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UPDATED ON THE 19TH OF mAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR lORD 1998
wHAT IS THE BASIC IDEA?
wHAT DOES THE cd PROJECT CONTAIN SO FAR AND WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE LIKE?
iS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE PIPELINE?
iN WHICH FORMAT ARE THE FILES STORED?
wHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR?
wHEN IS THE FIRST cd GOING TO BE RELEASED?
iS THERE GOING TO BE A SEQUEL?
wHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF THE COLLECTION?
wHAT CAN i DO FOR THE PROJECT?
wHICH FORMATS DO YOU ACCEPT WHEN CONTRIBUTING?
sO HOW MUCH WILL IT COST ME?
hOW CAN i SEND YOU THE MONEY?
wHO IS BEHIND THIS PROJECT?
hOW CAN i CONTACT THE AUTHOR?
 
 
wHAT IS THE BASIC IDEA?
mOST FORMS OF ART ARE STORED IN
ANTHOLOGIES AND ALBUMS, WHILE MOST SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL FIELDS ARE BEING
ETERNALIZED IN ENCYCLOPAEDIAS. dESPITE THE FACT THAT A DEMONSTRATION IS A
TECHNICAL FORM OF ART, THE cOMMODORE 64 DEMO SCENE HAS HAD NONE OF
THE ABOVE. uNTIL NOW...
a COLLECTION OF cOMMODORE 64 PRODUCTIONS ORGANIZED IN CHRONOLOGICAL
AND ALPHABETICAL ORDER WITH CORRESPONDING RELEASE DATES AND AUTHORS COMPLETED
WITH TEXTUAL AND PICTORIAL INFORMATION FULFILS BOTH GOALS. bY SUCH
A COMPILATION IT BECOMES POSSIBLE TO SAVE AND IMMORTALIZE THE REMINISCENCE
OF THE PIONEER COMPUTER CULTURE. iT IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS
TAKEN PART IN CREATING THE SCENE, OR JUST EXPERIENCED THE DAWN OF THIS
SUBCULTURE. oN THE OTHER HAND THIS PRODUCT IS USEFUL TO MAKE TODAY'S YOUNG
COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS ACQUAINTED WITH THE PAST OF THEIR EVOLVED AND SO
DIFFERENT SCENE. iT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND THE RIGHT TRACK, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW
WHERE YOU COME FROM.
fOR THE REASONS MENTIONED ABOVE
i AM ASSEMBLING A COLLECTION RELEASED ON cd COVERING MOST OF THE
DEMOS, INTROS, SLIDESHOWS, MUSICDISKS,
MAGAZINES, RELATED UTILITIES EVER RELEASED ON THE
cOMMODORE 64 SCENE. pROGRAMS AND ALL KINDS OF MATERIAL ARE INCLUDED
DISREGARDING THEIR QUALITY, AGE AND IMPORTANCE. tHIS FACT DOES NOT HAVE A
NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE GLOBAL IMAGE OF THE COMPILATION AS IT IS MEANT TO BE A
COMPLETE SCENE ANTHOLOGY, A GUIDE, WHICH BESIDE EXECUTABLES
CONTAINS INTERVIEWS, STORIES, PARTY REPORTS, PARTY
RESULTS, PICTURES, MUSIC AND THE HISTORY OF MOST OF
THE TEAMS, THUS FORMING THE STORY OF THE WHOLE SCENE.
 
 
wHAT DOES THE cd PROJECT CONTAIN SO FAR AND WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE LIKE?
dEMOS, MUSICDISKS,
SLIDESHOWS, INTROS, UTILITIES, NOTES AND SCENE
RELATED GAMES ARE ORGANIZED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY CORRESPONDING
GROUP NAMES (THE SAME METHOD IS USED ON TODAY'S ftp SITES), WHILE MAGAZINES
ARE SORTED BY THEIR TITLES. pRODUCTIONS NOT FALLING INTO THE CATEGORIES LISTED
ABOVE (ANTI DEMOS, UNKNOWN PRODUCTS, ANIMATIONS,
GRAPHICS, MUSIC AND EXTREMELY LAME DEMOS) ARE STORED IN
A SORT OF MISCELLANEOUS FOLDER.
