER), I SAW  * RED HEAT *  WITH ARNE SCHWARZENEGGER AND A GUY CALLED BELUSHI OR SOMETHING... IT WAS QUITE GOOD.   #          OKAY, I'M BACK IN MY PRESENT FORM. I WILL NOW SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL PERSONS WHO WRITE SCROLLERS IN GERMAN: ICH WISCH DAS DU NICHT IN DER DEUCHE SPRECHEN SCROLLTEXTS GEWRITTEN ! ! !        NOW I HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT TO TELL YOU. I ASKED HRAFNIR TODAY, BUT HE COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING TO SAY, BECAUSE WE WROTE EVERYTHING WE HAD TO SAY AND A LOT MORE IN OUR FIRST DEMO. DON'T YOU HATE WRITING THESE SCROLLIES? BUT IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT (AND MOST BORING) WORK IN A DEMO. WHAT WOULD A DEMO BE WITHOUT SOME TEXT?    TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M TIRED OF THIS DEMO. I HAVE A NEW IDEA WHICH YOU MAYBE WILL SEE IN OUR NEXT DEMO. I WILL NOT TELL YOU WHAT IT IS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS A GRAPHICS ANIMATION THING, AND I HOPE IT WILL BE AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE! I KNOW IT CAN LOOK VERY NICE, BUT IT'LL PROBABLY NOT BE ANY GOOD.   I KNOW I'M A PESSIMIST, BUT IT'S TRUE THAT THE THINGS I DO NEVER GET AS GOOD AS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN.         I WISH THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE MORE INTERESTING THAN 1988, WHICH WAS A LITTLE TOO BORING. THE BEST THING I DID LAST YEAR WAS TO BUY THIS AMIGA AND LEARN 68000 ASSEMBLER.                IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT US FOR SOME REASON, DIAL THIS SWEDISH PHONE NUMBER >  $ 08 - 768 72 35  <          OR WRITE TO OUR ADDRESS.   &       'HREB/FD,M B    -    OOPS! SORRY, I FELL ASLEEP ON THE KEYBOARD.   A MESSAGE TO ALL FINNNNISH LAMERS: TUKEA JA ILMAVUUTA SISAELTAEAE (UH??) VITAMIINIPITOISEN.              I WILL NOW TELL YOU ABOUT THE WEATHER. IT'S QUITE HOT OUTSIDE. IT'S TWO CENTIGRADES AND THERE'S NO SNOW. IT WAS COLDER IN DECEMBER. IT'S TOO DARK TOO SEE ANYTHING THROUGH THE WINDOW, BUT WITHIN A MONTH, IT WILL PROBABLY BE MUCH BRIGHTER OUTSIDE BY THIS TIME IN THE DAY (THE TIME IS ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK).  I THINK IT SHOULD BE A COLD WINTER NIGHT, WITH VULTURES CIRCLING OVER POWERDRIVE'S DARK CASTLE IN THE HIGH SECLUDED MOUNTAINS FAR TO THE NORTH OF THE CIVILISATION. RALPH 124C41+ IS IN HIS SCIENTIFICAL LABORATORY, BUSY GIVING LIFE TO A BODY MADE OF PIECES OF CORPSES. THE DRAGON OF WINTER NIGHT IS LYING OUTSIDE THE ENORMOUS CASTLE GATES, GUARDING THE FORTRESS.  -  ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP. NOW A MESSAGE TO POWERDRIVE OF XMEN: CHANGE YOUR NAME, OR STAY IN FINLAND AND DO NOTHING!!!      WHEN I'M TYPING THIS IT'S FRIDAY THE 13TH, BUT NOTHING HORRIBLE HAS HAPPENED TODAY, BUT YESTEYESTERDAY (THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY) MY DATA DISK'S TRACK 40 WAS DESTROYED BY AN EVIL VIRUS. I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE THIS VIRUS, BUT IT SURE MUST BE A SADISTIC TERRORIST WITHOUT ANY EMOTIONS. I MANAGED TO GET THIS DEMO OUT OF THE BURNING REMAINS OF THE DISK. THIS WASN'T A SERIOUS DISK CRASH, BUT IT WAS HARD TO RECOVER THE FILES, BECAUSE THE ROOT BLOCK OF THE DISK WAS DESTROYED, SO I COULDN'T GET A DIRECTORY OF IT. I USED A PROGRAM CALLED DISKX BY STEVE TIBBETT - A VERY GOOD PROGRAM WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON ANC UTILITYS 13 (THAT NUMBER AGAIN). I THINK ONLY TWO OR THREE FILES PERISHED IN THE CRASH. IT'S HARD TO SAY, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF THE DESTROYED SECTOR.    I DON'T LIKE THAT VIRUSES STRIKE ONLY UPON HARD WORKING PEOPLE LIKE ME. THE LAMERS DON'T NEED TO SAVE ANYTHING TO DISKS, SO THEY CAN HAVE WRITE PROTECT SET ON ALL DISKS, BUT I HAVE TO SAVE PROGRAMS TO DISK. IT'S THEN THE VIRUS INFECT THE DISK.   