the  time   has  gone   time, gone ?!?   oh nooo!!! you and these
endless dialogues again?       yes
well, it seems that you haven't learned
much since we last met.           action!     we want action!
i see      well, 'you' are gonna disappoint
this time because todays menu does not include octopussy-equalizers
and such 'action'.  only time-eating high-level mathematics is served.
oh lord. high-level math..   such as?    such as.. 
ho hoo!  it's me,   tai-pan  of  phalanx  , presenting you my
second intro at last.    (note: even if this is more like demo i prefer to
call it as intro just because that word sounds better in my ears. )
yeah, after drinking thousands bottles of jaffa,
spending countless nights without sleep, throwing up three times,
and falling sick twice,  i eventually managed to finish it!   making this intro
took only a little over two months to code, so i'm getting faster
all the time, hou hou.

well, let's get to the point and start with the credits:
coding by      tai-pan
font by        blade   
and this nice tune called "creative human"
is composed by creative       walkman      of       it
  so, here it is. over two months work under
your eyes.  i hope you find my 3d-routine satisfactory.     i have to
confess that i really am a bit proud of it because it
can provide some unusual features which haven't much existed
in previous 3d-demos.         just stay on the same
bat-channel and you shall find out!
perhaps a brief description of history of this intro would fit here well.
it all began as early as two years ago when i first began to think how
it would be possible to produce some 3d-grafix.  after some heavy
thinking i managed to create a clumsy basic-program (using my
good old amstrad cpc) which produced 'almost' perfect vector-grafix.
but then i forgot the whole idea till last x-mas, when i began
to think what to do in next intro.   so i dig up old formulas i used
in the basic-program and i began to convert it to amiga.
the 68000-conversation was surprisingly easy to do. the first version
i made in only two days and it worked fine except it was slow, too slow.
so a lots of debugging was Oadone until i came up with this final
version. i wrote the main rouO0tine abouO5t three times (each time it was
a completely different, still doing the same thing but always faster than
the earlier versions.) until it come to
the requirements i had put to it.
        it is not easy to describe how powerful it is but
as a sample the diamond you are watching consists of 19 points and
48 lines and still theres a lot of unused time.
         ofcourse you notice without saying that the screen
is updated on every frame.              ok, end of boring
info-part                next on bat-channel:
some quick messages to a few persons.
first a same message to following guys:
trashin adducers, gizzy crush (norway), bonfire vortex 42,
and psycho bill sunriders.     i haven't heard from you since
ages.   why?   please contact soon, i miss you all. hohohahohehihohuha...
then message to hackman deathstar:   cut the bull, ok?
then message to mic world of wonders:
congratulations!  you got my amiga pregnant, and the baby will most likely born
in a couple of month.
one last message to all
of you.   yes, we have lately been asked to join several groups,
and always we have given the same answer:      nope
     and it always will be the same, even if you were
a green marsian with planet full
of amiga 3000's .     so if you are considering to ask us to join your group
(whatever group) , don't!   it would be only a waste of paper.
and next on bat-channel:
      an unusual feature in 3d-business!
               Vayes, this roO6utine really does something
which i consider as not-so-very-often-seen-thing.
       just inspObect carefully the spacecraft you are about to see and
you might guess it without helping.        anyway, here's some
data about the vessel you are looking at.
type:   
     cobra mk6 M3P1M0PbM4P1M2P7C2
    max. speed:M3P1M0PbM4P1M2P7
   92800 mph M3P1M0PbM4P1M2P7C3
   armament: M3P1M0PbM4P1M2P7
ammuittes-13 remote-control-laserguns,
silos for isolerssi-4-class heat-seeking missiles,
and munatvex-3 spacemine-launcher 
  crew no. M3P1M0PbM4P1M2P7
  3 and dog M3P1M0PbM4P1M2P7C1
  cargohold M3P1M0PbM4P1M2P7
    enough   M3P1M0PbM4P1M2P7
and it's all drawn with best possible hidden
lines.    well... hummm...  almost!
           yes, this hidden-line-routine works fine with round-shaped
objects ( except ball is a bit difficult, he ho he hi ho hu)  but antennas and such
things are not perfectly drawn.   but when working with lines
they never are. S6( unless you create a miracle which calculates the
crosspoint of two lines and then tries to decide what to with it.)
S9    the principle of deciding if draw a line or not is very simple.
if we have plane which consists of points and lines drawn between them,
it is very easy to calculate whether it's visible or not by using phytagora's
sentence when we know a point from plane's normal which goes via some plane's
point.  simple as that!    filled vector-grafix is my next target
on this subject, but it won't happen in the near future because i have other
things to do.             
ping pong pang pong.   time for a commercial advertisement
for ...    bat-channel!!!    
the sirius cybernetics proudly pOfresents it's newest product for
home-computer-users.   this new, fascinating device is called
  skycalc   after it's creator, skyscraper.   this fabulous
instrument is used for calculating and it contains all the
functions that today's highly educated user can dream about.
      this particular model skyscraper designed for
his own use, it has only those buttons he needs ( and which
meaning he just and just understands).  these are:  one, plus, and equal.
          this model costs 154.99 dollars and is sold in every
well-equipped computer-stores.      
and next on bat-channel:   some information about phalanx
today.              phalanx has grown a lot since
the first days.  now i (try) to list our present memberlist here:
              aapollyon % blade % blob % buffalo % cable % crusher %
devil % fulcrum % mogwai % roland % skyscraper % tai-pan %
zeus              mithrill is kicked out because of
unnatural mating habits!
               but even if we have quite many members we have
always room for more.   infact right now we are looking for
a talented grafix-artist to join us.    so if you think you are
good enough, contact us with some samples of your work.
  (my address is coming up soon.)