mOST IMAGE FILES INDICATE THE NAME OF THE PUBLISHER GROUP AND THE
YEAR OF RELEASE IN THEIR HEADER (THERE ARE SOME DISK HEADERS THAT CAN
NOT BE CHANGED THOUGH).
aN html BASED HYPERTEXT ENVIRONMENT - hALL OF fAME THAT IS (THE ONE
THAT INCLUDES THIS PAGE) - HANDLES THE STORIES, INTERVIEWS,
ARTICLES, PHOTOS, GRAPHICS AND PARTIES SECTIONS.
tHIS SOLUTION ENSURES PLATFORM INDEPENDENCE, THUS YOU CAN BROWSE THROUGH THE cd BY
THE USUAL METHOD OF NETSURFING PROVIDED YOU POSSES AN html BROWSER.
pARTY DIRECTORIES (PROBABLY 2ND cd ONLY) CONTAIN OFFICIAL INVITATIONS, RESULTS IN TEXTUAL
FORMAT AND COMPETITION RELEASES EXCLUDING DEMOS. dEMOS CAN BE FOUND IN
CORRESPONDING GROUP FOLDERS (SEE "iS THERE GOING TO BE A
SEQUEL?").
tHE sid DIRECTORY CONTAINS EACH TUNE UNDER ITS AUTHOR'S NAME (REFER TO hIGH
vOLTAGE sid cOLLECTION AS IT WILL BE ADOPTED LATER, PROBABLY ON THE 2ND UPCOMING
cd).
pRODUCTIONS AND COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
WILL BE KEPT UP TO DATE AND ALL POSSIBLE NEW STUFF WILL BE INCLUDED UNTIL
THE RELEASE OF THE cd. iT IS LIKELY THAT SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS WILL CONTAIN
BUG FIXES AND PRODUCTIONS RELEASED SINCE THE PREVIOUS ONE. tHOSE WHO BUY
THE FIRST cd WILL GET A DISCOUNT ON FOLLOWING ONES (SEE
"sO HOW MUCH WILL IT COST ME?").
 
 
iS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE PIPELINE?
fOR EACH CREW THERE IS GOING
TO BE A LIST OVER ITS RELEASES
INCLUDING MAGAZINES AS WELL, THUS SEPARATING THE DISKMAGS DOES NOT CAUSE ANY
CONFUSION IN COMPREHENDING A PARTICULAR TEAM'S PAST ACTIVITY. bESIDES, THE
DATABASE WHICH IS USED TO GENERATE THE LISTS CONTAINS:
- THE NAME OF THE GROUP,
- ITS ABBREVIATION (IF ANY),
- THE FULL TITLE OF THE PRODUCTION,
- ITS ABBREVIATION (IF ANY),
- THE SUBTITLE (IF ANY),
- THE TYPE OF THE PRODUCTION (DEMO, MUSICDISK,
SLIDESHOW, INTRO, UTILITY, NOTE, SCENE RELATED
GAME, DISKMAG AND OTHER),
- THE EXACT RELEASE DATE (IF POSSIBLE - DD.MM.YY),
- THE SIZE OF THE PROGRAM (NUMBER OF BLOCKS, NUMBER OF DISKSIDES OR BOTH),
- THE PLACE OF RELEASE (PARTY, MEETING ETC,),
- ITS RANK IN THE COMPETITION (IF ANY),
- AND A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM.