SO YOU WHO MAKE VIRUSES: WRITE A VIRUS THAT INFECTS ONLY LAMER DISKS!     BY THE WAY, ON THE PRINTER THERE IS A GERMAN - SWEDISH WORDLIST. IT'S VERY THIN, BECAUSE GERMAN IS A TEDIOUS LANGUAGE. THE FIRST WORD IS "AAR", WHICH DOESN'T MEAN YEAR. IT MEANS EAGLE. THE WORDLIST SAYS THAT IT IS A POETIC WORD (WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE IN GERMAN).      IN OUR FIRST DEMO, I SAID THAT THE GAME "DRAGON'S LAIR" WOULD TAKE TWENTY DISKS. NOW I THINK IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN FIFTY!!!     THE TIME IS NOW A QUARTER PAST SEVEN IN THE EVENING, AND IT'S SOON TIME TO CLOSE THIS DEMO AND SAVE IT TO MY NEW DATA DISK. GET READY FOR THE FINAL BYTES OF THIS TEXT.           wIT'S TIME TO TELL YOU THE SOURCE CODE FOR THIS DEMO:   RUN: MOVE.L 4,A5 / MOVEQ DATA,D0 / JSR -148(A6) / BSR.S INIT / MOVE.W [200,D0 / LOOP: MOVE [F00,DFF180 / MOVE [FFF,DFF180 / DBRA D0,LOOP / BSR.S SOME-THING(A0/-F0) / AND SOME THINGS OF NO INTEREST / TST.B [6,BFE001 / BNE.S INGENTING ALLS / . . . . AND SO ON. DID YOU THINK I WOULD TELL YOU THE WHOLE PROGRAM?   NO NO NO NO NO!   NOW I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THIS DEMO TO BE FINISHED, SO I WILL STOP WRITING THIS TEXT NOW. READ THE LOWER TEXT NOW OR PRESS THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON TO EXIT.          GOOD NIGHT.             THE  END w



HELLO, THIS IS RALPH 124C41+ TAPPING AWAY ON THE KEYBOARD. FIRST OF ALL I AM GOING TO PRESENT THE MEMBERS OF POWERDRIVE. OK, HERE GOES:   THE DRAGON OF WINTER NIGHT - PROGRAMMER & MUSICAN,  HRAFNIR - SPREADER & MUSICAN,  HERADOTOS - SPREADER (HE MIGHT BECOME A PROGRAMMER) AND THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THEM ALL:   ME,  RALPH 124C41+ - FOUNDER, SPREADER AND GENERAL FIXER. - - - I MIGHT TELL YOU ABOUT HOW THIS TWO TEXT SYSTEM WORKS. OK, ON THE UPPER TEXT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ WHAT DOWN HAVE TO SAY AND IN THIS TEXT YOU WILL READ ALL THE EXITING STUFF I, RALPH 124C41+, AND HERADOTOS WILL TELL YOU. HOWEVER, THIS IS IN THEORY. JUST NOW IT'S ONLY MEAND DOWN TYPING SCROLLURS. - - - I BET YOU HAVEN'T SEEN OUR FIRST DEMO (COMPUTERS IN CONTROL) AS THE ONLY (AS FAR AS I KNOW) COMPLETE VERSION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR COMPILATION DISK WITH THE SAME NAME AS THE DEMO. THE DEMO WHICH IS ON  YET ANOTHER DEMODISK 20  FROM DIGI-TECH IS ONLY THE MAIN PART. THE FIRST AND THIRD PARTS ARE MISSING! WELL, THIS IS QUITE UNDERSTANDABLE AS THEY TAKE UP A LOT OF DISK SPACE. - - - IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT US, DIAL THE PHONENUMBER WHICH I BELIVE WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE UPPER TEXT. IF NOT THE NUMBER IS 08-768 72 35 (IF YOU ARE IN SWEDEN. IF NOT CONSULT YOUR PHONEBOOK ABOUT FOREIGN CALLS AND THEN DIAL INTERNATIONAL+46-8-768 72 35). - - -  WE NEED DISKS DESPERATLY!  DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE TO BUY CHEAP DISKS? WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR DISKS? GIVE US A CALL! - - - WOW, HERADOTOS HAS COME HERE! HE SAY THAT HE WON'T WRITE A SCROLLIE! I THINK HE NEEDS A BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT. AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WILL DO! - - - ZZZZAP! - - - OK, HERE HE IS:   HELLO, ALL OUT THERE. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE GOLF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT ULLNA? HAVE YOU ALSO HEARD THAT ICELAND GOT DISQUALIFIED? I WAS THERE AS A CADDIE! THE WHOLE TEAM GOT TO LEAVE THE CONTEST AS ONE OF THE PLAYERS DIDN'T LEAVE HIS SCORE CARD. STRANGLY ENOUGH, I FOUND IT IN MY BACK POCKET THE DAY AFTER. