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           :                   Just Musix 4                     :
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           :                  March 12, 2005                    :
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           :      Please read the file importan.txt before      :
           :                 running the demo !                 :
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           : Machine:   Falcon030-060                           :
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           :            6 MB or more RAM (FastRam compatible)   :
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           :            Any TOS, MagiC, MiNT or Geneva.         :
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           :....................................................:
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           : Credits:   Music             Toodeloo              :
           :                              505                   :
           :                              Cedyn                 :
           :                              Opus                  :
           :                              Mr Future             :
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           :            Graoumf player    L.de Soras & Earx     :
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           :            Code/graphics     Evil                  :
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           : The history of Just Musix 4                        :
           :                                                    :
           : In the summer of 1998, at the time when DHS were   :
           : as most active, doing multiple releases each       :
           : month we began planning for a fourth module music  :
           : disk in the Just Musix series.                     :
           :                                                    :
           : We got a few non-dhs mhusicans to join up for the  :
           : project, and we started to code it. In fact, at    :
           : the end of 1998, most stuff were finished. There   :
           : was an interface, a lot of music and it actually   :
           : seemed to work. Now, we were only waiting for the  :
           : graphics.                                          :
           :                                                    :
           : While waiting for graphics, we coded an ST-demo    :
           : called Sweety for the Error In Line party which    :
           : took place at easter 1999. While the ST-demo       :
           : didn't impress the audience very much, our nearly  :
           : forgotten Falcon demo that we handed in as a       :
           : compo filler actually won the compo. As a prize    :
           : there we received one of the new powerful          :
           : Centurbo 2b cards.                                 :
           :                                                    :
           : After som quirks installing the Centurbo 2, we     :
           : found out that the Graoumf replaycode used in      :
           : Just Musix 4 didn't work with the accelerator.     :
           : Doh! All inspiration to finish it disapeared.      :
           :                                                    :
           : About one year later, Earx of FUN released an      :
           : updated graoumf tracker replay which worked        :
           : with the Centurbo 2! Jippie! Now let's finish      :
           : it. However, the graphics were were missing        :
           : already in 1998 hadn't yet showed up. So we        :
           : coded a new menu which didn't need all that        :
           : much graphics, and we threw something together     :
           : ourself. A few months later, the damn thing        :
           : appeard finished, just a few puny details left to  :
           : correct.                                           :
           :                                                    :
           : Then we realised that the shell we had done did    :
           : not function on bare 16MHz Falcons - the Graoumf   :
           : tracker replay uses up nearly 100% CPU in some     :
           : cases, so any graphics movement was out of the     :
           : question. Then we had to chose - a boting still    :
           : image menu of 16MHz, or make a new version with    :
           : lower resolution and colour-depth on 16MHz.        :
           :                                                    :
           : We selected the latter and before we even began    :
           : the light version, we lost motivation. JM4 then    :
           : laid untouched until about summer of 2003.         :
           : We had got the CT60 accelerator, and wanted to     :
           : begin coding new stuff for it. But first we        :
           : get all old stuff out, so we could concentrate     :
           : on the new. What a disapointment when we noticed   :
           : the Graoumf replay once again played tricks on     :
           : us - it didn't work on CT60. Motivation was        :
           : again gone, and the music demo went on ice for     :
           : yet another time.                                  :
           :                                                    :
           : Yesterday, march 11, 2005 we got a question from   :
           : 505 about what's up - perhaps we could just        :
           : release the modules instead, as there just is      :
           : no foreseable release date for the actual demo.    :
           : It trigged us a bit, to try the replayer again     :
           : on CT60, a lliittle bit more carefully this time.  :
           : It would seem that the player does work if we      :
           : keep the 060 CPU caches off. Yay! Why the hell     :
           : didn't we try this two years ago??                 :
           :                                                    :
           : We still have the problem that a standard          :
           : 16Mhz 030 Falcon can't run the interface with      :
           : moving graphics. But we scrapped all ideas of      :
           : doing a low-res version, and instead just release  :
           : a second version without the movement, but         :
           : keeping it high-res. It was really a quick         :
           : lame fix, but it works.                            :
           :                                                    :
           : That's it - the endless story got an end!          :
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           : Contact DHS                                        :
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           : Homepage: http://dhs.nu/                           :
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           :   E-Mail: ae@dhs.nu                                :
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