++ text extracted from the Megademo II of Cryptoburners (1990) ++ ++ FRACTAL FICTION part WELCOME TO TEC FRACTAL DEMO EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE MUSIC BY WALKMAN WAS DONE BY TEC. DONT HIT THE BUTTON YET! MORE PICTURES WILL SOON APPEAR. THE PICTURES ARE DRAWN REALTIME AND NEED 40 TO 100 SEC. TO BE DRAWN. THE PICTURES ARE DRAWN IN A 352 X 250 SCREEN, 5 BITPLANES. THE COLOUR OF 88000 PIXELS MUST BE COMPUTED, SO BE PATIENT! AS YOU MAY HAVE REALIZED, THIS DEMO IS A PART OF CRYPTOBURNERS MEGADEMO 2. THE MEGADEMO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED AT THE PARTY IN GOTHENBURG, BUT AFTER THE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING DEMOCOMPETITION VOTING WE DECIDED TO WAIT SOME TIME. A SPECIAL THANK TO THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT PARTY FOR SHOWING ONLY 2 MINUTES OF THE WHOLE MEGADEMO AND WITH ONLY TWO AUDIO CHANNELS! THEREFORE WE HAD NO CHANCE TO WIN ANY PRIZES. THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPENED IF THE ORGANIZERS HAD USED A JURY. ENOUGH SHIT ABOUT THAT LAME PARTY. THIS DEMO WAS MADE IN ONE DAY, 5.5.90. THIS TEXT WAS WRITTEN THAT EVENING, DURING THE GRAND PRIX SONG CONTEST. I DONT UNDERSTAND THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THAT CONTEST ON TV NOW. I AM BORED OF THAT KIND OF MUSIC. I HOPE NORWAY WONT WIN. IF WE DO, THE SONG WILL BE PLAYED SEVERAL HUNDRED TIMES ON TV AND RADIO, AND THEN I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AVOID HEARING IT. ANYWAY, I DONT THINK THAT IS ANYTHING TO BE AFRAID OF. IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT ME, TEC, SEIZE A PEN AND WRITE DOWN THIS ADDRESS..... S T E I N A R M I D T S K O G E N S V E N S K E R U D 1 2 7 3 4 0 8 T R A N B Y N O R W A Y THEN I WILL TRY TO ANSWER AT LEAST SOME OF THE LETTERS. NOW SOME WORDS ABOUT THE NORWEGIAN COPYRIGHT LAW. MANY THINKS NORMAL SWAPPING IS ILLEGAL IN NORWAY, BUT ITS USUALLY NOT. ITS NOT ILLEGAL TO COPY GAMES AND COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE UNLESS YOU EARN MONEY OF IT IN ANY WAY. ITS ILLEGAL TO SELL COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE. ITS ALSO ILLEGAL TO COPY SOFTWARE FROM YOUR WORK OR FROM OTHER COMPANIES ETC. BUT ITS LEGAL TO COPY COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE FROM FRIENDS. THEREFORE, SWAPPING IS LEGAL. ITS NOT ILLEGAL TO BE IN POSSESSION OF COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE UNLESS ITS POSSIBLE TO PROVE THAT YOU HAVE GOT IT IN AN ILLEGAL WAY. THE POLICE IN DRAMMEN DIDNT KNOW THIS WHEN THEY RAIDED AND RUINED OUR PARTY. THEY ALSO THOUGHT THE PARTY WAS A REAL COPY PARTY OF ONLY COPYING AND CRACKING. THE POLICE IS NOW AWARE OF THE NORWEGIAN LAW, BUT THEY STILL REFUSE TO GIVE BACK ANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF DISKS THEY STOLE BECAUSE THEY CLAIM THAT ALL DISKS WERE GIVEN TO THEM VOLUNTARY!!! IF YOU LOST DISKS AT THIS PARTY, YOU SHOULD CLAIM THE DISKS BACK. THE POLICE HAS S T O L E N YOUR DISKS, AND THATS ILLEGAL. CONTACT THE POLICE IN DRAMMEN AND DONT GIVE UP!! AFTER THIS EASTER I THINK THE POLICE WONT BE SO FOOLISH TO STOP ANOTHER PARTY. IF THEY DO, REFUSE TO LET THEM STEEL A SINGLE DISK. BUT... NEW LAWS MAY COME THIS SUMMER. IF THEY COME, MUCH ORGANIZED COPYING WILL BE ILLEGAL. LETS HOPE THE LAWS WILL STAY UNCHANGED... NOW ITS TIME FOR SOME NORWEGIAN JOKES.... 1. ALLE BARNA LAGDE TRYLLEDRIKK, ALLE UNTATT LASSE, FOR BARNA TRENGTE HJERNEMASSE... 2. ALLE BARNA LEKTE MED SYRE. DET GJORDE OGSAA GLORIA. NAA ER HUN PAA FORSIDA AV FANGORIA... 3. ALLE BARNA LEKTE BOEDLER, ALLE UNNTATT FRODE, FOR HAN MISTA HODET. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! THIS DEMO IS THE SECOND FRACTAL DEMO ON AMIGA. WILL FASTER AND BETTER FRACTAL DEMOS COME? THEY SHOULD COME. MY FRACTAL ROUTINE MAY BE IMPROVED, BUT I WAS TOO LAZY TO DO IT. MAYBE I WILL RELEASE A NEW AND IMPROVED FRACTALDEMO LATER... STOP READING THIS SCROLL NOW AND WATCH THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES INSTEAD. THE SCROLL WILL RESTART.......