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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

678.0. "Animation" by AUTHOR::MACDONALD (WA1OMM Listening 224.28) Fri Aug 28 1987 10:12

    PROBE.ARC
    
    There is a unique animation out called PROBE.ARC that runs for
    several minutes. To summarize, a space probe is sent to Alpha Centauri
    in search of life forms. The probe scans a planet in the system,
    sending back photos (ala Voyager). The probe identifies a skull
    on the planet's surface and begins an interesting reconstruction
    of what it thinks the creature looked like when it was alive. This
    is a "must have" animation! Be forewarned, its nearly 500 Kbytes
    in length. I'll copy anyone who sends me a blank formatted diskette.
    Make sure it is FORMATTED.
    
    Paul

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
678.1		LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Fri Aug 28 1987 11:08`	4
	I've seen the file descriptor for 'PROBE.ARC' on PLINK. This was actually used as the storyline for a PBS program on space voyages. What is your mailing address? I'd like to get a copy.
678.2		AUTHOR::MACDONALD	WA1OMM Listening 224.28	`Fri Aug 28 1987 12:06`	1
	MLO5-5/E45 ....
678.3	Get your online copy today!	ROZETT::SANTIAGO	Sliding dwn the razorblade of life	`Sun Sep 20 1987 22:11`	25
	Well, Se�or Eduardo went Plinking this weekend and saw what looked like a neat demo. Even though it sounded familiar, he decided "What the hell" and downloaded it before checking if anyone else had it. He then checks and finds out he saved himself the trouble of walking from 21-4 to 5-5, which would have taken almost five minutes. Oh well. At least I made a certain company in South Dakota happy by logging all this download time to the small piece of gray plastic they have been so gracious as to grant me the privilege of using. Anywho the point is PROBE.ARC may now be found in ROZETT::AMIGA: It is 3567 Xmodem blocks (translation: It's a big momma, probably ~1 hour @ 1200bps) but those of us too lazy/stupid to bother with sending an actual physical disk through internal mail don't care, do we? Disclaimer: ROZETT has a gargantuan disk which is almost entirely empty, so I can afford to dump this stuff on it. If and when we ever decide to use this system for serious work, this will be the first directory to take a dive into the Bit Bucket. In effect, files herein are subject to being trashed without any notification. Probably won't happen for a while but You Have Been Warned. .E
678.4		ROZETT::SANTIAGO	Sliding dwn the razorblade of life	`Sun Sep 20 1987 22:14`	2
	I forgot - you also need PROBE.README which was a separate file and since I'm too lazy to do an ARC A it remains a separate file.
678.5	Help!	LDP::MCCARTHY		`Tue Sep 22 1987 12:31`	8
	I DL probe.arc last night. It did take forever. Anyway, I followed the directions in the readme file, executed execute.me to rename the files, and executed exec.me to run the thing. Well, it can't load smallfont.font. I set up the directories as in the readme file, so what did I do wrong? I really want to see this thing. Mike
678.6	read ALL the words 8-)	DDMAIL::ANDREWS	Just living a life of illusion	`Tue Sep 22 1987 17:16`	5
	Did you do EXACTLY what it said in the README? I thought that I had done it too, and this same thing bit me. Go through and recheck the things that you did. Rob