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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

244.0. "Juggler Demo?" by ANT::SMCAFEE (Steve McAfee) Tue Jan 06 1987 14:47

    
    Does anyone out there have the Juggler Demo which has been discussed
    recently in comp.sys.amiga?  For some reason I didn't get the posting.
    Either executable or source (if available) would be ok.  I
    understand its quite large.  Maybe someone could make it available
    on a VAX (temporarily?).
    
    regards,
    
    Steve McAfee
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244.1A third, but temporary, sourceTLE::RMEYERSRandy MeyersTue Jan 06 1987 16:119
Please see note 234.4.

In addition, for a limited time, the files can be found at

	TLE""::UPORT$:[RMEYERS.JUGGLER]*.*

I can only guarantee the files' existence for a few more days.  I
meant to delete them already, but I forgot.  On the plus side, I
probably will forget to delete them again after the few days pass. :-)
244.2ANT::SMCAFEESteve McAfeeTue Jan 06 1987 17:066
    
    Thanks Randy.  I got Juggler from your area.  The files mentioned in
    234.4 had already been removed.
    
    steve mcafee
    
244.3More tidbits...CHEF::ACCIARDIFri Jan 09 1987 20:1814
    I just read a couple of tidbits off of Compuserve...
    
    	1.  The author of 'Juggler' has been contracted by Aegis to
            do a commercial version.
            
    	2.  Frames may be stored in fast ram and decompressed on the
            fly, allowing enormous movies.  (Will a hard disk be fast
    	    enough to keep the frames coming in?)
    
    	3.  Look for more demos in the near future.  The author claimed
    	    that they are not all that hard to do!  Easy for him to
            say!
    
    
244.4a new trickHYSTER::DEARBORNTrouvez MieuxThu Jun 25 1987 15:4513
    Here is a trick I just read about...but haven't confirmed:
    
    While running the juggler, if you press the J key several times,
    and just at the right rate, the juggler will do a flip.
    
    Sounds kinda fishy to me, and I haven't had a chance to try it.
    
    Randy
    
    ps  Now there will probably be a lot of Amiga keyboards going back
    to the shop to have their worn out J keys replaced. ;^)
    
    
244.5LEDS::ACCIARDIThu Jun 25 1987 17:327
    
    Ummm..  I tried this trick for a half hour or so once, but couldn't
    get the Juggler to backflip.  Sounds like a hoax.
    
    BTW, anyone have an extra 'J' key laying around?
                                        
    
244.6seems unlikelySAUTER::SAUTERJohn SauterFri Jun 26 1987 09:0411
    I suspect this is a hoax, because it doesn't sound reasonable.
    The demo repeats after one second, and vary little changes from
    one frame to the next.  Even so, a lot of memory must be required.
    Making the juggler flip over would require a second loop, at least,
    and if it were done well he'd drop the balls, thus creating a lot
    more complexity.
    
    I think it could be done, but it would probably more than double
    the memory requirements, even if he didn't drop the balls.  That's
    unlikely in a "hidden" feature.
        John Sauter