fURTHERMORE THERE IS GOING TO BE A DATABASE ENGINE WHICH WILL PROVIDE
SEARCHING CAPABILITY AMONG THE PRODUCTIONS STORED ON THE cd BY TITLE,
NAME OF THE AUTHOR, RELEASE DATE AND WILL HANDLE ALL THE SUBJECTS
DETAILED ABOVE. tHIS PROGRAM WILL HAVE AN ONLINE EQUIVALENT AND A CLIENT VERSION
FOR lINUX/uNIX AND m$-dos EXCLUSIVELY CODED BY jOE fORSTER
OF sta (AUTHOR OF sTAR cOMMANDER). tHE cgi BASED ONLINE ENGINE WILL
FEATURE AN INTERFACE FOR PUBLIC MODIFICATIONS, THUS ENABLING THE GROWTH AND
POSSIBLE CORRECTION OF THE DATABASE. tHIS AUTOMATIC FUNCTION WILL BE
CONTROLLED CENTRALLY TO AVOID INCONSISTENT CHANGES.
sCANNED IMAGES OF PAPERMAGAZINES (iLLEGAL, pIRATES,
gRIDPOINT oBSERVER, sHOCK ETC.) WILL BE INCLUDED IN HIGH
RESOLUTION FORMAT IN ORDER TO MAKE REPRINTING POSSIBLE (2ND cd
ONLY - SEE "iS THERE GOING TO BE A SEQUEL?").
 
 
iN WHICH FORMAT ARE THE FILES STORED?
aLTHOUGH i KNOW THAT mIHA pETERNEL'S
d64 IS DISLIKED AMONG CERTAIN MILIEU, i CHOSE THIS FORMAT TO BE USED TO
STORE DISK IMAGE FILES ON THE cd. a LOT OF UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE ON SEVERAL
PLATFORMS (dos, lINUX/unix, aMIGA, mAC) TO HANDLE d64S IN A
VERY COMFORTABLE WAY. wITHOUT USING EMULATORS AND THIS FILE FORMAT WHICH HAS
ALREADY BECOME A DE-FACTO STANDARD, THIS KIND
OF COMPILATION OF THIS QUALITY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. tHE 1541 FLOPPY DRIVE
CAN BE EASILY CONNECTED TO THE pc, THIS WAY MAKING IMAGE FILE TRANSFER QUICK
AND COMFORTABLE. aS FAR AS i KNOW THERE ARE ALREADY UTILITIES FOR THE c64
ITSELF TO UNPACK d64 IMAGES TO 5.25" DISKS. uSING "ZIP" AND
"LYNX" WOULD MAKE FILE TRANSFER MUCH MORE COMPLICATED, SO WHY NOT
USE d64?
aS MENTIONED ABOVE d64 IS USED TO STORE DISK IMAGE FILES, HOWEVER IT IS
RESTRICTED ONLY TO MULTIPART PRODUCTIONS. i CHOSE t64 WHEN DISK ACCESS
WAS NOT IN CONCERN, THAT IS IN CASE OF SINGLE FILE PRODUCTIONS. tHIS FORMAT
IS EASY TO CONVERT AND DOES NOT OCCUPY MUCH DISK SPACE. tO HANDLE IMAGE
FILES, THE cd WILL COME OUT WITH A SPECIAL EDITION OF sTAR cOMMANDER.
pICTURES ARE CONVERTED TO jpg, OR
gif. html AND txt WILL APPEAR AS TEXTUAL INFORMATION, FURTHERMORE dat FOR
PLAYING sid TUNES BY sidpLAY OR pLAYsid. mOST OF THE FILES WILL NOT BE
COMPRESSED TO MAKE DIRECT EXECUTION, VIEWING, PLAYING OR READING POSSIBLE.
 
 
wHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR?
i STARTED MAKING THIS COMPILATION
IN dECEMBER 1995. eVER SINCE THEN i HAVE USED MUCH OF MY SPARE TIME ON COLLECTING
WARES, CONTACTING PROMINENT PERSONS, WRITING LISTS, DESIGNING THE HYPERTEXT
INTERFACE AND SO ON. sO FAR i HAVE SORTED OUT MORE THAN 600 MEGABYTES,
WHICH MAKES APPROXIMATELY 1000 DISKMAGAGAZINES, 8000 DEMOS AND
OTHER KIND OF PRODUCTIONS, ALL IN PROPER CORRESPONDING DIRECTORIES.
yOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT THE PREVIEW OF THE cd BY VISITING
gANGSTA'S pARADISE,
cHROMANCE'S OFFICIAL SITE. fROM TIME TO TIME lION/cHROMANCE
AND i EITHER CONVERT A SELECTED PART OF THE COLLECTION OR MOUNT THE PREVIEW
OF THE cd TO THE lINUX SERVER, SO THAT IT BECOMES AVAILABLE TO ALL.
