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From: childs@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (David W. Childs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: BADGE contest suggestions
Message-ID: <8603@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: 16 Nov 88 06:06:50 GMT
References: <5299@louie.udel.EDU> <8653@gryphon.COM> <7659@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: childs@cit-vax.UUCP (David W. Childs)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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In article <7659@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>In article <8653@gryphon.COM> keithd@gryphon.COM (Keith Doyle) writes:
>>If there's
>>a potential killer demo out there that takes over the system, requires
>>4 disks, and leaves with the workbench in a mess when it's done, I'd 
>>like to see it, I'll bet its a doozy.
>>
>	Sorry, but I wouldn't....
>	We thought hard about who wanted to enter, and where these demos
>would ultimately end up.  These demos are, hopefully, going to be used to
>show off machines.  Therefore, they should portray the machine in its best
>light.  That means that they don't Guru, don't take over the machine, free
>up all their resources, and have a reasonably easy means of exiting.
>Remember that J. Random User is watching you, and will not be at all
>impressed if you have to type control-shift-alt-hyper-super-meta-cokebottle
>to exit the program, and it Gurus if you type it wrong.
>
>	We're perfectly willing and happy to listen to suggestions.  We
>*plan* (ha!) to get an early start for the next contest.  Let us know your
>opinions.

Oh, that really settles it for me.  The demo I was working on breaks several
of the rules.  It's on more than one disk, it takes over the machine, it
doesn't free up resources.

I was already 3/4 done and only had one part left.  I guess my Atari ST,
MAC II, Sun 4, and soon to be NeXT full immulation that I was going to send
in as a demo is just wasted bits.

And I was hoping for a chance to win a prize.

Oh well, I needed more disk space anyway.

Come on people, a super demo that takes over the machine might show something
the Amiga can do that no other computer (given large price range) can do.
Make the dealers have two machines, one for SUPER DEMO, and one for normal
amiga demo mode.

David