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? A MYSTERY! - - - THIS IS RALPH 124C41+ AGAIN! - - - HERADOTOS: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY AGAIN? IT WAS YOU WHO MADE UP THE STORY ABOUT MY CADDIE EFFORTS! I AM PLANNING TO SEND THE CARD BACK TO ICELAND SOME DAY. - - - RALPH 124C41+ : WELL WELL, I DARE SAY... HERADOTOS WANTS ME TO TELL ABOUT THE HOUSE OF LORDS AS I OBVIOUSLY AM IN MY BRITISH MOOD. I WON'T! - - - DOWN'S HERE! I AM HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE UPPER SCROLLO. IT'S 32 PIXELS HIGH AND HAVE 15 DIFFERENT SPEEDS. SO READ IT INSTEAD OF THIS ONE, WHICH I MADE TO COVER THE EMPTY SPACE BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER PICTURES! - - - RALPH 124C41+ AGAIN: WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE!? YOU SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER TEXT, YOU STUPID DRAGON! - - - I WANT AND NEED A COPY PARTY!!! IF YOU HEAR ABOUT OR ARE ARRANGING ONE, CALL ME AT ONCE! - - - A QUESTION TO DOCTOR MABUSE OF D.O.C. : ARE YOU ALWAYS DRUNK WHEN YOU WRITE SCROLLTEXTS OR ARE YOU LIKE THAT NATURALLY? - - - DOWN LEFT A WHILE AGO AND HERADOTOS LEFT JUST NOW. I'M SITTING HERE BY MYSELF WRITING SCROLLTEXT. - - - I WILL NOW TALK ABOUT SOMETHING OF ULTIMATE IMPORTANCE. I SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT WE USE A LOT OF NEW WORDS IN THIS DEMO. WE THINK IT'S A BIT BORING TO SAY  SCROLLTEXT  AND  GREETINGS  ALL THE TIME. WE WANT A BIT OF CHANGE! HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS WHAT TO WRITE INSTEAD OF "SCROLLTEXT" : SCROLLIE, SKROLL, SCROLLO, SCROLLBERRY, SCROLLY, SCHKROLL (GERMAN?), SCROLLOW, SCROLLUR (ICELANDIC?), SKROLLARE (SWEDISH!), SCROLLMISSIMO (ITALIAN?), ZCROLL (DUTCH?), SCROLSKIJ (RUSSIAN?), SCROULL (SKAUNSKA), SCZCROLL (CZECHISH?), SCRIPT, TEXT (FOR THE BORING!) OR SOMETHING ELSE...     HERE COMES A FEW IDEAS ABOUT WHAT TO WRITE INSTEAD OF "GREETINGS" : GREETINX, GREETS, HELLOS, HANDSHAKES, HIP HOPS (FOR JERKS), SALUTATIONS, REGARDS, GREEXS, ZZAPINGS, HACKINGS, CHEERS, KREETINX OR WHATEVER ELSE... - - - WHAT SHALL I TALK ABOUT NOW? I HAVE ABSOLUTLEY NO IDEA. I THINK I'D BETTER GO AND FIND MYSELF SOMETHING TO EAT. - - - MUNCH, MUNCH! - - - DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST SCROLLTEXT IS? IN OTTIFANTEN DEMO FROM THRUST THEY SAY THAT THEY NOW HOLD THE RECORD BY WRITING A SKROLL THAT IS 31.4 KB LONG! YOU CAN COMPARE THIS WITH OUR FIRST DEMO WHERE THE TEXT TAKE ABOUT 14 MINUTES TO RESTART, AND THAT IS ONLY 8 KB. BUT, OF COURSE WE USE CONTROL CODES INSTEAD OF SPACES TO SCROLL OUT A TEXT AND DON'T WRITE THINGS LIKE "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHH NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!". ALTHOUGH, I MUST SAY THAT IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA TO TRY TO BREAK THE WORLD RECORD. HMMM...  WE MIGHT TRY THAT IN A FUTURE DEMO, BUT WE ARE ONLY FOUR. THAT MEANS WE'LL HAVE TO WRITE 8 KB EACH TO BREAK THRUST'S RECORD. MAYBE WE COULD ARRANGE A SKROLL WRITING CONVENTION. WE COULD INVITE PEOPLE FROM OTHER GROUPS TO WRITE THE SKROLL. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE IDEA? GIVE ME A CALL! - - - WHAT'S UP? THE SALUTATIONS! POWERDRIVE SEND REGARDS TO:  THE RULER OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY   ^   MIDWAY AND HIPPO OF T.U.B. (THIS VERSION WAS MADE AT MIDWAY'S PLACE)   _   SKYWIZE OF THE LINK   ^   CINDERELLA (I'M STILL WAITING FOR YOUR SENDING)   _   CRACK FORCE FIVE   AND   AUTOMAN (YOUR MUSIC CAN GET BETTER). - - - I THINK THAT'S ALL!   BE COOL, IF YOU CAN'T BE COOL BE COLD...     SKROLL RESTARTS...     10     9     (GERMAN FOR NOPE)     8     7     6     5     3     (JUST KIDDING!)     4     3     2     1     0     65535     - - -