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nUMBER OF ITEMS
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bYTES COLLECTED
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dEMOS:
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8248
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467,092,624
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dISKMAGS:
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1059
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152,163,480
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hALL OF fAME:
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-
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30,742,624
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pHOTOS:
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1003
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html PAGES:
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1532 (INCLUDING PHOTO PAGES)
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iLLUSTRATIONS:
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204
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aLL IN ALL:
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649,998,502
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wHEN IS THE FIRST cd GOING TO BE RELEASED?
tHAT IS HARD TO PREDICT.
bUT AS i HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR AT LEAST 2.5 YEARS BY NOW,
i THINK AND SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE cd WILL BE OUT IN THE 4TH QUARTER OF 1998.
tHERE IS STILL A LOT TO DO AND TO COLLECT. i WOULD LIKE TO RELEASE THIS
COMPILATION WITH AS FEW BUGS AS POSSIBLE AND CONTAINING AS MUCH STUFF AS
POSSIBLE, TO MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REFERRED TO AS THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR ALL c64 SCENERS. gOOD WORK NEEDS TIME.
bESIDE WORKING DELAYS, FINANCIAL PROBLEMS MAY TOO POSTPONE THE RELEASE OF THE
cd. iT MIGHT WELL HAPPEN THAT i EITHER DO NOT FIND A DECENT SPONSOR OR HAVE
PROBLEMS COLLECTING THE NECESSARY FUND TO START PRODUCTION, THEREFORE i WOULD
APPRECIATE IF YOU SENT ME YOUR ORDERS AND MONEY IN TIME TO LOWER THE EXPENSES
THAT i AM OBLIGED TO COVER FROM MY PRIVATE INCOME. (SEE
"sO HOW MUCH WILL IT COST ME?" -
"hOW CAN i SEND YOU THE MONEY?")
 
 
iS THERE GOING TO BE A SEQUEL?
aS PLANNED THE FIRST cd WILL INCLUDE DEMOS, MAGAZINES
AND OTHER SCENE PRODUCTIONS COLLECTED UP TO DATE. iT ALSO COMES WITH THE
PREVIEW VERSION OF hALL OF fAME TO ENABLE EVERYONE TO HAVE A LOOK AT
THE PROJECT OFFLINE. aLL THE REST OF THE RELEASES, BUGFIXES,
THE hv sid COLLECTION, PAPERMAGS ETC. WILL PROBABLY BE RELEASED
ON A SECOND cd. tHE SCHEDULE OF THIS SEQUEL IS NOT PREDICTABLE AT THIS MOMENT.
iT MIGHT WELL HAPPEN THAT THE WHOLE COLLECTION WILL BE LATER SPREAD ON dvd,
BUT THIS IS MORE DAYDREAMING THAN REALITY AT THIS POINT.
 
 
wHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF THE COLLECTION?
tHE SOURCES OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARE
AS FOLLOWS:
- cHROMANCE'S HOME COLLECTION,
- cLARENCE/gRAFFITY'S DEMO COLLECTION,
- wIX/pRIDE'S DEMO COLLECTION,
- bOD OF tALENTS DOUBLE cd ENTITLED "tHE COMPLETE cOMMODORE c64 COLLECTION"
ALSO KNOWN AS THE hIGH vOLTAGE cdS,
- tHE STUFF DOWNLOADED FROM:
- CARAMBA.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE,
- tHE dIGITAL dUNGEON: UTOPIA.HACKTIC.NL,
- fUNET: FTP.FUNET.FI/PUB/CBM/C64/DEMOS/,
- tHE bADLANDS: ERIS.GIGA.OR.AT,
- BBS.CC.UNIUD.IT,
- tRIAD: MARVIN.DF.LTH.SE,
- THE REMINISCENCE SITE OF zIKE/X-fAIRLIGHT, iN mEDIAS rES,
- THE COLLECTION OF gROEPAZ OF hITMEN,
- THE hIGH vOLTAGE sid COLLECTION
(MAINTAINED BY sHARK/inc),
- KNOWN WEB SITES OF DIFFERENT GROUPS,
- A GREAT NUMBER OF c64 SCENE RELATED HOMPAGES,
- AND A LOT OF ENTHUSIASTIC AND HELPFUL PEOPLE.