                hooray, we just got couple brand new members !!
(well, the other member isn't really O4new. cable just has changed
his image to a positive direction.)
        first we got a new mutant called      oracle  
      he has some super-natural capabilities such as
he can give the right answer to whatever question.
            what?   you don't believe me?
   well i shall then ask oracle some hard questions so that
you can see i am right. (and oracle too, always!)
              hey oracle, are you a new member of phalanx?
              ha haa, did you saw it? he said yes!
   all right, let's give him a tougher one.
         oracle, is the moon a big cheese?
               correct again!!!
       now it's time to terminate some lies which have been
told about us.        oracle, have we ranked ourselves as
no. 1 or at least 2 in finland?
  so hackman in deathstar has again spoken
bullshit about us?
    there he goes!  ladies and gentlemen, oracle.
the final true-teller.             
then the other new member is a complete reformed
version of old unable cable.   i Odhave the joy to present:
   supercable     the final hope of mankind if the
andromedans attacked earth.   she.. err..  he is power,
he is steal, he is justice, he is love!
       you may wonder how this unbeliavable reborn is possible.
    let me tell you, it is a miracle!   but you see,
when cable was a little baby (with always brown in the pants)
the doctors took several x-ray-photos of his head (because
they tried to search cable's brains) so young man was exposed to
large amount of radiation, maybe that has somethiOeng to do with this rapid mutation.
      but now we have used enough cable's valuable time. we have to
let him go and save the world.   good luck supercable, you'll need it!
              ok, enough bullshit. now i'll print out my
address so that you can contact me. as i said: good grafix-artist
badly wanted. also new swapping-contacts are always welcome.
    attention! coming up now:  my address
so grab a pencil and a peace of arse-cleaning-device and write
to:      tai-pan   ,    nybacka     16a    
  ,    07590      huuvari    ,   finland  

    oh, and if you wanna hear my unpleasant voice, dial:
   358-15-31881 and ask for antti
all right. by the way, the object you are looking at
is not a sword of sodan. it's a sword of tai-pan, he ha he hu hi ho he ...
 and before phalanx-greetings a competition:
              Vayes, now an international brain-contest for all of you.
       you are about to see a box. a normal post-package made of
cardboard. your task is to find out the top of this box.
use the arrows as guide. it's not very easy task but try anyway.
   the first who sends me the right answer wins a   errr...
  price.  ( we haven't decided yet what the price is but at least
it'll be wrapped in this new desing post-package and sent in express.)
     good luck and let the best man win! 
  ok, now it's time for our almost complete gOireetings-list.
        first our golden regards fly to following groups:
  abyss
# aces
# acu
# alcatraz
# amiga industries
# amiga vision
# asia inc.
# avirex
# beastie boys
# black monks
# byterapers inc.
# cascade
# cosmos
# destiny and zigag
# finnish bit wizards
# freedom force
# freestyle uk.
# it
# kefrens
# overload
# razor 1911
# sae of megaforce
# sargon
# sex inc.
# sunriders
# tetragon
# the band
# the dream warriors
# the silents
# the supervisors and double density crew
# the supply team
# triangle
# wizards inc.
# world of wonders
# x-men

and normal greetings must go to :

7th heaven
# ac/dc
# action force
# adducers
# amiga force
# amiga lords
# atomic
# atomic intelligence
# atrox
# attrium
# avalache
# bloodsuckers
# brow-beat
# c.h.a.d.
# clones
# critters
# crush
# cryptoburners
# d-tect
# ddt
# deathstar
# defcon 5 and highspeed
# disknet
# ecf
# election
# energy
# epsilon
# escape
# first wave
# flexible
# freddy
# fun and function
# genesis
# ghostriders
# hellcats
# hexagon
# hi-tech and ydex
# hoaxers
# horizon
# hti
# ids
# imp 666
# impact and phisto
# insanity
# iron lords
# lords of conquest
# mach 4
# mechanix
# megastyle
# miami byte corp.
# mirage
# nemesis
# new line
# new order
# new style inc.
# noise
# northern lights
# nzc
# one way
# pentangle
# pseudo-ops
# robot session and strange 42
# secret force
# silver hawks
# software agency
# software of sweden
# sub zero
# talisman
# tat
# the amiga supervisors
# the astral lightning
# the crowded house
# the crusaders
# the culprits
# the dudes
# the flash team
# the gang of triangle
# the gurus
# the link of the silents
# the rising force
# the round circle
# the senses
# the shining 8
# the unborn group
# tmt
# trash
# unitrax and atomic
# vision one
# vortex 42
# wanton
# wnc
# wot
# xa
# zaxs

all right. time for final words.
   errr... what to say?
   boy, i hate these sentimental parts.
     well, not coming new phalanx-demos
in the near future because we have just
started a top secret project with cia,  or was it ira.  no, it was unicef.
  no no, it was ...
and in case you wanna party, come to
lahti in finlandia on 7-9 april, because then the
phalanx&overload&x-men&deathstar-parties will take place,  if the
god wills.
that's it. gotta go. see you. bye bye. adios amigos.
 heja finland. auf wiedersehen.     joo tws, loppu jo, paina nappia.
             transmission over.   signed out:

      tai-pan