BIP 4 The Future by The Binary Poets
THE BINARY POETS
PRESENTS A
BIP PRODUCTION OF 1993
B I P 4 T H E F U T U R E
Released the 10th of June 1993
Developed by Kim, Jesper, Andreas and Niklas of The Binary Poets
Music-system by The CodeBlasters
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═══════════════════════════════╛ REQUIREMENTS ╘════════════════════════════════
The demo requires:
∙ A 100% IBM compatible 80286 with at least 8 Mhz, but we recommend a faster
computer for better sound quality.
∙ An IBM compatible standard VGA , with at least 512k of video memory.
If you have a slow CPU, like a 80286 with 8 Mhz, we recommend a graphics
card with at least 1Mb. Otherwise the demo will flicker. The video memory
amount doesn't really matter on faster computers, like a 386 or 486 with
25 Mhz or more.
∙ At least 560k of free RAM memory. Do not use EMM386 or QEMM, because then
the demo will run very badly.
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═════════════════════════════════╛ SUPPORTS ╘══════════════════════════════════
The following SoundDevices are supported in the demo.
∙ Internal Speaker - MONO
∙ Mono D/A Converter or Covox in LPT 1 - MONO
∙ Mono D/A Converter or Covox in LPT 2 - MONO
∙ SoundBlaster - MONO
∙ Two D/A Converters in LPT1 & LPT2 - STEREO
∙ Stereo D/A Converter in LPT 1 - STEREO
∙ Stereo D/A Converter in LPT 2 - STEREO
∙ SoundBlaster PRO - STEREO
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════════════════════════╛ INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEMO ╘═════════════════════════
This demo was coded in 100% pure 80286 assembler, and it is our first
assembler program ever, so that's why the demo isn't that good. We
made this demo for the Computer Crossroad demo contest. We used Turbo
Assembler 2.51, Deluxe Paint II, 3D Studio, Winimages Morph, and
TCB Whacker Tracker to create this little demo. We haven't had any time
to code our own musicsystem yet, so we used Goldplay by Sourcer of TCB
in this demo too.
The demo is tested on the following computers.
∙ 286 - 10 Mhz, Standard VGA 256Kb SoundBlaster PRO 2.0
∙ 486 - 25 Mhz, Tseng Labs 1Mb - Local Bus SoundBlaster 2.0
∙ 486 - 33 Mhz, Tseng Labs ET-4000 1Mb SoundBlaster 1.0
∙ 486 - 33 Mhz, Trident 8900 1Mb SoundBlaster PRO 1.0
. 486 - 33 Mhz, Diamond Stealth VRAM 1Mb SoundBlaster PRO 2.
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════════════════════════╛ BUGGS & PROBLEMS IN THE DEMO ╘═════════════════════
∙ The Diamond Stealth VRAM is a very slow Graphiccard in DOS but fast when
you have the right drivers. We haven't adjusted the demo for that card,
so some parts looks very slow.
∙ If the demo buggs, test different kinds of setup's. The computerspeed can
fix many of those problems. But the most important is a fast graphiccard!
∙ If the music sounds bad while the morphingpart is running, try a slower
computerspeed in the setup or run the demo from a ramdrive.
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════════════════════════╛ HOW TO BUILD A SOUNDPLAYER ╘═════════════════════════
Here is an example of how to build a Digital/Analog Converter, that you plug
into the printer port (LPT1 or LPT2). The D/A Converter is compatible to the
Covox Little Speech Thing. The resistors and the capacitor together costs
about 10 Sek and the parallell port about 25 Sek.
Printer Port
Pin
2────[2.8MΩ]────────┐ It concists of eight resistors and one
│ capacitor. The capacitor is not really
3────[1.4MΩ]────────┤ needed, but it gives the player better
│ sound.
4────[0.7MΩ]────────┤
│
5────[352kΩ]────────┤
│
6────[176kΩ]────────┤
│
7────[88kΩ]─────────┤
│ ┌───────────┐
8────[44kΩ]─────────┤ │Amplifier │
│ (220mf) │or a Hi-Fi-│
9────[22kΩ]─────────┴────────╢───────┤system. │
│ │
18────────────────────────────────────┤ │
(gnd) │ │
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( Description by The Codeblasters. )
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════════════════════╛ INFORMATION ABOUT THE BINARY POETS ╘═════════════════════
The group was founded in the summer of 1992 by Andreas and Niklas. A few
weeks later Kim and Jeppe joined the group. Peter ( Andreas' cousine )
helped us with some Pascal routines. We started to program demos in Turbo
Pascal 6.0. After a while we realized that it is impossible to create a
cool demo with fast screen update and module music in Pascal, so we decided
to start programming assembler.
Here is a list of all the demos that we have released.
Nr. Name. Packed size. Type. Release date. Supports.
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1∙ Poetry Emotions 569 kb. GIGADEMO 1992.OKT.20 VGA/SB/SBP/DAC
2∙ BIP-Mas '92 290 kb. MEGADEMO 1992.DEC.13 VGA/SB/SBP/DAC
3∙ Random-demo 175 kb. DEMO 1993.JAN.01 VGA/SB/SBP/DAC
4∙ BIP 4 the Future 302 kb. TRACKDEMO 1993.JUN.10 VGA/SB/SBP/DAC
Future productions from The Binary Poets:
∙ Poetry Emotions II - The Legend Continues
∙ X-MAS Musicdemo 1993
The members of The Binary Poets are :
∙ Kim Lohman Coder, Grapher
∙ Niklas Frykman Musician
∙ Andreas Arnström Coder, Musician, Contactperson
∙ Jesper Hammarbäck Coder
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═══════════════════════╛ HOW TO JOIN THE BINARY POETS ╘════════════════════════
If you are a good graphics artist and you think you can draw better graphix
than in our demos, please contact us. We are in a big need of you !
You can also contact us if you are a good assemblercoder.
If you want to join us you can either leave a message at our great board,
or call or write to one of us. Addresses are found at the bottom.
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═════════════════════════╛ COMERCIAL DEMONSTRATIONS ╘══════════════════════════
If you want to buy a comercial demonstration for your company or BBS, we
are ready to make one for you. Call or write to us, so that we can discuss
the price and how the demo will look. Addresses are found in the end of
this file.
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═════════════════════════════╛ HOW TO CONTACT US ╘═════════════════════════════
If you want to contact us, you can reach us at the following addresses.
If you have a modem - call our cool board.
The Binary Poets HeadQuarter:
∙ PC-Power - BIP HEADQUARTER
9600-14400 bps - Open 24H/day CALL NOW!
SysOp: Magnus Gustafsson AND DOWNLOAD
HD: 1.6 Gig!! OUR DEMOS!
Tel: +46 (0)31-962114
ADDRESSES:
∙ Jesper Hammarbäck
Hällby Oppgård
S-635 10 ESKILSTUNA
SWEDEN
Tel: +46 (0)16-351063
∙ Kim Lohman
Högvägen 3
S-632 39 ESKILSTUNA
SWEDEN
Tel: +46 (0)16-352251
∙ Andreas Arnström
Adjutantgatan 37
S-644 35 TORSHÄLLA
SWEDEN
Tel: +46 (0)16-357859
∙ Niklas Frykman
Zetheliusvägen 4
S-644 35 TORSHÄLLA
Tel: +46 (0)16-358139
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