iF YOU KNOW ANY OTHER SOURCE OF INFORMATION,
THAT COULD BE USED TO COMPLETE THE COLLECTION, THEN LET ME KNOW ABOUT IT
PLEASE.
 
 
wHAT CAN i DO FOR THE PROJECT?
iT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT i CAN NOT
SUCCEED IN COMPLETING THIS TASK WITHOUT YOUR HELP. fOR THIS REASON i ASK
PROMINENT MEMBERS OR EX-MEMBERS OF THE SCENE - JUST LIKE YOU ARE - TO GIVE
ME A HELPING HAND IN THIS PROJECT.
i AM LOOKING FOR THE PERSON:
- WHO HAS A (DOCUMENTED) COLLECTION OF LEGAL c64 PRODUCTIONS, AND WHO IS
WILLING TO SEND/UPLOAD A NUMBER OF FILES,
- WHO HAS HIS GROUP'S RELEASES IN STOCK OR POSSESSES A REMARKABLE
ENCYCLOPAEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIS OWN OR OTHER PRODUCTIONS,
- WHO IS WILLING TO EXTRACT CRACKING INTROS FROM GAMES AND SEND THEM,
- WHO WOULD WRITE THE STORY OF HIS TEAM,
- WHO WOULD WRITE THE HISTORY OF THE SCENE OF HIS COUNTRY,
- WHO HAS THE RESULTS FOR PARTIES OR JUST KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THEM,
- WHO IS WILLING TO WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT EARLY COMPUNET DAYS,
- WHO WOULD PARTICIPATE IN WRITING/SENDING ANY STORIES OR INFORMATION IN
RELATION TO THE SCENE,
- WHO WOULD ANSWER QUESTION OF AN INTERVIEW,
- WHO HAS A COLLECTION OF PAPERMAGS AND IS WILLING TO SEND A COPY OF THEM
FOR SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING,
- WHO HAS A COLLECTION OF DISK COVERS,
- WHO IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE OR GROUPS ON hALL OF fAME,
- WHO HAS A HOMEPAGE/ftp SITE CONTAINING PROGRAMS OR ANY MATERIAL
PERTAINING TO THESE SUBJECTS AND WOULD GIVE PERMISSION TO USE THE DOWNLOADED
STUFF FREELY,
- OR WHO KNOWS A PERSON DESCRIBED ABOVE.
pLEASE NOTE, THAT THERE IS NO INTENTION
TO INCLUDE ILLEGAL STUFF ON THE cd. oNLY INTROS ARE NEEDED, WHILE CRACKS
ARE NOT. tHERE ARE SOME OTHER COLLECTIONS DEALING WITH THE 'DARK' SIDE
OF THE SCENE. but! AS CRACKING GROUPS ARE ALSO PART OF THE SCENE, WHICH
CAN NOT BE SHARPLY DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS ANYWAY, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO INCLUDE
STORIES AND PICTURES BESIDE INTROS OF THIS KIND OF TEAMS AS WELL.
fROM TIME TO TIME i AM GOING TO UPLOAD LISTS OF SO
FAR COLLECTED MATERIAL AND GOOD EXAMPLES OF GROUPS
STORIES. iT IS OUR COMMON INTEREST TO INCLUDE YOUR PRODUCTIONS AND AS MUCH
INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR GROUP AS POSSIBLE.
