-- Starport Intro II V1.0 -- Source -- Copyright (C) 1993 Future Crew --
File: Description;
SP2.COM the second starport intro
SP2.ASM the assembler source for it
MAKE.BAT batch file to compile the demo
Read the beginning of SP3.ASM for more details about the intro.
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; StarPort Intro II V1.0
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; Copyright (C) 1993 Future Crew
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; code: Psi
; music: Skaven
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; This code is released to the public domain. You can do
; whatever you like with this code, but remember, that if
; you are just planning on making another small intro by
; changing a few lines of code, be prepared to enter the
; worldwide lamers' club. However, if you are looking at
; this code in hope of learning something new, go right
; ahead. That's exactly why this source was released.
; (BTW: I don't claim there's anything new to find here,
; but it's always worth looking, right?)
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; The code is optimized mainly for size but also a little
; for speed. The goal was to get this little bbs intro to
; under 2K, and 1993 bytes sounded like a good size. Well,
; it wasn't easy, and there are surely places left one could
; squeeze a few extra bytes off...
; Making a small intro is not hard. Making a small intro
; with a nice feel is very hard, and you have to sacrifice
; ideas to fit the intro to the limits you have set. I had
; a lot of plans (a background piccy for example), but well,
; the size limit came first.
; I hope you enjoy my choice of size/feature ratio in this
; intro! In case you are interested, this was a three evening
; project (the last one spent testing).
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; You can compile this with TASM, but the resulting COM-file
; will be a lot larger than the released version. This is
; because all the zero data is included to the result. The
; released version was first compiled to a COM file, and then
; a separate postprocessing program was ran which removed all
; the zero data from the end of the file. If you are just
; experimenting, recompiling is as easy as MAKE.BAT. If you
; want to make this small again, you have to do some work as
; well, and make your own postprocessor.
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