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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
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Subject: Re: Info about WHATTAHE demo?
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Date: 21 Mar 91 18:09:08 GMT
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saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) writes:

- I just got the WHATTAHE demo, and suspect that I don't know how to 
- see all of it.  There's the 'sorcerer Mickey' opening screen, the
- helix of spheres animation, a block wall non-menu and a long text
- streamer with moving letters.  I get to all of those by hitting the
- space bar.  Any more parts?  If so, how do I get to them?

There are actually 13 more demos on the Whattaheck disk that can be
accessed from the main menu, which is where the blue spheres are
moving around.  The 'block wall non-menu' that you mentioned is an
intro to another demo.  From your description, the 'long text streamer
with moving letters' sounds like demo number 0.  To get to the other
demos, in the upper right hand corner of the main menu (where the blue
spheres are) there's a counter which indicates which demo you will
load if you press the space bar.  To change this number, use the
cursor keys (I think up and down) to move over there.  To change the
number, use the right and left cursor keys.  Now, you can use the 
cursor keys to change the other values on the screen to control the 
movements of the spheres as well.  Just play with it.  After you've
selected the number of the demo you want to view, press the space bar
(I think it's the space bar, it's been a while since I've viewed the
demo).  It will bring up the block wall with the cursor drawing the
text.  At this point, the demo is loading the next demo and
decompressing it.  It will take some time and will be finished before
all the text is drawn, so you can hit the space bar before it's
finished to see if it's decompressed yet.  Give it about 10 seconds 
though once the demo starts loading before you start pressing the
space bar. Demo #10 is one of my favorites.

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