wHILE WRITING THE STORY PLEASE FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
- gROUP:
- GROUP NAME,
- ITS OFFICIAL ABBREVIATION,
- DATE OF BIRTH (GROUP),
- DATE OF STOPPING ACTIVITIES (GROUP) (IF ANY),
- HISTORY OF THE TEAM (AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE),
- mEMBERS:
- MEMBER LIST (EVER):
- NICKNAMES,
- REAL NAMES,
- FUNCTIONS,
- E-MAIL AND OTHER ACCOUNTS (IF ANY),
- DATE OF JOINING/LEAVING/BEING KICKED/STOPPING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL MEMBERS,
- REAL LIFE ACTIVITIES/PROFESSION/FIELD FOR ALL MEMBERS,
- PARTICIPATION IN PRODUCTIONS FOR ALL MEMBERS,
- mISCELLANEOUS:
- SOME MEMORABLE STORIES,
- SCANNED PICTURES IN ANY KNOWN FILE FORMAT (PREFERABLY gif OR jpeg), OR
EVEN PHOTOGRAPHS BY SNAIL-MAIL,
- ANYTHING YOU ARE PROUD (OR ASHAMED) OF CONCERNING THE SCENE ACTIVITY OF
YOUR GROUP,
- ANYTHING ELSE YOU WISH TO ADD.
wHILE MAKING A LIST PLEASE CONSIDER:
- MARKING THE FULL NAME, SIZE (NUMBER
OF BLOCKS, NUMBER OF DISKSIDES OR BOTH), RELEASE DATE, EVENT (ON WHICH
A PRODUCTION WAS RELEASED), RANK IN THE COMPETITION AND GIVING A SMALL
DESCRIPTION FOR ALL PRODUCTIONS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE
- INDICATING THE RELEASE DATE IN DAY.MONTH.YEAR FORMAT (cANADA AND us TOO!)
- PAYING ATTENTION TO THE RIGHT SPELLING AND WRITING FULL TITLES INCLUDING SUBTITLES
- MENTIONING ALL KINDS OF RELEASES, INCLUDING
NOTES, PARTY INVITATIONS, REPORTS, MAGAZINES (ALSO NON-eNGLISH ONES), ANTIDEMOS,
SCENE GAMES AND IF POSSIBLE PREVIOUSLY NOT RELEASED OR HALF DEVELOPED PRODUCTION
AS WELL
- THAT ALL RELEASES ARE WORTH INCLUDING, IN 10 YEARS A SIMPLE NOTE CAN
BRING BACK MEMORIES AND GOOD FEELINGS!
- LETTING ME KNOW IF IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO CHANGE A PARTICULAR PRODUCTIONS
DISKNAME OR id!!!!!!!
pLEASE SPREAD THIS DOCUMENTATION, THE urlS OF THE SITE OR THE ZIPPED
VERSION OF THE LISTS AND EXAMPLES. iF YOU OWN AN ftp SITE, OR HOMEPAGE,
OR ANY OTHER FORUM WHICH IS BY ANY MEANS IN CONNECTION TO THE c64 OR THE
SCENE, PLEASE EITHER UPLOAD/PLACE THE ARCHIVE OR THIS TEXT THERE OR INCLUDE
A LINK TO hALL OF fAME.
 
 
wHICH FORMATS DO YOU ACCEPT WHEN CONTRIBUTING?
i CAN HANDLE A WIDE RANGE OF FORMATS, BUT i PREFER PKZIPPED d64S
OR t64S. iF THESE OPTIONS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR YOU, YOU CAN SEND
IN YOUR PROGRAMS PACKED WITH lha, lzh, lnx, gzip,
tar, zip64 (ABCX, 1234), AND WITH OTHER KNOWN pc ARCHIVERS AS WELL.
yOU CAN SEND ME 5.25" DISKS, BUT YOU SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT i CAN NOT
PROMISE TO SEND THEM BACK. pLEASE REFRAIN FROM SNAIL-MAIL IF POSSIBLE.
nEVERTHELESS IF THERE IS NOT ANY OTHER WAY TO GET RARE PRODUCTION, ONE
SHOULD TAKE THIS POSSIBILITY INTO CONSIDERATION.
