- THE INFORMATION PART - HIT YOUR RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON TO FLIP THROUGH THE PAGES OR HIT LEFT MOUSE TO EXIT!! THE CREDITS : CODING : STRYX MUSIC : MARSHAL LAW METEOR PIC : PSYGNOSIS ZOOM-PART LOGO : TOXIC THIS FONT : RED DEVIL / DUAL CREW FRACTAL-PART LOGO : STRYX FRACTAL-PART FONT : OPTIK APHEX TITLE PICCY : STRYX SEXY EOC LOGO : STRYX SEXY GFX FONT : CORWIN / SCOOPEX THE EOC 1999 UK MEMBERS LIST : CYBERDYNE (CODER & UK FOUNDER) MICHAEL (ORGANISER & MUSICIAN) STRYX (CODER, GFX & MUSICIAN) TOXIC (ARTIST & MUSICIAN) BRUTUS (COMPILER & SWAPPER) BOB (CODER & CO-ORDINATOR) CYBORG (SWAPPER & MODEM TRADER) JAMES (CODER) CHAOS (CODER) COMET (MUSICIAN) DARK ANGEL (SWAPPER) MARSHAL LAW (MUSICIAN) PHANTOM (CODER) THIS PRODUCTION WAS RELEASED ON 08.8.92 - AT THE QUARTZ PARTY BUT IT WAS CODED IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 1992 I JUST COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO RELEASE IT!! CONTACT MICHAEL / EOC 1999 UK FOR JOINING OR SWAPPING SAMPLES WRITE TO : 35 POPLAR ROAD HERNE-HILL LONDON SE24 OBN CONTACT BRUTUS / EOC 1999 UK FOR SWAPPING THE LATEST STUFF WRITE TO : 31 MEADOW ROAD BARLESTONE, NUNEATON WARWICKSHIRE, CV13 OJG CONTACT TOXIC / EOC 1999 UK FOR SWAPPING SHEEP (?!) ETC.. WRITE TO : 6 LINDSEY ROAD DAGENHAM ESSEX, RM8 2RP CONTACT STRYX / EOC 1999 UK FOR RAVE MUSIC SWAPPING (YEAH!) WRITE TO : 26 CHILTERN RD NEWBURY PARK, ILFORD ESSEX, IG2 7JR CONTACT THE EOC 1999 WORLD HQ FOR ABSOLUTELY ANY REASON! WRITE TO : PO BOX 27 13500 MARTIGUES CROIX-SAINTE, FRANCE NOW HIT YOUR LEFT OR RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON TO GET OUTTA HERE AND NOW, THE MIGHTY STRYX BRINGS YOU A REAL-TIME FRACTAL CONTOUR MAP GENERATOR!!! PLEASE NOTE : THIS IS THE ORIGINAL (AND BUG-FILLED) VERSION WHICH WAS CODED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THE LATEST REVISION (VERSION 4.02) ALLOWS LIGHT-SOURCED 3D FRACTAL GENERATION IN HAM MODE ...DON'T PANIC IF THE GENERATOR IS ONLY DRAWING A BLUE SEA AT THE MOMENT, THE LANDSCAPE WILL PROBABLY APPEAR FURTHER UP IN THE IMAGE. ANOTHER THING TO NOTE IS BECAUSE THIS VERSION OF THE GENERATOR IS OLD - IT IS QUITE SLOW TOO. THIS MAY MEAN THAT THE SCROLLER JERKS FROM TIME TO TIME AS THE GENERATOR CHUGS ALONG AT ITS OWN SLOW RATE... BEFORE SOME OTHER TECHNICAL INFO, HERE ARE MY PERSONAL GREETS (PLEASE NOTE : THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL EOC GREETS LIST) HUGS'N'KISSES GO OUT TO : ALL EOC 1999 MEMBERS WORLDWIDE DUAL CREW (HI TO RED DEVIL AND LEEBOLD) SUBCULTURE/LUNATICS SPEED/QUARTZ (KEEP ON RAVING DUDE!!) KRUISE RAVI (ALRIGHT M8 - HOWSE DIMPLE??) STICK WINER GUZ (STILL HAVEN'T LOST YOUR VIRGINITY EH?? - TUT TUT) KHURM AND ANJ AQEEL JAGGERS BILAL (AND ALI) MO AND THE BOYS CHENG THE PORNO-FREAK!! NEIL AND DAVE JETS (ALRIGHT M8 - ARE U STILL GOING OUT WITH THE SAME BIRD?) ALL THE BOYZ WHO HANG AROUND THE ILFORD EXCHANGE THE LADS AT THE HILLS OF WOODFORD GARAGE ALL THE GUYS AND GALS AT VALENTINES HIGH SCHOOL AND SEVEN KINGS HIGH SCHOOL GAVIN/URBAN SHAKEDOWN MR.KIPP/GOLDFIRE AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO KNOWS ME - SORRY I MISSED YA!! NOW FOR ALL YOU TECHIES WHO WANT TO PRODUCE 2D IMAGES (LIKE THE ONE ABOVE) OR EVEN 3D IMAGES, THE STANDARD METHOD FOR CREATING A FRACTAL LANDSCAPE IS AS FOLLOWS... FIRST, CONSIDER A SQUARE (LIKE THE ABOVE) AND SET EACH CORNER TO A RANDOM HEIGHT. NOW DIVIDE EACH SIDE OF THE SQUARE INTO TWO, AND SET THE MID-POINT OF EACH SIDE EQUAL TO THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE END POINTS, PLUS OR MINUS A RANDOM AMOUNT. FINALLY, CONSIDER THE CENTRE POINT OF THE SQUARE. TAKE THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE MID-POINTS JUST CALCULATED AND AGAIN ADD OR SUBTRACT A RANDOM AMOUNT. WHAT YOU HAVE JUST DONE IS TO TAKE A SIMPLE SHAPE AND ADDED DETAIL. MORE DETAIL CAN BE ADDED BY SUBDIVIDING THE SQUARES AND REPEATING THE PROCESS TO MAKE EVEN SMALLER SQUARES AND SO ON, THEORETICALLY WITHOUT LIMIT... THIS THEN IS A THREE DIMENSIONAL FRACTAL SURFACE IN WHICH SMALLER DETAILS HAVE SIMILAR PROPERTIES TO THE LARGER CONTOURS. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE DEGREE OF RANDOMNESS MUST REDUCE AS THE SIZE OF THE SQUARE BEING CONSIDERED REDUCES... PHEW!! - WELL THATS THE EXPLANATION OVER WITH. BY THE WAY, THE ABOVE LOGO WAS ADAPTED FROM AN OLD STATIC BYTES INTRO I FOUND LYING AROUND... IF YOU WANNA EXIT THIS PART, JUST HIT YA LEFT MOUSE BUTTON... A1 INSUFFICIENT MEMORY! - PRESS MOUSE IF THERE WAS NO END OF CENTURY... ...IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD END OF CENTURY 1999 (UK DIVISION) PRESENT ANOTHER SEXY PRODUCTION YO!! THIS IS * STRYX * BRINGING YOU THE LAST PART OF THIS KEWL PRODUCTION... PRESS YOUR LEFT MOUSE TO GO TO THE NEXT PAGE OR YOUR RIGHT MOUSE TO GO BACK A PAGE - PRESS Q TO GET OUTTA HERE! WELL, FIRST OF ALL I HAVE TO THANK ALL THE DUDES WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED (?) PRODUCTION... THANX! ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RED DEVIL OF DUAL CREW FOR LETTING ME USE HIS RATHER KEWL CLI TEXT FONT - THANX M8!! I GOT THIS FONT FROM MY M8 * DOMINATOR OF WELL'ARD * BUT I THINK IT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE BY RED SECTOR... IN CASE YOUR WONDERING WHERE I GOT THE NAME FOR THIS PRODUCTION FROM, I'LL TELL YOU... WHEN I BEGAN CODING THIS DENTRO (BACK IN JUNE 1992) I REALISED THAT I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A NAME FOR IT!! SO ONE DAY I SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT - BUT I COULDN'T THINK OF ANY NAME WHICH SUITED THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCTION. THEN ON THE RADIO (KISS 100 FM - YEAH!) I HEARD A TUNE CALLED * DIGERIDOO * AND IT WAS BY A GUY CALLED THE APHEX TWIN. I HEARD THIS AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE PERFECT NAME - EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT!! HERE IS A LIST OF THE THINGS WHICH WERE USED TO CREATE THIS DENTRO... * A 2 MEG AMIGA 500 * DEVPAC 3 * DELUXE PAINT 4 * PROTRACKER * KEFRENS IFF-CONVERTER * NEWZAP V1 * TITANICS CRUNCHER * SUPER DUPER V1 * MANY CUPS OF COFFEE! IT TOOK ME 1 WEEK TO CODE (3-4 HOURS A DAY). THE REST OF THE TIME WAS SPENT CODING OTHER PRODUCTIONS AND WAITING FOR ALL THE GRAFIX AND MUSIC TO ARRIVE! ORIGINALLY, A VECTOR PART WAS CODED FOR THIS PROD - BUT JUST AS I WAS COMPILING THE PARTS, IT FELL VICTIM TO A SADDAM VIRUS (ARRGH!!) SO I HAD TO CODE A REPLACEMENT PART - THE SEXY BOB BIT! I WAS ALSO GONNA REPLACE THE FRACTAL PART WITH THE NEW 3D ROUTINE I'VE RECENTLY FINISHED CODING (WHICH IS MUCH FASTER TOO!) BUT SOME OF MY FRIENDS ADVISED ME TO USE IT AS MY A-LEVEL COMPUTER SCIENCE PROJECT (THIS WOULD MEAN THAT I'D SAVE A LOT OF TIME - AND BE ABLE TO GET ON WITH MY OTHER A-LEVELS) SO I HAVEN'T USED IT - MAYBE I'LL PUT IT IN A FUTURE PRODUCTION AFTER MY A-LEVELS... AND NOW - A FEW MESSAGES TO SOME KEWL GUYS... * MARSHAL LAW OF EOC 1999 UK * THANX ALOT FOR THE REALLY NICE TUNE M8. I'M SORRY ABOUT GIVING YOU SHORT NOTICE AND A RESTRICTED DEADLINE - BUT YOU'VE STILL MANAGED TO DO A GOOD JOB. I HOPE TO MEET YOU SOON MATE - KEEP UP THE KEWL SFX!! * TOXIC OF EOC 1999 UK * HI THERE SCOTT. THANX FOR THE GREAT GFX AND THE MODULES (YOUR CHIP TUNES ARE SUPERB!!) SEE