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From: langz@athena.mit.edu (Lang Zerner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Killer demo sources, other ddemos (was: Re: dropcloth pixs/object of robotroff)
Summary: sources other than ssyx.ucsc.edu
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Date: 26 Jan 88 03:01:24 GMT
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In article <1045@louie.udel.EDU> rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) writes:
>They were collectively playing Leisure Suit Larry, the 
>Best Game in the Universe, and getting a look at the machine

True enough, it is a great game.  Too bad about the C64-style
graphics.  Oh well, least common denominator, eh?


>Anybody got something ftp-able? I have given up on ssyx.ucsc.edu
>as unreachable. So killer demos are out.

Well, there are other sources for the Killer Demos.  Try
swan.ulowell.edu [129.63.224.1] in the ~ftp/amiga directory.  Also,
sushi.stanford.edu has them in the directory "<bkdc>" (it's a DEC20,
not running Unix).

>Or, can anybody point me at a real super-duper
>hack that is in a reachable place?

If you can get a hold of it, I recommend the NewTek DemoReel disks.
These are a self-running system with great stereo music and sound
effects, tons of graphics (synchronized to the music) and neato visual
effects and animation.  The demo runs around 7 minutes and is wildly
impressive (especially with stereo headphones on).  The only problem
is the only way to stop the demo is to reboot.  Still, I've never seen
a more impressive demonstartion of the Amiga's potential as a
graphics, sound, or presentation machine.

Be seeing you...
--Lang Zerner      langz@athena.mit.edu    ihnp4!mit-eddie!athena.mit.edu!langz
"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the only misfortune is to do it
 solemnly"   --Michel de Montaigne