 
 
sO HOW MUCH WILL IT COST ME?
tHE PRICE IS NOT DECIDED YET.
iF i MANAGE TO GET THE cd PRESSED IN SUFFICIENTLY BIG SERIES (1.000 PIECES AT
LEAST), IT IS GOING TO COST YOU $10-$20 INCLUDING SHIPPING, DEPENDING ON
WHERE YOU LIVE AND HOW MANY PIECES YOU ARE INTENDED TO ORDER. iF PRESSING
IS NOT POSSIBLE, WHICH WOULD BE A QUITE UNFORTUNATE CASE, IT WOULD COST
YOU MORE DUE TO THE EXPENSE OF WRITING cdS. nEVERTHELESS i TRY TO AVOID
THIS SOLUTION AND INSIST ON PRESSING, AS THE QUALITY AND DESIGN OF PROPERLY
MANUFACTURED COMPACT DISKS WITH NEAT CASES IS MUCH BETTER COMPARED
TO WRITTEN ONES. aS PLANNED THE cd WILL HOPEFULLY COME OUT WITH A
NICE DESIGN, INCLUDING SURFACE PRINT AND A SMALL BOOKLET (AS i WORK FOR A
dESKTOP pUBLISHING COMPANY i HAVE ALL THE POSSIBILITIES TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE - SEE
"wHO IS BEHIND THIS PROJECT?").
yOUR INTEREST AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION (I.E. SENDING THE PRICE IN
TIME WHEN ORDERING THE cd) WILL LOWER THE PRICE, WHICH BY ALL MEANS i TRY
TO MAKE THE LOWEST POSSIBLE.
mOREOVER PEOPLE ORDERING MORE THAN ONE cd WILL GET PROGRESSIVE DISCOUNT,
WHICH MEANS: THE MORE PIECES YOU ORDER THE LOWER PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY PER DISK.
iN ADDITION, PEOPLE FROM EX COMMUNIST COUNTRIES (pOLAND, cZECH rEPUBLIC, sLOVAKIA, FORMER
yUGOSLAVIA, FORMER sOVIET uNION ETC.), COUNTRIES OF LOW/LOWER STANDARD OF
LIVING AND PEOPLE HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS MAY GET A DISCOUNT IF NEEDED.
fURTHERMORE THERE IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL PRICE FOR hUNGARIAN CUSTOMERS DUE
TO THE LOW COST OF SHIPPING AND THE EASE OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
a MORE ACCURATE PRICELIST WILL BE PUBLISHED AROUND THIS AUTUMN, WHEN
PRODUCTION STARTS.
aLTHOUGH i EXPECT TO PROFIT FROM THIS
PRODUCT, THIS IS BASICALLY NOT A FINANCIAL VENTURE. tHE MONEY i AM GOING
TO EARN (IF ANY) WILL BE NO MATCH TO THE AMOUNT OF WORK i HAVE DONE AND
WILL CONTINUE TO DO. i DO IT FOR THE c64 AND FOR ITS SPIRIT TO PAY HOMAGE TO
TO THE LEGENDS i HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN
PART IN CREATING THE SCENE.
 
 
hOW CAN i SEND YOU THE MONEY?
tHIS SECTION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION...
 
 
wHO IS BEHIND THIS PROJECT?
mY NAME IS jAN cSERNOCH, AND
i AM CALLED jEAN ON THE SCENE. i WAS BORN ON 21.05.71 IN
bUDAPEST/hUNGARY/eUROPE. i STUDIED COMPUTER SCIENCE AND NOW i AM AN ENGINEER
OF INFORMATICS AND i WORK IN bUDAPEST FOR A dANISH dESKTOP pUBLISHING COMPANY
CALLED mULTI-gRAPH aDVERTISING & cOMMUNICATION AS A WEBMASTER AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANT. i AM A MEMBER
OF cHROMANCE, AND THE REASON WHY YOU CAN NOT FIND MY NAME ON THE
LIST OF ACTIVE MEMBERS IS THAT i LEFT THE c64 SCENE IN AROUND 1991. uNTIL
THEN i HAVE BEEN STRONGLY INVOLVED IN PRODUCING DEMOS, CODING
INTROS AND SWAPPING. i STARTED MY c64 CAREER IN 1985 AND JOINED fbi cREW (FORMER
NAME OF cHROMANCE) ONE OF THE FIRST hUNGARIAN c64 GROUPS IN 1987.