YA... * LARRY OF EOC 1999 FRANCE * THE BEST COMIC ARTIST ON THE SCENE?? HELLO FRIEND. THANX FOR THE GREAT LETTERS - I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS SMALL DENTRO. PS: JE NAIME PAS LES MOUTON (HA HA!) * KRUISE * ALRIGHT GEEZ? DID YOUR HOLIDAY TO THE HOMELAND GO WELL (YOU DIDN'T GET DEHLI BELI DID YA?) I HOPE YOU LIKED MY DYNAMITE FONTS 3 PREVIEW. I CHANGED IT'S LOADING SYSTEM BUT I'M STILL NOT SURE IF IT WILL WORK ON YOUR DYING MACHINE... * BRUTUS OF EOC 1999 UK * HI THERE M8!! SO, HOWSE IT HANGIN' UP THERE IN WARWICKSHIRE?? SORRY I COULDN'T USE YOUR TEXT - I'LL USE IT IN MY NEXT PRODUCT!! * PHANTOM AND BOB OF EOC 1999 UK * HELLO THERE FELLOW CODERS. TELL ME WHAT YA THINK OF THIS PRODUCTION (IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE PREVIEW I SENT YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK ISN'T IT?) PHANTOM: I WAS GONNA TAKE U UP ON YOUR OFFER TO CODE ANOTHER PART FOR APHEX - BUT UNFORTUNATELY, ALL THE NEW GFX DATA BEGAN CAUSING MEMORY PROBLEMS! * SUBCULTURE OF LUNATICS * ONE OF MY OLDEST CONTACTS... YO SAM!! WHERE ARE YOU DUDE?? I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT YOU FOR AGES - IF YOUR READING THIS, SEND ME DOWN YOUR ADDRESS (FOR THE UNIVERSITY) 'COS I CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE! * DOMINATOR OF WELL'ARD (PC GROUP) * THANX FOR THE FONT MATE!! BY THE WAY, I SAW YOUR VECTOR PYRAMID VERSION OF THE FAMOUS TV BOX ROUTINE (ORIGINALLY DONE BY AZATOTH) - AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT IT LOOKED ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! PS: CONTACT ME SOON... AND NOW - SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DENTRO... * TITLE ZOOM PART * NOW, MOST OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY GUESSED ALREADY THAT THE ZOOMING LOGO IS NOT CALCULATED IN REAL TIME. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THE ZOOM FRAMES ARE ACTUALLY CALCULATED 'BEHIND THE SCENES' WHILE THE TITLE SEQUENCE IS BEING SHOWN (THE BIT WITH THE METEOR AND PLANET IMAGES). THESE FRAMES ARE STORED IN MEMORY UNTIL THE TITLE SEQUENCE IS OVER. THE FRAMES ARE THEN ANIMATED ON-SCREEN TO GIVE YOU A REALISTIC (WELL I THOUGHT SO!) ZOOM EFFECT... * EQUALISER PART * NOT MUCH TO SAY HERE, EXCEPT THAT THE SCREEN BEHIND THE LOGO IS SEPERATED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT COLOUR SECTIONS WHICH IN TURN PROVIDE A FOUR-CHANNEL AUDIO ANALYSER... * FRACTAL CONTOUR MAP GENERATOR * IF YOU READ THE SCROLLER IN THIS PART, YOU SHOULD KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GENERATOR (WHICH CALCULATES IN REAL TIME). HOWEVER, ON THE DOWN SIDE, IT IS QUITE SLOW (TAKING ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES TO GENERATE A WHOLE CONTOUR MAP) AND ALSO HAS A FEW BUGS!! * INFORMATION PART * A RATHER SIMPLE MULTI-FADE TEXT DISPLAY SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES YOU WITH VARIOUS BITS OF INFO ABOUT END OF CENTURY ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF ADDRESSES (CONTACT MICHAEL OF EOC IF YOUR A TALENTED CODER OR ARTIST LOOKING FOR A GROUP TO JOIN) * SEXY BOB PART * YO!! MY FAVOURITE PART OF THIS DENTRO. I THINK THAT THIS IS THE ONLY BOB ON THE SCENE THAT FOLLOWS IT'S DICK! WELL, ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END, SO I (STRYX) HAVE TO SIGN OFF NOW... WHY DON'T YOU GET HOLD OF THE OTHER QZ PARTY RELEASE CODED BY ME CALLED : * NEURON-137 * IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, JUST CONTACT ANY EOC MEMBER (HAVE A LOOK AT THE INFO PART FOR THE ADDRESSES) FOR A COPY... (C) COPYRIGHT 1992 - BY EOC 1999 UK A QUARTZ PARTY RELEASE THE END