sINCE THEN i HAVE BEEN ADDICTED TO DEMOS, AND i HAVE COLLECTED THEM.
iN 1989 i BECAME ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
THE aMIGA AND JOINED trsi, sCOOPEX AND LATER aBSOLUTE.
oN THIS PLATFORM MY INTEREST FOCUSED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON DEMOS. i PUBLISHED
ARTICLES COVERING THE SCENE AND ITS PRODUCTIONS IN SEVERAL OFFICIAL hUNGARIAN
COMPUTER MAGAZINES. i HAVE THE LARGEST aMIGA DEMO COLLECTION IN hUNGARY,
AND TODAY i AM THE OWNER OF MORE THAN 10.000 c64 SCENE PRODUCTIONS. aLTHOUGH
i PRACTICALLY LEFT OUR BELOVED c64 EARLY, MY INTEREST OF ITS FATE DID
NOT FADE. i KEPT ON WATCHING DEMOS, READING MAGS AND GOING TO PARTIES.
i ATTENDED ABOUT 30 COPY-PARTIES AND DEMO CONFERENCES IN MY LIFE INCLUDING
MANY MAJOR sCANDINAVIAN MEETINGS.
dURING THE PERIOD OF 1992 AND 1994 i SPENT ALMOST 1 YEAR IN dENMARK AND
sWEDEN LIVING AT sILENTS AND cRIONICS (WELL KNOWN aMIGA GROUPS) PLACE. tHIS RESIDENCE
GAVE ME A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE ABOUT sCANDINAVIA (WHICH PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE)
AND ITS CULTURE, AND GOT ME PHYSICALLY CLOSER TO THE HEART OF THE
SCENE. i BELIEVE THAT i HAVE A CONSIDERABLY GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCENE,
ITS DEVELOPMENT AND CROSS-REFERENCES, AND i CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
IN WRITING ITS HISTORY.
iN MY SPARE TIME (THOSE FEW MINUTES :-) i HAVE LEFT AFTER WORKING AND DOING
THIS PROJECT) i LIKE TRAVELLING AND READING/STUDYING. iF i HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE THE CITY i PREFER MOUNTAINS AND NATURE IN GENERAL.
i DO SOME HIKING AND BIKING, i HAVE A COOL cROSS cOUNTRY mtb, WHICH
i FREQUENTLY USE. i LIKE LANGUAGES AS WELL, BESIDE hUNGARIAN i SPEAK AND (TRY)
TO UNDERSTAND eNGLISH, fRENCH, sWEDISH, dANISH (nORWEGIAN) QUITE WELL AND
SOME gERMAN, rUSSIAN(?) TOO. sO i VERY MUCH APPRECIATE GETTING LETTERS IN
THESE LANGUAGES EXCLUDING THE LAST TWO. wHEN IT COMES TO COMPUTING MY KEYWORDS
WOULD BE: lINUX, uNIX, x-wINDOWS, c, nETSCAPE,
html, sUN, sOLARIS, jAVA, cgi,
jAVAsCRIPT, cOMMODORE 64, aMIGA, sTAR cOMMANDER,
ccs64. aS YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY GUESSED i DO
NOT REALLY LIKE A CERTAIN BEHEMOTH COMPANY AND ITS PRODUCTS...
 
 
hOW CAN i CONTACT THE AUTHOR?
yOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH ME BY SEVERAL
WAYS, HOWEVER i PREFER E-MAIL OR irc IF IT COMES TO LONG DISTANCES.
wRITTEN BY: jAN
cSERNOCH A.K.A. jEAN OF cHROMACE |
